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  • thankyou ever so much Mr P for sponsoring me as well, I really do appreciate it so much. 

    A friend of mine use to live near scarfell and he said it was awful what the three peakers left behind...I'm not going to be one of those though, think its dreadful people can do that to our countryside. 

    Fancy them finding an octopus of all things. You would think if it was dropped by a seagul it would have gone back for it.

     

    my run went better tonight, and because I was in the gym I wasn't rained on....who would think it was the middle of summer! I managed 7 miles in 60 mins tonight. My foot twinges a few times but didn't become painful like on tue and make me stop running. I'm so relieved! 

  • So this morning when I woke up had a bit of a headache, feeling the effects of the wine- we didn't even finish the bottle between us- still a glass and a Half left at least! But anyway, I wasn't feeling much like getting up to run, then Sarah, read ur post about wanting a six pack too.  Running fasted in the morning makes u burn fat, and boosts metabolism all day, so I went out for a quick 3 miles and of course the hangover has gone!

    mile 1: 9:13

    mile 2: 8:51

    mile 3: 8:38

    i was tring to do this as a tempo run, so increasing speed until a quarter left then slowing down before finishing.  I had some encouragement along the way from others who happened to be out early in the morning- have to say its really nice running without being constantly tired like In marathon training! 

    Glad ur foots better Sarah, and I'll take that offer of 3 peaks next time u do it, not cos u didn't complete it this time but because u want to better ur time!

  • Mr PuffyMr Puffy ✭✭✭

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  • MalcsMalcs ✭✭✭

    Mr P - LOL, there just had to be a simpler solution than eating less nice things and doing more painful excercise. The one on the left appears to have an 8 pack!

    We are only at the early stages of the purchase process with the house at the moment so there's been no simultaneous bathing as yet. I will certainly let you know how we get on once we move in though image

    Was that the club night for the new club or your existing one? Made any decisions yet?

    Ooh - was this photo taken at the club night? image 

    Angela - a bathroom each? Sounds like heaven image

    Yes, I guess we've all been there. I remember the first house we rented at uni and comparing it to my parent's place. Other ends of the spectrum. Ah well, not long until the shoe will be on the other foot image

    Well done on seeing off that hangover this morning btw!

    Sarah - yellow eh? A gender neutral colour. I see. Hedging your bets - nice thinkingimage

    I have never met Chris, in this life or any previous one, but my two are so bad I would swap them for him in an instant. They are terrible. This is why I want (need) them to have their own bedrooms so I can keep the mess out of the lounge.

    Anyway, less of all this house talk, I need to deal with the big news - you did a 1hr run with minimal pain!!! That's a great step forward (no pun intended). I reckon you're well on the mend now. If you go well over the weekend (which you will) then by next week you'll be back to normal. Fantastic!

    Have a great time. I hope the weather is kind. Look forward to the report next week!

  • Sarah - All the best for this weekend. Hope the weather is good! Glad to hear your foot is on the mend.



    Still feeling sorry for myself. I've not managed to get out running since Wednesday. I think I may be going for the alternative six pack. I'm banned from playing football or if I do I have to let the kids win! Everyone at work finds it very funny watching me struggle. The Berlin marathon is 12 weeks on Monday, I might have to revise my training plan.



    Mr P - have you decided if you are going to join the other running club?



    Malcs - more Andy Goran than David Seamen based on my recent behaviour!



    Angela - well done you for getting out there this morning with your sore head. Oh and thanks for the tip on training for Berlin.....so I do my LSR and then go out with the girls. Don't think I would last till 4am though!
  • Mr PuffyMr Puffy ✭✭✭

    It was my current club, and I bumped into one of the guys who's been training with club no2, he has joined and paid the subs but still represents our club in races.  I plan to go on Wednesday and see how I get on.  I know a couple of the members and I have chatted to several more here Nd there so it should be Ok.

    Puffy junior was a goalie for many years, talk about stress.  He could pull off the most amazing save one minute then a striker would rob him in the box and score the next.

     

  • MalcsMalcs ✭✭✭

    Dotty - ha! Andy Goram it is then image  12 weeks to Berlin - blimey! It doesn't seem like the summer has even started and we're that close to autumn marathons. Scary stuff. 

    Hope the wrist is improving.

    Mr P - good luck in the 10K tomorrow. Hope the club trial goes well on Wednesday too.

