Living up to my name.

The 15ks are done.  It was a perfect day for running.  I woke up at 6 am and it was a cool overcast day.  Heat was not going to be a problem today.  I got up and watched about 10 minutes of the Manchester United vs. Spurs football game....part of me wanted to stay at home to finish the game......but (after watching a terrible Spurs goal) I was out of the house.  A quick trip to McDonald's to buy a bottle of water and 20 minutes later I was at the starting point.  I wanted to pace myself as best as I could.  I didn't want to run at my 5k speed.  I had a long way to go.  Once I was stretched I started running.  Well....I lived up to my name.......it was slow running at its best.  I took my time and finished 15ks.  In all it took me one hour and forty minutes of running but I finished.  The goal for 2012 has been completed.  I'm going to take a few days to recover and then I start again.  If you are reading this blog for the first time my goal next year is to run the equivalent of my front door to the Sydney Opera House (which is 1010 km) in one year.  I can't wait to get started.

Here are the stats:

 

KM 12: 7:08

KM 13: 7:02

KM 14: 7:27

KM 15: 7:21

 

Calories: 1419

Time: 1:40:43

Weight: 90kg (198lbs)

 

Tracks:

The hardest button to button - The White Stripes

Barely listening - Pilate

Washing of the water - Peter Gabriel

Buddy Holly - Weezer

London Calling - The Clash

Voodoo lady - Ween

Creeping out Sara - NOFX

Leave my body - Florence & The Machine

Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

11th Dimension - Julian Casablancas

Don't you (forget about me) - Simple Minds

Tell me in the morning - Cold War Kids

Electrical storm - U2

Dead leaves and the dirty ground - The White Stripes

Take it easy - The Eagles

Human - The Killers

Boy, oh boy - Streamer Bendy

Date with the night - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The hill - Marketa Irglova

Finding out true love is blind - Louis XIV

I put a spell on you - CCR

Take me out - Franz Ferdinand

Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) - The Wombats

My body is a cage - Arcade Fire

Slow dancing - U2 feat. Willie Nelson

I only want you - The Eagles of Death Metal

In a little while - U2

 

P.S. The look of the blog will be changing slightly.  I will be moving away from stats and going more to completeing the 1010 kilometers to the Sydney Opera house.  Look for a new readers poll in the next few days.

 

 



A day late.

I went for a run yesterday......but I am posting this today.....why?  The miCoach app wasn't allowing me to upload my 5k run stats.  Last night as I was tossing and turning in bed I was finally able to upload the data.  It was an OK run.  Nothing too great.  My run was 29+ minutes which was a little disappointing but I am OK with that.  My 15k run is now only 2 days away.  I'm starting to get excited.  I've been checking the weather for this Sunday and it should be quite mild with a chance of rain.....fingers crossed that it stays cool.

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

Calories:  466
Weight: 91 (200lbs)
Distance: 5K

Tracks:
I don't feel like dancing - The Scissor Sisters
The hill - Marketa Irglova
Pumped up kicks - Foster The People
Home - Edward Sharpe & Margnetic Zeros
I put a spell on you - CCR
Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt. 1 - The Flaming Lips
Remedy - The Black Crowes

Habits and your brain

Have you ever heard of Dr. Alice?  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Roberts) Dr. Alice is an anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist and a paleopathologist as well as a TV documentary presenter.  One of the programs I saw was about the brain (human) and the evolution of the brain (human).  One of the topics that interested me was brain patterns or habits.  I'll give an example.  When you meet a stranger right away the brain is trying to come up with some kind of pattern.  Do you know this person?  Do they look like someone you know?  Are they friend or foe?  Once this pattern has been established every time you meet someone one new this is the pathway your brain takes.  Another example is when you hear a song by a new band.  Who do they sound like?  What genre is this music?  It's all about patterns.  This is what I thought of at 6:00 am this morning.  I hate to have to get up at that hour to run.  But I love running.  I have to change my brain pattern.  If I continue to wake up at 6 am and hate it I will always hate it.....but if I wake up at 6 am and think of it as a positive thing then I will always think of it as a positive thing.  This is what I am currently working on.  Let's see what 6 am brings tomorrow.

As far as my run went.....it went really well.  I was able to complete 5K's in 28:42.....speaking of patterns.....it seems that I am consistently getting my 5k's done in under 29 minutes.  With my 15k run only a few days away I am feeling pretty good about it.  I'm doing another 5k's tomorrow and then on Friday I am doing a gentle run with running friends CW and VH around the Brisbane river. 

Also some very good news.....we have added a third to our slowrunners group on the Adidas micoach site.  KelKel10 is our newest member.  Thanks for signing up KelKel10!

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

Calories: 476
Distance: 5k's
weight: 90.9kg (200lbs)

Tracks:
All these things that I've done - The Killers
11th Dimension - Julian Casablancas
Pumpkin soup - Kate Nash
Viva la vida - Coldplay
Boy, oh boy - Streamer Bendy
Creeping out Sara - NOFX
Here comes your man - The Pixies
Fell in love with a girl - The White Stripes
Higher ground - Stevie Wonder

Yesterday......all my troubles seemed so far away....

