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City2Surf, that is, which my crew rocked! Conny even rolled - her ankle, the poor dear.
Congratulations to all who participated on Sunday! What were your times and how did it feel?
I finished in 78:35 and I still hurt! This is largely due to the fact that I went to bootcamp last night when my body had definitely not yet recovered. It screamed abuse at me the entire time and this morning on my regular 7:15am run with Llinos from World Square around Mrs Macquarie's Chair, my legs were like lead. It was a difficult slow plod, but we'll come good.
My crew on the day were Conny, Mark Chandler, Claudia and Llinos who all came in under the 100 minute mark. In fact, I think if Chandler had run in the green group instead of the blue group and faced less human obstacles, he would have beaten me!
After the city2surf, Conny and I tried a deep fried mars bar:
It was gooey and squishy and made of junk food love, the likes of which I've never before eaten and will never eat again! Hahaha
I'm SO AMAZED with my time - It beat my expectations by HEAPS. This is largely thanks to the support of Conny who, despite having rolled her ankle in the first 5km, ran with me all the way and kept me focused. She is going to head back to Switzerland via asia at the end of the month and I will be so lost without her. ♥
ANYWAY, moving on (before I cry):
THIS SUNDAY AT 9AM we are meeting where Lilyfield Rd meets the bay run to do the bay to the quay in 14km. We've done this run before and it was really great! When we arrive in the rocks, its breakfast at Pancakes.
What a sweet, sweet reward!!
DONT BE AFRAID! This is a long slow distance run, we don't go any faster than 6 minute kms because the focus is on recruiting type 1 muscle fibres and getting our bodies really comfortable with running longer distances. For some of us, this is the beginning of a new adventure - training for the September Half Marathon!
But more on that later...
Who will I be seeing??
Xx Debzillah
What a week it has been! I finished the last of my Personal Training exams with a 95% result in Business. I should have my Professional Practice completed and ready to hand in by next Friday, as well. Otherwise, Monday.
Tuesday morning my gorgeous friend Pinky took me out for breakfast. We went to il Vizio in Leichhardt and it was FANTASTIC. I ordered the fresh fruit salad with muesli and yoghurt which was massive and the hot chocolate I had with it was the most luxurious I've seen outside a chocolate cafe! Pinky enjoyed the il Vizio breakfast of bacon, eggs and turkish with grilled tomato. She took photos, too. Now why didn't I think of that?
Thursday night Hayden took me out for the fondue chinoise at Suissotel restaurant JPB, as it was blogged on Grab Your Fork and the 2 for 1 special is ending. It truly does represent amazing value and was immensely enjoyable. Mustard fruits are indeed an oddity to be experienced!
Dinner preceeded the show "Meow to the World: Crisis is Born" which we saw at the Opera House Studios. Hilariously funny and beautiful, energetic and charismatic, Meow Meow was fantastic. The only problem was that the show started at 930pm - when I'm normally going to sleep. It was an uphill battle keeping my eyes open.
The food adventure continued yesterday, when I met my legendary mates of FIA fame, Lauren Albon and James Raftos, for lunch at Corelli's, Newtown. We had intended to meet at Macro Cafe, but found to great dismay that it had closed!! We all enjoyed the fish of the day - grilled Barramundi with mango salsa. It was an absolute delight.
Last night I performed an energetic jazz/exotic routine to Suck My Kiss by RHCP at the "Nothing to Wear" designer markets in Newtown. My preparation for this was pretty last minute, but it came together in the end. If only there had been more people there for me to infect with my bounciness! Thanks though, to my fine friends that did attend.
Pre-performance I have a sugar-hit ritual. Courtesy of Hayden, last night this was a triple chocolate mousse cake on a cheesecake base. Pinky got me a soy mocha to go with it. After the show, Cecil, Mark, Conny, Llinos, Hayden and I headed to Saray for the finest Pides Sydney has to offer :).
This afternoon, Hayden and I will be joined by Matt and Tammy for 2 for 1 mains at the Red Oak boutique brewery. This is a lead up to 2 events - the first being a performance by the Tigerlillies at the Opera House Studios yet again; the second a visit to Baskin Robbins for their two NEW flavours of sugar free ice cream!!
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!
Don't worry, I did an aerobic power training session yesterday morning and did the bay run after work this morning. I work for my food safari!
After tomorrow's 15km run with my running group (2 weeks to city2surf guys!), I'll be heading in to Balmain with Avanti and Swah for treats of the Adriano Zumbo variety...
Watch this space ;)
Xx Deb
The problem with me and blogging is that I have so many things to rant about and such little time and by the time I have time to blog about these things the cumulative list is so extensive I know that there's no point blogging about all of it because no one wants to read mountains of endless text based ranting. I guess its a moot point because this blog only has one follower anyway.
In the past week I passed both my nutrition and resistance training exams for my cert IV. A pretty good feeling.
I have started working at Personal Best Training Studios in Leichhardt. I think my boss is pretty awesome and I like that he has a lot of faith in me.
Thursday night we dined at Chophouse, for their amazing $18 roast deal. Yesterday was impromptu visiting of Cove for strawberry cheesecake and Zumbo's patisserie for an as yet unnamed cake purchase and delicious macaroons.
Today, after completing a 10km run between Clovelly and North Bondi, Hayden and I went to the Good Food and Wine show where we ate ourselves stupid and have come home painfully stuffed. FOR FREE. I was even gifted free bananas by the lovely lady at the eco banana stand.
