Monthly Archives: May 2011

The last day of my “Mad May”. Why would I call it that, well, lets see, two half marathons in the same month, totaling 490km of exercise of which 381 was running and pushing throught the 160 days of exercises where … Continue reading →

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After my run in the Jacobs Creek Barossa Half Marathon yesterday I scheduled a L.S.R. (Long Slow Run) for today. Keeping my pace down to 80% of my average speed in the H.M. I was hoping to keep my heart … Continue reading →

Last rest day before the Jacobs Creek Barossa Half Marathon. Walked a brisk 12km in 102m06s, 8m12s/km, 7.3kph or 4.5mph. I decided to have a protein shake on my return this morning to make sure my muscles recover fully from … Continue reading →

Rest day today, one of two rest days before the Barossa Half Marathon on Sunday. Completed the 12km brisk walk in 1h54m32s while managing to dodge all the rain. I even managed to sleep in for an extra hour until … Continue reading →

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Completed 6.1km in 31m42s, 5m12s/km, 11.5kph or 7.15mph. Today was my last run before next Sunday’s Barossa Half Marathon. I decided to run, what I think will be, my race pace averaging 11.5 kph. I made a mistake and took … Continue reading →

Completed the 6.16 km in 35m16s, 5m44s/km, 10.5 kph or 6.52 mph. I have reduced my running distance in accordance with my taper plan which started on Sunday dropping to 10km per day for 3 days then today and tomorrow … Continue reading →