Describe Your Running Today, Part II

Donna,

Thanks for that bit of wit and wisdom. Letsrun culture and American culture in general would be well served by a return to more civil demeanor.

AM;6 miles covered in 58 min. on foot. Weather as fine as this could last forever. Life is good. Even the one troublesome German Shepard on this route was chained this morning.

yesterday

Rest

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

first speed workout i've done in at least a year. 6x200 all under 29, 200m walk for recovery. then i went running through the woods because it was actually kinda warm and ended up running through a river. entertaining day.

Sat. AM. 12 mountain bike miles on rural lanes. 3 Eagles soared thermals in the distance. Light traffic and ideal weather made for a relaxing ride.

Legs that were so pumped yesterday, were flat this time out.

Sunday; yet to be determined. Wonder how Chicago went.

Tonight after work (back to day shift)I did an easy 35min trot through bushland near the LUBAC track, got caught in a torrential downpour. At the track I did 3k pacemaking a small group of 20.00/5k runners through 3k in 11.56 (3.58,3.59,3.59). I then eased out of their way and jogged 300m then strode out the straights for a lap. Rick, who had paced the leader through 3k had eased back to just running through his last laps, he lapped me so I stuck with him. We clipped along at a solid training hack. As he finished his last lap I caught the last of the 6 runners and finished with a solid lap keeping him company. Ended up running 20.50. A good night's work.

Monday. Returned home after last night shift at 9am. Slept until 1pm. Drove out to Nagambie and dropped the kyak into the Goulbourn River. Had a solid paddle for 75mins, stopped and did 60 pushups at 1/2 way. Did some weight training later.

Sunday. A good morning run on the banks of the Edward River in Deniliquin NSW. Pleasant terrain fairly flat trails/dirt roads, nice forest running for 68mins, finished with a measured 4k loop in 17m. Attended wife's family reunion then home before heading into work.

Saturday. 45min kyak with some sprints.45min mtn bike ride on the McIvor trails. Off to NSW in the afternoon.

Friday. Stopped on the way home from Melbourne at Kilmore. Ran 50mins on the trails around Monument Hill.

Thurs. A solid 75min mtb ride up on the McIvor trails.Headed down to Melbourne.

Wed. An hour run on the McIvor trails, tired from lack of sleep.

mopak, reads like some good steady state, no?

today:

bike commute

yesterday

3.5 hours of different types of fitness classes, LOL. I was kinda funny, and i really enjoyed the 50 minutes of stretching which i never, ever do. The music, LOL, i was with this friend of mine who is an instructor invited me to hang out...

sunday

family day

saturday

Just had a field day with the metronome connected to the power amp. The kids went really wild, like really

onehundredthirtyfour days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011.

40' on Friday....left Achilles loosened up early, but sore the next day.....taking a few days off to heal.....not sure when the next run will be....

today

Bike commuting. 1h30mins fitness class. I think i am going to go on a stretching binge. Temperatures decreasing.

-133 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

Sunday; brief jaunt on the road bike covering 14 miles. Traffic was light and the weather fine. Hit a good lick on the way back for about 2 miles. Slight tailwind pushed down a grade getting me up to 28MPH, I stayed on it and held tough at 24-25MPH for the next five minutes, then I was spent.

Monday; Social obligations held sway. No bike, no run.

Tuesday:Playing catch up at work, cattle sorting, etc. No workout. Getting that wound tight/uptight angst.

Wednesday; 4 miles AM. 38 min. The heel is the least tender its been in months. Frustrating day other wise, with equipment breakdowns holding up progress. The hellish barrage of political ads only serves to intensify my urge to flee to the UP for a week or so.

Give me Gimmelwald, or Give me ______!

8M Tempo @ 5:31 pace. Felt relaxed.

Goal= 2:35 (Houston)

Gunner, when is houston?

Stick around, we'll root for ya!

Bushman, we are almost there, in Gimmelwald, that's right, there, that's the ticket, oh yeah...

We have been posting on this thread for over 3 years.

Talk about endurance training. Onward we go...

Thursday; 8 miles; slow,, sure miles trod in New Balance trail shoes. Iced heel post run.

Friday; 26 minutes on catskiis. The lawn was ice covered at dawn.

Time is going fast, too fast. fast enough to prompt a decision to acquire a beautiful group of 11 Murray Grey cattle to spruce up the landscape of he farm. I feel like I'm in a dream. Pinarello bike, Murray Greys, healthy family. Life is good----so good.

Houston??/ I don't know either. NYCM, 3 weeks. Holy cow.

