Day 24 - Brisbane to Sydney Opera House (Virtual Run)

Stretching......I like it.  I never really do it.  I should do it more often......but will I?  Only time will tell.  I'm going to give you the straight juice (huh?) I did not feel like running today.  I came up with every excuse in my head why I should not run.  I'll run tomorrow.  I'm too tired.  Before I really gave my self too much time to wallow I had my shoes on and I was out the door running around Forest Lake. 

It was a good run (except for when my shoelace decided that being tied was too good for it) but I kept it short and sweet.  3k run today.  My body was not hurting today.  My knee is no longer giving me a problem.  My back is a little tender but nothing that I can't deal with.  I'm finding that my stretching is helping that.  Oh, don't forget to let me know from where in the world you are reading my blog from.

Here is what my journey looks like.

Day 24
Distance: 3k
Total kilometres: 36.22k
Days left: 341
Kilometres left: 974 (606 miles)
Weight: 90.5kg (199lbs)
Calories burned: 283
Total Calories burned: 3403

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Day 22 - Brisbane to the Sydney Opera House (virtual run)

I used to (many years ago) wake up Sunday morning/early afternoon and feel like hell.  The night before I had gone to some bar or a house party and tried to do as much damage as I could to my body.  This continued up until I went for a physical and my Doctor thought I had hepatitis.  Lucky I didn't have hepatitis.  What I had was a weekend drinking problem.  Since then I have cleaned up my act and I am now (as my Australia friends would call me) a cadbury.  I had a beer with my good friend AP last week....and I felt a little tipsy.  After one beer.  It was quite sad.  Now, I wake up early Sunday morning and I do a 5k run instead.  I miss the old me sometimes.

The weather was absolutely brilliant this morning.  A storm sauntered in last night and cooled everything down.  It was 20c when I left the house but there was no humidity and the clouds did a great job covering up the face of the sun.  What I had instead was a cool breeze to welcome my running steps. 

I've also changed one thing about my runs.  Before today I would stop at the 5k or 7k mark and walk back home.  But now I'm going to run all the way home and include the total run and not stop when I have completed a full kilometer.  I figure I'm officially a week and a half behind my goal and I need every last bit of distance to make it.

The above figure shows how far I have run so far.  I've made it out of Brisbane and still far away from the Gold Coast.

 

This above figure shows you how far I still have to go.

 

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Day 22
Distance: 5.22k
Total kilometres: 33.22k
Days left: 343
Kilometres left: 977 (607 miles)
Weight: 90.8kg (200lbs)
Calories burned: 488
Total Calories burned: 3120

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Day 19 - Getting it back.

I've been pain free for a couple of days.  That lingering knee pain has gone.  I couldn't be happier about that.  I didn't want to do too much to fast.  So today my goal was just a very easy 3k run.   I will progess slowly and increase the distance as I go. 

I went out around 7 am and it was quite mild despite the oppressing heat over the last few days.  Getting lucky with a 7 am run is something that I will have to forget about soon.  The 3ks was quite lovely.  I wasn't running very hard and speed was not a concern.  Near the end of the run my body stiffened a little bit.  I iced my leg as soon as I got home and I will do some extenisive stretching tomorrow to try and loosen my muscles as much as I can. 

I've run 28ks so far and have made it (virtually) to the Pacific Motorway!

 

 

Day 19
Distance: 3k
Total kilometres: 28k
Days left: 346
Kilometres left: 982 (610 miles)
Weight: 90.8kg (200lbs)
Calories burned: 286
Total Calories burned: 2640

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Day 17....cause some days you just have to say f%$# it.

If you read my earlier post then you know I tried to go for a run this morning......that run didn't work.  I also dropped off my wife at the train station....and if you know my wife you know that she forgets things all over town.  Today she forgot her yoga clothes in the car.  That meant that I had to drive to her yoga class and drop off her change of clothes.  This meant that I had one hour to kill.  Sometimes you just have to say screw this and just run.  I just ran.  I can also proudly say that I felt no pain at all during my run.  This is a load off my mind.  I'm still worried about the injury so I'm currently sitting on my couch with an ice pack on the back of my leg.  Fingers crossed there is no pain in the morning.

