6.25 km run in the rain

Decided this weekend come hell or high water I would go for a run as I had not done one in the last two weeks, and I would go for a decent length run.

Set out when the rain had stopped and got maybe 3.5 km before the skies opened up and it poured down again.

However in spite of the inclement weather (or maybe because of it) I did a damn good run and got to Pah Road without stopping and then had to wait for the lights, then to above Royal Oak Pak N Save Carpark before stopping for a road cross. From there it was walk/run to the Greenwoods corner shops to pick up two highlighters for the kid's school next week  and then ran 98% of the way home taking a slightly longer route to make sure it would be over the 6 km mark.

Distance: 6.25 km
Time: 38:44
Average Speed: 9.7 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Walk Of Shame - P!nk

6 km today - Lost on the 5

I plotted a 5 km course but managed to take a wrong turn and ended up 1 kilometre off course and had to run to get to school on time to pick up my son.

My ankle is killing me but I'll live.

I am one mile short of 800 kilometers.

Distance: 5.01
Time: 29:48
Average Speed: 10.1
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending on My Body Is A Cage - Arcade Fire

Distance: 1.01 km
Time: 06:25
Average Speed: 9.5 kph
Soundtrack: None - Phone rebooted in the middle of the run due to a weird camera fault

2 km run

Sent out to pick up dinner ran a mile and a bit then sprinted the next 400 odd meters to make 2 km.

Did pretty well and upped the pace considerably on the last stretch.

Distance: 1.99 km
Time: 11:17
Average Speed: 10.6 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mic ending with Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

5 km run today

Had a stressful day and so I was 'sent' out for a run to blow some steam off, and I did pretty well. Ran up Mt Eden to Mt Albert to Pah Road without stopping, first time I slowed to the pace was at Torrance which is 4 blocks up Pah Road. I had a bunch of stops between there and Greenwoods Corner as that is a slow and long uphill grade, but then from the shops to home which is about 1 km I ran with only stops for Traffic.

Distance: 5.04 km
Time: 32:26
Average Speed: 9.3 kph
Soundtrack: The National - Shuffled Tracks - Ending with Lit Up.

Another cross country training session

Two minutes faster than last time for my son and much less pausing/walking.

Same 'usual' circuit but also with new New Balance runners, much like mine.

Distance: 1.57 km
Time: 13:22
Average Speed: 7.1 kph
Soundtrack: Terraria Time, Terraria Time!

First non-year running.

So even though I stopped running a few days ago I will probably still go for a couple of runs each week, especially in the weekend.

Today I took Harry cross country training again, this time up Mt Eden Road, Up Landscape Road, Up St Andrews Road and then Selwyn, Coronation, Empire and back again.

Round trip of just under 2 km with loads of rest time at the start but the second half was a determined showing by the son who has his cross country in 5 days time.

Distance: 1.90 km
Time: 15:23
Average Speed: 7.4 kph
Soundtrack: I've had enough of the view, let's go home.

Running Stats for the year

Review: One year of running.

Runs = 369 
Distance = 781.87 kms 
(AKA 18.5 Marathons, or from my house to Blenheim via SH1)
Time Running = 79 hours, 21 mins, 30 seconds 
(AKA 3.3 days or 1,585 songs or watching all 8 seasons of Dexter) 
Calories Burned = 78,422
(AKA 142.5 Big Mac Burgers or 301 Magnum Classic Ice Creams)

Ilnesses = 2 ( a couple of days off to recover)
Injuries = 2 (one calf muscle, pulled twice, 2 day break for recovery)
Operations = 1 (10 day break for recovery)

All in all a successful year and while I am looking forward to a day off tomorrow I'm keen to go for a couple of runs a week from here on out so I would say that this is a success.

Tomorrow I start teaching myself to play the piano.

OVERALL

 

 

Activities369

Distance781.87 km

Duration79:21:30

Calories78422 kcal

Elevation gain9163 m

Elevation loss12167 m