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It’s hot again here today, I hope that bit of rain yesterday morning isn’t our total allocation for the week.
HS I’m guessing your left knee must’ve improved judging by you being able to do those hill reps today? Good job you got them done before the rain started.
JB 70 minutes of hard hill running? You must be very fit. It must be all that work you do at the allotment.
The Garmin plan had a 3 mile easy run down for today, fortunately I got it done before it got too hot. Time trial for tomorrow, then nothing until Sunday, which is lucky as we have a wedding to attend on Saturday (an all day one, can’t see us lasting the course).
Off now to get a voucher for Saturday's wedding (cash has been requested rather than presents
The run on Tuesady must have been tough as it gave me DOMS. This is most unusual as I'm running races on a weekly basis and have been training hard. I think the cause might be a change in my style of running downhill. I'm very poor at this and the other day someone gave me a tip about 'picking', which I take to mean running downhill in a more controlled style while not losing pace. Given that downhill is far harder on muscles than uphill, it makes sense that my legs have to adjust.
Today I was at it again but not as intense or fast. 30 minutes in the cemetery with a few gentle slopes and some medium effort intervals.
Really enjoying the athletics.
JB, there is a definite knack in running downhill, as it can affect the knees. That is why downhill efforts in training is not recommended too regularly. Most of my hillwork is hard up and easy down. A good idea having an easier work out today.
Aquarius, yes my left knee "held up" ok during yesterdays hill reps, but did start aching a bit during the jog back home.
Sounds like a good time trial this morning, and 10 minute for a mile in these hot and humid conditions is quite respectable. You seem to attract dogs during your runs, but it does highlight the number of irresponsible dog owners that don't keep their dogs under control.
A money voucher for a wedding present, makes it easier than trying to chose something suitable. I remember the days when couples complained about getting "numerous toasters"
I hope your visit to the physio proves successful. Sarah H is still having problems with her calf when trying to run, but thankfully, she can still cycle and walk pain free.
Have you managed to input the parkrun codes into your garmin watch?
I suffered an awful stomach upset yesterday evening. I'm blaming it on a new brand of vegi mince that I hadn't tried before, as the supermarket didn't have the usual quorn mince. I can't think of any other factor. I did some shopping this morning, and was able to buy quorn mince. I put the vegi mince in the bin, as I didn't want to risk another stomach upset.
I didn't run today, but walked to and from the supermarket "just a lightweight Farmers Walk," and did a lot of stretches etc before lunch.
HS - glad to hear the laptop is back online. That was nice of the Sarah's to get the respective photos of you and them at races framed for you. Well done re your hill reps session with your clubmates. I vaguely recall when I got married we gave people a list of things we would need. I think we still ended up with 4 tea sets though. Sorry to hear about the stomach upset brought on by the sound of it, by the veggie mince.
JB - I'm not sure I'd qualify as having thrown myself into village life despite the u3a groups I belong to. Bishops Cleeve is described as an 'urbanised' village these days and has lots and lots of estates around the 'old' centre. So it's not the small, quaint place you may be imagining where everyone knows each other (and their business!). Well done re that hardcore 'hills' session - not surprised to read on and hear you had DOMS a couple of days later. Obviously I'm no longer running but I was advised to try and not hold myself back too much and run freely and let gravity take over when running downhill (brain off, brakes off was the phrase they used!).
Aquarius - I was non-committal when speaking to the people from the bowls club but I won't be rushing back any time soon. Sorry to hear you were disappointed with your time trial. And that you had yet more problems with dogs. Hope the wedding goes off okay and you last the course - and that the physio sorts out your calves.
We have a glut of plums at the moment - it's the first good crop we've had and last year was the first time we put some of that anti-pest ribbon around the trunks and painted them with something similar. I can't imagine that's just a coincidence so we'll do the same again in the autumn. Our cleaner took away a load of plums and if we still have too many, I'll see if some of my u3a ladies want any.
We've been out for a meal today, checking out places to take Margaret's sister at the end of the month. We tried a hotel in the Montpellier area - very disappointing. But it gives us an excuse to try somewhere else on Saturday (Margaret says she will pay again as it's her sister we're looking at places for - and besides, it saves her cooking something!)
Margaret took he car to the local 'French Car' garage today - she had a problem yesterday where all the dials suddenly dropped to zero then came back to normal. This happened twice so she came home and cancelled her planned meet-up with a friend. The garage couldn't find any faults when they ran some diagnostics but suspected it's an earthing problem. The battery was a bit low - due to too many short journeys - so they charged it up to rule that out as a cause. Unfortunately, their resident electrical engineer is on holiday. It's safe to drive the car until the week after next when the electrical engineer will be back. Best of all - because all they did was charge the battery and run diagnostics, they didn't charge Margaret anything.
