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The older I get the better I was... but after many years of idle burrowing the candle of desire is still burning and I have come to realise that running is as much a part of me as my heart and lungs... In Christmas 2008 I was 82kg and was not running a step..This is my journey , the journey of the wombat...Dogged...determined...persistent...and maybe a little grumpy.. but like the wombat my journey is territorial, its about running and I am going to work to protect it...Come along for the ride and see if I can become the wombat warrior. 2009 was a mixed bag for the wombat's journey.A top ten placing in both the Bridges and the City Surf brought a small sense of achievement but also a degree of frustration.... I think I can do better and better I will in 2010. A better run in the Busso Half iron man in support of TV in his swim and bike ride and that was about the extent of my racing. Lets see what happens in 2010 as "My journey Continues". Now in 2011 the wombat will continue his journey, but not alone the wombat has a youngling who knows how to dig. 2015 and its a new beginning , time goes on and the journey to the 2016 World Masters is under way.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Morning Pace .....

Mornings have always been tough for the wombat. I just don't like them. Nothing seems to work smoothly. Even in my younger days the morning run was a grind. Eventually I did warm up and move well but those first 20 minutes of the run were just tough. No ankles, no knees, just a grind. Still to get to where you want to go it has to be done. Why ? well its more mileage, its extra credits in the bank.
This morning was a grind. Ran the Kangaroo rise circuit from home and seriously I did not move well until the final 2 miles of the 5 mile circuit. despite my discomfort during the run, not painful just unpleasant, I was moving at a pace that was just below 7 minutes a mile (Yes I had the Garmin on again) The overall run time came in just under 35 minutes so all in all a good pace.

Now if I can just get a weight circuit or gym style circuit that I was happy with I feel I would almost have all the elements in place to fine tune and tweak. (My gym is in my shed, we not fancy but we cheap).

Barrel on wombats...

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