98 Days to Paris
Post-hernia training started two weeks ago. Doing 3 or 4 jogs per week. Today's was the first of 30 minutes straight; I hope to be at one hour by Christmas.
From there on, I should steadily continue to expand until I'm ready for the Paris half marathon on 6 March.
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Full stop
In case you, non-existing reader, were wondering what's happening with my running (which you wouldn't be, reader, even if you would exist), the answer is, nothing.
Short version: back pain after gardening, spreading after ten days into left leg, weekend consultation at GP, hernia, another consult three days later, hernia got worse, CT scan of spine tomorrow morn, osteopath tomorrow night, back to GP on Friday.
I can hardly walk. And not running for over two weeks now makes me very very grumpy.
Thank god for codeine: eases the pain and soothes my soul.
In case you, non-existing reader, were wondering what's happening with my running (which you wouldn't be, reader, even if you would exist), the answer is, nothing.
Short version: back pain after gardening, spreading after ten days into left leg, weekend consultation at GP, hernia, another consult three days later, hernia got worse, CT scan of spine tomorrow morn, osteopath tomorrow night, back to GP on Friday.
I can hardly walk. And not running for over two weeks now makes me very very grumpy.
Thank god for codeine: eases the pain and soothes my soul.
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Today: Vossem
Sanna and I are running in Vossem today. Last year Sanna had a bit of an accident there, bumping into a boy who fell and was bleeding. So she is apprehensive about this one. But the prospect of a medal and or goodies bag will surely drag her over the line.
I'm doing 6.4 km. Would love to say I am aiming for 32 minutes, but the course is very hilly. And last night's dinner and drinks bash, with neighbours, grandma and Soo, will slow me down too. So what shall I say... Under 35 minutes then?
Here's a pic of me finishing last year's race in Vossem.
Sanna and I are running in Vossem today. Last year Sanna had a bit of an accident there, bumping into a boy who fell and was bleeding. So she is apprehensive about this one. But the prospect of a medal and or goodies bag will surely drag her over the line.
I'm doing 6.4 km. Would love to say I am aiming for 32 minutes, but the course is very hilly. And last night's dinner and drinks bash, with neighbours, grandma and Soo, will slow me down too. So what shall I say... Under 35 minutes then?
Here's a pic of me finishing last year's race in Vossem.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Super fast (but maybe not)
The bus that would drive the runners in the Zaventem 5k to the start broke down. The organisers improvised an alternative route, with start and finish in the same place.
It rained a bit, but there was little wind. I tried running in a slightly higher rhythm with a shorter stride.
Result: 00:22:25. If it really was 5k, then this would be the fastest run I've done. Ever.
But I think it may have been more like 4.5k, to be honest.
Sanna did the 300m again and finished 6th (in a field of 12). Last year she took 00:02:23, this year 00:01:33. Now THAT'S improvement!
The bus that would drive the runners in the Zaventem 5k to the start broke down. The organisers improvised an alternative route, with start and finish in the same place.
It rained a bit, but there was little wind. I tried running in a slightly higher rhythm with a shorter stride.
Result: 00:22:25. If it really was 5k, then this would be the fastest run I've done. Ever.
But I think it may have been more like 4.5k, to be honest.
Sanna did the 300m again and finished 6th (in a field of 12). Last year she took 00:02:23, this year 00:01:33. Now THAT'S improvement!
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Okay
With 00:31:38, I finished in the first half of the field during the Kortenberg 6k. So that was good.
I'm now in Nairobi, trying to run every morning in the super hilly botanic garden across the road from where I'm staying. But the high altitude (1700m) leaves me with little air to breathe. I'm not getting far. Today was slightly better than yesterday, but I seriously notice the estimated 10 per cent decrease in oxygen intake. Hopefully, I will benefit from my high-altitude training when I am back in the low lands of Belgium.
Next target is the 5k in Zaventem, and with the good result on Sunday I am going to aim for an ambitious time: below 25 minutes. I know the area well; if the weather is half okay (not too much wind please in the open fields along the airport) that goal may well be realistic.
With 00:31:38, I finished in the first half of the field during the Kortenberg 6k. So that was good.
I'm now in Nairobi, trying to run every morning in the super hilly botanic garden across the road from where I'm staying. But the high altitude (1700m) leaves me with little air to breathe. I'm not getting far. Today was slightly better than yesterday, but I seriously notice the estimated 10 per cent decrease in oxygen intake. Hopefully, I will benefit from my high-altitude training when I am back in the low lands of Belgium.
Next target is the 5k in Zaventem, and with the good result on Sunday I am going to aim for an ambitious time: below 25 minutes. I know the area well; if the weather is half okay (not too much wind please in the open fields along the airport) that goal may well be realistic.
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