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Simon - hopeyou managed to get up. There's no way I could have done after a 1.30 post!!!
Interesting reps Simon; is that 12.5 min parkrun pace then, admittedly with recoveries along the way still amazing?
Standard double weekend for me. Tough parkrun at Bracknell in 19'53 for 6th of about 400 then 37'58 on very undulating club 10k today. Sub 38 was my target at Fleet 10k last week and missed it with 38'15 so surprised to beat it on a low key club 10k on a hillier course. Did 39'03 on the same course last month so big improvement; but conditions were pretty much perfect today I suppose. Pity there weren't proper races on locally today!
Funny old game, I never race, and you seem to twice every weekend. Got to be a balance in between!
Biggest surprise is that Bus is on hol again:? And Simon has turned out again.
The actual big surprise of the weekend is a SG night out on Friday.
On the warmup of my session at 7am, still out (straight from leaving work) at 11pm.
I'm so soft core, I've now spent the last 2 days borderline coldy
Though got a sub 7 paced 13miler in to hit a 70.5mile week.
That's my biggest ever month's running, with a 68-72-72-70.5
Cut back this week, with a Man Utd trip Tue/Wed, and all being well a couple of actual turnouts next weekend!!
How was the Lakes trip?
Night out? You'll ruin your reputation as the forum monk SG! That's a big month of miles!
Pete - maps! Half the fun of going away somewhere new is spending time working out routes on OS maps in advance. That route on Friday had a bit of help from the FRA forum as well though. Good work on another double, and especially the sub 38.
Nice run this morning too. Mainly on road, but very hilly, with quads not yet recovered (and still needed a map!).Some fantastic views of the sun coming up over the Snowdonia mountains across the Menai strait to boot. I had no clear idea how long I was going to run for, or how my legs would hold up (walking was a struggle yesterday!), but ended up running all the way to a headland on the north-east tip of Anglesey at a lighthouse called Trwyn Du. This is across the strait to the coast at Penmaenmawr where my Nan used to live and I spent hours playing on the beach as a kid - last there about 35 years ago! By the time I got back to our apartment, I found I had done 10.6M. That was rather pleasing to my round number fixation, as added to the 39.4 already done it took me to exactly 50.0 for the week!!
Perfect start to the day, but it went downhill fast - took 7 hours of driving to get home and my back and legs kept seizing up stuck in the car in traffic!
Sounds like running heaven for you Bus. Sometimes those runs where you set off not knowing the disto are the best. I sometimes "con" myself that i'll "Only" do a certain distance for a long run, espeially if slightly under the weather, but more often than not end up doing the usual amount.
Sunday i thought "10 minimum, 12.5 maximum" (max to hit 70), and still did 13 anyway.
Very cold today, is this here to stay now for the next 4months?
Usual Monday drill, 6 done, 4 to come.
Will do some sort of lightish sesh tomorrow as a single, then pad some mileage out, before a couple of turnouts, pending the long trip not knackering me like a softcore type i am
That run sounds great Bus. Pete - nah just went round the course in 30 second bursts doing 30 secs hard, 15 secs walk and 15 secs jog recovery. Would have got me round in about 25 mins that way I think? Racing SG? You go steady lad.
Uneventful 12 mile run over to Luton to watch the half yesterday morning, St Albans lad Buckle won in 74.50 ish, my mate was 2nd in 77.02. My mate got £75 up and running vouchers, presume the winner got £100? All age group winners would have got £50 too (I saw the v40 winner). Yes - should have entered, god knows what the first V45 time was. Hey ho...
Tbh, I have a total Jeremy Kyle based rant about 'you know what' just sitting here.
Some stats: It took four days of writing, thinking, eradication and re-writes before I posted 'that post'.
I saw the future for a new born child, and it didn't look good.
Nov 5th SG! Am I likely to be burned at the stake after being hung drawn and quartered? Crikey! all I did was make an analogy which transgressed the rules according to the god Zuckerberg.
🙂
Of course it's a shame parents break up with kids and not the "right way" but we've made the best of it and staying together at that time after months of trying and even having mediations we parted.
No ones perfect !
Is it Marlow?
SG - you see that as an apology?
Ric - Standard stereotyping about kids futures?...its all a bit daily mail.
