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As for monitoring during a race, I've not yet. 10k I just ran to a planned finishing time so turned all my audio prompts off and managed by pace. For something like a HM though I think it could be helpful so you don't do the first 10k so fast and burn out...
I have a Garmin watch with the Garmin HRM strap so they (supposedly) are pretty accurate, used it for 10 months+ now and really happy with it. Got me here anyway...
Race HR would be a mistake. Physiologically I would just think I'm tired HR is too high. Better not to know...
Hazel, 'mara nerves' are to be expected.....as long as they don't travel as far as your tummy. I guess you get to this stage where you can't make the outcome any better but have to guard against making it worse: 'Mara anxiety'.
No running for me yesterday but I did beast myself on the rower with 8 x 1 minute maximum efforts with a minute rest in-between. Funnily enough these intervals are just under 4 minute kms pace so pretty much mimic my running pace for similar intervals.
Best of luck at the HM at well...
Had a rather hilly 10k yesterday busted out in <54m which I was happy with. Legs feel pretty good this morning as well. What that does it take me over 1500km for the year, still a little shy of Cals 1000 miles though !
Busy weekend with my boys birthday so went out for an easy 16k which turned into a HM. First since the disaterous one last month and came in at 2h 3m which I was very happy with as didn't push apart from the final 3k which were all sub 5m/k...
Much like you feel good at the minute and enjoying not sticking so religiously to the HR model - some learning to be done here I think
I note your various family responsibilities and reflect on how much training time I have now that I'm retired and 'empty nest'. Not only do I wonder how you fit it all in, I wonder how I did too, back in the day. If you can keep the running going until you hit retirement age (which might be about 90 by the time you get there!) then you might be pleasantly surprised by how your form holds up.
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You might be right on retirement age John ! I do wonder myself sometimes, my running has now started getting later in the evening which is going to become difficult now nights are coming in. I set aside Saturday early as a long run day with a friend...
I managed a nice 13k yesterday evening which finishes along the local river bank. It was a tad dark for that pretty sure I was close to falling in a few times - need a running light !
Wouldn't fancy falling into a river - but even that's better than being swept out into the English Channel!
Managed my first proper night run yesterday. Had a new route planned and half way the road was closed so ended up making it up and found some epically steep hills. Broken at the end...
My run (well-lit and insanely flat!) was interesting if only for one thing: the sheer number of runners doing the same thing. In the space of 1 hour I must have seen 5 separate organised groups of runners. I would never have anticipated this - although it was a perfect evening. Perhaps it's because the prom is probably the best lit part of town and has the smoothest surface. I managed 10k in just under 49 which should have felt a lot easier than it did.
Just back from a daytime visit - in glorious sunshine - to the same stretch of seafront (saw about 5 runners). Did an intervals session - 1k at 4 mins/km pace and then 10 x 1 minute with 30 seconds rest. Probably a bit too hard a session to do on a Thursday with a Saturday Parkrun coming up.
John, I hate it too. I am a bit short sighted, which is OK in daylight but affects me more when there's less light. I usually run on the main roads if I have to run in the dark...I find with the side streets, the street lights are angled onto the road but the pavements are still pretty dark and the shadows conceal a wealth of things to trip over.
I've not run since my Dartford Heath parkrun two weekends ago - the core/back injury I got in the gym has subsided but the hammy tendon/hip area has been really unhappy. I saw my physio a week ago and he said it was probable something had gone into spasm as a result of the lifting injury (or trying to run with it). He did some stuff and made me feel a bit better, and suggested I might want to try a run/walk. However, I wasn't quite so confident. I decided to power walk Clapham Common parkrun on the Saturday, which I did (sub-45 minutes, which is a decent clip for a walk) but I definitely felt a whole lot worse after it.
I kept up with walks and elliptical in the gym and gradually felt a bit less sore this week so I tried a tentative 2 mile test run today (I would have left it longer under other circumstances but as I'm supposed to be doing a race on Sunday, I thought I'd see if it might still be possible).
There is still discomfort there but I managed to run and was able to walk normally when I stopped (no limping) so, if it doesn't start hurting later today, I will try another little run tomorrow and decide then.
Lancing Beach Parkrun today. There was a deluge prior to it starting and quite a bit of standing water. Not a bad course, although my running partner and I both measured it as c.70-80 metres overlong.
Managed a 21.24/79.13%. 11th place across the line the the 2nd best AG. I was a tad disappointed so checked on all the other 19 Parkruns in West and East Sussex and saw my time was the best in the age cat.. This cheered me up considerably as I think this has only happened once before - but many of the courses are harder than the one I did. I think the really quick guys must have taken one look at the weather and opted to stay under their quilts.
mils, I'm in the sore knee club too. 'beach run' implies you are near the coast (my A level Geography was not in vain!). Where?
Had an easy 16k on Sunday and really struggled with a quicker 8k yesterday, hoping it was just not recovering properly as that 8k was hard... Newport this Sunday so it's a quiet week on the running front which is just as well as the weather is horrid
I've also just realised I will make 1000+ miles during my 10k on Sunday... That fell well
No running for a few days. Parkrun on Saturday as per and I'm already looking at the expected wind.........anything stronger than around 15mph and I'll scale back expectations.
Turned very cold down here on the costa.
Local parkrun: 20.44, a few seconds outside my SB (surely I could have shaved them off somewhere??). Perfect conditions and lots of very good runners. My AG of 81.67% was only the 8th best in the field.
It must be my fault, John - I've not been posting due to injury. The good news is it does seem to be easing a bit. I volunteered at Brockwell juniors again (third week in a row now...got to do something if I can't do a long run, eh?) yesterday and had the tail walker role. As with last week, the kid at the back decided they'd had enough after one lap so I ended up jogging a bit of the remaining lap as I had to tell the marshals to stand down. I didn't feel too bad so decided I would try a bit of jeffing today. I did 5K (so just over 3 miles) - 2 mins jog to 1 walk. Didn't feel too bad. I do have some soreness now but it's around the SI joint and not the hamstring.
Tomorrow will be a rest/gym day but if all is well I can up the run intervals on Wednesday. I'm hopeful I can manage a slow parkrun on Saturday (just my local one, which I've not done for a couple of years).
Newport race went much better than expected and puts into comparison how poor that Bristol race had been, I just didn't realise how much until now. End up with an official time of 47.01 which put me in top 15% of finishers, or 46/146 in my age/sex category. Strava said 46.54, so I might just say I've managed a 46m 10k
Garmin itself had been saying I'd struggle to make 48m which had been my aim but a steady pace of 4.45-4.50 for the first 8k and then busted out a 4.30 & 4.15 final 2k. Felt really good overall, always within myself. Some slight drizzle but cool so pretty much perfect conditions...
Set a new 5k PB by a few seconds as well which I set a few months back in @ Cardiff 5k. Very interested to push myself again now and try get lower into the 22s maybe even 21s