Tom's Blog

Appreciated Timmy's effort to come over from Erko for the Akuna ride this morning, joining myself, Ben S and Jon Mulder. He used the ex...

Well, this morning I almost gave up. Don't think I've felt as knackered since the long Sunday run I did with Macca in the lead up t...

1km in the pool this morning. 1hour of DCRun strength training this arvo (heavy on endurance work today - again mostly glutes) followed by 1...

Out at 5:15am with Macca and Big Sam for the usual Akuna Bay loop.  Messed up the watch but we were significantly quicker today.  Worked har...

5km brisk delivering some Christmas cards then straight into 75mins of swim squad.  Right shoulder sore towards end but held on better again.

Friday was work Christmas lunch, so Saturday was a minster hangover but had booked in an Akuna Bay ride with Joel and Jon.  What I lost thro...

Well, this was the big event of the year.  More trash talk for this than any other event and the boys were nervous.  Off we went into a stif...

8km easy in 4:28's then a DCRun session but just concentrating on core, glute activation and upper back.

Up at sparrows fart for an Akuna Bay ride with Macca but I was a minute too late at the ABC Pool and he'd gone. Pedalled furiously to c...

Same as last week with a morning jog along Curly beach with Mags and Bec (including a dip in South Curl Curl pool) and then 20km over lunch ...

Friday was 60km on the bike with Sam, Macca and Ben around Akuna Bay in 2:00:31.  Hit the lights badly though so I reckon it was quicker tha...

1km in the pool this morning. I'm still struggling to get under 2mins for 100m but at least it's the first time I've swam 1km fr...

10km easy in 43:50.   Pub quiz in evening with LF Charlie and Iain.  A much improved performance from last months' last position.  We...

Up early and out with Bec and Maggie to run along Curl Curl beach and do some sand hills. 20km easy at lunchtime, up Pittwater and back do...

Quick first km in just over 3mins.  Then Sam Walker came past and maintained the pace while my legs turned to jelly.  No watch so just kept ...

Steady 10km in 39:49 with new orthotics.  Haven't worn heel raises in 2 weeks now.

Akuna Bay loop with Sammy, Macca and Ben early doors (just under 2 hours) then swim squad this evening (with Macca popping up again, he'...

10.5km easy.

Had tentative plans to run HuRTS but missed my chance to get to the City and the session doesn't match what I'm trying to do at the ...

Saw DCRun this morning who filmed my running and showed me where my form had flaws. Basically need to work on my glute medius and more core...

2 loops of the old flat 10km circuit untimed but steady.  21kms. Calves tight running in old Sayonaras and no heel raises.

Manic day today so had to squeeze the Parkrun in.  Got out the car to see who but Macca!  Did a warmup with him and he pointed out Jake Stol...

Yesterday did 5km easy then 5 x Suwarrow hills (ending back of Reggie and Joel's) then 2km warm down. Billy's got patella tendonit...

Had plans to head to Centennial early doors for a run but a crap night's sleep coughing away put paid to that. Dropped Charlie at a par...

Had a large number of beers, cider and rum last night over curry with Dicky, Macca, LF Charlie, Justin, Tim, Paul, Jamie and Ben.  Last thin...

Started to feel crook on Sunday and came down with a heavy cold.  Timing sucked.  Still felt very average on race day but this is one event ...

Jogged there feeling as lethargic as of late.  Chatted to JB, the Tiger and Jeet (who was over for a pre-JPM sharpener like me).  Decided to...

Very easy 10km in 47:20.  Getting bored of running solo around Manly. 94km for week.

10km very easy around Manly in 44:50 at lunch. Stroke correction with a squad in the ABC Pool in Manly in the evening.  An hour and I was go...

It's becoming a bit of a ritual to do this 2km TT a week or so before JPMorgan or a 5000m race. Perfect sharpener and one of the Tiger&...

Hilly Manly course untimed.  Right knee sore the whole way.  Voltarened up this evening and smashing the thighs on the ribbed roller. I'...

Headed out at 5pm with my knees sore again.  Decided to stick on grass and did three loops of the big Nolan Reserve field and smaller Passmo...

Kirst baggsied the morning slot so I set off at 3pm in 30C heat feeling very sorry for myself and doubting if I'd last 15km.  Suddenly a...

Came down with the family vom bug on Thuraday arvo which explains how I felt during the 400's.  Struggled through the HuRTS Awards night...

