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Damien, well done for your 10k PB. Had your push bike been stolen?
Runningfox, no need for embarrassment, you should be proud of all your amazing achievements. I wish I had done some fell running when I was younger, but am too old to start now. I'm quite happy running on trails etc. In my younger days I did run cross country for my club, wearing various length spikes, according to the conditions. I could vault over gates, but nowadays I struggle to climb over them. I think I have lost my confidence, having fallen off one and wrenched my shoulder and side. I hope that you are able to continue running for as long as possible. I'm only 74, but hope to have a few more years left in me.
Aquarius, apparently it is the sunlight that speeds up the development of cataracts, and tinted glasses help to filter it out. My long distance glasses, are my driving glasses, and slightly tinted. I always ensure that I do wear them, even if it's just to the supermarket which is less than a mile away. The reason is that if I had an accident and wasn't wearing them, I wouldn't be covered by insurance.
I was disappointed with my 5k, but next week I'm going to run it in the forest again. Sarah F will be running with me because she said that as soon as she achieved sub 27 minutes, she would do the forest run, and she ran 26.44 yesterday!
It hasn't rained here today, although it did rain during the night, and the pavements were very wet. Glad to hear that your heel didn't feel any worse during this mornings run, but definitely mention it to the physio, as it could be plantar fasciitis.
WtnMel, I think you are getting mixed up with Aquarius's and my post. It was her who mentioned the fell running kit and getting soaking wet.
It makes a nice change, you having a quiet day, as you always seem to be so busy. I see though that you have got next week planned out, so that will keep you busy.
I ran 7 miles on roads this morning at a recovery pace, after yesterdays 5k challenge. Tomorrow, there will be 6 of us (the maximum permissible) intending to do 10 miles in the forest running 2 metres apart. This would be almost impossible on roads.
WtnMel, yes you are keeping me on my toes!
Well done for getting out early again for your morning run. I ran 11 miles in the forest this morning with the Monday Club. There were 6 of us, running correctly spaced apart. We saw several other runners, including Toni, my hairdresser. We stopped and chatted for a few minutes. She confirmed that the salon would be open in the first week of July, but hadn't been updated on how they would operate. I will try to buy some face masks, as I'm sure that it will be mandatory to wear them when having an haircut.
A good idea getting up early tomorrow morning to paint the garage door, before it gets too hot. You certainly don't want it to be too hot on Friday for 3-4 hours on the golf course.
Tomorrow is a well needed rest day for me, so I will walk to the chemist to try and buy some masks. My sister says that they have plenty.
Going to put my feet up now and maybe do a bit more of the Everyday Excel course I started a few weeks ago ..
WtnMel, I used to do the sudoku in the i quite regularly, but haven't done it lately. Well done for painting the garage door earlier this morning.
I did my "Worlds Strongest Man" walk again back from the supermarket, and this time didn't stop to rest my arms, despite my brain telling me too. Silly, I know. After I had unpacked the bags, I set off again walking to the chemist to buy some face masks, and back again. It was 3.76 miles and very hot.
My laptop has recently updated "Edge" to the latest version. It is much better than the previous version. I usually use Google Chrome, but thought I would try Edge for a while, to see how it compared.
HS - I'm really getting into the Sudoku in the Independent now and with it being on the ipad, there's no need to have an eraser nearby. I noticed on Fetch you'd done some cross-training by walking to the shops - didn't realise it was a weight-training session too
Aquarius - I think HS's idea of a rest day is different to mine (I might watch World's Strongest Man on my rest day if it was on tv). Margaret and I don't intend to go back to normal despite the government relaxing the lockdown rules. I think it's all a bit premature especially as Boris has said it should be okay as long as people use "good old British common sense" (presumably thinks that let's him off the hook in the event of a second spike). In defence of my Everyday Excel course, I've already found lots of stuff I wasn't aware of and I'm only halfway through the course. And I've already been able to create graphs more easily to track my training (nice to see the average pace trend is still downwards). Good to hear you had another enjoyable Zoom pilates session. Sounds like a lovely walk you had and I liked the photo of the mausoleum you posted. One of my running club friends posted a photo last week where the owner had gone round the field collecting horse manure and had piled it up in front of the stile - as she said, what a nasty vindictive thing to do. And as it's a public footpath, she reported it to the council hoping they'll "have a word".
