I just got my full blood lab results back from my doc. As I suspected I am healthier now than I've been for about 5 years. I really feel great and it's showing in my running.
I've sold fish oil supplements for years and advocated ice treatment for better rehab after training.Of course, I've rarely followed my own advice when it comes to my own supplementation and training regime. However, since I've started taking 4000 to 6000mg fish oil per day because the large tub of the stuff on the kitchen bench was nearing expiry date I've been feeling noticeably great. The joint niggles are absent which means fewer excuses to be active which means I am training more which has everything spiralling up toward this inevitable return to running.
I've also started sitting in my freezing bloody cold pool up to my waist after every training session. Now the well meaning sod who built my pool has placed it so that it sees almost no sun at all in an obvious attempt to protect us from melanoma. The result is a rarely used pool for recreational purposes and a perfectly situated ice bath for looking out over the Pennant Hills bushland. Back in '04 I was filling my bathtub up with trays of ice and thawing the meat for the evening's dinner to create an ice bath - it worked but the view was never much good.
My long run was today. 19.4km from home through the bush along Great North Walk from Boundary Rd to Bellamy St with a shocking 1.6km detour up the firetrail to Stringybark Ridge park in a little under 2 hrs. The highlight was clocking 2xsub 5 min kms between 15k and 19k. It felt controlled and comfortable and suspiciously easy.I'll post the Garmin report to this page this weekend technology willing.
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 12:06 PM Eastern Time - NSW (Australia)
Summary
Overall
Time: 01:54:23
Distance: 19.46 km
Elevation Gain: 266 m
Calories: 1,657 C
Timing
Time: 01:54:23
Moving Time: 01:54:03
Elapsed Time: 01:54:30
Avg Speed: 10.2 km/h
Avg Moving Speed: 10.2 km/h
Max Speed: 15.4 km/h
Avg Pace: 05:52 min/km
Avg Moving Pace: 05:51 min/km
Best Pace: 03:53 min/km
Speed
Pace
Elevation
Elevation Gain: 266 m
Elevation Loss: 260 m
Min Elevation: 112 m
Max Elevation: 187 m
Minutes per KilometerAvg Pace
Summary 01:54:23 19.46 05:52
1 00:05:19 1.00 05:19
2 00:05:16 1.00 05:16
3 00:06:06 1.00 06:06
4 00:05:11 1.00 05:11
5 00:04:52 1.00 04:52
6 00:05:48 1.00 05:48
7 00:06:35 1.00 06:35
8 00:07:16 0.79 09:14
9 00:07:06 1.00 07:06
10 00:05:47 1.00 05:47
11 00:04:24 0.65 06:49
12 00:07:06 1.00 07:06
13 00:05:09 1.00 05:09
14 00:06:25 1.00 06:25
15 00:06:08 1.00 06:08
16 00:05:33 1.00 05:33
17 00:05:09 1.00 05:09
18 00:04:42 1.00 04:42
19 00:04:59 1.00 04:59
20 00:05:15 1.00 05:15
21 00:00:08 0.03 04:27