Hot damn there were some tasty treats. We saw Matt Moran make tempura prawns, a chicken thing and a raspberry tart. He's a funny dude. I saw Manu at the Campbell's Real Stock stand, but he didnt even look up :( I wanted to say hi! I didn't see Chocolate Suze or her mum, but I did score a subscription to BBC's Good Food with a copy of a Gordon Ramsay cook book, courtesy of Hayden.
And with his bonus, my lovely boyfriend has ordered me a new camera. Another Lumix, but this time 12MP and with 3 years warranty in case we face similar mechanical failure. This means that soon my blog posts and adventures will be accompanied by photos, awesome and maybe even a dash of win!
Now if only our internet hadn't been shaped...
Upcoming performances: Fashion Pop Up Store, July 24th, Newtown
Hellfire Club, August 21, The GAF, Darlinghurst.
I guess for posterity I should mention on my blog that I wont the title of Miss Amateur Pole Dance 2009. It came with a trophy and $1000 prize money. That paid for my car insurance. W00t.
Madlove to kittens,
Xx Debzillah
There are only 5 training runs until the practice race and the big one, so tell me now if there are particular days that are better than others.
Here are the dates and distances to be ever conscious of:
RACE: Sunday, August 9th - City2Surf - 14km
RACE: Sunday, August 2nd - Bay Run - 7km
TRAINING: Sunday, July 26th - Centennial Park to Waverly loop - 12km - MAP
Sunday, July 19th - Bay to Quay in 14Km
Sunday, July 12th - Centennial Park with Queen St Hill - 11km - MAP
Sunday, July 5th - Clovelly SC to North Bondi SC - 10km - MAP
Sunday, June 28th - Centennial Park External Loop - 8km - MAP
Great run yesterday, guys. You're definitely ready to step it up. We will be meeting at the same time and place next Sunday.
For my running group.
As long as I have recovered from this wretched cold, training will be on this SUNDAY AT 830AM. We'll be taking training to the next level, moving away from the 7km Bay Run (until the race day - August 2nd) and into Centennial Park.
REMINDER: please advise me if you would like to register for the Bay Run as part of the group to receive discounted entry!
The meeting point is inside the gate at Martin Rd, just off Lang Rd:
Google Map here.
There is plenty of on street parking and if you want a lift, let me know, I'm all for car pooling.
The run will be a 3km warm up on the inside grass track followed by a 5km circuit incorporating a hill, making a total of 8kms. You are welcome to join only for the 3 or the 5, up to you.
Please be mindful that the aim of the session is a long slow distance run. You need to be doing your own fartlek or high intensity interval training through the week to improve your speed. The aim of the slow distance run is to recruit type 1 slow twitch muscle fibres and for mitochondria, increasing aerobic and cardiovascular comfort. This is not speed work, but it is the corner stone on which any speed work must always be based.
FOOD/DRINK BEFORE A DISTANCE RUN.
- Ensure proper hydration the day before the run as well as plenty of carbs through the day, then finally eat a high carbohydrate dinner to ensure your glycogen stores are full.
- An hour before the run you need to have had 2 x 300ml of water and a carb snack such as half a banana, toast - whatever you can stomach, again to ensure your glycogen stores are prepared for distance training.
- Caffeine does enhance performance but have your coffee or tea before the water and be aware of any diuretic effect.
- If you pee when you wake up and again before you leave home, you should be right for the duration of the session.
This is something you need to start experimenting with now so that you are comfortable with what works best for you BEFORE we get to race day.
Seeing as I have this blog, I should probably post something to it. I'm a bit worried that once I start writing, I'll never stop - I'm simply so out of the blog habit.
So here I am. Sitting at home about to go to bed, having finished my ginger and lemon tea. I have a cold. This is annoying as in 48 hours time I will be performing in the semi finals of the Oxford Tavern Amateur Pole Competition. Tomorrow holds many hours of rehearsal and a photoshoot at the Kirk on the heart lyra...
But today? Today was the last day of my course at the Fitness Institute of Australia - Certificate IV in personal training. I've grown used to my weekly routine of heading in there and have loved the lectures and really value the new friends I've made - especially Loz... Its the end of a chapter in one sense, but in truth the work is only just beginning.
There's one good thing about having a cold and that's that I get to attempt to consume my own bodyweight in laksa. I believe they have magical cold-curing properties. Yesterday after class I wandered into Chinatown to visit the Happy Chef and ordered one extra hot.
Today I visited the Sam Satay Cafe in Surry Hills for the first time and tried their laksa. Both very different laksas, very good, but my favourite is still from Malacca Straits in the eatery on Pitt St under Woolworths.
Sam Satay's cafe opened 4 months ago and is super funky and cool. Retro and ecclectic tunes pumped through the sound system and, as I helped the manager navigate facebook, I learned that a David Caradine tribute film night was being held there tonight. How cool! Definitely one to visit again. Maybe next time I'll be the owner of one functional camera and be able to take pictures!
I also had my first job interview for a personal training position. I'm pretty comfortable with my interview performance, but this is still a very interesting time for me - the future is uncertain and exciting!
Well I think that's quite long enough for my first post - I don't want to get any form of overuse injury such as runner's knee or what have you. Til next time!
