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IJ, what distance is the race ? looking forward to the report, hope the knee held up
SM6 35,37 !! is faster than most senior men, there are very impressive veteran runners around, my friend who is F55 raced a tough off road 10k in 45 mins on Saturday, then did the same 10k as me the next day, coming 3rd lady in 41.20 !! her recovery rate is amazing. Good luck on your MLR tomorrow.
MG1 nice pace for an easy run , especially after a tough day
, lots of miles covered for an interval session great running
Fiona, wow !! 5.37 ! was that down hill ?
Tek thats still a good mara pace, glad you enjoyed your Alpine adventure, sounds great fun
Stewart a couple of miles before a club run is a great way to get a longer run done isnt it? I shall start doing the same once I am marathon training
Mace , decisions decisions ? do you think you will race ? what are the chances of falling over really ?
OH sounds like it will be nice and breezy to say the least ! I cant believe they are banning garmins !! are you allowed to wear an ordinary stop watch ?
9.25 miles @9.15 s ( 1 hour 25 ) today ave hr 73%, need to get a 15 in tomorrow or Friday, Bristol half is only 2 weeks away now.
Tek good running earlier and welcome back
Stewart C hope the legs are feeling a bit better tonight
Mace well done on the 6 , go careful now
OH enjoy the day off
SM6 hope the rest does the legs a bit of good for the rest of the week
NN nice 9 earlier, not long to Bristol h, think its a good one
4 m tempo tonight in 27.57 - 7.17 7.04 6.56, 6.39 fastest 4 that I have run this year over my canal track so pretty happy, hopefully it all helps for the long stuff.
OH,
That sounds interesting. Hope you enjoy.
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Well done on everyone's training.
MG1 brilliant tempo pace well done !! I have done Bristol a couple of times I usually run around 1.43 there,
HM4 are you training for anything ?
tonight's race was 5k: I ran (jogged) the two miles from home to the club, then pottered around 10 mins or so, then 800m warm up on the track with a bit of fast pace to check the knee. Plenty of ibuprofen suggested it should be okay!
The race itself was simple: set off like a mad idiot and hold on. I'd set a bet before Christmas that I'd do 21:45 by the end of the year (PB at the time was 23:59!!!!) and as this was the last of the 4 race series, no pressure.
Sub 7:00 pace required, so first mile 6:53, second 6:59, third 6:58. Last 0.1 mile, 6:07 pace! 21:34, a large slice of lemon Victoria sponge, a pineapple cupcake and a chocolate cupcake. Good day!
12th PB in a row, and I think, the end of that streak as the next race is a hilly 10 (on Saturday).
"Jimbo, dead at the end of the race..."
Teknik, your legs are possibly tired from all those hills! The benefits will be there for once they have recovered.
Stewart how did you feel tonight? Did you get the MP run done?
mace great to see you back to it.
AGF how are you feeling now?
OH agree that ipods should not be allowed in races, a shame for marshalls cheering folks on to be met with blank stares and not too safe if on the road! But a ban on Garmins seems a bit odd!!
Stuart great to pass the 1,000 mile mark!
Nice MLR NN. The 5:37mm was only for 90 seconds!!
And MG1 it did hurt. Nearest I've ever been to 
! Fantastic progressive tempo!
Great PB IJ!
NP how are things with you?
8 easy miles for me after getting the hair cut etc, it is getting dark so early!
F
NN sorry this is late but I enjoyed your race report, great that the hill work is paying off and that you beat the other lady only to find out you came in second FV
but great running. Backed up by another great run today.
Fiona great interval work and some in the 5:30 mm
grove.
OH fingers crossed that the wind is a no-show and some times running Garmin free is a good thing.
SM6 nice running.
MG1 Nice Tempo running.
Jim great running and well done on the PB
Now the aim is sub 21:00
hope you enjoyed the cake's.
Well up early and put in 6 miles, was nice to run in the cool air
made an application to run VLM for a charity and now need to wait and see if I have a place as I won't know till October........but I wouldn't start picking the miles up untill Nov/Dec and most of this will be done in Egypt
.
Fiona cross post, can't gat my run logged on to Fetch.
Great running everyone.
Nice one IJ. Liking the after race treats too.
back on the road again tonight. a little 5.5 miler and it was tough. Thought it was the heavy legs but then realised at the end that it was cos i was running faster than i normally. Go figure! Made the end of the run all the more sweeter. it's good to be back.
