5000 laps | Peter Fletcher

Sore shins and a new 15 lap PB

March 21, 2011 by Peter Fletcher

Last week was dominated by soreness to my right shin. It’s not like the pain is killing me but it’s there and it’s annoying.

On Tuesday night Rita suggested I have the next morning off then do the ladder in the evening. I wondered how that would change anything and dismissed the idea. But I woke Wednesday morning with some discomfort and decided to give the ladder a miss. I then did 20 easy in the evening. With the 20 next morning I’d done 40 in less than 24 hours, but I’d also given my shin a break of nearly 36 hours. And suddenly I started to feel normal again.

Saturday went OK then, on Sunday, an Olympic rower turned up. Man he wound the pressure up! Mark (one of the Legend’s of the Ladder) went after him. At first they were on par with Mark’s superior downhill speed giving him a slight advantage, but then the big fella started to pull away. Mark had already done 20 laps when the tussle started and was feeling the pinch.

Just when it looked like Mark was going to crack he lifted a notch. A lap later they were back on level terms. Two laps later Mark was in front.

Meanwhile I was cracking out a fair pace of my own. They began gaining ground on me but I knew the pace was unsustainable. When I looked at my watch at the end of lap 14 it read 2:38. That’s a seriously quick lap. Someone had to blink.

I settled into stride and did enough to not let the big guy past. I wasn’t turning myself inside out but I wasn’t far away from max. On the next lap the Olympian called it a day and left. That left me with 5 laps to run and I thought I’ll keep going as was feeling ok. At the finish of 20 I’d set a PB for 15 laps of 42:03. Being that my first 2 laps took over 10 minutes I can see that cracking the hour for 20 will happen soon.

From now on I’m going to start my watch at the end of the third lap. That way I’ll be able to check my time at the end of lap 17. If the time is less than 52 minutes I’ll crank out an extra 3 for a lash at the 20 laps in an hour. If it’s less than 51 I can pretty much cruise through for an easy win.

