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Over 60's training (Part 2)
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Speed repeats but 20 secs on 45 minute jog x 12 and I nailed it a good session for me first and last rep was my fastest as the rest were interupted by dogs and people.
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
speed session here too; a record 10 in the group for a very blustery
3 x 400m, 4 x 550m, 3 x 400m. Pace all over the place, as strong gusts interfered!
5 miles with the pre and post jogging.
4 hours work this afternoon; labouring - carrying "crush and run" hardcore & removing rubble in OH's garden. Might feel the effects tomorrow . . . still, alehouse visit later for some of alehouse's medication
Dave
that must be awful after the delights of the heat haze over London
WP
good workout despite interruptions!
dave
excellent turnout - your fame is spreading despite the tough session and conditions!
NRD as it was a poke in the eye with a sharp needle day
Wordle in four - fitted me perfectly
Medication, Birch. Don't know what you mean!
30+ minutes including a couple of harder efforts. Plus a fair amount of grandchild minding, which was good cross training.
Then an hour of stretching. Work tomorrow for a rest.
Wordle in five. Appropriate.
yes - wordle very fitting
Eye treatment is not so bad, apart from not being able to see afterwards - the staff are incredibly friendly and a very efficiently run department
G'pa duties are a hard session equivalent!
Dank, dark, dull and slightly warmer as I plodded 2.5 miles with avHR 122 and a max of 134.
For some unknown reason my VO2 max went up one point - only have six to go to reach my previous level....
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
it's all that laverbread
Well it was supposed to be warm out here this morning but nobody told the actual weather and it remained chill and brisk!
Same 2.5 miles in the same time and HR but with legs that felt as stiff as cold porridge and about as much use
I may get to a whole 50 miles for this month.......
Wordle in four
55 in Feb then, TS!
Wordle in four.
show off - just doubling my mileage
February is a short month..........
woke up this morning with sudden severe pain in my left big toe joint - rally quite difficult to walk on it!!!
Strangely I have also been afflicted with a similar pain in my right index finger which I had put down to too much use of the mouse leading to RSS.
Gout or arthritis - which would I rather not have?!!
Wordle in four
Didn't work out quite as intended here in Tokyo. Pretty full on (today excepted). Just a slightly chilly, moderate 5k around the palace midday + plus easy to and from hotel (7.4k total).
Skipped the parkrun idea. Better part of an hour by train to get there before 8am, in very chilly 2C temperature with no cold weather running gear not so attractive. Plus needing to take additional warm clothes for return.
Interesting to see a big upsurge in Parkrun attendance back home in the last few weeks. Millwater 371 this week (355 last week) vs <290 max to the end of last year. Hagley (Christchurch) over 800 this week!
Extended my Saturday morning longer road efforts to 10 miles, by adding a diversion to the dam wall where I added 6 x 350m. Given the work yesterday, I felt surprisingly better than expected to begin with, but legs started to become (much) heavier on the penultimate, and most testing, effort - uphill mile. Currently on 34.5 for the week. I'll do something tomorrow, but maybe not a lot . . . .
TS, I have mild arthritis in both thumbs and big toes. Not a lot that you can do apart from I have been advised to pull on them to try and keep the gap open between bones!
I did parkrun and went to the one that I last went to in August. Three hills, steps twice, over half off road. Probably better conditions in August, and certainly wasn't the five degrees/feels like one of this morning! Never actually got warm!
Set off well within myself and gradually ramped up the pace whilst being reasonably in my comfort zone: "comfortably uncomfortable". Surprised myself with 24:23, about a minute quicker than in the summer. And the course is probably worth a minute compared to the quicker courses around here. First in age group on my debut in the new category and my highest ever age grading on the course. Basically nearly all of my running has been slow and steady; now time to gradually increase the quicker work, plus strength and conditioning, in preparation for those better weather days from Easter to September and what I call the racing season.
Has turned into quite a pleasant day and inspired by Maidstone managed some cross training in the garden.
Edit: today's run did indeed take me past 100 for the month.
And: 49th over the line, but 8th on age grading.
Wordle in four.
it's actually "crusher run" but crush ad run sounds delightful
Great efforts on both days but particularly your speed sessions knowing a hill awaited you on the way home!!
NZD
didn't sound too enticing in Tokyo and I am sure the Japanese would have a law against being on public transport in sweaty clothes
alehouse
that was a very good time over what sounded like a tough course - and great AG as well
Plus not too tired to do gardening afterwards so you must have had something in reserve
well you wouldn't have been inspired by the Toon but the Foxes may have given you a lift.