    Angela - have a great race tomorrow. I know it's not an A race for you but I'm sure you'll give it your all nonetheless. 

  • Hidihi, I do hope Sarah's having fun on her challenge- if the weather up north and across the borders is anything like here, she couldn't have picked a better weekend for it!

    Mr P, If I was able to get a 6 pack that way, I would be very disappointed... I have a belly, but not that much of a belly!  Funny picture though!  Good luck in your 10k

    Dotty, you will be able to make it through till 4am - there are some awesome speakeasy type places in London- prohibition themed... these have always resulted in mayhem for me... I managed to stay till closing in one of these places on a work night, and well, the next day was not pretty... I also went to one the night before I did a 5k with my sister and her doctor friends! though not till 4am... Hungover  I managed to be the 2nd woman across the finish, and about 10th overall.  One of my favourite races as it was the first time I ever beat my sister in a race!

    Malcs, thanks for the luck!  On chatting to some of the locals at this morning's parkrun, I was advised that trail shoes would be the better option, and there are a couple of miles that are run on the beach, so I'm not expecting a particularly fast one.  Just got in from 57 mile bike ride... David is asleep on the sofa, ashamed at his bad route plannign that lost us 3 miles despite 2 detours!  We did a lovely round trip, starting off through constable country- Dedham, Stratford-St-Mary, Lawford then toward the coast, Manningtree, a funny village called Beaumont cum Mozze... I giggled like a school girl at this one... cycled some more, ended up at Holland on Sea, and then Clacton - David wanted to stop for an ice cream... then we took a wrong turn toward Jaywick, then back the right way through Thorrington, Brightlingsea, Alresford, where I grew up- bumped into one of my mum's friends who had rescued me whhen i fell of my bike as a youngling and banged my chin on the pavement, biting through my lip and creating a bloody mess,... then down to Alresford creek, back up to the main road to get to Wivenhoe... stopped for fish an chips and beer... bad idea, meant the 7 remaning miles home were rather uncomfortable!  

    That said, I felt really good on the ride today, I think the 10k training is actually helping me stay strong on the bike, so dual benefit.  Now have confidence that completing the 100 miles in a semi-decent time is possible.  You can really tell the difference in endurance between me and david- he hit the wall about 35-40 miles in, so we really slowed, and now he's asleep on the sofa, whereas  I was raring to go, until I ate and felt sicky, but I could proabably go out now and do another 10 no problem!

    So, 12.2 miles tomorrow- I think its gonna be done at a steady pace, I doubt my body will allow much else- that said, would be nice if I could up my run britain ranking...

  • Mr PuffyMr Puffy ✭✭✭

    Afternoon, the race went really well thanks.

    i did the parkrun yesterday, had a huge burger for lunch, then we went out and I had a very rich meal, and a big glass of red when I got in. So I was a bit queasy this morning and felt very lethargic in the warm up, but when i got going I felt fine.

    the race was in South Liverpool, right on the North bank of the Mersey, and I could see over the Wirral to the hills of Wales, not quite to Snowdon Sarah, but Mol Famau in the Clwydian Range.   In the other direction you could see all the hills on the Cheshire plain that make up the Sandstone Trail, very satisfying knowing i had run the whole thing a few weeks ago.

    the start was on a nice field at the Police Social Club, a few hundred yards down to the river then flat Ono the prom out for four and a half k into quite a strong wind, then a u Turn and back for two and a half k before a loop in a park before returning to the prom for the last k

    i think I paced it pretty well, I was struggling a little in the last 500 metres, but I was able to rally and repass a lad who had overtaken me in the finish straight. We had a nice cup of tea in th bear and then drove hhome time was 48.28 which was about 30 seconds slower than my last race, but given that I was feeling like the Vicar of Dibley after her third Christmas dinner it was quite acceptable.

    splits

    7.54

    7.52

    7.49

    7.38

    7.51

    7.39

    plus a couple of minutes for the .26

     

  • Well done Mr P, great result!

  • race report from my blog follows:

    Well, I woke up feeling pretty dehydrated from the bike ride the day before, and feeling silly that I hadn't even mustered up the energy to make dinner or a snack before bed. I thought I would fix this with Sis energy mixed with chia seeds and a bowl of porridge... Unfortunately the milk had gone south so had to go out to get some more. Being outside at 8 o'clock when it was already so hot made me realise that it was gonna be a toughie! Didn't want to make the heat worse with hot porridge so had oats with some cold milk and dried fruit instead.

