Just three weeks to go now

Week 10 - 16 Sept
Monday 6.8k 37:34 @ 5:31 HR 131 70% MaxHR
Tuesday 9.5k 47:12 @ 4:48 HR 144 77% %MaxHR
Wednesday 14.5k 1:12:25 @ 4:59 HR 141 76% MaxHR
Thursday 9.5k 48:48 @ 5:08 HR 133 71% MaxHR
Friday 14.5k 1:11:29 @ 4:55 HR 144 77% MaxHR
Saturday Rest Day
Sunday 31.5k 2:50:36 @ 5:25 HR 144 77 %MaxHR

Week: 86.3K
Sept: 152.8K
YTD: 2,292K

It took me a few days to get over last Sundays Long run. So even though I was still a bit sore on Tuesday night, I still managed a respectable effort over my hilly Waterworks Road run. The rest of the week went well after that.

Todays long run felt much better than last week and was 3:30 mins faster. This was despite it being much hotter today. Started out at 18C at 6:00 am and it climbed to 24C by the end. Looks like it could be a short spring. I'm already missing the lovely winter running weather. I turned my music player to shuffle today which made a pleasing change. The standout tracks were from was a recent addition to my player, Teddy Thompson's Upfront and Down Low.

Week 27 Aug - 2 Sept
Monday 9.5k 45:49 @ 4:49 HR 143 77%MaxHR
Tuesday 14.5k 1:12:45 @ 5:01 HR 136 73% MaxHR
Wednesday 14.5k 1:11:17 @ 4:55 HR 145 78% MaxHR
Thursday 9.5k 48:40 @ 5:07 HR 133 71% MaxHR
Friday 18.8k @ 5:07 HR 135 73% MaxHR
Saturday Rest Day
Sunday Abanonded run after 4 minutes

Week: 67.6K
August: 283K

After coming back slowily from the flu the week before, I picked it up this week and was going realy well till Sunday (Father's Day). I woke early for my long run with a headache. I took a panadol and thought it might just go away. I started out on my run but it quickly became obvious that this wasn't going to happen. So I turned around and headed back to bed. It turned out to be one of THOSE headaches which knocks me around for days. I have actually been on medication for these for about eigth years but I haven't had an episode for around 18 months. I was even discussing with my doctor the last time I had to get a repeat, about possibly trying to get off the medication seeing I hadn't been having any attacks. Maybe not now.

Anyway I was laid low for three days and didn't go out for another run till Wednesday this week.

Week 27 Aug - 2 Sept
Monday Headache
Tuesday Headache
Wednesday 9.5k 48:12 @ 5:04 HR 134 72% MaxHR
Thursday 9.5k 46:38 @ 4:54 HR 142 77% MaxHR
Friday 14.5k 1:16:27 @ 5:16 HR 133 71% MaxHR
Saturday Rest Day
Sunday 31.5k 2:54:18 @ 5:32 HR 143 77%MaxHR

Week: 65.0K
Sept: 65.8K
YTD: 2,205.6K

So I managed to finish off the week with a decent number of Ks but they were very slow for the Heart Rate. Given that Melbourne is only 4 weeks away it was good to get a 30+K run in, the first for four weeks. Though the last time I did that it was 7 minutes faster and at at lower Heart Rate, so I seem to have lost some fitness. Luckily my race goal is over nine months away, so no need to panic just yet!

I have been reading the 15 Laws of Training which which was posted on a CR page. Lots of good stuff in there and most of it seems to back up my approach to training.

Lets hope for a healthy couple of weeks training so Melbourne won't be too tough.