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Just over 9m tonight before facing shopping....A 6.6kg free range bronze turkey has just taken up residence in my fridge
Work over here too!!!! Until Jan 7 th
Nice running AGF and Lulu, what you getting Lulu for Christmas? Our cats have a new climb and look platform (spoilt rotten).
Jason nice running mate I'm sure your glad of the holiday break, this is the first year where I'm not working Christmas or New year and it's only because I'm on the sick to the 9th January. I would rather have my wrist back to normal, it's still twice the size of the other one and hurts like hell..........
MG1 welcome nice 20 what marathon are you doing? And what sort of time are you aiming for?
AGF thanks, hope Lulu enjoyed the run.
HM thanks
jason enjoy the break! Well done on the 9m
MG welcome to the thread; well done on the 20 miler
NP ouch, hope the wrist settles down quickly.
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Chucking it down here. Couple of miles on my own, 5m with the club and then finished with some strides while they dug into mince pies. HR much better today.
Nice running everyone, well done on the 20 miler MG.
Hope everyone is in the festive spirit now and looking forward to a break from work. I know I am
Also hope that no one is having problems with flooding, feel really sorry for those that do... takes so long to get back to normal. Nightmare
Managed a couple of decent [very muddy and exceptionally wet] cross country runs this week. Off away for the weekend to Hampshire [and the floods, although our relatives aren't affected thankfully] so looking to fit in a 10-12 miler if I can.
Take care all and Happy Christmas
Good to see Lulu still keen on the running AGF!
Welcome MG1, sounds like you have a plan.
jason, will you be doing the cooking?
Good that the HR better Teknik.
NP take care of that wrist. You've done another great weeks training. Whatever I buy for Beanie she'll be into the shopping bag once it's empty!
jayc stay safe with all that water around! Raining here now quite heavily, not nice at all and almost dark.
HM4 I hope all is well with you and you are still managing a short run now and again.
Had a terrible run this morning, it's been a tough week and think it caught up with me. Not able to face my morning coffee which is not a good sign. Got to mile 7 and stitch was so bad I kept having to stop, it never really went away. Most of the run after that was off road so it was always going to be a bit slower but HR very high and I actually had to stop and sit down at mile 13 before I keeled over!! So cut run short at 15 miles instead of the planned 18. Not at all hungry when I got in either which is not me.
Anyway hopefully it's just one of these things rather than getting unfit. 
Feeling gloomy...
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MG- hi
Jay- nice playing in the mud
???2 supermarkets taken on today and an oven cleaned! Nothing like a nice relaxing break from work!
Battening down the hatches here with winds gusting over 40 kts, rain lashing down, all boats cancelled.
No running since Tuesday!
AGF- well done. No 20s here for a few weeks. No rush!
As for mince pies, finding out that each one of the little darlings took 2.5m to run off put me off them a little 
OH- Take care.....
2 supermarkets taken on today and an oven cleaned! So much for the first day of the holiday!!
6.46m recovery run done. VERY wet and windy!!
Right, going to have a look at next week's schedule and try to shift things around a bit. No chance of doing the planned 4m and 10m on Tuesday!!
Or so I'm told....
Its awful OH, and I think there is more to come
Fiona well done on the 15 think you made the right choice to cut your run short your HR also seemed up about 10 to 15 bpm take it easy for a day or so and fingers crossed it's not the lurgy thats going around. Zac and Zoe will be in the box before I have the play thing built for them
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Jason well done on your run after the shops and oven, did the shops again today
hate crowds of people with all them germs and stuff is the world coming to an end as i cant fit anything else in th fridge......... I have just finished cooking a Balti and Korma as my three sons and grandaughter are coming round tomorrow and I didn't want to do a Christmas dinner
...... But will get out for 2x 6 mile runs on the 25th 
AGF well done for your run in the gym 16 miles on the treadmill is not always easy.Running up my hill this morning was like running up a river.....
OH and Kaz we have had it here for the past two days it's about time it was over you
Dont want to do my LSR in it tomorrow morning.....
MG1,
Hi & welcome to the thread.
Fiona,
Not a chance because work has been really busy & draining however hopefully tomorrow I'll get out.
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Well done on everyone's training.
Jayc enjoy the floods in Hampshire!
MG those are quick 20 milers for a 3:45 target...
Fiona sorry to hear about the run...hope you're felling better now - must be just one of those days...
jason nice work!
AGF well done on the long run and the 50+ week. Enjoy the nibbles ( a little)...
OH take care!
Kaz you too!
HM hope you manage to get out today
NP good luck the LSR
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10.73m painfully slow plod this morning. Knee sore again, so back on ice...
Well done on the 10 miles Tek - but Look after yourself. Build steadily as you can as too much too soon can be counter productive... ( sorry for teaching you egg sucking )
Welcome MG
jason - i was horrified in the week to see how many calories in a mince pie
AGF - there's something very satisfying when the dogs have been out for a good walk and they spend all afternoon crashed out on their beds
Tek - good that you're steadily getting it back
I'm just off out for a 16 ( w 8 @ MP ) I think my hangover on top of 5 hours kip will make this a toughy
Ouch mace - hope it goes ok...
MG - 3.45 is very do-able on a 1.40 half (there was a thread somewhere that collated peoples' half vs mara times, and the male first-time average was 2.29x the half time). I think the general thrust of the advice you'll get here and elsewhere on RW is to slow your long runs down - you need to adapt physiologically to last 26.2 miles, and those changes occur at low intensities (not at MP). Also running 20 miles at or close to MP is likely to lead to burn-out / injury. Having said that, if you're feeling fine at that pace, maybe your goal should be higher...
I've been ordered to open my Xmas present early...
Mrs Tek couldn't stand my damp shoes any longer...I got a shoe warmer
Tek,
I've got out in a fashion. A 45 min walk round town's winter market. That is one cool present.
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Well done on everyone's training.
Tek LOL
Very wet and windy here overnight
Tek nice
I will read back later and catch up with everyone.
mace- running with a hangover isn't what's meant by endurance training!
Hope the head cleared
Tek- Hate to say it, but I think you should STOP until that knee is properly mended
Interesting present- I've got a radiator
NP- Nice LR in the wind- makes a big difference
1.2lbs put on here in the last week of dining out and mince pies..
. 16.01m for me today followed by 0.43m warm down. 16.01m in 1.52.19 (7.01 av) splits: 7:27 7:32 7:29 7:23 7:29 7:26 7:16 7:13 6:59 6:56 6:50 6:36 6:35 6:26 6:24 6:15 2
Ok for a fat boy! 
83.92m for the week. It's a start
Some good running going on here guys.
My training was coming along nicely until Friday at our works xmas night out.
After a few sherbets me and Mrs YC were on the dancefloor having a wee boogie,when some random 17-18 stone man mountain was trying to make his way to the bar via the crowded dance floor when his full weight went onto my left foot,purely accidental i know.The result being im in plaster from my toes to my knee with a broken metatarsal bone in my foot.To be fair the guy did apologise and we both didnt realise at the time how serious it was.I got back home and fell asleep on the sofa with my foot a bit sore ,when i woke in the morning it was twice the size and really painful.
Orthopedic appointment tomorrow to find out how long im in plaster for.
So fingers crossed that its not too long and i can recover from it fairly quickly
YC- really bad news, mate- gutted for you. Hope recovery is swift....