Tuesday - 6.5km (30 mins) + 500 x skipping
Wednesday - 10km (55 mins) - Trail running
Thursday - 11km (52mins30sec)
Saturday - 30km (142mins30sec)
Total - 66.5km (328mins)
Average speed - 4.93 min/km or 7.89 min/mile
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| Training at Parkland with Jeremy Boy. |
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| Running buddies in Parkland |
This week I participated in Glasshouse 30km run. This event is held annually, with distances ranging from 10km to 100miles (ie 160km). I wanted to be comfortable in doing trail running so most of my trainings this week were done in Parkland Bushland Forest Park. There are some challenging hills there which require good technical skills and endurance.
I must say because of the difficulty in trail running, my legs were more sore and tired than usual, esp my quads and calves. I should have tapered earlier as well but i gave in to the urge of running on Thursday, doing 11km in my VFF. So I did not recover on time to be in prime condition to run the Glasshouse 30km. However, I felt I did well on that day, clocking a time of 2 hours 22 mins 27 sec in 5th position. The first guy finished in 2hrs10mins, and the runner first did a time of 2hrs14 mins. Third and fourth did a time of 2hrs20mins.
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| At the end of the race. From left, Dave (he could do a sub-3hr marathon and 77 mins for half marathon), Diane (Martin's wife), Martin (the winner of Glasshouse 100 miles in 2008 and finisher of western state 100 in 2007) and me. |
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| Winner of 50km run - Caine. He did a time of 4 hours 19 mins. |
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