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Dawg - 47 is still quite low esp as you've stopped hammering most of run paces, you should soon adapt assuming you are not unwell or have other stresses going on. Dont worry about pace, i do loads of 8:XX, tonights 12m was av 8.36.
DT - fingers crossed then, although now could be a good time to get the isolation done.
Seriously DT, try to catch it from your wife now. Get it over with while you can't run anyway!
In other news I got a place yesterday for the great Bentley half which I've been on a waiting list for since October. It's 3 hours away and a very small race that sold out in a few hours but bizarrely been selected by England Athletics as an age group qualifier. Very few folk looking to go there specifically for that reason will have got in and it presents my best possible chance of a top 3 AC placing in this sort of thing.
So, this hamstring really needs to fix fast. I've physio Thursday to get the scar tissue earned out and will probably book back in early next week too.
Lots of jumping and planking in last night's S&C session and then 6 miles this morning followed by me headbutting our (metal) postbox as I lifted up the recycling bins to bring them back in. My, doesn't a small-ish superficial cut on your scalp bleed a lot?
Good luck with the physio DT
I've had swims today and yesterday- great to be back. And track tonight- a tough sesh club sesh with 4*1200, taking on junior OO 🤭
Sending healing vibes, DT.
Good luck at the track, OO. Rather you than me with that session.
Managed to get a 10 miler done at lunchtime today as I re-introduce the Tuesday 10 to the plan. I never run these in one pace, I always like to muck around with the session. Today was 2 x 5 mile progressives with 10 second uplifts from 7.2x to 6.4x. Came out at 7.04 average.
It was cold, wet, and my injury niggles were on show a bit but it was the best quality session for some time. Hopefully turning a corner.
DT - blimey, that's only 3 wks, i was thinking you'd be going well to be back in good hm shape for Wokey. Thats a long way away too, i went to a uni open day at Colchester with my youngest as it was one of only 2 places that offered the course he wanted, its a long way east.
The drive is a bit worse than I thought but there's a Premier inn 2m from race HQ that's £40 the night before so manageable.
Leg still sore, but getting a little better each day. Hoping now that the initial 72 hours is done and I can start massaging and stretching as well as having physio it'll kick on fast.
Gdawg, mice work on the 10m mix up run. Are you in for Manchester?
Yep, the current campaign is all about Manchester. Track sesh tonight. I've nicked and modified a session from OO from last week. Tonight I'll go for 1,2,3 laps (1 min recs) at around 6.00m/m pace, rest for a couple of mins and repeat twice more. Should be interesting.
No point continuing as I may have fallen or injured myself.
Hit the dark streets for a few easy miles instead.
DT - difficult to predict who will show up to a masters qualifier........i often run chichester 10k in feb which is a big and fast race (2000 runners). In 2019 i ran 37.59 and only came 164th as it was now a masters qualifier, the following year there were loads more folks there chasing a masters slot, i ran 36.31 and came 163rd........however your race is a long way away for lots of folks. Is wokey a qualifier too?
Tr, wokey is also one but on a normal year, with 1.18 I'd do well to be 5th in my AC. This year every master looking for a place will be there. We'll located and easy to enter.
The one I've entered is a comparatively tiny race, capped at 750, much more difficult location but mainly, sold out in two hours, mainly to locals. The organisers announced with no prior warning at 9am on a Saturday entries were going live at midday. Also their site or entry process don't even mention its a masters qualifier. You'd have needed to have been a very clued up random master to have been Johnny on the spot to get in this. Hence why I consider it a preferable option.
Sounds like you could have done with some deicer tonight G-D. Poor commitment from your club mates but good decision to hit the streets!
Hope the track session went well OO and you managed to keep Junior at bay.
Day 12 post Covid positive and finally managed a negative LFT - feel a lot happier now about any close contact with family, friends and colleagues. Struggling a bit on the motivational front so carded zeros on Monday and Tuesday. Forced myself out lunchtime today in the clear skies and winter sunshine for a steady 15 miles @ 7:43/m. Just need to tick off the runs and wait for the enthusiasm to return.
SBD - you did yourself a big favour by keeping running through CV in terms of consistency, in a week or 2 when you are fully over it no doubt your enthusiasm will be back.
Hopefully you'll pick up a grt Bentley place this weekend. That'll bring the enthusiasm back I'm sure.
Tr, yep, I just hope a crazy decision Saturday morning doesn't prove to be hugely regrettable.
Glad you are on the mend DT. Hope you are fit in time for your race though hardly yhe ideal preparation.
Physio was OK! She said there's no evidence on look or feel, or based on my movements to suspect any more than top end grade 1 strain. She thinks it'll need 7-10 more days to clear and in meantime has sent me specific hamstring exercises to build it up and said getting on a spin bike is fine as long as I'm not initially doing spin, need low to moderate gears and seated work. Said to Try 20 mins tomorrow and see how it feels Saturday and take it up each day if OK. By Monday I can be getting some pretty high end cv workouts in on it hopefully which will do a job to maintain fitness. Chiropractor Tuesday will help a lot as I respond well to needling then physio again next Friday.
Ant Berlin experts here?? I'm looking at hotels, I'm going yo book a Motel one which is similar to premier inn. I've looked at mitte, Tiergarten and Alexanderplatz. All appear reasonably good for getting to race but anyone know much about how good a location they are generally for seeing city and restaurants. Tiergarten is my current favourite as in a quieter location and workable to start. Mitte looks like a lively area so maybe don't want to risk noise.
I've only been to Berlin once and that was an orchestra tour, so a bit of a different focus! Mitte is very much socialising, and Alexanderplatz is quite touristy, IIRC. Tiergarten would be good for doing shake-out runs if needed, and is a lovely open space.
OO: flat out 300s are something I don't miss now that I'm a fun runner, although I'm sure they did me a lot of good.
A lovely easy 6 miles this morning: I think frosty, clear mornings at sunrise are one of the nicest times to run. Although I agree with GD that frosty tracks are no fun.
I stayed in Mitte DT and it was very lively indeed. Basically anywhere on the park where you start and finish is going to be fine and metros are cheap and frequent.
Oo, I'm going with a few mates who'll be there for the beers, I dont want late night temptation on my front door.
Work getting in the way of running at the mo, so just 5 steady last night, same today and regular LSR tomorrow. Won't be able to hit the trails as they'll be either too muddy or frozen in a way that could break an ankle.
I'm pretty settled on Tiergarten area now, seems to to tick the boxes.
Leg feels much better today comparatively, no doubt the benefit of massage. 25 mins on spin bike, some mild discomfort for first 15 which physio said is normal then it switched off quite a bit for last 10. Standing on a more moderate gear turned out to be more comfortable than sitting.
Managed yo move my chiropractor appointment forwards to tomorrow. Hoping his work can pull me forwards to a similar degree to physio yesterday.
XC relays tomorrow which means I'll miss my LSR and probs only manage 40 miles this week.
A very pleasant 11 miles in the sun this morning. I almost got hot running up a hill on the way home!