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SK, sorry to hear it's definitely PF. I've no advice at all, but sorry to hear about that and hopefully it'll clear soon. Good that you can keep running though. I know it's not the same injury, but the only thing I'd say about it is when I kept running at the start of that achilles issue I had that time, I think that slowed down my overall recovery time.... Maybe consider avoiding any speed work?
Incidentally did you notice that Burton Bradstock was short? The RO discussed it with me after the event, my Garmin recorded 26.15 and I would expect 26.4 which is what I usually get. He will probably just move the start up the hill a bit further next year, I wasn't the only one to have a short distance so he was aware of it.
Good luck with the filming, I had to do that too when I was up for Sportswoman of the Year award, they came and filmed me running around Courtenay Park. At the ceremony they show the film with a voiceover of your achievements, it makes the ceremony quite interesting.
Jelly - good luck with Powderham, great hill session though
mamafox - I had a tiny oil leak at the MOT a few months ago, they just cleaned it up with advice to get it checked which is what I've taken it in for now, possible I will need 2 new tyres...Update, the garage have just phoned while I've been typing this and tyres are OK until MOT and the leak is not really leaking but more sweating (is a that a mechanical term)? so they've cleaned it up and say it's nothing to worry about they'll check it at the MOT in Feb. It's had a little health check and the handbrake needs adjustment, so that's all good news really.
So the BMW your OH gave you for Xmas is now going to be your birthday present too
Stop worrying about losing fitness, you're nearly at taper time anyway and you've got your half marathon race this weekend Are you doing any hip stretches? Need to keep those flexors nice and relaxed. Ouch to your foot, so now you're limping from both sides
BTW I'm still waiting for a photo of Morgane, when you nearly sold your soul to buy him.
Having a bit of a strange week. I'm getting out but I think im getting ill as i'm struggling with a higher resting heart rate and some sniffles.
Mamafox - Don't worry about losing fitness. Muscle memory lasts a while
- Burton Bradstock 26.1
- London 26.8
- Enigma 26.0/26.1 on the same course, and I think this has been officially measured now.
- Munich 26.4
- Leiden 26.3
- Plym Trall 26.0 (this is probably skewed though due to that tunnel we run through 4 times).
- Dorney/DMV/Abingdon/Gloucester - 26.2
- That double I did was 26.1 and 26.0 on the same course. Out of the ones I've done though, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was officially short, due to witnessing the shoddy admin in other areas of the event.
Interestingly, what I would call "official" road events (London, Leiden, DMV, Abingdon, Gloucester, Munich) are all on or over distance (over due to congestion, not because the course is long), whereas the other smaller events are all under, except Dorney.... Never really noticed that before, until I just looked.
MF - good idea not to risk running until your race. I really hope the hip is OK. Emmy is right re not losing fitness. The only thing I find is that it’s harder to get to sleep as you have too much energy, so maybe have a hot toddy the night before the race! Very generous present from your OH.
Thanks for the PF sympathy Shadies. Sorry, Shades, for initially missing your advise re taping, I didn’t read the thread properly as was wallowing in self pity! Everyone keeps saying the same that this could last for months
I've found that my GPS trace has a tendency to cut corners, even though I know I certainly don't. It's a bit annoying for Strava etc as my "best" times at most distances are all slower, but it is a nice feeling when you get to the finish of a race earlier than expected
Big G - I think we all get to know how are respective Garmins measure up, mine always slightly over measures which is how most do, Garmin say it's usual to be 1 to 2 % up on actual, then of course there are other factors such as nature of course. I believe London always gets a high over measure because of buildings, tunnels etc, whereas if you do a track event your Garmin will way over measure because it can't cope with a 400m track. But if I get less than 26.35 I suspect the course is a little short, I haven't kept a note of Plym Trail, I only remember Burton because of the discussion with the RO.
SK - you're doing everything you can. As far as I know PF needs an active recovery, foot exercises, taping insoles, comfy shoes and you can then run as much as it allows you to do. So if it's very sore ease up. I would be careful with very speedy stuff, just be careful you don't want to undo what good you are doing.
Nick - I guess that's just what your watch does and you know what to expect distance wise from it. I agree much nicer to get to the finish sooner than expected, I always have a little swear at having to go that little bit further than hoped.
