Day 344 - Run the block in Reverse again

This time in the hot afternoon sun with no app and no music.

Walked the kids home from school and then while they played in the park I ran round the block and back again, adding 200 odd meters to the distance.

Ran to 3/4 of the way round and then struggled with the last half a kilometer up the hills.

Distance: 1.8 k
Time 10:00 ish
Average Speed: 10 kph ish
Soundtrack: The Sound of Laboured Breath

Day 343 - Late Run in the Dark

Don't like running in the dark but left my run quite late today and it was pelting with rain earlier when I was ready so it had to wait.

Ran to the Post Box to send my parents a card and a gift, but then kept running around the block in reverse which while the same distance and height is harder in reverse as the hill is longer and the fall is shorter, the other way the hard short climb is first then it's all downhill slowly.

Distance: 1.53 km
Time: 9:44
Average Speed: 9.4 kph
Soundtrack: Rival Sons - Pressure and Time (Album)

Day 342 - Running with son

Another training session for my 9 year olds upcoming school cross country event, not even sure how far it is, but it is at the end of next week.

Distance: 1.6 km
Time: 12:20
Average Speed: 6.5 kph
Soundtrack: Can We Walk The Rest?

Day 341 - run the block too many stops

Not really feeling the best today but up and at em atom ant, I went anyway.

Round the block stopping too many times when I am capable of doing the whole mile.

It had been raining and the air was cold, but anyway.

Distance: 1.58
Time: 9:15
Average Speed: 10.24 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Tonight, Tonight - Genesis

Day 340 - Training w/son again

Son has a Cross Country at school and is tired of coming in the last few in the age group so post-camp we have started cross country training together.

Distance: 1.12 km
Time: 08:05
Average Speed: 8.3 kph
Soundtrack: Is That A Record?

Day 339 - Raining Heavily

It's pouring down but elected to run around the block and was soaked through before I got to the end of the block some 200 metres away.

Got to the steep part of St A's and took a break for the first time in ages on the block. Took three more walks before getting to the end of the course, but still made ok time.

Distance: 1.51
Time: 9:03
Average Speed: 10.0 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Bitin The Bullet - Grouplove

Day 338 - 2km 1 break

Ran uphill through Mt Eden Road all the way to 1 km beyond the start, then waited to cross the road and ran all the way back. Only 2km but the hill at the start is a good 50 meter climb over 300 or so meters.

Distance: 2.05 km
Time: 11:40
Average Speed: 10.5 kph
Soundtrack: Rival Sons - Pressure and Time (Album)

Day 337 - Run the hardway to school

Ran up St L's, down St A's, down Landscape Road and took the big bad hill in several fits and starts, then up Mt Eden to Shackleton and then on to the school. Bit shattered and thighs/calves burning but less than 30 days left in my year of running.

Distance: 2.34 km
Time: 15:03
Average Speed: 9.3 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Wild Boys - Duran Duran

Day 336 - Block Run speeding up

After yesterdays Treadmill run I did the block today and felt like I could speed up at the end and my recorded splits show me speeding up to near 12.2 kph in the last 500 metres...

No stops and a pretty good time.

I think I would like to get the mile down to under 8 minutes.

Distance: 1.61 km
Time: 8:49
Average Speed: 10.9 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Day 335 - 3.5 k Treadmill

Ran on the Treadmill at 10 kph and then for the last few minutes cranked it up to 12 kph to sprint the last bit, and managed the last 3-4 minutes at that pace and made 20 minutes overall without stopping.

Distance: 3.46 km
Time: 19:59
Average Speed: 10.4 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Bitin the Bullet - Grouplove

Day 334 - 2.3 k

Ran to Mt Eden Village, mostly uphill, got to Balmoral Road without stopping and then my calves started screaming at me.

Managed to get there, turn round and run back to meet up with wife and kids on the way to get dinner and then walked with them.

Distance: 2.34 km
Time: 13:46
Average Speed: 10.2 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - Ending with Fix You - Coldplay

Day 333 - first day back

So I have been running the last few days but without GPS or net access as I was on a school camp out in the bush. I was busy all day and active all day, including a day with over 20,000 on my pedometer.

Today I ran to the school to pick up my daughter from school in the blazing sun.

I'll manually add 3 km to my running total for the 2 days I was away as I was not running far but I was running loads.

Distance: 1.08 km
Time: 6:13
Average Speed: 10.4 kph
Soundtrack: Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives (on Repeat)

Day 330 - Long run on new shoes

So my shoes have been wearing thinner and thinner for a while now as I have run over 700 km at least with them up to now, and I finally bought a new pair. I was going to see out the year in my old shoes for a sense of symmetry, what one year of running does to a pair of shoes, but after running the new ones in just once, I'm sold on better shoes.

New tread, new support, new bounce and spring in my step. Also less burning in my calves and thighs, assumable from having better shoes on again.

Gone from K-Swiss (highly recommended) to New Balance

Distance: 3.40
Time: 20:15
Average Speed: 10.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Day 329 - Training with Son again

Ran to Burger King to pick up some takeout for a surprise dinner and ran most of the way there. Pace is picking up a little and more running overall.

Distance: 1.8 km
Time: 14:34
Average Speed: 7.4 kph
Soundtrack: Did I Earn The Sundae Yet?

Day 328 - Treadmill 2 km unbroken

Hard work but got on the Treadmill and cracked out 2 km which is low and not far but better than most efforts recently.

Distance: 2.0 km
Time: 12:05
Average Speed: 10.00 kph
Soundtrack: Marvel's Agents Of Shield Episode 

Day 327 - Hard work

Despite being out every day the last few with Harry have been so lightweight I think I am paying the price. Plus have stacked a few extra kilos on and paying the price for the extra weight too.

