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I'm in York. The marathon here falls on the same day as Chester (I think, don't quote me), but the route is a little dull. Missing hills here too, I typically head out to the trails to get any elevation.
Latest run was yesterday a very sluggish 5 miles, a;; my runs since the injury have been along the sea front at least in part and over the last week I've ditched my running watch and just note my start time and finish time otherwise I'm far too tempted to run faster than I need or really ought to seeing as I'm still injured but it's to a much lesser degree than before. I'm not bothered about my pace at the moment and I'm more concerned with simply getting some miles in my legs.
Jobs are rubbish Will. Would be nice if the more crap and dispiriting the work the more money you got to do it. Sadly it's almost entirely the opposite.
Warm weather hellos to Hazel and Cal.
EndFlow, I'm in York as well. Fair chance we've run past each some time or other. I would have waved. I always wave. On balance I'm grateful for the lack of hills. The only higher points are the university to the east or Bilbrough Top out west, but even they're gradual.
8.1miles today in an hour. Started going quicker than expected. Still carrying the hangover of this virus but my running seems fine even though I'm washed out and still blowing pints of something like PVA glue out my nose. In some respects though the break might have done me a favour. Not feeling the heat which is a surprise given how much coverage it's getting. Maybe it's just cooler here. Anyway, Water End to Clifton Bridge. Followed the river to Museum Gardens, then past the Minster, past the Merchant Taylors and along to Walmgate Bar. Through St George's Field car park back to the river. Up to Millennium Bridge and back down the otherside and eventually to Mickelgate. Out through Mickelgate Bar to the iron bridge, past Holgate Windmill and to Acomb shops. Accepting that none of that means anything to anyone other than EnduranceFlow.
Also saw the woodpecker again, which made me happy.
Strange you were being chased by a cat Cal. Was anything chasing it by any chance?
Just short of 13 miles for me yesterday evening. 5.5 on my own and the rest with my Tuesday group. We took a different route for once involving a lot more shade than our standard route which was a good thing as it was around 30 degrees when I set off though it did cool down a bit later on. I had dropped a number of bottles in the village fountain so we had a very welcome cool beer afterwards (with / without / with a bit of alcohol according to preference).
8.4miles today in bit over 1hr03. Felt a bit rough again today but went okay. Pace is fine but beyond 7miles I do feel tired. Warm out. There's a village pub with a board sign outside saying "home cooked food", except now they've taped over the "home cooked" bit. Black tape redaction and then in stark letters "FOOD". If this where a dystopian novel I'd be looking back from a collapsed social future on that innocuous but incongruous sign and thinking, "that's when it started." Or maybe it was when the cats turned on us.
Hazel- getting the miles in, good work. Could do with getting involved with a local group myself, especially as I quite fancy a bit of cross country next winter (always seems more appealing when it's been this hot)
A steady 50mins up over Heslington east for me yesterday, away from the cars and people. Conditions were ideal, warm but the humidity has dropped. Only animal sightings were a few geese, no cats on campus, and I'd most certainly be too big for breakfast!
I do like your posts JT.
EF I can recommend finding a club or as in my case an informal group to run with. I do most of my more serious training alone but it is nice to have a chat on an easier run and often company at races. These guys (mostly) have been running for years and have done some pretty good racing in the past, it was joining them that made me up my training a few years ago.
9 miles with 6km at 10 mile race pace (around 7:2x/mile or more accurately for me as I work in kms 4:39/km) this morning. Tough work after a bad night's sleep (the moon was calling...) and at that pace anyway regardless of whether it is warm or not (it was...). Pleased that I managed to hang on to the effort until the end. Needed a short walking break afterwards though before I could do a bit of cool down jogging. I did notice a big flock of the local storks but was mostly preoccupied with left-right, left-right.
Steady half hour yesterday, with 6 sets of strides. Horribly humid, really not pleasant
This morning, a rain soaked 70mins, bang on 10miles, pacing not as consistent as I'd like ,but average pace came in at 7:00 m/mi
Rest day today tomorrow, its been nearly two weeks, so just my prehab exercises
I had a strange week with little running. Felt very lethargic and unmotivated, with no urge to get up early to run. The heat played its part.
I'm now away in London for the annual hotel stay by the Thames with the outlaws. Plenty of swimming and football with the kids and I've managed a couple of 5 mile river path runs. Yesterday was still hot and very windy, but this morning was lovely and cool in the rain. Got to get back on the miles this week before we head off to Montenegro on hols.
I had to can the long run yesterday. After my parkrun on Saturday I did my hot pilates class and my right calf started twinging and I was quite worried about it. Compressed and iced it and it felt better but as my sleep has been rubbish all week, I thought it best to take a full rest yesterday since I have the mile relays this evening.
I went out for a test this morning and did 4 miles (very sticky out there) - achilles is grumpy as usual but the calf is absolutely fine, so I think it was just a bit of a tantrum after asking it to do too much.
Hazelnut - oh god, I've never lost a toenail and I don't want to. I'm not a squeamish person by the large, but nails are one thing that set me off.
Hazelnut- my right foot is a mess, but left, as far as feet go, is pretty normal. Missing two nails on the right, and no, I won’t be uploading any photos either!
10 miles today, two easy, a relatively hard progressive 3 which I had to graft for, 5mile at what I suspect/plan will be my marathon pace to finish. Taught a spin class after which I think did the post run heavy legs some good. Early steady one tomorrow morning before physio, forecast 12c at 6am, so some contrast to last few weeks!
It was a bit sore for my run this morning, not surprisingly. A steady six miler on the common, unremarkable in itself but I had to wait for heavy rain and thunder to pass before going out. I don't think we'll get any more rain for a while now.
As far as the weather goes, we do adapt to it. Having said that, it's a bit cooler here at the moment, but it's going to get hot again, unfortunately.
9miles, a few mins over an hour. Hotter than expected. Three laps of the uni, saw more geese than I did people. Blissful really...
Hazelnut and Cal doing great things too. Commitment and style - I'd expect nothing less.
Well, I'm having a funny old time running wise. I've definitely been missing my mojo over the last couple of weeks. Good intentions have just not followed through. Alarms have been set and ignored and I was worried that I'd lost all motivation to run. I've been a bit tired and pissed off due to resenting my lack of school holidays and thoroughly disliking my job, so I suppose that has transposed into the urge to do naff all.
So, imagine my relief when I had the overwhelming urge to lace up tonight and get out there again. 6 miles easy, but most enjoyable and legs actually felt strong. There were ponies, sheep and cows, all of which I gave wide berths, and a young family of Jays amused me as I passed. They were very dysfunctional. Lovers of all kinds were out strolling hand in hand. The romantic vibe was only tarnished when I detoured into the rough end of an estate and was met by some serious stares from the smokers outside a pub named the Freed Man. They looked as though they had probably just been.
Hello to Ness, Andrea and Swittle if you're around. Hope things are playing out okay.
Took me half an hour longer than JT's run, and no one asked me for a cigarette.