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Does that work better?
Good luck DT
Bob well done on your time
Skinny good to see you getting out to run
David, I have been trying to do some trail miles up my way, its good to get off road
Muddy good protein those flies
9mls last night with my wife, she has had a thigh/calf injury for years and cant seem to shake it off, physio/stretching but still no luck. Pain seems to go away a couple of miles in after a few stops. She is getting a wee bit demoralised but trying to keep her going.
5m progression today and the heat got to me a little bit. Had to take a breather before the last 1.5 miles @ 10k pace. Just about got it done though. Recovery run tomorrow for sure.
Kevin - is your wife's injury thigh AND calf? On same side? What does the physio say?
More reps yesterday at lunchtime. 4x200m, 2x400m, 1x 800m, 2x400m, 4x200m. Equal distance jog recoveries. Struggled to quite hit the pace on the 800 (6:13 pace when aiming for 6:02). But the rest were fine and more like 5:50ish pace.
Easy run today and then Ryton 5 tomorrow so will see where I am on the shorter stuff. I'm not tapering or anything so will just do what I can.
Did I see some people are racing tonight?
Btw forgot to say how delighted I am that Skinny has booked a session with Bonkers Barefoot Running Man. Looking forward to hearing all about it!
May have a quick look to to see if anything more local is on, but 8m with some eyeballs out hill reps to finish yesterday might not be the best preparation for it.
David - well done for digging in on the reps.
McFlooze - pain is more a burning sensation and tightness in thigh for some miles then disapears, always at the start of a run. Physio gave her exercises to strengthen area relating to lazy ass
DT - good luck with your race
Muddy - eye balls out
Running with a wee group tonight 7mls
The fell race last night was pretty savage, 6.5 miles with nearly 1500ft of elevation gain. I was going fairly well until about 4.5 miles then my legs pretty much turned to jelly and I didn't trust them on the steep rocky descents so lost a shit load of places. Managed to pull myself together for the efinal nasty climb and following descent and subsquent pointless lap of a cricket pitch. A great thing about this race is a great pub at the finish literally on th eboundary of the cricket pitch, dad a drink with a few of lit's ex club mates afterwards. A good race which I'd do again.
The most bizarre thing about the race was the antics of a bloke hwo was running fairly near me who appeared to be having some sort of psychotic episode. As we were making our way up the first climb he was hitting hmself on the head with his knuckles and shouting encouragement to himself which then turned in to giving himself a telling off. Before we started the first descent he roared 'don't feed the excuses!' before dissapearing off down the hill. Most odd!
Looking forward to spectating at Trent 5 this evening. Have tried to get Bob a place but not sure if there's any availble.
That jelly legged feeling whilst having to descend over that terrain must be a bit of a nightmare - well done anyhow.
Did the psychotic guy have bare feet?
Anyone coming to Ryton 5 tomorrow? £6 for affiliated. Bargain.
I think I did swear in that fashion when the marshal sent us up the final hill.
I'm pretty sure he was wearing shoes, can't be sure though as I was making sure I avoided getting hit by a stray fist as he punched himself in the head.
Yes. That was a particularly delightful way to start a race. In hindsight I burnt way too many matches going up that hill and paid for it late on.
Sounds fun, Tommy!!
leaving now, so I have 2.5 hours to do a 100 minute journey! A long way for 30 ish minutes racing.
Good luck if you do try an alternative, Muddy - and see you at the race DT and Tommy.
Popped into first thing that looked like a toilet. Odd no light or lock but was bursting. There was a chain to pull so seemed fine. Looks like it was where canal barge users empty their buckets. Close enough though.
Good to see Bob and Tommy. Now to drive home via a kfc.
Edit- 30.59 on chip.
My comment is more a general observation that with a 2.57 mara i should be faster at 10k and below.
TTT updated for DT's 5 mile PB improving his time by 12 seconds.
DT if you look at Lit's 5 mile PB it's a minute faster than yours and her marathon PB is 5 mins faster than yours so you are not that out of line.
If you look at my PBs it is my marathon time that is out of line, not my 5m PB.
I agree that you are relatively slower now at the shorter distances but you haven't been training for them - all the time converter calculators specify that you need to have trained specifically for the event.
I looked at that and was waiting for Lit to pop in to confirm that point!
Thanks for the swift table update, Skinny.
Yeah sorry DT - my mistake - you're right, you're shit.
(as are lots of the 5m PBs).
That's better, Skinny!!!
I think if 5 milers were easier to find we might all be a bit better. I'll probably run at least 5 x 10k this year, which is more than my historical total of 5m races I think.
Ultimately my long term goal is to run a sub 30, 5 miler. How much time and effort I dedicate to that goal is another matter.
Off last nights race, McMillan predicts a threshold pace of 6.27. If I ran a half at that average pace I would be disappointed.
DT- well done on your PB
Tommy - 1500ft elevation gain, hats off to you
7mls last night with a wee group, seem to have picked up a wee injury round about heel ankle, seems like posterior tibialis going by my internet GP
I run in GT1000 as I wear away my outside heel. See how some stretches go.
There are quite a few 5m races in the WRRL series - Ryton 5, then Sphinx 5 in June and Autumnal 5. Maybe everyone is thinking of them as being a bit like 10ks and not going out quite hard enough?
Bob - I'm quite liking the sound of your plan to pre for 5m/10k as that seems to be what my plan is doing which is comforting. A few weeks focussing on short reps at mile pace, then a few weeks with longer V02max type intervals. Threshold running weekly. Will see how tonight goes but this will be a stake in the ground as not been following the plan for long enough just yet.
I think my bias is probably shorter as well, although equal levels of mediocrity across the board.
Hope it's not too serious, Kevin.