Tuesday, 19 October 2010

not hurting as much

Posted by speedygeoff on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 with
The speedygeese dinner is on tonight! 34 is the final count.

Training last night at Parliament House: Ewen, Brett & I jogged early; so did Christopher a little later. Then for the main session we ran on the lower grass area around the cones, on time. 3 minutes fast, 3 slow, 2 fast 2 slow, 1 fast 1 slow, 30 seconds fast /slow, 1 fast/slow, 2 fast/slow, 3, 2, finally 1 for 30 minutes of training. The grass was fairly long but we soon had a path trodden out. Participating were Andrew, Brett, Bronwyn, Caroline, Cathy, Craig, Damian, Ewen, me, Graeme, Helen, Kym, Leanne, Maria, Mick H, Nadine, Ruth & Yelena. After jogging both Saturday and Sunday, I was pleased to run 6k+ early, and 6k+ later, without major problems. But very slow. The hamstring is not hurting as much as it was, but I must continue to be cautious.

Before we trained, Nadine was awarded her book prize for managing to be the 100,000th visitor to this blog. I could hardly give her a book about running as she works at the AIS and has a comprehensive library of sports science books. Having ascertained that her reading of literature has barely got past the early 19th century (i.e. Jane Austen), I decided I would bring her up to date by presenting her with a superior example of contemporary young adult speculative fiction; the newly released Terry Pratchett's "Wee Free Men; The Beginning" which consists of the first two of the Tiffany Aching stories: "The Wee Free Men", and "Hat Full of Sky". I expect a book review one day, Nadine!

I have read these and the third book too, "Wintersmith", and I have the fourth in the series, "I Shall Wear Midnight" which has only just been released in hardcover, but haven't read it yet.

The Customs 5k last Friday was a little damp, and as a result no speedygeese ran. And even though Floriade has finished for the year, this coming Friday the run will continue to be held on the Floriade course. It takes a while for beds to be dug up and the fences dismantled.

New photo
Graeme running at the Arboretum.

Old photo
Jenny and I on the Alpine Way, December 1970. We were 22 years old then, married, and our first child was 6 months away.