 

 

Day 17
Distance: 5k
Total kilometres: 25k
Days left: 348
Kilometres left: 985 (612 miles)
Weight: 90.8kg (200lbs)
Calories burned: 475
Total Calories burned: 2354

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Day 17 The injury part 3

I woke up at 5:45 am expecting to run this morning.  I was surprised that I woke up with a smile.  I've been dying to run.  When I am driving my car and I see people running I feel that pang of jealousy.  I want to be that guy again.

I put on my shorts......my climacool Adidas shirt and grabbed my sunglasses.  I completed a few stretches and the pain in my leg was there.  Now the pain wasn't as bad as it was last week.  It lingers....and I didn't like the feeling.  I'm now sitting down, watching the Newsroom (my new favorite TV show) and icing my leg again.  I could have run.  I almost did.  But I didn't want to risk another week off.

So we try again tomorrow.  Same routine....waking up at 5:45 am and stretch and see how I feel.  Fingers crossed that its all clear tomorrow.  The only piece of good news this morning is that I have not put on any weight during this week layoff. 

Day 12 - The injury part 2

I went to see the physiotherapist as I was really worried that I had done some damage to my knee.  The last thing I wanted to hear was that I had busted any ligaments or tendons.  After a few checks the good news was that there was no damage at all to the knee.  What I had done was strain a tendon in my leg that was referring pain in my knee.  So icing my knee didn't do anything at all as the strain happened in the leg.  The physio worked his wonders again and my leg is feeling better and I hope to be running again by Monday or Tuesday.  I'm still having problems walking up stairs.  I'm doing a very good Quasimodo impression. 

I still have 990ks to do and one week behind schedule.  I'm also having trouble sleeping as I every time.


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Day 9: Brisbane to the Sydney Opera House (virtual run)

The injury.

The strangest thing has happened today.  I got home from work and decided I was going to do a run tonight.  Nothing impossible.....just a 5k or a 7k run.  But as I was walking around my kitchen I felt a sharp pain in my left knee.  I wasn't doing anything.....not twisting or turning....I was just walking.  I've iced it right away and now, a few hours later it feels slightly better.  I know that my run for tonight has been scraped.  While it feels better I don't want to risk a more serious injury.  I'm going to ice it for the rest of the night and take it really easy and see how I feel tomorrow.  I hope this does not put my Sydney run into any jeopardy.  I still have 990ks to do. 

Anyway, fingers crossed that its not a very serious injury.  I'll post more info when I have it.


-The Slow Running Man-

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Day 6 Brisbane to the Sydney Opera house (virtual run)

Week one.

If you are reading this blog for the first time let me sum up my goals.

I've just completed my running goal for this year (doing a 15k run) and I had to pick a new running goal for 2012-2013.  The goal I picked was to run from my front door step (Forest Lake, QLD Australia) to the Sydney Opera House in one year.  The distance is 1010 kilometres.  Which equals to about 20 kilometres a week.  The reason for this goal is simple.  I get bored quite easily and I need to have something to keep me interested.

The first week has been good.  I was able to run 20ks this week. I was hoping for more ks but the weather in Brisbane has been terrible the last few days.  One running day got washed out by rain and the next day was ruined due to a hurricane speed winds (OK I exaggerate but it was windy!).  I woke up Saturday morning not knowing what to expect.  Luckily the morning was perfect.  Sunny and cool.  Quite a respite from the 33c day we had early in the week.  I had 7ks to run today due to the fact that I had just run 13ks this week.  Very slowly I completed my 7k run in 45:19

Day 6
Distance: 7k
Total kilometres: 20k
Days left: 359
Kilometres left: 990 (615 miles)
Weight: 90.2kg (198lbs)
Calories burned: 659
Total Calories burned: 1879

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Day 4 Brisbane to Sydney (virtual run)

I was in a meeting at work......my friend and sometime commentator on this blog SH pulled me aside.  "I have something I want to say to you.  But I don't want you to take it badly."  I told her I would not take it badly.  "I want to teach you how to work out with weights.  It will help your running."  She told me to go out and buy some weights.  Once I have the weights she will teach me a few things.  I've never really thought about weight training.  I know its important but that has never been anything that has ever interested me.  Since I've starting running that is all I ever wanted to do.  The weight training that I do are with a medicine ball/exercise ball.  Working on the core.  I'll have to get back to you on this weight training. 

