Sunday the 30 March 2008 will go down as the day Gav, Stu and Paul ran for the kids. 12 weeks of intense training and it had all come down to this. A 14.14km race around the city and over a bridge with 27,495 other people.
We got in early to get into the spirit and get our minds on the big task ahead as none of us had run this distance during our 12 week lead up. (we were too slack during the 2 weeks that we were told to run 15k) Our pre race photo shows our high level of concentration.
So we are now 2 weeks out from our big day. I had a good week and put in some Ks and feel better for it. This week has started off hot and that is not always good to run in but it is going to cool down to good running conditions for the end of the week. The training is starting to reduce this week with the big run just being 8k.
Week 8 and 9 in our training for the big run have now been completed. The slackness (beer) has tried to kick on in over the last 2 weeks and I will need to work hard over the final 3 weeks of training to overcome this bad period. Drinking over the last 2 Friday nights does not help you get out of Bed on a Saturday morning to run 15k. I now aim to stop drinking (Excluding good Friday when we drink for the kids.) until the run (well large amounts anyway) so that I will be in tip top shape come the run.
So we have now completed 7 weeks of training for our big run and have only 4 weeks to go. This week was the biggest week for me and Gav in terms of Km run. It was a good week with a lot of km before the big 12km run to end the week. Next week we have a huge 15km to do and after the 12km on Saturday I am still not feeling 100% as I have done something to my calf so I am taking a few days to rest and get back to full fitness. You really can not miss many training sessions or you will not feel good especially when trying to do a 15km run. After I had 2 weeks off I felt that I really was behind the others and have had trouble catching up so I am hoping to only miss one or two with this calf issue. Lets have a look at what we did this week. We are again missing Paul as he still does not have the net.
So we finished week 6 and are now half way in our training for the run for the kids. This week was my first attempt to run after 2 weeks off with an ankle injury. My return was ok however I was not feeling the fitness that I had 2 weeks ago so I really need to step up my training this week to get back on track. Let have a look at what we managed to do this week.
Stu - 14.18 K at a slow average pace of 7.25 per k.
So week 4 stared with an easy bike ride for me on the Monday just a nice 12k ride. Tuesday was also supposed to be an easy day with 3k walk then 3k run then finish with 3k walk however for me this was not to be. At 2.80 into my 3k run I fell running on some unpaved track and twisted my ankle. I walked home and got some ice onto it however this did not stop it from swelling up. For the next 2 days I was limping around unable to put full pressure onto it. I am now feeling a little better but can not see me getting my run on this week as I don’t want to make it any worse.
So week 3 is down and done. It was another hard week as it contained the biggest run to date a large 10k run. Also some injuries have caused some to not be able to train fully this week. Gav has had some major shin pain and due to this he reduced his workouts. Paul had some chafing and this hindered his 10k run. So lets have a look at what we all did.
So week 2 of our training is over. This week things were taken up a level and training went from 3 days to 4 days a week. We were required to do the below.
As you can see it was going to be harder on us this week than last week. To try and reduce damage our shins we substituted a 10k bike ride for the 3k walk. We did well and competed all the required training for the week and I am feeling better and I feel like I could now run 5k more comfortable then before.
So I have just handed over $35 so that I can be smashed by a 14.14Km run in late March. Me and some of the Pennies boys are going to do the run for the kids this year in an attempt to get fit and just to see if we can make the distance. I am going to be posting on our progress in training for this event and our success or failure on the big day.If you are going to be doing this run please leave some comments to let me know so that I can track your training before the big run. I will post back soon to give an update on our progress after week one of training. If you are going to be part of the fun register soon.
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