Still Here, Still Running ....
Thu 21/2 - 6 x 2min efforts at PCRG. Groin just a little niggly.
Fri 22/2 - easy 8k in the morning.
Fri evening (and a very hot evening) was the Brisbane Running Group 3k Challenge. Course was a little long (3.13k I believe). Had a good tussle with Karisma (River City Runners) and Lizzle (Gale Force), managed to get away from them with about 200m to go. Running for a team sure makes you dig a little deeper! Time - 12:52.
Celebrating with 'the opposition' Karisma and Tanky
Some of the victorious PCRG team - we won every category!
Sat 23/2 - 18k av 5:14 pace. Glad we all decided on a shortish one, temp got up to 40 degrees that day. Summer was finally here.
Sun 24/2 - 35k av 5:23 pace. Happy to finish that one, it was a bit warm out there.
Weekly total - 100k
Mon 25/2 - rest (between night shifts, too tired to run).
Tue 26/2 - 1 and 2 minute efforts at PCRG.
Wed 27/2 - 1k warmup then 19k av 4:44 pace with Toasty, Mat & Robbie. Tough but not too tough.
Thu 28/2 - 4 x 1k reps + 1 x 2mins at PCRG. After Wed session held back and ran each 1k just under 4:20 pace (30sec SR).
Fri 29/2 - 3 x 1k, 2 x 500m, 1 x 2mins at PCRG (45sec SR). Went 100% this time. 1ks - 3:57, 3:59, 3:57. 500s - 2:03, 1:57 (purposely eased off on first one). My best 1ks in a long while. Thought it looked promising for the next TT.
In a world of pain at Friday's session!
Sat 1/3 - 36k av 5:21. Felt strong in last 8k or so :)
Sun 2/3 - BRRC 10k. Treated it as a training run aiming to stay under 5min pace. Finished just under 48 mins. Not too stressful at all.
Weekly total - 110k
Mon 3/3 - easy 5k before work.
Tue 4/3 - 3k TT at PCRG. Started right at the back (we had over 100 runners!) which was probably a good thing, I had a controlled first km (3:59). Hit the 1500m mark in 6:01. Finished in 12:05. My best TT since March 2005.
Wed 5/3 - 18k including 16k at 4:42 pace. That was hard work. Got to run a km or more with Peterhorse. I'm sure he made us speed up :)
Thu 6/3 - steady run at PCRG.
The Wednesday runs are doing me lots of good, though at the time it doesn't feel it. Toasty is a tough taskmaster and so has earned yet another nickname - The Commando. And its great to get my TT closer to 12 minutes again. Gotta have a crack at a sub 12 next month - gulp!
Only two and a half more weeks of hard yakka - yay!
Fri 22/2 - easy 8k in the morning.
Fri evening (and a very hot evening) was the Brisbane Running Group 3k Challenge. Course was a little long (3.13k I believe). Had a good tussle with Karisma (River City Runners) and Lizzle (Gale Force), managed to get away from them with about 200m to go. Running for a team sure makes you dig a little deeper! Time - 12:52.
Celebrating with 'the opposition' Karisma and Tanky 
Some of the victorious PCRG team - we won every category!Sat 23/2 - 18k av 5:14 pace. Glad we all decided on a shortish one, temp got up to 40 degrees that day. Summer was finally here.
Sun 24/2 - 35k av 5:23 pace. Happy to finish that one, it was a bit warm out there.
Weekly total - 100k
Mon 25/2 - rest (between night shifts, too tired to run).
Tue 26/2 - 1 and 2 minute efforts at PCRG.
Wed 27/2 - 1k warmup then 19k av 4:44 pace with Toasty, Mat & Robbie. Tough but not too tough.
Thu 28/2 - 4 x 1k reps + 1 x 2mins at PCRG. After Wed session held back and ran each 1k just under 4:20 pace (30sec SR).
Fri 29/2 - 3 x 1k, 2 x 500m, 1 x 2mins at PCRG (45sec SR). Went 100% this time. 1ks - 3:57, 3:59, 3:57. 500s - 2:03, 1:57 (purposely eased off on first one). My best 1ks in a long while. Thought it looked promising for the next TT.