Scott - seriously, you don't have to justify yourself against such bull shit. I can see from facebook how much Mia means to you and you appear to be a superb parent. Rise above this & stay classy.
With a drive to Manc today and possible turnout at the weekend, didn't want anything too intense, so went for a 10 with 8 steady.
10 averaged at 6.41 pace, which with a 7.25 and 7.00 warm up saw 6.19 to 6.44 range for the 8. Working decently.
Done until Thursday now.
Reg, i can confirm Marlow is on this weekend yes. I used to enjoy marshalling it, though such a long shift you felt as if you'd raced it after!
Shame they changed the course, hate when races do that. I remember absolutely obliterating myself in 2002 (!), so much so i had to promise myself i'd get loaded up on crisps, chocs and fizzy drinks after to force me to finish.
Didn't after. I'd conned myself.
Ric; great to have you and your vast running knowledge back, but why not keep personal views on sensitive non-related subjects off here (especially when the views are controversial to put it mildly).
Scott; agree with Dean, stand proud. You seem to be doing great. I have 2 daughters from 2 marriages; 24 and rising 12 and, despite the age gap, they get on really well and are often doing stuff together, as I'm sure your 2 will in years to come.
How dare you
(whistles uncomfortably)
In 15 years of racing, I've never done 2 races over 2 days. There were 2x5ks over 3 days Christmas Eve/Boxing day last year, and a horrible combo of Wycombe half/Datchet 5k over 3 days about 8 years ago, but never 2 in 2. And me and hilly races are not best friends these days, if they ever were!
The Marlow course (old version) is a funny one, some severe hills, but I remember solo easy pacing it around in 1hr 31 ish once, so the downs must make up for the ups to some extent.
Wold be an insane one to come back and kill my half marathon mental block though, unless I just 1hr 31 or slightly quickered it. But if you do that it's just having a run round while a race goes on around you. So isn't actually racing a half.
I suppose it's quite a different race now it's been re-routed, as before, you got to 12miles, and had a sweeping down to the finish.
Now, you must reach the last down with still a mile or so to go.
Not sure anyone was referring to the rules of Zuckerburg Ric, just basic common courtesy to a fellow human being at a very difficult time in their life. Would you have said the same thing to Scott face to face at a race or in a pub? If not, then why on here? If you would, then you're a braver man than I! Scott - I can only admire your calm response, but don't feel you need to explain yourself to the likes of us! (for what it's worth though, I always get the impression you are a loving and caring father on your FB posts about your daughter).
Anyhow...running! I don't remember doing 2 days racing in a row, other then Pen Y Fan and Fan Y Big fell races last year (which damn near killed me!) but have done the Waddesdon 5k and Wycombe Half a couple of days apart back in the days when I could recover!
Double day today, and went for an easy 6 ish to the train station this morning with a fair bit of DOMS in the quads. Unfortunately I kinda lost track of time and with 3/4M to go realised I was going to miss my train if I didn't get a shift on, so had to run full pelt for the last bit - not done the quads much good! No desire at all to do Marlow this weekend!
Pegged it for the train many a time Bus! I'm probably going to do the Masters xc in Dec at Oxford and the MK half the day after - it's so much easier running the day after a xc as it's so much easier on the legs. Doubles in the summer are easier as they are shorter, done a Watford 3000/Stevo relays 3k many a time or a the odd Bedford 5k/Stevo relays 3k
Luton tonight at the rugby club. I fear the ridge of doom will be back on again...
I love a bet but have no idea what race he would be doing, and also don't have him on FB!
Ran last night for first time in a few weeks, in which it was the longest run since April. Just under 5 miles but had a few stops as I ran with the local club and they were doing a hill session. Notably sore today and was very stiff towards tail end of the run but I'd say pain free in a way, still some spasms and cramping and soreness day to day. Due botox tomorrow in the ongoing follow up treatment from my arse op last year.
Doing no race is still very much a strong option..which I might take having seen the furore on fb!
Eating, then off to Manc at 2ish, so will see how ruined I feet by return late Wed!
when I was a young 'un I used to play league football on a sat morning, car waiting for me to get me to athletics/xc meet and race that afternoon, then another match on the sunday. I never used to think anything of it....now it would probably break me.
Now i wouldnt do either