Talking of charging batteries, I've remembered to charge up my golf trolley one ready for tomorrow. It's a fairly flat course but even so, it's nice not to have to push it along and to save my energy for the golf itself.
Give that Alan a good thrashing today!
HS, sorry to hear of the tummy trouble. You are generally speaking safer with vegetable products but of course that's not 100%. Mrs JB has IBS and it doesn't take much to trigger it. Parkrun for you tomorrow? Should be pleasant weather.
Rest day for me today. Grandkiddies day which tires me out far more than an intensive training session. Mrs JB is taking them to the pictures this afternoon. Money well spent.
Planning to take my son to watch or local football team tomorrow (after having shown him a clean pair of heels in the Parkrun in the morning!). The club is playing in the highest league since I've been watching them (60 years!).
WtnMel, I haven't a clue what was on our wedding list, 52 years ago.
Will you and Margaret be making jam with the plumbs?
You seem to be going out for lots of meals these days, and compiling critiques!
Sorry to hear about the problems with Margaret's car. Hopefully the resident electrical engineer will be able to sort things out. My first car was a second hand Fiat, I can't remember the model. I'd only had it a few weeks, and was driving to work, when a lorry pulled out from a side road on my left right in front of me, and I smashed right into the side of it. This was in the days when seat belts weren't compulsory, but thankfully, I was wearing mine, otherwise, I would have gone through the windscreen! I got more from the insurance than I paid for the car, so was able to buy a better one. I think it was a Ford Estate Car.
Good that you remembered to charge up your golf trolley battery for todays match. I hope that you beat Alan!
JB, thanks, it's very unusual for me to have an upset stomach, so I'm fairly sure it was the vegie mince.
Yes, I'm doing the Bartley Park parkrun again tomorrow. Sarah F won't be running, as she will be handing out the finishing numbers. That will be good, as she was disappointed that she didn't hand out my finishing medal at the Exbury 10k, so will be "making do" with my finishing number😀 I'll try to do an impressive sprint finish! Make the most of your rest day today.
Good luck in tomorrows parkrun with your son, you will probably need to be on top form to beat him! I hope your local football club wins.
Aquarius, sorry to hear about your loss of electricity, and hope it won't be too long before it comes back on.
No running for me today. I got soaked by the heavy rain, this morning, waling to and from the supermarket, and then, true to form it stopped when I got home. It's been sunny all afternoon.
A flying visit from me as Margaret has just shouted that she's dishing up dinner shortly. Just wanted to let you know that my foot has survived playing golf and didn't give me any problems. Oh yes - and I won by one shot!
It was actually a 'total victory' under Alan's rules - I beat him by one shot, I scored more points than him and I won more holes.
I'll catch up properly tomorrow - off for my dinner now and a celebratory glass of wine.
HS, great to see the rain, but less fun when you get caught In it. How Bartley went well. Someone's uploaded a video of it on You Tube and it looks like a nice course but we quite a lit of turns.
Aqua, a power cut is even less fun than being caught in heavy rain. Hope it's all be sorted.
Nearly 500 at parkrun. 20.40 got me 44th, 1st in age cat and 6th best AG. I must be getting greedy as I was a bit disappointed given that conditions were nearly perfect. Some folk are just never satisfied!
WtnMel, well done, glad to hear that your foot seems ok, and that you beat Alan in your golf match.
JB, the Bartley Park parkrun went well thanks, and my Vo2 max is now 50, which I think is the max for my age category. It was very hot again, and I started off cautiously, as my left knee is still a bit niggly. It's definitely not a pb parkrun course. There are two repeating laps, with lots of twists and turns, including u turns round bollards.
Well done for your parkrun, another excellent time! You didn't say whether you finished ahead of your son?
Yes beat my son by exactly 1 minute.
JB, sounds like a nice relaxing run. It's always good running with no pressure. Our Monday runs are like that, chatty, and at an easy pace, with some walking on occasions.
I ran a solo 7 miles in the forest this morning. Both knees were aching, so I took it really easily.
My takeaway from this was that if you could overdose on good taste then I'd now be in A&E!
JB, glad that you have had a rest day, and made good use of it by visiting Arundel art trails.
Aquarius, thanks, it must have been the mince. Good luck for setting up the parkrun barcode and qr code to your garmin. It should be straight forward following the instructions. It works well for the scanners, and quite a few runners have it now.
Sorry to hear that you now have a sore throat and cold since returning from the wedding on Saturday. They do seem to be a bit of a rarity this year. Hopefully it will have cleared up in time for Saturdays parkrun.
Sarah's calf does seem to be better now, and I think she is intending to run on Wednesday. I hope Thursdays session with the physio did help with your calf and tight left hamstrings, and next Thursday will be the last session that you need.
