20.8 kilometres
This morning I prepared for my 20.8km training run that I had measured out yesterday.
Oscar spotted me walking around the house with my Coolrunning cap on so he knew something was up. He was sitting at the sliding door having a little sook when I explained to him that it was going to be a big run. Oscar replied, "no problem. Can we go now?" So we put on his harness and dog and I set off.
The route we were taking I haven't run over before. It follows a few main roads and the running surface changes from grassy nature strips and bitumen road to gravel and concrete footpaths. I didn't want to bite off too much at first so I choose a relatively flat course.
I started to feel the kilometres after the 1 hour and 20 minute mark. It may have been more in my mind as the longest I have run for so far is for 1:20ish.
Oscar followed along very loyally and we completed 20.8km in 1:51:19.
Getting home I stretched and re-hydrated on water then got motivated to mow the lawns.
My quads feel a little sore now but that may be from the lawn mowing. Otherwise I feel great and am pretty happy for myself. I think a full marathon is a long way off but now I know that I can complete the half distance.
Oscar spotted me walking around the house with my Coolrunning cap on so he knew something was up. He was sitting at the sliding door having a little sook when I explained to him that it was going to be a big run. Oscar replied, "no problem. Can we go now?" So we put on his harness and dog and I set off.
The route we were taking I haven't run over before. It follows a few main roads and the running surface changes from grassy nature strips and bitumen road to gravel and concrete footpaths. I didn't want to bite off too much at first so I choose a relatively flat course.
I started to feel the kilometres after the 1 hour and 20 minute mark. It may have been more in my mind as the longest I have run for so far is for 1:20ish.
Oscar followed along very loyally and we completed 20.8km in 1:51:19.
Getting home I stretched and re-hydrated on water then got motivated to mow the lawns.
My quads feel a little sore now but that may be from the lawn mowing. Otherwise I feel great and am pretty happy for myself. I think a full marathon is a long way off but now I know that I can complete the half distance.
posted by Spark Driver at 3:57 PM
7 Comments:
Yeah you want to give that lawn mowing caper away ;-)
Congratulations on breaking the 20k barrier - not a bad time either.
It is a nice feeling knowing you can run the distance. In terms of giving the lawn mowing caper away - You can pay people to mow the lawn for you...but you can't pay people to run for you!
Nice job there, it looks like your dog is a real great company.
I love that sensation too, you just go one day and see you can make it, but it means you have worked strong enough before!
Moving up in the world, congratulations.....see you at Williamstown....
That damn dog still kicking my ass! Well done Oscar, and Spark.
that is impressive! good on oscar!! (hehe and you too!!)
A 20.8k training run - you'll cruise the half marathon! Well done. I can't believe little Oscar can run that far!!!
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