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Re: Moraghan Training - Stevie G
Results are in for Sunday's segging.
1st: [email protected]% but 80% of the climb is in the first half - CR took it from 8:25 pace to 7:35
2nd: [email protected]% with 90% in the first half - 2nd again but improved it from 8:31 to 7:57
3rd: [email protected]% with 75% in the first half - 3rd in 8:36 pace need to drop a minute a mile for the CR
More segging today in my hilly (1916ft) 10.8M run 4th (was just using this one as a wu), CR, 2nd, CR
1st: [email protected]% but 80% of the climb is in the first half - CR took it from 8:25 pace to 7:35
2nd: [email protected]% with 90% in the first half - 2nd again but improved it from 8:31 to 7:57
3rd: [email protected]% with 75% in the first half - 3rd in 8:36 pace need to drop a minute a mile for the CR
More segging today in my hilly (1916ft) 10.8M run 4th (was just using this one as a wu), CR, 2nd, CR
Jooligan
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Re: Moraghan Training - Stevie G
Not sure if you have a day off a week as habit Wool, but I've always found it a big help. Can all get a bit relentless otherwise and helps to enable the odd thing niggle to ease off.
This period for me is just a mixture of maintenance and habit. There's plenty of time to boot it up when we know what we're trying to target!
Matt that's some real dip and trough mileage 😂. Work and life getting in the way?
Standard 10 for me. Fancied exploring some woods through one of the Wycombe "zones".
Once gently dipped in but have never properly explored until today.
Was surprised you can get a solid 3miles or so in each direction in and plenty of ups and downs and loads of trails and routes to get into.
Some really slow going at times on some precarious ledges or up steep hills, especially one bit with steps.
All in, despite having a couple of miles on flat road in there the whole thing came out 8.12 or so pace with over 1,000 feet of climbing.
Good exploration though.
This period for me is just a mixture of maintenance and habit. There's plenty of time to boot it up when we know what we're trying to target!
Matt that's some real dip and trough mileage 😂. Work and life getting in the way?
Standard 10 for me. Fancied exploring some woods through one of the Wycombe "zones".
Once gently dipped in but have never properly explored until today.
Was surprised you can get a solid 3miles or so in each direction in and plenty of ups and downs and loads of trails and routes to get into.
Some really slow going at times on some precarious ledges or up steep hills, especially one bit with steps.
All in, despite having a couple of miles on flat road in there the whole thing came out 8.12 or so pace with over 1,000 feet of climbing.
Good exploration though.
Stevie G
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Re: Moraghan Training - Stevie G
Haha Bus...will see what the play offs bring!
Wool - You mean low motivation type thing?
MH - Decent sessions yourself. And a BMW driver being a c**t. I know not all BMW drivers are c**nts...etc etc, but...you know the rest..Goes together like grey sweats and a staffie.
SCoombes2
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Re: Moraghan Training - Stevie G
Glad to hear you got away from that close encounter Bus. Makes you wonder why they were on the wrong side in the first place! I had a near miss whilst running the other week, crossing an exit on a relatively small roundabout. Car beside me was going across the roundabout, so afforded me the time to cross, but a speeding BMW appeared behind it (missing the other car by a foot) and took the exit I was crossing... Managed to jump back, but the chap in the BMW was waving his arms at me and sped off.
Glad to see you're still out scouting them crowns SG. Shame they can't be traded in!
Tidy 5mi TT SC, you'll be back to it soon. Jools, that's a great time to be putting in with a high training load - you'll go well when the races are back!
Pete, is there a compromise where you can peel off a single session from the Trees schedule each week, and then back it up with lower volume work (i.e. those hills)/tempo (not)parkrun? That'll help you go in fresher. I suppose at the end of the day, it's also a case of enjoying what you're doing!
Had another hit and miss few weeks - last weekend was really busy with helping friends move house & clean, so volume was down. Last 4 go 12, 42, 27, 42 - gotta get the consistency back!
Had a couple of good sessions though, with 4 x 1km (1km cruise) starting to feel comfortable at sub-3:50s off of ~4:25s. Frazzled the legs a bit this weekend with 4 x 6mins off 2min cruise, with the average at 5:55s and last one at 5:50/mi. Much prefer these longer, high-tempo reps. Probably reflective of 10km effort, just gotta keep stoking the fire. Followed up with a hilly (1000+ ft) 20km yesterday, feeling pretty depleted by the end and just scraped sub-5min/km.
Glad to see you're still out scouting them crowns SG. Shame they can't be traded in!
Tidy 5mi TT SC, you'll be back to it soon. Jools, that's a great time to be putting in with a high training load - you'll go well when the races are back!
Pete, is there a compromise where you can peel off a single session from the Trees schedule each week, and then back it up with lower volume work (i.e. those hills)/tempo (not)parkrun? That'll help you go in fresher. I suppose at the end of the day, it's also a case of enjoying what you're doing!