I'm very pleased with my 50% Vo2 max, as that is the maximum for my age category, and in the top 1%. Thanks, I'm being careful with my legs, but still running.
It does sound as if Saturdays wedding is to blame for your cold. Freezing cold, hunger and getting soaked whilst returning to the car. Very sensible going to bed with a paracetamol.
I hope the generator doesn't let you down leaving you with no power. Good idea keeping your phone and laptop fully charged, whilst you can.
I ran 10.36 miles in the forest this morning with the Monday Group. Some of the regulars were otherwise engaged, but there were two newcomers, Tracy who has run Mondays before, and Babs. who hasn't. Mike also joined us for half of the run, as he had a dentist appointment. Both legs were aching, but I was able to keep running. It's not long now until the NF half marathon on11th September. Today was the last lsd run, so we will be easing back on the training. It rained during the last couple of miles, which was quite refreshing.
Just had an email from British Gas advising that as I was on a fixed price tariff, my charges won't increase until the end of the contract in December!
Been busy dealing with a problem with my computer and doing stuff for the swim club, hence my non-appearance these last few days.
JB - re your comment, Alan and I have never ridden on our electric trolleys (maybe you had in mind a four-wheeled golf buggy?).
Aquarius - I see you had your power go off but it's back now but via a generator. I don't understand the comments about you needing to turn off your solar panels as I doubt they generate that much electricity .. but that's just my guess and I've no idea how many houses there are. Sorry to hear you've returned from the wedding with a cold. I'm not familiar with the massage gun you mentioned re your calf problems. But stretching the calves - and soleus (bottom of calf) - plus hamstrings are all stretches I have on my regular routine. Margaret has decided not to risk using her car again before next week when the garage will look at it. She's re-scheduled one meeting she was supposed to have and instead of driving to her book group tomorrow, I'm dropping her off in town and she'll get the bus instead. We went out for a meal - again! - at another place and this one fitted the bill. So Margaret booked it for Saturday there and then and has emailed her sister to tell her it has been booked (it was on their 'approved' list).
HS - I guess Margaret may make jam with the plums. But tbh, I think these days she finds that too much hassle so they'll probably re-appear in crumbles and the like. Bad luck I see that you got rained on walking to the supermarket and then it stopped when you got home. Sorry to hear your knee has been a bit niggly at parkrun. I see you said the spammer has been removed - I didn't get round to prodding rwspamkillers 1 & 2 to make an appearance so unsure how that happened.
I decided it was time to re-instate the early-morning walks now my foot seems to be better. I went out and did 3mls before breakfast - then had an 'extra' 1.5ml walk this morning to take a duplicate Sunday paper back to the shop. Our one got delivered to a neighbour - Margaret was walking past the shop so picked up a replacement - then the neighbours posted it though our letter box later on. It was still pristine so I don't think they'd read it first!
I'm planning to take a look under the bonnet of Margaret's car to see if there's any sort of earthing (grounding) strap that needs tightening/re-seating as that's one of the things people say to check that can cause the weird problem with the dials dropping away and not functioning. I changed the fuse for the dashboard instruments in case that was a problem but that didn't make any difference.
Alan seems to be being a bit of a pain in the a**e about Fri's golf. An irritating pain in the a**e because he emailed me on Fri evening querying the points and quoting some figures I didn't recognise at all. I replied explaining I thought the points were correct and asking him to explain how he got to the figures he quoted in his email. That was on Fri evening and since then - nothing. I've been patiently waiting but he's still not replied so I've just sent yet another reply asking if he can explain how he worked out those points and what the problem was. Or possibly is? He's coming across as a sore loser and I find it really irritating he didn't respond over the weekend given he was emailing me a couple of hours after we played on Fri and obviously a bit upset about something.
WtnMel, our posts crossed!
I can imagine jam making being a bit of an hassle.
Thanks, the niggle was probably caused by pushing too hard in the parkruns.
I don't know either, how the spammer was deleted without the 5 ticks. Perhaps it was by someone who reads our posts, but doesn't post themselves that ticked.
Glad to hear that you have reinstated your morning walks, now that your foot is better.
I hope your looking under the bonnet of Margaret's car, identifies the problem.
It certainly sounds like Alan is a bad loser, and the fact that he hasn't replied to your emails, seems like he is sulking.
A running rest day today for me, but I've done the Farmers Walk, and the legs seemed ok.
Mel, crikey, is Alan showing his true colours? I like to think that you can be competitive without being a bad loser. A mate of mine had a saying: a good scorer always beats a good player. Alan's behaviour reminded me of this.
HS, you'll want to keep monitoring this knees. The NF HM isn't far away?
Really cool weather today. I went out early for a 30 minute run around the cemetery which I found harder than I should have.
