Judith's Marathon Journey

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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Lovely run today, 45 minutes – about 7km. Went down to Lyall Bay, through the airport from the southern entrance, up Broadway, into Ira Street to Miramar – finishing at Palmer’s Garden Centre! Of course, then I bought some plants, and had a leisurely walk home…

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Back to the gym today for a much easier session! I went through a Swiss Ball routine today, working on my core. I added some upper body work with some push-ups and overhead presses.  Nowhere near as exhausting as yesterday on the treadmill, but still a good workout. The gym is closed until next week, […]

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