Sunday 17 December 2017

1ks again

Didn’t have to cut the track short this time so it turned out to be just over 3 laps for each one. Don’t know how I found it in me to do ks twice in one week. Warmed up just over 2km then 5 x 1km with 2 minutes standing. I know I’m gonna have to do jog recoveries when I’m back but 2 minutes is fine for now.

Did the first one before the kids playing soccer in the middle of the field at 7 in the morning figured out the drill. Each of them had their go trying to keep up and I’ll tell you what it helped me out so much. I think one managed 250m. I’ll take that any day. Then they got the bike out and it was a little fairer.

3:24, 3:16, 3:18, 3:21, 3:15

Faster than the last time which was great! But back to Kathmandu this morning meant that no more running until I’m back in Aus. Stoked that I’ve been able to run at least a little while I’ve been away.

Keep in mind, Bus ride today from Pokhara to Kathmandu is 200km. It took us 9.5 hours the roads are not even roads.

Friday 15 December 2017

3 more

Tuesday morning ran 11km and felt good. Wednesday went back to the trail for some 600s. Ended up doing 8 but the times were so strong I thought I must’ve measured it short. Ended up adding 3 seconds to each rep just to be sure and doing a short effort afterwards to make up for the lost time. That’s some OCD shit if I’ve ever seen it.

2:01, 1:57, 1:56, 1:55, 1:53, 1:54, 1:52, 1:52

Took 90s walk in between each. 10km all together great workout. Then 11.3 this morning in 51 mins. Definitely had some heavy legs, rest day tomorrow.

Sunday 10 December 2017

5 x 1km

Managed a longer run on Sunday morning. Went for a bit of an explore, just over 10km and found a nice little dirt circle track which was 330m long so I thought some 1km reps could be made pretty perfectly out of that. Finished the long run feeling like everything  was coming back together. Ran about 4:30s the whole time not quite easy, but well on the way there. 

This morning did those 1kms. Unfortunately people had set up tents on the back straight of the dirt trail so I couldn’t really barge through. Cut the loop short and just had to do a bit extra to make up the kilometre each time. The bends were a bit tight though and the ankles didn’t appreciate the uneven ground so I was stoked with how I went all things considering. 

3:33, 3:24, 3:26, 3:27, 3:15

Absolutely wrecked afterwards. 2 mins walk in between each. I would’ve been able to go a bit faster earlier on considering the last one, but definitely was lacking the confidence to do so. 9.5km all up. 

Definitely realised how much I appreciate running and a lot of other things on this trip. I hate to say it, but even getting to base camp doesn’t compare to the feeling of getting a solid workout done in the morning. 

Saturday 9 December 2017

Friday Saturday

Just a little 4km jog on Friday night for some exercise. Legs are definitely feeling the impact though after 2 weeks of nothing, pretty sore.

This morning jogged just under 3km warm up, then did 15 x 140m hill then 2km cool down. Great run pretty tough. 8.5km all up. Still very very sore. Will try a long run tomorrow.

Wednesday 6 December 2017

Nepal

Well I’m back with a large update. Still in Nepal at the moment having finished the ebc trek and returning to Kathmandu. I’ll post  a summary of the holiday and photos after I get back to Melbourne but for now I’ll just keep you updated wit the running side of things.

Haven’t been able to run much at all in Kathmandu. The air is so polluted it isn’t particularly pleasant to breathe while walking let alone running. I tried once but it was good. Instead ran IOC and down the stairs of our hostel and did some core and strength stuff.

That was before the trek but now after the trek we have gone to another city called Pokhara. It’s a lot nicer here in general. There’s a lake and the air is clean and we got in last night. I’ve lost a fair bit of leg and back strength so running last night was a bit uncomfortable. Ran along the lake and through some streets and did a few faster strides to finish it off. Did about 7km in all and felt like a new person afterwards felt so good.

This morning woke up and decided to do a workout along the lake. Jogged just over 2km as a warm up before doing 6 x 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy. It was pretty tough. Definitely lost that ability to go really fast and didn’t know my limits but loved it all the same great run. Jogged it home for 8.5 it so. Again felt so good. Will definitely keep this up just to get some strength back, did some calf raises and squats last night as well.