As I have previously mentioned I pick up my wife from UQ and that is where I run every Tuesday.  It was about 25c when I got out there but the sun was going down and there was a nice cool breeze coming in so the heat didn't effect me at all.  I completed my run in about 30 minutes.

 

 

Day 4
Distance: 5k
Total kilometres: 13k
Days left: 361
Kilometres left: 997 (619 miles)
Weight: 90.5kg (198lbs)
Calories burned: 468
Total Calories burned: 1220

  

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Day 3

I've made it as far as The Oxley Golf Club. I've never played at the Oxley Golf Club. I would like to play golf at the Oxley Golf Club (hint hint  for possible Christmas gifts). But I am getting ahead of myself.....let me start from the....well the start. I got up at 5:45 am. Terrible time to wake up but yesterday it was 35c and I didn't want to run in any heat whatsoever. I didn't get out of the house and running till about 6 am. While I got ready I did manage to watch a few minutes of the Man United vs. Newcastle game (a game which the red devils destroyed Newcastle) and got out of the house before I got really stuck into the game. At 6:00 am the temperature was a perfect 18c. I could not have picked a better time to run. As I have previously stated I'm not concerned with how quick my runs are. I am concentrating on getting the distance done. Today I ran 5ks in 30 minutes.

This is as far as I have run so far.

 

 

Day 3
Distance: 5k
Total kilometres: 8k
Days left: 362
Kilometres left: 1002 (622 miles)
Weight: 89.7kg (197lbs)
Calories burned: 468
Total Calories burned: 752

 

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Day 1

6/10/12 - Day One

I've started my journey.  It has started badly.  The heat got to me and I only completed a 3k run.  An auspicious start but I am nothing if not positive and I'll do better tomorrow.  I tried to get a way with sleeping in a little bit but it ended up getting me in the end.  I just have to resign myself to the fact that it's hot and I don't handle the heat well.  Getting up at 5 or 6 am for the next few months is just something that I will have to get used to. 

I'm going to change how the blog will look.  I'm going to move away from recording specific stats such as kilometer splits or the songs that I listened to on the run.  I'm not so interested in speed work at this moment.  Right now my focus is going to be about getting in shape, running longer distances and to continue to lose weight.  Music is still a very important thing in my life so I may do a write up of a song that inspired me when I wanted to quit but it will not be as prominent. 

On every blog posting I will include a map of Australia showing how far I have run.  So, follow along with me as I take this journey of 1010 kilometers (1007 now after my pathetic 3k run).

As always I want to hear what you think.  I have setup a new readers poll.  The question is should I create a Slow Running Man FaceBook page?  Have your say at the bottom of this page.


Day 1
Distance: 3k
Total kilometers: 3k
Days left: 364
Kilometers left: 1007 (625 miles)
Weight: 91kg (200lbs)
Calories burned: 284
Total Calories burned: 284

 

 

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Stats

On Thursday (It might not be Thursday....really depends how I feel.  My calf muscles are a bit sore from the 15k run on Sunday) I am going to start my run (equivalent) to the Sydney Opera house.  From my door step to the Opera house is 1010 kms.  I figured I would have to run about 20ks a week to make it there in one calendar year.  Since January 1st to Sept 30th I have run 404 ks.  That is far enough to have run past Coffs Harbour and just outside Nambucca Heads NSW.

Clearly I'll have to run a lot more this year then I have been.  This new challenge will push me and I can't wait to get it started.  Here are my stats from Jan 1st to Sept 30th:

Total running time: 46:37:20

Calories burned: 40,042

Distance: 403.89

Total Workouts: 85

-The slow running man-