I got up early and ran 4.5mls this morning at 10:33mm pace so was happy enough with that. It was noticeably busier with 13 cyclists, 12 pedestrians, 6 dog-walkers and 6 other runners. Plus I heard a noise on the road behind me and was thinking "that cyclist is really going for it" when a guy on an electric scooter whizzed past me.
HS mentioned his laptop updated and he has a new version of Edge. My laptop has done the same thing and I've just had a weird 45 minutes where I couldn't connect to any websites and then my Norton 360 reported an error. Norton automatically corrected the error and said it needed to restart. Then, for whatever reason, Norton was happy again and lo and behold, so was Edge. I had tried Chrome as well in the meantime but that was having the same problem. I've no idea what was going on but I'm just relieved it's all working okay again now.
Margaret came back from Tesco with a new climbing plant so against our better judgement, we've just been out in the garden digging a hole for it and planting it. Having run and showered earlier on, I'm now too warm again.
Aquarius, you are right, yesterday wan't much of a rest day. The walk to the chemist was quite tiring, as it was very hot and I didn't take my water bottle with me. When I got home, my throat was really dry.
I'm afraid that I didn't have a rest day today, but ran 5.1 miles on roads with Sarah H. We ran into the village and round the Marina. Whilst we were in the village, we looked in the window of the hairdressers where two of our runners work, and also to the one I use. There was activity in both, so they are obviously getting things read for opening day. I definitely won't attempt to try on Saturday 4th as it will obviously be very busy. I intend waiting a week or so, and going mid week. They open at 8am, so I will get there early.
Glad that your Zoom Pilates session went well, and hope that you are feeling the benefits.
That sounds like a very interesting walk to the ruined Church and mausoleum. I really like old churches, castles etc. Thanks for the photo of the mausoleum, it seems to have weathered the years very well, and is very impressive. I think that it is very sad that so many footpaths have been allowed to become overgrown, and eventually disappear altogether.
WtnMel, that's a great idea, doing your sudoku on your i pad. I always did mine in pencil, so that I could eradicate my mistakes.
I also think that it is a bit early coming out of lock down, despite the caveats.
Glad that your excel course is proving beneficial.
Well done for your early morning run at a pace quicker than Sarah's and mine!
Those problems you had with Chrome and Edge were weird. Thankfully, my upgrade was trouble free.
It's been to hot for me to do any gardening this afternoon.
I almost forgot to say that a neighbour nearly opposite me texed a message last night advising that we had been "invaded" by gulls and crows, and they were ripping open our rubbish sacks which we had put out for collection in the morning. Mine had rubbish all over the front lawn, which I laboriously picked up, wearing a pair of old gardening gloves, and put the split bag into two more for protection. I then put the bags into the garage, to be on the safe side. I retrieved them this morning, wearing my dressing gown at about 5.45, as the bin men collected them usually just after 6.00.
I hope all goes well for tomorrow’s golf and you don’t get too wet.
Just spent a rather traumatic afternoon cutting Steve’s hair with blunt scissors. 😁Off to Amazon now for a new pair, couldn’t face going through all that again. Luckily no major incidents, only minor nicks.
🤔I think new glasses would help too.
WtnMel, it sounds like your rubbish is well protected from the birds. We have also, on occasions, had the bags ripped by cats.
Reference the crowding on beaches, etc. It's happening here at Southsea and on the common. The authorities seem to have lost control. The amount of rubbish left behind by the crowds is disgraceful. The locals are afraid to venture down to the shore. There are no facilities open, but that doesn't deter the sun worshippers. If, as expected, there is a spike in infections, Johnson will blame it on the crowds ignoring the 2 metre rule. He is a past master at blaming everything on others, and not taking responsibility for his own shortcomings.
That was a good decision, visiting the garden centre early, before the crowds gather.
I feel sorry for your cleaner, beavering away in the heat.
I think it will be cooler tomorrow, so that should be better for your golf.
