Judith's Marathon Journey

Ran 6.5km in 41:40 – very happy with this, as it’s faster than my usual jog! This has been an easy week, just to give my body a break from hard training, and I’m happy with the way I’ve run. From next week the distances will start to increase, building up to the half-marathon on […]

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Friday: Rest day. Saturday: 5km on the treadmill, with 7 x 30 seconds hard (reaching 4:45 min/km!!!) with 2 minute jogs. Good effort.

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Friday: My left knee is stiff and sore – probably arthritis! Rest day to see if that helps. Saturday: Knee still dodgy, but strangely enough, it’s OK when I’m running! Just jogged about 3km (oh, includes ‘sprint’ to my game!) between home, supermarket, netball courts… Played half a game of netball, and umpired just 2 […]

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Tuesday: Yoga – still recovering from yesterday’s long run, and I found the yoga class really took away some of the lingering soreness! Wednesday: Another rest day – a bit of asthma, and with the wind and cold, I decided to chill out. Thursday: 8km on the treadmill – 52:09. This included 3x1km ‘threshold’ pace […]

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All my running life, the long Sunday run has been a tradition. But now I’m trying a change-up! I’m finding the netball (and Express Fit!) hard on my body, and so I’ve decided to make Sunday either a rest day or an easy day, and run long on Monday – just for a couple of […]

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Express Fit today – that’s it! Our focus was mostly on core work, using the Swiss Ball – planks, wall sits and leg-raises. Had a good stretch afterwards, and I intend to stretch again tonight.

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Monday: Well, that’s easy – rest! Totally exhausted/sore after the weekend’s activities… Tuesday: Express Fit in the morning – lots of toe-taps, planks, complicated burpees – actually today’s workout included almost all my least favourite exercises! I did a Yoga class in the evening (after an afternoon back at work!), and warmed up with 2km […]

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Saturday: Only about 2km of jogging between home and netball courts – a warm-up of sorts! I umpired 3 junior games, and played 3 quarters. All good, but very weary by the end of the day – 6 hours on my feet! Sunday: Another glorious Wellington autumn day – I repeated my 13k South Coast […]

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The weather forecast was for ‘not much wind’ – well, not so much….. I felt sluggish running into the northerly, but finished strongly. I ran 9km in an hour, and included 4×30 seconds at slightly faster than race pace. I also threw in 4×20 sideways skipping, and 2×10 zigzag leaps! Just for fun! Ha! A […]

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