As of next year I'll be teaching at Maribyrnong College. I won't be directly exposed to their Sports School, but with Year 12 Business Management as one of my classes, no doubt there'll be kids in there who we'll here about in future. The interview went pretty well, the interviewers thought it went a little better than that, and thus my time at Hoppers ends on December 19. New beginnings...
The anxious wait? A bone scan tomorrow to determine whether the dreaded SF's have reared their head just over two years from their first occurrence. I'm come to the realisation the treadmill at home has become a bit of a crutch to lean on and may be a cause of the niggles I've been having recently, with rolling hill sessions causing an unnatural stride and subsequently playing havoc with my right leg. Again, let's wait for the results.
Stuff? I have just discovered what Mr Horse said in his classic UN address on the Ren & Stimpy show. "Cockroaches check in, but they don't check out" - not the "he said no sir he doesn't like it" as proclaimed by a journalist's hat-wearing Ren Hoek. This will only make sense to a select few...if you are not among them just nod and let me have my good lie down.
The windtrainer, then the year 10 kids' exams to mark and the night is done. Tonight's run was a toughie - 15 minutes easy, 7.5 minutes hard tempo, 2 easy, 7.5 h/t, 2 easy, 7.5 h/t, 2 easy, then 6 minutes of 30 sec surge/30 sec. shuffle, then a short cooldown home (yes, 'twas outdoors). A niggle at the base of my foot, but no problem with the shin. Why run when you're having a f%^king bone scan you ask? Because the running itch hadn't been scratched for two days, and I was going loopy.
Shalom.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Ooh, a dublup mid-week
To continue the great Australian tradition of doing our best to mangle the Queen's English by making lazy compounds out of 2 or more words (makes us sound Deutsch when it's just Bog-lish), I am advising of a double up whereby this morning I did 35 minutes of easy work + climbs in the Newport Lakes, went to a job interview (more about that in next post), and then did an indoor speed session of sorts of 10 x 250 (rolling 250m recovery @ 4:30-4:45 min/k pace ) in 45-47 seconds + 2.5 w/u & 2.5 c/d. I am using Voltaren anti-inflams + ice to deal with the right leg, which feels more muscular than bone as the issues aren't as extreme as 2 years ago. The physio doesn't seem too worried...yet. Now I'll be contributing to Andre's (physio) elite-schools-in-Geelong fund over the next two weeks.
Wednesday (Stu, are you reading?) was a difficult but liberating interval run out & back from School via the Werribee River. The run? here goes - 11 min easy (w/u), 10 min hard/tempo, 2 easy/recover, 10 h/t, 2 e/r, 6 h/t, 1.2 e/r, 6 h/t and then 10 easy/recover back to school. HR maxed at 170, which is a bit high but it reflects accurately fitness (or lack thereof) and effort on what I measured to be about a 15K run.
Wednesday (Stu, are you reading?) was a difficult but liberating interval run out & back from School via the Werribee River. The run? here goes - 11 min easy (w/u), 10 min hard/tempo, 2 easy/recover, 10 h/t, 2 e/r, 6 h/t, 1.2 e/r, 6 h/t and then 10 easy/recover back to school. HR maxed at 170, which is a bit high but it reflects accurately fitness (or lack thereof) and effort on what I measured to be about a 15K run.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The physio awaits...
Yeah, the right leg/shin is causing concern again.
A pretty uninspiring week, made all the worse by foregoing a club hitout (albeit only a 1500) for a BBQ at one of Jen's friends - it was a very good afternoon/evening actually, but I may be pushing it for qualifying for 1500m/5000m events if I miss any more.
No long run this week, just 50 minutes on the bike followed by 50 minutes of easy running (est 11 or so kms), so this is playing on the mind a bit. Yesterday's session was interesting - indoors, 15 x 500m with 45 second recovery at about 3:12-3:15 minute pace, flanked by 2km warm up & cool down. This was my competitive hitout of sorts. Wednesday and Thursday weren't any good, Friday was a nice 35 minutes in the Newport Lakes in the wee AM hours before the rains ambushed us.
The job interview wasn't successful. I'm disappointed but not surprised, the interview wasn't brilliant - this just means being proactive in seeing in what else is out there or simply starting totally afresh at the current location. It's a bit like the running and the body at the moment - taking a step backwards before taking two forwards.
As soon as the physio appointment has concluded I'll plan my attack from here on in. I'm bracing myself for a repeat of '06-07 (stressies), but again, let's wait and see.
A pretty uninspiring week, made all the worse by foregoing a club hitout (albeit only a 1500) for a BBQ at one of Jen's friends - it was a very good afternoon/evening actually, but I may be pushing it for qualifying for 1500m/5000m events if I miss any more.
No long run this week, just 50 minutes on the bike followed by 50 minutes of easy running (est 11 or so kms), so this is playing on the mind a bit. Yesterday's session was interesting - indoors, 15 x 500m with 45 second recovery at about 3:12-3:15 minute pace, flanked by 2km warm up & cool down. This was my competitive hitout of sorts. Wednesday and Thursday weren't any good, Friday was a nice 35 minutes in the Newport Lakes in the wee AM hours before the rains ambushed us.