Aquarius, I'm sorry to say that today wasn't a rest day. I ran 5.6 miles in the forest with Sarah F, which included a structured 5 x 1k with 2 minute recoveries. It was really tough as there was no shade from the sun beating down. The club is suggesting a one off virtual 10k, with awards for the highest WAVAS, fastest male and female, and fastest age categories. This is in place of the cancelled 10k race in the Hampshire Road Race League, which the club would have nominated for the awards. I promise to have a rest day tomorrow🤣
I'm not sure about having to book an appointment at the hairdressers. When I met Toni during Mondays run, she wan't sure either, but said that you probably just need to turn up.
Hopefully your new neighbours are more consideration when putting out their rubbish. There is a house for sale which is just across the road from my bungalow. The couple that lived there, had been in residence since it was built in 1978. The husband died several years ago, and his wife a couple of months ago. She was in her nineties. There have been quite a few viewers, but the for sale sign is still up. I believe that the interior is very old fashioned as I don't think that they did any modernisation. The neighbours to that house are hoping that it isn't bought, for the purposes of renting out.
Well done for getting out early again for a run. It is rather worrying, the pain in the sole of your foot. I do hope that it doesn't turn out to be plantar fasciitis. I googled it and it said that symptoms were a pain under the heel near the arch, and treatment icing the area 4 times a day. It also mentioned stretching the arches. I presume this means walking on tiptoes and on the heels. I do both of those most days.
Columba occasionally drops in but we haven’t heard from Red for some time now, although she has recently updated her blog. Bionic IW got frustrated at the number of problems she had when trying to post on here, and eventually gave up.
Good to hear you are still running, and well done for that HM around your garden. You definitely deserve a medal for that!
A quiet day today, no running. I'll not be sorry to see the rain, it's quite oppressive here today, I tried to motivate myself to do some strength work earlier, but I can't seem to summon up the energy.
I've been stretching and icing my foot, but no change yet. I've found some specific exercises on the internet, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they may be helpful.
I hope today is a rest day (at last!) for you HS after yesterday's demanding session, and prior to your 5k challenge tomorrow. (Good luck with that.)
WtnMel - how did the golf go? Victory or defeat?
Matsmum, lovely to hear from you again and that you are still running. There aren't many of us left on this thread, which is a shame. Well done for running a half marathon in your garden and round the field.
We still have the wings, which unfortunately are not used very often at the moment, because there aren't any races. Our running club has been holding virtual 5k's since the lockdown, and keeping a league table of our times and WAVAS. I might use them tomorrow for the 5k, which I will be running in the forest. We have also been asked to run a virtual 10k by the 12th July, and awards will be given to the first man and woman, and to the highest WAVAS.
Hope you are able to pop in again soon and keep us updated.
Aquarius, I hope those exercises, plus stretching and icing will be beneficial. The tried and tested RICE, rest, ice, compression and elevation, seems to be going out of favour now. The latest thinking seems to be gentle running, and heat, but who knows. What's in one day is out the next🤔
Today was definitely a rest day from running, but I ended up walking back from the supermarket, about .5 mile carrying 4 heavy shopping bags, two in each hand. I had to stop twice to put them down. Later on I did a 60 second front plank and 20 press-ups.
Thanks, I'm doing the 5k with Sarah F tomorrow, and hopefully we will both improve our virtual PB's for 2020.
My financial Advisor has invited me to a virtual meeting to discuss the situation with the economy and the effects on my investments. I've downloaded Skype, but can't seem to locate him by name or phone number. I'll probably have to phone him and discuss over the phone, or maybe he can advise how to contact him by Skype. I'm a bit of a dinosaur regarding IT.
HS: thanks for the advice, I agree RICE seems to be out of favour at the moment, I'm just trying a combination of exercises and stretches plus some icing. I'll see how that works over the next few days, then maybe contact my physio if there's no improvement. I hope your 5k went well today? A good idea to have a financial health check with the current abysmal interest rates. I hope your advisor can give you some useful advice. (Btw your rest day sounded quite tiring)
WtnMel: how did the golf go?
