Judith's Marathon Journey

Hard work today – 10.5k including 2 x 2km and 1 x 1km @ around 6min/km. And the first half was into the wind! It was actually a bit faster than I wanted, and I guess that’s why I couldn’t manage the 3rd 2km effort! Still, good to know I can still go that fast! […]

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Monday – rest day! Felt really sore and stiff, and oh, so tired… Tuesday – ran 5km – reasonably slow to start with, feeling stiff and sore. But better as the run went on. Tonight – yoga….

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A pretty disappointing week – I kept running out of time and energy! But yesterday was full on, with 4 games of netball to umpire, and then my own club game. I played badly – so tired! In between, I managed about 3k of to-and-fro running – including a mad ‘sprint’ to get to my […]

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Yesterday I had a good long run, 16km in about 1:50, around the northern end of the Miramar Peninsula. The wind was testing – especially the last km along Cobham Drive! Apart from that, I felt the distance wasn’t a problem, so that’s consoling! I certainly had some soreness in that troublesome sacroiliac joint, but […]

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Tuesday: Yoga – but the teacher didn’t arrive, and there were only 3 of us for the class, so we used a video. I managed a good half-hour workout, with lots of downward facing dog! Wednesday: Another rest day – but only because I stayed up all night watching the Black Caps in England! Thursday: […]

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Ran 8k in 52:50 – flat run, into the wind on the way out. Happy with this time because I wasn’t pushing it; in fact I was holding back – reminding myself this was meant to be a ‘slow’ run! Some soreness in sacroiliac joint and left knee, but not affecting my running. Stretching helps!

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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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