city to surf eve!

The day before the city to surf & I did bugger all today.

Yesterday I was in Canberra & I did go for a run. Knee was still a pain. It was good until 20min of running then it starts playing up.
I ran about 12k. For my canberra clients & those who know canberra, I ran from Giralang to lake ginnanderra. I did a lap of the lake then back to Giralang.
I did that run at 8am. It was cool but not cold.

It was great to catch up with some old faces at AIF & meet some new ones

Don't really remember what I ate yesterday & don't feel like thinking too much but I did go out last night to Terrigal pub & drank lots of beer & played lots of pool & my pool partner Amy & I kicked butt & won something like 6 games in a row:)

Today was no running at all & knee feels great! Will have to wait until tomorrow in the race to see how it is.
I got my number for the city to surf yesterday & im in the front group but the in the second group of the front group. I'll have around 10,000 people in front of me before I even cross the line.
My goal time is under 54min but if I get a crap start it could be tough.

I had 5 weetbix for b'fast & coffee, lunch was chicken terriaki footlong from subway. Had some dates for a snack. Dinner was pasta with olives & vegies, & night snack was mango yoghurt. Drank a few glasses of portello softdrink & 2lt of water

Good luck to all of you who are running tomorrow in the city to surf. I'll keep an eye out for you:)

Moderate running, slight knee pain

I did run run today. Ran on the t'mill. Knee was okish. More annoying than anything. Ran 10k in 44min. The pain goes away the faster I run.
No other pain anywhere.

I'll go for another easy run in the morning. I'll have to rug up as I'll be in Canberra.

I'm writing this early as I won't have the internet tonight.

So far I've eaten 3 slices of white toast with honey & coffee for b'fast
Morning snack was another coffee & a blueberry muffin.
Had some m&m's & lollies at a meeting at work & for lunch had a tuna roll.

So far drank just over 1lt of water

Have a great day everybody:)

damn knee!

Frustrating!!!!!

Anyway thats part of life. The problem with this injury is it only gets sore while I'm out running. So how do I know if it's better? I have to go run. If it hurts while I'm running then it's not better. But if I do run & it starts hurting then i haven't really rested it. It's kind of like an ITB injury.

Well I ran on the t'mill this morning. Ran for 15min & it started. I stopped, then later in the day I hopped on the bike & did 30min on that..(very boring!) Then I thought I'll try running again. Was good for about another 15min & again could feel that niggle. No swelling, no pain other than when I'm running...mmm.....well my plan of attack to battle this challenge.....I'll try to run again tomorrow. If it hurts I'll stop. I'll rest it on friday & saturday then see how it goes in the city to surf. Then I'll take next week off running & see how it goes.
If it's good tomorrow I'll run easy friday & saturday then do the city to surf.

I had a massage today & this was all on my right side. Got into my glutes, ITB, side of the calves & quads. Again very bloody painful. Hoping that will help!

Now when I get an injury I kinda get frustrated & eat all sorts of crappy food.
So today I was pretty good:)
B'fast had toast with jam & coffee
Lunch was yoghurt, some choc drink & cheese & tomato toasted s'wich
Later had another coffee & an apple
Dinner was museli....

Drank only 1lt of water....(no wonder I feel dry!)

So thats my day done

Tomorrow I'm off to c'berra. Not for work but for a memorial for Monty

another rest day

I went for a light run. Only around 3k. That knee niggle in my right knee is bothering me. Annoying! So I stopped running walked home, stapped my knee & put it to rest for the day.
Just another challenge.
Spent some time icing it. Have a massage booked tomorrow. Will rest tomorrow as well.

So thats it for today

I had 4 weetbix with yoghurt & coffee for b'fast
Lunch was 2 banana s'wich's
Afternoon snack was some lowfat organic yoghurt
Dinner had 3 bbq chicken rolls

Drank 1.5lt of water.

Hoping for the knee to feel good tomorrow

no run & feeling good

Had a rest day today. Did bugger all. (except work of course)

Was a bit stiff in the legs when I woke up. Right knee was also a bit sore. I rubbed some voltaren gel on it, strapped it & wore a compression bandage on it all day. Feels all good now. Will see how it feels tomorrow on my morning run.

Tomorrow I'll do some kind of speed work & it'll be early. I'll decide how far & how hard in the morning depending on how the knee is.

I ate 2 date & walnut scones for b'fast...mmmm those ones from terrigal bakers delight. Had them with some proper coffee! Not that instant stuff.
Lunch was 2 apples & a salad roll & OJ
Arvo snack had toast with honey
Dinner was organic pasta with organic pasta sauce

Drank 1.5lt of water

So thats it for today.
Hope tomorrow will be good

swooping magpies

Did my long run today. And long run it was! I was going to run for around 2hrs 30min, but went for a bit longer. I always do a 3hr run at least once through any marathon training, & I felt pretty good at 2hr15min so thought I might as well get the 3hr run done.
I ran 37k in 3:01:44 or 4:55 min a km.
I ran pretty slow through the whole run & at the end I put on a bit of pace.

Now in case your wondering where did I go. I started at the entrance, ran to toukley. That took an hour then I turned around & ran back. It rained for most of the way back, but it didn't bother me. It was quite nice to have a bit of rain to cool me down.
When I got back I ran for another 30min towards long jetty along the bike path.
It was there a bloody god damn magpie swooped me!

I was glad when it was over though!

My right knee was good in most of the run but could feel it playing up in other parts.

All in all I was very happy with the run.

Later I went home & crashed out for around 30min.

Did a cycle class in the afternoon. That was really good. Legs felt great after:)
Before cycle I spent close to 40min on the foam roller getting into my leg muscles

I had 2 slices of toast with jam & coffee before run.
Straight after run I had 2 date scones & a bottle of coke. (coke has never tasted so good!)
Lunch was 2 tuna & cheese s'wich's
An hour before cycle I had 2 cape fruit & nut rolls from bakers delight & choc milkshake.
After cycle I ate a pkt of jubes (lollies)
Dinner was a hambuger & chips from the takeaway.
Just finished having a bowl of full fat natural yoghurt & 4 slices of toast with jam

Not much water today.......around 2lt

Another week over.
I ran a total of 131km this week & did 2 cycle classes. Next week I'm going to back off & give my body a chance to recover a bit.

Aslo have the city to surf on Sunday. Good luck to all who is entering