Date	Laps	Running total	Time	Ave	Best	Weather	Comments
Sat, 01/01		0
Sun, 02/01	10	10					Day I decided on 5000/365 challenge
Mon, 03/01	20	30
Tues, 04/01	17	47				Red hot, nearly died.
Wed, 05/01	20	67
Thu, 06/01	20	87
Fri, 07/01	20	107
Sat, 08/01	15	122	51:58:57	3:27:90	3:10:54 (20)
Sun, 09/01	10	132	31:12:67	3:07:26	2:51:79 (3)
Mon, 10/01	20	152	1:06:58	3:20:93	3:07:80 (20)
Tue, 11/01	20	172	1:06:30	3:19:50	2:51:11 (20)	Nice breeze near the top.	Fastest descent at 58 secs. Drank every 5 laps.
Wed, 12/01	20	192	1:08:48	3:26:41	3:01:13 (13)	Hot with a cooling breeze.	Heavy traffic from lap 15.
Thu, 13/01	20	212	1:06:16	3:18:83	3:08:29 (20)	One word. Hot!
Fri, 14/01	20	232	1:15:52	3:59:60	3:44:24 (5)		Took it easy.
Sat, 15/01	11	243	25:46 (9)	n/a	2:40:09 (7)		Hit lap button twice. Time shown is 9 laps.
Mon, 17/01	20	263	1:14:54	3:44:71	2:42:19 (20)	Hot.	Easy until lap 18.
Tue, 18/01	20	283	1:02:45	3:08:25	2:56:24 (11)		Best time to date.
Wed, 19/01	20	303	1:18:08	4:20:48	3:48:48 (7)		Felt drained from yesterday.
Thu, 20/01	20	323	1:07:39	3:22:99	2:42:54 (20)		Hot last lap.
Fri, 21/01	20	343	1:13:38	3:40:91	2:44:51 (19)		Plenty in the tank at the end.
Sat, 22/01	10	353	31:54:61 (9)	3:32:73	3:19:96 (8)		Easy. Time was for 9 laps.
Sun, 23/01	0						Sleep in bliss
Mon, 24/01	25	378	1:21:59	3:16:76	2:57:44 (25)	Cool arvo.	Heavy traffic from lap 18.
Tue, 25/01 AM	15	393	49:00:21	3:16:01	2:52:19 (7)	Cool.
Tue, 25/01 PM	15	408	49:52:70	3:19:51	2:55:47 (6)		Very busy.
Wed, 26/01	20	428	1:13:28	3:40:43	3:12:94 (4)	Bloody hot. Nearly killed me.	Started late and regretted it thanks to the heat.
Thu, 27/01 AM	15	442	1:06:53	4:27:58	3:57:33 (6)	Hot	Felt the effects of yesterday.
Thu, 27/01 PM	5	447	20:28:00	4:05:60	3:47:72 (4)	Hot	After rock climbing
Fri, 28/01	20	467	1:15:55 (19)	3:59:76	3:21:93 (3)	Hot. Really hot!	Time was for 19 laps.
Sat, 29/01	15	482	30:51:49 (10)	3:05:14	2:44:01 (5)		Slow first lap over 4:30 then got stuck into it with Mark.
Sun, 30/01	15	497	54:23:13	3:37:54	2:52:20 (13)	Hot, humid. Cyclone on its way.	Walked down first 10, long break at 10, then hard last 5.
Mon, 31/01 AM	15	512	1:00:08	4:00:55	3:31:01 (13)	Very humid.	Went easy, walled down.
Mon, 31/01 PM	13	525	44:20:04	3:24:61	3:02:11 (6)	Warm, cool breeze.	Felt good.
Tue, 01/02 AM	15	540	48:04:44	3:12:29	2:49:30 (6)
Tue, 01/02 PM	10	550	34:09.76	3:24.97	2:51.36 (10)
Wed, 02/02	20	570	1:29:52	4:16.80
Thu, 03/02	20	590	1:11:55	3:47.13	3:18.75 (6)
Fri, 04/02 AM	15	605	45:33.18	3:15.22	2:56.57 (13)
Fri, 04/02 PM	10	615	39:03.59	3:54.35	3:25.92 (9)
Sat, 05/02	25	640	1:21:26	3:15.45	2:56.88 (23)
Sun, 06/02	0	640	0	0	0		Grumpy I had the day off.
Mon, 07/02 PM	15	655	47:04.01	3:21.77	2:57.74 (15)		Did 15, timed 14.
Mon, 07/02 PM	5	660	14:55.55	2:59.31	2:46.99 (5)		Chat and then a second lash.
Tue, 08/02	20	680	1:10.45	3:22.06	2:51.53 (17)		Felt crook from lap 18.
Tue, 08/02	5	685	17:25.02	3:29.00	2:57.55 (5)
Wed, 09/02 AM	10	695	4:18.40	2:47.40	2:47.81		Ave was for 9 laps
Wed, 09/02 PM	10	705	35:32.41	3:33.24	2:48.43
Thu, 10/02 AM	15	720	47:41.50	3:10.76	2:51.09		Last 10 in under 30 mins.
Thu, 10/02 PM	10	730	33:46.07	3:22.60	3:03.98 (7)
Fri, 11/02	20	750	1:12:27	3:37.36	3:02.63 (20)
Sat, 12/02	20	770	1:08:43	3:26.18	3:02.17
Sun, 13/02	10	780					Quick but not timed.
Mon, 14/02	20	800	1:08:41	3:26.05	2:50.19		6:27 for first lap.
Tue, 15/02	25	825	1:25:06	3:24.26	2:58.88 (25)	Hot and humid.
Wed, 16/02	20	845	1:02.52	3:08.63	2:50.15 (6)	Hot.	That's a PB
Thu, 17/02	15	860	49:57.77	3:18.85	2:54.31 (9)		Feeling effects of yesterday's effort
Fri, 18/02	20	880	1:12.23	3:37.19	3:05.84 (17)		Tired from boxing last night?
Sat, 19/02	20	900	1:06.57	3:20.88	2:53.31 (14)	Very hot.	Started late.
Sun, 20/02	20	920					Not timed.
Mon, 21/02	20	940	1:12:02	3:47.48	2:48.69 (14)	Time was for 19 laps. Very crusiy first 10.	Too hot!
Tue, 22/02	20	960	1:03:12	3:09.63	2:27.24		20 lap PB
Wed, 23/02	20	980	1:03:17	3:19.85	2:33.72		Time was for 19 laps.
Thu, 24/02	10	990	48:15.61	2:52.84	2:29.37
Thu, 24/02	10	1000	28:48.48	2:52.84	2:29.37		PB for 10 laps
Fri, 25/02	20	1020	1:14:37	3:43.88	3:29.32	Hot as bro!
Sat, 26/02	15	1035	1:03.78	4:12.78	3:39.23	Very hot and very humid.
Sat, 26/02	5	1040	-	-	-	Ran out of memory on my watch	Like I said hot!
Sun, 27/02	20	1060	1:08:03	3:24.18	3:01.99 (18)
Mon, 28/02	25	1085	1:33.49	3:45.17	3:24.44 (21)		Hot!
Tue, 01/03	20	1105	1:12:04	3:36.20	3:13.77 (7)
Wed, 02/03	25	1130	1:23:32	3:20.48	2:37.99 (23)		Jeff Jamieson turned up on lap 16. The heat was on.
Thu, 03/03	20	1150	1:07:28	3:22.40	2:49.41 (20)
Fri, 04/03	20	1170	1:04:30	3:13.53	2:46.57 (17)		PB for 15 - 43:11
Sat, 05/03	20	1190	1:14:59	3:44.96	2:27.24
Sun, 06/03	20	1210	1:17:44	3:53.21	2:38.36 (20)	Took photos for my blog.	Cool change. Nice!
Mon, 07/03	20	1230	1:05:22	3:16.14	2:34.96 (20)	Coolish.
Mon, 07/03 (b)	5	1235	17:27.13	3:29.42	2:53.48 (5)		A few extras after coffee.
Tue, 08/03	0						Got to the ladder but had to turn go home for a...
Wed, 09/03	25	1260	1:26:55	3:28.63	2:46.06 (25)
Thu, 10/03	25	1285	1:27:31	3:30.06	2:50.00 (25)	Still plenty left in the tank at the end	Hot.
Fri, 11/03	0						Woke up with a sore right shin. Attended a REIWA breakfast.
Sat, 12/03	15	1300	47:42.94	?	?		Pressed watch twice by mistake. You do the maths!
Sun, 13/03	15	1315	52:33.88	3:30.25	2:46.69 (10)
Mon, 14/03	25	1340	1:40:14	4:00.56	3:29.41	Shin sore. Went easy.
Tue, 15/03	20	1360	1:27:27	4:22.39	Didn't feel great. Shin hurting. Had an Ibuprofen before.
Wed, 16/03	20	1380	1:11:21	3:34.09	2:58.24 (10)	Afternoon, ladder busy. Went easy.
Thu, 17/03	20	1400	1:08:10	3:24.53	3:02.88 (9)
Fri, 18/03	20	1420	1:04.43	3:14.16	2:43.38
Sat, 19/03	20	1440	1:05.25	3:16.26	2:51.04 (20)
Sun, 20/03	20	1460	1:03.43	3:11.17	2:38.98 (14)	PB of 42:03 for last 15.
Mon, 21/03	25	1485	1:48:10	4:19.61	3:35.24 (22)
Tue, 22/03	25	1510	1:33:05	3:52.72	3:24.50	PM workout
Wed, 23/03	25	1535	1:23:09	3:19.59	2:56.25 (6)	PM workout
Thu, 24/03	25	1560	1:32:09	3:58.14	2:47.03 (20)	AM workout
Fri, 25/03	25	1585	1:39:36	3:59.04	3:48.22 (17)
Sat, 26/03	10	1595	37:46.30	3:46.63	2:51.58 (6)	After boxing.
Sat, 26/03	15	1610	48:56.90	3:15.79	2:51.85 (11)	Before boxing.
Sun, 27/03	25	1635	1:22:53	3:18.95	2:48.20 (25)
Mon, 28/03	0	1635				Day off. Felt soooo good!
Tue, 29/03	20	1655	1:04:23	3:13.16	2:50.02 (20)	PM. Lots of traffic.
Wed, 30/03	20	1675	1:03:30	3:10.52	2:30.93 (20)
Thu, 31/03	20	1695	1:19:06	3:57.30	3:05.66 (19)
Fri, 01/04	20	1715	1:04:04	3:12.20	2:38.16 (11)
Sat, 02/04	20	1735	1:05:39	3:16.36	2:34.92 (19)
Sun, 03/04	10	1745	38:01.24	3:48.12	2:55.88 (10)
Mon, 04/04	30	1775	1:38:56	3:17.89	3:00.53
Tue, 05/04	30	1805	1:40:40	3:21.35	2:53.55 (8)
Wed, 06/04	30	1835	1:51:15	3:42.52	2:58.22 (30)
Thu, 07/04	30	1865	1:49.32	3:39.09	2:55.45 (29)
Fri, 08/04	20	1885	1:11.04	3:33.24	2:51.43 (19)
Fri, 08/04	20	1905	1:12.28	3:37.44	2:58.05 (6)
Sat, 09/04	30	1935	1:48:42	3:37.40	3:10.65 (27)
Sun, 10/04	20	1955	1:14:50	3:44:54	2:57.44 (20)
Mon, 11/04	0	1955
Tue, 12/04	20	1975	1:09:04	3:27.23	2:40.04 (20)
Wed, 13/04	20	1995	1:04:20	3:13.01	2:36.94 (20)		Lap 5 22:06, 10 36:06 Last 15 in 42:14, last 10 in 28:14
Thu, 14/04	3	1998	14:29.59	4:49.86	4:11.24 (3)		Wardrobe malfunction
Thu, 14/04	17	2015	51:08.32	3:00.48	2:32.85 (17)		End lap 2 8:24.78, last 15 in 42:44.
Fri, 15/04	0						Pulled my right calf muscle at boxing last night.
Sat, 16/04	30	2045	2:40:10	5:20.34	4:18.01 (28)		Calf tender, walked up and down 1 step at a time.
Sun, 17/04	20	2065	1:38.39	4:55.99	4:12.91 (20)		Calf still tender but a little better.
Mon, 18/04	20	2085	1:49:45	5:29.28	4:17.20 (20)
Mon, 18/04	15	2100	1:19:28	5:17.93	4:06.65 (5)
Tue, 19/04	20	2120	1:49:05	5:27.28	4:24.10 (12)
Tue, 19/04	15	2135	1:14:00	4:56.00	3:34.06 (7)
Wed, 20/04	20	2155	1:41:10	5:03.53	3:32.95 (11)
Thu, 21/04	20	2175	1:27:15	4:21.75	3:03.40 (12)
Fri, 22/04	20	2195	1:31:50	4:35.51	2:25.02 (14)		Had a dip with Mark.
Sat, 23/04	20	2215	1:26:47	4:20.38	3:02.48 (14)
Sat, 23/04	10	2225	28:49:65	2:52.96	2:36.48 (10)	Hot and humid
Sun, 24/04	20	2245	1:23:31	4:10.55	2:52.74 (15)	Hot and humid	Exercises from 16 on.
Mon, 25/04	20	2265	1:04:27	3:13.39	2:58.31 (18
Tue, 26/04	50	2315	2:54:18	3:29.17	2:53.05 (50)		First 50 lap effort.
Wed, 27/04	10	2325	33:51.75	3:23.17	2:40.50 (10)
Wed, 27/04	10	2335	45:31.78	4:33.17	4:08.10 (10)
Thu, 28/04	20	2355	55:31.41	2:46.57	2:28.80 (20)
Fri, 29/04	20	2375	1:21.44	4:32.48	3:41.51 (20)
Sat, 30/04	30	2405	1:47:27	3:34.90	2:59.85 (12)
Sun, 01/05	20	2425	1:20.40	4:02.02	3:04.36 (6)
Mon, 02/05	10	2445	1:16.24	3:49.20	3:01.37 (5)
Tue, 03/05	20	2465	1:30:56		2:47.74 (20)
Wed, 04/05	20	2485	1:18.28
Thu, 05/05	0	2485
Fri, 06/05	20	2505	1:24:25		2:31.47 (12)
Sat, 07/05	20	2525	1:02:24		2:34.12 (20)
Sun, 08/05	20	2545	1:23:23		2:37.47 (20)
Mon, 09/05	5	2550					Trained soccer ladies
Tue, 10/05	35	2585	1:50:38
Wed, 11/05	20	2605	1:31.24
Wed, 11/05	10	2615	36:21.71		2:33.65 (10)
Fri, 13/05	25	2640	1:25:24
Sat, 14/05	25	2665	1:40:25
Sun, 15/05	25	2690	1:28:59
Mon, 16/05	26	2716
Tue, 17/05	0					Rain and traffic stopped me.
Wed, 18/05	34	2750	1:54:02
Thu, 19/05	25	2775	1:25:05
Fri, 20/05	10	2785	46:18.51
Fri, 20/05	20	2805	57:19.06				Another sub-hour 20.
Sat, 21/05	20	2825	1:12:35
Sun, 22/05	AREC
Mon, 23/05	AREC
Tue, 24/05	REBC
Wed, 25/05	Day off
Thu, 26/05	15	2840	47:11.96		2:39.24 (15)
Fri, 27/05	20	2860	59:17.25		2:23.16		Another sub-hour 20.
Sat, 28/05	20	2880	1:32:52
Sun, 29/05	6						Warm up for Central Park
Sun, 29/05	14	2900	41:59:12				After Central Park
Mon, 30/05	20	2920	1:07:50
Tue, 31/05	20	2940	1:10:15	3:30.79	2:37.95 (9)
Wed, 01/06	20	2960	1:07:03	3:21.17	2:42.95
Thu, 02/06	Man flu
Fri, 03/06	Man flu
Sat, 04/06	30	2990	1:54:11	3:48.38	3:18.60
Sun, 05/06	25	3015	1:12:49	3:16.38	2:34.32
Mon, 06/06	20	3035					Un-timed. Left watch at home.
Tue, 07/06	Day off
Wed, 08/06	25	3060	1:12:26	2:53.86	2:28.35		Bloody fair effort.
Thu, 09/06	Day off
Fri, 10/06	2	3062					Un-timed warmup.
Fri, 10/06	35	3097	1:36:10	2:44.88	2:38.50		10 - 27.44 15 - 41:36 20 - 55:12 25 - 1:08:49 30 - 1:22:22
Sat, 11/06	23	3120	1:36:04	4:10.61	3:38.45 (15)
Sun, 12/06	20	3140	1:16:15	3:48.75	2:36.73 (17)
Mon, 13/06	20	3160	1:02:58	3:08.93	2:26.73 (11)
Tue, 14/06	20	3180	1:03:50	3:11.53	2:32.58 (8)
Wed, 15/06	0
Thu, 16/06	20	3200	1:19:30	3:58.51	3:34.70 (14)
Fri, 17/06	0
Sat, 18/06	20	3220	1:07:12	3:21.61	2:45.42 (19)
Sat, 18/06	5	3225	13:30.48	2:42.09	2:24.90 (5)
Sun, 19/06	20	3245	1:19:52	3:59.64	3:50.83 (6)
Mon, 20/06	20	3265	59:34.84	2:58.74	2:32.98 (18)
Tue, 21/06	20	3285	1:05:11	3:15.58	2:37.06 (11)
Wed, 22/06	0
Thu, 23/06	20	3305	1:07:11	3:11.98	2:40.08 (18)
Fri, 24/06	16	3321	48:12.15	3:00.75	2:35.28 (10)	Lightning started, so I left.
Sat, 25/06	15	3336	54:41:13	3:25.07	2:36.15 (15)
Sat, 25/06	9	3345	Untimed
Sun, 26/06	20	3365	1:00:13	3:00.69
Mon, 27/06	20	3385	1:03:26
Mon, 27/06	3	3388	Untimed
Tue, 28/06	17	3405	54:33.23	3:12.54	2:28.75 (17)
Wed, 29/06	20	3425	1:14:25	3:43.29	3:18.79 (20)
Thu, 30/06	20	3445	1:26:12	4:18.61	3:10.29 (3)
Fri, 01/07	10	3455	34:45.94	3:28.59	2:27.66 (8)
Sat, 02/07	13		49:23.61	3:47.97	2:47.63 (13)
Sat, 02/07	12	3480	36:23.23	3:01.93	2:30.63 (12)
Sun, 03/07	20	3500	1:16:09	3:48.49
Mon, 04/07	20	3520	1:08:59	3:26.98	2:57.45
Tue, 05/07	0						Busselton
Wed, 06/07	0						Busselton
Thu, 07/07	20	3540	1:06:55	3:20:77	2:48:29
Fri, 08/07	20	3560	1:13:25	3:40.29	2:34:34
Sat, 09/07	20	3580	1:08.56	3:26.83	2:32.95
Sun, 10/07	20	3600	1:05:36	3:16.84	2:45.53
Mon, 11/07	20	3620	58:23:31				Walked down 1 step at a time. First time under 1hr doing it this way.
Mon, 11/07	8	3628					Untimed. Training with the Carlisle soccer girls.
Tue, 12/07	17	3645	54:14:05	3:11.41	2:39.57
Wed, 13/07	20	3665	1:24:38	4:13.94	3:45.05
Thu, 14/07	10	3675	35:47.47	3:34.74	2:35.79 (10)
Fri, 15/07	0
Sat, 16/07	22	3697	1:14:10	3:22.29	3:05.74
Sat, 16/07	8	3705	Untimed
Sun, 17/07	25	3730	1:29:26	3:34.67	3:01.98
Mon, 18/07	20	3750	1:29:17	4:27.89
Tue, 19/07	20	3770	1:09:27
Wed, 20/07	0
Thu, 21/07	20	3790	1:03.09	3:09.45	2:39.46 (19)
Fri, 22/07	20	3810	1:26:05	4:18.28	3:22.24
Fri, 22/07	10	3820	28:25.90	2:50.59	2:30.66 (10)
Sat, 23/07	25	3845
Sat, 23/07	40	3885	2:34:14	3:51.37	3:29.20 (28)
Sun, 24/07	San Francisco
Mon, 25/07	San Francisco
Tue, 26/07	San Francisco
Wed, 27/07	San Francisco
Thu, 28/07	San Francisco
Fri, 29/07	San Francisco
Sat, 30/07	San Francisco
Sun, 31/07	10	3895	30:13.77	3:01.37	2:30.13 (10)
Mon, 01/08	20	3915	Untimed
Tue, 02/08	Bali
Wed, 03/08	Bali
Thu, 04/08	Bali
Fri, 05/08	Bali
Sat, 06/08	Bali
Sun, 07/08	Bali
Mon, 08/08	Bali
Tue, 09/08	20	3935	1:21:50	4:05.53	3:44.46 (6)
Wed, 10/08	20		1:15:32	3:46.61	3:20.33 (20)
Thu, 11/08	20		56:57.90	2:50.89	2:21.51 (4)
Fri, 12/08	Busselton
Sat, 13/08	20	3955	1:08:14
Sun, 14/08	25	3980	1:25:22
Mon, 15/08	20	4000	1:05:28
Tue, 16/08	20	4020	1:05:18
Wed, 17/08	20	4040	57:31:35
Thu, 18/08	20	4060	1:20:29
Fri, 19/08	20	4080	1:05:57
Sat, 20/08	20	4100	1:17:03
Sun, 21/08	25	4125	1:24:30
Mon, 22/08	0
Tue, 23/08	0
Wed, 24/08	0
Thu, 25/08	35	4160	1:52:48
Fri, 26/08	25	4185	1:26:10
Sat, 27/08	25	4210	1:24:51
Sun, 28/08
Mon, 29/08	30	4240	1:35:27	3:10.91	2:47.11 (28)
Tue, 30/08	25	4265	1:30:55	3:38.21	3:02.12 (9)
Wed, 31/08	25	4290	1:20:55	3:14.23	2:38.79 (8)
Thu, 01/09	Rained out.
Fri, 02/09	25	4315	Untimed
Sat, 03/09	20	4335	1:01:38	3:04.90	2:42.08 (11)
Sun, 04/09	15	4350	51:14.19	3:24.94	2:21.32 (15)
Mon, 05/09	20	4370	1:00:33	3:01.68	2:31.62 (11)
Tue, 06/09	20	4390	59:38.63	2:58.93	2:28.70 (19)
Wed, 07/09	0	4390
Thu, 08/09	20	4410	1:10:08	3:30.42	2:29.29 (20)
Fri, 09/09	20	4430	55:36.53	2:46.82	2:31.19 (20)		1st 2 in 7:44.57, 1st 10 in 29:09.00
Sat, 10/09	20	4450	1:24:28
Sun, 11/09	10	4460	37:08.73
Mon, 12/09	20	4480	1:12:59
Tue, 13/09	20	4500	1:11:40
Wed, 14/09	Busselton
Thu, 15/09	10	4510	29:55.70
Fri, 16/09	20	4530	1:12:42
Sat, 17/09	20	4550	1:08:04
Sun, 18/09	0	4550
Mon, 19/09	20	4570	1:00:11
Tue, 20/09	20	4590	1:09:29
Wed, 21/09	Brisbane
Thu, 22/09	Brisbane
Fri, 23/09	Brisbane
Sat, 24/09	Slack
Sun, 25/09	20	4610	59:28:69
Mon, 26/09	20	4630	1:19:32
Tue, 27/09	19+1	4650	57:22.56
Wed, 28/09	Kalgoorlie
Thu, 29/09	0
Fri, 30/09	20	4670	59:41.38
Sat, 01/10	20	4690	1:05:08
Sun, 02/10	20	4710	1:09:36	3:28.83	2:37.84 (20)
Mon, 03/10	20	4730	1:16:39	3:49.95	3:13.44 (20)
Tue, 04/10	20	4750	1:02:32	3:07.64	2:31.82 (18)
Wed, 05/10	20	4770	1:05:43	3:17.18	2:41.01 (15)
Thu, 06/10	10	4780	29:55.16	2:59.51	2:22.54 (10)
Fri, 07/10	10	4790	36:35.21	3:39.52	3:29.40 (3)
Sat, 08/10	20	4810	1:08:30
Sun, 09/10	20	4830	1:07:20
Mon, 10/10	10	4840	33:02.18
Tue, 11/10	20	4860	1:10:53
Wed, 12/10	20	4880	1:13:19
Thu, 13/10	15	4895	54:35.68
Fri, 14/10	20	4915	1:07:21

