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Great news from both of you.
Am really chuffed cos I managed 18 miles this week. Hope I reach the 20mile goal in this coming week before the Christmas holiday start. Guess I shall then start looking at the 'quality'.
SoupDragon - I've entered an all-nations something in windsor at the beginning of May. Then Eastnor at the beginning of July. I can easily do all the Sprint distances, just need to put them together. Will need to train more for the classic. Main problem is that my bike is a 3 gear town bike! Not sure that will get me round.
Chilibean - you might struggle at Eastnor on a town bike because I think the course has a BIG hill. I don't know the all nations thing but will take a look. Well done on hitting 18 miles.
After two days of not running I was really quite antsy to get out there this evening. My No.3 girl (one of the 7yr twins) came with me for the first part so we did some hill sprints. In fact we covered our usual ground a whole minute faster than normal! I think I need to assistance of others to push me to go faster than my usual steady 10min miles. I tend to be a 'conserver of energy' with the goal of completing the distance in relative ease rather than pushing myself to increase speed.
So have done 5 miles this eve and hope to run again next on Thursday.
I did 4 mile in 35:18 on monday to start my week and to see how my legs were. Everything went ok but it took me longer than normal to get my breathing under control but I've got a cold so I put it down to that. I'll run again tomorrow night aiming for 5-6 miles, happy running everyone.
Evening all. 5 miles home from work tonight and back to 12:30min/miles plodding. I must be more patient, I'm sure speed takes time. Another 5 miles tomorrow on the schedule.
Look after that cold sibyrne.
chillibean - I'm another that needs a "push" to move a bit faster/harder. Well done. I think some easy runs are still important though to stop injury/burnout. Thats my excuse anyway!
I've just put my bid in for "snubbed six" competition. I got longlisted for the asics one but got no further than Birmingham. Well, you can only try and something like that will help to kick me out of the door when its cold so fingers crossed. But thank goodness there is no vote, just a straight selection.
5.5 miles tonight in 48:24, my breathing was no problem tonight. The weather is milder today so maybe that helped. Next run planned for Friday but will decide the mileage nearer the day
5 miles in the snow today. Better than I expected and not slippy at all being fresh. I loved passing people at the bus stop looking cold and miserable as I was warm and happy. Best commute from work ever.
Anyone signing up for this? UK v USA challenge I can recommend it. A lot of fun.
Read through the opening post on this thread again and realised for a half marathon I should be running 40 miles per week... Gives me something to aim for... I just know with Christmas and a few work commitments the next few weeks aren't going to be easy to fit it all in......
Soup Dragon, I was thinking about signing up to the UK vs US challenge but wasn't sure what to do with only aiming for 20 mile weeks. I wouldn't want to drag the team down.
My hubby got a tiny fold up exercise bike last week from free-cycle and I have one of those little trampets, so I reckon it's going to be those and exercise videos for the next week. Not a happy thought but will have to do something or go nuts.
SD just had a look at the UK v US. Does look fun. Will think about it. Like the others I'm afraid of not doing enough! Especially with the the weather that has now hit us.
I'll get myself signed up to the challenge it will give me something to aim for in the new year.
For anyone who is worried about not logging enough miles for the challenge this is last year's database so you can see what kind of distances were being covered. Most of us did more than we normally would. The problem was not low mileage runners, but those who signed up then didn't log anything for 3 weeks. Regular runners welcome, its not elitist so no excuses. Just do it, I tell you.
Stopped snowing here so I might venture out for a bit of a plod before it freezes. I don't mind fresh snow.
With christmas and the new year coming up I know I will find it hard to keep the mileage up... Looks like I will have to make a determined effort in the new year to get back in to it... There wont be many weeks then until the half marathon on 6th March
Wow! Lisa, that is fantastic.
After such a great week last week, this one has been terrible. Not sure how you managed to run in the snow. I tried this afternoon and gave up after 200m. Was slipping all over the place and jarred my back. Decided I wasn't safe so came back home.
Well done for trying to run Chilibean. I managed 3.5 miles in the fresh snow yesterday but today I had to resort to a treadmill and 3 miles was enough rather than the 8 I'd planned. So only 17 miles this week for me. Fingers crossed it will thaw soon.
Well done Lisa. Yep, Christmas is going to be a challenge. I'm thinking of a parkrun on Christmas morning though (weather permitting).
It is now raining here but with heavy snow forecast could make it really treacherous....
Today is a rest day so I guess I will just have to wait and see what we wake up to tomorrow !
Good going sibryne. Boring treadmill work this week for me - just 10 miles total so far this week. 3 miles planned tomorrow though and 7 for Boxing Day so still hitting 20 per week which feels okay now.
Anyway, what I really popped in for was to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and a safe running New Year.
Well, you are both doing much better than me. Nothing this week. The ice is far too dangerous.
But a Happy Christmas to everyone!
Chilibean
7 miles for me today taking my total this week to 20 miles. I needed a bit of a snooze but my legs are okay. 5 days consecutive running means rest day for me tomorrow.
20 miles feels okay now.
That is really great going - over Christmas too!
Am sulking and pouting cos I haven't managed a run for a week now. The ice is lethal! A friend fell over yesterday and tore some tendons in her ankle. My hubby fell over this afternoon and has bruised his hip. I've picked my kids up off the pavement so many times. And that is all walking - just dare not go running.
Am going rather crazy stuck inside the house. But tomorrow we are driving to visit my rich uncle and swim in his indoor pool. Am meeting my mother there and going to try her diving wetsuits to see if they will work for a tri.
Haven't signed up for the US v UK cos at this rate I'm not going to be able to do anything!
Chilibean