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P & D Spring marathon 2023
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TR, I read that as getting your arse kicked by a cat.
Hope the 100m goes well Macca, should have dried up a bit underfoot in the last week or so.
TR - A really good 1/2 m run and time. Nice one.
Cal - Hope the vertigo sorts itself out.
Steve - Recovering well.
Currently tapering again as I have the Exeter marathon on the 14th, relatively flat and fast and local. Sub 3 is the aim, hopefully around 2.53 ish.
TR - it's a great feeling to get the weekend long run in before the weekend.
It doesn't look like there'll be much heat on the TP tomorrow, forecast rain but looking forward to it thanks.
Took 5 days off after London then parkrun (22:28 on the grass of Marlborough Common), another couple of days off then a daily diet of 5K around the track at lunchtime. Tried a longer run Wednesday night but my Gracilis tightened right up after about 9K - the last 3.5K was increasingly painful. It’s pulling on the inside of the knee - couldn’t even lift the leg properly to mount a kerb 😭
Managed a few miles on the bike this week too. Need to do something: I tipped the scales at 80kg Saturday morning 😱 I was 78 at the Expo the week before 😳 Ideally I’d be 72 but not been that for a few years - unless I’m dehydrated 😂
Macca - hope itsnot as wet where you are as it has been here.
6m in pissing rain, splashing through standing water. Good job id done the 20m yday, as i wouldn't have done it today.
Macca - no doubt. I'm not that sweaty compared to some people but that made me sweat out of places I didn't think could sweat, like the backs of my hands. It's unreal.
Jools, I think it's my Gracilis that's the troublemaker, too. Right now my groin is a lot more testy walking than running. I'm also looking to drop some weight - I've been carrying my Christmas podge for 5 months now.
Well done on your 20 and your 6, TR...so basically that's a marathon over two days.
Did a slow 4 on Thursday (recovery) plus legs in the gym, then yesterday was walking and upper body.
Today I opted for another tourist parkrun. I chose Maidenhead as it was within a mile of the station and the train ticket wasn't too expensive.
The parkrun itself is two laps on mostly hard path (packed gravel, largely), but while the north-heading stretch was pretty smooth, the south-heading stretch is very lumpy with the odd bit of slippery dirt (probably fine yesterday but it was raining this morning). There was also one short, sharp hill (around 14%) that had to be done twice.
As I'm still recovering not only from the marathon but also the leg workout on Thursday, I didn't go all out, but ran at a tempo-ish pace. I finished in 29:26 which I was happy about as it hit one of my four remaining bingo numbers (I admit I did regulate my pace slightly when I saw I might hit the 26, but there are no guarantees the timer will match your Garmin...I just got lucky this time). So just three left. No idea how long it will take me to hit the remaining numbers.
A new parkrun started in Woolwich today, so I've gone from Lon-Done to L-Undone...again...but I daresay I'll get to the new one in a few weeks. It has a nice curly wurly section up a mound that looks fun. The location also makes it ideal for a recce of the first part of the London Ultra course which starts very close by.
Well done Cal. How many’s that now? 95% of Bingo then.
New one started in Brizzle today too so I’m back to needing 2 for my Record Breaker.
Stayed local today - course was slippery squelchy bog. Glasses fogged up so I slowed further on the final mile. 22:45 for 6th - just beat a guy in joggers & crocs 😆 Part of a dozen strong stag party - the groom managed to come first in sub-19 which is a very decent time for that course especially in the conditions. He does have a recent 17:45 from Oxford Uni Parks recently so obviously a decent runner.
Guy ran in Crocs, seriously? In mud? I used to wear some around amusement parks as they're handy if you're doing wet rides, but they have zero purchase in wet conditions so not sure how he managed that.
Thames Path finished in 20:55:40.
The temperature was just right, cool, but the rain made it hard going. I think there were a lot of dnf’s and my feet aren’t happy at the moment. I had a wobble where I was struggling to even walk through some patches of mud, not helped by getting smacked by low overhanging branches so I was quite pleased to rally and squeeze a sun 21hr finish (useful for qualifying for Sparta).
Today was better. I felt a bit more chipper so decided to hit the Wandle Trail and then carried on across Mitcham Common (plenty of bluebells there). Right hip/glute/ham a little stiff and grumbly but nothing new there.
No herons today (I saw 4 last time I ran the Wandle) but did see some ducklings and goslings. Best bit was seeing a fox walk out in front of me as I headed back to Tooting Common, then she walked back into a garden. I turned to look and she had two wee cubs with her. 🦊❤
10m yday inc 20 x (90sec/30sec), and an easy 5m today.
I did 18 miles the week after London and 50 this week just gone, all pretty easy. Quickest being pacing parkrun, I fluked exactly 20:00 so I was happy with that. I will do a few more Parkruns over the next few weeks before having a go at setting a 5k PB, it's very soft at the moment. I hope.
Macca - As others have said, epic stuff, so is that 3 marathons and a hundred miler already done this year?? Mind blowing running/recovery!
TR - Sounds like you are going well.
Cal - Nice parkrun and 14 miler.
OO - Good luck for Exeter.
Nothing to report really, did 6 miles on Saturday (for a 15 mile week) and then another 5 this morning, all at 9 min mile pace.
I am at a loss as to how some people find mud enjoyable. Never again.
Easy 6 miles today. Still ticking along, Parkrun on Saturday, not sure if I'll tempo it or try to push the pace yet.
I used to quite like mud when I was younger & stronger.
Going to try to spin the legs a bit quicker than the recent 1/2 At the Bognor 10k tomorrow. Danger of a few frothies tonight as its my bday, but its a late start tomorrow at 10.30am.
Cal - some people like mud, I'm not one of them so you have my sympathies.
Jools - I remember that run, it was a monster effort.
Steve - textbook recovery continues. Yep 3x marathon + ultra.
Reg - with your IM background I reckon you would transition to ultras quite well.
Unsurprisingly I've been focusing on recovery, until Wednesday at least where I found myself on the start line of a badly scheduled works 10k. Plan was to run to feel which turned out to be full available effort. I seemed to settle into sub 4m km's and was thrilled to see my watch measure a short course for a sub 39.
I'll do a longer run Tuesday instead.
Cal - i tend to stay up too late on weekends having a few frothies and then having to do a 20 miler the next morning. Should make race day easier though.
38.34 (av HR 151) for me, steady run at pretty even pace that felt manageable. Legs felt freer than the hm 2 wks ago. Last yr i did 38.02 av HR 157, so 6 bpm would equate to a bit in the tank. Although I did seem to lack the conditioning (and desire) to bury myself, not surprising i guess with my last 10k being 10 months ago, and im only really interested in sub3s.....but onwards and upwards, it'll have done me good training wise, which is good for sub3 prospects.