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2011 was 2045 miles, loads of races, PBs in every distance except the marathon.
2012 will be a marathon PB.
NP - I'll be in he Chandos post VLM. I'll wait for you
Fiona - most of us are on Fetch
MF nice to see you getting back into it.
Gobi great park running
USB nice to see you building
AGF nice 13 miles, and yep I'm Firesac on Fetch.
Kaz I always try to get up a couple of hours before my long runs and eat porridge and a banana, I also started to take a protein shake after any ten in double figures.
Will be Wednesday I think before I will get out, still coughing up green stuff and sweating so much through the night it's like trying to sleep in a puddle OH bless her has changed the bed 4 times so far, but think I'm starting to get the better of it now.......
Will start back doing 4 miles twice a day.
Great running guys
MF- well done on the 5k
Gobi- 3 Parkruns??? You are a machine
After Friday's Long Run, I decided to cut today's run back in both distance and pace
. 16 wet, windy and hilly miles at 7.54 av. 8 miles of constant uphill, but then back the same way- so 8m downhill- and I was glad of it!
My biggest week so far (except for when running doubles): 102.74m in 13:42:20 over 7 sessions
Spoons - There is the Bupa London 10K for us FAST boys !
Breakfast , i always try 2 lemon and raisin pancakes and a banana before any run, then i don't feel like snacking before lunch.
Try Lucozade Protein shake after 10 + miles.
Finished 2011 with a 7.5 miler 1 hour 17, with a group of friends, time to get those new teail shoes on and up the mileage.
'Trail shoes' even !
Going shopping in Stirling tomorrow so time to investigate protein shakes I think.
Off now to be an observer at a motorbike trial my BF is doing. Should be fun.......
Darren and kaz- well done
Post Xmas weigh-in this morning- and I thought I'd been pretty good
and run it all off!! 10.5m PRE-breakfast this morning- and breakfast was porridge made with water
. Right off to find that hair shirt as well now
Jason: LOL
4m very easy this morning. 100 press-ups and 100 squats...long run tomorrow.
Teknik,
Perfect solution for you - Jester style shorts/running tights in club colours!
That made me laugh jason! I'm back down to my regulation 2 chocs a day. No weight gain over Xmas but didn't lose any either.
Careful on those roads kaz.
NP hope you get well soon but lots of time for training.
Teknik - 100 press-ups
No run today, snowing and side still sore so will go do some core work.
I always eat before a run as I just get too hungry (if a long one). I actually look forward to gels.
2169.3 miles in 2011.
Off to put silicone sealant round a shower base. Started it in March so didn't quite finish it in 2011!
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Kaz - Shopping in Stirling? Thats where i live,small world and all that ,both of us doing loch ness mara as well.
Loving this base building lark at the moment.
4 miles easy for me this am ,following a bit of advice ive been doing my first mile slightly slower then easing gradually into it and its kept me at a very consistent pace for the last 3.Heres the splits
9.46,9.02.9.03 ,8.56
Interesting last mile as it has two decent hills in it so glad too see the effort stayed the same ,whereas in the past i may have struggled to maintain the same effort/pace.Doing my runs at this pace allows me to be sufficiently recovered to run 5 or 6 days a week .Always struggled to do this in the past and it feels like im heading in the right direction regarding mileage.Easy 3 tomorrow then a 5 on wednesday.feeling positive about how its all coming together
YC
Off out now in unrelenting rain for second session of today - 5 miles nice and slow.
15 miles at 09:20 pace skewed a little by a "fast" first 2 and last 2 miles where I wasn't paying attention.
Just 5 miles for me off road at 9:00 pace today. Lovely day for it!
All ok here
Hope you're feeling better, NP.
Back to work for me tomorrow, judging by the forecast I'll be waiting an extra day before giving my bike its first outing of 2012, especially as I've finally cleaned it today after two months of cycling through the crappiest conditions (I'll never buy a white frame again!). My run will also have to wait until the evening, and Tuesday = my favourite session = intervals.
Kaz- Yip its a first marathon for me,you done loch ness before?
Love reading how everyone is coming along and as for me im loving training again after my 3 month injury lay off.Onwards and upwards
YC
Have a great day :¬)