Tek, well done on your mp run this morning
Mace, good to hear that you've managed to get out for a run,
OH, good luck with the half, going to be windy during my half on Sunday too
SM, well done getting over a 1000 miles for the year,
NN, sometimes it is the only way I can get the miles in, nice pace for your run today and a low hr too
MG, another quick tempo there, you're right to be pleased with that
IJ, well done on another PB,
Fiona, it is a bit depressing how quickly it is getting dark, well done with the nice easy 8
NP, nice 6 earlier, which charity are you planning to run for
Channon, well done with the 5 quicker miles
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Decided to do a MP run tonight but kept it to 8 miles at that effort given that I'm running 18 on sunday with the HM @ MP,
so it was 10 in total with a mile warm up and cool down
Stats: 8.02mi, 1:12:17, 9:01mm, 149(78%)
I'm happy with the pace and HR, I was 7 miles in before it started going over 80%, easy running for the rest of the week
Well done Jim
Winter's coming, Fiona
NP-Good luck for VLM
Stewart - forgive me for being too lazy to search back but how are your stats compared to pre current mara training ? I thought you were at 10min miling for that sort of HR not long ago ? 4hrs is your target isn't it ?
Nurse - 2 runs so far have been ok and mobility in my arm is good, it's just the hand. I'm going to run on Sunday anyway so i may as well as i'm entered
. I doubt i'll be going all out though and will probably do a progressive starting at MP and see how i feel. If i can get under 1:35 i'll be satisfied as my A race is end of Sept. Thanks 
Big fat zero this morning as i overslept -my battery went on my phone so no alarm and i slept 9 hrs !!!! Will get out for 5 or so later
OH 35 mph wind forecast !! Good luck with that !
Stuart nice recovery and well done for breaking a 1000 miles
NN nice easy 9.25m. It's funny how some races just sneak up on you !
MG well done on that 4m tempo
HM are you finished with the blackberry binge
?
IJ PB !
Fantastic streak, well done
Fiona nice easy 8m
NP well done on the 6m and I'm glad you've decided on another VLM
Channon yay! Well done on the 5.5m
Stewart great MP run - I checked your stats on Fetch and it was a good level HR print - great going !!
Mace I bet the lie-in did you some good.
I think I'm a fair way away from 3:15, and there's only 8 weeks left. I'll keep plugging at the subLTs, but at best I'm hoping to get down to 7:3x, meaning a 3:29 should be "easy"/ safe.
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12m MLR this morning, nothing much to report apart from it's hot again down here.
NN,
Not at the mo. I'm not sure when the club championship is going to be as the usual race as been pulled due to safety concerns & there's talk about it being in February next year.
Tek,
We finished the crumble off tonight and inbetween decorating at the weekend will be getting more blackberries to do the sorbet. Unfortunately there were a lot of blackberries which weren't ready.
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Well done on everyone's training.
Tek - Good running today.
Mace - Hope you managed to get for a run tonight
Stewart - Nice pace at marathon effort, looking good for Loch Ness
Channon - Nice running
NP - Good running, hopefully you get a place for VLM
Fiona - Good running, that's a fair pace for recovery runs!
IJ - Fantastic, well done
MG - Nice tempo run, you were flying for that last mile!
NN - Nice run last night, hope you got out for your 15.
OH - I set my 10k PB in a 35mph wind
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9.2 miles @ 9:46
Decided to have a shorter midweek run, and do Sundays long run on Monday (I'll be too hungover on Sunday for 13+ miles) so I can have a rest for Saturdays PB attempt at St Andrews. Blister site was rubbing a bit tonight so had to be careful.
Non-running day tomorrow. Probably 40-50 lengths in the pool in the afternoon before I go up to my brothers.
SC well done on the 8 miles, the charity is the Fire Fighters Charity fingers crossed for the place.
Channon well done on your run.
Mace hope you got out, 9 hours sleep you must of needed it.
Teknik well done on your 12 and it's warm up here still.
SM6 nice 9 miles enjoy your swim, I must get back into the pool next month.
Well rain first thing this morning and as it was cool yesterday I set off on my run in tights and long sleeve top and jacket one mile down the road and the sun came out and it became very warm
talk about over dressed lol, anyway steady 6 miles into the bank and feeling a lot better than yesterdays run. Still working on building walls and the patio 
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recovery run tonight, 9.3 miles at 8:55 pace (faster than marathon pace)
a day off then 10 mile hill race. Lovely!
Good running folks, keep it up!
Fiona well done on the 8 yesterday, always enjoy running in the autumn myself, winter is still a while away
NP good two runs, nice bit strength work doing all that labouring
Channon good effort, keep it going
Stewart C nice run last night
Mace nice bonus rest this morning
Tek good steady run, you are going well
SM6 nice run, look like you are going to have a good weekend
Bootcamp tonight for an hour then another hour with trainer, legs feel battered! Rest tomorrow before LR saturday morning
IC PB
7.6 mile JS sandwich this evening (rib fine
)
SM6 you've thrown down the challenge for me
but I don't think I'm going to take it up - no PB attempt planned
(there are 3 significant hills too)
Tek enjoy the heat - "Night's are fair drawing in" here
mace a lie in sounds nice.