Aquarius - I think it's very likely we're going to see a second spike after the scenes at Bournemouth, Durdle Door and more recently, Liverpool. No surprise that Boris's idea of "common sense" means people are doing exactly what they want. I saw a lady on the news at Bournemouth saying to a reporter - "Yes, it's so busy down there ... and we drove 3 hours to be here so I guess we're part of the problem" - ummm, yes you probably are! Re footpaths, I remember being on a Rambler's walk when a path had been ploughed over - the leader consulted his map, saw the stile on the far side, then led us across the middle of the field telling us we were within our rights and the landowner was in the wrong. We've had some rain here but we're keeping the new plants watered regularly as well. I think of the grey squirrels we have here as tree rats - I do see seagulls flying around but they never appear to land near us - we don't seem to have any problems with magpies or crows either. Well done for getting out for your 4ml run and I'm keeping my fingers crossed you don't develop in plantar fasciitis. I just refreshed the website and saw you had posted again a short while ago - glad to hear you got out for a 4ml run but you are still having problems with your sole/hamstring. I've also been resorting to sleeping without any covers and with the window open and that's allowed me to get some sleep. It's definitely cooler here today and we've hade some 'proper' rain this morning. I think the 'scraping' you mentioned is probably using the jade tool to apply a bit more pressure to the areas you're having problems with? A bit like having a hot-stone massage?
HS - I heard the authorities picked up two tons of rubbish from Bournemouth beach. I agree about Boris being a past master at blaming everyone else rather than himself. Well done re that 5.6ml run in the hot weather on Thu. I'm surprised you aren't having to book an appointment at your hairdresser - maybe you're getting VIP treatment?
Matsmum - hello! Good to see you back here after a couple of weeks lurking. It's true we're a small band of posters nowadays. Red stopped posting after her OH was ill but occasionally updates her blog - I'm friends with her on Facebook. Bionic Ironwolf stopped posting as she had problems with the website - I don't have any contact with her at all. Columba pops in from time to time and I'm buddies with her on Fetcheveryone so see her training updates on there. HS and I are buddies on Fetch too - and Aquarius and I are buddies on Garmin. Damien posts from time to time and he and I are buddies on Strava. We did worry at one point they might close down the UK forums like they did in the USA (suggesting people move to Facebook) and that we might have to do the same. But that doesn't seem to be likely to happen for now (not heard any rumours or seen anything on that subject). Good to hear you're still running regularly and no surprise to hear the Norwich HM was cancelled and that you're wary of taking part in the re-scheduled event in October - I think we Mature Runners all feel the same. Well done for doing a 'virtual' HM round the garden and nearby field.
My running club is organising a new challenge - part treasure hunt, part virtual John O'Groats to Lands End run (which is easier as it will be downhill
I played golf yesterday but instead of rain, it was far too hot. I didn't play too badly on the 1st 9 holes and was only 4 strokes adrift of Alan. But I got increasingly tired during the 2nd 9 holes - I was having to ration my water, couldn't really concentrate and was hitting the ball into ditches, bunkers and ponds towards the end. Alan eventually beat me by 18 strokes and when we finished, took one look at me and said he was buying me a pint. We sat in the shade and I'm not sure the cold beer touched the sides of my throat I was so thirsty. One thing that made me smile yesterday. Before setting off home I popped to the gents and as I walked in I was met by a lady who was in there. She had got disoriented by the one-way system in the clubhouse and having entered the gents, had no idea how to get out again! I pointed her in the direction of the ladies.
I think I must have been very de-hydrated during the golf so I'm blaming that for my poor score. When I got home I had a can of cold drink, then a large mug of tea. I had another can of beer with my dinner and another drink at bedtime and still didn't need to get up in the night even after all that fluid!
After yesterday, I wasn't sure I would feel like running today. I set the alarm for 5:30am but couldn't face the idea of running when it went off, so just switched it off, turned over and went back to sleep. So I'll probably go for a run tomorrow morning by which time I should have recovered.
WtnMel, as well as the disgraceful behaviour on the beaches in Bournemouth, I'm even more disgusted by the so called Liverpool football club supporters. They were even aiming fireworks at the Liver Building. I lived in Liverpool in the days when Liverpool always seemed to win the league, and they never behaved like that. I believe that these days "they can't take their ale," and after a couple of pints are "pissed!" Both Liverpool and Everton clubs have condemned the disgraceful behaviour.
