Sunday, May 13, 2007
Monday, May 14th 2007 Byron Bay
A group of us met up in Brisbane, in Southbank, yesterday for the Mothers' day run. It was an 8km run (or 4km run or walk) and proceeds were collected for Breast Cancer Research. I was up at 4:45am (for a Sunday just a tad early) and Lisa picked me up at 5:20am or so. The drive to Brisbane takes about 2 hours. Plus or minus depending on the traffic but we knew there would be no traffic on a Sunday morning at that time. Rain started on the way but it was no more than a drizzle at the start. 6000 people had registered which made for an impressive field considering this is not something like an marathon or other organised race. I realised I hadn't run a race or a fun run since 1993 and it was a 5km back then. And considering my little break of running and the fact I haven't been running more than twice a week since about a week after the accident I wasn't planning on running fast.
I'd even said: "I'm just going to plod along and you guys will probably be having coffees by the time I'll get there." But some things never change and as soon as I started I kept pushing myself to run just as fast as I could. The last couple of kms seemed a bit long but other than that all went fine. I'm not sure of the exact time yet but I think it was about 40 minutes plus or minus a bit. Anyway we all had a great time and went for a cruisy breakfast and walk around the Southbank markets before driving back down to Byron.
A couple of us who ran yesterday showed up at Boot camp this morning with a bit of stiffness but the training (running and boxing this morning) was perfect to loosen up. I think a few of us are doing a 6km this Sunday in Lismore.
Otherwise all is going well. We've had a bit of rain lately but mostly at night with clear days. I'm practically back to 90% or more from the accident. The only thing remaining is stiffness in some of my calf muscles and tendons attached to the back of the knee. The bike is still not repaired but working fine in the meantime.
Bye for now
A group of us met up in Brisbane, in Southbank, yesterday for the Mothers' day run. It was an 8km run (or 4km run or walk) and proceeds were collected for Breast Cancer Research. I was up at 4:45am (for a Sunday just a tad early) and Lisa picked me up at 5:20am or so. The drive to Brisbane takes about 2 hours. Plus or minus depending on the traffic but we knew there would be no traffic on a Sunday morning at that time. Rain started on the way but it was no more than a drizzle at the start. 6000 people had registered which made for an impressive field considering this is not something like an marathon or other organised race. I realised I hadn't run a race or a fun run since 1993 and it was a 5km back then. And considering my little break of running and the fact I haven't been running more than twice a week since about a week after the accident I wasn't planning on running fast.
I'd even said: "I'm just going to plod along and you guys will probably be having coffees by the time I'll get there." But some things never change and as soon as I started I kept pushing myself to run just as fast as I could. The last couple of kms seemed a bit long but other than that all went fine. I'm not sure of the exact time yet but I think it was about 40 minutes plus or minus a bit. Anyway we all had a great time and went for a cruisy breakfast and walk around the Southbank markets before driving back down to Byron.
A couple of us who ran yesterday showed up at Boot camp this morning with a bit of stiffness but the training (running and boxing this morning) was perfect to loosen up. I think a few of us are doing a 6km this Sunday in Lismore.
Otherwise all is going well. We've had a bit of rain lately but mostly at night with clear days. I'm practically back to 90% or more from the accident. The only thing remaining is stiffness in some of my calf muscles and tendons attached to the back of the knee. The bike is still not repaired but working fine in the meantime.
Bye for now
