Weekend Ketchup : 39 degrees and the Run for Your Lifeline Majura Parkway thingy
Keith ran at 5:15am on Sunday. The set: 3 x set of 400m, 800m, 600m all in under 3:20/km which is his training goal pace for 3000m of 10:15 (the ACT M55 record). The ACT Masters 3000m is on Friday evening. The weather looks promising for an 8pm or so start.
On Sunday at 7.30am a few braved the heat and lack of trees for a run on the new Majura Parkway before cars get to use it. Depending on fitness and tolerance of heat the results were slower than normal. Field in the 5km was weak, the 10km excellent (winners time 3-4 minutes slower than expected), the Half only a couple of minutes slower. Maria, Kelley and Gabe ran the 10km. All were in that 3-4 minute slower range so good runs in the conditions.
Of me: Started a run at 8am and limited it to 55 minutes to the Arboretum and back. The legs felt fantastic and effortless. Too bad about this virus. I will limit every day to under an hour easy and do some strides today at track. Not sure how long this thing will linger but reevaluate as days go by.
Yesterday I went back through the video archives to re-engineer 2009 and the the Tour de France stage that ended in Issoudun. We camped on course about 15km from the finish in car. It was a rest area with trees that had a toilet and sink but no TV reception. On race day we drove down the road to a hamlet called St Leger, around 10km from the finish and found tv in the car. The daily run was off the main road, through the hamlet and back a few times doing long intervals of 5 x 3 minutes with 1 minute recovery. The tour caravan came through tossing out the usual goodies. By that stage we had everything we wanted (except the savoury and sugar snacks) and gave away to young children who happened to be those of the mayor of St Leger. Animations by the hamlet folk for the tour included tractor, riders on horses and hay bales all dressed up in red, blue and white as it was Bastille Day (the national day). Of course these efforts made the television by helicopter and Minnie made it too standing (with permission) next to the tractor. We were invited to stay with the family of the mayor that evening but declined for the comfort of the Renault Kangoo and a spot in a hay field on the edge of Vatan (a few kilometres away and start of the next stage)...that's another story. Some images from that day.
On Sunday at 7.30am a few braved the heat and lack of trees for a run on the new Majura Parkway before cars get to use it. Depending on fitness and tolerance of heat the results were slower than normal. Field in the 5km was weak, the 10km excellent (winners time 3-4 minutes slower than expected), the Half only a couple of minutes slower. Maria, Kelley and Gabe ran the 10km. All were in that 3-4 minute slower range so good runs in the conditions.
Of me: Started a run at 8am and limited it to 55 minutes to the Arboretum and back. The legs felt fantastic and effortless. Too bad about this virus. I will limit every day to under an hour easy and do some strides today at track. Not sure how long this thing will linger but reevaluate as days go by.
Yesterday I went back through the video archives to re-engineer 2009 and the the Tour de France stage that ended in Issoudun. We camped on course about 15km from the finish in car. It was a rest area with trees that had a toilet and sink but no TV reception. On race day we drove down the road to a hamlet called St Leger, around 10km from the finish and found tv in the car. The daily run was off the main road, through the hamlet and back a few times doing long intervals of 5 x 3 minutes with 1 minute recovery. The tour caravan came through tossing out the usual goodies. By that stage we had everything we wanted (except the savoury and sugar snacks) and gave away to young children who happened to be those of the mayor of St Leger. Animations by the hamlet folk for the tour included tractor, riders on horses and hay bales all dressed up in red, blue and white as it was Bastille Day (the national day). Of course these efforts made the television by helicopter and Minnie made it too standing (with permission) next to the tractor. We were invited to stay with the family of the mayor that evening but declined for the comfort of the Renault Kangoo and a spot in a hay field on the edge of Vatan (a few kilometres away and start of the next stage)...that's another story. Some images from that day.
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