Monday, April 17, 2006
Heartbreak hill
Have made the commitment to start blogging daily, as the running picks up again. Good news for those who enjoy my babble, but for those who don't... well why are you reading this then?
Friday saw a rare sleep-in (courtesy of Louie's 7:30 lie in), and lunch with Amelia's family with some nice fresh seafood. To ensure this wasn't misconstrued as religious observance, I also had shared a devon sandwich with Louis (and meatlovers pizza for dinner). A few nice wines at lunch ruled out a run later in the day (actually the trip to the beach that afternoon was the main culprit - including a $100 swim (my mobile phone was in my pocket!)). Amelia took some classic video that I will post up when I got my fast internet connection (Wednesday - fingers crossed).
Saturday morning (and afternoon) was taken with a client meeting, and then I managed to slip out for an easy 10km. Just rambled through Centennial for a couple of laps - thought things were a bit off, as it took my 51 minutes, but then realised that I had run an extra km. Still 4:42/km with a 147 HR was a nice easy one.
Sunday saw me finishing two uni exams (and being tempted to drop one of the subjects altogether), and then a trip to the city for an early dinner in Chinatown (preceded by Louie's first monorail ride). Chinatown has really gone downhill, with all the restaurants having touts out the front, and offering $15 specials - certainly a case of getting what you pay for. The highlight was Louis using chopsticks for the first time - balancing a solitary Singapore noddle on the end and transporting it to his mouth. A rare night without work or study, spent listening to the directors commentary on the newly acquired Simpsons series 5 and 6 box sets. Cape Feare (Sideshow Bob episode) - the favourite episode of both of us - was the highlight.
As usual, I was awake early this morning (haven't slept properly since I broke my wrist), so did the right thing and got up and worked, before heading out the door for a trip up Heartbreak Hill. Just rolled through the kms, but a still morning just before sunrise was a great backdrop, and I felt like I was getting back into the groove. The hill itself felt very comfortable, although I have always felt that Heartbreak Hill is overated (the hill out of Double Bay coming back is another story altogether). As I want to run a good City To Surf this year (I have never really had a good run there), I will try and run this once a week, and incororate it into the ood long run from time to time. 54:53 for 12km - 4:34/km @ 152 bpm - a pretty pleasing run, without taking much out of me.
SWEAT training tomorrow morning.
Friday saw a rare sleep-in (courtesy of Louie's 7:30 lie in), and lunch with Amelia's family with some nice fresh seafood. To ensure this wasn't misconstrued as religious observance, I also had shared a devon sandwich with Louis (and meatlovers pizza for dinner). A few nice wines at lunch ruled out a run later in the day (actually the trip to the beach that afternoon was the main culprit - including a $100 swim (my mobile phone was in my pocket!)). Amelia took some classic video that I will post up when I got my fast internet connection (Wednesday - fingers crossed).
Saturday morning (and afternoon) was taken with a client meeting, and then I managed to slip out for an easy 10km. Just rambled through Centennial for a couple of laps - thought things were a bit off, as it took my 51 minutes, but then realised that I had run an extra km. Still 4:42/km with a 147 HR was a nice easy one.
Sunday saw me finishing two uni exams (and being tempted to drop one of the subjects altogether), and then a trip to the city for an early dinner in Chinatown (preceded by Louie's first monorail ride). Chinatown has really gone downhill, with all the restaurants having touts out the front, and offering $15 specials - certainly a case of getting what you pay for. The highlight was Louis using chopsticks for the first time - balancing a solitary Singapore noddle on the end and transporting it to his mouth. A rare night without work or study, spent listening to the directors commentary on the newly acquired Simpsons series 5 and 6 box sets. Cape Feare (Sideshow Bob episode) - the favourite episode of both of us - was the highlight.
As usual, I was awake early this morning (haven't slept properly since I broke my wrist), so did the right thing and got up and worked, before heading out the door for a trip up Heartbreak Hill. Just rolled through the kms, but a still morning just before sunrise was a great backdrop, and I felt like I was getting back into the groove. The hill itself felt very comfortable, although I have always felt that Heartbreak Hill is overated (the hill out of Double Bay coming back is another story altogether). As I want to run a good City To Surf this year (I have never really had a good run there), I will try and run this once a week, and incororate it into the ood long run from time to time. 54:53 for 12km - 4:34/km @ 152 bpm - a pretty pleasing run, without taking much out of me.
SWEAT training tomorrow morning.
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Nice to see you this morning! Ahhh hills.... I am keen to improve my city to suf time this year- so will also be making frineds with a few more hills!
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