Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Kylie had a meeting tonight so training was with Brian, my coach, at lunchtime. We jogged across to Yarra Park, which surrounds the MCG. Brian chose the Punt Road side in the North East corner (up the hill from Punt Rd Oval). for a cross country hill session

It followed the fenceline in this corner of the park with the first 50 metres flat, then a left turn and 175 metres up a hill before turning right and 175 metres along what seemed flat terrain but was in fact a gentle uphill gradient. Recovery was to be back along the straight 175 metre section and then diagonally down to the start, so about 300 metres recovery in all. Brian wanted us to do easy first part recovery, gentle push the middle recovery and slow down recovery for the last bit leading into the next effort

Brian did four sets, while I did six. And they were ahrd work. I recorded the first one at 83 seconds. Didn't do the next two, but the last three were all around the 76-77 mark so happy with that, but bpy the last two I felt like I was pushing with concrete shoes on

After that was over, we jogged over to Treasury Gardens where Brian had us do two 150 metre downhills with fast short leg turnovers to generate some speed

Slow jog back to work and I was buggered for the rest of the day! Spent some quality time with my bubbies before I put them down to bed

TOTAL DISTANCE : about six kilometres including run to park, then session, then run to Treasury Gardens, then run back to work