Tire Kicking again (trying to get)

Sunday 25th January 2009 0930hrs (AM); Ran approx. 18km in 2hr 14 min 39 secs HR 156! (hot conditions the main reason for the high heart rate, plus I was pretty keen to get out of the heat and probably ran a bit harder at the end in anticipation of finally getting home and out of the heat.) 7min 26 per km average, which included some short walk breaks, (the soft sand before I crossed Reid Hwy), and down the ramp from the Tonkin Hwy overpass... and two drinks breaks, including one at Lightning park where I just lay on my back in the shade and sculled my gatorade, plus felt like it was not enough....

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Inspired by Epis post today I feel led to post my lawyer brothers (Astley) favourite? song allegedly Stayin Alive but don't quote me on that...Have to say I prefer the N-Trance version of stayin alive, which reminds of me a cool mix of N-trance TURN UP THE POWER, I used to crank myself up for intervals with in the late 90's think I got it from my brother Seth...problem is there is so many mixes out there, hard to find the right one...
Here are some good ones;
Mix 1111...MIX 2222...MIXX 222bbb...Mix 333...

I think maybe thisdark Mix from 12 globe 125 dj is the one...its hard to remember when the last time I heard it on cassette was about 1997-2000, havent looked at my cassettes much in the last decade, been mostly CD's...but I am glad I found this dark mix its a pretty cool one...and is probably the one I have on cassette tape...its exactly the sort of motivation I need now at a difficult time...

Started with a 6km lap of my "local parks" course, felt very easy pace, and came in at 37min 47 which is about 6min 19 per km, was planning to do a few more 6km laps but started to get bored with that idea, so I headed for my favourite limestone trail alongside Reid Hwy on Victoria Rd instead, with the idea of heading towards Lightning Park area.... At Beechboro Rd I headed southish and then diverted through some quiet streets near the Timberlane shops, and followed my sense of direction until I hit Acacia St and the Tonkin Hwy overpass, was cool running over the top of the Hwy, then I decided to run into Lightning Park, and proceeded to run 4 1km laps there...Heat was starting to bite a lot by the time I got to Lightning Park. temperature had climbed from 26 degrees when I started, to 29 degrees Celsius, and by the time I left Lightning Park it was probably over 30 degrees and climbing, reaching 31-32 degrees by the time I got home...Based on my guestimates of corresponding time lining up with info from BOM Ankle was very good, its certainly healing again, the pathetic shambles of almost no running in January, has probably allowed the ankle to heal up a lot which is a big positive...Only felt the slightest twinge in it when doing a quads stretch afterwards....I think its coming good again...My gluteal/hip area which gave me trouble before the Melbourne Marathon however was not so good...it was fine on the flat stuff. Which there is a lot of on this course, but on the small hills, it wasn't good, so tried to drive with the other leg instead, which seemed to work, but clearly there is an unknown unfixed problem there which may be related to me being back at meter reading again, noi time or money for massage at the moment, but thats an injury issue I will need to watch...Hopefully can use this as a springboard towards a better February, as I hope to up the training intensity and volume...Nice to finally get a well overdue long run on the board, even if it is only barely adequate if that...

Just found another exquisite Tourniquet track (one of the many) its one I didnt recognise, probably because its from the "microscopic" album, which I should get, but dont know very well its called; Besprinkled in scarlet horror, some very tasty music especially about 5 minutes into this 7min 42 secs track...has some very classical bits too with flute stuff, my parents could enjoy at the end...
Also some live Pathogenic Occular Dissonance, and "this is why I am the way that I am"... also from Tourniquet...

For some serious sustained attack the classic Scrolls of the Megilloth or Terminate damnation from Melbourne metal mission masters Mortification is always the standard by which most should be measured...Turn it up!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course Steve Rowe is also known for his cool sense of humour which the Grave Forsaken & Scourged Flesh boys from Perth found out first hand a few years ago, and now one of the Scourged Flesh/Grave Forsaken drummers is doing the drumming duties for Mortification...This sense of humour shows up in cranking tunes like Noah was a knower After more than 20 years (like Tourniquet?), death threats from the satanic community, and often a very tight budget, amazingly MORTification and Steve (despite a near death experience, that only miracles from God brought him out of!), are still going strong to this day...and more world tours should be on the horizon...Steve Rowes Mortification has to be one of the best things Australia has ever exported and imported...The track Standing at the door of death shows some of the many places MORT has been around the world...Smiley Steve's sizzling sounds of Symbiosis sinking sonically into the skull, note that Steve wears the same Tourniquet shirt which has been my favourite metal shirt for many years...

Saturday 24th January 2009 2100hrs (PM);
Cycled for 30minutes on exercise bike, 21.57km done, Heart Rate 147 at end, 359 calories used.
weighed myself after on the electronic scales Dave K. gave us for wedding presents and got 78.2kg which is a lot better, than the 80kg stuff I was getting in December. Now nthat I am meter reading again the weight is coming down, and if I can get back under 77kg, head towards under 75kg, like I did last year when I was running well, I will be getting somewhere. worked hard all the way on this one, it paid off with a km reading of more than 5km more mthan last time I did this and much higher heart rates, so very worthwhile ride...
Did this ride while watching Sam Stosur trying to beat Elena dementia in the tennis on TV, with a massive collection of barriers to stop young Jacob from getting to the exercise bike...
I am thinking I will try and join one of the excellent gyms near our new house...Have a very full on week of work lined up next week, and then its the big move, so keen to try and jam in some sessions in the next few days, while the opportunity is there, and maybe I can get into a better routine, although everything is still on hold until we move house...
Trying to avoid losing too much fitness while focused on getting the work/life (food/sleep, time with Jacob and Kathryn, and the Lord!) balance stuff right and deal with this moving house hassle...Plan is to crank it up (the training and racing) again hard from mid February onwards...

Thursday 22nd January 2009 5.45PM;
Ran 2km on Hull Park course 9min 00.81 secs HR 183.
Warmish conditions, a belly full of garlic bread, and having just come home from a day of meter reading may have been some of the factors slowing me down, but APPROX. 4min 30 per km is not too bad...Testing out ankle to see how its going and it was fine today, so thats good news. Now that I know where Kathryn, Jacob and I are moving house to, and I am starting to adjust to the two jobs juggling act as well as the moving house thing, I am hoping I can find some time to get the running going again, although at the moment its just a general health/stress release thing, I know I will handle the juggling jobs and moving house thing better if I at least get some running going, although its not going to be very focused on specific races or anything until we settle into our new place in the first week of February...Have the adventure of designing some new training run courses around our new place to look forward to...now I gotta go rush off to my night job...

This post is brought to you by Tourniquets Tire Kicking song...and
thisdark Mix of N-Trance TURN UP THE POWER from 12 globe 125 dj...