A New Personal Best on Jacob’s Ladder

March 7, 2011 by Peter Fletcher

Pleased to report I set a new PB for 15 laps of Jacob’s on Friday. I started out with 5 very slow laps having no intention to go hard. My mate Mark was having a bit of a dip so I kind of just joined in. Pretty soon I’d rounded the 10 lap mark feeling pretty good and kept going, finishing off with a time of 43:11.72.

The next step is to complete 20 in under an hour. That will happen one day when I least expect it.

Here are the lap times for the 15.

Lap	Time	ET	Comment
1	3:04.49		Dropped time.
2	3:02.36		Dropped some more.
3	2:55.50
4	2:53.11
5	2:49.31
6	2:51.59
7	2:48.17
8	2:54.89
9	2:49.41
10	2:46.97
11	2:48.73
12	2:46.57		Fastest lap.
13	2:52.44		Eased off a bit over the last 3.
14	2:56.25
15	2:51.93	43:11.72. Last 10 in 28:26.95

Last week on Jacob’s Ladder

March 7, 2011 by Peter Fletcher

Jacob’s Ladder was again my playground last week. I managed 150 laps and a new PB for 15. There was a break in the hot weather on Friday and that brought a welcome cool change. It’s so much nicer to be working hard when it’s not hot.

Breaking things up was the start of my new photo of the week series. Yesterday I took the time to grab some pre-dawn photos of Jacob’s shadows. In the coming weeks I’m hoping to capture some of the characters of Jacob’s Ladder in a series I’m calling Legends of The Ladder. I hope to include people like Mark Bailey, Greg Williams, Tony Beard, Gavin, Adrienne and Toni, and a number of others who are on the ladder almost every day. I’ll include a photo and a small story about what makes them so unique. Perhaps it’s their style, what they wear or some of their previous Jacob’s Ladder exploits. If you know someone you believe should be included as one of The Legends, let me know in the comments below.