This post is a day late.

I decided to wake up early and go for a run.  My alarm was set for 7:00 am (this does not sound early but it was early for a Saturday).  As the bells rang I checked the temperature (on my phone.  The days of getting out of bed and looking out a window are long gone) it was 14c.  14c is no big deal.  I can handle 14c any day.  I decided to go back to bed.  I woke up at 7:30 as my dog decided it was an ideal time to lick my face.  I looked at my phone again for the temperature.  It's now 18c and I better get up before it's too late (and too hot). 

I struggled out of bed and I finally made it out the door at 8:00am (it was now 20c) and on the running road.  I felt good but my 5k run was squashed down to a 3k run as the heat intensified.  By time I finished my run it was pushing 24c.  Ah the joys of living in Australia. 

This heat (and its quick increase) brought to mind what to do for my 15k run.  I'll have to start very early.  I figured it's going to take me about one hour and thirty minutes to finish the run.  If I am out of my house by 6:00 am and running by 6:30 I should be done by around 8 am.  That wont be too bad.  I could handle that. 

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

 

Calories: 280

Weight 90.5 (199lbs)

Distance 3k

 

Tracks:

Viva la vida - Coldplay

M.O.R - Blur

I am one - Smashing Pumpkins

I wish I knew Natalie Portman - K-OS

Live at PJ's - The Beastie Boys

Finding out true love is blind - Louis XIV

run run run!

I have not run in a few days.  I've been getting up very early in the morning to get to work by 8:00 am.  I am up.....in the shower....cup of coffee.....toast and into the car to get to work.  But when I got home today I decided it was time to get a run in.  Home from work......took care of some business around the house.....and got ready for my run.  I couldn't do a 5k run due to having to pick up my wife in 20 minutes.  Instead I completed a 15 minute run.  I ran that 15 minutes as quickly as I could!  I completed my first k in 4:54 which is a personal record for me.

 

Calories: 264

Distance: 2.88km

Weight: 91 (200lbs)

 

Tracks:

Falling at your feet - Bono and Daniel Lanios

Dear catastrophe waitress - Belle & Sebastian

Stay - Belly

The world we live in - The Killers

 

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

another 5ks

I had the intention of doing a 7k run today.  But when I woke up at 8:30 am I kinda figured I missed my 7k running window.  I quickly got dressed in my running gear and was out the door.  While the heat wasn't oppressive as such.....I know the oppressive heat is in the post.  It will be here soon.  By the time I finished the 5ks it was 20c and I'm like a wilting flower in the heat.  The good news is that once again I was able to finish the 5k in under 30 minutes (28:50 to be exact). 

Yesterday I found some writing I had done about my running 2 years ago.  I was 10kg heavier and having trouble running 5ks.  I was reading about how I set a 5k record of 39 minutes.  Now I'm running it in under 29 minutes.  That was a good feeling.

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

 

My fastest k was done in 5:34 and the last lap was done in 5:38.  I'm pretty happy about my run today.  My 15k run is 2 weeks away and I have to extend my running at some point.  I have Thursday and Friday off next week.  I'm playing tennis on Thursday with AP.....so Friday I might have to a 12k run.  Just to get those ks under my belt.

 

Calories: 477

 

Weight 90 (198lbs)

 

Tracks:

 

Cannon ball - The Breeders

I want you back - The Jackson 5

Just what I needed - The Cars

I only want you - The Eagles of Death Metal

Yesterday - The Beatles

Voodoo child - Jimi Hendrix

My body is a cage - The Arcade Fire

Awkward - San Cisco

Hard road - The Sam Roberts Band

Hot!

I live in Australia.  Australia gets hot.  Really hot.  The kinda hot where you need to have 3 or 4 showers a day kinda hot.  I hate it.  I mean I really don't hate it.....I live in the tropics....how can you really hate living in the tropics?  But.....I don't handle the heat very well....I'm a Canadian transplanted into Brisbane Queensland Australia.  The Sunshine State.  It's starting to get hot.  The winter here (not really winter) is perfect.  On the coldest of cold days it may get down to 7c...at night or early in the morning....but really you are looking at a day of 22c with sun.  I know....it's a tough life.  But its almost summer.  7 am and its already 30c is just around the corner.  When I went for my run this morning at 8 am it was already 18c (and climbing) and they day topped out at 27c.  I'm going to have to start waking up at 5:30 in the morning to get my runs in......I'm not looking forward to that.

My run today was fantastic.  5ks in 28:49  One of my fastest 5ks yet.  The one thing that has let me down is not doing a long run.  My 15k run is a little more then 2 weeks away and I have to get some long runs in there.  I'm hoping to run 12ks Saturday morning.  Not sure which route to take.....I might wake up early and drive down to the Brisbane river....just to change the scenery up a little bit.

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

Calories: 470

Weight: 90.1kg (198.6lbs)

Time:
1K: 6:05

 

Tracks:

Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

20th century boy - T-Rex

Violet hill - Coldplay

Just what I needed - The Cars

Ch-check it out - The Beastie Boys

Take your moma - Scissor Sisters

Silence is easy - Starsailor

Creeping out Sara - NOFX

My body is a cage - The Arcade Fire



3 days of fun.