Stewart take it easy now before Sunday. I went to enter a week ago but it was full! Nice MP run last night, I was looking out for you tonight but didn't see you. I was the mad one running round the 1 mile loop!
Teknik well done on the MLR.
Stuart I hope the blister behaves! I've just been wearing the Fastwitches and all well.
A recovery run at faster than MP is unheard of in my world IJ!!
NP that's more than I wore for once!! I did a warm up then t-shirt and shorts and no gloves tonight for my reps.
Did 6 lots of 5 minutes with 2.5 recovery.
Active rest day tomorrow. My sister was going to come across tomorrow night but she is not feeling so good and on antibiotics so will postpone the visit.
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Ooh cross posts. Nice cross training MG1. I don't mind the autumn or winter just running in the dark constantly that gets me.
Good luck OH and great that the rib is well.
F
Mace, around 10mm for same effort back in May but I was still recovering from my first marathon, but there is a definite improvement over the last few months, would love to go sub 4 but anything around 4hrs would be great, hope you have managed to get out for your run
Tek, another good run today, you are racking those miles up going to be close to 300 again for the month
SM, well done with the 9 mile run enjoy your swim tomorrow
NP, well done with the runs and the hard labour
MG, you deserve a rest after a couple of tough sessions
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A very easy 4 mile run with JS, just what the legs ordered, two more hard weeks and then it will be time to taper, it is amazing how quickly it creeps up on you
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OH, nice JS sandwhich good news re the rib
Fiona, just seen your session on fetch, great running, might use the loop if I can't get on the track next week for my 4x1200, all easy now until Sunday, shame you couldn't get a place
just entered the Nottingham marathon (29th Sept) as a training run. Hmmmmm!
OH got very windy here this morning and your right about the nights and mornings getting darker
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Jim thats one fast recovery run, faster than MP, I find it hard to even hit MP out side of a race at the moment.
Fiona ditto what SC said great running love the 6:30 pace
SC Nice running.
SM6 Hope the swim went ok.
MG1 nice two sessions.
Teknik nice running, have you been doing any form of intervals to push the pace/speed up?
Another 6 miles banked this morning and feeling a lot better for it.
HM
Stuart nice easy 9.2m. Good luck at St. Andrews
and have a fun weekend.
NP well done on the warm 6 miles yesterday, and the 6m today. I'm following the Hadd plan, so there's very little running at anything faster than MP - I do the occasional 200m/200m session at 5k pace/140% of 5k, plus a short race every couple of weeks. I'm thinking of adding another short interval session or two as it's 8 weeks to go now...
IJ LOL
. What part of "9.3 miles at 8:55 pace (faster than marathon pace)" was the recovery bit?
. I've often thought about doing a mara as a training run - just don't be tempted to run too close to race pace. Good luck tomorrow !
MG nice training. Enjoy the rest day and hope the LR goes ok tomorrow
OH nice 7.6m, glad the rib was "ok". Good luck in the wind tomorrow!
Fiona enjoy the rest day and I wish your sister well soon
Stewart nice easy 4m. Blimey it has come round quickly !
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1m w/up then 6m at maraHR. Went off too fast and struggled a bit to keep the HR down. Managed 7:48mm...
Weekend Races...
31/08/13 Rousay Lap Half OH
31/08/13 South Essex Mile Teknik (first time on a track for 34 years ! )
31/08/13 St. Andrews parkie Stuart
31/08/13 Hilly 10m somewhere IJ
01/09/13 Moray Half StewartC
01/09/13 Thanet Half Mace (hand permitting)
Good luck all
Good luck to all the racers!
I seem to have entered a 46m offroad ultra in the Brecon Beacons 3 weeks after Snowdonia....
catch up soon
Tek,
I'll post the sorbet recipes up at some point this weekend.
Jason,
Good luck.
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Good luck to the racers this weekend. Well done on everyone's training.
IJ, good luck don't think I could run a marathon in training, how far out is the 'A' race, good luck tomorrow
NP, good to see that you're finding your form, nice run and at a cracking pace too
Tek, another good MP run, good luck with the mile race tomorrow,
Jason, Bloody hell mate, it is only a 20 mile long run on top off a marathon
OH, good luck tomorrow hope the win dies down
SM, enjoy parkrun hope you get a pb
Mace, good luck on Sunday
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Easy 5 mile run before body balance, I'll do another 5 tomorrow before cricket
SC Hope the 5 miles and body balance went ok.
Jason fantastic miles again this month, you just keep churning them out
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HM4 any running?
Teknik nice running, but as you know I only run now and again with HR as I go on feel/pace. I just thought the last month was a little light on effort to up the lactate.
Well up and down my hill this morning and 40 miles for the week which is the biggest week in two months
. Got a 10k race tomorrow but will just run it steady as a training run.