    We left home at 8:45- race registration was between 8:45 and 9:45 for a 10:30 start. I had registered online before but never got around to sending my cheque off. Anyhow, if I do this race again I'll just enter on the day- was only a tender and no bother, though David pointed out there were no emergency contact details on the back, which was a cause for concern. Given the heat and my exhaustion from the day before, this was another reason to take this one really easy. I thought sub 2 hours for a 12.2 mile race was realistic, so that meant just under 10 minute miles. Clearly, not having lived in Australia for 3 years, I have forgotten how tough running on sand is.

    The race started right on time, on the sand. I had positioned myself toward the back of the field, so I wasn't tempted to go off too fast. There were about 3/4 mile on the sand before going onto a narrow footpath where everybody had stopped to walk! Craziness! I was frustrated at being forced to stop so early in the race, and as a result went off too fast for miles 2 and 3, before arriving at the first drinks station- the heat was already having an effect, and I took a couple of cups here. I really think that I need to get a light coloured cap, as the visor protected my face, but didn't keep the sun off my dark hair.

    The next section was plodding along the sea wall, and most of the middle part of the race was like this- the path was very narrow and surrounded by very tall grass. This could be irritating if you caught up to a slower runner, as you were stuck behind them for a long time, but equally, if somebody caught up to you, you felt you had to push it so as not to slow their race down. At the next drinks station at 4.5 miles, bumped into Paula, one of my Parkrun buddies. I was really in a bad way at this point and the sun was getting really strong, with little relief from the wind and no shelter. We ran together for a long section, i figured it was good luck to run with someone named Paula, up to around 8 miles, then she got ahead, I had to walk to calm my breathing down, but I kept her in my sights. The plan had been to take it easy until 9 miles, when I would start picking off runners to overtake, relying on my endurance, and them having gone off too fast. At 9 miles we were back on the beach with a very strong headwind! Argh! No overtaking for me then! I could spot Paula ahead and she was still running! Wow! I found that the speed that I could run wasn't much different to the speed that I could walk, so I got down to the sea edge for some firmer ground and commenced power walking. After I'd got my breath back, I could start running again, but wow, this was really really tough! Much harder than the pub 2 pub run I did in Sydney in 2009! That involved beach running, heat and serious hills, but the beach running was only the first 800m- the rest was road, so I could actually run.

    We got back on some concrete and another drinks station at mile 10, I had finally caught back up with Paula again, and I was in my catching bibs mode, so after only 1 cup of water, I started running again- figuring I could put in more speed on the solid ground before softer ground sapped my low energy leg muscles. I passed a chap in a purple shirt, he asked how wa

  • how was I still running, I told him coz I stopped to walk so much in the middle! I had an Ipswich triathlon chap ahead of me, far in the distance- he had actually parked next to me. I thought I could catch up to him, but it was a long shot, only 1.5 miles to go, and almost all of that on beach. I decided counting down from 300 would keep me running, and for the most part, it did, but there were some really soft sandy bits that brought me to a walk. I kept getting closer to Ipswich triathlon man, and kept him in my sights, when we came off the beach and onto the road, clearly, like me, he had more road speed and I lost him around the final corner, but luckily, Gareth, another Parkrun buddy started yelling and cheering me on, and that gave me the boost I needed for a sprint finish!

    My finish time was 2:13:52

    I saw Paula's husband at the end as well, and told him I had been running with her most of the way, she was only a couple of minutes behind, just enough time for me to get my energy back and start cheering her!

    I think on a cooler day this race would have been absolutely perfect. The marshals were great, and it was a really well organised race. I love that I could drive from home in the morning and didn't even have to wake up that early, and I didn't realise I had a beach that's only 15 minutes drive from home! The club has a 5 mile race later in the season. I wasn't planning on doing it, but I think I'll add it to my schedule now. Obviously they can't control the weather, and the narrow footpaths were a bit annoying in the early stages, but that's part of off road running. Would recommend this to anyone who perhaps hadn't done cross country before but an experienced long distance road runner. Certainly wasn't as hard as the other off road races I've done this year- Orion 15 and Karrimor great trail challenge, as it was almost completely flat, but the heat and wind made it really tough.

