Painful trotters run

Damn that had hard. It was one of those stupid really hilly runs all over Terrigal! I started off ok but by 10min my quads and calves were really sore on any downhill. I even walked down Hastings. 10.5k in 59min
Later we went to the shark & ray centre and I spent 2hrs in a wetsuit in the water & I think it was great recovery as I felt heaps better after that!

Fri and running again

Went to the gym to see how I'd go running on the t'mill. I like to start back up on the t'mill so if I do feel any injuries I can just get off and get on the bike. Also you don't se as many muscles so it makes a good recovery.
Ran 6k easy in 32:32. Felt like hard work! Could feel a few tight & sore spots but overall pretty good. After that I got in the steam room for a bit. Back to the gym in the arvo to do a cycle class. That was hard too but no pain except for a tight left quad. Again got in the steam room for a bit after

Day 3

Much better today. Still injury pain in knee and just as much swelling in the foot but the calf isn't as bad and I can walk up & down stairs with only a bit of pain. The knee pain was still bad in the morning but got much better as the day went on

Post narrabeen day 2

Well feeling heaps better today. Muscles are still stiff and sore but can now walk up & down stairs. Injuried pain in left knee that I think will take a while to heal. I think the left calf and foot will be good by the end of the week. Still got quite a bit of swelling on right foot

Post Narrabeen Day 1

Well I must say I do feel alot better today. Yesterday was painful. Every muscle ached all day. Today I wasn't aching at rest but sore if I moved. At least today I could put up with the pain.
The injury pain compared to just "normal pain after running 123km" is starting to show. I couldn't tell the difference yesterday. Left knee on the medial side feels injured could be ligament, right calf that was almost cramping feels like it has a bit of a tear & the top of my right foot is sore & swollen. I managed to get to the gym for the steam room for 15min today which helped and taking some ibuprofen.
All I can do now is do what I do well & recover. No plans for running for a while. Like after every big race/run I'll start again when my body tells me to. The weekend would be good though!

Narrabeen All Nighter!...12hrs tough hrs

Well home after a friggin tough race! Running on flat bike bath/concrete for 12hrs really smashes the shit out of every muscle you have in your body!
Ok no hope on getting the record for me. I have respect for that run.
We got down to Narrabeen about 4pm with a blue sky. We pitched up 3 tents for the family.
I had Charlie & Jono crewing for me but my girls were such great helpers.
We got racing right on 8pm. Plan was to go out at a comfortable pace but faster than I knew I could hold. For the first 20k I was doing in the 15min for the 3.333km laps. Then noticed I started to slow but just kept at a comfortable hard pace.
I really don't know what my splits were after 40k but kept them around 20min. Some were 24min and some were 19min.
I found the tin spaghetti worked like gold! Weather was a mixture of dry & heavy down pours.
I managed to do the whole run without walking except for going through the food stops.
Found it quite amazing that my 2 youngest girls still awake and helping out at 4:30am!
I went through alot of bad patches and good ones. On the bad ones I slowed right down and the good ones I picked the pace up.
After 50k my right calf was almost at the cramping stage. Kept it at bay with salt tablets. The no doze kept me going too.
Had a really great bit at the 100k and that last for about 1 lap then pretty much went 1lap bad next lap good until that last 50min when we ran 500m out then turned around. Tried to keep strong but then last 30min was just PAINFUL!
So in the end I got 2nd place in 123.9k.
Right now my legs are aching, in fact right now I'm aching from the sole of the foot to my eye balls.
Now thats out of the way bring on six foot :)

Thursday and almost there

A couple of days to go and still feeling good. Ran easy again. This time from Terrigal to Forries and back. 12k all up. A few tight spots still hanging around from the weekend. Will rest up now until the race on Sat night.

Wednesday and legs feeling real good!

Was tired when I got running at 6:15am. Ran from Terrigal to Wamberal and back. Nice easy 10k. Ran with Kirko for most of the run. Legs felt great but I was just tired. Plodded along but happy with no pain

Tuesday and still easy running

Again just did a t'mill run at the gym. Was really happy with how my legs felt. Recovering great from the weekends effort. Easy 10k in 53min

Recovery day

Not much done today. Just went to the gym and ran a very slow 5k on the t'mill then did another very easy 15min on the bike. Legs don't feel too bad just that darn left quad but the good news is it doesn't hurt at all running on flat. Had pain walking down stairs but thats only doms. I think I'll just do similar for the rest of the week. Really just want to keep my running fitness there and avoid all hills

Around the Bay

So early this run! Alarm had the nerve to wake me up at 4am. Other than my left quad being sore I felt ok. Would've liked to keeped on sleeping but I know I'd have the shits with myself later on. So got up and made my way to Gosford pool. Not too sure how many runners turned up but there were a quite a bit. Again like yesterday I didn't want to push my legs too hard.
I just run easy staying back with Sharon for a bit, then slowly made my way up to James Moran & Steve Guest. A bit further along I caught Adrian & Wayne then was on my own. Coming down the hill into Kincumber Adrian came flying past me. A man on some kind of mission. Tempting to go with him but I kept back. Wayne then caught back up to me but soon faded. Coming to Frost reserve in 48min I stopped for about 1min to have some coke. I was now on my own for just about the whole run. I could see some other runners ahead every so often but they were about 2min away. Got to the bridge at WoyWoy in 2hrs5min and still flt in good shape so I set myself a goal to finish in under 3hrs. The next runner I caught was Thomas at Point Claire. We ran together for a bit but he to soon faded. My feet were starting to hurt on the last 4k and wanted to change my shoes but other than that i felt quite strong.
Finished in 2hrs57min58sec by my watch but I guess they will get me down at 2hrs58min
Legs got quite sore when I stopped but while I was running I felt good
After some breakfast & a couple of hours rest I went to the gym to use the foam roller and roll out my left quad and get in the steamroom which has helped alot

