GB.
Monday, December 6, 2010
no peace
Shit. I've notched up 13ks tonight - locked into two bays a on Jan 16th, and hoping to pull a rabbit out of a hat - but fo real. i want to run atm. i really want to break some shackles. i gotta break something. so we'll see,. or i will.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
BIG race = BIG question:
I was just thinking about the run coming this Sunday and so I wondered....
Q. HAS ANY ONE OF US RAN THIS FAR BEFORE????
50km will be the longest I have ever ran!
hmmmm....
GB.
I Love Coffee....
I LOVE COFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....
ZiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnNnnnGGggggggg!
GB.
BIG NEWS: from Adidas (the better of the two brothers)!
I was talking to my man friends down at the Adidas store in Bourke St yesterday; and the bloke informed me that Adidas are bringing out there own version of the Nike Free within the next 4-6months.
He also said that they were beginning to design shoes for runners that are forefoot strikers as opposed to the big heeled trainers for heel strikers.
....personally I think he had read the book - by the way he was talking and the crap he was speaking. But nonetheless something to lookout for!!
GB.
Maroondah Prep (or lack there of):
Geronimo is up and kicking!
I might be sick and sore, and have a huge blister on the achilles of my foot (from a new pair of cas shoes) but after talking about going for a run for a whole week I finally pulled myself out of this chair and onto the roads.
Additionally I also wrote a poem on my run (which I may or may not post), and went shopping last night for supplies for Sunday's run (band aids, vaseline, gu's, etc.).
Tuesday night, I set out to run east down the river a little bit, across the river to the Tan, through the Tan to Albert Park Lake, around it and then home again in some random roundabout way.
This never eventuated....
After hitting the track that runs alongside the river, I didn't have the physical or mental strength to change direction and so I just kept running forward.
After an hour of running at an avg. heart rate of 138bpm, I was starting to tire and had no idea where I was. So i took the next stairs up to the main roads and found myself on Victoria St. Simple i ran home fairly directly from here at an avg. HR of 148bpm, and so knocked up the most painful 16km that I can remember.
However....
this is a run (a circuit) that we will have to hit up in the near future. I think that from my house, following the river to Alexandra Parade, past Joe's place and then down (say) Rathdowne St would be about 35-40km.
The river is a pleasant run :)
GB.
2Bayz Again!
I just wanted to note on the blog that we ran the Two Bays Trail again.
On the 7th Feb, Joe and I set out at about 12pm to run the near on 30k, which is Two Bays.
It was meant to be a 31 degree day, however where we were it definitely hit 35 or more.
We unfortunately got lost, adding a couple of k's onto the run and a good deal of uncertainty.
The heat took its toll on us and we ran a pretty slow time, but I've got to say that I thoroughly enjoyed running alongside the White Kenyan, ripping up the trail, enjoying the freedoms of trail running, clawing our way to the top of Arthur's Seat, and narrowly missing standing on a damn snake!!
It's a great trail with some amazing views and so we must get a group together and go for another run down there sometime soon again.
Cheers.
GB.
Its been a long time - I'm sorry I left you!
Wellllllllll,
this is the first post in a long time.
However, I'm going to attempt to put a few more smaller posts up from now on for you to run your eyes over quickly.
Lucy, Joe and myself have the daunting Maroondah Dam run coming up this weekend. In only 3 days, POW! (did he say pow?)
I would love to say that I was excited but I've been so sick with a head cold/flu that Katrina happily handballed to me. This combined with an intensive footy training session on Monday has left me sore and sore - struggling to walk and sit down, let alone run!
Errrrrrrrrrr!
No excuses though (well except for that one), this Sunday is going to be great!
Cheers.
GB.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
2BAYZ
Yeh preparation for the run was solid beers went down well tried to keep up with the water, beach runs, bbq, good times. Got bitten by a spider(?) 2 nights before the run in my sleep. I don't know it affected anything but i do know my bum bag gave me absolute grief. Any jogs up to 30k from now on i will not be taking any thing except a bottle of clean water.
So i had set out with the intention of running the 56k. I'm glad i didnt because the bumbag on my back has grazed it to the point it still hasnt healed. The water i took with me i had filled with chia thinking it would save on digestion time from any thing i would eat but it made me sick in the guts and slowed me to a walk for the last 3k. Lesson learned. Another lesson was in pacing myself, i felt okay skipping from pack to pack but i am not sure if i tired more from the nutrition on the day. Will have to work on that too. I posted a respectable time but definitely room for improvement. Al still seemed pretty sprightly when he passed me near the end and i think he ran a lot better in that slow and steady wins the race. I imagine the farther you run, the truer that is.
So i had set out with the intention of running the 56k. I'm glad i didnt because the bumbag on my back has grazed it to the point it still hasnt healed. The water i took with me i had filled with chia thinking it would save on digestion time from any thing i would eat but it made me sick in the guts and slowed me to a walk for the last 3k. Lesson learned. Another lesson was in pacing myself, i felt okay skipping from pack to pack but i am not sure if i tired more from the nutrition on the day. Will have to work on that too. I posted a respectable time but definitely room for improvement. Al still seemed pretty sprightly when he passed me near the end and i think he ran a lot better in that slow and steady wins the race. I imagine the farther you run, the truer that is.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Two Bayz: Dromana - Cape Schank
We Did It!
28K's of glorious running, behind us now.
For a big run; preparation is everything - and Tommy and I would've finished before we had even started if we had been any more ready for it.
December 30 to Jan 3 = Drinking Piss all day, everyday, and eating crappy, uncooked food, and late nights, with little sleep due to the tents, hard grounds and drunken idiots everywhere. Along with this was the six pack of Coopers the night before the run and then the bogging of the Kombi in the caravan park 10minutes before the run was due to start - just what we needed as we hit the starting line with every bright eyed bugger (of which there were 80-100), raring to burn off.
Cuttin' it down from here:
Tom immediately ripped away from me up the first persistent hill that then ran straight into the Arthur's Seat Hill climb. Needless to say I basically did not see him again.
Settling in to my run, it was so amazing. I found myself in a group of about 10 others and we chop and changed position the entire way.
The tracks, the views, the up and down hills, the steps, the fernery and prickles and the final quick five km stretch that consisted of fun and fun.
I hit a couple of walls during the run and took forever to get any gu's into me, as well as water - but once i had eaten and hydrated as well as adjusted my hradtion belt, I was away.
My first third and second thirds of the run were of a very similar time (shows how poor my second third was - "my walls were there"), but my last third was blistering in comparison. I thought my run was well measured by my standards, however perhaps i should've pusshed a little harder in the first and second thirds.
I finished on the biggest high! It was just ace. so much fun. such a challenge, and now i'm just ready for something bigger.
I passed Tommy with about 1km still to run and I powered home to finish in 2:34:11, which I was pretty happy with. I beat everyone in my group of runners, as well as a few more who were up ahead of us for 95% of the run. My goal was to be under 2:40, however I don't ever want to run it again and go over 2:30.
'Til next time ....BUZZZZZzzzzz
GB.
28K's of glorious running, behind us now.
For a big run; preparation is everything - and Tommy and I would've finished before we had even started if we had been any more ready for it.
December 30 to Jan 3 = Drinking Piss all day, everyday, and eating crappy, uncooked food, and late nights, with little sleep due to the tents, hard grounds and drunken idiots everywhere. Along with this was the six pack of Coopers the night before the run and then the bogging of the Kombi in the caravan park 10minutes before the run was due to start - just what we needed as we hit the starting line with every bright eyed bugger (of which there were 80-100), raring to burn off.
Cuttin' it down from here:
Tom immediately ripped away from me up the first persistent hill that then ran straight into the Arthur's Seat Hill climb. Needless to say I basically did not see him again.
Settling in to my run, it was so amazing. I found myself in a group of about 10 others and we chop and changed position the entire way.
The tracks, the views, the up and down hills, the steps, the fernery and prickles and the final quick five km stretch that consisted of fun and fun.
I hit a couple of walls during the run and took forever to get any gu's into me, as well as water - but once i had eaten and hydrated as well as adjusted my hradtion belt, I was away.
My first third and second thirds of the run were of a very similar time (shows how poor my second third was - "my walls were there"), but my last third was blistering in comparison. I thought my run was well measured by my standards, however perhaps i should've pusshed a little harder in the first and second thirds.
I finished on the biggest high! It was just ace. so much fun. such a challenge, and now i'm just ready for something bigger.
I passed Tommy with about 1km still to run and I powered home to finish in 2:34:11, which I was pretty happy with. I beat everyone in my group of runners, as well as a few more who were up ahead of us for 95% of the run. My goal was to be under 2:40, however I don't ever want to run it again and go over 2:30.
'Til next time ....BUZZZZZzzzzz
GB.
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