Date	Laps	Running total	Time	Ave	Best	Weather	Comments
Sat, 01/01		0
Sun, 02/01	10	10					Day I decided on 5000/365 challenge
Mon, 03/01	20	30
Tues, 04/01	17	47				Red hot, nearly died.
Wed, 05/01	20	67
Thu, 06/01	20	87
Fri, 07/01	20	107
Sat, 08/01	15	122	51:58:57	3:27:90	3:10:54 (20)
Sun, 09/01	10	132	31:12:67	3:07:26	2:51:79 (3)
Mon, 10/01	20	152	1:06:58	3:20:93	3:07:80 (20)
Tue, 11/01	20	172	1:06:30	3:19:50	2:51:11 (20)	Nice breeze near the top.	Fastest descent at 58 secs. Drank every 5 laps.
Wed, 12/01	20	192	1:08:48	3:26:41	3:01:13 (13)	Hot with a cooling breeze.	Heavy traffic from lap 15.
Thu, 13/01	20	212	1:06:16	3:18:83	3:08:29 (20)	One word. Hot!
Fri, 14/01	20	232	1:15:52	3:59:60	3:44:24 (5)		Took it easy.
Sat, 15/01	11	243	25:46 (9)	n/a	2:40:09 (7)		Hit lap button twice. Time shown is 9 laps.
Mon, 17/01	20	263	1:14:54	3:44:71	2:42:19 (20)	Hot.	Easy until lap 18.
Tue, 18/01	20	283	1:02:45	3:08:25	2:56:24 (11)		Best time to date.
Wed, 19/01	20	303	1:18:08	4:20:48	3:48:48 (7)		Felt drained from yesterday.
Thu, 20/01	20	323	1:07:39	3:22:99	2:42:54 (20)		Hot last lap.
Fri, 21/01	20	343	1:13:38	3:40:91	2:44:51 (19)		Plenty in the tank at the end.
Sat, 22/01	10	353	31:54:61 (9)	3:32:73	3:19:96 (8)		Easy. Time was for 9 laps.
Sun, 23/01	0						Sleep in bliss
Mon, 24/01	25	378	1:21:59	3:16:76	2:57:44 (25)	Cool arvo.	Heavy traffic from lap 18.
Tue, 25/01 AM	15	393	49:00:21	3:16:01	2:52:19 (7)	Cool.
Tue, 25/01 PM	15	408	49:52:70	3:19:51	2:55:47 (6)		Very busy.
Wed, 26/01	20	428	1:13:28	3:40:43	3:12:94 (4)	Bloody hot. Nearly killed me.	Started late and regretted it thanks to the heat.
Thu, 27/01 AM	15	442	1:06:53	4:27:58	3:57:33 (6)	Hot	Felt the effects of yesterday.
Thu, 27/01 PM	5	447	20:28:00	4:05:60	3:47:72 (4)	Hot	After rock climbing
Fri, 28/01	20	467	1:15:55 (19)	3:59:76	3:21:93 (3)	Hot. Really hot!	Time was for 19 laps.
Sat, 29/01	15	482	30:51:49 (10)	3:05:14	2:44:01 (5)		Slow first lap over 4:30 then got stuck into it with Mark.
Sun, 30/01	15	497	54:23:13	3:37:54	2:52:20 (13)	Hot, humid. Cyclone on its way.	Walked down first 10, long break at 10, then hard last 5.
Mon, 31/01 AM	15	512	1:00:08	4:00:55	3:31:01 (13)	Very humid.	Went easy, walled down.
Mon, 31/01 PM	13	525	44:20:04	3:24:61	3:02:11 (6)	Warm, cool breeze.	Felt good.
Tue, 01/02 AM	15	540	48:04:44	3:12:29	2:49:30 (6)
Tue, 01/02 PM	10	550	34:09.76	3:24.97	2:51.36 (10)
Wed, 02/02	20	570	1:29:52	4:16.80
Thu, 03/02	20	590	1:11:55	3:47.13	3:18.75 (6)
Fri, 04/02 AM	15	605	45:33.18	3:15.22	2:56.57 (13)
Fri, 04/02 PM	10	615	39:03.59	3:54.35	3:25.92 (9)
Sat, 05/02	25	640	1:21:26	3:15.45	2:56.88 (23)
Sun, 06/02	0	640	0	0	0		Grumpy I had the day off.
Mon, 07/02 PM	15	655	47:04.01	3:21.77	2:57.74 (15)		Did 15, timed 14.
Mon, 07/02 PM	5	660	14:55.55	2:59.31	2:46.99 (5)		Chat and then a second lash.
Tue, 08/02	20	680	1:10.45	3:22.06	2:51.53 (17)		Felt crook from lap 18.
Tue, 08/02	5	685	17:25.02	3:29.00	2:57.55 (5)
Wed, 09/02 AM	10	695	4:18.40	2:47.40	2:47.81		Ave was for 9 laps
Wed, 09/02 PM	10	705	35:32.41	3:33.24	2:48.43
Thu, 10/02 AM	15	720	47:41.50	3:10.76	2:51.09		Last 10 in under 30 mins.
Thu, 10/02 PM	10	730	33:46.07	3:22.60	3:03.98 (7)
Fri, 11/02	20	750	1:12:27	3:37.36	3:02.63 (20)
Sat, 12/02	20	770	1:08:43	3:26.18	3:02.17
Sun, 13/02	10	780					Quick but not timed.
Mon, 14/02	20	800	1:08:41	3:26.05	2:50.19		6:27 for first lap.
Tue, 15/02	25	825	1:25:06	3:24.26	2:58.88 (25)	Hot and humid.
Wed, 16/02	20	845	1:02.52	3:08.63	2:50.15 (6)	Hot.	That's a PB
Thu, 17/02	15	860	49:57.77	3:18.85	2:54.31 (9)		Feeling effects of yesterday's effort
Fri, 18/02	20	880	1:12.23	3:37.19	3:05.84 (17)		Tired from boxing last night?
Sat, 19/02	20	900	1:06.57	3:20.88	2:53.31 (14)	Very hot.	Started late.
Sun, 20/02	20	920					Not timed.
Mon, 21/02	20	940	1:12:02	3:47.48	2:48.69 (14)	Time was for 19 laps. Very crusiy first 10.	Too hot!
Tue, 22/02	20	960	1:03:12	3:09.63	2:27.24		20 lap PB
Wed, 23/02	20	980	1:03:17	3:19.85	2:33.72		Time was for 19 laps.
Thu, 24/02	10	990	48:15.61	2:52.84	2:29.37
Thu, 24/02	10	1000	28:48.48	2:52.84	2:29.37		PB for 10 laps
Fri, 25/02	20	1020	1:14:37	3:43.88	3:29.32	Hot as bro!
Sat, 26/02	15	1035	1:03.78	4:12.78	3:39.23	Very hot and very humid.
Sat, 26/02	5	1040	-	-	-	Ran out of memory on my watch	Like I said hot!
Sun, 27/02	20	1060	1:08:03	3:24.18	3:01.99 (18)
Mon, 28/02	25	1085	1:33.49	3:45.17	3:24.44 (21)		Hot!
Tue, 01/03	20	1105	1:12:04	3:36.20	3:13.77 (7)
Wed, 02/03	25	1130	1:23:32	3:20.48	2:37.99 (23)		Jeff Jamieson turned up on lap 16. The heat was on.
Thu, 03/03	20	1150	1:07:28	3:22.40	2:49.41 (20)
Fri, 04/03	20	1170	1:04:30	3:13.53	2:46.57 (17)		PB for 15 - 43:11
Sat, 05/03	20	1190	1:14:59	3:44.96	2:27.24
Sun, 06/03	20	1210	1:17:44	3:53.21	2:38.36 (20)	Took photos for my blog.	Cool change. Nice!
Mon, 07/03	20	1230	1:05:22	3:16.14	2:34.96 (20)	Coolish.
Mon, 07/03 (b)	5	1235	17:27.13	3:29.42	2:53.48 (5)		A few extras after coffee.
Tue, 08/03	0						Got to the ladder but had to turn go home for a...
Wed, 09/03	25	1260	1:26:55	3:28.63	2:46.06 (25)
Thu, 10/03	25	1285	1:27:31	3:30.06	2:50.00 (25)	Still plenty left in the tank at the end	Hot.
Fri, 11/03	0						Woke up with a sore right shin. Attended a REIWA breakfast.
Sat, 12/03	15	1300	47:42.94	?	?		Pressed watch twice by mistake. You do the maths!
Sun, 13/03	15	1315	52:33.88	3:30.25	2:46.69 (10)
Mon, 14/03	25	1340	1:40:14	4:00.56	3:29.41	Shin sore. Went easy.
Tue, 15/03	20	1360	1:27:27	4:22.39	Didn't feel great. Shin hurting. Had an Ibuprofen before.
Wed, 16/03	20	1380	1:11:21	3:34.09	2:58.24 (10)	Afternoon, ladder busy. Went easy.
Thu, 17/03	20	1400	1:08:10	3:24.53	3:02.88 (9)
Fri, 18/03	20	1420	1:04.43	3:14.16	2:43.38
Sat, 19/03	20	1440	1:05.25	3:16.26	2:51.04 (20)
Sun, 20/03	20	1460	1:03.43	3:11.17	2:38.98 (14)	PB of 42:03 for last 15.
Mon, 21/03	25	1485	1:48:10	4:19.61	3:35.24 (22)
Tue, 22/03	25	1510	1:33:05	3:52.72	3:24.50	PM workout
Wed, 23/03	25	1535	1:23:09	3:19.59	2:56.25 (6)	PM workout
Thu, 24/03	25	1560	1:32:09	3:58.14	2:47.03 (20)	AM workout
Fri, 25/03	25	1585	1:39:36	3:59.04	3:48.22 (17)
Sat, 26/03	10	1595	37:46.30	3:46.63	2:51.58 (6)	After boxing.
Sat, 26/03	15	1610	48:56.90	3:15.79	2:51.85 (11)	Before boxing.
Sun, 27/03	25	1635	1:22:53	3:18.95	2:48.20 (25)
Mon, 28/03	0	1635				Day off. Felt soooo good!
Tue, 29/03	20	1655	1:04:23	3:13.16	2:50.02 (20)	PM. Lots of traffic.
Wed, 30/03	20	1675	1:03:30	3:10.52	2:30.93 (20)
Thu, 31/03	20	1695	1:19:06	3:57.30	3:05.66 (19)
Fri, 01/04	20	1715	1:04:04	3:12.20	2:38.16 (11)
Sat, 02/04	20	1735	1:05:39	3:16.36	2:34.92 (19)
Sun, 03/04	10	1745	38:01.24	3:48.12	2:55.88 (10)
Mon, 04/04	30	1775	1:38:56	3:17.89	3:00.53
Tue, 05/04	30	1805	1:40:40	3:21.35	2:53.55 (8)
Wed, 06/04	30	1835	1:51:15	3:42.52	2:58.22 (30)
Thu, 07/04	30	1865	1:49.32	3:39.09	2:55.45 (29)
Fri, 08/04	20	1885	1:11.04	3:33.24	2:51.43 (19)
Fri, 08/04	20	1905	1:12.28	3:37.44	2:58.05 (6)
Sat, 09/04	30	1935	1:48:42	3:37.40	3:10.65 (27)
Sun, 10/04	20	1955	1:14:50	3:44:54	2:57.44 (20)
Mon, 11/04	0	1955
Tue, 12/04	20	1975	1:09:04	3:27.23	2:40.04 (20)
Wed, 13/04	20	1995	1:04:20	3:13.01	2:36.94 (20)		Lap 5 22:06, 10 36:06 Last 15 in 42:14, last 10 in 28:14
Thu, 14/04	3	1998	14:29.59	4:49.86	4:11.24 (3)		Wardrobe malfunction
Thu, 14/04	17	2015	51:08.32	3:00.48	2:32.85 (17)		End lap 2 8:24.78, last 15 in 42:44.
Fri, 15/04	0						Pulled my right calf muscle at boxing last night.
Sat, 16/04	30	2045	2:40:10	5:20.34	4:18.01 (28)		Calf tender, walked up and down 1 step at a time.
Sun, 17/04	20	2065	1:38.39	4:55.99	4:12.91 (20)		Calf still tender but a little better.
Mon, 18/04	20	2085	1:49:45	5:29.28	4:17.20 (20)
Mon, 18/04	15	2100	1:19:28	5:17.93	4:06.65 (5)
Tue, 19/04	20	2120	1:49:05	5:27.28	4:24.10 (12)
Tue, 19/04	15	2135	1:14:00	4:56.00	3:34.06 (7)
Wed, 20/04	20	2155	1:41:10	5:03.53	3:32.95 (11)
Thu, 21/04	20	2175	1:27:15	4:21.75	3:03.40 (12)
Fri, 22/04	20	2195	1:31:50	4:35.51	2:25.02 (14)		Had a dip with Mark.
Sat, 23/04	20	2215	1:26:47	4:20.38	3:02.48 (14)
Sat, 23/04	10	2225	28:49:65	2:52.96	2:36.48 (10)	Hot and humid
Sun, 24/04	20	2245	1:23:31	4:10.55	2:52.74 (15)	Hot and humid	Exercises from 16 on.
Mon, 25/04	20	2265	1:04:27	3:13.39	2:58.31 (18
Tue, 26/04	50	2315	2:54:18	3:29.17	2:53.05 (50)		First 50 lap effort.
Wed, 27/04	10	2325	33:51.75	3:23.17	2:40.50 (10)
Wed, 27/04	10	2335	45:31.78	4:33.17	4:08.10 (10)
Thu, 28/04	20	2355	55:31.41	2:46.57	2:28.80 (20)
Fri, 29/04	20	2375	1:21.44	4:32.48	3:41.51 (20)
Sat, 30/04	30	2405	1:47:27	3:34.90	2:59.85 (12)
Sun, 01/05	20	2425	1:20.40	4:02.02	3:04.36 (6)
Mon, 02/05	10	2445	1:16.24	3:49.20	3:01.37 (5)
Tue, 03/05	20	2465	1:30:56		2:47.74 (20)
Wed, 04/05	20	2485	1:18.28
Thu, 05/05	0	2485
Fri, 06/05	20	2505	1:24:25		2:31.47 (12)
Sat, 07/05	20	2525	1:02:24		2:34.12 (20)
Sun, 08/05	20	2545	1:23:23		2:37.47 (20)
Mon, 09/05	5	2550					Trained soccer ladies
Tue, 10/05	35	2585	1:50:38
Wed, 11/05	20	2605	1:31.24
Wed, 11/05	10	2615	36:21.71		2:33.65 (10)
Fri, 13/05	25	2640	1:25:24
Sat, 14/05	25	2665	1:40:25
Sun, 15/05	25	2690	1:28:59
Mon, 16/05	26	2716
Tue, 17/05	0					Rain and traffic stopped me.
Wed, 18/05	34	2750	1:54:02
Thu, 19/05	25	2775	1:25:05
Fri, 20/05	10	2785	46:18.51
Fri, 20/05	20	2805	57:19.06				Another sub-hour 20.
Sat, 21/05	20	2825	1:12:35
Sun, 22/05	AREC
Mon, 23/05	AREC
Tue, 24/05	REBC
Wed, 25/05	Day off
Thu, 26/05	15	2840	47:11.96		2:39.24 (15)
Fri, 27/05	20	2860	59:17.25		2:23.16		Another sub-hour 20.
Sat, 28/05	20	2880	1:32:52
Sun, 29/05	6						Warm up for Central Park
Sun, 29/05	14	2900	41:59:12				After Central Park
Mon, 30/05	20	2920	1:07:50
Tue, 31/05	20	2940	1:10:15	3:30.79	2:37.95 (9)
Wed, 01/06	20	2960	1:07:03	3:21.17	2:42.95
Thu, 02/06	Man flu
Fri, 03/06	Man flu
Sat, 04/06	30	2990	1:54:11	3:48.38	3:18.60
Sun, 05/06	25	3015	1:12:49	3:16.38	2:34.32
Mon, 06/06	20	3035					Un-timed. Left watch at home.
Tue, 07/06	Day off
Wed, 08/06	25	3060	1:12:26	2:53.86	2:28.35		Bloody fair effort.
Thu, 09/06	Day off
Fri, 10/06	2	3062					Un-timed warmup.
Fri, 10/06	35	3097	1:36:10	2:44.88	2:38.50		10 - 27.44 15 - 41:36 20 - 55:12 25 - 1:08:49 30 - 1:22:22
Sat, 11/06	23	3120	1:36:04	4:10.61	3:38.45 (15)
Sun, 12/06	20	3140	1:16:15	3:48.75	2:36.73 (17)
Mon, 13/06	20	3160	1:02:58	3:08.93	2:26.73 (11)
Tue, 14/06	20	3180	1:03:50	3:11.53	2:32.58 (8)
Wed, 15/06	0
Thu, 16/06	20	3200	1:19:30	3:58.51	3:34.70 (14)
Fri, 17/06	0
Sat, 18/06	20	3220	1:07:12	3:21.61	2:45.42 (19)
Sat, 18/06	5	3225	13:30.48	2:42.09	2:24.90 (5)
Sun, 19/06	20	3245	1:19:52	3:59.64	3:50.83 (6)
Mon, 20/06	20	3265	59:34.84	2:58.74	2:32.98 (18)
Tue, 21/06	20	3285	1:05:11	3:15.58	2:37.06 (11)
Wed, 22/06	0
Thu, 23/06	20	3305	1:07:11	3:11.98	2:40.08 (18)
Fri, 24/06	16	3321	48:12.15	3:00.75	2:35.28 (10)	Lightning started, so I left.
Sat, 25/06	15	3336	54:41:13	3:25.07	2:36.15 (15)
Sat, 25/06	9	3345	Untimed
Sun, 26/06	20	3365	1:00:13	3:00.69
Mon, 27/06	20	3385	1:03:26
Mon, 27/06	3	3388	Untimed
Tue, 28/06	17	3405	54:33.23	3:12.54	2:28.75 (17)
Wed, 29/06	20	3425	1:14:25	3:43.29	3:18.79 (20)
Thu, 30/06	20	3445	1:26:12	4:18.61	3:10.29 (3)
Fri, 01/07	10	3455	34:45.94	3:28.59	2:27.66 (8)
Sat, 02/07	13		49:23.61	3:47.97	2:47.63 (13)
Sat, 02/07	12	3480	36:23.23	3:01.93	2:30.63 (12)
Sun, 03/07	20	3500	1:16:09	3:48.49
Mon, 04/07	20	3520	1:08:59	3:26.98	2:57.45
Tue, 05/07	0						Busselton
Wed, 06/07	0						Busselton
Thu, 07/07	20	3540	1:06:55	3:20:77	2:48:29
Fri, 08/07	20	3560	1:13:25	3:40.29	2:34:34
Sat, 09/07	20	3580	1:08.56	3:26.83	2:32.95
Sun, 10/07	20	3600	1:05:36	3:16.84	2:45.53
Mon, 11/07	20	3620	58:23:31				Walked down 1 step at a time. First time under 1hr doing it this way.
Mon, 11/07	8	3628					Untimed. Training with the Carlisle soccer girls.
Tue, 12/07	17	3645	54:14:05	3:11.41	2:39.57
Wed, 13/07	20	3665	1:24:38	4:13.94	3:45.05
Thu, 14/07	10	3675	35:47.47	3:34.74	2:35.79 (10)
Fri, 15/07	0
Sat, 16/07	22	3697	1:14:10	3:22.29	3:05.74
Sat, 16/07	8	3705	Untimed
Sun, 17/07	25	3730	1:29:26	3:34.67	3:01.98
Mon, 18/07	20	3750	1:29:17	4:27.89
Tue, 19/07	20	3770	1:09:27
Wed, 20/07	0
Thu, 21/07	20	3790	1:03.09	3:09.45	2:39.46 (19)
Fri, 22/07	20	3810	1:26:05	4:18.28	3:22.24
Fri, 22/07	10	3820	28:25.90	2:50.59	2:30.66 (10)
Sat, 23/07	25	3845
Sat, 23/07	40	3885	2:34:14	3:51.37	3:29.20 (28)
Sun, 24/07	San Francisco
Mon, 25/07	San Francisco
Tue, 26/07	San Francisco
Wed, 27/07	San Francisco
Thu, 28/07	San Francisco
Fri, 29/07	San Francisco
Sat, 30/07	San Francisco
Sun, 31/07	10	3895	30:13.77	3:01.37	2:30.13 (10)
Mon, 01/08	20	3915	Untimed
Tue, 02/08	Bali
Wed, 03/08	Bali
Thu, 04/08	Bali
Fri, 05/08	Bali
Sat, 06/08	Bali
Sun, 07/08	Bali
Mon, 08/08	Bali
Tue, 09/08	20	3935	1:21:50	4:05.53	3:44.46 (6)
Wed, 10/08	20		1:15:32	3:46.61	3:20.33 (20)
Thu, 11/08	20		56:57.90	2:50.89	2:21.51 (4)
Fri, 12/08	Busselton
Sat, 13/08	20	3955	1:08:14
Sun, 14/08	25	3980	1:25:22
Mon, 15/08	20	4000	1:05:28
Tue, 16/08	20	4020	1:05:18
Wed, 17/08	20	4040	57:31:35
Thu, 18/08	20	4060	1:20:29
Fri, 19/08	20	4080	1:05:57
Sat, 20/08	20	4100	1:17:03
Sun, 21/08	25	4125	1:24:30
Mon, 22/08	0
Tue, 23/08	0
Wed, 24/08	0
Thu, 25/08	35	4160	1:52:48
Fri, 26/08	25	4185	1:26:10
Sat, 27/08	25	4210	1:24:51
Sun, 28/08
Mon, 29/08	30	4240	1:35:27	3:10.91	2:47.11 (28)
Tue, 30/08	25	4265	1:30:55	3:38.21	3:02.12 (9)
Wed, 31/08	25	4290	1:20:55	3:14.23	2:38.79 (8)
Thu, 01/09	Rained out.
Fri, 02/09	25	4315	Untimed
Sat, 03/09	20	4335	1:01:38	3:04.90	2:42.08 (11)
Sun, 04/09	15	4350	51:14.19	3:24.94	2:21.32 (15)
Mon, 05/09	20	4370	1:00:33	3:01.68	2:31.62 (11)
Tue, 06/09	20	4390	59:38.63	2:58.93	2:28.70 (19)
Wed, 07/09	0	4390
Thu, 08/09	20	4410	1:10:08	3:30.42	2:29.29 (20)
Fri, 09/09	20	4430	55:36.53	2:46.82	2:31.19 (20)		1st 2 in 7:44.57, 1st 10 in 29:09.00
Sat, 10/09	20	4450	1:24:28
Sun, 11/09	10	4460	37:08.73
Mon, 12/09	20	4480	1:12:59
Tue, 13/09	20	4500	1:11:40
Wed, 14/09	Busselton
Thu, 15/09	10	4510	29:55.70
Fri, 16/09	20	4530	1:12:42
Sat, 17/09	20	4550	1:08:04
Sun, 18/09	0	4550
Mon, 19/09	20	4570	1:00:11
Tue, 20/09	20	4590	1:09:29
Wed, 21/09	Brisbane
Thu, 22/09	Brisbane
Fri, 23/09	Brisbane
Sat, 24/09	Slack
Sun, 25/09	20	4610	59:28:69
Mon, 26/09	20	4630	1:19:32
Tue, 27/09	19+1	4650	57:22.56
Wed, 28/09	Kalgoorlie
Thu, 29/09	0
Fri, 30/09	20	4670	59:41.38
Sat, 01/10	20	4690	1:05:08
Sun, 02/10	20	4710	1:09:36	3:28.83	2:37.84 (20)
Mon, 03/10	20	4730	1:16:39	3:49.95	3:13.44 (20)
Tue, 04/10	20	4750	1:02:32	3:07.64	2:31.82 (18)
Wed, 05/10	20	4770	1:05:43	3:17.18	2:41.01 (15)
Thu, 06/10	10	4780	29:55.16	2:59.51	2:22.54 (10)
Fri, 07/10	10	4790	36:35.21	3:39.52	3:29.40 (3)
Sat, 08/10	20	4810	1:08:30
Sun, 09/10	20	4830	1:07:20
Mon, 10/10	10	4840	33:02.18
Tue, 11/10	20	4860	1:10:53
Wed, 12/10	20	4880	1:13:19
Thu, 13/10	15	4895	54:35.68
Fri, 14/10	20	4915	1:07:21