Then a 5 mike walk in some woods with old colleagues followed by a long drawn out pub lunch. Made the mistake of having a pint with my lunch which combined with the fresh air and exercise made me very sleepy late afternoon.
I've now booked my/our bank holiday long weekend
Saturday - parkrun, probably Winchester
Sunday - Pershore 10k
Monday - Leominster 10k
This is the first time I've ever run 3 races in 3 days. I'm 67 with a body showing my age and I know that I can't resist the temptation to go fast and won't be happy unless I win my age category in each event.
What could possibly go wrong?
Seriously, I'll play it by ear and be sensible if needs be.
JB, you're right, and I am being careful with my knees. Only 2 weeks to NF half, 11th September.
Sounds like you had a good day yesterday, an early morning run, and then a 5 mile walk in the woods with some old colleagues, and an extended pub lunch. I'm not surprised that this made you feel sleepy later in the afternoon.
I'm impressed with your selection of races over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Winchester parkrun might be tough, if its anything like the road races. Definitely be careful, as to run 3 races in 3 days is very hard core, and inviting injury. Best of luck anyway 👍
This morning was scheduled for an interval session, but being the sensible person that I am, decided to just do an easy pace 5.29 miles in the forest. There was just Mike and me, as Sarah H was feeling the effects of a boozy few days in Brum with her Dad and brother, and Sarah F is competing in this evenings mile of miles challenge. This is an annual event among local running clubs. It's like a relay, with each runner running a mile on the track and handing over to the next runner. We have an A and B team, and Sarah is in the B. She didn't really want to do it, but they were a runner short and she was a substitute. I used to partake when I was younger, but I'm too slow now, and wouldn't have run anyway with dodgy knees, and so close to the HM.
Glad to hear you've found a suitable restaurant for Saturday, hope it lives up to expectations. Good that you are back to walking again, I hope your foot doesn't give you any more problems.
HS Sorry, I should have mentioned it was me who flagged the spammer. I'd popped in briefly on Saturday then realised I didn't have time to post properly, but noticed the spammer so flagged him. Glad your legs seem ok now, and you are now easing back on training leading up to the NF HM.
JB You do like to tempt fate don't you
As my cold seemed a bit better yesterday I thought I'd try a short run to see how I felt, so went straight out after my Pilates session finished. I took it slowly and just did 3 miles but was pleasantly surprised to feel ok during the run and even quite energised afterwards. However I coughed most of the night and feel back to being under the weather today, which is a pain because my next 10k is on Tuesday and I was hoping to get another longish run in before then. I'll see how I feel tomorrow (must remember physio and hairdresser appointments) and perhaps try another run. Failing that I'll go to parkrun on Saturday. I really feel jinxed this year as regards taking part in events - first Covid, then my calf problem and now a cold.
Aqua, sorry to hear that the cold has out stayed its welcome. I guess the parkrun will be better than nothing and will keep you ticking over. The main thing is to keep on keeping on. (Bob Dylan)
Absolutely hosing down here and thunderstorms in the night. At last the garden is greening up.
I've got a very slight ache in the Achilles. Isn't it always the way that in a build up to an event (or events in my case) you become hypersensitive to aches and pains?
No run for me today, might might do some rowing. Meanwhile I listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain... (Everly Brothers)
HS Good idea to wear your sensible hat yesterday and opt for an easy 5 mile forest run. Look after those knees.
Well done to Sarah F for stepping up to take part in the mile of miles challenge, how did she get on?
Forgot to mention that last night I had one of those awful encounters with a charity fund raiser. I was busy cooking the evening meal when the doorbell went and my heart sank when I saw him standing there in his charity uniform asking me if I was having a good day. On principal I usually refuse to sign up to anything when I've been cold called like this, but they have all the psychological tricks and phrases to make that really difficult. He said he was sure I'd be happy to give a couple of pounds a month. but then later on this became "£10 or £20". I told him we couldn't afford that (trying not to look at our BMW on the drive) but promised to make a one off online donation, which I later did. I felt guilty all night thinking about the children he'd told me about who desperately needed this treatment, which I hadn't agreed to fund.
It's been belting down with rain all night, and has just about stopped and brightened up. I had intended to have a rest day today, and the weather makes a good excuse.
. The Everly Brothers were my favourites when I was younger, and I remember trying to get a quiff in my hair like theirs 🤣
Be careful with that Achilles, especially with 3 races coming up.
Aquarius ♒️, sorry to hear that you are still coughing, but good news that you are still negative from Covid.
I'm being careful with my knees, hence a rest day today and tomorrow.
Sarah did really well and ran her mile in exactly 8 minutes, so 8 minute miling pace. She is really pleased and so am I; that was quicker than expected.