    Splits:
    Mile 1: 11:06 - that annoying stop
    Mile 2: 8:57
    Mile 3: 9:34
    Mile 4: 10:03
    Mile 5: 12:24
    Mile 6: 10:34
    Mile 7: 11:04
    Mile 8: 10:48
    Mile 9: 13:11 - just so windy!
    Mile 10: 11:22
    Mile 11: 10:24
    Mile 12: 12:13
    Last .26 @ 10:58, but I didn't switch the garmin off for over a minute so probably more like 8:30

  • oh, and of course this is a pb at 12.2 miles image

  • MalcsMalcs ✭✭✭

    Great race reports people!

    Mr P - excellent result given your feasting the night before. Sounds like a nice place for a run too. Looks like you were speeding up as the race went on which is always great to see. Well done!

    Angela - ha, yes choosing to follow someone called Paula is bound to be a good move so long as you stay out of splashing rangeimage

    I have experienced running into a coastal wind on my marathon so I have some idea of how you felt at mile 9. It's the most agonising thing. Well done for getting through it and congrats on your 12.2 mile PB image.

    How is David feeling now after being dragged round the lanes of Essex by his nutter of a wife to be? Poor chap. You do want him alive for the wedding don't you? image

    That's a good show of stamina for you on the bike. I think you can be very confident of a good result in five week's time. 

    I did 12 miles on sunday in the searing heat. Longest since April. Took it quite slow and really enjoyed it.

    The knee has been much better since I heeded Angela's advice to get the roller out. It would appear that the problem was indeed down to tightness. Who knew? Well I think that deep down I kenw it all along. However, it always amazes me how the mind tries to convince you it's something more sinister. Until someone gives you a slap and points out the obvious to you it's panic stations. So many thanks Angela for the virtual slap - you saved me a week of unnecessary resting and hours on Google image

    Sarah - have my fingers crossed that everything went well!

  • Hidihi Malcs,  I think David is just fine, he got back at me by having hayfever and snoring all night long- haven't had a decent nights' sleep in days, which resulted in me relocating to the sofa last night - the sound of the dishwasher is far better than the sound of his snoring!!! image

    Glad your knee is feeling better.  When I started the marathon training this year, I had a couple of injuries I hadn't rehabilitated properly - rather than rest, I made sure to get regular massage, stretch and foam rolling.  I'm glad to say that both are A ok now, and in future, I will always be listening to my body on these.  I think if you keep up a decent regular stretching, strength and massage programme, then you shouldn't get injuries, unless they come on quite acutely, in which case, you will know to rest and/or see a specialist.  That's my new method anyway.  I can't afford to keep going to the physio, so its all about prevention image

  • Mr PuffyMr Puffy ✭✭✭

    Another cracking report Angela!

    Malcs it was funny really, it was a stone's throw from Liverpool airport but the views were amazing because it is so flat.

    i worked out my training plan for Chester yesterday, it doesn't look great tbh, I realised  that I've been doing ok on my shorter faster stuff but my long runs have suffered. In both the recent ten k races my knee has twinges again so I think I will do a proper long ruon at the weekend and see where I am. I have offered to volunteer at parkrun so I will need to work round that.

    any Sarah news?

     

  • I can tell Sarah news... But it's proper form to let her do it herself... image

  • Mr PuffyMr Puffy ✭✭✭

    I wish she'd hurry upimage

  • Mr PuffyMr Puffy ✭✭✭

    Gym tonight, usual session of rower, a few weights then the hills on the treadmill, I extended it to 22 minutes, felt very comfortable.

    I toyed with the idea of a takeaway, but then I popped into Sainsburys and gota couple of nice steaks for me and puffy junior, he even ate this broccoli bless him.

    looking at eight miles at Mara pace tomorrow to see I where I am, then on Thursday it's a fun run in the next village organised by a woman form our club so there will be plenty of competition. It's two miles so I fancy myself to do quite well image.

     

  • Evening all. Sorry that I didnt come on earlier. I didnt have much of an internet signal whilst doing the three peaks and my phone battery just didnt want to last. Yesterday was my 3rd year wedding anniversary so when I finally got back to york I had to spend it with chris giving him my full attention.

