Trail run in a local county park. Enough rolling terain to kept things interesting, but not so technical that footing was a challenge.
9 miles in 62:47. I was OK with the 6:58 pace, getting smoked by 2 minutes by one of our neighboring 63 year olds was a little harder to assimilate. Alan is sure on his game.
PM. Calm, 60F, starkist night. The Space Station was visible low on the southern horizon.
10K at a relaxed 8:20 pace. Think I'll have to revert to a pair of stability clodhoppers for awhile. My left heel has been getting sensitive.
Nice weather. Felt good. Big race. Stupid tactics. Miserable fail.
driske, 3h19 minutes posting in between runs ont he sam day is getting pretty hectic or not?
today: Acilia neighborhood race, with buddies Marcello, Andrea and Luca: very hilly, very downhilly on asphalt, in vibrams, managed to place running at 4mins/km and win 20 euros worth of wine. condition good.
47 km out and back in the mountains at jogging speed, 3:54:53 total time - my longest run ever. Return trip was 10:40 faster. Spectacularly beautiful morning.
Good stuff Brett, I'm surprised you have never ran further. It seems a popular training technique among the Japanese to go very long on the odd occassion.
Driske,I haven't visited Stonehenge, I did come across an impressive stone circle in Keswick, Cumbria, not sure of the type of rock used though.
The Tooborac pub is the classic Aussie pub, now also brews it's own beer too. It isn't the busiest town around, just a general store, a pub and a place that makes and sells bird baths!!
I've just returned home from a long weekend getaway.
Friday my wife and I drove to Porepunkah a lovely little place in the shadows of Mt Buffalo. Our accomodation was as pleasant as one could hope for. Lovely shaded gardens, the Ovens River flowing by, abundant birdlife.
After a pleasant 5km walk with my wife I headed out for a shirtless run around 5pm. I found a track through a logging coup which led up into the forested mountains above the valley. The climb up through the logging coup involved some hand over hand in places. T he track was just 500m long but climbed 200m in height!!
From there it was just normal steep uphill into thick forest. I managed to spook a number of deer -reddish cloured with a yellowish patch on their backside.
Ran up until 45mins was on the clock then turned for home. I found a switchback that took me down through the logging coup to make things simpler. 80mins all up.
Saturday. We drove into the Mt Buffalo N.P. We did some solid hiking. Some steep work up along side the Eurobin Falls first. Then a 6km roundtrip to the high point known as the Horn (1723m asl). The last part of this climbs steeply up rock steps. From the top there are views to nearly everyone of the Australian Alpine peaks.
After returning to our cabin I again headed out and ran the same tracks as the previous day except I pushed on a bit further turning at 50mins. Total run time of 90mins.
Today, no chance to run. We did stop for a quick hike but then it was down to Melbourne for my grand-daughters 2d birthday.
Quite the adventurous and varied routes and activities there, mopak. You've taken to heart the old adage" Variety is the spice of life."
Brett from Tokyo, your perspectives from the East are enlightening, always.
tpcb, Though posting was sub 4hours, the timing of the runs spanned 12 hours. No worries mate. "Hectic" does not define me, and that is by deliberate design.
The Packers need to find an offensive line capable of QB protection. No man can long sustain the abuse Rodgers has been subjected to the last 2 weeks.
PM: Recovery run , 4 miles in 37 min. Cool evening air ushered out a splendid week.
A steady 2hr run on the hilly Axedale golf course tonight. A cold rain for the last 40mins.
Never been able to follow the American game with any interest. In Victoria the Australian game is more of a religion than a sport. This coming saturday is our Holy Day so to speak. Grand Final Day is probably more important to Victorians than Christmas Day. The boys from Geelong (The Cats) will be taking on St Kilda (The Saints).
No QB's but the hard running Cat midfield includes Gary Ablett Jr. His father was perhaps the most talented to ever play but Jr is close to being the greatest ever, if not as freakish as his dad. He will typically weave his way through 15-16kms per game.
It is a game for hard bodied brave running endurance athletes. Full on collisions from all angles at high speed, no pads or helmets just muscle and bone.
a nice 40'-ish yesterday.....actually went out without the gps.....no watch, no pace, no distance......kinda nice.....great morning.....finished up by mowing the lawn......good morning of exercise.....back to work today....a different kind of 'exercise'......
mopak,
so quite e few years back, while on vacation in Phuket, Thailand, I met an Auzzie rules dude from NSW who used to play for Collingwood. Andy, cant memo the family name, in anycase one, fit, dude. We went runnning on the beach in the morning a couple of times: the speed, stamina, brawn ratio was pretty amazing...anyway...
today: walk to school, walk back, intense bike commuting, kids athletics, more intense bike commuting, feeling pretty shagged.
I just dont understand why even drinking one cold beer makes me sleepy. Getting older i guess.
