Week ending Nov 4

Week ending Nov 4

Mon: rest day

Tue:

-          Run to TCC: 3.44 km, 69 m up and 149 m down, 17:54

-          1 hour basketball. Can’t shoot, can’t jump, short, good thing I can outrun everyone from work

-          Run home from TCC: 3.86 km, 162 metre up, 96 metre down, 25:18

Wed: 13.74 km, 430 metre elev gain, 90 minutes, avg heart rate 141 with c in Peterson crk trails.

Thu: 9.19 km, 188 metre elev gain, 53 minutes. Summit/notre dame road loop. Mixed up the tempo after warming up. From 4:00 min/km – 5:30 min/km.

Fri: off

Sat: 22.64 km, 145 minutes, 620 metre elev gain, avg hrt rate 148 bpm (33% zone 3, 64% zone 4); ran the trails behind pacific way school, got completely lost ended up running through some cattle pastures and jumping a few barbed wire fences to get to the highway before I could find my way back to where I knew I was. I realised an advantage to running in an area where there are so few trees. When you can see a peak you want to summit, and can’t find any trails, you can just run up the side of the mountain without worrying about what’s between you and the peak.

Sun: 12.8 km, 89 minutes, 574 metre elev gain, avg hrt rate 146 bpm (43% zone 3, 53% zone 4); running in kenna Cartwright trails. I’ve almost started enjoying running in massive fog. When you’re at the top of a peak, and can’t see the city because it’s covered in fog, but can see the next peak on the other side of the city, it almost feels like you’re not in the city.

 

Weekly Totals

Plan: 8 hours running

Actual:

Time: 7 hours + 1 hour hard running playing basketball

Distance: 65.67 km

Elev gain: 2,020 metres

 

The feeling of ‘needing to run’ has passed, glad that’s over with.