Jacob’s Ladder: 10 laps sub-30 minutes

February 24, 2011 by Peter Fletcher

I ripped out 10 laps of The Ladder in 28:48:48 today.

This was done after I’d done 10 laps to warm up. I had the engine well and truly at operating temperature.

There was only light traffic and I was able to maintain my downhill speed. I set up a fast lap with a fast desecent. Under 60 seconds is good and 56 seconds is my best.

It’s still very warm and that adds to the effort required to achieve a good time. I’m looking forward to the cooler months ahead.

Lap	Time	Elapsed time	Comment
1	2:57.12	2:57.12	Solid start
2	3:02.66	5:59.78	Lost ground
3	2:52.72	8:52.50	Up and running
4	2:52.81	11:45.3	Consistent
5	2:56.02	14:41.33
6	3:01.62	17:42.95	Traffic?
7	2:59.62	20:42.57
8	2:48.59	23:31.16	Winding up for the finish
9	2:47.95	26.19.11	Setting up last lap.
10	2:29.37	28:48.48	Quick!

Closing in on 1000

February 21, 2011 by Peter Fletcher

As of Sunday my tally for the year is 920 laps of Jacob’s. I’ll crack 1000 on Thursday if everything goes to plan.

On Wednesday I produced a personal best for 20 laps. I’m still pretty stoked with the effort. There are a few Ladder regulars expecting me to do 20 in under an hour. It’s doable but won’t be easy.

The weather has been hot with only the odd cool day. I expect my times will come down as the weather cools down.

One regular – Mark – is way crazier than me. When I do 20 he does 30. Then he goes back in the afternoon to do another 10. He’s nuts, in a good way. And he’s turning his laps into fartlek sessions running up the long flights then taking it easy on the shorts. I tried to run him down while he was on his last 5 today. He was too quick and it didn’t happen.

As usual here’s a spreadsheet of my times since the start of the year.

