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so,like some of you i will continue here despite sub 4 not looking very likely...
kinsey,1.50 for a half will see you right for speed if you build the stamina with the long runs.and you'll get rid of any booze pretty quickly.i find i need to drink quite a lot of water first thing (about a litre)if i'm running cos you tend to start the day dehydrated even if you haven't been boozing.and i tend to find that even if i start a longish run a bit saturated that soon wears off....
Do you think the speedwork is making much difference? I followed a Nike training schedule last summer before the 10k and didn't see any improvement at all, so I've gone back to just doing what I feel like - and just increasing the distance week on week for my marathon training. Not very scientific, but it seems to be working okay at the moment.
for me at the moment i need to do something every day,so variety is good,and i need to lose some weight,but my shins are still reasonably sore as i build up mileage after my lay-off,so i don't feel like doing a long slow run every day.i think as with most things balance is the key.
Doing a weekly faster run seems to be helping me break that down this time (touch wood) - it seems to be helping me work out some of the weaknesses and inefficiencies in my running gait. It certainly feels like it exercises slightly different muscles!
I've just moved up 200 places from 1448 to joint 1248-th place :-)
Kinsey: I'm recovering from Reading too. I've been running quite slowly to get the legs used to running again. Starting off on short periods (only 15mins yesterday). Perhaps 30 mins today. 60mins tomorrow and the rest of the week. Back to normal perhaps from Saturday.
Regards to everone
CA
Just home and have magazine in front of me....it is a long article....I can fax it to you if you want??
The next seminar is on the 18th March Thursday at 7.30 admission is free and is at St Marys University College at Strawberry Hill Twickenham!!
Would you beleive you are the second member of the forum i have helped with RF this week:-) don't even know why i subscribe to it anymore!!
Email me if you need any more details
Miles makes smiles.
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I'll be sure to let everyone know what I learn there - and also if anyone's interested there might still be space in the talk I'm going to on the 29th - this time in Teddington and given by Sonia O Sullivan.
Yoga room was too hot so slipped all over the place trying to sort calves out with downward dog.
Hate speedwork.
Feeling out of depth on this thread.
Sub 4 feeling drastically out of reach again.
Genuinely glad everyone else is doing well though... and I can still get my head to touch my knees.
Alex P. You are going to beat me again.
my hair looks bloody awful
again!
great pics, really
might be able to help with names --but not tonight
losing the will to live
wron g thread
sorry
eh!
not on this thread, surely
Alex P-well done on your training session yesterday...COME ON you can do it and speed work does work and you will see your times come down at all the races you do.i have knocked 4 minutes over the winter of my 10K time and I am really looking forward to my summer 10K's and hopeful knock more minutes of my times!!!
Cariad
If you can't find shoes in London I have no hope in Wales:-(
Thanks to Hippo I checked the photo's out ,nice ones of sub 4hr crew NRG-B and Alex P!!
Now the bad news after physio yesterday my lower back/pelvis was out of alignment and needed treatment and then he clicked me back in place no lifting anything heavy ever as I seem to have a weakness for some reason!!!I will need my own personal kit bag carrier for races!!!.....and can't run for 5 days!!!!!!I felt so devastated by this news even was going to ignore this and just run but luckily I came to my sense's as FLM is the goal and if I did I might not make it and have put in a lot of work to get where I am,I was so worried I would lose fitness...so I am so looking forward to Saturday and the final onslaught of training.It is just you become so locked in and focused on our schedules that it makes us go stir crazy if we are unable to run!!
Good luck with training today make it a good one
Miles makes smiles.
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I'll do an extra (slow) mile for you today.
Are you allowed to do anything else? The elliptical trainer in the gym maybe? If not, then don't fret as 5 days will pass real quick and you've got lots of really solid long runs under your belt... You can't lose that kind of stamina in a week!
WP: I missed loads of days from late Jan & Feb due to lower back woes. Listen to the physio. Take the rest. IMHO, the joints, cartilege, tendons, muscles etc etc will get a good chance to recover. You will not lose aerobic (CV) fitness in five days. You won't even lose any muscular fitness. Even if you do, the muscles are easy to develop quickly - just carry on as you were :-)
Mental discipline is just as important as physical ability.
Photos of Reading ? Where???
I think there are also some odd mental effects that happen in the few days (and even weeks) after these training races - I've been noticing quite a lot of mood swings over the last 2 days - you guys seem to get the smiling BNTM but the crew at work are getting the "sod off" one!
http://www.richk.co.uk/
Miles makes smiles.
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I will look forward to hear how I did on the slow mile today;-)
Physio never mentioned anything about ET and I have one at home;-) maybe I better wait for a few days then start using it??
NRG-B
Thanks will rest and recover and look forward to Saturday and will work on mental discipline!
I guess we all are going a bit crazy at the moment-glad we get the happy BNTM;-)
Miles makes smiles.
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Sorry to hear of your back probs again - but hey, rest is very important and something I can thoroughly recommend as an important part of any schedule!
God, can't wait for the taper. I'm up to 2hrs 19mins and 27secs (approximately).
Building to 3hrs, 3 weeks before...
Bought new shoes yesterday and should be in the post today!