Pictures from my runs
I’m going to go back to posting pictures from my runs for a bit. I ran inside today as I’ve had a bit of a chest condition and I’m easing back into things. 10km in 55 mins.
It’s Wednesday which means intervals!
Peter and I did intervals in the Auckland Domain again today. We upped it to ten quarter km repeats. He did them in well under a minute whereas I was hovering around the minute mark.
I remembered to wear my HR strap and you can definitely see that I had to work a bit harder at times!
I think the intervals are pretty good. You definitely know you’re getting a workout while doing them. 
The joy of early morning runs
I love running first thing in the morning. I find it just sets the day up right. I especially like runs where I am out and about as the sun comes up. This is the view from my run:
How can you not enjoy running when you have a view like this?
A wee hill run
Peter and I have started a good habit. Every second Friday we do a wee hill run. Our route takes us up through through the Auckland Domain, up the aptly named Mountain Rd and then we do 3 times up and down Mt Eden’s volcanic cone.
On our way back through the Domain we also do a quarter km sprint. Just because we can.
Time to get priorities right
The last few months have been crazy busy and I’ve been neglecting my blog somewhat. I find that when I do this that my motivation to focus on healthy living tends to diminish. This results in more eating and of the wrong stuff. I’m a good 3kgs heavier than I was when I ran the Taipei marathon last year and about 7kgs heavier than this time last year.
As such, I have decided that it is time to get my priorities right and refocus on eating healthy. The way to do this is by making good choices from moment to moment. I’ve been using the “I’ll start next week routine” for the last 6 months with predictable results. I’m going to make an effort to check in more here and on other blogs. I really value the shared sense of accountability.
Missed the Huntly Half
I had to miss the Huntly Half Marathon today as my wife has the flu and it would have been a bit rough for me to have left her alone with our 3 year old.
I need to find a replacement challenge I think!
This week’s intervals
They were a little different this week as we ran on the road rather than the grass in the Domain.
Both of us found it easier to go slightly faster. I’m not sure if that was because of running on the road instead of the grass, being slightly fitter, or mis-measuring the distance. It’s probably some weird combination of the above.
Marathon thoughts
Stupid but it made me laugh.
I’m not that fast!
It turn out that Peter and I are not elite sprinters after all! We’ve been doing quarter km not quarter mile repeats in just under 60 seconds. That makes a bit of a difference doesn’t it? 
Anyway we’re still very happy with our progress.
Got a nice long weekend coming up. I’m not back at work till next Wednesday.
Intervals are good for the soul
Well, maybe they are and maybe they aren’t but I had a lot of fun doing them today.
Peter and I did 8 repeats of 400 250 metres. Our aim was to do them all in under 60 seconds and we achieved that reasonably comfortably. We both showed quite a bit of improvement from our last session two weeks ago when we did 6 repeats and 2 of them strayed uncomfortably above 60 seconds.
There is a real joy in doing a targeted exercise workout well.
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