Had another hit and miss few weeks - last weekend was really busy with helping friends move house & clean, so volume was down. Last 4 go 12, 42, 27, 42 - gotta get the consistency back!
Had a couple of good sessions though, with 4 x 1km (1km cruise) starting to feel comfortable at sub-3:50s off of ~4:25s. Frazzled the legs a bit this weekend with 4 x 6mins off 2min cruise, with the average at 5:55s and last one at 5:50/mi. Much prefer these longer, high-tempo reps. Probably reflective of 10km effort, just gotta keep stoking the fire. Followed up with a hilly (1000+ ft) 20km yesterday, feeling pretty depleted by the end and just scraped sub-5min/km.
Matthew Head
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Re: Moraghan Training - Stevie G
That sounds like a scarily close shave Bus. I once met a car heading straight at me when being given a lift back up the hill to my house after a club LR. Fortunately it hit the grit bin 1st which slowed it & then came to a stop on my mate's bumper without any damage to either car. The young woman had forgotten the handbrake when popping in to her folks & it had rolled out of the drive & was headed down a 15% slope out onto the main Forest artery!
This is what I'm up against in my July elevation challenge https://www.strava.com/activities/3717527916 The route should be familiar to at least one threadster 
Jooligan
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Re: Moraghan Training - Stevie G
SG Good to see you coming over to the hillside with me & Bus
Jooligan
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Re: Paris Marathon 2020
Me too Orbutt - I've already had to cancel so many travel plans this year, I really don't have the energy to go through booking everything again without a certainty that I'll be able to do it. I have quite a lot of money to spend on Eurostar journeys (I had three to four trips across the channel on the cards this year!) but I think I'll wait until next year to use them as it took such a long time to actually get them in the first place I don't want to have to go through that again! I'm going to stick to smaller UK races if any for this year, and I think visiting family in the UK I haven't been able to see since February / March will be the extent of my travels for the coming months.
Nells
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Re: Sub 3
Another good run to be banked TR.
Nice sess Joe, speed ramping up?
Wardi - Decent day overall then.
SJ - Not commuting to a plan is the right strategy for the moment and just enjoy your running and being outside.
VIrtual Race report 5k / 17.53, 19 sec PB
Our club had entered 6 AG and gender teams and setup a messenger FB group to record times for their runs to be run anytime over the weekend. This started and continued to come alive and ping from Friday morning as runs logged and good lucks started. he teams came. My team involved Phil, who ran 20.00, Steve a 2.54 marathoner running 19.34 and Andy a 2.57 marathoner running 18.18. Decent.
Saturday was my turn and I was surprisingly nervous with plenty of messages of good luck from club members and as you had the pressure of being part of a team. My local trail is flat so choose a section with a chance of tailwind.
The aim was 18.15 or better, so 5.55 minute miling. A strange experience running solo and pretty flat out dodging walkers and cyclists yet knowing the run mattered. It went well a 5.40 mile followed by 2 x 5.50 miles, so 17.53. Might have been able to run a bit quicker in retrospect. Certainly out of my comfort zone and found it harder than a sub 3 marathon. But good to run my second only timed 5k and 1st Strava run - I got a segment!
Nice sess Joe, speed ramping up?
Wardi - Decent day overall then.
SJ - Not commuting to a plan is the right strategy for the moment and just enjoy your running and being outside.
VIrtual Race report 5k / 17.53, 19 sec PB
Our club had entered 6 AG and gender teams and setup a messenger FB group to record times for their runs to be run anytime over the weekend. This started and continued to come alive and ping from Friday morning as runs logged and good lucks started. he teams came. My team involved Phil, who ran 20.00, Steve a 2.54 marathoner running 19.34 and Andy a 2.57 marathoner running 18.18. Decent.
Saturday was my turn and I was surprisingly nervous with plenty of messages of good luck from club members and as you had the pressure of being part of a team. My local trail is flat so choose a section with a chance of tailwind.
The aim was 18.15 or better, so 5.55 minute miling. A strange experience running solo and pretty flat out dodging walkers and cyclists yet knowing the run mattered. It went well a 5.40 mile followed by 2 x 5.50 miles, so 17.53. Might have been able to run a bit quicker in retrospect. Certainly out of my comfort zone and found it harder than a sub 3 marathon. But good to run my second only timed 5k and 1st Strava run - I got a segment!
OuchOuch
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Re: Paris Marathon 2020
In order to organize the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris in the best conditions possible, we have decided, in consultation with the City of Paris and the Paris Police Department, to postpone the date of the race.
The new date set for the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris is Sunday, 15th November 2020. The Paris Breakfast Run will be held on Saturday 14thNovember.
phronesis
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