Epic

is a really cool song by Faith No More, if it comes on the radio and you are in the car with me be warned, I will sing along, very loudly.

Never let it be said that I don’t give my public what they want

It’s also a good description of this evenings session, 4 by 1km with 90 second recovery may not seem like much, but it is tough if you do it right, that is steady, strong and even paced without slacking off at the end. This is also done on the tan too so half the reps are on a slight incline and the other half a decline so you have to adjust your pace accordingly and try to hit every second rep on target.

It felt right today, it is hard to find the right words to describe the feeling but I do have a sense that I am getting stronger. Looking back over the previous two versions of this session I can see an improvement -

Today
4:24 (up) 4:07 (down) 4:24 (up) 4:07 (down) - how good was that

06-05-08
4:29 (up) 4:02 (down) 4:27 (up) 4:00 (down)

01-04-08
4:32 (up) 4:08 (down) 4:32 (down) 4:07 (up)

Not much improvement on the down rep, in fact a small step backwards today, however I am really pleased with the improvement shown on the up reps. The ups are tough and you really pay the price if you start too hard because it is a grind to the finish so today I am very pleased to have hit all reps evenly and to see an 8 second improvement on the uphill over the last couple of months. The main problem with the downhills today is that it is dark and I feel a bit iffy on the uneven ground as my pace picks up, basically I am a total unco and am worried about falling on my face

Feeling a bit pleased with myself tonight, I am going to run a 5km race at the end of July and I am looking forward to testing myself, a PB should be a given. It will be a Sri Chinmoy race at Princes Park, I set my current 5km PB at the same event 2 YEARS ago, time to finish that one off I say.

I weighed myself this morning, for the first time in ages, generally something I avoid doing because it messes with my head and if my clothes fit fine then I don’t have anything to stress about. So my clothes do fit fine, in fact I have been comfortably wearing my “skinny” pants, based on this you can imagine my surprise when I weighed in at 62kg, especially with the extra mileage I have been running That is 2kg over my fighting weight so I am not bloody happy, I blame winter! Stupid miserable dreary season always drives me to the arms of comfort food, red wine, chocolate, mashed potato, cheese, Gahhhhhhhh, it’s these long dark days they depress they hell out of me, I need a crutch to get me though! Oh well, clothes still fit fine and maybe a bit soft around the middle but I can’t honestly say it is noticeable and it ‘aint crop top weather anyway, will just keep an eye on it and make sure it does not creep up any more, still 1kg below my “this is getting out of control, really need to take action” weight.

Ok, I know most people will think I am over reacting, but these things are important to us runners, that’s an extra 2kg I have to carry in a race and 60kg is a good healthy weight for my height and build and well, I like to be honest about things here.

Whinge over, all things considered feeling very good at the moment am quite pleased with where my running is right now