Was gonna give up.  Then Timmy (of all people) sent a text exhorting "Get 'em Done" which was a call to arms and set me on my ...

Out to Centennial today where MC took his UBS crew on a practice run of the JPMorgan course while LJ, Elle, Bart, Gareth B, Clyde, Enda and ...

Need more speed so decided on 400's again instead of 2 x 20mins. Caught up with Kanser at 11.30am over at Rushcutters (he was there bef...

Ran to work this morning. Felt surprisingly bouncy, getting into work in 56:40 (relatively quick) after 27:03 at Spit Junction. Then did ...

Ad the whole family including sister-in-law Sally out to watch this one.  Weather was warm and a bit of wind but nothing to complain about. ...

9km on the hotel treadmill in 36mins before another massive night on the beers. I think the running is going very well at the moment but I s...

Heading down to Melbourne today so squeezed the session in this morning. Jogged up to Seaforth Oval and did the 400's on the grass track...

Just 12km today with MC, MrAce, Slapstick, JW, Élan and a post injury Andy Cross.  Cut short as I was just too tired after yesterday and it ...

Mrs Macs loop today. Did a 3km warm up as I was meeting Kirst at 2pm and was already sweating when I met everyone.  Bloody humid and warm to...

Usual route untimed.  15.2km.

Perfect day and a big crowd of Andy, Bart, Barts, Kanser, Justin, Ray and Eoin for my old Queenscliff, North Head, Tany Park route.  Starts ...

Busy weeken so drove there and did 7km warm up on the course.  Graced with some quality female runners today with Amy Stafford and Anna F tu...

12km very easy around Centennial with MC.  Hip very sore (causing leg to collapse at times) from bloody glute exercises. Took Voltaren late ...

Well the plan is to do plenty of these 400's sessions, but conditions really tested everyone today.  33C, windy and bushfires raging.  A...

Decided to give the session a push today.  First time I've done so for a Tuesday session in months, mainly because I've still been t...

First run feeling good in weeks.  Very easy on the way out chatting with Ray (running even after his 2:39 yesterday!), MC, Mr Ace, Worswick ...

Over to Kanser's this morning for a Centennial run.  Met Wildman in the park then did a route down to Coogee given it was yet another pe...

Crawled over to Curl Curl early doors and then tried to haul my ass through the Parkrun.  Great little course.  Said hello to Ron Schwebel t...

Just 7km in 31:20.  Beaut of a day but I had a few too many Bavarian beers last night so to get out at all was a bonus. Think I'll try t...

35C today so MC cancelled the Hickson Rd reps.  I just ran around the harbour for an hour easy.  Body very sore.  Decided I need magnesium.

Out with MC, Kanser, Mr Ace, Todd, Slapstick and half the NAB leveraged finance team for the usual Wednesday route but cut short at the Slip...

Back to Art Gallery Rd for this set and it's a much harder (and better I reckon) session as a result.  Plenty of undulating hills especi...

Managed to squeeze in 7km back home from Huhter Valley before Kirst started screaming at me.  29:05.

Solo long in Hunter Valley.  Not keen on running long without company these days but knees were fine and achilles mostly ok so the kms ticke...

13km in 54:22 (4:11's) in the Hunter Valley.  Pretty crap run really.  Knees and achilles were a bit sore, nowhere to run but out and ba...

5km early this morning picking up the car from the garage. Spring weather for you at lunch. 30C and sunny on Tuesday, cold and wet today.  W...

Usual route with Jeet, Bart, JW, BelElle, Em and a couple of others.  Pace a bit quicker today (I had it at 4:23's but may have measured...

Sunday was 10km steady around 4 min kms while Kirst watched over the kids at Campbell Pde. Today was HuRTS 45mins tempo welcoming back Tucks...

Headed out to Centennial this morning caching up with JC, LJ, Paul B, Eoin and Slapstick (all doing Melbourne marathon in 2 weeks).  Did the...

Couldn't face the same old flat run around Manly putting the same stresses on my knee and Achilles so did the hilly 13km route instead. ...

Kirst fell asleep post surgery so squeezed in a run from the Mater.  Bumped into the squad for a bit chatting to Bart, Andy and Mat K.  14km...

Not done a HuRT session in weeks and it showed.  Struggled with the pace today, never really feeling comfortable running with Kenny, Fast Ch...

Well, today's post is dedicated to the first HuRT Squad member to win a major road race.  And you couldn't find a nicer person to ha...