    Its been nice reading through all your posts and reading your race reports. Congrats Mr P on a fantastic 10k after the saturday night. It must have been so rewarding seeing where you had run only a few months earlier, you must have been so proud of yourself. Im just about to re-write my training plan out for York. I was really happy with teh one I did 2 months ago but due to my foot injury there needs to be alot of cganges unfortuantely. Its so frustrating. I was thinking back...the time when I thought I would get injured (when I did 3 races in 7 days) I was fine and then I have to be clumsy and drop something on my foot! Im very proud of you having steak instead of the takeaway...too many takeaways could be a recipe for disaster...could end up looking like them in your photo!! I love brocolli. Is the 8 miles with the new club?

    Hi Angela your race thi weekend sounded like thr northumberland coastal run that I did last year. It was so tough running on the beach and on the cliff tops esepcially when it was all into the wind, but it was a fantastic experience and a very special run. If you do yours again next year, I would be tempted to do it with you. 

    Your bike ride sounded amazing and extremly far....think thats one of the bonuses of biking over running...you can still eat and drink and continue on (....within reason)!!

    Dotty hows the wrist? have you managed a run yet? Im hoping that all the endurance that we have already built up this year will help our autumn marathon training despite the injuries and breaks (fingers crossed).

    Hi Malcs ...your children must be bad if you will swap them for chris!!! Glad to hear that your knee is on the mend. What are your plans for this weekend and for TR24? How many laps will you be doing/aiming to do?

  • So the three peaks!!

    ...I woke up early at 5:45, half an hour before my alarm was due to go off...think it was excitement and nerves.

    I was picked up by the mini bus at 6:45 when we made our way up to fort william. The Mini bus was restricted to 62mph so all the times that we had calculated for the challenge we realised were going to be an inder estimate...meaning that we would need to walk faster.

    We arrived in Fort William just after 3pm. We decided to go for something to eat...I had a tuna melt panini and then we called at morrisons to stock up on food and drink for the weekend.

    We got in to our kit just before 4:30pm and then started ascending Ben Nevis at 4:30 pm. There was 10 of us at this stage in the challenge. Three of the group were significantly slower than the rest of us so I spent alot of the walk up walking off in front with friends at a comfortable pass, and then stopping allowing them to catch up. The clouds were low and we didnt really get to see any of the gorgeous sites sometimes visible from Ben Nevis. Just before reaching the top of Ben Nevis there was snow which we had to walk through...think this was the highlight of my walk up ben nevis. At the top we took a quick photo and then quickly made our way back down. We split in to groups for this...the main reason was that it was so cold and wet we didnt want to be hanging around if if wasnt necessary. The climb down Ben Nevis was probably harder than the climb up due to all the stones being wet and slippy. i nearly went over three times, despite wearing walking boots. Some one in our party did go over on his ankle but luckily he was able to continue on and walk on completing the three peaks but not within the 24 hours.

    It took me 2.5 hours to get up Ben Nevis and 2 hours to get back down. Due to it taking some of the other group 2.5 hours to get down there was a bit of waiting at the bottom before we left for Scarfel..only ten minutes behind schedule after one person in our group decided to go to the local youth hostel to get dried and changed!

  • We had planned for the journey to take above 5 hours to get from Ben Nevis to Scarfel, but it ended up taking almost 6. The plan was to be ready to jump out of the van as soon as we arrived but one of our group wasnt ready so we ended up waiting about 20 minutes for them to get ready and but on plasters before we set of. 

    When we went up scarfell in May we had gone via wasdale head. Due to it taking longer to drive there, and after consulting with friends who had gone up the mountain via the alternate route, seathwaite, it was decided that we would go up via this route. The only problem was that when we arrived, one of our "guides" decided not to walk it due to him having a sore knee. The other "guide" then didnt remember which way to go when we set off. We tried to follow the guide that we had bought but it turns out that it actually directs you to go a longer way to get to the base of the mountain rather than a more direct route (we only found this out after completing this mountain). In addition to also going the long way, we also got lost when we didnt see the first aid box described in teh book and took the stretcher as being that meaning that we missed a left turn. After about 30 mins of walking in the wrong direction we realised what we had done and turned round to re trace our steps. 

    We finally got back on the right track and made our way to the base and then up scarfel. The top was very rocky and actually quite dangerous in the low cloud and gail forced winds. At one point I thought I was going to be blown away. Despite all our hurdles we managed to complete scarfell in 5.5 hours...half an hour more than the planned maximum. Two of the slower walkers did sit this mountain but we did still end up waiting for the third one quite alot.

