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How did we get to October so soon? Nearly Christmas! Looking forward to either a marathon or preferably an ultra on Wednesday so keeping everything crossed I can go as although I love running round where we live I need a good catch-up with my running chums
WtnMel I saw some of Ruths photos. Glad you enjoyed your dip.
TE, sometimes my parallel parking is spot on and other times (usually if I over-think it!) not quite as good. Do you remember the old TV information adverts with Reginald Molehusband?
Aquarius, how's Steve getting on?
Hillstrider, always like to start a run feeling a little chilly, knowing within 5mins I will be warm.
Absolutely not going to run a race a week before Cardiff half , so where did I find myself yesterday morning ? On the start line of a very hilly 16K trail race, what's the matter with me, I should know better.
I agree Red, October does seem to have arrived awfully quickly. The Derwent Walk is looking very autumnal with lots of blackberries, apples and berries everywhere you look, and the trees are starting to get their lovely autumn colours. I think this is my favourite season. Thanks for asking about Steve, actually I think the bike ride turned out to be a bit ambitious as he has hardly done any running or cycling since the beginning of the year when the atrial fibrillation was diagnosed. The cardiologist's aim is to sort out the atrial fibrillation so Steve can get back to running etc but obviously the medication still needs to be fine tuned, and until he can get another appointment we are playing it by ear. Steve had thought he was feeling pretty good, which is why he attempted the bike ride, but perhaps 7 miles was too much, especially as there were some steep inclines. However 24 hours later and the fibrillation has settled down again, so next time we are going to try a shorter flatter route and see how he fares with that.
We're on babysitting duties again tomorrow (poorly granddaughter is off school) then on Wednesday Steve has a dentist's appointment at the coast so I'm hoping to get to a training session there with the "alternative group" who meet on a Wednesday, but that all depends on my toe - I managed to stub it really hard this afternoon and have been hobbling around ever since. It feels quite stiff (and very painful) and has turned a lovely shade of black and blue. I've iced it twice but the ice pack made it hurt even more, so I've given up on that now.
For the last few days I've been getting car insurance quotes (Steve hasn't got the patience for this
Exhausted, I agree that the management of the RW forums is pathetic, non existent even. They couldn't care less about spammers invading the threads. There were Moderators before the RW Web was ruined by the so called upgrade, resulting in the migration away by the majority of the regular contributors.
Aquarius, good to hear that Steve is now feeling better. The weather is rather strange at the moment, being really cold first thing, and then warming up. It's difficult to know what to wear for running.
Hope your toe isn't giving you too much pain now.
I looked on the "go compare" web for car insurance quotes and noted that the cheaper ones had much higher costs for what you had to pay towards a claim.
Red, hope that you managed to run a marathon or ultra today. The weather seems to be ideal today for an endurance race.
I don't remember the name Reginald Moleshusband. I remember the "clunk click every trip," and "think bike" with Reg Harris, one of our most famous racing cyclists who died a few years ago. Remember "e for b and Georgey Best."?
Mok, yes we soon warm up once we get going. Not a good idea doing a trail race the week before a half marathon. Good luck with the Cardiff Half, and look forward to your race report.
WtnMel, enjoy your second holiday and return refreshed for when you resume running.
On Monday I ran 10.1 miles in the forest at an average pace of 9.49 minute miling. This is my best average pace since my knee injury in June last year.
I had a good spinning session yesterday, and did a 6 mile recovery run this morning on heavy legs from the spin session.
Had a fab day yesterday with near perfect weather conditions - cool but bright and only a slight wind (it's usually blowing a hooley (sp?) ay Samphire Hoe no matter what time of year). Was lovely to catch up with lots of chums and to run the first lap with Nick who's running shed loads of marathons and ultras to set new Guinness World Records - this year he's already run 200 marathons/ultras!!! Finished in about 5.5 hours but cba'd to go out for an ultra even though I had plenty of time
A damp and dismal morning with fine rain that's worse than heavy rain.
Glad you enjoyed your race yesterday Red, you must have run thousands of miles already this year.
Just back from a visit to the Dentist, who was able to rebuild a tooth that had broken in half. This afternoon I have someone coming round to sort out my printer. When I try to print, a message appears advising "Printer in error mode." I think that the problem may have been caused by my trying to print double sided, as I had 9 pages to print. This probably upset the settings, and I imagine that the printer will need to be deleted and then downloaded again. I could do this myself, but as I have a maintenance contract, might as well take advantage of it.
Another warm day, sorting out kit for Cardiff half and the logistics of our return to UK .
All the best for the weekend X
Where are they? The rabbits I mean! I didn't see a single rabbit. If you went out running or walking at any time of day, rabbits would be nibbling grass then scoot into the hedgerows when you passed. As you drove around they'd be nibbling on the grass verges. Our garden used to have lots of rabbits. Now there are none.
Talk about Silent Spring! Anyone know?
Edit to reply to Exhausted - cross posts. There has been a new virus decimating the rabbit population this year alongside the usual mixy. We usually have hundreds on our land but have only seen a handful this year.
