Judith's Marathon Journey

Ran 12km, first half into a very strong northerly! I felt pretty good, although it was a tiring effort – then enjoyed catching the wind back again! I think I was a good 2 minutes faster on the way back. Some soreness in the sacroiliac joint, but that seems to be part of the deal […]

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Had a rest day yesterday… not sleeping well, weather awful. Today I jogged to the gym and back, intending to join in the Couch25K run, but nobody else turned up, so I jogged another 20 minutes to ‘warm up’ for netball – probably a mistake! I played three quarters of the game, and found it […]

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Monday: Rest day – just a walk on the beach! Tuesday: My first day back at Express Fit after 3 weeks – hard work! Wednesday: Very sore after Express Fit! But managed 5k easy on the treadmill – but it was boring, so I very gradually increased the pace each km, and finished with 4x100m […]

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Not exactly a long, long run – but my longest since the half-marathon in February! Easter Sunday, and I ran around to Island Bay and back this afternoon – about an hour, about 9km. I felt really strong on the way back, so hopefully I haven’t lost too much condition over my rest period. With […]

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Easy 4.5km, about 31 minutes. Felt pretty good. It’s windy out there today, and I suspect the same for tomorrow’s longer run! Just about recovered from the Melbourne trip, and looking to gradually build mileage over the next 3 weeks or so…

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Well, not much activity on the blog is a sure indication of not much activity on the road! I’ll try to fill in the gaps from memory. During the first two weeks of this period, I had 4 gym sessions per week, including 2 Express Fit classes. Running was limited to the odd short run […]

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