Judith's Marathon Journey

Monday: rest Tuesday: 2k warm-up on the treadmill, including some 40m sprints for netball training; then Express Fit circuit – focus on core, good workout. Wednesday: 5k run around the Bays, feeling good. Added some sprints, and direction changes towards the end. Good pace. Thursday: Express Fit (just a 1/2km jog to the gym to […]

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Went out about noon on a glorious Wellington Sunday…. I started off feeling a bit ginger from yesterday’s game, and wondered if ‘Plan B’, a shortened run, might have to come into action. But although I felt a bit tired, I soon settled into a rhythm, and my pace was OK. Even the hill (Pass […]

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Played netball this morning – very hard work!!!  Running is just moving along in a straight line – no direction changes, no leaps into the air…. really feeling my age. Anyway, ran a couple of kms to warm up – included 5 short ‘sprints’. Not sure how I’m going to run for an hour and […]

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It’s totally unlike me, but I agreed to a 6:15am run with a colleague! We had a gentle-paced 40 minutes, probably about 6km. The wind was strong (back to northerly today) – but only on the way out! I felt pretty good, considering the hour, and it really is a good time to run. Glad […]

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Monday: Rest day – just a walk on the beach – about 45 minutes. Tuesday: 1.5k warm-up (included 3x40m sprints – for netball conditioning!), then Express Fit class. This was really, really hard work, and I could barely stay awake for the rest of the day! Totally trashed. Wednesday: Still suffering the after effects of […]

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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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