Date	Laps	Running total	Time	Ave	Best	Weather	Comments
Sat, 01/01		0
Sun, 02/01	10	10					Day I decided on 5000/365 challenge
Mon, 03/01	20	30
Tues, 04/01	17	47				Red hot, nearly died.
Wed, 05/01	20	67
Thu, 06/01	20	87
Fri, 07/01	20	107
Sat, 08/01	15	122	51:58:57	3:27:90	3:10:54 (20)
Sun, 09/01	10	132	31:12:67	3:07:26	2:51:79 (3)
Mon, 10/01	20	152	1:06:58	3:20:93	3:07:80 (20)
Tue, 11/01	20	172	1:06:30	3:19:50	2:51:11 (20)	Nice breeze near the top.	Fastest descent at 58 secs. Drank every 5 laps.
Wed, 12/01	20	192	1:08:48	3:26:41	3:01:13 (13)	Hot with a cooling breeze.	Heavy traffic from lap 15.
Thu, 13/01	20	212	1:06:16	3:18:83	3:08:29 (20)	One word. Hot!
Fri, 14/01	20	232	1:15:52	3:59:60	3:44:24 (5)		Took it easy.
Sat, 15/01	11	243	25:46 (9)	n/a	2:40:09 (7)		Hit lap button twice. Time shown is 9 laps.
Mon, 17/01	20	263	1:14:54	3:44:71	2:42:19 (20)	Hot.	Easy until lap 18.
Tue, 18/01	20	283	1:02:45	3:08:25	2:56:24 (11)		Best time to date.
Wed, 19/01	20	303	1:18:08	4:20:48	3:48:48 (7)		Felt drained from yesterday.
Thu, 20/01	20	323	1:07:39	3:22:99	2:42:54 (20)		Hot last lap.
Fri, 21/01	20	343	1:13:38	3:40:91	2:44:51 (19)		Plenty in the tank at the end.
Sat, 22/01	10	353	31:54:61 (9)	3:32:73	3:19:96 (8)		Easy. Time was for 9 laps.
Sun, 23/01	0						Sleep in bliss
Mon, 24/01	25	378	1:21:59	3:16:76	2:57:44 (25)	Cool arvo.	Heavy traffic from lap 18.
Tue, 25/01 AM	15	393	49:00:21	3:16:01	2:52:19 (7)	Cool.
Tue, 25/01 PM	15	408	49:52:70	3:19:51	2:55:47 (6)		Very busy.
Wed, 26/01	20	428	1:13:28	3:40:43	3:12:94 (4)	Bloody hot. Nearly killed me.	Started late and regretted it thanks to the heat.
Thu, 27/01 AM	15	442	1:06:53	4:27:58	3:57:33 (6)	Hot	Felt the effects of yesterday.
Thu, 27/01 PM	5	447	20:28:00	4:05:60	3:47:72 (4)	Hot	After rock climbing
Fri, 28/01	20	467	1:15:55 (19)	3:59:76	3:21:93 (3)	Hot. Really hot!	Time was for 19 laps.
Sat, 29/01	15	482	30:51:49 (10)	3:05:14	2:44:01 (5)		Slow first lap over 4:30 then got stuck into it with Mark.
Sun, 30/01	15	497	54:23:13	3:37:54	2:52:20 (13)	Hot, humid. Cyclone on its way.	Walked down first 10, long break at 10, then hard last 5.
Mon, 31/01 AM	15	512	1:00:08	4:00:55	3:31:01 (13)	Very humid.	Went easy, walled down.
Mon, 31/01 PM	13	525	44:20:04	3:24:61	3:02:11 (6)	Warm, cool breeze.	Felt good.
Tue, 01/02 AM	15	540	48:04:44	3:12:29	2:49:30 (6)
Tue, 01/02 PM	10	550	34:09.76	3:24.97	2:51.36 (10)
Wed, 02/02	20	570	1:29:52	4:16.80
Thu, 03/02	20	590	1:11:55	3:47.13	3:18.75 (6)
Fri, 04/02 AM	15	605	45:33.18	3:15.22	2:56.57 (13)
Fri, 04/02 PM	10	615	39:03.59	3:54.35	3:25.92 (9)
Sat, 05/02	25	640	1:21:26	3:15.45	2:56.88 (23)
Sun, 06/02	0	640	0	0	0		Grumpy I had the day off.
Mon, 07/02 PM	15	655	47:04.01	3:21.77	2:57.74 (15)		Did 15, timed 14.
Mon, 07/02 PM	5	660	14:55.55	2:59.31	2:46.99 (5)		Chat and then a second lash.
Tue, 08/02	20	680	1:10.45	3:22.06	2:51.53 (17)		Felt crook from lap 18.
Tue, 08/02	5	685	17:25.02	3:29.00	2:57.55 (5)
Wed, 09/02 AM	10	695	4:18.40	2:47.40	2:47.81		Ave was for 9 laps
Wed, 09/02 PM	10	705	35:32.41	3:33.24	2:48.43
Thu, 10/02 AM	15	720	47:41.50	3:10.76	2:51.09		Last 10 in under 30 mins.
Thu, 10/02 PM	10	730	33:46.07	3:22.60	3:03.98 (7)
Fri, 11/02	20	750	1:12:27	3:37.36	3:02.63 (20)
Sat, 12/02	20	770	1:08:43	3:26.18	3:02.17
Sun, 13/02	10	780					Quick but not timed.
Mon, 14/02	20	800	1:08:41	3:26.05	2:50.19		6:27 for first lap.
Tue, 15/02	25	825	1:25:06	3:24.26	2:58.88 (25)	Hot and humid.
Wed, 16/02	20	845	1:02.52	3:08.63	2:50.15 (6)	Hot.	That's a PB
Thu, 17/02	15	860	49:57.77	3:18.85	2:54.31 (9)		Feeling effects of yesterday's effort
Fri, 18/02	20	880	1:12.23	3:37.19	3:05.84 (17)		Tired from boxing last night?
Sat, 19/02	20	900	1:06.57	3:20.88	2:53.31 (14)	Very hot.	Started late.
Sun, 20/02	20	920					Not timed.
Mon, 21/02	20	940	1:12:02	3:47.48	2:48.69 (14)	Time was for 19 laps. Very crusiy first 10.	Too hot!
Tue, 22/02	20	960	1:03:12	3:09.63	2:27.24		20 lap PB
Wed, 23/02	20	980	1:03:17	3:19.85	2:33.72		Time was for 19 laps.
Thu, 24/02	10	990	48:15.61	2:52.84	2:29.37
Thu, 24/02	10	1000	28:48.48	2:52.84	2:29.37		PB for 10 laps
Fri, 25/02	20	1020	1:14:37	3:43.88	3:29.32	Hot as bro!
Sat, 26/02	15	1035	1:03.78	4:12.78	3:39.23	Very hot and very humid.
Sat, 26/02	5	1040	-	-	-	Ran out of memory on my watch	Like I said hot!
Sun, 27/02	20	1060	1:08:03	3:24.18	3:01.99 (18)
Mon, 28/02	25	1085	1:33.49	3:45.17	3:24.44 (21)		Hot!
Tue, 01/03	20	1105	1:12:04	3:36.20	3:13.77 (7)
Wed, 02/03	25	1130	1:23:32	3:20.48	2:37.99 (23)		Jeff Jamieson turned up on lap 16. The heat was on.
Thu, 03/03	20	1150	1:07:28	3:22.40	2:49.41 (20)
Fri, 04/03	20	1170	1:04:30	3:13.53	2:46.57 (17)		PB for 15 - 43:11
Sat, 05/03	20	1190	1:14:59	3:44.96	2:27.24
Sun, 06/03	20	1210	1:17:44	3:53.21	2:38.36 (20)	Took photos for my blog.	Cool change. Nice!
Mon, 07/03	20	1230	1:05:22	3:16.14	2:34.96 (20)	Coolish.
Mon, 07/03 (b)	5	1235	17:27.13	3:29.42	2:53.48 (5)		A few extras after coffee.
Tue, 08/03	0						Got to the ladder but had to turn go home for a...
Wed, 09/03	25	1260	1:26:55	3:28.63	2:46.06 (25)
Thu, 10/03	25	1285	1:27:31	3:30.06	2:50.00 (25)	Still plenty left in the tank at the end	Hot.
Fri, 11/03	0						Woke up with a sore right shin. Attended a REIWA breakfast.
Sat, 12/03	15	1300	47:42.94	?	?		Pressed watch twice by mistake. You do the maths!
Sun, 13/03	15	1315	52:33.88	3:30.25	2:46.69 (10)
Mon, 14/03	25	1340	1:40:14	4:00.56	3:29.41	Shin sore. Went easy.
Tue, 15/03	20	1360	1:27:27	4:22.39	Didn't feel great. Shin hurting. Had an Ibuprofen before.
Wed, 16/03	20	1380	1:11:21	3:34.09	2:58.24 (10)	Afternoon, ladder busy. Went easy.
Thu, 17/03	20	1400	1:08:10	3:24.53	3:02.88 (9)
Fri, 18/03	20	1420	1:04.43	3:14.16	2:43.38
Sat, 19/03	20	1440	1:05.25	3:16.26	2:51.04 (20)
Sun, 20/03	20	1460	1:03.43	3:11.17	2:38.98 (14)	PB of 42:03 for last 15.
Mon, 21/03	25	1485	1:48:10	4:19.61	3:35.24 (22)
Tue, 22/03	25	1510	1:33:05	3:52.72	3:24.50	PM workout
Wed, 23/03	25	1535	1:23:09	3:19.59	2:56.25 (6)	PM workout
Thu, 24/03	25	1560	1:32:09	3:58.14	2:47.03 (20)	AM workout
Fri, 25/03	25	1585	1:39:36	3:59.04	3:48.22 (17)
Sat, 26/03	10	1595	37:46.30	3:46.63	2:51.58 (6)	After boxing.
Sat, 26/03	15	1610	48:56.90	3:15.79	2:51.85 (11)	Before boxing.
Sun, 27/03	25	1635	1:22:53	3:18.95	2:48.20 (25)
Mon, 28/03	0	1635				Day off. Felt soooo good!
Tue, 29/03	20	1655	1:04:23	3:13.16	2:50.02 (20)	PM. Lots of traffic.
Wed, 30/03	20	1675	1:03:30	3:10.52	2:30.93 (20)
Thu, 31/03	20	1695	1:19:06	3:57.30	3:05.66 (19)
Fri, 01/04	20	1715	1:04:04	3:12.20	2:38.16 (11)
Sat, 02/04	20	1735	1:05:39	3:16.36	2:34.92 (19)
Sun, 03/04	10	1745	38:01.24	3:48.12	2:55.88 (10)
Mon, 04/04	30	1775	1:38:56	3:17.89	3:00.53
Tue, 05/04	30	1805	1:40:40	3:21.35	2:53.55 (8)
Wed, 06/04	30	1835	1:51:15	3:42.52	2:58.22 (30)
Thu, 07/04	30	1865	1:49.32	3:39.09	2:55.45 (29)
Fri, 08/04	20	1885	1:11.04	3:33.24	2:51.43 (19)
Fri, 08/04	20	1905	1:12.28	3:37.44	2:58.05 (6)
Sat, 09/04	30	1935	1:48:42	3:37.40	3:10.65 (27)
Sun, 10/04	20	1955	1:14:50	3:44:54	2:57.44 (20)
Mon, 11/04	0	1955
Tue, 12/04	20	1975	1:09:04	3:27.23	2:40.04 (20)
Wed, 13/04	20	1995	1:04:20	3:13.01	2:36.94 (20)		Lap 5 22:06, 10 36:06 Last 15 in 42:14, last 10 in 28:14
Thu, 14/04	3	1998	14:29.59	4:49.86	4:11.24 (3)		Wardrobe malfunction
Thu, 14/04	17	2015	51:08.32	3:00.48	2:32.85 (17)		End lap 2 8:24.78, last 15 in 42:44.
