Week 3 of 18 (and parts of 2/4)

Christmas Eve 20km Run
I chose a semi hilly route for this one, and that combined with a warm, humid morning made it a challenging run. I didn’t seem to be able to get into a rhythm for any period of time.


Week 3 of 18

Christmas and Boxing Days were scheduled as cross training and recovery run days on the program. Although I didn’t do anything structured, the activities involved over the two days should cover it. There was plenty of chasing of kids, backyard cricket, chasing footballs, volleyball, plus some waterskiing. Plenty of overindulgence was involved, but that’s to be expected.
Wiggum had the video camera on the boat when we were skiing so I might even score a guest appearance in the third episode of OzCoastAction when the lads get their act together. I pulled off a couple of spectacular falls that will no doubt feature, but there may be some actual skiing included as well!! I’ll post the link when it’s up.
We were at Jodie’s parents for Christmas this year, and ended up staying a couple of days longer than planned. As there were a couple of dozen people around, and the kids were getting up far too early for the late night crew, a few of us pitched our tents down the back (it’s a bush property on acreage, so there’s plenty of room to spread out). It was nice to bed down with the crickets, spiders and wallabies for a while.


Wednesday 12km Run
After gearing up in my tent I headed out for a run on mostly unsealed roads and country scenery. The excesses of the previous couple of days meant this was a sluggish run, and I struggled to finish the planned distance. My shoes were fairly dusty at the end of it all. I was glad to get out and start the day with a run, but needed a bit of a snooze in front of the cricket later in the day.


Friday 7km Run
A quick hike the Waniora area saw me slowly getting back up to speed!


New Years Eve 23km Run
This run felt better than last weeks’ long run. I had to hang in there at times, but I didn’t feel like I was being sapped of my energy like last week. With so many visitors in town at the moment there were plenty of people out and about this morning.

I followed a similar route to last week, heading down Granite St, Hill Rd, Lake Rd, then over to Lake Innes before heading across to Town Beach via Oxley/Gordon and back home via the coastal road - Pacific Drive.

This run saw me finish December with 144km for the month and 1282km for the year.


Week 4 of 18

Tuesday 6km Run
This was just a recovery run with 4 x 100m strides to finish.


Wednesday 9km Run
I weaved my way in and around some hilly sections of the Lighthouse Beach area and over to Emerald Downs this morning. As it was just an aerobic run today I took it easy up the hills, but I’m actually looking forward to the upcoming hill sessions to build up some additional strength in the legs.


The last few days have seen some rearrangement of the furniture around the house and how the rooms are being used. We’d been putting it off for a bit, but finally Tyler slept in his own room for the first time the other night and seems to be sleeping better than usual as a result. Yay for us all!