Street-O @ Bundoora Parade

Hot night. Powerwalked. Phil had set an interesting course with four clusters of controls. Logically, you would clean up a cluster and then move on to the next one. It worked perfectly for me - getting all controls in three of the clusters; but didn't work so well for the faster walkers as the last cluster was too far away for them to attempt. So there'll be a big bunch of us all with the same score, and it all depends on who got back first.

Distance	Avg pace	Avg HR
6.8 km	9:09 /km	130 bpm (68%)

I ran this up for Debbie - my route as seen on Gmaps Pedometer:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=567031
It has me at 7km, which is interesting. I zoomed in to get it accurate, and I didn't include the 200m fumble which had me questioning my sanity and the map, in that order!

Thursday...

Sucky 8am conference call which made it impossible to get out for an hour beforehand. Okay, not "impossible". I could have got up earlier, I suppose. And not enough time after the call to walk, eat breakfast, and get into the office in time for my fortnightly massage.

* muesli
* Nandos Supremo Chicken Burger, chips, coke, badness....
* raisins
* 2 pieces toast

Street-O @ Blackburn North

Cool night - excellent for running. A "score" course tonight: Course C had to be back by 7:45. I much prefer running by time than having to count the number of controls to get. Running easily - felt good. Didn't look at my pace during the run, but noticed the HR up near 180 at one point when I felt like I needed a breather!

Got back with less than 30 seconds to spare - working hard over the last 500m to (a) get home in time, and (b) stay ahead of the guy just behind me! It hurt.

Distance	Avg pace	Avg HR
7.3 km	5:52 /km	167 bpm (88%)

woot! under 6:00/km

Wednesday...

Up long after the birds. Nearly 8am before I headed out. Did a route I don't do very often (because it's marked steep in the Melway, and it is!). 5.4 km. Slight drizzle for the last 15 minutes or so.

* grapefruit, orange. I've been juicing Ruby Red grapefruit, and they're so yummy I just had it plain this morning - in a bowl with an orange, and a "sauce" of honey and a pinch of minced ginger. V. yummy.
* muesli
* KFC Toasted Twister
* strawberries
* apple
* protein shake

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wildthing said...
Hey Louise, you just appeared in bloglines. How did you do it?

Welcome back everyone! I missed ya. :-)

Tuesday...

Up with the birds, and out the door before 7am. Foggy breath. 5.8 km.

* juice: grapefruit, orange, carrots, ginger
* muesli
* apple
* prawn fried rice
* dates
* double chocolate-chip cookie (sigh... better not slip into a bad habit. Besides, these things are $2.70 each!)
* raisins
* mango
* 2 pieces of toast

Monday... here we go again

Big problems getting out of bed this morning, not helped by about a thousand possums starting World War III in my trees and across the roof last night. Cold ~10 degrees. Didn't get out the door until nearly 8am for my usual Seville-Chandler Rd route - 5.7 km.

* juice: grapefruit, carrot, cucumber, ginger, garlic
* muesli
* sushi
* strawberries
* triple chocolate cookie (yum!)
* fried rice with prawns, egg, veges.
I've rediscovered the wok! My stove is really pathetic, so I'm using a camping gas cooker on the kitchen bench. hey - whatever works. :-)

I didn't go to Street-O - tonight's event fell into the "too far" category (Caulfield), so I went for a run from home instead. After a slow plod on the slight uphill to Wandin keeping the heart rate around 150 (79%), I decided to pick up the pace to 160 on the homeward run. I just kept going faster and faster until the HR was sitting around 170 and higher (90%), and it still felt comfortable. Being slightly downhill, the pace was pretty quick and it felt good to be going that fast.

Pace on the way out was around 7:30/km, on the way back around 5:10/km. I held it for just over 3km to the start of Station St where I slowed down to trot home.

Distance	Avg pace	Avg HR
8.7 km	6:37 /km	156 bpm (82%)

Sunday...

Jumped on the scales this morning - 71.8 kg! Wahoo!! Not sure whether to read too much into it or not - 1.5 kg is a lot to lose in a week and I expect that much of it is fluid, and the result of being virtuous all week (except for a small lapse on Thursday night). I'm celebrating with takeaways tonight tho'. :-)

Shins and feet are a bit tight, I guess from yesterday's run.

Went for a long walk through Jells Park after lunch to set an orienteering course for the CR Xmas Bash next weekend - 7.9 km. Nice sunny afternoon.

* juice: orange, grapefruit, lemon, carrot, ginger
* muesli
* apple
* leftover pork fried rice
* strawberries
* cherries
* fish and chips

Weekly summary:

Weight	71.8 kgs
Walking	36.1 kms
Running	23.8 kms

Saturday...

Went for the Seville Shuffle that I didn't get up early enough for yesterday - out to Killara Stn along Victoria Rd and back along the trail. Walked the first and last bits (1 km total). Felt nice and easy...

Distance	Avg pace	Avg HR
8.4 km	7:37 /km	149 bpm (78%)

* juice: orange and ginger
* muesli (around lunchtime)
* grapes
* chocolate muesli bar (Mmmm :-)
* pork fried rice (homemade, of course)

I picked up a packet of liquorice allsorts in the supermarket... and put them back before I got to the checkout. My halo is glowing.

Friday...

Slept through to 5am with no disturbances. Didn't manage to get up with the alarm though, and I had to be at work early for a performance review (I passed) so I didn't get out for a walk.

* muesli
* apple
* leftover pasta
* small ice cream from Wendys (damn kid that I saw eating one...)
* strawberries
* Happy Hour: Coke, pizza, garlic bread, few lollies
* handfull raisins