Fri, 15/04	0						Pulled my right calf muscle at boxing last night.
Sat, 16/04	30	2045	2:40:10	5:20.34	4:18.01 (28)		Calf tender, walked up and down 1 step at a time.
Sun, 17/04	20	2065	1:38.39	4:55.99	4:12.91 (20)		Calf still tender but a little better.
Mon, 18/04	20	2085	1:49:45	5:29.28	4:17.20 (20)
Mon, 18/04	15	2100	1:19:28	5:17.93	4:06.65 (5)
Tue, 19/04	20	2120	1:49:05	5:27.28	4:24.10 (12)
Tue, 19/04	15	2135	1:14:00	4:56.00	3:34.06 (7)
Wed, 20/04	20	2155	1:41:10	5:03.53	3:32.95 (11)
Thu, 21/04	20	2175	1:27:15	4:21.75	3:03.40 (12)
Fri, 22/04	20	2195	1:31:50	4:35.51	2:25.02 (14)		Had a dip with Mark.
Sat, 23/04	20	2215	1:26:47	4:20.38	3:02.48 (14)
Sat, 23/04	10	2225	28:49:65	2:52.96	2:36.48 (10)	Hot and humid
Sun, 24/04	20	2245	1:23:31	4:10.55	2:52.74 (15)	Hot and humid	Exercises from 16 on.
Mon, 25/04	20	2265	1:04:27	3:13.39	2:58.31 (18
Tue, 26/04	50	2315	2:54:18	3:29.17	2:53.05 (50)		First 50 lap effort.
Wed, 27/04	10	2325	33:51.75	3:23.17	2:40.50 (10)
Wed, 27/04	10	2335	45:31.78	4:33.17	4:08.10 (10)
Thu, 28/04	20	2355	55:31.41	2:46.57	2:28.80 (20)
Fri, 29/04	20	2375	1:21.44	4:32.48	3:41.51 (20)
Sat, 30/04	30	2405	1:47:27	3:34.90	2:59.85 (12)
Sun, 01/05	20	2425	1:20.40	4:02.02	3:04.36 (6)
Mon, 02/05	10	2445	1:16.24	3:49.20	3:01.37 (5)
Tue, 03/05	20	2465	1:30:56		2:47.74 (20)
Wed, 04/05	20	2485	1:18.28
Thu, 05/05	0	2485
Fri, 06/05	20	2505	1:24:25		2:31.47 (12)
Sat, 07/05	20	2525	1:02:24		2:34.12 (20)
Sun, 08/05	20	2545	1:23:23		2:37.47 (20)
Mon, 09/05	5	2550					Trained soccer ladies
Tue, 10/05	35	2585	1:50:38
Wed, 11/05	20	2605	1:31.24
Wed, 11/05	10	2615	36:21.71		2:33.65 (10)
Fri, 13/05	25	2640	1:25:24
Sat, 14/05	25	2665	1:40:25
Sun, 15/05	25	2690	1:28:59
Mon, 16/05	26	2716
Tue, 17/05	0					Rain and traffic stopped me.
Wed, 18/05	34	2750	1:54:02
Thu, 19/05	25	2775	1:25:05
Fri, 20/05	10	2785	46:18.51
Fri, 20/05	20	2805	57:19.06				Another sub-hour 20.
Sat, 21/05	20	2825	1:12:35
Sun, 22/05	AREC
Mon, 23/05	AREC
Tue, 24/05	REBC
Wed, 25/05	Day off
Thu, 26/05	15	2840	47:11.96		2:39.24 (15)
Fri, 27/05	20	2860	59:17.25		2:23.16		Another sub-hour 20.
Sat, 28/05	20	2880	1:32:52
Sun, 29/05	6						Warm up for Central Park
Sun, 29/05	14	2900	41:59:12				After Central Park
Mon, 30/05	20	2920	1:07:50
Tue, 31/05	20	2940	1:10:15	3:30.79	2:37.95 (9)
Wed, 01/06	20	2960	1:07:03	3:21.17	2:42.95
Thu, 02/06	Man flu
Fri, 03/06	Man flu
Sat, 04/06	30	2990	1:54:11	3:48.38	3:18.60
Sun, 05/06	25	3015	1:12:49	3:16.38	2:34.32
Mon, 06/06	20	3035					Un-timed. Left watch at home.
Tue, 07/06	Day off
Wed, 08/06	25	3060	1:12:26	2:53.86	2:28.35		Bloody fair effort.
Thu, 09/06	Day off
Fri, 10/06	2	3062					Un-timed warmup.
Fri, 10/06	35	3097	1:36:10	2:44.88	2:38.50		10 - 27.44 15 - 41:36 20 - 55:12 25 - 1:08:49 30 - 1:22:22
Sat, 11/06	23	3120	1:36:04	4:10.61	3:38.45 (15)
Sun, 12/06	20	3140	1:16:15	3:48.75	2:36.73 (17)
Mon, 13/06	20	3160	1:02:58	3:08.93	2:26.73 (11)
Tue, 14/06	20	3180	1:03:50	3:11.53	2:32.58 (8)
Wed, 15/06	0
Thu, 16/06	20	3200	1:19:30	3:58.51	3:34.70 (14)
Fri, 17/06	0
Sat, 18/06	20	3220	1:07:12	3:21.61	2:45.42 (19)
Sat, 18/06	5	3225	13:30.48	2:42.09	2:24.90 (5)
Sun, 19/06	20	3245	1:19:52	3:59.64	3:50.83 (6)
Mon, 20/06	20	3265	59:34.84	2:58.74	2:32.98 (18)
Tue, 21/06	20	3285	1:05:11	3:15.58	2:37.06 (11)
Wed, 22/06	0
Thu, 23/06	20	3305	1:07:11	3:11.98	2:40.08 (18)
Fri, 24/06	16	3321	48:12.15	3:00.75	2:35.28 (10)	Lightning started, so I left.
Sat, 25/06	15	3336	54:41:13	3:25.07	2:36.15 (15)
Sat, 25/06	9	3345	Untimed
Sun, 26/06	20	3365	1:00:13	3:00.69
Mon, 27/06	20	3385	1:03:26
Mon, 27/06	3	3388	Untimed
Tue, 28/06	17	3405	54:33.23	3:12.54	2:28.75 (17)
Wed, 29/06	20	3425	1:14:25	3:43.29	3:18.79 (20)
Thu, 30/06	20	3445	1:26:12	4:18.61	3:10.29 (3)
Fri, 01/07	10	3455	34:45.94	3:28.59	2:27.66 (8)
Sat, 02/07	13		49:23.61	3:47.97	2:47.63 (13)
Sat, 02/07	12	3480	36:23.23	3:01.93	2:30.63 (12)
Sun, 03/07	20	3500	1:16:09	3:48.49
Mon, 04/07	20	3520	1:08:59	3:26.98	2:57.45
Tue, 05/07	0						Busselton
Wed, 06/07	0						Busselton
Thu, 07/07	20	3540	1:06:55	3:20:77	2:48:29
Fri, 08/07	20	3560	1:13:25	3:40.29	2:34:34
Sat, 09/07	20	3580	1:08.56	3:26.83	2:32.95
Sun, 10/07	20	3600	1:05:36	3:16.84	2:45.53
Mon, 11/07	20	3620	58:23:31				Walked down 1 step at a time. First time under 1hr doing it this way.
Mon, 11/07	8	3628					Untimed. Training with the Carlisle soccer girls.
Tue, 12/07	17	3645	54:14:05	3:11.41	2:39.57
Wed, 13/07	20	3665	1:24:38	4:13.94	3:45.05
Thu, 14/07	10	3675	35:47.47	3:34.74	2:35.79 (10)
Fri, 15/07	0
Sat, 16/07	22	3697	1:14:10	3:22.29	3:05.74
Sat, 16/07	8	3705	Untimed
Sun, 17/07	25	3730	1:29:26	3:34.67	3:01.98
Mon, 18/07	20	3750	1:29:17	4:27.89
Tue, 19/07	20	3770	1:09:27
Wed, 20/07	0
Thu, 21/07	20	3790	1:03.09	3:09.45	2:39.46 (19)
Fri, 22/07	20	3810	1:26:05	4:18.28	3:22.24
Fri, 22/07	10	3820	28:25.90	2:50.59	2:30.66 (10)
Sat, 23/07	25	3845
Sat, 23/07	40	3885	2:34:14	3:51.37	3:29.20 (28)
Sun, 24/07	San Francisco
Mon, 25/07	San Francisco
Tue, 26/07	San Francisco
Wed, 27/07	San Francisco
Thu, 28/07	San Francisco
Fri, 29/07	San Francisco
Sat, 30/07	San Francisco
Sun, 31/07	10	3895	30:13.77	3:01.37	2:30.13 (10)
Mon, 01/08	20	3915	Untimed
Tue, 02/08	Bali
Wed, 03/08	Bali
Thu, 04/08	Bali
Fri, 05/08	Bali
Sat, 06/08	Bali
Sun, 07/08	Bali
Mon, 08/08	Bali
Tue, 09/08	20	3935	1:21:50	4:05.53	3:44.46 (6)
Wed, 10/08	20		1:15:32	3:46.61	3:20.33 (20)
Thu, 11/08	20		56:57.90	2:50.89	2:21.51 (4)
Fri, 12/08	Busselton
Sat, 13/08	20	3955	1:08:14
Sun, 14/08	25	3980	1:25:22
Mon, 15/08	20	4000	1:05:28
Tue, 16/08	20	4020	1:05:18
Wed, 17/08	20	4040	57:31:35
Thu, 18/08	20	4060	1:20:29
Fri, 19/08	20	4080	1:05:57
Sat, 20/08	20	4100	1:17:03
Sun, 21/08	25	4125	1:24:30
Mon, 22/08	0
Tue, 23/08	0
Wed, 24/08	0
Thu, 25/08	35	4160	1:52:48
Fri, 26/08	25	4185	1:26:10
Sat, 27/08	25	4210	1:24:51
Sun, 28/08
Mon, 29/08	30	4240	1:35:27	3:10.91	2:47.11 (28)
Tue, 30/08	25	4265	1:30:55	3:38.21	3:02.12 (9)
Wed, 31/08	25	4290	1:20:55	3:14.23	2:38.79 (8)
Thu, 01/09	Rained out.
Fri, 02/09	25	4315	Untimed
Sat, 03/09	20	4335	1:01:38	3:04.90	2:42.08 (11)
Sun, 04/09	15	4350	51:14.19	3:24.94	2:21.32 (15)
Mon, 05/09	20	4370	1:00:33	3:01.68	2:31.62 (11)
Tue, 06/09	20	4390	59:38.63	2:58.93	2:28.70 (19)
Wed, 07/09	0	4390
Thu, 08/09	20	4410	1:10:08	3:30.42	2:29.29 (20)
Fri, 09/09	20	4430	55:36.53	2:46.82	2:31.19 (20)		1st 2 in 7:44.57, 1st 10 in 29:09.00
Sat, 10/09	20	4450	1:24:28
Sun, 11/09	10	4460	37:08.73
Mon, 12/09	20	4480	1:12:59
Tue, 13/09	20	4500	1:11:40
Wed, 14/09	Busselton
Thu, 15/09	10	4510	29:55.70
Fri, 16/09	20	4530	1:12:42
Sat, 17/09	20	4550	1:08:04
Sun, 18/09	0	4550
Mon, 19/09	20	4570	1:00:11
Tue, 20/09	20	4590	1:09:29
Wed, 21/09	Brisbane
Thu, 22/09	Brisbane
Fri, 23/09	Brisbane
Sat, 24/09	Slack
Sun, 25/09	20	4610	59:28:69
Mon, 26/09	20	4630	1:19:32
Tue, 27/09	19+1	4650	57:22.56
Wed, 28/09	Kalgoorlie
Thu, 29/09	0
Fri, 30/09	20	4670	59:41.38
Sat, 01/10	20	4690	1:05:08
Sun, 02/10	20	4710	1:09:36	3:28.83	2:37.84 (20)
Mon, 03/10	20	4730	1:16:39	3:49.95	3:13.44 (20)
Tue, 04/10	20	4750	1:02:32	3:07.64	2:31.82 (18)
Wed, 05/10	20	4770	1:05:43	3:17.18	2:41.01 (15)
Thu, 06/10	10	4780	29:55.16	2:59.51	2:22.54 (10)
Fri, 07/10	10	4790	36:35.21	3:39.52	3:29.40 (3)
Sat, 08/10	20	4810	1:08:30
Sun, 09/10	20	4830	1:07:20
Mon, 10/10	10	4840	33:02.18
Tue, 11/10	20	4860	1:10:53
Wed, 12/10	20	4880	1:13:19
Thu, 13/10	15	4895	54:35.68
Fri, 14/10	20	4915	1:07:21

