Another cold start to the day. Cycled to work. Legs felt slow and heavy...not a great feeling but also not a big suprise really.
Did an hour of spinning at lunch which was pretty intense! Will cycle home and then have an hour swim this evening. Was planning to do another half marathon in the morning but right now it seems like a bad idea..lets see.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Monday, 22 February 2010
Monday 22nd of Feb 2010
I know what you're thinking, "ideal running conditions"! that's what I thought too. I was woken by the wind and swirling snow...lets go running I thought. So at 5:15 I kind of fell out of bed, auto piloted my way down stairs into my cycling kit and made my way to work..-6c and windy so I couldn't feel my face or hands by the time I got to work. Then into my running kit with thermal under trousers. Out side to get a satellite lock and off we went for a 24k run. Around 1 hour and 50 minutes later we were back! Herm....I must have lost a few marbles in the last few months! what the heck am I doing out running in this crappy weather. I had a very quiet weekend with no phys except a quick 5k to go pick my car up yesterday. Oh and that was only -5c! My geography must have been worse than I thought as I never realised Denmark was in the Arctic Circle!
Will cycle back home this afternoon and then tomorrow some spinning and swimming!
Have a good one!
Friday, 19 February 2010
Friday 19th of Feb 2010
Snow snow snow! soooo bored of snow! We had another 3 inches last night!
Up early, managed to slip and slide the car to the pool and do 1k. Then spent half an house clearing snow from the path outside our house (thats the law here). Cycled to work which was fun in the snow! a few hairy moments!
Ran 10k at work with an avg pace of 4:30 per k. Very happy with the pace but found it hard today. I think I am getting to a stage where I need a few days to rest a little and just let my body repair it self!
Will cycle home then out for a few beers tonight! got to train the liver too at some point!
Up early, managed to slip and slide the car to the pool and do 1k. Then spent half an house clearing snow from the path outside our house (thats the law here). Cycled to work which was fun in the snow! a few hairy moments!
Ran 10k at work with an avg pace of 4:30 per k. Very happy with the pace but found it hard today. I think I am getting to a stage where I need a few days to rest a little and just let my body repair it self!
Will cycle home then out for a few beers tonight! got to train the liver too at some point!
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Thursday 18th of Feb 2010
Another early start today. Good uick ride to work and then a really hard 1 hour spinning session! HR up at 165 the whole time. Legs like jelly now. Will cycle home later.
Tomorrow I plan to swim in the am, cycle to work and then do a speed session in running at lunch time! hermm..doesnt sound that tempting right now.
Found a company that I can get a full mono carbon TT frame delieverd for £400! do I do it???
Tomorrow I plan to swim in the am, cycle to work and then do a speed session in running at lunch time! hermm..doesnt sound that tempting right now.
Found a company that I can get a full mono carbon TT frame delieverd for £400! do I do it???
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Wednesday 17th of Feb 2010
Morning! Had a really great swim last night. Getting much faster and am finding the breathing much better now. Hurray!! At last its starting to pay off. I think 3 days a week is much better.
Cycled to work as usual and will do a v gentle 10k run today. Then cycle home. Back to blog a little later. Looking for Carbon bike frame from far east! lets see how I get on.
Update 12:01pm - Ok so I ran 10k at 5 min pace (just under) with a HR of 148. All good - BUT my legs are soooo tired. I am sure Monday was too much for me and I will have to bring down the pace for my half marathon Mondays! Had lunch but still feel hungry!
Cycled to work as usual and will do a v gentle 10k run today. Then cycle home. Back to blog a little later. Looking for Carbon bike frame from far east! lets see how I get on.
Update 12:01pm - Ok so I ran 10k at 5 min pace (just under) with a HR of 148. All good - BUT my legs are soooo tired. I am sure Monday was too much for me and I will have to bring down the pace for my half marathon Mondays! Had lunch but still feel hungry!
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Tuesday 16th of Feb 2010
Up early today having slept better. Legs felt like hell when I woke up... wil have to reconcider the pace next Monday! Cycled to work. Spinning at lunch time which was pretty intence today!
Will cycle home and then this evening will go swimming for an hour or so.
My legs are sooooo tired though.
More later
Johan
PS just found this:
http://www.abudhabitriathlon.com/
Could be one for 2011 me thinks!
Will cycle home and then this evening will go swimming for an hour or so.
