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Cal delighted to hear about a better run. Like you I am looking forward to it being light at 0600, I feel so much better if the run is done early and in daylight.
MrMr2 I think my extra layers at the moment were caused by Christmas pudding!
We had snow yesterday and woke this morning to an ice rink Torvill and Dean could have used, so back on the TM!
YTD: 59.75 (used a calculator today!)
Hobie, bad luck there... I've started making a point of busting out a few sun salutations pre-run. I'd love it if my hips, groin and hamstrings would all work in harmony instead of making each other angry all the time.
Donnie well done on getting over it for the start of the year.
Thank you TT and MrM2.
Cal, , my youngest's mother in law and I have challenged each other to lose weight we have put on by asking 10 people to sponsor us a £1 for every lb we lose by Christmas 2022. We did start of by thinking we would give the total to a charity but have decided to go for a slap up meal at a posh place ourselves - because we would have made the sacrifices ourselves and should be rewarded.
Had a day off after the last posting but been steady since - am back to Barking Parkrun tomorrow where I will stat adding to my pacing volunteer role.
Talking of pacing I have put my name forward to pace at the London Landmarks Half in April.
05/01 - 4.35
06/01 - 4.35
07/01 - 4.35
(13.05)
YTD = 32.82 miles
Decided to go with the shorts today. Glad I did; soon warmed up. Wind and some light rain, but a bit of sunshine was a bonus.
So, 10 miles, keeping to 10min/mile pace until the last couple of miles. O'all pace; 10:08/mile. Happy.
Third consecutive day of running; don't usually do that. (6 miles yesterday).
YTD: 43' .
Great running esp TT
Hobie hope it's just mild for you
Been a slow start to the year for me, been busy at work and we had heavy rain for the first few days of January, our first rain since March 2020 and we had lots of flooding, we aren't really set up for rain here.
Runstreak day 374
1.1 2.18
2.1 1.37
3.1 5.14
4.1 5.13
5.1 7.27
6.1 3.17
7.1 1.07
8.1 3.42
YTD 28.75 miles
MrMr2 delighted to read you are now a three day in a row runner, well done. Great start to the year.
Harmander that sounds like a great idea, who has the most to lose?
Cal I am fortunate that the OH does the food shopping, except for chocolate, I guard that responsibility very carefully.
It's typical Yorkshire weather, and the ice has not completely gone so back to the gym for the TM. The new gym space, with new equipment is opening on Tuesday, looking forward to it.
YTD: 75.47
If I lose an ounce a day (28grams) I will lose just under 23lbs.
Have started my pacing at parkrun again. Promised 39 minutes and the results email reads:
Barking parkrun results for event #429. Your time was 00:39:00. I can live with that.
30 seconds off each week from now on until 30 minutes by end of March but giving myself a few weeks cushion in case of niggles.
08/01 - 6.87 miles
YTD = 39.69 miles
I do need to lose about half a stone myself to get back to racing weight...maybe more. I'm not going to stress about it though.
Another 4 today...a roadtrip to Kingdom parkrun today, which is a fantastic venue, if not exactly fast. Did a 1 mile warm-up plus the parkrun, which came in at 30:09. Not fast, though my heart was. I am some kind of freak, I think.
YTD: 33
YTD: 50
I'm such a bad boy...I know, due to covid I'm supposed to isolate but can't help getting out on a lonely coast path...don't think I was any risk to anyone but myself.
48 miles YTD
4967 ft elevation
Hobie: take care, I was virtually asymptomatic but found the return to running difficult. I'd say the first four post covid runs were like wading though treacle!
TT and cal: liking your long runs.
Since last updating I've been around my standard 5 mile loop three times and completed a muddy parkrun in just over 25 mins which I was happy enough about.
Ytd: 28.1
TT... You are certainly off to a flyer with 75' already! (Just the ONE thousand this year???)
Harmander... Congrats. on the parkrun pacing! You've got quite a challenge to maintain that success for the next few weeks. (Any reason why you are only going to 30mins?!!!)
Cal... Well done on your busy week-end; parkrun and a 17(!) miler.
Hobie... I would say you are already 'isolated' living where you do!
Donnie... Guess there would have been few 'non-muddy' parkruns yesterday! Have to say that I avoid the unnecessary, muddy routes; my ankles can suffer even with firm running.
Got out in this afternoon's fine weather for a 7' run. (Had thoughts of going longer, but that was run number 5 for the week...43 miles.)
YTD: 50' .
Donnie good to see you back out, are you heading to NE Lincs?
Hobie we are the same, once I am out of the estate, which is about 150 steps I am on isolated paths and roads. Can run for miles and miles without seeing anything, not ever a tractor!
Cal 17 and a PR in one weekend, well done.
DR good to hear you are okay, we had the same thing at a conference in SA, winter so about 18 degrees, locals were cold, blankets out, some of my colleagues were in shorts!
Harmander that is quite cruel. Perfect pacing there. Are you pacing the GNR? I am thinking about putting my name in the ballot.
Could not be bothered to rise as I knew it would be cold! Back in the gym, WU then four miles starting at MP and ending at 10km pace. Long WD.
YTD: 83.34
Looking forward to hill reps on Wednesday so I can add some elevation.
OK, so only 40 mins on my feet today, for a mediocre 4 miles. (Spent almost as long shopping around for self-test kits ...without success! Daughter has tested positive, and needs to test on certain days. Mrs M and myself don't need to self-isolate but should be self-testing daily. We all did a test at a drive-through site in Bournemouth, a few days ago.)
YTD: 54' .
Very slow, short, and hideous run this morning, but fortunately the weather has improved and I should be outside tomorrow 🥳
YTD: 87.47
TT: I mentioned I'll probably do a spring HM with NE lincolnshire and Retford in the frame, yet to enter but pretty sure it'll be Scunthorpe for the NE lincs.
Ytd: 33.1
YTD: 61
Donnie we will most likely meet in Scunthorpe!
So much for the weather forecast, opened the front door and went on the TM. Six miles of pyramid hills with a mile at MP at the end, with a long WU and WD. Gym much more crowded, the new equipment arrived yesterday.
YTD: 96.45
YTD: 61' .
Felt really good, enjoyed that and tests now showing negative.
58 miles YTD
Ytd: 43.1
Back on the TM, the new ones in the gym have new running routes.
WU and WD plus 9miles at MP+30-90.
YTD: 107.73 🥳
YTD: 38
MrM2, before COVID I used to go down to pacing at 27 minutes before reverting to 35 and starting again. Given I am still not 100% I feel even 30 for 5k is a 4:13 marathon pace - I don't intend to pace any faster than say 5 hours any more as I find the runners trying to beat slower times are more grateful for getting the through.
TT - I hope to get called up and will take the 2:45 slot - it's back on the original course I hear.
Have been taking it steady with 4.35 miles daily since last posting (on 8 January)
(26.10)
YTD = 62.79 miles
Needing to keep to shorter runs at the moment. Mrs M shouldn't be left alone for too long, and she now has Covid. However, we are triple-jabbed so will hopefully not suffer too seriously.
YTD: 70' .
68 miles YTD
Sorry about the missus, MrM2...not what you need right now.
Took a couple of days off running but did Tonbridge parkrun today (plus customary one mile warm-up), which I'm sure would be lovely when it isn't shrouded in fog, as it was today. Again, not fast, as it was rather congested and also quite muddy, but around 29:30 or so which makes it the fastest of the year. The only way is up.
YTD: 65