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Cooler days coming, so a chance to do shorter and faster.
Saw your run on Strava GD, looked lush- don't you always feel good after 😉
I don't recall a fall that left me sore. i did take a fall doing a tempo around the race course in perhaps November but onto astroturf and i got up and ran on. I cant see that be a factor.
Diet wise, ive moved away from diet type shakes at end of last year and eat a decent diet.
It is a bit of a mystery.
Good news for you too OO
OO - pleased to hear things have settled down; probably as well to stick to slightly lower mileage for now.
DT - a mystery indeed.
9 miles this morning including 6 times up and down the only thing that passes for a hill round these parts
Good to see you in the bigger miles, OO, you know that top end speed will return naturally, yer a pro!
Similar session for me today, Gul.
Just under 8 trail miles before work with 12 hill repeats up and down the mound on the common near McLaren racing in the middle of the session. That got the old ticker working well.
Felt better today and like yesterday, certainly feel better having got out of my pit to do the session. I have actually run every Tuesday and Wednesday morning for the past few weeks but this week has been a mental struggle to get out.
Maybe the thought of the only race (London) I have left this year looking more unlikely to go ahead after the Boston cancellation was a demotivator?
Anyway, over it now...
GUL good to hear you are getting some speed up after months of plodding .
MSE so sorry to hear of your friend ,makes you think doesn't it , not the same but 3 guys at work I knew took their own lives in the last few years , one I chatted to every day , comes as quite a shock I can tell you !
Gdawg nice early run to wake you up.
0054 your speed will be back just take it steady for now.
I took 2 days off during nightshifts as trying to sleep in 25c heat when you can't open the window due to noise etc in daytime ain't no fun and left me groggy and just had a walk yesterday as it was to be much cooler today for a long run.
16 miles covered along the river with some big hills again ,sun was out quite a bit but much cooler than the last few days have been with a nice breeze made it very pleasant out.
Only 132m last month and 30m for last week but trying to shift to long runs now is proving a bit of a struggle but I will adapt soon enough ...About 800m done this year so slightly behind my 2k year end target but it's just a minor goal and no racing hasn't made it any easier.
Leslie - certainly cooler now. Good long run.
5 mile recovery run this morning.
I did a short pacey session one on the beach yesterday. Last mile was 6:23, so getting there.
Are you feeling fully recovered Gul?
Waited for lunchtime so my body could wake up properly and did a 6 miler with 12 x 30 sec efforts off 1 min jog recoveries. Did a cool down mile then pushed the final mile home to bag a 6.24 final split.
6.58 avg for the whole thing. felt good to get the legs turning over quicker and feel the lungs bursting a bit. Definitely out of practice but pleased with the session.
These are the sessions I enjoy looking at on my new Strava subscription data screens.
GD - good work. There's some weird synchronicity going on here as I did a very similar session today. 10 x 200m for me, but much longer recoveries (600m). 8 miles in total.
Gdawg good reps and final mile
SBD always nice to beat the rain
Gul decent week after so many big ones.
took 2 days off after my 16m run ,leg was quite bad ! then 5m very easy yesterday and out today for a 5 mile tempo although even before the tempo my first mile was 7:38 and then 0.7 of a mile at 7:11 which is unheard of for me as my leg usually refuses to go at the start !
The following 5 Tempo miles were 6:43, 6:42, 6;46, 6:51, 6:43 so nice and even and 8.5 mile in total . I went down along the river as it's nice and flat and away from traffic as the roads are starting to get too busy to be crossing flat out now .
35 mile for the week.
Have bought a big foam roller for lying on the floor as my other is more rolling pin hand held type and not much fun to use ,more a torture device .
Are you suggesting you had a lie-in until 10:43am Gul?! I don't believe it for one minute.
Nice steady morning run SBD. What mileage did you reach this week?
Excellent speedy run earlier in the week GD.
12 this morning to round off a 50 mile week. But have felt absolutely knackered most of the week. Legs feel like lead and am running a good 0:30-1:00min/mi slower than usual. Possibly too much going on for me and not enough rest. Enjoy your weekends all and keep well!
Leslie I bought a foam roller 1 meter long. Absolutely fab investment- £2 from a charity shop.
17.5 miles for me at snail pace, but my longest run for a month and the hip feels ok.
I'm on the foam roller twice a day - mainly the calfs - but it's only the 33cm length version!
Good determination to get the miles done this week MsE given how you're feeling. A similar feeling for me at the moment - most runs are an effort rather than a joy.
A good speed on those tempo miles Leslie and good work on the 16 mile long run.
You're due a rest day Gul.
It's been 16 miles each Sunday for the last 11 weeks but I decided something longer was called for today. Still feeling sluggish when I set off but gradually convinced myself that I was good for an extra couple of miles. So 18 miles @7:51 pace - felt tough but good to have got done. 72 miles for the week with the streak up to 208 days.
MsE - good week there. I had been to the kitchen a few times by 10:43
OO - well done on the long run.
SBD - very impressive miles as ever and great streak.
Hamstring didn't feel great this morning. Did just 5 easy miles.
Solid 50 MsE.
We got a bunch of us together for a jaunt in the Surrey Hills on Saturday morning. Usually a few would cram into one car but we all had to drive to a friend's place to obey the social distance rules.
The run was awesome, great fun. Only 13 miles but over 2000 feet of elevation gain. That's big for me, I've avoided proper hills to protect the recovering injury but all went well.
We went up Leith Hill twice as we looped around different trails and did another big climb to Holmbury viewpoint.
Tea and crumpets on my pal's lawn after made for a brilliant morning.
5 mile recovery yesterday brought 40 up for the week.
0054 nice long run and bargain roller mine is 15 by 90cm cost more than 2 quid though!
SBD still churning out big weeks as normal and nice to go a bit further.
Gul yes tried it once not the easiest thing to use but leg was bad on Sunday night and felt a lot better Monday morn which I wasn't expecting I think my IT band is pulling my kneecap as it tightens after a run causing pain which is why I bought it to try. Will see how it goes expectations are low lol Hammy not liking the new speed? Take care.
Gdawg sounds like a great day out.
Just walked as a recovery day here.
OO - likewise.
Leslie - yes, that could be the case. It's worse today, so no run.
Here's a photo from 2016 with me and junior OO in red. She beat me that year and won 1st under 19 prize. We were planning to run together again today.