Secret Blog for Killing Track and Parkrun PBs

On track 5x300m@54-56, 100m walk/jog recovery, 4x200m@34-35,200m jog recovery. Everybody looks speedy. KM in last 7 days=130 Weight=56.0kg Training Overview - Competition Period 1 Competition Period 1 November-mid December Aims to develop: Competition organisation, peaking Training Goal: Sessions with high intensity, recovery runs and targeted sessions in between races to reach race goals Race Pace Lactate intervals: short intervals at race pace, effort=9/10, weekly once-twice Long intervals, long recovery: 1000-2000m with long recovery at race pace, effort= 9/10, weekly once Race Conditioning: Track races, effort =10/10, weekly All sessions begin and conclude with stretching and 4 x 100m strides Plyometrics, strength training, core stability, yoga optional

On bike path, far too much red wine night b4 omg foggy head, 6km fun run, 2nd, 20something. Tendon was flicking again held together by tape. Stopped at every sharp turn and walked around the corner. Highlight of this run is the lucky draw and cat prizes, did not disappoint although not lucky enough for winning a bbq. KM in last 7 days=130 Weight=55.8kg

On couch, 3xtime trial, 1xmen's under 23 road race, World Cycling Championships, I was lucky to wake up for all the crucial bits, today 48min snotty ploddle, I am back from the dead. From wiki: Man flu is a pejorative term that refers to the idea that when many men have a cold, they exaggerate and claim they have the flu — the implication being that women do not do so. A web-based survey of readers of Nuts magazine in late 2006 stirred interest in this notion, which was criticized as unscientific and unreliable. It has been suggested that such exaggeration is possibly just as prevalent in women. A study published in 2009 was widely reported as supporting the concept that "man flu" exists, but many believe that the media were misunderstanding and/or misrepresenting the science.The study had nothing to do with the flu (the experiment was related to bacterial, not viral, infection) and was performed on genetically modified mice rather than human beings, so the results are no