In a world of pain at Friday's session! Sat 1/3 - 36k av 5:21. Felt strong in last 8k or so :)
Sun 2/3 - BRRC 10k. Treated it as a training run aiming to stay under 5min pace. Finished just under 48 mins. Not too stressful at all.
Weekly total - 110k
Mon 3/3 - easy 5k before work.
Tue 4/3 - 3k TT at PCRG. Started right at the back (we had over 100 runners!) which was probably a good thing, I had a controlled first km (3:59). Hit the 1500m mark in 6:01. Finished in 12:05. My best TT since March 2005.
Wed 5/3 - 18k including 16k at 4:42 pace. That was hard work. Got to run a km or more with Peterhorse. I'm sure he made us speed up :)
Thu 6/3 - steady run at PCRG.
The Wednesday runs are doing me lots of good, though at the time it doesn't feel it. Toasty is a tough taskmaster and so has earned yet another nickname - The Commando. And its great to get my TT closer to 12 minutes again. Gotta have a crack at a sub 12 next month - gulp!
Only two and a half more weeks of hard yakka - yay!
posted by Tesso at 3:18 PM
20 Comments:
Whew! Thanks for starting at the back! I can relax until next month ;)
Seriously, your speed, and long runs, are going really well. I'm leaning towards backing you to beat CJ through the marathon mark, even with your 50k pace going.
Congrats to the PCRG - we'll have to bring the speedygeese up to show you how it's done ;)
Gosh! Tess. That's a whole lot of fantastic running! Very soon to pay off too.
I'm so immensely proud of you Tesso.
Keep up the good work. Don't get too used to running without me...I intend to come back very soon.
xxx
promise :)
Wow! Canberra will be here in no time and you are looking really great for a super race. I'm being blown away every time I read those weekly 36k runs to back up 18k runs the day before!
i don't want to hear about Commando. see, i don't know what that means here, but where i'm from, that means he runs sans budgie smugglers.
i don't want to hear about Commando. see, i don't know what that means here, but where i'm from, that means he runs sans budgie smugglers.
Whow! you are setting a cracking pace on theose mid-week runs Tesso. I agree with Rachel; backing up those Saturday 18's with the longs on Sunday is amazing.I hope I am at least keep you somewhere in sight during the CM.
You are a machine Tesso. Look after that niggle of yours & you'll smash your PBs in Canberra! Looking forward to catching up with you then !
Your training seems to be going very well indeed. All looking good for Canberra.
Hey Tess, next time start at the front of the pack, OK? :-)
Only a few more weeks of thrashing now. See you soon!
Gnome
Great work on the TT. Looks good for a Canberra PB if it is your quickest in 3 years.
great work Tesso. Thanks for your kind comment on Mick.
Canberra looking to be HUGE after all those 100K weeks Tess. The speed stuff you're doing now is icing on a great big cake.
Geez Tesso, you're on fire! You've got some speed in the legs as well as the distance. I don't know what you're PB is, but surely you'll be creating a new one in a few weeks!
I would love to see you PB in Canberra and that looks a possibility. Makes me feel worse now knowing that I wont be there.
Not much to stop you running a solid race from here Tesso. Go for it.
You look great in that last picture.. flying along in your PCRG gear!
Looking forward to seeing you in Canberra.
Hey Tesso, I'll be in Sydney this weekend, and knowing that you're such a regular Sydney runner, thought you could give me some advice.
Where do you think I should go to do my long run?
You just, keep on going Tess...but what about that rest day between night shifts, what's all that about.....
See you at Canberra.
Not far to Canberra now. Two of my blogging friends here in Perth, (Clown and Epi) are heading over for Canberra too.
Great photos too. Looks like all having some fun times. Sounds like an interesting tussle in the short race. I understand re the night shifts remember doing them back in 2001/2002 when I was in the public service, and its a bit of a challenge to deal with sometimes. Hope you rest up and go really well in Canberra!
like the photos.
however i see u r hiding your 6 pack.
canberra is a shoe-in.
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