Sunday, July 17, 2005
The Battle of the Headcolds
14/7/05
I came home from work the night before absolutely stuffed up with a headcold. Had an early night that night and when the alarm went off, felt like just rolling back over and just going back to sleep. Only that I had arranged to meet Running Wolf for our weekly Maroubra to Coogee run got me up and out of bed. I was hoping he was going to take it easy on me today as he put it to me on the hills last week. He took it a bit easier as he was a bit sore from a hard run on Tuesday and a weights session the day before. We did the 8.5km run in 44:30 which was about 1:20 slower than last week. Average pace was 5:15 per km.
15/7/05
Belinda was now starting to feel the effect of a headcold and couldn't answer the alarm. As I had the day off work, I had already planned to run in the middle of the day. I headed out around 11.30 which is a lot more respectable time to run in winter. Today was my 10.8km loop and the goal I set was to run it in under 51 minutes. As I don't run hard much these days, I am an even poorer judge of pace so I should have worn the GPS. It wasn't in the usual place so I just left without it. I realised at half way through the run that I was breathing harder than I should running this pace. I wasn't sure whether it was the lingering effect of the headcold or that I have lost a bit of fitness from not running hard over the last couple of months. It was probably a bit of both. However, the reason that I was breathing so hard was that I finished the run in 49:30 for an average pace around 4:33 per km which was a pleasant surprise.
16/7/05
Belinda's cold had got a lot worse throughout yesterday and she was really crook last night. This had put today's long run in doubt. When the alarm went off this morning, we decided that running in the crisp morning air wasn't going to do us much good so rolled back over and went back to sleep. Got up a few hours later and after having a nice breakfast, we decided to head out for 30km from home around 11.30. We started out a fairly brisk pace considering we were going long and weren't sure whether we would get through the run. Got through the first 10km in just under an hour and even though she felt tired Belinda just kept rolling along. The next 10km included a few hills as we ran around the outside of Centennial Park and Queens Park and this slowed us down a fraction and took us a few minutes more than an hour but the average pace was still a lot quicker than Dee Why last week. Finished the last 9.5km in just under an hour to give us a time of 3:01 for 29.5km for an average pace of 6:07 per km. This was easily Belinda's best long run as it was quicker than previous ones and she overcame running with a cold and going through a bad patch between 21 and 23km to finish very strongly. This run has given her a lot of confidence as the countdown to Sydney is now only 8 weeks to go.
I came home from work the night before absolutely stuffed up with a headcold. Had an early night that night and when the alarm went off, felt like just rolling back over and just going back to sleep. Only that I had arranged to meet Running Wolf for our weekly Maroubra to Coogee run got me up and out of bed. I was hoping he was going to take it easy on me today as he put it to me on the hills last week. He took it a bit easier as he was a bit sore from a hard run on Tuesday and a weights session the day before. We did the 8.5km run in 44:30 which was about 1:20 slower than last week. Average pace was 5:15 per km.
15/7/05
Belinda was now starting to feel the effect of a headcold and couldn't answer the alarm. As I had the day off work, I had already planned to run in the middle of the day. I headed out around 11.30 which is a lot more respectable time to run in winter. Today was my 10.8km loop and the goal I set was to run it in under 51 minutes. As I don't run hard much these days, I am an even poorer judge of pace so I should have worn the GPS. It wasn't in the usual place so I just left without it. I realised at half way through the run that I was breathing harder than I should running this pace. I wasn't sure whether it was the lingering effect of the headcold or that I have lost a bit of fitness from not running hard over the last couple of months. It was probably a bit of both. However, the reason that I was breathing so hard was that I finished the run in 49:30 for an average pace around 4:33 per km which was a pleasant surprise.
16/7/05
Belinda's cold had got a lot worse throughout yesterday and she was really crook last night. This had put today's long run in doubt. When the alarm went off this morning, we decided that running in the crisp morning air wasn't going to do us much good so rolled back over and went back to sleep. Got up a few hours later and after having a nice breakfast, we decided to head out for 30km from home around 11.30. We started out a fairly brisk pace considering we were going long and weren't sure whether we would get through the run. Got through the first 10km in just under an hour and even though she felt tired Belinda just kept rolling along. The next 10km included a few hills as we ran around the outside of Centennial Park and Queens Park and this slowed us down a fraction and took us a few minutes more than an hour but the average pace was still a lot quicker than Dee Why last week. Finished the last 9.5km in just under an hour to give us a time of 3:01 for 29.5km for an average pace of 6:07 per km. This was easily Belinda's best long run as it was quicker than previous ones and she overcame running with a cold and going through a bad patch between 21 and 23km to finish very strongly. This run has given her a lot of confidence as the countdown to Sydney is now only 8 weeks to go.
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Horrie/Belinda
Sounds like a great confidence boosting effort. Belinda, they say getting a cold around now is a sign of getting fitter, so trhink of it as better now than 3 days before the big dance!
I can appreciate the ignoring of the alarm, I have been doing so for the last couple of weeks myself! Keep up the hard work, it will pay big dividends come raceday. Hope to see you both out and about soon.
Sounds like a great confidence boosting effort. Belinda, they say getting a cold around now is a sign of getting fitter, so trhink of it as better now than 3 days before the big dance!
I can appreciate the ignoring of the alarm, I have been doing so for the last couple of weeks myself! Keep up the hard work, it will pay big dividends come raceday. Hope to see you both out and about soon.
The trouble with colds is they make you feel so miserable. It's good to have the goal of sydney to keep you motivated. It sounds like the training is going well. You both must be looking forward to the big day.
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