Last long run was 3 weeks ago and, having to go solo, I wasn't really looking forward to this. But a beautiful day (Narrabeen beach loo...

Steady run over the usual 14.2km Shelley beach route. Achilles feels better by the day and just got into a nice rhythm banging out 4min kms...

Very easy 15.8km route with a decent HuRTS crowd including MC, TKS, Big Sam, Kanser and others. A few beers in the evening to console Macca...

Wed was an easy hour with Bart up and down the coastal path from the Sheraton Mirage. Thursday was the same but solo, followed by a dip in ...

Pulled out of Berlin yesterday. Kirsten has an op on Wed so it was a no go. Good news on Kirst though so very relieved. To be honest, th...

100% gravity today running 15km very easy early doors with Sam and Ben. Achilles felt fine. Woo-hoo - rock on!

Acupuncture at Sydney University, Alter-G in Kingsford, all on the bike, felt like a student again. 1 hour with 15.5km covered watching som...

Another hour on the Alter-G, courtesy of Harry Summers instead of Sean. Felt much easier today even with weight at 73% instead of 70%. Ran...

Headed out on Sunday for a long run but cut short at 15km with the achilles having progressively become more sore. Going back to the Elixir...

Park Hyatt 1.2km reps. Felt magic on first one. Then achilles suddenly tightened up significantly on the 2nd (fast) rep trying to hold on ...

Met up with a big crowd for the Wed run but my calf/achilles got progressively more sore so cut short for 14km in 4:36's. Then went to s...

14.2km route from home. Did 5km (Queenscliff - Shelley) targetting 3:30 pace and managed 17:25 but I went to slow on the way out with a fol...

Just an easy run home (in orthotics) in 59:36. Lower left calf very sore, think I may have slightly strained it.

Out with Macca early doors for some flat stuff around Manly. I thought he wanted to take it easy but we were just hitting 4:15's the wh...

Went home early from work on Tuesday with the flu. Took Wed and Thurs off feeling rotten (temperature, swollen glands, listless). Back to ...

Easy Monday. Late from interviewing so only caught the rapidly disintegrating pack half way. Summary of today was: 1. Charlie's get...

Usual 35.5km route in 2:37 (4:26's) with Heydo, Binfield and Barts. Beautiful day and thank God no pace pick up. No orthotics today. ...

Just Barts this morning for the 19km tempo on the Shelley Beach route. Plan was to try to run 3:30's not feeling too uncomfortable. We...

Met Dicky at 7.30am to run to work but pulled the pin after a km with the right knee too sore. That's what happens when I run without o...

7.5km very easy around Manly this morning. At lunchtime did a slightly longer warm up down to Rushcutters for the Pyramid. The first grou...

Usual 21km route with MC, LF Charlie, Kanser, JW, MrAce, BW, Jesse and Slapstick. Easier pace today but didn't feel as good as recently...

Yesterday I had my problem tooth out which meant no running and much feeling sorry for myself. Was tentative today as still in a bit of pa...

Full on day out to Newcastle at 6am. Got home, had 20mins lie-down then did 15km easy at 3pm. No orthotics again and more of the short str...

Up early doors after a pretty poor night's sleep. Met Andy, Ray, Binfield, Big Sam and Banksy outside and we were off for the usual rou...

Ran to work dead easy untimed on another beautiful day. I'd post a photo from my office but Timmy gets upset when I do that. 106km fo...

This session has changed to 3 reps instead of 4 to make them quicker and differentiate them from a Tuesday session. I planned to give this ...

Usual wharves route with MC, LF Charlie, Clyde, Mr Ace and a couple of others. Usual trash talk and property prices. 21km in about 4:35...

HuRTS tempo today with everyone cruising it following C2S. Felt quite comfortable running 12km in 44:20 with the thighs easing up. Huge r...

Some little fella took a hammer to my thighs while I was sleeping last night. Today was 15km with a large contingent from the squad swappi...

Up nice and early with Kirst bobbing around early doors even more nervous than me. Mat Kaley picked me up (many thanks) with Big Sam and LF...

Easy 10km in 43:30.

Just an easy 14.5km with Ray, Kanser and Kaley.  Paranoid about antibiotics, chicken-pox and my right knee for Sunday.  Otherwise getting pr...

It was wet and cold, the C2S is in 3 days and Mikey offered up a pussy alternative run so only 3 of us showed up. Angus and a chap called G...