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Some great running in the heat peeps
SC well done yesterday it's not always easy, nice stats for the week.
MG1 well done on your 8 mile today.
Teknik well done on light weight Monday
SM6 well done on your 9.5 miles not easy in the heat. take water with you.
Jason enjoy your run later.
AGF well done on another super double day.
Well it's official I'm now a pensioner
..... So after a visit to HQ I returned home got changed and moved another 2 tons, this was to be an easy job but the tarmac paths around the house have crazy paving under it and I've had to remove that as well, another couple of days and all the ground work will be done and I can ease up a little and spend more rest time and quality running. On a plus side my core is now solid
Great report OH, hope you had a good trip home.
Can't believe you are a pensioner NP, far too young!!
Nice parkrun and glad that your head cold has gone.
The 6 miles sounds like a plan HM4. As you do not like the wet/cold you must be loving this weather!
Stewart I have thought of catching the bus out to Drum and running back, is that what you did? Nice run but that is a very tough hill, I walked the other way and really struggled on the downhill as so hard on the knees!
MG1/AGF good morning running.
Teknik hope you enjoy the recovery week. Mine was not meant to be but just ended up that way! Feel better for it as I was getting progressively more tired and struggling a bit with everything not just the running.
Stuart hope you recover ok, it is hot and we are certainly not used to it! Hope it cools down for your run Jason.
I was thinking a lot of folks would be struggling in the heat as I even felt it hot. One of my few runs in shorts and t-shirt this year. Decided to wear my old Fastwitches tonight, just love how they feel so must get used to the new ones and start wearing them more on training runs. 7 miles steady for me tonight.
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Warm but not hot here.Travelled back in the heat yesterday. Uig SYHA was very full with non British hostellers staying up until 1:30 in dormitories making a racket with lights on so not much sleep.
Next time B+B! 
Just a lazy day today
Thanks for the lovely warm welcome everyone
. Got my run in early this morning - it was pretty warm but i felt strong throughout so it wasn't too bad. Training for Amsterdam mara in October. I think the squash game tonight did me in though.....might have some sort of lie in/down tomorrow
Tek,
I hope I do however the A3M is currently closed northbound due to emergency road repairs and the police don't know when it's going to be open which meant a fun drive home tonight. Chris thinks the road may have collasped however with it being such a major road I don't think they will hang around repairing it.
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Well done on everyone's training.
and another welcome Channon
Good running boys and girls!
I ran the Eccup 10 yesterday - ten miles of hills and heat. Tried to push as much as I could, aiming to match my PB pace and struggled to do so... some miles were better than the target pace, some much slower. With 7 miles in 59:00 I had to run 25:10 for the last three to match my PB, and with more hills to come, doubted it. Last mile gave me a target of 8:30, which still meant pushing as most of the last mile was uphill! Got it though, 8:05 for that last mile and a shiny sweaty PB with 22 seconds spare. Lovely ice cream to celebrate!
http://www.traffic-update.co.uk/a-roads/a3.asp
Does this help HM4?
OH,
Thanks. The twitter feed from Hampshire Police said they didn't know when it was going to reopen.
NP- take it easy with all this concrete shifting at your age!
Enjoy your life of leisure!
OH- great report- sorry to hear about the lack of sleep!
IJ- fantastic to get a pb in those conditions- well done! I bet the ice cream tasted good
HM4- hope normal service is resumed soon....
I got my evening run done at 7 yesterday- still really warm, but my steady pace and my recovery pace seem to have (quit suddenly) improved by about 30 secs per mile for the same effort
Early morning recovery this morning at 5.30- perfect conditions then- hot here again now!
