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What: 2 short runs.
Why: Mrs BR going to running club tonight and work gets in the way of the rest of the day.
Last hard: Race Sunday
Last rest: 11 days ago
What: 2 short runs.
Why: Mrs BR going to running club tonight and work gets in the way of the rest of the day.
Last hard: Race Sunday
Last rest: 11 days ago
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1. Laura; would love to do a VO2 max test. I'll see if our PE dept needs one doing.
2. Monique; if you had got on to Gladiators, what name would you have chosen? What costume would you have had?
3. Drew; early favourite for injury is hamstrings, closely followed by knees. (A little tip is plenty of alcohol seems to keep injuries at bay. But keep it to yourself, not even the coaching magazines have picked up on this one yet.) Is Askern your next race then?
4. Wardi; what 10k race is it in East Yorks? Good luck with it.
5. MikeS; have been pressganged into being 12th man for the 1st team on Saturday. Would fielding 3rd man both ends be the safest place should the worst happen and I end up playing? I could do shuttle sprints and get some good stretches in between overs.
Think I'll go and watch the Smurfs on Cartoon Netweok now.....
What: am esy 4M done
pm relay leg
Why: I'm not sure as I don't like racing after a day at work.
Last hard: Sun
Last rest: Sat
Happy training all.
What:short run with club this evening
Why:10k race tomorrow evening
Last hard:Sunday
Last rest:yesterday
what: 2*20 mile cycle commute (hope they have showers or I'm in trouble). Will go down the club this evening but may not run.
Did 10 minutes fast last night and felt OK - not 100% but should be OK for some proper training later in the week before Sunday's 10k
last hard: Saturday's mara
last rest: yesterday and Sunday
what : BodySteps and not sure what else yet
Last hard: Sunday
Last rest : yesterday
What: Speed Session Tuesday, 2.5 Mile Warm Up, 4* 800M Fast with 400M Recoveries ending with a 2.5Mile warm down.
Why: Becuase it's what happens every Tuesday and the schedule seems to think I need it.
Last rest: Sunday
Last hard: Saturday
Last race: Hildenborough Ten (5th May 76:36)
Next Race: Sevenoaks Seven (18th May) Target (50 Minutes)
What: 6miles, (run walk, as almost always) first of four days running each day. Definitely not wonderful, but I did it. It was however a gorgeous morning, and the wind was behind me on the last stretch which is always appreciated.
All runs this week are in solidarity with my cousin, who in our youth was my regular accomplice at all family get togethers. During the past fortnight she lost both her middle child (go-karting accident) and her mother.
So, hug your kids twice today, tell your mothers/fathers husbands/wives how wonderful they are, against the day when they are not here to hear you say it. They are only here on loan.
I will hopefully report back later.
What: 3.2 mile plod. Very happy with myself.
Why: Been dying to cover more than 3 miles even if it's only by 0.2
Last Run: Saturday
Last Rest : Sunday, Monday.
Next run: First attempt at 5 miles, with a bit of a walk, Thursday.
Stickless, I'm so sad to hear about your cousin's child. May you all support each other (as I'm sure you do).
Wardi, BT, good luck with your races today, and Hilly for tomorrow.
What: VO2 max test.
Why: It's free and I can't say no, though why I want to wreck myself in front of bunch of 15yr olds I'm not sure.
Last hard: last night.
Last rest: Thurs
Wish there was something I could say. I'm glad you're there for her. Lean on us if you need to.
Lots of quality running going on, I see. Hope everyone has a rewarding day. Club night for me tonight, at which I'll remember how lucky I am.
Stickless, so sorry to hear about your cousin's misfortune. My condolences to you and your cousin.
Laura, good luck with the VO2 max test. I am sure that you will enjoy it.
What: rest
Why: scheduled rest day
Last hard: yesterday's hill session
Last rest: Tuesday last week.
Well done, TGCS. That's a major barrier you've just leapt over. I remember being chuffed when I did what I considered my first "proper" long road run. It was 3.8 miles.
Laura, good luck. Hope your breakfast stays down.
What: Either a run (8-ish miles) or a gym session including some treadmill running, depending on the weather.
Why: Cos I'm a wuss about running in the rain (although I did get slightly damp at Hogsmill on Sunday) and it's time I did something constructive after dossing around yesterday.
Last hard day: Oooh, dunno. Sunday, probably - most of the Moonwalk, followed by Hogsmill 5-mile race (aka longest warm-up ever followed by a PB).
Last rest day: Yesterday - though I probably notched up 6-7 miles of walking around London.
Next enforced rest: Tomorrow and probably a couple of weeks thereafter. Finally having that hernia fixed in the morning.
