21/04/14

14-04-14
Mon-PM 8.9km - 42:02 (414m)
An unplanned sleep-in and stiff legs meant that the run after work was kept pretty easy. Mostly on the road and hitting a fair amount of steps to get that gain in.

15-04-14
Tues-PM 7.4km - 44:07 (332m)
Another missed morning of running. Trying not to get into habit of sleeping in too late before work especially now that winter is so close. The cold is going to make it tough enough to get up early as it is. Had to cut the evening run short so that I wasn't late to fetch my brother, who is visiting, from the airport. Hit a 1km PR of 3:26 on the descent back home on the out and back.

16-04-14
Wed
No running. Spent time with my brother who I hadn't seen for 6 months prior. The price you pay for living in different cities, I guess. 

17-04-14
Thurs
More of the same, sadly. I suppose I could have gotten up early for a run but this habit seems to already be set. Need to work on breaking the cycle. 

18-04-14
Fri-AM 12.2km - 1:24:09 (860m)
Managed to drag myself out of bed and up Lions Head, nice and early. Also tested out my new headlamp. Very handy but I can see I'm going to need to run more often with it to get used wearing it. 8th summit of Lions Head this year. Horribly slack.

Fri-PM 7.3km - 45:30 (397m)
Casual evening jog on the Signal Hill loop. Legs took a little bit of a beating on the descent in the morning run so kept things mellow. No point risking unnecessary injury. 

19-04-14
Sat
No mileage. After parkrun, my brother and I hung out for a bit, tried to join buddies at Forries post-2Oceans and ended up spending all day at the Slug on Kloof Str watching rugby and football. Usually I'm pretty angry with myself if I don't clock any miles for a day but I honestly didn't even think about it today.

20-04-14
Sun-AM 8.7km - 57:43 (~430m)
Had issues with my phone GPS recording (as usual). Had to keep the morning run short so that I could make it to the airport to pick my mom up. We were still late.

Sun-PM 12.2km - 1:30:27 (860m)
More GPS issues on the evening run up Lions Head before going to pick up my dad from the airport. Still, felt pretty good on the climb up the Lions Back and managed to hit my second best time going up the secondary route to the summit (around the side of the Lion, skipping the chains). Set new ¼ and ½ mile PRs. Still nowhere near good enough to break a sub-4min mile. 9th summit of the year. 

Total hours: 6:03
Total Mileage: 56.7km
Total Gain: 3293m

Caught up in two minds about this weeks summary. On one hand, I know that I could have run 7/7 days even if I did some barefoot (which I haven't done in some time. Slacking off seems to be endemic). On the other hand, it's been good to see my brother and parents. Last time I saw them was 6 months ago for my brothers 21st. I'm guessing that the upcoming week will be more like this as well while my family is down for my birthday. I suppose I shouldn't feel too bad as I really am making the most of my time, even if it's not time on foot.

Going to have to start trying to make time before or after work to hit the gym up as well. Come next summer, I'm looking forward to getting into some climbing so I figure that, while the weather gets shit during winter, I can use that time to do some upper body strength training for the climbing season.

Not really in the mood to write anything more substantial right now even though I do have quite a bit on my mind. Perhaps for another post.