Beyond the black stump

Hot out there today. I didn't want to push myself too hard so just cruised along at a moderate pace. Got to the ferry just as it was arriving. Good to have a little break on it. The climb out wasn't too bad & I ran with some other guy for a few km's. It was the rocky down hill bit to the castle where I just walked & let everyone pass. I didn't want to smash my legs or twist an ankle with Narrabeen only next week. I stopped and took some pic's at the castle then made my way back up the hill. Found that all good. Got to the road going back to the ferry and ran this bit hard hoping I would make it before the ferry left. Think I missed it by about 2min so had to wait for it. Lost about 7min there but I wasn't at all bothered. The next climb just killed me! Here i am trying not to smash my legs so I slowed down getting up this friggin mountain! By now the sun was blaring right on me & started to feel sick. No idea how long it took to get to the top but felt like ages. There was an esky full of ice & soft drink at the top. I stopped here for about 5 or 6min and chatted to nat, Mick & neil. I then got going again. Felt good again. Got to the road section and there was Darrell with an icypole! That was GOLD! Bit further along some lady hosed me down & I felt back to normal again. Just cruised to the finish feeling good. Very tired but felt good. Took 3hrs32min for this run

NEW YEARS EVE!!!

Well last run of the yr. Travelled down to Manly for a run as I had to do a massage at Nth Balgowlah and Dad wanted to check out the area for Narrabeen to see where we could put up some tents. I ran from Manly up to Brookvale and back. 11.5k in about 57min

Later I ran the 3.333k course at Narrabeen. It's quite nice. Reckon I can somehow handle running 12hrs on it:)

Around 15k done today. Time for a few beers to welcome the new yr!

Thursday to Forries

Moderate run. Ran from terrigal to Forries and back. 14.5k all up in 1:11:59. Started off slow but picked the pace up as I went. Mainly around 4:50 pace after the first 3k. The first 3k I kinda plodded around 5:45 pace. The last 4k I would've been about 4:30 pace.
After I made my way to the gym and did some core work then got in the steam room

Crackneck

First run today was the same as yesterday. Easy 10k from Terrigal to Wamberal & back. Ran with Kirko on the way back. Went really slow out doing the first 5k in 28min. Mainly because I just plodded along for the first km. Took awhile for my legs to feel good. Ran slightly faster coming back but still slow. 53:38 for the 10k

Tonight I ran with the group from the runners shop. Only 4 of us and I ran with Adam. First time I met him. We ran their crackneck course. Map my run said 10.5k. We ran it in 51min. I love running up crackneck. My right hammie was again really tight. Kinda aching. Think I;ll put the tens machine on it tonight

20.5k of easy running done today

Tues

2 runs today. First was done about 8am from Terrigal to Wamberal and back. Legs felt good in this

Tonight I was at Adcock park. 6.5k warmup then strides then we did 5x1k witha 400m rec jog. No rest at all. Not too sure of the pace but I think I held them between 3:35 & 3:45 pace. Finished with a 1mile easy run. Right hamstring was really tight in the last 2. Had a 20min ice bath when I got home
About 13.5k done tonight

23.5k done today

Boxing day

Ran the Bay to bay course out & back. Got running just after 7am. Left quad was good but could feel it. Other than that I felt good in the legs for most of the run. Groin was tight both legs. Had some light drizzle when I started but it didn't last for long
24km all up in just over an hour

X-mas day

Trotters dingo run. A handful of runners turned up including Matt Robbie. I guess a cool change for him compared to Darwin. We ran the flat TT out & back. Got to the end of it in about 28min and ran out of road. We tried to go through this bush track but no luck. By the time time we stuffed around it was 30min. Onlookers watching us from their houses must be thinking we were nuts! Ran back alot quicker. Ian, Charlie, Matt & myself for most of it. Last km that left quad of mine was getting sore so I slowed down. The run was 11k done in about 54min. I ran there and back from home so about 12.5km for me today

x-mas eve

Decided to run on the t'mill again. This time my left quad was good. In fact it feels normal. Ran 10k but was going to do 12k but could feel that friction blister starting to get sore so I cut it short

At 3:45pm I went & did a cycle class. Legs feeling good by the arvo. Went & bought some more expensive blister bandaids and they are much better. Guess you pay for what you get:)

Thursday

Went to the gym to have a run on the t'mill. Thought if my quad was still too sore I could get on the bike. Managed to run 10k. Could feel the quad but it was ok to run on. Friction blister still causing some pain

In the arvo I did a spin class