    At this point I didnt think we were going to complete the challenge and decided on damage limitation...to try to do it as quickly as mossible.

  • The drive again over to snowdon again took longer than planned (by 45 minutes). We pulled up with 2 hours 50 minutes to spare. 

    We decided to go every man for himself but did stick to groups/pairs to try to play it safe. I am so glad that we had only walked up snowdon a few weekends ago as I think this worked to my advantage as I knew what was to come and when.

    We managed to get up snowdon in 1 hour 30 mins and back down it in 50 mins which i never thought was possible. We did run when ever we could and scarmbled up the rocks inbetween the places where we could run as quickly as possible. We went up via the pyg track and back down via the miners track...this seemed to go on forever but you could run most of it.

    Three off us managed to complete the challenge within the 24 hours. For me it took 23 hours and 25 minutes. Three of the group didnt complete all three mountains and the rest (4) were just outside the 24 hours.

    It was a very exhausting weekend but im glad that I did it and im proud of my achievements. Im not sure I would wantto do it again...but ask me again in three weeks and I would probably say yes...especially if I was gaurenteed views and nicer weather (there was low cloud on all three mountains so teh visiability was extremly poor). If I was to do it again I would def go up scarfel from wasdale head aswell and not seathwaite!

    Our total milage was 25.9 miles....1.9 miles than normal due to getting lost on scarfel!

    My foot was fine throughout the weekend. I had a rest day yesterday but attempted a run today. I managed 10 miles (as ive a 10 mile race on sunday) but it was steady at 8:20 min/mls. If I ran any faster I became aware of my foot. Therefore I think I will be using sunday as a training run and not a race...which is a little frustrating, but I am just happy to be back running proper milage!

  • MalcsMalcs ✭✭✭

    Sarah - wow, that sounds like some adventure! Thanks for taking the time to write such a great report. I was very nervous towards the end. Can't believe that you ended running large parts of it....wait a minute, this is SO, of course there was going to be running involved image

    It was good to hear no mention of the foot until the end and even then it was in a positive light so that's fantastic. Also good to hear you avoided being hit by falling seafood on Scafellimage

    That's a very good 10 miles you got in. Not sure I'd have attempted that. Given the foot issues and the fact that you're only just back from a massive hiking challenge I'd say it's a brilliant sign that things are returning to normal. Definitely the right call to use Sunday as a training run.

    Funny you should mention York. I was thinking about firming up some sort of schedule the other day. I can't believe time has passed so quickly. All my big plans about being up to 20 miles by now have all evaporated. This week should be week 1 of a 16 week programme! 

    I'm hoping to do 14-15 miles this weekend, very slowly with no MP in it. TR24 I can't wait for. However, I'm happy it's still a few weeks off as I need the training time. I'm aiming for 8 laps so I'll need to do a few doubles or even triples in the build up.

    How about you? Changed your planned number of laps? Doing any specific training for TR24 or just normal marathon stuff?

    Mr P - mmmmm.....steak....

    Good luck with the 8 miles MP today.

    Angela - you definitely have the right strategy there re. injury prevention. I'll be doig alot more rolling and stretching from now on. This little scare has served as a reminder that I can't slack off on this.

    Still laughing about your night on the sofa image

     

  • Great report Sarah, and congratulations on successfully completing the challenge, not that there as any doubt that you would!

    so I had a sports massage last night, and despite feeling surprisingly ok after my epic weekend, mr massage found lots and lots of tension all over the place, especially in the shoulders, and glutes, and worst of all in the hamstrings... They are still sore now from how much he had to work on them.... So it's my bday today so I took the day off, and contemplating my usual birthday run- do I do a speed session? Or shall I give my legs another day to recover from the massage.... I'm actually hoping on trying out the run club tomorrow night, so might be worth taking it easy in case that session is too hard for me image

    Malcs, it's amazing, the next night he took the sofa, but now he's learnt not to snore.... He's threatening being in the dog house though... elephant gave me a birthday card, but he hasn't yet!

  • MalcsMalcs ✭✭✭

    Happy Birthday Angela! imageimageimageimageimageimage

    Probably a bit late to answer your question but it's obvious anyway - give the legs another day's rest! image

    Ha - a night on the sofa is enough to force anyone to change their ways. How do you punish him for no birthday card though? That's a henus crime in anyone's book image

    Have a good night!

