Juneathon – Day 11 & 12 (Back to normal)

Last Updated on Friday, 12 June 2009 07:27 Written by The Virtual Runner Friday, 12 June 2009 07:27

The running continues and it’s feeling great!  Yesterday I did 10.86km (6.74 miles) at a total average pace of 05:30 min/km (08:52 min/mile).  I built some speedwork into that run and did a few kms of 250 metre repeats.  250 metres at faster than usual pace followed by 250 metres at slightly slower than usual pace.

This morning I ran 10.55 km (6.55 miles) at an average pace of 05:40 min/km (09:09 min/mile).  This morning’s run felt good, even though my right butt-cheek and lower back is a bit sore from the speedwork yesterday.  My sciatic nerve plays up a bit once in a while but with some constant stretching it usually goes away.

To cap it all off I did some push-ups and crunches this evening -

Push-ups:  3 sets of 20,22 & 22

Crunches:  3 sets of 60, 50 & 70

I think I might head out to Wargrave to take part in the Wargrave 10k on Sunday morning.  It’s something to do and it adds another medal to my collection.  After that we’re heading over to my friend Tony’s place for a bbq.

Tomorrow I might go for a short run of a couple kms around here on the cycle paths… I’m still undecided.

I’ve been reading everyone’s Juneathon blogs and most people are keeping it up which is very impressive (one person hasn’t posted anything in 10 days!).  I think we should all give ourselves a pat on the back for getting this far and remember that we are just about half way!  Keep it up Juneathoners!

Juneathon – Day 10 (Living Away from Family)

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 07:54 Written by The Virtual Runner Wednesday, 10 June 2009 07:49

I wasn’t going to post anything today; I was just going to save it until tomorrow.  As you can see I have changed my mind.

I received an email from my sister in Canada (my whole family lives in Canada – where I’m originally from) saying that my uncle (mum’s brother) is in the hospital and they were concerned as to whether he would make it through the night.  She sent that email last night and I got it this morning.  I haven’t heard anything since and it sucks.  I really hope he’s doing okay and my thoughts go out to my family over there.

I suppose that’s one of the down-sides to settling in a different country so far away.  I can’t just drop everything (can’t afford it) and fly back when things happen.  It gets me down sometimes as I would like to be there for people as well and to offer support where possible.  For now I’ll have to hope everything is going okay and that someone will let me know.

As for running, I did none today.  I did my usual push-ups and crunches (not full sit-ups) as follows:-

Push-ups:  5 sets of 20, 25, 22, 22 & 20

Crunches:  3 sets of 70, 100 & 100

I have been reading other people’s blogs about Juneathon and I’m impressed how everyone is trying their best to stick to it and do some sort of exercise each day. 

Keep it up everyone.

2 years ago today I started logging all of my runs.  Happy anniversary to me!