Marj -- just ((hugs))
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today.....
What: Tai Chi lesson
Why: Because it's the last private lesson before I go back to work next week.
Last Rest: Monday.
Last Hard: Saturday.
Have a good tai Chi lesson Cath.
Just reread my post - must make it clear that I didn't DNF the Moonwalk, it's just that the first mile or so was on Saturday, not Sunday, and I was being pedantic.
If Vinnie Jones could be on the ski slopes two weeks after having a double hernia op, I've got to make a quicker recovery than that. He's a man, and he's never had the endurance training that being a junior hospital doctor involves.
Chilly, showery here
Barnsley - is quoting from the same song twice in 2 weeks allowed???
Third man at both ends is probably about as safe as you can get on a cricket ground. Mind you, I've always held the view if that you go into a sport fearing injury, you're more likely to get injured.
What do you mean by "if the worst happens"? You get to field as 12th man, or actually play?
Good luck tonight Wardi
Stickless - that's really sad.
what: Thurstaston multi-terrain race
why: a) it's local
b) think in my current state of zero confidence & increasing conviction of irreversible decline, a hard race where it'll be impossible to infer anything from the time (due to not knowing the distance & the terrain being v difficult), is probably the best thing I could do
c) laying a ghost - this is the event where 2 years ago I was warming up, decided to make a last trip to the gents, slipped & banged knee badly - and foolishly decided to run on it, despite probably being in a mild state of clinical shock. That and my premature comeback attempts wrecked my running summer of 2001
last hard day: Fri (maybe Sun)
last long day: 9 days ago
last rest day: no idea
Why - half mara on Sun 11th pb 1:53:27- 3 mins faster than last one! so legs still bit delicate
Last hard - Sunday
Last long - Sunday!
Last rest - yesterday!!
Next race - thinking about a 10k next Monday evening........wondering if I can get another pb on back of much improved fitness due to FLM training?! How long can it last?
V-rap -good luck with op and recuperation
Stickless - how very sad, thoughts with you
So in addition: Have fun Laura!
Good luck Vrap - hope all goes well
TGCS - well done!
V-rap - my money is on you to beat Vinnie!
Mike S - go to the loo before you leave the house, and have a good race.
Today for me:
What: Just a couple of miles
Why: In a rush last night, I pulled the wrong socks out of the drawer, and have given myself a couple of cracking blisters. Off to Boots at lunchtime to get some compeeds, but I don't want to make them worse.
Last hard: Killer Hill route last night
Last rest: Saturday
As I suspected, stuff over the past few days meant I couldn't get near my maxhr, so peaked at 92% which related to a VO2index of 57. Not sure that tells me anything at all except it's higher than last time!
However have arranged to go back for a proper exercise test where blood lactate is also measured; that gives more useful data on training zones, and will be done without an audience.
Stickless - condolences to your cousin.
Good luck to all those racing
What: Hard fast apce session in effort to get my 10km time down. 15 mins warm up and then four miles at around 35-36 mins for 10km pace with 3 min recoveries in between
Why: Hoping this will be key to getting my marathon time down under 2:45 in autumn.
Last rest: friday
Last hard: Sunday
Simon
Well done Laura, that was a brave thing to do in front of a group of teenagers! Rather you than me. It's bad enough teaching them!
Good luck Mike with the race, hope it goes well!
Good luck v-rap with the op. Should we place bets on when you go for your first post op run!?
Good luck everyone else racing as I'm sure I've missed someone.
I'm not running today even though I said I was. Decided to have an extra rest day before my 10k as feeling a bit tired today. I don't much like this time of year at work, exams, exams and more exams! Bring on the Summer hols!
Stickless, i can only add to the thoughts and condolencs expressed above. Thats tragic. Take care.
what - 20 mins swimming
why - running rest day but still working on fitness
last hard - mon
last rest - sun
Good running all...
why: too tired to go outside
last hard:saturday
last rest: me birfday
(yesterday)
So sorry Stickless, my thoughts go out to all.
Laura sounds a challenging one, good going though, how long does it take?
V-rap good luck with tomorrow morning.
Been a funny day for training, but made up for it early evening.
What: Swimming, only done 15 lengths in pool as school kids turned up and cut off half the pool, extreamly annoyed.
Ran 3k to physio and 3k back
40 min hard hill session on the bike covering 27km followed by a hard 20 minute run.
Why: Tri training
Last Hard: Today
Last Rest: 8 days ago
Cs u 2mozzer
Update: BodySteps then
- 3x8oom & 1x600m @10.5k/h
- 200m @9k/h rec
- incline 1%