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Well done to those of you who did long runs, hope you with injuries get over them soon.
Will be staying in London this weekend, is Hyde Park good to run in? I'm staying across the road from it.
I will be visiting the FLM store in Covent Garden on Saturday for Adidas footscan and to buy new trainers, wish i'd purchased 2 pairs originally!
Had a great time at the footy and chelsea were Supreme, but 8 1/2 hours in a minibus in one day makes your legs ache as much as a long run, especially when you're 6'3".
I tried emailing McVities (jaffa cakes) about sponsorship, they said they couldn't but would post me a voucher for a free packet of jaffa cakes which was good of them!
Well it was good news yesterday from the physio. Apparently I have Iliotibial band syndrome which gets tight and rubs on the outer knee bone which causes the pain. Although it will put my training back the FLM is still on.
She had me doing all sorts in there even hoping on one leg then the other and from that she could tell that I was heavy on my right hand side, which in itself is a bit of a blow as I dress to the left!!??? hee hee
Anyway the mood is a bit better
Good runs for you all. (on the feet I mean).
Help! Does anyone have a Timex 5C401 Heart Rate Monitor? If so could you email me off-list, I'd like to ask a quick question... My email address is:
chris@fallt.com
Thanks!
Chris
Although I love Richmond Park it was too much like hard work last week with all the mud etc so I'd like to run along the river. I'm aiming for 2hr45 tomorrow. Anyone know how far it is from along the Thames from Wandsworth to Hammersmith and/or Chiswick Bridge and back?
Did 3*20mins cross training last night and it went very quickly. Did lots of stretching as usual and I'm amazed at how flexible I now am, after something like 7 weeks of stretching properly. My family were very impressed when I showed them last weekend!
I run along the river as well. From Putney Bridge to Kew Bridge, over and back along the north side to Putney Bridge, it is 20kms. It gets a bit windy and difficult by Barnes Bridge, but follow your nose, and you'll end up on the towpath. Hope this helps
Sounds like you do my route. I start at Wandsworth Bridge, run along north side, over Thames and back along the south side.
Those distances, according to Garmin:
Hammersmith Bridge 7 miles
Barnes Bridge 11 miles
Chiswick Bridge 13 miles
Kew Bridge 17 miles.
Haven't yet made it to Twickenham, but that's the aim for the longest LSD before FLM
I actually head east down the river from Wandsworth to Battersea Park then go north over Chelsea Bridge and through Chelsea Harbour back to Wandsworth. Today I carried on down past Putney & Hammersmith to Barnes Bridge but think I went a bridge too far! Was aiming for 2hr45m run and did 3hr10m so am completely shattered now! There's a sign just after Hammersmith Br saying 1.5m miles to Barnes Bridge but I realise now that's a complete lie!
I only know because I just had my new forerunner 201 delivered today! Actually looking forward to my run tonight now to try it out!
Bananna - yes, I do eat one every 20mins but today when it was freezing and drizzling I sneaked an extra couple in - I originally set my timer for 15mins but found that was too frequent! this hydration and nutrition is lark is quite complicated isn't it!
fififififififidella - that's a very decent run. certainly as it's so horrible out there. 3hrs 10 is way above what I've managed so far. I find going west a more interesting route with changes in park and built up areas on north side and more towpath south.
I think I will "go west" next time and head towards Kew, Richmond and, dare I say it, Twickenham!
anyone done a half marathon yet? i'm doing Silverstone next weekend and would like to do sub 2hours but not sure how realistic that is - especially as i don't pace myself (but am generally a steady 9min miler)!
I have hunted doen some Joosters, my local sweetshop sells them in boxes (slightly slimmer than paynes poppet sweet boxes), so I am going to try the tonight.
<thinks for a minute>
I think I've taken this "jooster expert" thing way too far! I'll stop now.
I would personally have more than one every 20 mins, probably about 6-8 in one go every hour or something.
PS I was meant to stop talking about joosters! This is the sub-4:30 thread not the jooster fan club!
Matter of totally irrelevant interest, 65 different people have contributed to this thread so far ! We'll need a big place if we all get together on raceday !
I'm starting to panic about my training guys - as this is my first marathon, advice would be welcome..
-I did 16.5miles week before last.
-Half marathon last weekend in 1:56.
-18 miles this weekend.
then i was planning on doing...
-Finchley 20 miler
-Hemel Hempstead 20
-16 miles (or should this be another 18)
-16 miles (or should this be a slow 13?)
-10 miles
-FLM!
What dya reckon? Any suggestions?
Hope you are all Jooster'd up and running well. I'm still hitting the honey.
Have a nice one (I'll be plodding along tomorrow for my long run - thank God for MP3 players - I run on traffic-free canal paths & they really help with the boredom-factor).
TTFN
Off to do the Reading Half this weekend, anyone else going to be there?
Pansie - This is my first marathon and I am really starting to panic, I have done two 16 mile's and I have my first half marathon race on Sunday and hope to do it under 2 hours or I will panic even more. I'm not sure I have been doing enough during the week after looking at this forum
Monday - 4 miles fast
Tuesday - Rest due to no motivation
Wednesday - 7 miles slow
Thursday - 4 miles speed work on treadmill
Tonight - 3 miles slow
Does this seem enough?
Is it me, or does everyone else get a grim satisfaction from still being on the treadmill when ten other people have got on the adjacent treadmills, done their 5 minutes and got off again. Am I getting to be a sad runner-type or what?
Anyway, good luck to everyone for this weekend's long runs & races.