My legs are sooooo tired though.
More later
Johan
PS just found this:
http://www.abudhabitriathlon.com/
Could be one for 2011 me thinks!
Monday, 15 February 2010
Monday 15th Of Feb 2010
Well its the start of another week. I didnt have a very restful weekend. Did 1 hour turbo trainer on Saturday after running around a forest with my daughter on a hourse! was meant to be just walking around but the teacher thought it would be fun to run in 10 inches of snow...nice. Sunday did 2k swim which went really really well so am very pleased with that and then did some gym work to encourage my wife (who did very well) and also to work on my upper body a little.
This morning I was up at 5:30 again..very hard to drag my self up today though as I didnt have a great sleep. Cycled to work and then met one of the guys here and did another half marathon. Avg of 4:36 per k and a new PB of 1h:36m for the whole thing. Legs tired but mind very happy!
Have heard some really funny phrases recently from guys here:
"Pain is just weekness leaving the body"
"There is a fine line between stupi and cool"
My fave is when they say "We'll just take it nice and easy" with a smirk on the face which means were going to go flat out!
This morning I was up at 5:30 again..very hard to drag my self up today though as I didnt have a great sleep. Cycled to work and then met one of the guys here and did another half marathon. Avg of 4:36 per k and a new PB of 1h:36m for the whole thing. Legs tired but mind very happy!
Have heard some really funny phrases recently from guys here:
"Pain is just weekness leaving the body"
"There is a fine line between stupi and cool"
My fave is when they say "We'll just take it nice and easy" with a smirk on the face which means were going to go flat out!
Friday, 12 February 2010
Friday 12th of Feb 2010
Didn't cycle to work today but went for a quick run (10k - 4:30 pace). Im feeling really tired today though. I had quite an intense day at work this morning and just using my brain seems to have tipped me over the edge into being totally waisted. Plan to drive home soon and sit on my rear and do almost nothing.
There are probably many fit people out there thinking I am being a bit dramatic but I think the last 3 or 4 weeks of more full on training have come as a shock to my body and its crying out for rest.
The good news is I am supposed to do another 21k on Monday morning at 6:30am at 4:40 pace! joy of joys.
Ciao
There are probably many fit people out there thinking I am being a bit dramatic but I think the last 3 or 4 weeks of more full on training have come as a shock to my body and its crying out for rest.
The good news is I am supposed to do another 21k on Monday morning at 6:30am at 4:40 pace! joy of joys.
Ciao
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Thursday 11th of Feb 2010
So today started early. Up at 5:15, in the pool by 6am, did 2k. Started off feeling quite hard but it got better. I then cycled to work which felt really hard! I think my legs are finding it tough!
I now plan to spin for an hour and then after work I will cycle home. That will be a good day of swim and cycle.
I plan to add some more pics soon of what the place looks like after 3 weeks of -3 to -10c weather!!
I now plan to spin for an hour and then after work I will cycle home. That will be a good day of swim and cycle.
I plan to add some more pics soon of what the place looks like after 3 weeks of -3 to -10c weather!!
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Wednesday 10th of Feb 2010
Had a great swim last night. Did over 2k and it was string quick swimming with very few breaks! really pleased as I wasnt looking forward to it!
Cycled to work this morning quick, felt hard as my legs are now getting tired...this brings me on nicely to running 10 this moning in a few menutes time! doh!
Will update after run!
Ok, back now after mu run. Did 10.3 k at around 4:55 pace. Kept the hr below 158 and felt quite strong until the last 2k. My legs started to hurt and I could feel the ks from Monday starting to take effect. All in all a good run and I am still showing signes of improvement...this is the most important thing for me at this stage. I would like to improve in some way every week.
Now just to cycle home...I may hop onto my trubo trainer for an hour tonight, lets see.
Johan
Cycled to work this morning quick, felt hard as my legs are now getting tired...this brings me on nicely to running 10 this moning in a few menutes time! doh!
Will update after run!
Ok, back now after mu run. Did 10.3 k at around 4:55 pace. Kept the hr below 158 and felt quite strong until the last 2k. My legs started to hurt and I could feel the ks from Monday starting to take effect. All in all a good run and I am still showing signes of improvement...this is the most important thing for me at this stage. I would like to improve in some way every week.
Now just to cycle home...I may hop onto my trubo trainer for an hour tonight, lets see.
Johan
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