This year is moving by like a Broadway Musical on speed dial.

Today, am. 60mins mtb up the McIvor Range in drizzling rain, roos everywhere, they love cloud cover. All up the ride was barely over 12kms with 250m of elevation change, hard to go fast over the rocky ground.

An hour of mowing, forgotten how fast grass grows when we get rain.

pm. Off to Bendigo races to see my gangly 3yo gelding AG run a solid 3d. He's still gotta learn to relax, used up a bit of gas trying to pull young Andrews arms out of their sockets. He led them up and kicked away but just paddled a bit the last 130m.

Stopped at Eppalock on the way home, water level is up since last week. A strong 1/2 hour paddle, bouncing around like I was in the sea.

Headed up the McIvor Range and back for a nice 35min/6.6km run with 160m of elevation change.

Nearly the perfect day.

Last evening I did the above mtb ride after work. Pouring rain so I had plenty of marsupial spectators throughout.

Murray Greys are a popular breed in this part of the world.

The breed was developed in Australia, circa the early 1900's. It's very well regarded for doing great on grass alone. Calm disposition and tender eating are other characteristics. The original cross was between a Short Horn cow and an Angus Bull.

Sat. 26 miles biked with our group of 4. Mostly on rural roads and a rail-trail conversion.

Sunday; late afternoon ride at 4Pm.Blue bird perfect weather is the norm presently. 21 miles of good conversation.

What is the closest thing that comes to a wild cow breed nowdays?

Sunday

Enjoyed in Carate Brianza (near Milan) what more than a race was an organized mass training session with entertainment and perks.

For 6 euros you got a t-shirt and two bottles of wine (with the lable of the running club that organzied the race which i thought was a pretty nice touch!) Anyway they offered courses of 7,13,16, 25, 33 and 42 km all mixed trail, grass, gravel and roads. It would have been awesome if it hadnt rained persistently for the whole weekend. Mud to the ears but actually that was fun to. No chip. People started on their won between 7 and 9 am, hence the mass training and no race. Still had all sorts of volunteers, refreshments and medical aid stations along the course. Did the 7km plus and extra 3km in the main park near the start/finish. A great formula.

Saturday

Visit friends in Verbania, some not seen for 20 odd years. Lots of eating and walking under the rain.

Friday

Easy 40 mins jog

Bushman, glad to hear that things are going good.

Wednesday

Walk to work and back

Tuesday

40mins easy

Monday

rest

Bike commute

tpcb,

Got to do research on the wild cow info. I did have the privilege of sharing the streets of Boston with the infamous CowMan Shirk circa 1979 on Patrioits day. That was wild for the lot of us in his presence. Wild enough to inspire a "mooing" to issue forth from the throngs of nearby spectators as well.

Tues.AM. 4 miles in 39 min. Nondescript miles.

Weds. Rest

Thurs.AM. The usual 4 mile loop. 38F with full sun and a stiff NW wind. Dressed warm enough to break a sweat.

Time to take stock of the rest of this day.

Mmm...27deg C today. A very exhausting 80min. kyak session. Strong wind and choppy water. Charging along on waves out to Wild Duck Creek. Passed a group of pelicans , 25-30 of them. There was another group of about 20 out towards shallow water at the WDC. Also several swans and a couple of spoonbill. Turned in 37mins but despite a significant upping of the ante it took me 43 to return along the same route. Arms and shoulders were shot. I usually do 20-30 overhead presses of the craft before securing it to the top of my vehicle. Not today, struggled to lift it the once!

Back home I took my bike up onto the Mc Ivor Range, just straight up to Pannells Hill and then looped down into Dead Horse Gully. The last 3km of climbing to Pannells involves about 60-70% small chain ring, we're talking 5-8kph. Back at the bottom of the range I turned off to the golf course and then took off the shoes and did 26mins of relaxed fartlek. Of course I had my usual marsupial audience, numbering in the 100s.

Yesterday. Morning appointment in Bendigo. Squeezed in 72mins/22kms of mt.bike up to One Tree Hill and back before afternoon shift. Good tough trails but a most of the climbs done in the middle chain ring.

Wednesday. Had to wait for my daughter in Bendigo after work. Went out to Crusoe at Kangaroo Flat. Did a slow and easy 90 minutes. The first 8kms was on the measured trail took me 42mins, did gradually pick it up a bit, finished off with 4x25 pushups.

Tuesday. Club 3000m track race. Suffered as I went out with the 90sec lap guys and gradually dropped off to finish in 11.44. Good to really put myself under some pressure though.