Leaning Into The Pain

January 28, 2011 by Peter Fletcher

There’s a point on Jacob’s Ladder where the pain in my legs feels sharp and red and hot. It always happens on the first lap, before I’ve broken a sweat and way before I’m up to full speed. It happens again on lap 6 and sometimes on 16.

It’s a pain that asks why and raises doubts. Why are you doing this? Are you sure you’re not going to give yourself an injury? Have the day off. There’s always tomorrow. The pain and the doubts are like a bickering husband and wife, one needling, the other nagging.

When I’m going hard the needling and nagging stop. Gone is the anxiety and the doubt. All that’s left are the steps and the heavy, rhythmic breathing; and the pain. It’s still there but it no longer hurts. It’s not frightening or scary and it’s there with no doubt.

It simply exists. As I lean into the pain the fear goes away. In its place is an intimacy, where the sweating and the breathing and the burning become one.

It’s at that point I feel invincible and courageous, as if nothing and no-one could defeat me.

Perhaps it’s passing through the wall that runners experience. Perhaps it’s endorphins and chemicals.

But for me it’s something more, like when resistance dissolves and two people lean in for their first kiss. When the mind and the voices stop, when the body and the moment and the experience is all that there is.

And it all happens when I lean into the pain.

Photo credit:: DavidMartynHunt on Flickr

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Leaning Into The Pain

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