Day 314 - All the way up Mt Eden Road again

Ran from house to corner, waited to decide which way to go - ran up Mt Eden Road hill again, all the way to the top which is only 210 meters according to GPS but a hard slog none the less. Then Ran to Mt Albert Road and back - with plenty of stops in between.

Distance: 3.54 km
Time: 22:24
Average Speed: 9.5 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Fix You - Coldplay - starting with Pressure and Time - Rival Sons

Day 313 - 9 minute mile

A mile without stopping around the block but on a full stomach of eating crap all day.

One of those days where I could not stop eating and it caught up with me in the run.

Distance: 1.55 km
Time: 9:16
Average Speed: 10.0
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with My Body Is A Cage - Arcade Fire

Day 312 - All the way!

For the first time I ran all the way up Mt Eden Road hill to Danske Mobler, which is 1 kilometer but a good 400 meters is all uphill and a 36 meter elevation gain! Rested 37 seconds and then ran all the way back again without stopping for a 2 km run.

Distance: 2.10 km
Time: 12:05
Average Speed: 10.4 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Land Of Confusion - Genesis

Day 311 - Short run to pick up dinner

Been in Dargaville all day and it was too sunny and hot up there to go running so did it on the way to Epsom to grab some dinner for the family.

Distance: 1.11 km
Time: 6:48
Average Speed: 9.7kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 310 - short run to get it in before road trip

Ran round the block at 7:40 a.m. unbroken with no stops.

Distance: 1.64 km
Time: 9:04
Average Speed: 10.8 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 309 - Short run from the bus stop

Still feeling a bit worn down from the heavy lifting and was in town to meet friends for lunch. So I got of the bus about a kilometer away from the house and ran home slowly.

Distance: 1.27 km
Time: 8:29
Average Speed: 9.0 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - ending with ... no idea

Day 308 - Working on Moving all day - short run

Moving furniture and boxes all day with Newby so there was no much energy or time for a big run and today was just about keeping the daily rhythm going.

An unbroken 800 odd meters down Mt Eden Road from Orvieto Cafe with jeans and flat shoes.

Distance: 760 meters
Time: 4:11
Average Speed: 10.9 kph
Soundtrack: none

Day 307 - Hard 3 km injured calf

Woke up early with a cramped calf muscle - right leg. Took me a few hours to walk it off completely but then running I had a niggle in it and I could not find my arm brace so had tennis elbow pain as well. Right ankle also acting up, less than 60 days to go to one year though.

Loads of stops and just feeling generally tired today. Had an upset tummy from midday and the first time I drank more than one drink was the night before with 1 Pimms, I wine and 1 Home Brew, not a lot to drink obviously but the most I have had since having gallstone trouble and the operation and it upset my digestive system maybe.

Distance: 2.8 km
Time: 18:58
Average Speed: 10 kph ish
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with My Body Is A Cage - Arcade Fire

Day 306 - Hard and Unpleasant

Not feeling it but the rest of my day is booked out and busy so this morning it is. Lack of Sleep the biggest issue I think as I went to bed at 2:30 a.m. staying up late to finish the final missions on Sleeping Dogs the Definitive edition.

Ran to the corner and hot roadworks and had to stop, cross over and then cross back. Then ran up St A's all the way to Morvern Reserve, cut through to Balmoral Road and then did the painful climb and descent to Mt Eden Road, then back to St L's and home.

Loads of stops and the sun is in and out, the air cool enough since it's mid morning.

Distance: 2.43 km
Time: 15:56
Average Speed: 9.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Pearl's Girl - Underworld.

Day 305 - 2.6 km slower going than previous

Same longer course run to school but a minute slower and with a couple more stops, though not until just shy of 2 km, and once I stopped the first time I fell apart and ran/walked the rest.

Distance: 2.58 km
Time: 15:01
Average Speed: 10.3 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with All We Are, We Are - P!nk

Day 304 - Grim 2.8k

Too hot today so I ran at the end of a blobby and tired out day. In the late sun, sluggish, sore, still tired from my big day out yesterday. Also just finished dinner and had the last two days of eating rubbish food but had a good lunch and dinner.