Perhaps I will get preferential treatment at the hairdressers. I have been a customer at the salon for many years, and for most of them, Toni has cut my hair. I give her running advice when she is doing my hair, so she may repay the favour.
Another youngish couple were looking at the house for sale this afternoon and taking photos of the exterior. They weren't with the Estate Agent.
Yes, standing on a step and raising and lowering the heels is good for the arches.
Thanks for the advice re ZOOM. I didn't download it as it seems to be geared up for larger number of participants, whereas our meeting would be just the two of us, hence choosing SKYPE.
Your running club's challenge looks interesting. I think I saw mention of the virtual John O'Groats to Lands End run on our club's facebook page.
Sounded like good tactics playing badly so that Alan would feel sorry for you and buy you a pint🤣
Had to laugh at you being met by a lady in the Gents, who had wandered in accidentally, and couldn't find her way out. It might have been a different story though if you had wandered into the Ladies.
You were lucky not having to get up in the night after drinking all that liquid. I'm afraid that when you get to my age, you need to get up whether you have had lots to drink, or not. Hope you have a good run in the morning.
My virtual 5k went really well this morning and was only 2 seconds slower than my PB this year. I did 26.28, which is a WAVA of 70.4% and a VO2max of 48. I was lucky with the weather as it had been raining nearly all night, but stopped just before I set out. I got home before it started again.
HS - Zoom can be used for anything from a discussion between two people to a full-blown meeting of many more. Depends on your advisor of course but my suggestion was based on the idea that if they set up a Zoom meeting and all you needed to do was click on a link in an email, that would be much less hassle for you. Yes, you can just imagine the reaction if I wandered into the ladies claiming I was lost can't you. I sometimes have to get up in the night but thankfully, most of the time I'm able to sleep through to morning without interruption. Well done re the results of your virtual 5k - good time and great WAVA score.
I've been out this morning and run 4.5mls. I decided I was bored counting cyclists, dog-walkers etc. as things seem to be returning to normal now but noticed anyway that it was quieter this morning.
Aquarius - as you'll have gathered, the heat really got to me on Friday. I don't feel so bad because when I compared Fri's score (122) with my average (118) I could see it was only a few more. It probably felt worse because I played so well the week before. I spoke to Alan this morning to organise golf on Fri and he played yesterday - he said he was out for 5hrs(!) and scored 118. So I need his bad days to coincide with my good ones. I thought I was hallucinating when I came across that lady in the gents - she looked dreadfully embarrassed. The last time something like that happened was at the Bath HM when the queues for the ladies were so long, some ladies took to using the gents toilets so we had men at the sides using the urinals and ladies queuing down the middle for the cubicles. The virtual run/treasure hunt starts on Wed but as Claire lives the other side of Cheltenham I'll have to wait for it to get a bit closer to me before trying to join in the fun. That 'scraping' sounds like it's using the same idea of using extra pressure to break down scar tissue as when you use extra pressure during a massage to break down 'knots' in muscles. Doris might order a local lockdown in Leicester but I believe the local council have already said they don't have the powers to enforce that and have asked him to clarify what they should do? Well done re your hill session and glad to hear you didn't have any problems with your foot. Margaret told me the face mask she lent me had shrunk when she washed it so I'd better not forget to check if I can attach some longer ties as my haircut is supposed to be on Thu 9th. Tedious as it is, I agree it's worth pursuing the missing hair clipper attachment as a matter of principle. Apologies if you've already mentioned it but was there any possibility of asking Amazon for help? (I'm guessing the answer is no!).
We've been out doing a bit more gardening this morning - I say gardening but it mostly consisted of pruning things and in the case of a bay tree which seems to have become diseased, cutting it down and digging it up. So we've another 'hole' in the border to decide what to do with.
Planning to get out and run early tomorrow morning and then again on Thu morning.
I forgot to say that with this bug-hunting, I discovered another path I'd not used before. I'd seen the start of each end of the path from two separate roads but Sun was the first time I'd run down it, followed it through the houses and popped out onto the other road at the far end. I'm sure there are loads of little paths around the village like that for me to investigate. And there's a whole new estate on the edge of town that I'm pretty sure links a road I use occasionally with another road I've run down but I've never been to see where it goes!