IJ Well done
Sea mist (haar) in this morning - good bye sun
Tek, enjoy the cutback week, well deserved
SM, it has been very warm of the last few days, makes a pleasant change, don't worry about the missed miles better to be fit enough for your next session
AGF, nice double yesterday
NP, sounds like back breaking work, you will be looking forward to being a full time athlete,
Fiona, yes, caught the bus to Drum, some of the trail through the woods were so steep, there was no way I could run up it, glad I've done I though, well done getting the 7 done was still hot out early evening
OH, I hope you enjoyed your lazy day, and have caught up on your sleep, not so nice up north, hopefully the sun will pop out later
Jason, that is some improvement, looking at the forecast it going to be another hot one
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A late recovery run last night after a committee meeting, 4 miles easy along the river and back down the canal side, just what the legs ordered
4.16mi, 44:13, 10:38mm, 137(72%)
Stuart I always run with a bottle belt - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chums-14012-Quad-Fuel-Medium/dp/B0039K55IA/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1373367723&sr=8-6&keywords=fuel+belt. Holds about 800ml, great if you hate carrying a bottle in your hand.
AGF nice double total
NP well done on the official retirement
, although you do have seemed to have picked up a sentence of hard labour!
Fiona nice steady 7m last night
OH with the sun gone - get some runs in
Channon enjoy the rest
IJ nice PB at Eccup
- tough day for a 10m race !
Jason nice 7m last night - great to hear about the step-change on the pace
, and well done on the early run today
Stewart well done on the controlled recovery run
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Sunny here but there's a nice breeze, so lovely running conditions. 8.2m easy on the road for me, then 6m through the woods with a few pushes with the club. Feeling good
Updated race list is here http://www.fetcheveryone.com/blog-view.php?id=53497 or here http://nrwoolnough.wix.com/2013-race-list
and here...
19/07/13 Chudleigh 10k Night Nurse
21/07/13 Fairlands Valley Challenge Teknik
21/07/13 Dundee Half Stuart M
21/07/13 Dinosaur 10k Mace
24/07/13 Skylark 3k Teknik
27/07/13 Heckington 10m Iccle Jim
31/07/13 Lincoln 5k Iccle Jim
02/08/13 World Police and Fire Games 5k No Pain
03/08/13 Orion Forest 5m Teknik
04/08/13 Totnes 10k Night Nurse
04/08/13 WPFG Half? No Pain
06/08/13 WPFG 10k XC No Pain
07/08/13 WPFG Biathlon No Pain
11/08/13 Salisbury 54321 Teknik
11/08/13 Isle of Mull Half Andi
15/08/13 Exeter 10k Night Nurse
17/08/13 Nairn Half StewartC
24/08/13 Thames Meander Emmy
25/08/13 Torbay 10k Night Nurse
01/09/13 Great Scottish Half Spark, Stuart M
01/09/13 Moray Half StewartC
01/09/13 Thanet Half Mace
08/09/13 Maidenhead Half Johnas
08/09/13 Titanic 10k No Pain
08/09/13 Dunstable Downs 20 Teknik
15/09/13 Ingatestone 5m Teknik
15/09/13 Bristol Half Night Nurse, Sophie B
15/09/13 Stirling 10k Stuart M
15/09/13 Lake Vyrnwy Half Jason D
22/09/13 Tonbridge Half Johnas
22/09/13 Great Langdale Half OH
22/09/13 Pleshey Half Teknik
29/09/13 Loch Ness Spark, StewartC, Andi
29/09/13 Berlin AGF, Emmy, Kaz
29/09/13 Folkestone Half Mace
05/10/13 Harwich Discovery 10k Teknik
06/10/13 Chester Pammie, Doc Pete, Jason D, HazLot
06/10/13 Royal Parks Half Johnas
06/10/13 Jersey MG
13/10/13 Cologne Emmy (Half); sevendaughters
13/10/13 Great West Run Night Nurse
20/10/13 Birmingham Half MG, Sophie B
20/10/13 Palma IccleJim
20/10/13 Amshterdam Johnas (Half); Fiona C; Channon
26/10/13 Snowdonia Jason D, OH
27/10/13 Frankfurt Teknik, Johnas, Emmy
28/10/13 Dublin No Pain
22/12/13 Portsmouth Coastal Zoe Windsor
Jason good earlier doors run
Oh sea mist sounds nice to run in the 33 0c
Stewart c good little recovery run.
