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Ytd: 532.2
5K race at the Olympic Park (entered for the Jubilee-themed medal, honestly). Very warm and it was clear I was still tired from Wednesday's race so ran a rather underwhelming 27:42. At least I don't feel too sore.
YTD: 603
Feeling refreshed at the start of today's 14'. Not so fresh at the end! O'all pace down to 10:23/mile.
YTD: 843' .
5 and a bit miles with our Friday group tonight, before the thunder arrived.
700 miles YTD
Got the tube to Paddington, then the train to Slough, and then ran 2 miles there (it's actually a bit less than that but I went a bit around the park first), did the parkrun, then a more direct way back that was just over a mile. My parkrun time (27:39) was actually a little better than the race yesterday, even though it was mostly on grass. Although it was a fair bit cooler.
YTD: 609
Training a group of newbies has really helped me clear out some Covid cobwebs and having only incrementally increasing my pace to keep the niggles at bay gave me my fastest parkrun time since it restarted.
03/06 - 7.25
04/06 - 8.25
(15.50)
YTD = 825.66 miles
Will be introducing the newbies to hills next week.
Harmander...Glad that you are managing to up-the-pace without upsetting your niggly bits!
Again, feeling surprisingly refreshed for my next run, and was feeling confident about another 14, rather than splitting it 7/7. Soon found out that the pace had suffered another drop, but quite happy with how it turned out, overall. So, 14' at 10:42/mile pace. (First day's average was 10 min/mile, so quite a drop-off.)
Quite breezy today, and a hint of rain. But, job done; 70 miles in honour of Queen Elizabeth II .
A rest day is planned for tomorrow.
YTD: 857' .
I seem to have gained a cold (not Covid) a week before my favourite race of the year...hopefully will get it cleared up by Saturday.
Got out today to do a bit of hill work...6.5 miles with over 1000 ft of climb.
706 miles YTD
64,786ft of elevation
MrM2, you are going from strength to strength.
The same cannot be said of me. Felt rubbish today - I guess I shouldn't be surprised as I've had two races and a parkrun in four days and my sleep's been broken every night. Only did 4 miles and have been slumped around since.
YTD: 613
Hobie: hope you're fit and well ahead of the coming weekend and that the race goes well.
Cal: well done on the recent events. It's always a good feeling to be on a start line.
I did my usual Saturday park run and then Sunday, Monday and Tuesday have been the same 5 mile loop in roughly the same time (40 mins). I always enjoy the after work run.
Ytd: 550.3
Donnie... Thanks. Really enjoyed the 70 mile challenge, but also enjoyed the rest day!
Cal... Thanks. Yes. Some things seem to be going 'right' at the moment. Would welcome an event of some sort in the near future. Not sure if I'm quite ready for marathon distance but would like to get there soon.
Enjoyed 8 mile runs on Mon. and Tues. (Runs were quite different but both averaged 10:11/mile pace.)
Hoping to do a short run later today. (Still doing lots of stretching)
YTD: 873' .
YTD: 625
711 miles YTD
Cal... Another event (Parkland Relays) to keep you on your toes! (I've never got involved in relays; they always seem to be for the fastest runners!)
Changed plans yesterday, and didn't run; weather became very unsettled.
Thought that I might be ready for a decent 13.1 today, but body didn't want to know.
A warm-up mile and a wind-down mile gave me 15 miles for today. The half marathon averaged 10:30/mile pace, and I had hoped for something much closer to 10mins.. Need to keep my runs to single figures for a while, and work on pace. Did I say that before?!
YTD: 888' .
Our club did a 48 hour relay over a weekend a few years ago - 2 hour sessions for each pair of runners (for safety over the night hours). We are going to revive that once our clubhouse is built.
Cal, will be sending out the Vitality Big Half invite as we received the console today.
Nice pic Hobie.
05/06 - 7.25
06/06 - 8.25
07/06 - 7.25
09/06 - 10.47
(33.22)
YTD = 858.88 miles
And now for other news - the long running (pun unintended) saga of our neighbour who had cheekily submitted a full application to finish off his development (the one deemed illegal by the Planning Inspectorate two months ago and had Enforcement Notice to remove in its entirety within six months) had a decision to decline determination under Section 70c of the Town and Country Planning Act - he has lost 70 days of his six months - I suspect that he is not going to be a happy bunny tonight.
Think today was day 325 of my streak. Have been ticking over whilst trying to manage a few niggles; mainly hip flexors and hamstrings and I think brought on by sitting ten to twelve hours a day at the laptop marking exams! Didn't realise the damage it would do!
YTD: 572.7 miles
Another rest day yesterday to try and keep the body 'happy'. Obviously didn't work, as parkrun this morning took me just over 30 mins.! Thought that I'd left the 30+ behind but it is another experience of running up the 'down' escalator that I'm getting accustomed to in old age.
An easy mile before parkrun, and an easy 3 miles after. (Parkrun time was 30:11)
YTD: 895' .
Apparently someone made a complaint against me when I was pacing last week - for going faster than announced. I unreservedly apologised as I feel there are no circumstances (except for emergencies) why this should happen and promised to regulate my pace better in future - incidentally, the complainant achieved a PB.
I was so cautious today that I ended up being 10 seconds over - not heard any complaints so far.
10/06 - 5.63
11/06 - 8.25
(13.88)
YTD = 872.76 miles
alehouse...I'm a gamer. Hip flexors and hamstrings are my biggest issues, so yeah.
Lovely pic, Hobie.
Harmander that hardly seems fair!
6 easy yesterday then parkrun (with 1 mile warm-up today). Got offered a lift to Black Park (a country park not far from Slough...one of those places that is a pain if you don't have a car). Lovely park, nice cafe. Didn't cane it as I've a race tomorrow...29:07.
YTD: 635
Out before 7 this morning, to enjoy some sunshine...and quiet roads.
Today's challenge was to find a route that didn't involve fields or nettles!
Just a comfortable 6 miles.
Not racing, but trying to keep fairly close to 10 min/mile pace, o'all. (Managed 10:19/mile)
YTD: 901' .
Did 12.25 miles today to get over it.
YTD = 884.01 miles
Another 10 to add today...Dorking 10. Well organised race but it wasn't my day. Personal worst. Ugh.
YTD: 645
Very mature of you Harmander to apologise for your shocking failure at parkrun pacing....really.🤣.
Great streak Alehouse.
Man v Horse yesterday was amazing...rain, mud, sun, heat, more rain...and for only the 3rd time in history man beat horse....not me obviously.
20.5 miles with nearly 4000ft of climbing.
733 miles YTD
68,897 ft elevation
Cal, just sent you an email about the Vitality.
Thanks Harmander...done and done.
To much to comment on but Im just about to Google 'man v horse race'.
My running 5.5 (Thurs), 5.0 (Fri) parkrun and 1.7 tonight.
Ytd:565.6
Issues continue, was on the way back and then sprained my ankle, went over a hidden hole out walking with my wife
Still swimming every day at least
YTD 672.66 miles
Ytd: 572.0