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today: AM walk to school, walk home
Then at lunchtime, Villa Pamhili, brief wu, then with FabioB, PaoloP, PaoloC, MarcoS, SandroF, MaurizioA, 3x(3mins hard, 2 mins rest, 2mins hard 1 min rest, 1min hard 2 mins rest). Then 12x100m striders with FrancoP, then ran to school to pick up Ed, and walk back home. Total about 1h40mins
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yesterday ; off. The left heel was still sensitive and the back of my throat was scratchy. Welcome rest was the antidote, I hope.
AM.8 miles at 9 min. pace/mi. 64F and light drizzle falling. We've not seen rain in nearly a month. Turkeys taking to the air were a welcoming presence on 2 stretchs of road.
PM; 3miles on the Green Circle @ Point.
Maffetone would have been proud,pace was 15 min/mile. Ran/walked with a long time friend. He's struggling with a bum knee and weight gain. Lots of ducks on the river, and a few carp rolling in the shallows.
90 minutes, felt great. Awesome day to run, the sun is beautiful on trails. Probably one of the last nice days of the year though... =(
Didn't run yesterday, walked the dog and did a solid 90mins on the shovel and wheelbarrow. Punched out some benchpresses and did 40mins on the windtrainer in the evening. Today I paddled a solid 75mins on Lake Eppalock. Mixed bag weatherwise, cold wet and windy became clam and sunny. Very enjoyable excursion. I must brush up on my waterbird Id skills. I had a pelican circling above me for a time. Perhaps I was near a nest. Gulls, ducks, cormorants, herons, kingfishers, kookaburras also plenty of cockatoos and galahs. They love the dead trees protruding from the lake. I was being observed by dozens of lazy kangaroos up on the green grassy banks as I cruised by.
tpcb, the Collingwood footballer I think you are talking of is now a man in an upper management role. The guy I'm thinking of was a hard running half back flanker of around 6'1-2".
AFL football requires a variety of abilities. Speed, endurance, power, strength, peripheral vision, hand and foot skills, resiliance and most of all complete disregard for one's own safety. You earn respect by running backwards into an oncoming pack with your arms outstretched, eyes only for the ball. You WILL be smashed by the knees and shoulders of 100kg men running at full speed into your ribs and back, you have no pads to protect. It's body to body. Take your eyes from the ball to check behind and you won't be in the team the next week.
mopak,
reading your evocative description reminded me when i played rugby as a lean highschooler in a city league: "we" had a mixed student, teachers, parents and friends of the school team. "They" included Kiwi and Auzzie armed forces, some local country clubs with oil-rigging expatriates, as well as local Singaporean teams with some fast, although not very built, young players.
Well, it was mostly a cultural exchange. But the matches against the armed forces have forged some very vivid osteo-neuro-muscular souvenirs. NOTHING like your AFL description. But given my age and build at the time, and the size, speed, and disregard for the effects of MA by my opponents, well let's just say that I managed stayed on the team. Courage needs no physical reference points. I wonder if i would still do it.
today: walk and back to school, bike commute; then villa pamphili, 2k slow jog in vibrams, then 45 minutes 18x100m strides routine barefoot on grass, then 6x400m at 77-79 with FabioB for gait smoothness, 2k jog back home.
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driske: you hurt a little bit?
Rugby and football types have my total respect. It never came clear to me how to steel oneself for physical impact.
Watching slowmotion clips of heavy weight punches landing and the shock ripple produced, was mindboggling as far as I was concerned.
Fish boxed in the service and played high School football. Pound for pound he's 10x's tougher than I ever dreamed of being.
But, for whatever reason he was a "no show" this AM.
Timm's Hill as usual. 16.3 miles; 2;34. Hit the turnaround at 1;13 and tried to go negative splits but the elevation factor and fatique proved too great. Still ,I was very happy for a solid trainer. Counted 8 grouse flushed. The turkeys were beyond counting. Fall color is at or near peak and folks are out leaf peeping in droves.
In regards to being hurt a bit. My left heel has been sensitive to some degree for a week or so. As much as I love the minimalist shoes in the closet, ocassionaly I need to revert to a pair with more heel lift and protection.
On a sad note, one of our neighboring schools had a 14 year old boy collapse and perish at X-C practice yesterday.
Heartfelt sympathies go to his family, friends, Coach and teammates. Ironically, his first name was Forrest.
got in about 30' yesterday while the gang was off on their run.....had to stop to set up hurdles for today's workout.....strength work afterwards.......for them, not me.....my eyes felt stronger from watching them work.....looking forward to a couple of longer runs this weekend....
driske, i personally feel a mixed training regime. If there's one thing i learned in my minimalist/barefoot experiences is that if it hurts uncomfortably, i should be doing something differently, including putting my shoes back on.
AM: walk to shool (figured it is about 1.8km and bike commute
PM: intense bike commute, chin up bar exercises.
driske, meant to write that a mixed training regime is best for me.
And this morning it was walk to school (1.8k there and 1.8k back) plus bike commute.
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