The job interview wasn't successful. I'm disappointed but not surprised, the interview wasn't brilliant - this just means being proactive in seeing in what else is out there or simply starting totally afresh at the current location. It's a bit like the running and the body at the moment - taking a step backwards before taking two forwards.
As soon as the physio appointment has concluded I'll plan my attack from here on in. I'm bracing myself for a repeat of '06-07 (stressies), but again, let's wait and see.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Another midweek post...
Early days I know, but whilst in front of the 'idiot screen' I just thought I'd contribute two days of running notes.
Monday - nothing exciting, warmish weather (even late) and about 35 minutes with climbs to and from Blackshaws Rd. bridge and through the Newport Lakes.
Tuesday - TOUGH! Warm weather, some concentration required. How to describe the session - 10 warm up/easy, 7 minutes hard, 90 seconds easy jog, 7:00, 1:30; 6:00; 1:30; 6:00 then an easy 8 - 9 minutes to home. Hardest session I've done in a while, even though the intervals were only at 3:35-3:40 min/km pace.
Now to finalise another job application, as I'm yet to hear about Friday. This doesn't worry, as I'll either receive a phone call (thumbs up) or an e-mail (thumbs down) over the next few days.
Monday - nothing exciting, warmish weather (even late) and about 35 minutes with climbs to and from Blackshaws Rd. bridge and through the Newport Lakes.
Tuesday - TOUGH! Warm weather, some concentration required. How to describe the session - 10 warm up/easy, 7 minutes hard, 90 seconds easy jog, 7:00, 1:30; 6:00; 1:30; 6:00 then an easy 8 - 9 minutes to home. Hardest session I've done in a while, even though the intervals were only at 3:35-3:40 min/km pace.
Now to finalise another job application, as I'm yet to hear about Friday. This doesn't worry, as I'll either receive a phone call (thumbs up) or an e-mail (thumbs down) over the next few days.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Eventful week
My Year 12's finished their Accounting exam, I went for a job interview and ran a little bit.
The exam was a good one, and the group seemed OK with it, or the ones I spoke to did. The interview didn't go horribly but honestly, I don't think that effort will have me relocating next year. It just didn't feel "right", but again, I'm not the panel, and they may have seen things a little better than I did, but I'd be surprised. Even a 4K of rolling hills on the treadmill (Friday was a horrid day)between getting home and going for the interview didn't help...but let's wait and see.
Some tempo running (much leaving me knackered), some work on the bike, a few hills and some easy stuff all added up to somewhere between 80 and 90. With a 1500 next week, a 5K the week after and then the Great Oz Run @ Albert Park, it's a good time to be back running.
The exam was a good one, and the group seemed OK with it, or the ones I spoke to did. The interview didn't go horribly but honestly, I don't think that effort will have me relocating next year. It just didn't feel "right", but again, I'm not the panel, and they may have seen things a little better than I did, but I'd be surprised. Even a 4K of rolling hills on the treadmill (Friday was a horrid day)between getting home and going for the interview didn't help...but let's wait and see.
Some tempo running (much leaving me knackered), some work on the bike, a few hills and some easy stuff all added up to somewhere between 80 and 90. With a 1500 next week, a 5K the week after and then the Great Oz Run @ Albert Park, it's a good time to be back running.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Better, but....
A late arrival home Friday before birthday drinks at my brother and sister-in-law's house kept to me to 40 minutes of spinning on the wind-trainer + some weights etc (elected to stay off treadmill). Probably a good thing.
Yesterday's runs were an 800 + 3K. The 800 was slightly quicker than last fortnight, but I seem to be doing it all off memory, as I haven't done any discernible speedwork which will help no end. Either high 2.14's or low 2.15's, which is a second and a half minimum improvement from a fortnight ago. Not that fast, but improvement nonetheless.
The 3K felt even but the 'struggle shrug', where I seem to tense up when fatigued, appeared on the last lap. This aside, I'm happy with the result of 9.54, as it was good to get under 10 when I didn't think I was ready right now.
21K this morning - beautiful morning to run, but dealing with the sore calves may have created a new concern, that of the right leg. I was hobbling a bit afterwards and the massage I received was a significant help, but it's now watching out for the right shin to ensure that it doesn't reignite.
Ballpark kms for the week about 70-75. Triple figures hopefully by late December, but let's just allow things to take their course.
Yesterday's runs were an 800 + 3K. The 800 was slightly quicker than last fortnight, but I seem to be doing it all off memory, as I haven't done any discernible speedwork which will help no end. Either high 2.14's or low 2.15's, which is a second and a half minimum improvement from a fortnight ago. Not that fast, but improvement nonetheless.
The 3K felt even but the 'struggle shrug', where I seem to tense up when fatigued, appeared on the last lap. This aside, I'm happy with the result of 9.54, as it was good to get under 10 when I didn't think I was ready right now.
21K this morning - beautiful morning to run, but dealing with the sore calves may have created a new concern, that of the right leg. I was hobbling a bit afterwards and the massage I received was a significant help, but it's now watching out for the right shin to ensure that it doesn't reignite.
Ballpark kms for the week about 70-75. Triple figures hopefully by late December, but let's just allow things to take their course.
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