Ran down St A's but stopped before reaching the top of the hill due to the grade. Ran/walked more including the downhill parts which were also too steep in places. Ran to Kingsway and then ran/walked too much on the way home.

Slow and not much fun.

Distance: 2.87 km
Time: 17:50
Average Speed: 9.4 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - Ending with Trembling Hands - The Temper Trap

Day 303 - early mile

Got up as soon as I woke up which must have been just after seven as I was eventually out the door at 7:30.

I am out this afternoon, seeing a film and then a concert tonight, with the sunny days chasing the clouds away I had to run before it got too hot.

Ran non stop around the block.

Distance: 1.58 km
Time: 8:32
Average Speed: 11.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Get Lucky - Daft Punk

Day 302 - Run to school the long way, no stops.

Ran to Mt Eden Rd and had to pause for 24 seconds for traffic to pass, then ran all of Shackleton, Dom Road, Kensington to Ellerton and the schoolyard - non stop.

Overcast but great for a run - best to get it in while you can with the summer sun.

Distance: 2.58 km
Time: 13:55
Average Speed: 11.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Lanterns - Birds of Tokyo

Day 301 - Fast mile no stops - pushing it for pacing

Someone paid me a genuine compliment and so I hit the road with the wind at my back, even though I was not sure a bit how tired or enthusiastic I was, I switched on the music and hit the ground running.

Got to the end of the street and did not notice, got to the end of the steep part of St A's and was feeling good, not tired. Sped up going downhill and pushed my pace as much and as far as I could and made it all the way back in a great time.

Distance: 1.57 km
Time: 8:22
Average Speed: 11.3
Soundtrack: The Very Best of Sting and The Police

Day 300 - Yes thats right. 300 days.

Day 300 in my year of running, and while I have slowed a little since my operation, I have run over 95% of the 300 days to date (Continuous (excluding one bad flu (7 days, one injury 2 days and one operation 9 days))).

65 more days until my year of running is done.

Running totals :
Distance 647.95 km
Duration 65:16:18
Calories 64829 kcal
Elevation gain 7738 m
Elevation loss 10651 m

Today I ran St L's to St A's, Empire to Coronation, to Buckley and stopped for the first time at Gorrie for traffic, then ran all the way to the Carpenters Daughter on Mt A road (2 km). Ran/walked up Mt A and the ran Mt Eden road right up to the Harvey's furnishing (about a mile) struggled a bit at the top but then ran all the way home. 

I thought seriously about taking Gorrie to Mt Eden to see if I could take a short cut and avoid the hilly part of Mt A but then decided on Day 300 I had to do better than that.

Distance: 4.04 km

Time: 25:45

Average Speed: 9.4 kph

Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Home By The Sea - Genesis

Day 299 - 1 mile to get dinner and then walked back

Ran up my own street, then St A's, Onslow, Manukau Road, and stopped at Greenwoods corner.

Should have put the brace on my elbow because it was sore by the time I got there and throbbing by the time I got back home carrying dinner.

Distance: 1.59 km
Time: 9:23
Average Speed: 10.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 298 - hard work

Had an early but high carb dinner as we head into the second go at the 8-hour diet (we're doing it together to lose a little of the extra weight that has piled on after the operation.

Ran all the way up Empire Road, to the Drive but petered out before Manukau Road and walked several times between there and home via Onslow Ave.

Getting pain in my left arm, but it's a flare up of my tennis elbow that I used to wear a brace for but have not for a while. Need to take that up again.

More importantly good feel the Pizza and Wedges weighing me down and making the run gruesome.

Distance: 2.66 km
Time: 16:36
Average Speed: 9.6 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Lit Up - The National

Day 297 - 1 mile no stops

Round the block, decent pace and no stopping and still feeling like I can keep going if I wanted to.

