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Good Luck with the Orkney running Ian. If it wasn't so dismal here in Bristol, I'd be out running now...
Back on the road!
I'm up to two miles now. I plan to stick to that for a while until some sort of rhythm and speed materialises.
A meet in September sounds good!
Hi Gang. Working in the NHS, I came across this article today.
[u]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10838343[/u]
Hanneke, in particular, please take note, and read the fine detail.
Good luck with all who are running now or soon. I'm doing the Machen Mountain run Bank Hol monday. Hope I'm not as dismal as last year...
I ran 5.5 miles on Sunday, and 7.5m last Tuesday..better pack in, before it gets a habit... altho if the rain keeps off I should run now... ah, sod it, food first... I'm off for beers at 8.. gotta get my priorities right... Working at Devizes 2moro and thurs..Bristol fri, then off for 12 days.
The dreaded Machen Mountain run on Monday.... hope it's sunny... some hope!
So there is still some life here. Good to hear from you. I am still trying to delay the onset of gravity/ageing/muscle fatigue. Ipswich Half Marathon this Sunday followed by a PB on the following Saturday. PB is guaranteed as this will be my first 12 mile race. Takes place in Westray one of the islands of Orkney. All this in preparation for Berlin Marathon at end of September which will be preparation for Athens at end of October.
Howard I assume GCSEs and A levels are for your children. I trust they are all well.
OK I was just trying not to be too proud a father!
Rosa's A levels: A in PE, A in History and A* in Politics. This gets her in to her first choice University (Sheffield) to study Politics.
Ella's GCSEs: One A and 10 A*s. There is a post mortem about what went wrong with the Spanish
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Good luck Ian .. tomorrow is it? Well done on the Half.
I did similar time to last year's Machen Mountain run, so can't complain... hmm, nor can I train hard enough, apparently....
Darned respectable time for 12m tho, especially a hilly one.... compares favourably with, nay knocks spots off, my 20 mile time for yesterday.... at 4 hours, mainly because I had no energy to run the hills... and walked most of the 1500 foot up from 10 to 13 miles. Oh well... all good time on my feet, and strengthening. ....surprisingly pain free today... ?
Well done Ged, good effort......and see you tomorrow :¬D
ok, I ran 10 miles tonight, the last 6 of which were in my pet hate of rain and wind, in a total of 1h38m.. still off my desired pace, but enough to get me under the cut-off time, if I can maintain it...
I may try to fit in more runs this week, no more than a 9-miler, and I have Swansea 10K next sunday, and lpool 10k the week after, for a lil speedwork
Yes it was a good time Ged. I managed 9 miles in just under 9 mins per mile, in windy but dry conditions yesterday afternoon. Have a hill race on Sunday, only 4.5 miles but very hilly, off road to the highest point on the South Downs, up and down 3 times. Looking forward to it though.
:¬D
It's important for me to maybe get about a mile or so warm up before the start, as it's usually a mile and a quarter before I loosen up enough to relax into my pace, and get my joints going.
Don't quote me, but maybe I'll stretch tonight.
753rd out of 2863... ie 26.3% Not bad. Let's say, at this stage, I'm satisfied. Think I blew a better time by getting to mile 1 in 7.09.
Ged,
I believed you survived the Brussells Marathon. Report please!
Ok.... confession time for me... I had a bad 'un ... was at Halfway, the Diploma says, at 2.06... I was feeling fresh as a daisy at 14, even 19K, then I think I saw the uphill on the other side of the road, and lost all willpower and energy.... I just wanted to quit... but I don't DO quitting, so had to struggle on.... One major mistake for me was to wear shorts, which I don't usually... I reckon the first 3/4 of the race was in shade, so my leg muscles got cold, and tired too early on.. I'd like to make the excuse that the minute I set foot on the Eurostar in St Pancras, I started sneezing, and then suffered with a headcold til the start of the race, when it seemed to miraculously leave me.. oh well, but I reckon it still zapped my energy a bit... Anyhow, I finished in 4.39 too... was so disappointed, hardly even acknowledged my girl's 'well done!' because I really didn't feel it was...
The water was a bit misleading, and I succumbed to that, but the other flavoured stuff did appear to have the dreaded aspartame in, which I left alone... I made do with some Vimto rope sweets I carried, and the odd banana slice, altho most offered was too green to bite...
I strive to do a Marathon which made me as proud as Amsterdam... Not sure how i'll manage it, but am ear-marking Paris 2011 for now, and see how I feel maybe next week.
I WAS going to do Stroud Half next weekend, but am trying to re-coup some dignity, and just looked at last year's 2.06 time, and the unflat profile, and have decided against it.
Ged,
Every Marathon finished is a triumph, it certainly is for me. Perhaps we could meet up in the near future although after Athens on the 31st Oct I am being dragged off by Mrs ITC to New Zealand for 5 weeks. As she is in charge of packing I will have to make sure she packs my ASics. Perhaps I should just wear them on aircraft.
Perhaps in the New Year. Any decent half Marathons?
Hello Howard There was certainly a lot of rain here recently flooding was mostly over in the east. Emsworth flooded quite badly, luckily my mother moved out of there the week before. Hope you dad is recovering ok.
I'm running the glamorous Gosport Half on Sunday, first long run for a couple of years, hopefully keep the fitness levels up for a full marathon in the spring.
:¬D
Hello folks
Ran 1: 51: 55 in Gosport Half last Sunday, very please as thats 4 minutes quicker than 2 years ago. Now interested in breaking that 4 hour marathon mark again, just need to stay injury free and i know i can do it.
Hope you are all well.
Supes
:¬D
Hope your dad is ok Howard?
Glad to hear you weathered the storms Supes, and well done on that time.
Still considering Dusseldorf Marathon in May, but no training plan as yet.
Work is very busy.. just coming to end of Phase 2, with Phase 3 starting in Jan.. Contracts extended to end June now, with a view to further extension.
Good Luck all in all your endeavours
Dad out of hospital and now in a nursing home. He probably won't walk again and he can't really remember that he had a stroke a coupele of months ago I've been up to Yorkshire a rew times and he always remembers me straight away which is something. I hate nursing homes but this one seems ok; the staff a very friendly. He seems quite confused but also quite settled in a way.
I'm in light training at the moment. Two runs a week, each of about 3.5 miles. Foot doesn't hurt at all when running but tends to feel a bit sore for the next 24 hours after.
Too cold for me to run.
Looks like an interesting bit of footy soon... I suspect Liverpool's current form will impact on the result...
15 Dec, 20:05 Liverpool v FC Utrecht Europa League