I am soooo knackered. Didn't go to bed till 3.30am last night. Felt delirious in the gym.
15 x mins crosstrainer
2 x mile run (20 mins 13 secs)
30 x mins weights
20 x powerplate.
This run felt very tough. Thought my heart was going to burst out my ribs and splatter all over the display in the last 60 seconds. I was trying to do it in under twenty minutes but it was not to be. Not today, anyway.
I guess I need to start doing some hill training - mmm, my favourite. Let's chuck in a few rocks and tree roots and hairpin bends as well for a laugh. Apparently I will be doing this race (below) in October, which is kind of terrifying as I have absolutely no co-ordination whatsoever. Absolutely NONE. So running on anything other than the smoothest of surfaces fills me with terror. Even running across the fields to Ditchling turns me into a wimpering old wuss with flailing octupus arms, as I gingerly negotiate the odd stone and clump of grass with all the spindly confidence of a newborn deer fleeing a pride of lions. So this description of last year's race was almost enough to induce spontaneous sobbing.
"Quick turns, narrow paths, steep limestone slopes (and the occasional scurrying armadillo). The Toughest Race in Texas is a race you have to love. Tough love though. The hills and rocky, single-track trails that surround the St. Stephen’s School in northwest Austin, make for tricky footing, beautiful vistas and very slow times—but a thoroughly satisfying running experience.
Especially on such a beautiful Saturday morning. Which only seemed fitting. Last year, the inaugural year of this race, the skies opened up and the race was cursed with an old-fashioned, gully washer of a storm. It limited the field and made the racing even more hazardous and tricky.
This year, the weather was perfect and more than 500 runners and walkers showed up at St. Stephen’s for a dose of tough love on the rugged terrain.
With a 5-K and a 10-K (not to mention a one-miler), the trails got awfully congested very quickly. Unless you were on the front row and rocketed off the starting line, most were forced to walk or jog single file for much of the race course. Within the first half mile, the 5-K runners converged with the 10-K field, forcing nearly everyone to a walk.
“It was a little frustrating,” said Joseph Kozusko, who finished seventh in the 10-K in 41:24, “because at times it was very difficult to run.”
Making it even more difficult, were the rocky trails and if you swung wide to barrel around the slower runners, you risked a close encounter with a cactus".
Oooh. Can't wait.
15 x mins crosstrainer
2 x mile run (20 mins 13 secs)
30 x mins weights
20 x powerplate.
This run felt very tough. Thought my heart was going to burst out my ribs and splatter all over the display in the last 60 seconds. I was trying to do it in under twenty minutes but it was not to be. Not today, anyway.
I guess I need to start doing some hill training - mmm, my favourite. Let's chuck in a few rocks and tree roots and hairpin bends as well for a laugh. Apparently I will be doing this race (below) in October, which is kind of terrifying as I have absolutely no co-ordination whatsoever. Absolutely NONE. So running on anything other than the smoothest of surfaces fills me with terror. Even running across the fields to Ditchling turns me into a wimpering old wuss with flailing octupus arms, as I gingerly negotiate the odd stone and clump of grass with all the spindly confidence of a newborn deer fleeing a pride of lions. So this description of last year's race was almost enough to induce spontaneous sobbing.
"Quick turns, narrow paths, steep limestone slopes (and the occasional scurrying armadillo). The Toughest Race in Texas is a race you have to love. Tough love though. The hills and rocky, single-track trails that surround the St. Stephen’s School in northwest Austin, make for tricky footing, beautiful vistas and very slow times—but a thoroughly satisfying running experience.
Especially on such a beautiful Saturday morning. Which only seemed fitting. Last year, the inaugural year of this race, the skies opened up and the race was cursed with an old-fashioned, gully washer of a storm. It limited the field and made the racing even more hazardous and tricky.
This year, the weather was perfect and more than 500 runners and walkers showed up at St. Stephen’s for a dose of tough love on the rugged terrain.
With a 5-K and a 10-K (not to mention a one-miler), the trails got awfully congested very quickly. Unless you were on the front row and rocketed off the starting line, most were forced to walk or jog single file for much of the race course. Within the first half mile, the 5-K runners converged with the 10-K field, forcing nearly everyone to a walk.
“It was a little frustrating,” said Joseph Kozusko, who finished seventh in the 10-K in 41:24, “because at times it was very difficult to run.”
Making it even more difficult, were the rocky trails and if you swung wide to barrel around the slower runners, you risked a close encounter with a cactus".
Oooh. Can't wait.
posted by Rab at 10:55 AM
2 Comments:
You're really selling it to me. But there ain't no chance of me doing anything 'quickly' in this race by the sounds of it so I should be ok.
Parachutes - yes! I do want to go skydiving again, can we can we?
Wanna do it for me??!
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