Ok....let’s see what I have done for the last 3 days. I've run 10k's (5 on Saturday and 5 on Monday) and I have done 175 push-ups (75 on Saturday and 100 on Sunday) and the result.....I'm in pain. While I was driving home from work yesterday I started to get back spasms. Goes to show maybe I shouldn't try 100 push-ups in one day......build it gradually. Live and learn.

The GPS didn't turn on when I went for my run today.....so officially I guess I didn't run....but I did run....so maybe un-officially I didn't run.....anyway I ran 5K's in twenty minutes and fifty two seconds.

I went for a run at 5:00 pm.....decided that a run at dusk would be lovely....except for the little flying bugs hitting me in the face......I hope I didn't swallow any....but I probably did.

 

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

 

 

Calories:  500 ish?

 

Weight: 89.9 (198lbs)

 

Tracks:  I don't have a clue.  30 minutes worth of rock and or roll type of sounds

 



First post B2B run.

Ok.....I admit it.  I have been taking it easy since the Bridge to Brisbane (interesting that take it easy by the Eagles was the first song off my playlist).  I haven't been putting in the miles like I was 2 weeks ago.  But today was different.  I woke up at 7 am.  Checked the temperature outside on my iPhone.  It was 12c.  Perfect for running.  The weather is starting to heat up and my 8:30 am runs are now a thing of the past.  I'll have to wake up earlier and earlier.  I had a cup of coffee and I was out the door by 7:30 am (the temperature had risen to 14c).  It felt great getting out there.  I was inspired by how many other runners were around.  What pleased me the most was when a whole pack of runners came out.  Each running together but at their own pace.  It was very inspiring.  I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to complete the 5k in under 30 minutes.  I had been almost a week since I had run.  But luckily I got in there at 29:57 and my last K was the fastest at 5:49

I don't want my week to sound totally devoid of all physical activity.  I was able to play tennis with AP after dropping off my father in-law at the airport last Tuesday.  We played for about 2 hours.  It was great to play another sport.  I almost felt like wearing my iPhone to judge how many calories I burned and how many kilometers I ran.....but that would be the behaviour of an odd ball......no?

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning

 

Weight: 89.8 kg (197.9lb) 

Calories: 475

 

Tracks:

Take it easy - The Eagles

Sticks 'n' Stones - Jamie T

Yoshimi battles the pink robots Pt. 1 - The Flaming Lips

Date with the night - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

National anthem - Radiohead

The killing moon - Echo and the Bunnymen

The B2B is done!

I had to wake up at 3:45 am........it's my nephews birthday today (Happy 12th birthday Nick!) and I woke up early to call him in Canada.  When I called to wish him a happy birthday he wasn't there (I had to settle for a facebook message later in the day).  I was out of the house by 4:10 am and off to pick up AM in front of his building.  I munched on some orange slices while waiting for him and after a few minutes it was off to get our next friend BS and get to the start line.  We met up with MA and NM and got ready for the 10k race.  I had 1 goal for this years run (2 if you add I also wanted to finish the race) and that was to beat my time last year.  I ran it last year in one hour and nine minutes.  The run got off to a rocky start when my shoe lace came undone before the first kilometer.  So I made it over to the side of the Gateway bridge making sure I didn't impede anyone else (mission accomplished) and I was off running again.  Last year I took a walking break at the 5k mark......not this year.....I hit the 5k and kept going.....past the 6k, the 7k and ran past the 8k....then I got to the hill.  The hill is a steep incline around the 8k mark.  The hill beat me this year.  That is the last time.  Next year I will run the 10k without stopping.

I finished the 10k in 1:03 which is 6 minutes quicker then last year!  Very excited about that.  Now I just have the 15k run on September 30th. 

To see my results: http://tiktok.biz/bridgetobrisbane/2012/08241

 

 

If you have anything to add please leave a comment or email me at Slowmanrunning73@gmail.com

I created a group on the miCoach website for all the slowrunners out there. If you are interested in joining the group please sign up on the miCoach site and download the free miCoach app for your smart phone. Here is the link:

http://community-micoach.adidas.com/groups/slowrunning





Calories: 1000

Times

1K: 6:45
2K: 5:41
3K: 5:59
4K: 6:09
5K: 6:05
6K: 6:04
7K: 6:01
8K: 6:21
9K: 6:35
10K: 6:12

Tracks:
I want to take your higher - Sly and Family Stone
Dear Catastrophe waitress - Belle and Sebastian
Need you around - Smoking Popes
I will survive - Cake
Slow dancing - U2 feat. Willie Nelson
Lets make love and listen to death from above - CSS
Pumped up kicks - Foster the People
Home - Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros
Addicted to drugs - Kaiser Chiefs
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Stephanie says - Velvet Underground
Year of the rat - Badly Drawn Boy
We walk - The Ting Tings
Rebellion (lies) - The Arcade Fire
Deep blue - The Arcade Fire
You're so cool - Streamer Bendy
Take me out - Franz Ferdinand