Countdown to TM: Day 14...

Weighed in at 81.5kg.
Seem to have stabilized around there.
Happy enough with that weight! :)

Met a mate at 10am for a run around the Torrens River. He hasn't had as much opportunity to train as I have recently, so I wore the 5kg vest to help slow me down.
I was a bit hesitant as we were aiming for 10km and I wasn't sure how I'd do with the vest over that distance, but he said he'd be happy to walk if I needed to. ;)

Did 10km in 55min!!
And that even included a couple of double backs to let my mate catch up and a bit of walking when I bumped into another mate!!
Was over the moon with the time. I wasn't expecting running 10km in under an hour with the vest on.
But I think running with someone combined with a later start time helped a lot. Half the time when I run in the morn at 6am, my body feels heavy and lethargic... I think the later time just lets ones body normalize before putting it through hell.

Very proud of my mate too. Running 10km in under an hour after minimal training was a great effort.

Lots of stretching afterwards and in the evening as a long run will often leave me tight for the next few days.

Countdown to TM: Day 26...

Now I'm paying the price more for yesterday's stupidity.
Glutes, calves, quads... All tight... And often when I have tight glutes and quads, I will experience back pain (related to an injury in a car accident a couple of years ago).

Stretches galore before breaky and some more just after my shower too. A massage would be awesome, but no time for that today unfortunately.

To finish off, yes it was basically another rest day. But an important one. More stretches done in the evening and a bit of reading on the net.
A couple of good reads:

Importance of massage.
http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=4077&PageNum=1
(found thru BodyFirst Massage on FB)

Why exercising makes us feel good.
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/08/what-happens-to-our-brains-during-exercise-and-why-it-makes-us-happier/

Countdown to TM: Day 27...

An educational, rest day would be the best description for day 27...

First thing in the morn, do some of the burpees on my tally... Now what happens if you try doing an exercise that you don't do regularly without stretching??
You hurt yourself!
Luckily, I don't think I went that far, but you would think I would know better by now. >:(
So the important thing, learn from my mistakes and move on.
Was a low key day all in all. Ate much healthier than the previous day and felt better internally.

By the end of the day, glutes were starting to ache a bit, so did some light stretches before bed.