Fri 27 Jan 06, gym & massage

0km today and 41km for the week so far. 20/27 runs for the month & year

In the gym at 6:50am, light weights, high reps with very little break between reps and only 90 sec break between sets. Only 45 minutes of upper & lower back, a little chest, shoulder & biceps, finishing off with 15 minutes or the mid section.

I decided to not run today, still concentrating on not returning to full training just yet, even though I have not felt the hip for a few days I thought caution would be a good idea.

Finishing the day with a massage at 5.30pm, just to give my legs another working over, hopefully the ITB is a lot more relaxed and therefore the massage will be more relaxing than the previous.


One of my friends is leaving on a cruise tomorrow for 13 days, she is visiting a bunch of Pacific Islands with one of her girlfriends. It makes me think, I am very predictable with my holiday options, whilst I don't think a cruise is what I would choose, I may think more about this, I have always said I wouldn't go overseas until I see all of Australia, but as that will never happen, maybe its time for me to consider what I would like to see, Europe, USA or Africa or do I want to do one of those adventure holidays in Nepal etc.

Anyway back to running, it has been suggested to me that I could consider taking up a Run Leader with Start to Finish, obviously I could only work with the slower groups but I am sure my passion and consistency could be a good recipe for beginners. I do enjoy passing on my little knowledge to the U6 & 7s and others who are interested. Considering???

Edit; a late entry:had my massage, all went well, Narz said a big improvement, felt good, only slight discomfort in the tender region just behind my left ITB, excluding that it was very relaxing.

Had my first drinks tonight, just over 9 days since my last, sad...a shitty excuse! No more!