Mr Fox is this your old adversary?
Another foggy morning first thing, but has now cleared and raining heavily and forecast to last all day.
Mok, good luck with the Cardiff Half Marathon, I'll be watching it on the red button.
Exhausted, I haven't seen any rabbits for years. I don't know whether there are any in the forest, but if so, I've never seen them. Lots of donkeys seem to have appeared from nowhere. They seem to prefer standing on the roads, instead of off. I haven't seen any of the pigs either this year, which are introduced to the forest each year to eat the acorns, which are deadly to the ponies.
Red, fingers crossed that you get a ballot place for the London Marathon.
What a wonderful performance by Geoff Oliver, and on the track as well. I dread to think how many laps that must be, and how boring.
I haven't run since Wednesday, as my knee decided to play up again. It was quite painful walking yesterday, but seems much better today. I will have another rest day tomorrow, and hope to run the Solent Half Marathon route on Monday with Sarah, knee permitting.
Well I got another VLM running top along with the 'we don't want you to run our marathon' packet today. Ha, I'll still be there though so my serious fund-raising hat will be back on yet again! This will be my 11th and last VLM unless I suddenly get speedy to earn a GFA place which is highly unlikely. I've done it with 10 GB places for ARUK and the only time I got in without was for having been rejected 5 times (back when they used to do that to make it fairer).
Welcome back Columba and Aquarius (I agree that biking up hills is hard!).
TE, sorry to hera your naughty knee is playing up and hope it recovers quickly.
Thanks for your concern about my knee. I did run the half marathon route yesterday with Sarah, and the knee didn't didn't really cause any problems. I wasn't very happy with my performance though, as I was breathing hard, but only running slowly. I decided not to do spinning class this morning, to give me more recovery time. I'm feeling ok today, and hoping that yesterday was "just one of those off days."
Columba, running 6.5 miles proves that you are getting back into running again, as that is a good distance.
Aquarius, I have tried running after spin sessions, and found that I had "jelly legs." How ironman triathletes manage to run a full marathon after cycling over 100 miles is really awesome. Good luck with your 5k Grand Prix run this evening.
Red, sorry to hear that you didn't get a ballot entry for the London Marathon.
Mok, looking forward to your Cardiff Half Marathon race report.
Thanks for all the support 1.46 .08 at a canter, looking to improve on that in 3 weeks time .
Really sad to lose 2 runners in 1 race, wish the families all the best, not good ,not good at all when things like this happen
Very sad news from the Cardiff half and such young men too. Haven't heard of this happening in 1/2s before, only in full marathons.
Moks that was a stonking time for you though so well done!
Agree that it's very sad that two young men have died after crossing the finish line at the Cardiff Half Marathon. Apparently they crossed the line within two minutes of each other. There will be many that will again say that running is dangerous, but thankfully deaths are very rare, and runners and other sports people are healthier than couch potatoes.
Moks, well done in the Cardiff Half, that is a very impressive time.
Columba, I don't like races with such large numbers, never have. In the days when I did the GSR numbers were far fewer, and comprised mainly good standard club runners. I probably won't do any more road races, but will stick with off road and multi terrain.
Red, I've never heard of runners dying in half marathons either.
Thankfully I seem to have recovered from whatever it was that made Mondays 13.1 mile training run such a struggle. I did a really good fitness test spin session on Wednesday, and a good pace 6.1 mile forest run this morning with Giuliana.
Very windy now, early morning speed session 4x 800m along a straight flattish road.
Hillstrider , I do not like big races either, prefer smaller ones room to breath.
Can't believe it's still so warm. Vest and shorts for me tomorrow in Ashdown Forest for either marathon or 50k depending on my mood and the weather.
Moks 11k is a short raining run for you!
TE, glad you seem to have recovered OK.
Have a lovely weekend everyone
Moks, good luck with your 11k trail run.
Red, Thanks . I'll be running tomorrow, but not sure how far. I'm running with Alice on Monday. She hasn't run for several weeks, so is keen to get back into it again .
Good luck tomorrow for your marathon/ultra tomorrow .
I'm attaching a photo from yesterday's forest run
Just drove past our local running track and a large branch is hanging from a tree top
Did you run today Aquarius? Glad you liked the photo? the little donkey was so cute.
It was raining heavily and very windy early this morning, but when I set off for my run at 8.30am the rain had just stopped and the wind had died down. I ran 9.1 miles on roads, as I thought that some trees might have fallen in the forest.
I had an nice lunch with Karen, her husband and the twins in a quaint little cafe at midday.
Very heavy rain this morning, so I'm glad that I didn't run.
Had a lovely day out yesterday in Winnie the Pooh country - I love Ashdown Forest even though it is a rather challenging route. The weather was kind to us and I trotted around in 6:03 (I think) which is slightly faster than day 1 last year which was 6:06 and was a surprise given that I'm 1/2 stone heavier! Decided against doing the double and am catching up on home stuff today.