Week 13

Week 1318/9 – Rest. 19/8 – 5k Easy outing. 26min 57sec. 10m gain.Well yesterday was a rest day and today was just a short run out. I have been doing a lot of maintance on my leg which has been good however my belly is still jacked up! I was pretty worried about it last night and this morning so I booked in and saw the doctor this arvo. I have to do a sample for him to make sure I don’t have any bacteria, however it seems like it is just a nasty bug. I am so over being sick! Anyway, I think it comes with having kids and I think the physical location of where I work dosent help. I am regularly on concrete floors and there is a decent draft that blows through where I stand. Whilst I do my best to stay warm and healthy, it is hard sometimes. Anyway, I hope and pray I am on the road to recovery.This mornings run was just an easy one out and I took it steady because of my stomach. I am going to swap up tomorrow and Thursdays runs due to me going and meeting with a lady from the tattoo sunscreen business. It should be interesting and I look forward to reporting on that tomorrow.Overall, apart from feeling like crap with really bad stomach cramps, the last couple of days have been pretty relaxing and non-eventful. Hopefully I am on the mend and there is some good fun coming in the back of this week. Bring it!20/8 – 10.1k Cogill quest workout. 55min 16sec. 148m gain.I was a little anxious about taking on this climb. We have driven Cogill Street a few times and in sections it is STEEP! I decided to give it a crack though and got it done! It is about 1.5km long (the climb proper) and around 18-20% grade so it is decent! Really proud of the effort I put in today. I also did some experimenting and think I have figured out why my leg has been hurting…..I believe I have been overstriding, particularly on downhills. Today, especially on the steepest of downhill sections, I made sure I focused on keeping my steps short and quick and I finished the run with no pain at all! Success! Things are looking up that is for sure! The rest of the day was good, with still a small amount of stomach cramps, but overall not too bad. I met with the owner of Original Sin, Protect Your Story Sunscreen this arvo. We went over a heap of stuff, including how they might like to help me out going forward, so very exciting! If you haven’t checked out their product, have a look at the attached link as it is awesome, particularly if you have tattoos! Super positive about this relationship going forward! After a relaxing night, today was overall very satisfying! Stoked!21/8 - 13k Dixon cruise. 1hr 10min 47sec. 204m gain.This mornings run was great and the leg was about 90% which I was happy with! The legs were a little heavy after yesterdays workout but still managed a solid run and got some good gain in. The day was ridiculiouslly fun at work, so so many laughs and good times! We had a top afternoon at Vandies having coffee with one of my sisters friends from Melbourne, Leonie and her friend Mike. Overall, today was pretty standard but I just had so much fun the whole day! Im looking forward to a nice easy run tomorrow before my big adventures on Saturday and Sunday. Love it!22/8 – 7km Easy rainy run. 37min 42sec. 56m gain.Had a nice easy cruise out this morning, even though it was rainy, cold and miserable! It was a nice turn over of the legs before my biggest weekend before dropping back in the coming weeks, leading into the miler. I am looking forward to the weekends outings and hope my leg will hold up well. See how we go! Work today was hilarious and I got SO many nice things given to me to eat! So many yummys and in quantity! So good! It was a nice relaxing arvo and night before an early bed ready for tomorrow! Gonna be epic!23/8 – 42.5k Pouring, sideways wind and hard yards! 4hr 10min 12sec. 708m gain.Well I was up at 3:10am this morning to head out in the pouring rain, the WHOLE run with sideways rain, the WHOLE run and hard yards! I managed three summits of Buderim and whilst I was stoked to battle out a marathon, I didn’t quite do the distance I wanted to. In saying that, I am very conscious of getting my leg right and it was smart to only do as far as I did. Overall a top run. We had our usual Saturday pancakes and then head out to a nice morning out of the rain at Kawana Shopping Centre. We had a nice brew, relaxed and enjoyed. A nice cruisy arvo was spent at home before Meagan and Chris came over for some awesome Indian dinner, yummy desert and plenty of laughs. What a great day! I really enjoyed it that is for sure!24/8 – 24.4k Kondalila Falls beauty! 3hr 4min 26sec. 975m gain.Had such a blessed morning out with Jason, Chris and Meagan. Nice running in an amazingly beautiful location! The rain stopped and we got some good elevation in too which made it even better! Took a stack so everything was complete! The leg was a little sore but funnily enough, loosened up as the run went on. Happy with my weekends runs. This training is a fair bit different to my normal, but given wanting to get my leg right, it seems to be working well. Trusting the training and getting super pumped for the miler now!Had a nice morning at church after then a relaxing arvo at home. The awesome weekend was topped off with a win by my beloved Dragons, so all was tops! One of the best overall weekends Ive had in a while I reckon. Super stoked!Weeks total – 102km. 10hr 25min. 2097m gain.