Distance: 1.57 km
Time: 8:59
Average Speed: 10.4 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 296 - Run From the bus stop a mile away

Was not planning this to be my run but got off the bus to walk and then needed to pee, so in full jeans, sneakers and a hat - carrying a 3 kilo book in one hand I ran home.

Distance: 1.50 km
Time: 9:14
Average Speed: 9.7 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending on Lazaretto - Jack White

Day 295 - 2x runs but some idiot ran into me

You know what I hate? People.

(Some idiot ran into me while I was running because he was not looking where he was going, then just tried to run off without saying anything where I at least tried to inquire as to his general well-being)

Aside from that I ran a mile from the house to the school with no stops (apart from crossing through traffic).

Then had a meeting with another teacher (ugh) and then ran just over a kilometre home again via a different route, this time running all the way up Ellerton Road which is short but very steep.

Distance: 2.71 km
Time: 16:03
Average Speed: 10.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 294 - 3k but run all the way up Parnell Road!

For the first time I ran straight up Parnell Road to the top (800 meters) without stopping, hard work and I was shattered at the top but still managed it all the way.

Then ran on through the streets to Newmarket stopping only for lights, but the hard out start took it's toll and was struggling nearer Great South Road and eventually stopped at the 3km mark and caught the bust the rest of the way.

Distance: 3.11 km
Time: 20:11
Average Speed: 9.3 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Wild Boys - Duran Duran

Day 293 - 4.2 km non stop on a treadmill.

Went for a run on a treadmill and set it to a constant 10.00 kph to see how far and long I could run for with no stopping and/or distractions.

Distance: 4.2 km
Time: 25:14
Average Speed: 10.0 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - Ending with Mama - Genesis

Day 292 - 4 km run hard work doing longer runs again

Ran St L's to St A's, Empire, Coronation, Selwyn, Buckley, Mt Albert and then took first stop to fix my soundtrack which had gone a bit screwy.

Mt Albert was harder, Mt Eden sporadic but better once past Orvieto and then to home again.

No more pain on the incisions when running.

Distance: 4km
Time: 25:44
Average Speed: 9.6 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 291 - 2k run to the park

Ran up Empire, through the Drive (Stopping for Traffic), through Greenwoods Corner (Stopping for Traffic) and all the way down Manukau Road to Cornwall Park.

Slower than before but still ran there.

Distance: 1.91 km
Time: 11:53
Average Speed: 9.6 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 290 - GPS fail

Started off with a yellow signal and maybe 20 meters away got a failure on GPS that lasted through to the other side of the park, stopped at the steep part of St A's to see if I could re-aquire the signal but could not. Ran the rest of the way without stopping, got a great possibly best time.

Distance: 1.6 km
Time: 8:53
Average Speed: 11.5 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix, ending on With Or Without You - U2

Day 289 - Run in the rain - no headphones

Caught in the rain with no music as the batteries on my bluetooth headphones died and the charger was at home. Ran alongside the bus as it was caught in the bad traffic and I managed to keep pace for maybe a kilomtere before the Manukau Road lights gave me a pause and then after the intersection and then on Balmoral Road I lost it as it crossed The Drive, Epsom.

Despite no music and the rain and the sound of my panting I managed to do the 2 km in the fastest time yet.

Distance: 1.89 km
Time: 9:58
Average Speed: 11.4 kph
Soundtrack: Nothing - No one.

Day 288 - 2 k faster and slightly better

Ran same course as yesterday but this time with no stopping on the steep hill of Onslow and as such was approx 7 seconds faster.

Felt pretty good and was trying to even the pace out a bit more than the pushing pace from yesterday.

Distance: 1.88 km
Time: 10:26
Average Speed: 10.8 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 287 - Quick pace 2k

Ran from BK to the lights non stop, then to the last steep part for Onslow at 5 mins per km and then slowed a bit on the hill but still came home in record time only stopping for the lights.

Distance: 1.95 km
Time: 10:33
Average Speed: 11.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - Ending with Real, Real, Real - Jesus Jones