The run programs for 2012 have been released for the winter season:
April
1st Cross Country 6 km
15th Cross Country 6 km
28th Point Cartwright 5 km
29th Cross Country 6 km
May
20th Cross Country 6 km
26th Point Cartwright 5 km
June
3rd Cross Country 6 km
17th Cross Country 6 km
30th Point Cartwright 5 km
July
15th Jetty 2 Jetty 5 km
28th Point Cartwright 5 km
August
25th Point Cartwright 5 km
Cross Country http://sccrosscountry.org/venues.html
Point Cartwright http://www.team-ascent.com.au/ (web site yet to be updated)
Jetty 2 Jetty http://www.j2j.com.au/
Training is going ok and I hope to run in all of them but maybe not in April 29th cross country because it is just the day after the Point Cartwright run.
Running these distances is not a problem, I have run longer at least on the treadmill at the gym, the problem will be whether or not my calf muscles are ok on the day.
Micheal will be doing the cross country and probably Point Cartwright and j2j. The cross country was Micheal's idea, I didn't know about them until he told me, they sound like fun so they have been added to the list.
So it is 8 weeks to the first run.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Update January 2012
I will remember 2011 as the year I started to train for fun runs. Also the year I damaged my achilles and calf muscles a couple of times while training. Ok, that taught me to take it easy and build slowly and strengthen all my leg muscles to prepare.
I found good information on the net at http://www.brooksrunning.com.au/runner_resource.php and
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/
Lots of information is on the net, just google the words 'fun run training'
I also talked to a physiotherapist and staff at the gym. I now have a series of exercises I do daily to keep my legs fit for running.
Fun runs start in about April on the Sunshine Coast Point Cartwright and I am hoping to take part in all 5.
I also aim to do the Jetty 2 Jetty at Redcliffe, maybe the 10k course but will see, if not then it will be the 5k course.
Training continues, nearly all of it at the gym and includes RPM, rowing machine, weights and the treadmill. 2011 ended with a 5k run on the treadmill Friday afternoon and I hope to continue this into 2012 each week plus some 1k and 2k sessions.
I found good information on the net at http://www.brooksrunning.com.au/runner_resource.php and
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/
Lots of information is on the net, just google the words 'fun run training'
I also talked to a physiotherapist and staff at the gym. I now have a series of exercises I do daily to keep my legs fit for running.
Fun runs start in about April on the Sunshine Coast Point Cartwright and I am hoping to take part in all 5.
I also aim to do the Jetty 2 Jetty at Redcliffe, maybe the 10k course but will see, if not then it will be the 5k course.
Training continues, nearly all of it at the gym and includes RPM, rowing machine, weights and the treadmill. 2011 ended with a 5k run on the treadmill Friday afternoon and I hope to continue this into 2012 each week plus some 1k and 2k sessions.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Update November 2011
Ok, no posts for a while mainly because I was not running due to various sore muscles. But I can resume now even though the muscles still have problems. You see I was doing a 10k training run on the road then kaboom, a rather painful cramp in my right calf muscle. This was about 2 weeks ago and I am still getting over it, maybe something broke.
However I am still in the gym mainly running on the treadmills followed by RPM then followed with 2000k on the rowing machines. I am not sure what week this is I will have to work it out or maybe not.
By the way I have now got Photoshop CS5.1 and am working on more textures (www.oztextures.com)
However I am still in the gym mainly running on the treadmills followed by RPM then followed with 2000k on the rowing machines. I am not sure what week this is I will have to work it out or maybe not.
By the way I have now got Photoshop CS5.1 and am working on more textures (www.oztextures.com)
Monday, September 19, 2011
End of week 18
Not much to report. Again I had the flu all week and no car so I didn't do much. Unfortunately I missed the run at Mooloolaba, but there will be others.
Monday, September 12, 2011
End of week 17
Ran about 16ks this week. There was some pain in my achilles but I found if I stopped a minute and masaged them I can resume running. Feel like I have lots of energy.
A 5k run at Mooloolaba is coming up in 2 weeks. I will run it to see what the course is like. Next year I will run the winter series of runs over that course www.team-ascent.com.au.
I have added into training running a series of 1k runs but each time faster using the treadmil to set the pace, I used 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5 as settings the first time.
A 5k run at Mooloolaba is coming up in 2 weeks. I will run it to see what the course is like. Next year I will run the winter series of runs over that course www.team-ascent.com.au.
I have added into training running a series of 1k runs but each time faster using the treadmil to set the pace, I used 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5 as settings the first time.
Monday, September 5, 2011
End of week 16
Doing more running now as well as continuing the stretch exercises. It looks like my calf muscles and achilles are ok but I wait and see. I did a full 5k on the treadmil on Saturday without any pain. There is a 5k run at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in about 2 weeks. Each year they have a series of runs over the same course. This is the last in the series for this year. I want to do the full series next year so by doing this run I will get an idea what the course is like.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
End of week 15
Ok back into training. I ran a total of 9ks this week and had no pain. I feel like the problems are over but to make sure I will continue the stretching exercise and in fact increase their duration, It seems they are having the desired effect.
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