Perth Marathon 
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Perth Marathon
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Wanneroo Nationals 8km Walk 1989,
Undying 10k reps session in 45.17
Monday 1st October 2007; Ran 10km reps session in 45minutes 17. (4min 31 per km on average) Heart rates at the end of each rep ranged from 180 to 201 beats per minute, although mostly around the 186 mark.
Pushed things to the limit at the end of one rep which is what brought on the 201, which is a pretty high reading for me, I think my second highest of all time. A bit of a step up to take on a tough session like this, but I knew today was probably my best opportunity to get it done with plenty of time to recover before the Melbourne Marathon this sunday. A crucial session I was very keen to get done, as it is a major step towards better fitness, and getting my body used to some faster running, which I need to do if I am to go deep into uncharted (for me) sub 4 hour territory and nail a PB, which is my goal for this weekend, otherwise I would not go to all this trouble and expense just to be a part of the incredible experience that will be the 30th Melbourne Marathon,. If I did not think a PB was a reasonable chance I would probably not go, or I would have entered the 10km or something.
So I brought out one of the "big guns" in my training arsenal, which is perfect for an occasion such as this. Listened to a bit of my new Demon HunterThe Triptych -special edition CD before for a bit of motivation including one of my favourite songs off that album called Undying (the wild boar remix and the original mix)....Was dry retching a bit about half way through the session, and it was a bit tough doing a hard session like this one, when I have not done anything at this level of intensity on the track for over 3 months, but I handled it ok.
Conditions were almost perfect, very little wind, and sunshine but not hot, so couldn't ask for better weather today. The track was rather bumpy and covered in yellow sand in a few places which made it a little more difficult than usual but not much of a factor, especially with my experience running on trails all the time, plus the fact that I wasn't looking to hit split seconds for 200's, just wanted to run somewhere around the 4.15-4.45 per km mark, which is exactly what I did. This is the session I failed to get done before the two half marathon races I did in the last month or so, which would have helped my times in those a lot.
Hard but very satisfying session to successfully complete. The time of 45.17 is pretty slow for me for this session, given I did 43.17 in June this year,(see here) and my best from 2003 is 39.58 for this session, but its right about what I needed for this weekends plans. Thanks God!
Pushed things to the limit at the end of one rep which is what brought on the 201, which is a pretty high reading for me, I think my second highest of all time. A bit of a step up to take on a tough session like this, but I knew today was probably my best opportunity to get it done with plenty of time to recover before the Melbourne Marathon this sunday. A crucial session I was very keen to get done, as it is a major step towards better fitness, and getting my body used to some faster running, which I need to do if I am to go deep into uncharted (for me) sub 4 hour territory and nail a PB, which is my goal for this weekend, otherwise I would not go to all this trouble and expense just to be a part of the incredible experience that will be the 30th Melbourne Marathon,. If I did not think a PB was a reasonable chance I would probably not go, or I would have entered the 10km or something.
So I brought out one of the "big guns" in my training arsenal, which is perfect for an occasion such as this. Listened to a bit of my new Demon HunterThe Triptych -special edition CD before for a bit of motivation including one of my favourite songs off that album called Undying (the wild boar remix and the original mix)....Was dry retching a bit about half way through the session, and it was a bit tough doing a hard session like this one, when I have not done anything at this level of intensity on the track for over 3 months, but I handled it ok.
Conditions were almost perfect, very little wind, and sunshine but not hot, so couldn't ask for better weather today. The track was rather bumpy and covered in yellow sand in a few places which made it a little more difficult than usual but not much of a factor, especially with my experience running on trails all the time, plus the fact that I wasn't looking to hit split seconds for 200's, just wanted to run somewhere around the 4.15-4.45 per km mark, which is exactly what I did. This is the session I failed to get done before the two half marathon races I did in the last month or so, which would have helped my times in those a lot.
Hard but very satisfying session to successfully complete. The time of 45.17 is pretty slow for me for this session, given I did 43.17 in June this year,(see here) and my best from 2003 is 39.58 for this session, but its right about what I needed for this weekends plans. Thanks God!
posted by trailblazer777 | 10/01/2007 01:31:00 pm
2 Comments:
Thanks for dropping by my blog mate!
We have a bit in common i see.My little boy is named Jacob too.We also have similar PB's (which i am in training to smash as we speak :)
I havent been blogging much of late as family takes priority but since i am commenting i may write an entry tomorrow.
Ps Good luck in Melbourne Marathon!
Cheers R2B
Hi Jonathon, thanks for the good luck wishes for Melbourne. Good luck to you too!
Hope we can catch up at some stage. I'll be wearing my trusty CR cap and my PCRG singlet which is red and white so it kinda looks like KFC :-)
Take it easy the next few days, we have a big run to do on Sunday!
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