  • Mr PuffyMr Puffy ✭✭✭

    I bet he's got something special planned Angela, no one is that daft image. Happy Birthday!

    great report Sarah, I bet you were mightily pissed off with some of the faffers? Really well done and hard earned. 62 mph lol.  Seathwaite is a long route and must have been difficult in the dark.

     

    malcs I have stayed in tonight, mrs p has had a day off and I feel a bit sorry for her sometimes just coming in and leaving her on her own again, so I will do some thinking about core work, I'm good at that!

     

  • Happy birthday Angela! Hope you've had a great day and a enjoyable run this morning. Loved your race report.



    Glad to hear that you are back safe and sound. Well done on the three peaks and coming in on your time target. Did you manage to get much sleep on the mini bus? I agree with Mr P, I would have been annoyed at the time wasters too. Could they not apply plasters or change clothes whilst the mini bus was moving? Have you applied for VLM GFA yet? I think the closing date is the 8th July?



    Mr P - Sorry you didn't get to do the 8 miler today. You are the reason I managed to get my CNBA legs out for a run this morning. I read your post about testing your endurance with regards to Chester and thought I would apply the same test.



    I managed 13 miles. The first 4 were hard and I was tempted to turn back but remembering last week's DNF on my long run I ploughed on. I changed my route and took a trail / cycle path that I knew would lead me to Arthur's Seat. I felt I was getting my running mojo back and I was enjoying the hillier route. I also got to see all the guests arriving for the Queen's garden party today at Holyrood.



    Evening Malcs, looking forward to following your training and Sarah's for York. Hopefully your plans will go better than mine. How many laps are you all planning to do for TR?



    Anyone else been following the Tour this year?
  • Hi Malcs I was actually looking forward to running snowdon all the way there. Think I just wanted to get it over and done with, but I was also itching to run, especially on that last section on the miners track. It was so nice to run with someone for a change.

    Phew as you say, no seafood accidents but I almost did get blown of the top of scarfell it was so windy!

    I wouldnt have normally have tried 10 miles on tue but I was at a meeting tonight after work and didnt want to leave it until too close to the 10 miler on sunday to attempt and see if I was capable of running 10 miles. I saw my friend today who is also running on sunday. He is slightly slower than me so were hoping to run round together, me at a training pace and him more at a slow race pace. Really looking forward to the company.

    I really cant believe how quickly its come round to starting training for York Marathon. This week my aim was 10, 7 and 10 so only 27 miles overall but I did only do 17 last week and 6.5 the week before so im hoping that should be ok. I ve altered my original plan and I should hopefully still get in 3 x 18, 3 x 20 and 1 x 22 mile runs. My long run this week will only be 10 miles though, and then fingers crossed 13 next week. I did 15 miles for my long run the day before my foot injury 2.5 weeks ago so im guessing the endurance should still be there...its just my speed im worried about.

    In think I will still be aiming for about 4 laps at TR, would be nice to do more but I don't think I will be up to that sort of milage by then now. Im planning on running and from work next week, its only 3.5 miles but least I will know what its like to run twice in one day then. Think at TR I would like to do two separate laps on the sat and then 2 laps back to back on the sunday. Are you still going down in the friday?

  • Happy birthday Angela , how have you spent your day and what presents did you get? I hope he made up for the lack of a card with gifts? Did you make your birthday run or did you decide to save yourself for tomorrow? 

    Hope youve had a fantastic day imageimage

    mr P always good to have a rest day image. Seathwaite route was terribly long...if I do it again I would gthis wasdale every time. we needed our torches for about 30 mins but then the sun came up so it wasnt too bad, luckily. I've decided that mountain is my nemesis...so much went wrong on it!

    dotty congrats on getting 13 miles in, you must be over the moon. Sounds like you ran a fantastic course as well....im quite jealous and wondering if I could fit something in similar when im up in Edinburgh a week on friday for a hen weekend ( have a feeling the hen wouldnt be impressed though!) I sometimes find that my legs hurt for the first few miles of a run until they loosen off then they seem to be ok.

    I have to admit, a few off us were almost boiling...it felt like they were holding us up on purpose, it was so frustrating and probably even more so for those that didnt complete it in the 24 hours.

    I got such happy memories of running London this year, I don't want to spoiit them by running it again next year just incase something goes wrong!

    Rest day for me today as I was at a meeting after work, but I did call in the gym on the way home to do my weights.

     

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