Very Very Very Slack Week

I barely ran at all this week. I semi-injured myself last Saturday when I was running, and I fell down the stairs on Tuesday, so I was a bit paranoid about getting a more 'long term' injury.

My 'runs' were:
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 7.41km
Wednesday: 10.06km
Thursday: 8.6km + 25 minutes of boot camp.

Today (Saturday) I did a gentle 4.6km walk with my mother ( we average 9:24/km).

I am thinking of canceling my gym membership. I don't really get to use it that much because I like to be on the road running as much as possible. I also don't do as much yoga as I'd like when I'm going to the gym. I'd rather just use the gym at school and/or get some of my own equipment and save the $35/fortnight.

Someone asked me if this was my first marathon - at this stage I'm only competing in the half, which I have done once before. I'm leaning more towards doing the Jetty 2 Jetty at Redcliffe instead of GC half, because of the smaller crowds.

I did Macleay River half in 2009. It was horrible. I learned that just because you CAN run 21.1km without training doesn't mean you SHOULD. Recovery was long and painful. It was a very steep learning curve. This time I'm trying to handle the situation a lot better, train properly and whatnot.

I went to a workshop last night put on by the QLD Dept of Sport and Rec. It was all about athlete recovery, what to eat leading up to, during and after an event and basic strength and conditioning. SO informative. It was a really great experience. Extra bonus - it was free AND there was FREE FOOD! I was hungry after my 7.5km jog yesterday afternoon so it was great chowing down on some nice sandwiches and fruit!

Heading out for a run soon, I'll see how the ankle holds up. I'm planning on doing about a 4km loop and seeing if I can repeat it 3 times.
x Madeline

End of Week 7

Workouts for the week:

Monday: Gym - 12.2km cycle (30 minutes), 40 minutes of strength work
Tuesday: 4km cycle (10 minutes), Speed session - 10  x 2 mins ( 1 min walk or jog recovery) (51 minutes total, 9.2km)
Wednesday: 12.8km cycle (30 minutes), weights (20 minutes), yoga (30 minutes)
Thursday: Boot camp (45 minutes) + 9km jog on treadmill (53 minutes)
Friday: Trail run at White's Hill (40 minutes, 5.6km)
Saturday: 45 minute recovery walk/run. (6.7km). I had a bit of a fall, it was really embarrassing, as it was right in front of a guy who was washing his car. It felt ok at the time, but I fell with most of my weight on my right fore-arm and twisted my ankle as I fell. My arm woke me up a few times during the night and my ankle is getting worse now. The LSD today didn't help.
Sunday: LSD. 12.2km, (1:20). It felt awful, I was really nauseous the whole time, I kept stopping to heave and dry retch. It was a massive struggle. I'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow, I might have the day off and just do some yoga to let me ankle recover.
I've been training really solidly lately, I don't want to throw a spanner in the works by getting an injury. Or by turning a bit of a twisted ankle into an ongoing thing.

My weekly mileage was 42.7km (running, 5 sessions) and 29km (cycling, 3 sessions).

Bring on week 8!

x Madeline.

Recovery Week

A completely self-indulgent and narcissistic blog. Unashamedly though. Terribly cliched already.

This blog with describe my foray into running and occasionally post some pictures of some 'art' I create.

I'm following Pat Carroll's Gold Coast Half Marathon (Intermediate) training program. I'm currently at '14 weeks to go', but I will start by posting what I did last week.

Monday: 7.2km run (40 min), 30 mins of strength work
Tuesday: Rest (went into the city to pick up my new piano)
Wednesday: 7km trail run (50 minutes at White's Hill), 30 minutes of strength training
Thursday: Boot camp (45 minutes) + Gym session - 3km run (16:00), 4km cycle (10:00), 3km run (17:30)
Friday: Rest (went home to Lismore for the weekend)
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: 40 minutes of Yoga (I love Sadie Nardini and Tara Stiles)

I bought some new oil pastels today. Here's a photo of a sketch I did: