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NZ to BC to NZ
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16-11-2010 5:18am#1Okay, so here's the deal. I ran the Dunedin Marathon on 12 September in 4 hours 22 mins and since then have been cutting loose, drinking too much NZ white and finding myself in compromising situations. It's been great.
Still cycling in and out to uni and going swimming and doing a bit of hiking now that summer is nearly here (yup, such is life in the Southern Hemisphere. Long, sunny days of November...). I've been running anything between 2 to 5 times a week since the marathon, motivation has certainly been coming in peaks and troughs jpwever. Last week, for example, I was loving running and went out 5 times, including 6 x 800 metre repeats with a local running club and a hilly 12 miler on Saturday morning. This week - meh. Simply couldn't face the thought of going for a run yesterday as planned so instead dragged myself to the gym and did 3 miles on the treadmill, telling myself that anything was better than nothing.
So! Next race is going to be the Rotorua Marathon on Saturday 30 April 2011 and following the 18 week plan of our trusted and respected leader, Hal, this means starting training on Monday 27 December. Ho ho ho! I'm going to follow a self-devised mix of the Novice and Intermediate plan: followed the novice plan, running 4 times a week, for DCM 2009 and ran in 4:19. Followed the intermediate plan for the Dunedin Marathon, running 5 times a week, and grew to loathe and despise running but definitely had a quicker recovery time from the long runs. So this time round I'll run 4 times a week (including the interval sessions with the club I've joined) but still doing the long runs of Intermediate Plan.
Just to keep life interesting I'll be disappearing off to British Columbia - BC baby! - for three weeks in the middle of the training in late Jan/early Feb for skiing, catching up with old friends and for the launch of this. http://pdfcast.org/pdf/snowdrift-blurb. Woo hoo! Hence the name of the new log: NZ to BC to NZ.
From now till 27 December I reckon I'll just run as and when I feel like it to keep things ticking over. More damage limitation than anything else. Will do a weekly update on this log.5
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Yes and apparently you get free entry to the hot pools with your marathon entry
The rest of Day One
- mid-afternoon gin and tonic on the veranda. 29C out
- homemade pizza for dinner
- post-dinner merriment and chocolate
Day Two
- Damn! Where did that sun go? Overcast and rainy. Still warm though. Another pre-breakfast 5 miler (fuelled by a quarter of a lemon shortbread mmm) through Hagley Park, which was in fact the epicentre of a minor earthquake yesterday. Stayed solid today though.0 -
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