Judith's Marathon Journey

Rest days on Monday and Wednesday – much needed! Yesterday I took the Express Fit circuit class in the morning, and then returned to the gym in the evening for speedwork. The latter didn’t go as well as I wanted. My plan had me doing 5x1200m at about 10k race pace – but I was […]

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A wonderful summer day here – I was up and out reasonably early, but was wishing I’d been even earlier by the end, as it got really warm!  No wind to speak of, which was good, and meant that I ran quite a bit faster than last week for the first 8.5km. The waterfront really […]

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Up early, with the birds, to run with a colleague.  She’s just getting back into running, so was keen for a short, slow jog – we did about 3km together before she headed home and I added a 6km tempo run – probably slightly faster than intended – I struggle to get the pacing right: […]

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A busy week – so delayed entries in the blog! Monday, thankfully, was a rest day – and I needed it! On Tuesday, my gym’s Express Fit classes resumed after a month’s break – wow! So sore afterwards! No run, then, other than a 1k warm-up on the treadmill. Speedwork on Wednesday – again on […]

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No avoiding it: the wind howled all night, and my phone app gave no promise of an easing, so by 8am I was out there. The first 8km around the bays headed straight into the northerly, although there was some pleasant respite around Oriental Bay. I left the waterfront to run up (yes, that’s uphill) […]

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Another warm, windy day – not conducive to running…. but I logged an easy 5k, very slowly. I hope the wind drops overnight – another long run in these conditions is not appealing!

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Yesterday was probably the hottest of the summer so far, so I settled for a rest day, with some maintenance exercises (heel drops/raises, squats, clams) and stretching. This morning the settled heat of the last few days was disturbed by strong northerlies (again!) – at least it was cooler. I had to decide between another […]

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I’m feeling much better today – so no problems with my scheduled run. I did 10km on the treadmill, including 6 x 1km @ 10km race pace, with about 3 minutes jogging between each rep. I’m happy with that – fortunately someone turned on the air conditioning just after I started – otherwise they might […]

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I woke on Sunday to the sound of howling winds – oh, no! I’ve got a 16k run scheduled, with the last 5k slightly faster than jog pace…. So I went back to sleep, as you do, hoping that the wind would die away during the day. To distract myself I got engrossed in the […]

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After losing the plot towards the end of last week, I seem to be back in business. It seems a combination of too much Christmas cake and too little adult company over the Christmas New Year period affected my motivation! And then there was the Test at the Basin – very hard to fit in […]

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