Perth Marathon 
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Perth Marathon
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Wanneroo Nationals 8km Walk 1989,
Brooking Rd 27km in 3hrs 06
Saturday 22nd September 2007; Ran about 27km in 3hours 6min 32 secs. HR 159 (6min 54 per km) Finished off strongly in the last 1km or so, and between that and some tough hills on Brooking Rd and other spots, these things resulted in an elevated heart rate.
Different course this time. Went Darlington towards Midland then up the northern trail past Pechey Rd, saw lots of Kangaroos on the section from the Railway tunnel past the waterfalls. Ran with two comrades legends (and Melbourne Marathon entrants) who Ive run with a few times now, and another John, who is a regular with the Hills group. Sonshine Fm (really should sign up as a one for one pledge partner one day) gets a bit of a listen in our family on the car radio, especially as my wife just isn't that into my death and thrash metal (usually Deliverance,Mortification,
>demon Hunter, Grave Forsaken (perth), Scourged Flesh (perth), Tourniquet etc which I often have in the CD player in my car) interests, enough to let me play that stuff on the radio all the time, and one catchy song we've heard a few times by The Lads (can buy here) which is maybe/maybe not a cover based on Dave Berg (tennessee/keith urban land), is called Coffee with Jesus, and somehow or another got talking about this song a bit with the other 3 runners as we went past the railway tunnel towards the first waterfall on the Railway heritage trail...Pretty relaxed pace which was good as I wasn't feeling full of beans today even though I am over the flu now, and resting heart rate was 52 this morning which is ok.
Kept getting those annoying gravel pebbles in my shoe and had to keep stopping to get those out and then catch up with the other 3 runners.
I think its cos my shoes are a tiny bit (about half a size) too long, which I tolerate because it give me better width around the forefoot, but I have to be extra careful as a result that little pebbles don't get into my clogs I mean shoes *LOL*...
In the last few days I have been getting some slight medial soreness just above my ankle on my left foot when at work walking briskly around the streets, this flared up again a little, but mostly didn't cause me any concern, but i might need to keep an eye on it/icepack it to make sure it doesn't become any worse.
Then I got my first chance to run the infamous Brooking Rd hill which I had heard lots about on Garys (WAMC club president) emails. It was a fairly steep and long hill and by the top of the hill I was pretty had it! Then there was a few more hills. Finally we hit the Southern Railway heritage trail which I've run on many times, and the sign said only 6km to go. Some excellent discussions out there, and between the beautiful scenery, excellent conversation, and a decent long run to consolidate last weeks run, kangaroos, frogs, creeks, I was thinking does it get better than this on a training run?!! Not much...so a wonderful long run very satisfying! and enjoyable! with great company.
Melbourne Marathon is a goer for me in terms of long runs. I have now done enough long runs to be well positioned for an ok marathon. The only question marks now are can I get some reps done and finetune the fitness to be fast enough and fit enough to be able to go well under 4 hours. The other question marks is have I got enough money for the flights, I think so, but I need to get as much done as possible at work in the next few days so I can ensure all costs are covered. Doing overtime later today at work for example. The final question is how Kathryn feels about it, as the logistics of taking a baby to Melbourne are not easy, and neither are the logistics of leaving her at home with the baby, so thats something we have to reach agreement on there, and it may be that for those reasons I do not go. We shall see, hopefully exciting times ahead. Six Inch is only 11 weeks away, so its good to start building my bank of long runs for that too. Think its unlikely I will do Rottnest Marathon but I may duck over for the 10k or something. Freo 10k/5k tomorrow probably won't show up although it might be nice to work on getting faster (similiar to reps) by running that tomorrow...Hopefully onwards and upwards!
Different course this time. Went Darlington towards Midland then up the northern trail past Pechey Rd, saw lots of Kangaroos on the section from the Railway tunnel past the waterfalls. Ran with two comrades legends (and Melbourne Marathon entrants) who Ive run with a few times now, and another John, who is a regular with the Hills group. Sonshine Fm (really should sign up as a one for one pledge partner one day) gets a bit of a listen in our family on the car radio, especially as my wife just isn't that into my death and thrash metal (usually Deliverance,Mortification,
>demon Hunter, Grave Forsaken (perth), Scourged Flesh (perth), Tourniquet etc which I often have in the CD player in my car) interests, enough to let me play that stuff on the radio all the time, and one catchy song we've heard a few times by The Lads (can buy here) which is maybe/maybe not a cover based on Dave Berg (tennessee/keith urban land), is called Coffee with Jesus, and somehow or another got talking about this song a bit with the other 3 runners as we went past the railway tunnel towards the first waterfall on the Railway heritage trail...Pretty relaxed pace which was good as I wasn't feeling full of beans today even though I am over the flu now, and resting heart rate was 52 this morning which is ok.
Kept getting those annoying gravel pebbles in my shoe and had to keep stopping to get those out and then catch up with the other 3 runners.
I think its cos my shoes are a tiny bit (about half a size) too long, which I tolerate because it give me better width around the forefoot, but I have to be extra careful as a result that little pebbles don't get into my clogs I mean shoes *LOL*...
In the last few days I have been getting some slight medial soreness just above my ankle on my left foot when at work walking briskly around the streets, this flared up again a little, but mostly didn't cause me any concern, but i might need to keep an eye on it/icepack it to make sure it doesn't become any worse.
Then I got my first chance to run the infamous Brooking Rd hill which I had heard lots about on Garys (WAMC club president) emails. It was a fairly steep and long hill and by the top of the hill I was pretty had it! Then there was a few more hills. Finally we hit the Southern Railway heritage trail which I've run on many times, and the sign said only 6km to go. Some excellent discussions out there, and between the beautiful scenery, excellent conversation, and a decent long run to consolidate last weeks run, kangaroos, frogs, creeks, I was thinking does it get better than this on a training run?!! Not much...so a wonderful long run very satisfying! and enjoyable! with great company.
Melbourne Marathon is a goer for me in terms of long runs. I have now done enough long runs to be well positioned for an ok marathon. The only question marks now are can I get some reps done and finetune the fitness to be fast enough and fit enough to be able to go well under 4 hours. The other question marks is have I got enough money for the flights, I think so, but I need to get as much done as possible at work in the next few days so I can ensure all costs are covered. Doing overtime later today at work for example. The final question is how Kathryn feels about it, as the logistics of taking a baby to Melbourne are not easy, and neither are the logistics of leaving her at home with the baby, so thats something we have to reach agreement on there, and it may be that for those reasons I do not go. We shall see, hopefully exciting times ahead. Six Inch is only 11 weeks away, so its good to start building my bank of long runs for that too. Think its unlikely I will do Rottnest Marathon but I may duck over for the 10k or something. Freo 10k/5k tomorrow probably won't show up although it might be nice to work on getting faster (similiar to reps) by running that tomorrow...Hopefully onwards and upwards!
posted by trailblazer777 | 9/22/2007 11:33:00 am
2 Comments:
Sounds like a nice long run Jonathon.
As for the gravel - can I suggest experimenting with the tightness of your shoe laces? Too tight and your feet go to sleep - too loose and you get heaps of gravel.
Jon - I've entered Melbourne mara. Hope to see you there.
By the way, I remember that you have a friend called Victor who ran 6 inch. If I recall correctly, he is based in Perth & Singapore. As I'm looking for running friends in Singapore, do you have his email address?
TSTF
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