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Friday 12 December
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What: Nothing.
Why: Work Christmas do. I've organised it this year so I'm a bit stressed in case everyone hates the restaurant and meal. Have ordered plenty of wine as this usually smooths over any problems!
Last hard: Getting out the door last night was hard - I'm really tired this week after being on a training course for the first three days of it.
Last rest: Tuesday.
Have a good day and weekend, fellow runners!
So... time for prediction. My pb is... very slow: 2:39
2:30 - happy
2:25 - grinning from ear to ear
2:20 - ecstatic
Going to try and be careful and not go off too fast, also in the back of my mind is that this isn't the real goal - Paris marathon next year is!
ek i HATE those things
or have i missed the point as usual?
actually the lyrics are worng
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We're Not small but you are tall
aargh
What: still nothing
Why: still recovering, thanks for the get well's yesterday. Will try a run tommorrow
Last hard: Sun
Venom - oh stink. Sorry to hear that it's not ready for running yet.
3TL and Bod, have fun at Barford. Wasn't organised in time to get application in. Perhaps as well, what with one thing and another.
Bravo Tiny Tia! I tend to do long runs midweek too for the same reasons.
What: 4+ miles, I would say "tempo" rather than easy or anything else relaxed like that. I ran to physio appointment, got caught on telephone just before I intended to set out. It's called motivation.
At any rate got sent packing with loads of new exercises, and a very well loosened neck. I'm slightly surprised to find the head still attached.
What: 10km gentle
Why: Had wanted to do an early tempo run this am but too tired so will save it for Sunday after long run tommorrow
Last hard: Sunday
Last rest: Week last Monday
Treadmill - think you should employ yourself as a pacemaker on Sunday and charge BR a pint for every second he comes in under 75 mins independent of whether you really helped or not!!
BR - just make sure you follow those last minute tips in the new British runner!
More seriously, will be keeping fingers crossed.
Simon
What?: virtually nothing this weew other than more core stability/strengthening work.
Why?: Hip still on LHS.
After being forced to have virtually two months off am about to start back again - can now run at an easy pace up ten flights of stairs with only minor discomfort (can't run down yet though). Intend to have a shortish off road session tomorrow just to test things out - maybe a few miles at a moderate pace on Sunday.
Enjoy the weekend.
(Or that is the image I tried to promote amongst the year 9 kids, the short time I had anything to do with schools. It was an identity they seemed to be able to understand.)
If you ever think you can't run any faster, you'll find you can.
Seriously, wishing you the very best special reserve sort of luck.
Really windy here - hope it blows itself out before it gets to Nottingham. Good luck, BR, focus on achieving your goal ... you know you can do it.
Anyway, may not be running tomorrow cos
THE SKI SLOPES ARE OPENING!!!!!
Only the lower runs, and only for a few hours but - wey hey!
Stickless- that would certainly make me run faster! - I'm scared of my own shadow and as for a red-eyed wolf-like monster ... eek!
as for the training...
What: 6 miles (with some hard hills)
Why: Day 4 of marathon training schedule
Last hard: Sunday 10k race
Last rest: Thursday
keep on runnin....
What: 1.5k swim and 10 mins water running in the hot spa
Why: Step-back week
7 days cumulative mileage: 27
Second day of not running and I'm feeling all sorts of tweaks and minor pains in my legs. Hopefully, that's them getting fitter
I think I might snap and go for a short run tomorrow if I'm not too hungover from tonight's Xmas do.
Have a good evening all.
What: not sure, don't think I'll get to the club due to daughters school disco. Might try and do 3-4 miles after.
Wednesday's 6 miler ended in stomach cramps and a migraine, running keyworth turkey trot on Sunday so hopefully there won't be a recurrence. Hoping for around 1:55 but as pb is 1:56:06 at Nottingham and haven't done much training since then it is probably unlikely but you never know...
Good luck everyone racing this weekend particulary BR hope you get the time you need and Popsider on your first half since injury.
Welcome Rach, hope training go's well for Paris marathon.
Good luck to Bod and 3TL for there 1/2s over the weekend.
Popsider good luck for you too, after a long lay off from running.
BR hope everything pulls together for you on sunday, good luck and look forward to the race report.
Longlegs good to see things are improving.
BT, sorry to see your still not feeling too good, hope the rest is doing you some good.
What: 13 miles easyish! ( slightly longer than I stated earlier ) 1hr 40min, time not irrelevant at the moment.
Why: Slowly increasing mileage, 4th week on new programme.
Last Hard: Wednesday
Last Rest: Saturday
Enjoy your friday evening, some of us have gotta 12hr shift to do;-(
GOOD LUCK AGAIN
What: 6 miles steady up and down the Cromford Canal
Why: It is the cradle of the Industrial Revolution
Last hard: Sunday
Last rest: Tuesday
Sorry to hear you're not quite there yet Tim and Venom. Just put your feet up and enjoy the all new action packed British Runner
Just nudged over 50 miles this week. Feels like I've not done anything and forgotten what running is like.
Whatever the outcome Sunday it's back to proper training next week. Hooray!
4.6 slow miles
bought my flights up to edinburgh for the euro cross today
What: 5 miles steady in the morning, then swim and massage / drills
Why: to rehabilitate legs post marathon - think i'm nearly there.
Last hard: Sunday
Last rest: Monday
well, no doubt none of you will be surprised to learn that I haven't quite managed the 10 miles so far today... as Crafty and I were still drinking at 6 this morning, I didn't start sobering up till late afternoon - horrible horrible feeling.
Off to a ball now, promise a) not to drink and b) not to post... and c) to run tomorrow!
Seems like quite a few of you were prepared to admit to knowing the lyrics then, though Venom's backtracking didn't fool me!
It is indeed the Smurf Song by the Smurfs. Well, it seemed funny to us at 1 o'clock this morning... Sorry for getting the lyrics slightly wrong, as Benz pointed out - I was trying to enunciate my words clearly.
Have a good weekend, all, hopefully see some of you on Sunday if anyone's going to Reading.
all those going to a xmas party have great fun!
I had a rather rude present from mine!
What:circuits
why:alternative exercise week. Wasn't going to do anything as I'm full of cold, but it's all above my chest for now! So might feel better for doing something.
last hard:Sunday
last rest:yesterday
http://www.lutonmarathon.org.uk/
What: B*gger all.
Why: Tapering for Turkey Trot and after a day full of multi-site meetings I'm relaxing with a VERY large G+T ;-)
Last hard run: Week from last Tuesday
Last rest day: Wednesday
BR, 14 mph tailwind is awesome, 14 mph headwind is catastrophic.
Then again, shelter from buildings and hedges makes a huge difference too.
(Had a tailwind on most of the open bits of todays run. Wheee!)
why - rested yesterday
next hard - Sunday's race
No idea what sort of time to go for - worked out I did about 6.40s tonight and couldn't have kept it up for 13 miles - so maybe my plan of starting out at 7s isn't as conservative as I thought.
Keyworth is an exposed course - from memory I think you are probably running East/south on the most exposed bits - but that could be rubbish.