Stopped after the steep part of St A's because app closed and needed to restart. Ran the rest of the way to Mt Eden Road, paused to cross the road. Bought some items at the dairy and ran home. 3 stops but hard work every step of the way.

Distance: 1.53 km
Time: 8:29
Average Speed: 10.8 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Mama - Genesis

Day 326 - Another Training Run w/Son

Ran only just over a kilometer but did pretty good time considering and picked up the overall pace with him running a little more each time.

Distance: 1.07 km
Time: 8:31
Average Speed: 7.5 kph
Soundtrack: Nothing

Day 325 - 700 Km today and 2x Runs

Run one with son around half the block and back through the park as it started to rain a little.

Run two solo up Empire,  Coronation, Selwyn, St Andrews, the Steep part of Landscape and then down the other side, Mt Eden Road and then home. Loads of stops today though and feeling a bit grim.

However did pass the 700 KM mark today.

Run One
Distance: 1.04
Time: 8:12
Average Speed: 7.6 kph
Soundtrack: 'Is It Bad For You To Run In The Rain?'

Run Two
Distance: 2.17
Time: 14:20
Average Speed: 9.1 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Scream (Funk My Life Up) - Paolo Nutini

Activities327

Distance702.42 km

Duration70:54:31

Calories70287 kcal

Elevation gain8365 m

Elevation loss11404 m

Day 324 - Another 2x Runs

One to the school and one with son afterwards trying to build his tolerance up.

Run One:
Distance: 1.51 km
Time: 8:32
Average Speed: 10.6 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - Ending with I Can't Tell You Why - The Eagles which was blasting off a builders stereo on Ellerton Road.

Run Two
Distance: 1.56 km
Time: 13:18
Average Speed: 7.0 kph
Soundtrack: 'Do I Get A Reward?'

Day 323 - 2 x runs

Run one to school, as fast as possible in the hot sun and 1.2 km to pick up the kids from school.

Run two home from school with the son, this time running walking 800 or so meters (minus the walk from the school grounds to Mr Whippy) after a pre-run ice cream.

No stops apart from road crossing there, plenty of stops but making better time on the second run.

Distance: 1.13 km
Time: 6:21
Average Speed: 10.7 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Burn Down Los Angeles - Rival Sons

Distance: 0.81 km
Time: 6:50
Average Speed: 7.1 kph
Soundtrack: 'Can we jog instead?'

Day 322 - just under 4 km barely stopping

Ran to Empire, up Coronation, back down Selwyn to St Andrews, up Mt Albert Road and all the way to Kingsway so that's 2.45 km without stopping, waited for traffic and then ran 300 meters, then walked 100 meters then ran the rest of the way home - a further 1 km without stopping.

Distance: 3.79 km
Time: 22:42
Average Speed: 10.0 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - Ending with Mama - Genesis

Day 321 - Another Son Run

Took the lad out for another run today so all in all it was slow going but in a god way it'll be building up his tolerance and fitness like I built mine up less than a year ago.

My solo time around the block these days is around 9 minutes or less sometimes without stopping, back in April 2014 it was 11 minutes.

With junior in tow today it was 12 minutes so a good place for him to start.

Distance: 1.6 km
Time: 12:00
Average Speed: 7.0 kph
Soundtrack: 'you keep saying it's not far but it is'

Day 320 - Run with a 9 year old.

Took my son out for a run today, so it was a much slower pace and very easy to get around with him stopping every 50 metres or so, but as he has a camp in a few weeks it's probably good for him to build a little tolerance.

Distance: 1.16 km
Time: 9:52
Average Speed: 7.0 kph (yikes)
Soundtrack: 'Can we stop now?'

Day 319 - Run to school and back

Son forgot to pack his water bottle for school so after we got back from the drop off we noticed it on the bench. It's cloudy out so I dressed for a run, filled it up and ran the 1.3 k to the school (Despite a small GPS fail for 100 meters). Dropped it to my son who came out just as I arrived to the sound of the break bell, and then ran off again after being challenged by a teacher, which is a good sign.

Cleared all that up and ran the 1.3 k home again.

Distance: 2.6 km
Time: 14:03
Average Speed: 10.2 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Cult Of Personality - Living Colour

Day 318 - Run in the Sun

Not that far but OMG it's hot out.

Distance: 1.27 km
Time: 7:16
Average Speed: 10.5 kph
Soundtrack: Pressure and Time (Redux) - Rival Sons

Day 317 - 1 mile no stops - very tired

Ran a mile round the block and almost instantly my legs felt like lead but I kept going and made it all the way despite being middle of the day and not as shady as I hoped.

Distance: 1.60 km
Time: 9:25
Average Speed: 10.2 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix

Day 316 - 3.6 km

Started with a GPS fail and I was going to just run round the block at 1 mile, but I ended up running three miles (once you add in the 150 odd meters the GPS missed).

Ran to Empire, Coronation, Selwyn to Manukau before the first stop, then partial run/walk to Onslow and then home.

Running in the almost dark never good though, but at least it was cooler.

Distance: 3.6 km
Time: 21:57
Average Speed: 9.5 kph
Soundtrack: Faves Mix ending with Mr Tembo - Damon Albarn

Day 315 - 2 runs (to school and back)

Ran to school in one go with traffic stops in the hot, hot sun and then back again. This time carrying my glasses and an information pack.

Totals
Distance: 2.32 km
Time: 12:20
Average Speed: 10 kph ish
Soundtrack: Faves Mix - Ending with Do You Realise - The Flaming Lips