I shouldn't have counted my miles before they were run
Barely able to put weight on my left foot as the toe is so painful - in fact Mrs TS beat me round the garden, and she was on two sticks, this morning!!
The toe will not lift at all at the joint with the foot - the right one as control goes up about 50 degrees
Wordle in six
Hope the toe soon returns to normality, TS!
Just under 35 easy minutes today; hamstrings equally tight so some stretching in addition.
Around 55 minutes off road with my M78 neighbour. Had hoped for more but he was struggling with a bad back; gardening is a dangerous sport! We got drenched but an enjoyable run nevertheless.
I have run every day and this morning was speed repeats so 15 mins warm up,4 mins controlled pace,three minute jog x 5 then 30 secs hard with 1 minute jog x6 with cool down.
Nailed the 30 secs hard but the 4 minutes was a little slower about 15 secs per rep. All ran in the rain.
Weigh loss in two weeks half a stone.
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
the walk around the garden yesterday, with Mrs TS pointing out what needed to be done, convinced me that my toe injury was prescient!!
Enjoyable rain is a new experience
WP
that was a tough outing and an unusual one. What paces were set for each?
Good news on the weight loss - a result of your hard work
Toe little better this morning so I am awaiting a telecom appointment with the GP
Wordle in five also - two tough days in a row!
Tough luck with the toe, TS - one thing after another; hope your appointment helpful . . .
thanks for the "crusher run" clarification, btw
Nice consistency, WP - good session too, with weight loss bonus a further reason to be cheerful !
Rain here too, alehouse (and a little of your chum's back bother). Rain not "drenching" but light. Legs not light at all as they plodded 6.5 miles. Yesterday's 4 was a trudge too, as I closed the week on 38.5. Likely to be a rest (from running that is) tomorrow, as more garden labouring scheduled. Should be the final day . . .
Wordle in three - was given a clue though after opening two words - and yes, appropriate!
Dave
that should leave your legs perfectly warmed up for labouring
I think refreshment may be in order this evening.
"Crusher run" describes what happens - stone etc is crushed and then run through a series of sieves to sort it into different maximum sizes.
I'll bet you really needed that information.........
Toe is walkable on today - GP phone appointment useless - agreed with my alternate diagnoses and "wait and see"!
Wordle in five - yet another "..... is a valid guess but is unlikely to be a solution based upon what I have learned from playing Wordle" - response to my superb, but admittedly old, English word. We get Americanisations why not proper English words??
Have you tried pulling the big toe, TS?
Another 55 minutes very gently banked. One small bovine calf was a little niggly so need to keep an eye on that.
I do sit and put pressure on the toe to keep it moving , similarly with my index finger I make a fist a lot over a ball or similar
so was it your calf or one in the field? If the latter it's the mother you have to look out for!
I nearly dipped my toe in the water this morning but decided not . Still too sore.
Wordle in four
If you look below the statistics bit there is a link to the "wordle bot" which gives an analysis of the day's performance
My calf rather than anything larger! Was fine today for a very cold excursion. Four degrees, felt like one. 55 minutes including 4k warm up, 2 minutes effort, then 2:30, 2:30, 2 minutes, with short walk/jog recovery. The efforts were dictated by the route eg up to the top of a rise, to a turn etc. More or less a fartlek, which was the original intention as I move towards starting some much needed quicker stuff. 2k warm down to bring up 9k in total.
January's figures: 31 days run, one parkrun, 192.72 kms (119.75 miles).
Long stretch this evening.
Good session, alehouse. Decent stats, too.
Speed group today - six strong. Weather exactly as alehouse described! Did the
(800m,400m,600m,400m) x 2 session. 5 miles in total.
151 miles for January.
Dave
151 miles is marathon training
Didn't toe the line this morning
alehouse
I did do a bit of toe pulling last evening - very painful it was too!
You are getting close to marathon training as well
Nicely engaged fartlek as well - it's always good to have those unusual markers to run to.
Wordle in four - despite having the first and last in one and first, third and last in two!
Speed session told in my legs today as they eked out 7 miles at a very pedestrian pace.
4c at 8:30 start time. Leggings donned, but felt slightly overdressed in them by the end of the run.
No wordle yet.
Dave
Glad to hear that you have been toe pulling, TS!
Wordle in five.