Author name: Mike Haydon

Well today’s run was full of drama. The heart rate monitor refused to work properly, resulting in 4 false starts. Still have doms in my glutes from the lunge workout yesterday. Then got attacked by a willy wagtail, which was cute more than anything else because it’s about the size of my hand. Finally, in […]

Was fairly warm when I went for my run today, but not as hot as yesterday. Plus there was a fairly strong sea breeze. I had done a lunge matrix workout earlier in the day and was still feeling the “burn” from that. Coupled with a pretty good run at soccer yesterday and I was

After a first km of 5:46 mins, I really thought today was going to be the day I would finally break 6:30 average. Unfortunately, the heat of the day conspired against me, with a dismal 7:03 fourth kilometre putting the nail in the coffin. Still ended up with a very respectable 4.54 km (equal best

Brutal headache & feeling terrible, but as Julius Caesar did, I came, saw & conquered. Ran 4.09 km in the 30 minutes at an average pace of 7:20 mins/km, average heart rate of 147 bpm. Sure hope I get over this sickness soon!

Nice and easy run today. Quite a hilly course through areas I hadn’t been before. Strong headwind in the second half. Ran 4.34 km in the 30 minutes at an average pace of 6:55 mins/km, average heart rate of 150 bpm. Sprinted all out for about 200 metres after that run. Sent my heart rate