Back to Normal

Thankfully back to a normal routine after a disjointed week. No exercise since Perth run last Tuesday-nice forced break but glad to get out there today for the Hurts session. About 10 turned up for the session including Tom, Adam, James, Laura, and Brendan. Tom and a few of the group set off at a cracking pace and I knew I was in trouble when we were doing 4.35 average pace for the first couple of kms. Group split in two quite early and I stayed at the back, more due to lack of ability than desire. Adam pulled up with a stitch around farm cove, but managed to join up again after the opera house, along with Derek. They did have the course and I managed to pick up the pace, 4.15kms, for the last couple back to Circular Quay for 10kms and 11km all up. Run stats are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/70542083.

Perth 10kms

What a stunning morning in Perth after a long day yesterday. Made slightly more exciting by a bomb scare about a 100m from my hotel which locked down the CBD at rush hour. What would have been a 10 minute walk from office to hotel took about 45mins. Managed to get myself out just after 6am and did 10kms along the banks of the swan river. Made a rookie mistake by heading west first and enjoyed a nice easy run at 4.30 pace, however when I turned at the 5km mark I was straight into a headwind. If I'm back in Perth, I'll be heading east first and enjoying the wind at my back on he way home! Still pretty happy with my run stats, which are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/69578261, average movng pace of 4.37 is reasonable for a lone run, going out in 24.50 and back in 23.50.
Hoping to get out for part of the long Hurts run tomorrow as I have a 2pm meeting.

Sunday Ride

Hot and humid today in Sydney so ride was a very sticky affair. Only did 4 laps of the park hard and took an easy one as a warm down. Ride stats are here http://connect.garmin.com/activity/69124734 and happy to see I got faster each lap. Started just after the York Road gates and had quite a strong wind in the face from the Cafe to the Tafe gates, and it wasn't cooling so that made things a bit tougher. Glad to have got another 20kms in this weekend - just need to work out how to get the swimming in and should be ok for the BRW.

Belated Friday Post

Bit of a sticky day again - humidity up around the 80% but otherwise a good day for a run - slightly overcast. Legs felt great today despite the kms this week, so just took it at a nice steady pace and was aiming to come back to circular quay. Six or seven out today including the return of Tom,Rob and Brendan among the group.Thanked Tom for his comments about Thursday's post - think he was jesting to make me feel better!
Anyway managed to do 12kms - run stats are http://connect.garmin.com/activity/68800189 - to take me over the 50kms for this week and very happy.
Hoping to get out for a ride tomorrow, weather permitting.
Next week will be very quiet as I'm in Perth for Monday and Tuesday and have a two day offsite on Thursday and Friday.

I beat Tom.........

This will go down in history as the day I beat Tom on one of the gate to gate repeats.......Now some might say that his absence due to man flu for the last four days may have been a contributing factor, however I think he just went out to hard at the start and faded at the end - fair play to Tom, he did try to keep up, but I was just too fast towards the end of the set. He may not agree with this version of events..........
Run stats are here http://connect.garmin.com/activity/68659996 and takes me to 42kms for the week so far. Hoping to get the long run in tomorrow and do my first 50km+ week and legs feeling good.

Wednesday Hurts

Rest day yesterday and giving the nipples a break. Out with Hurts today for the long run - 2 loops of Centennial Park was the circuit - aimed to do one and head back. About 10 turned up including Laura and Russell. Still no Tom due to a very bad man flu and Adam couldn't get to the session due to meetings. Run out was ok and about 5 min kms due to the hills and 2 metres of sand running as the pavement was dug up on Ocean street. Managed to pick up the pace in the park for the lap and then headed back with Laura. Was good to have company and  wouldn't have run back at the pace we did if on my own. All up 15kms for the session and 16kms for the day with the run up. Stats are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/68515203. Aiming to get to the sprint session tomorrow. Oh and the nipples are all good.

Monday - ouches all round for the Wisemans

Well a double day of pain for the Wiseman family started when Mackenzie chin, elbow and knee planted on her way to school this morning. She was followed by her father who suffered significant nipple chaffing during my lunch run - enough to have blood streaked all down my white shirt and a great look running back through the city! Not sure which one of us hurts more - Mackenzie is making less fuss....
To the run - didn't feel good heading out today, headache and stomach not right, so aimed to get to the half way point and see how I felt. Decent size group today but no Tom - wasn't quite sure whether I was at the right running group. Mike, Brendan, Ray, James, Russell among the regulars and Adam and Derek met us at the Opera house. Good to see Derek back running after a long injury layoff and he is almost up to holding my pace for a couple of kms..... After 5 kms felt really good, so just kept going and managed to finish the whole 14kms and held 4.35kms average. Run stats are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/68223870.