Describe Your Running Today, Part II

g'day mopak, yes, very comfortably.

today

8 sluggish Kms at lunchtime. Sunny. One cat in the parking lot had it right: sprawled out on the shiny roof of a black beamer just soaking it up.

Was supposed to go the opera tonight, Faust. Opera workers are on strike. There it is.

52' Tuesday followed by 38' today.....it's 3 weeks late, but I finally got in back-to-back runs.....calf still slightly tight at times, but not enough to keep me idle.....had planned on 40' today to play it safe on the first "double".....the last few minutes were along the beach and I finally could resist no more.....stopped at 38' to take a dip....sweet.....

It's hot.

i think i'll take a break today

Hello, Rangoon!! It pleases me to visit this most illustrious of all letsrun threads to see that it continues to thrive in my absence. Our 'regulars' have done a fine job of keeping things healthy and moving forward. Of course, the lack of input from "you-know-who" helps, too! Ha, ha!

Having been at the genesis of this great thread makes me both humble and proud. To see that one small post of mine could somehow lead to letsrun's most successful all time thread leaves me speachless. Well, almost. Ha, ha!

I hope to be able to return to competitive running in the future. The summer days have me dreaming of big things! Meanwhile I wish the best of times to my DYRT brethren.

Keep up the good work, all!

60' yesterday followed by 40' today.....the first felt quite good, the second a bit more sluggish.....let's call it a recovery run......anyway the 2 on, 1 off is now in full swing....albeit 2-3 weeks late.....will take Sunday off and see how things go on Monday....

Friday

OFF

Saturday

in Collelongo, track team end of season reunion

AM 7k

PM 7k

Plus one mixed parents kids relay with 12 runners on each team

Sunday

7k hike to see a Marsica bear

Restful week; Solo 30 mile road bike ride today.

this morning at 6am:

56mins with RobertF up and down the little star mountain Monte Stella park in Milan

yesterday

Villa Pamphili in rome, slow wu jog, 10xstairs up&down (about 1m45 per rep)in quadrupedia (only up) to stretch tissues some after tiring weekend load. Worked so well did a 3k progression around the campone (5x600m rounds) from 2m30 to 2m17 per round; jog back home.

-245 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

a sluggish 60' on Monday.....gusty winds and high humidity, but it got done.....45' today to conclude another back-to-back set......finished both runs on the beach for a dip......water is cool (my wife says cold), but definitely refreshing.....day off tomorrow....

today AM, 6:15

Again with RobertF went on to discover the Parco di Trenno green area. Just beautiful grass, soccer field after soccer field tyoe situation with young trees planted and some old ones for the occasional oasis of shade. Shared the soft, green path with many an urban runner for an hour and one minute.

Today was a lovely 80 min loop around the Sugarloaf Ridge in Axedale on the mtn bike. Very cold, very muddy. I reached the top of the last hill just on (a colourful) sunset.

Yesterday, freezing cold, well by our standards anyway ( top of 7deg C). Didn't get a chance to get out during daylight. Hit the windtrainer for a solid 45mins inc my trademark 4,3,2,1,1,2,3,4 minute gear progression/regression.

Monday, the lovely bride dropped me off 10kms from home. I ran into the One Eye Forest and across the Argyle Forest on rolling (occassionally steep) trails for 2hrs. Darkness for the last hour. Great fun running through the forests at night. Thmmp,thmmp,thmmp,thmmp...

Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, 40 mins in the kyak, yow the lakes cold now!! Plenty of birds out in the morning, even a few pelicans.

45 mins on the windtrainer with 7 x 3 min intervals with min. recs.

Then off to Bendigo for a club 8km trail handicap.

Nice hilly, muddy, rocky course. I was 2d from the backmark. George, the front marker started more than 11 minutes in front of me. Poor Pete N, the "backie" was 2m 50 behind me.

Ran a good strong first 1/2 in 17.07. George was still a km in front of me. Crossed by Pete at 17.57, so he hadn't quite made up 1/2 the gap. A big push up the 6th km and then hammered the last downhill 2k. Passed George just past the 7th k and won my $20 voucher with a 33.14. Pete N rolled in in 3d with a fast 31.04.

Sunday. Well I usually pull up ok from the previous days racing. Not so this time. Struggled in the warmup. Once the race got underway I felt ok but everyone just left me for dead. Last year the corresponding race was my fastest performance for the year, more than 2mins slower this time. 6.5km of flat, fast trails in a sad 27.34. Young Lachie who'd given me cheek the previous week won the handicap race in 25.56. Tat 8k and plenty of hard racing must have caught up with me.

That be an arduous stint there, mopak.

Yesterday, 2 hours of boisterous mountain biking with a dozen other ne'er do wells. Mud, rocks, and water hazards aplenty.

AM walk to work 2.5km

A very chilly hour of kyakking then a solid 75 minute run on nice damp forest tracks. It was a loop that was part of my bike ride yesterday evening. I had thought it was 16kms but suspect it might be a little less.

Group of 7 rode bikes for 2:20 on county trunks in the Chequamegon Forest. 36 miles covered. Clear, calm,evening far from the problems of America and the world.

61' relaxing minutes.....nice air and low wind.....not too fast, not too slow.....no problems other than the usual aches associated with aging....have a busy morning and it was a bit cool, so no dip today.....hoping for 40-45 tomorrow....

Bushman wrote:

.... far from the problems of America and the world.

LR can sorta be like that...

today lunchtime:

1hr, quadrupedia repeats plus exercises in Parco Solari

Thurs.50 min. swimmimg and pool running.

Friday rest

Sat AM. MTB; 90 min. on backroads and snowmobile trails. Surprised one whitetail deer. Humid and warm right from the get-go.

TdF; Go Radio SHack and Team Sky. Futbol? meh.... The play is great, that backround noise gets the best of me..... as kilgore would say; OUT!

Had a reunion/slide show with the Overland Track guys and girls last night.

Stayed in Melbourne, went out this morning to the old stomping ground in Whittlesea/Yan Yean.

Ran 80 mins/17kms on Ridge Rd. Started out with Gary (my host) Greg, Mark, Phil and Grayson. We were down to three by the first big climb. A brisk downhill km and it was just Greg and I. Greg's an ex 2.26 man currently running 15-20kms per week!! He is also as tough as nails.

Turned out to be a good solid run, always is if you run with Greg.

Go Cadel!!! Actually Gary's (last night's host) son has one of Cadel's bikes and one of Robbie McEwan's. He's a bike mech.

The "World Game" is just not my cup of tea. Growing up with AFL it is pretty hard to watch other brands of football. Too much sooking, diving, too little scoring and far too little contact.

Find some highlight reels of "Buddy" Franklin, Gary Ablett Jr, Chris Judd, Luke Hodge, Nick Reiwoldt, Jonathan Brown, Cyril Rioli and you would never want to watch any other football.