Rest for me today, been at an outdoor trade show all day in the hot sun, so feel shattered, back to it tomorrow night
Tek - Good run today. Might need to get myself something like that, although it's only really needed when it's hot. And that isn't often here
Stewart - Nice easy run last night.
IJ - Well done on the PB
Jason - Sounds like the pace is coming to you, good stuff.
Fiona - Nice 7 miler.
NP - I'm not surprised your core is solid after all that lifting over the weekend
OH - Hostels aren't really the best place if you're wanting anything resembling a sleep
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Even warmer today than yesterday, didn't even considering running. Meant to be the same on Thursday and Friday so I'm going to have to try to run after work. Problem is it was still 17 degrees when I came in at half 7 this morning.
rest day for me today but back on a run tomorrow. Does anyone know of running clubs/groups that run on wandsworth common or tootiing common on a Monday, wed or sat/sun please? Looking for some company on my runs - especially the long ones on the weekend.
Channon - try trawling through the links here: http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/beginners/running-club-in-tooting/wandsworth/clapham/145541.html
MG enjoy the night off !
Stuart maybe just slow it down in order to get some miles in without melting
Jim well done on the 7 mile PB great running in the heat.
Fiona I know you love running in the heat hope your new trainers are going ok.
Jason great running sir, the concrete breaking is getting close to finished
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OH Hope the sun burnt the mist off.
SC nice running mate.
Teknik great running today mate and great lists, but not sure if I will be running another marathon this year, watch this space for some big life time changes
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MG1 is that flower power
looking forward to running in spring next year.
Channon sorry cant help with that.
SM6 we don't get to run in heat like this that often but its easy to get used to.
Well mad dogs and English men go out in the mid day sun, so at 1pm I did a 6 mile Fartleck session and was very happy with the result.
OH- I want your sea- mist
Stewart- nice recovery
Channon- try local running shop?
Tek- good running and listing
NP- I am intrigued now....
6m recovery for me at 5am when the weather was quite pleasant- warm by the time I finished! Waited until 7pm for the evening run- can't leave it much later as it interferes with sleep/ recovery and the morning run! Didn't do much good- it was still 24 degrees when I finished. Going to have to take a drink on tomorrow's MLR
Still, happy with tonight's run- steady effort 8.16m in 55.25 (6.47 av)
Jason,
It depends what you mean by normal service as I've now got 2 grazed & bruised knees and a grazed hand.
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Well done on everyone's training.
Today's run wasn't along the beach and wasn't 6 mile. Because it was so sunny this morning I decided on my usualy 5k route with 3 laps round the lake on Petersfield Heath (which is about a mile) however towards the end of the first lap round the lake I went flying over a tree root and now have to very swollen & bruised & grazed knees with a grazed palm.
HM4- ouch!
Thanks Jason for the advice and Teknik for the link.
HM4 - Ouch! that sounds painful!
baking hot 6 mile recovery run - we didn't do the sprints scheduled! I pushed the pace onece or twice but happy just to run a few miles.
Should be cooler tomorrow so hoping for a midweek LSR.
HM4, be careful!
Shame about the haar OH.
Welcome Channon, in the far North here so can't help I'm afraid!
Well done on the PB IJ!
Fantastic pace improvement Jason, must be all the miles catching up with you!
Good catching up tonight Stewart, hope the ITB etc eases off.
Sounds a great run Teknik and nice list, I'll have to think about what I'm doing between now and Amsterdam.
MG1 being on your feet all day and making smalltalk is exhausting, I hope you recover well today.
Stuart I hope you get your run, meant to cool down a bit the next day or so.
NP also intrigued here...but you seem happy to be running in the sun! I love it too.
HM4, ouch! I hope everything is fine!
3.5 miles this morning easy in the sun
at 6am then 7 miles with the group tonight - both runs in shorts and t-shirt and Fastwitches which made running down a gravel hill interesting! 
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Fiona- nice running- ru ning on gravel is fine- just don't brake
Out in the kayak. Played with a colony of about 30 seals this evening
Fab OH