13th March
Enigma - Milton Keynes
Big G - PB 3:54:17
2nd April
Manchester
Cal - PB 4:29:29
Ian5 - 4:29
Steve - PB 3:10:15
NickW2 - PB 3:24:59
9th April
Paris
SuzSaville82 - PB 4:26
Rotterdam
Emmy 4:42
Brighton
Louey - 4:24:45
23rd April
London
Big G - 4:00:59
Iain Love - 2:57:49
Slowkoala - 3:12:43
Southampton
Jugula - 4:21
29th April
Plym Trail
Big G - 4:29
Shades - 5:01
7th May
Great Welsh
Shades - 4:44:12
13th May
Marathon de Blaye
mamafox - 3:40 - 3rd place and she did win the wine
14th May
Hereford
Shades - 4:45:59
21st May
Worcester
Shades - 4:53:46
Leiden
Big G - 3:54:25
Emmy - 4:42:59 (including beer stops)
27th May
Saturday Night
Iain - 3:20:45 Winner
28th May
Liverpool
Cal - 4:37:52
Dorchester
Shades - 4:56:16
3rd June
Dartmoor Discovery
Shades - PB 6:32:17
11th June
Yeovil Marathon
Shades - 5:13
15th June
Dorney Lake 6 Hour
Shades - 5:29:59
18th June
Enigma Clueless
Big G - 5:09:58
24th June
Giantshead
Emmy - 5:56
24th/25th June
Harp 24
mowzer - 28 miles
25th June
Boddington Marathon
Shades - 4:59:57
2nd July
Wirral Ultra
Ian5 - PB 7:01
9th July
LDWA From Here to There
mowzer 9:06
15th July
Chiltern Challenge 50km
Steve - PB 5:06
23rd July
Ironman Marathon
Iain - 3:29:54
29th July
Enigma Planes
Big G - 4:35
6th August
Gloucester
Big G - 3:58:10
12th August
SVP 100km
Steve - PB 12:22
13th August
54321
mowzer - 7:50
Isle of Man
Shades - 4:59:06
3rd September
City to Sea
Big G - 5:28:53
14th September
Big G - 4:14:12
17th September
Lancaster
Ian - PB 3:34:41
24th September
Loch Ness
Shades 5:06:10
1st October
Plym Trail
Big G - 4:44:59
8th October
Chester
Ian - PB 3:31:26
Munich
Big G - PB 3:42:38
Yorkshire
Lily - PB 5:07:15
15th October
Birmingham
Steve - 3:18:47
John - PB 4:43:52
Jelly - PB 4:06:20
Burton Bradstock
Big G - 3:54:24S
Shades - 5:15:07
22nd October
Marine Corps Marathon
Emmy - 5:00:09
Abingdon
Big G - 3:48:44
29th October
Dartmoor Vale
Jelly - 4:11:48
Big G - 3:57:08
3rd November
Halloween
Big G - 3:55
4th November
Halloween
Big G - 4:05
11th November
Phoenix Remembrance
Iain
12th November
Phoenix Jurassic
Emmy
Iain
19th November
Cornish
Big G
Shades
26th November
La Rochelle
mamafox
I've generally found my watch measures ok,slightly long due to overtaking and not ideal line etc.but on courses like Sunday with lots of overhanging trees it can measure a bit short,I always look for Strava courses before I race to see how they generally measure before I do it so i have an idea.
Legs feel fine now so track for me later,looking forward to it as I'm finding it quite comfortable.
I only did 2 miles today - back wasn't at all happy and I didn't want to push it. Had to take painkillers after. Can't say I'm too pleased.
Still, that woozy giddy feeling I was experiencing in September seems to have gone, so there's that.
Cal - that is good news that your dizzy spells are now gone, that could have been a long process to find out what caused that. I'm sure you're right, your back and hip pain are connected as neither healing as they should.
Was expecting another frosty morning so was pleasantly surprised to find it was about +7 degrees and no wind so felt really warm compared to yesterday. Don't know what sort of moon we have at the moment but it's not completely dark and I was able to run quite a long stretch on an unlit road quite easily.
I'm feeling a bit tired and achey still - no injury I don't think, just aching, so I'm not sure if I'm running today. I'll see how I feel a bit later. A few days off won't do me any harm, although my mileage this week will be very low!
Big G - glad the filming went well.
It's time you had an easy week.
Killer Pilates class today, all work on legs today and mine were screaming at me, but I survived
Cal - Have looked up TFL but I'm not sure if I've got that. Don't think it's a muscle strain as it feels to be more of a sharp pointy pain but have no idea. Stepped away from the computer when I started diagnosing myself with a stress fracture.
And yes Shades, have Googled hip flexor stretches and am giving those a go as well.
Shades - Good news about your car.. mine is still in bits with a gaping hole where the engine should be. OH has been working on it in the evenings but he's actually taking a day off today to crack on with it. He is in an extremely bad mood
Have taken the precaution of booking a train for La Rochelle. Think it's safer really.
Will get a photo of Morgane up soon. Can't find a recent one on my phone.
Cal/MF - hope your respective injuries bugger off soon
Big G - sounds like you are a natural in front of the camera haha
I made it along to my club run last night, and someone had an idea to do alternate 8 min / 7 min miles for the 8 mile route. It seemed like a nice variation and my legs were feeling good so I went with that group. 2nd fast mile (7:07) was really tough as it had some steep uphill (134 ft elev gain), and thought I would suffer after that, but actually the last 2 felt pretty good. Overall 7:22 avg pace for 8.2 miles so very pleased with that considering it wasn't a consistent pace. When I was running really well in the spring I would get around 7:15 pace for 8 miles hard effort, so it seems like I'm probably not far off that kind of shape.
Dr Google is so dangerous, it's probably a major cause of heart attacks this self diagnosis
Nick - you're getting back into your fitness very quickly. Wouldn't take you long to get up to marathon fitness next year.
Rest day for me today, I have a bit of DOMS after that killer Pilates yesterday so was quite pleased not to run this morning.
Happy birthday mamafox
As for the BMW...
Big G - Lots of folk use Airbnb successfully, although there are a lot of horror stories too. It doesn't appeal to me, B & B is always my last choice of accommodation anyway. One of the Mavs went to Chicago and couldn't sleep in the Airbnb so checked into a hotel so he could get some rest before the race, I suspect it must have cost him a fortune to get a hotel room at last minute.
But we can't always have posh hotels etc so sometimes you just have to make cuts where you can. Of course you could stay home and do Taunton marathon for £25 and a little petrol money.
I'm going to Frankfurt with the Mavericks next October, T booked a 5* hotel but it's a bit too pricey for me without a cancellation option so I've found a hotel 180 metres from his a lot cheaper and with a cancellation option. Hotels are only a 9 minute walk to the start, that's a Google 9 minutes so probably 6 minutes for a normal person.
Frankfurt is the same weekend as Dublin but I discussed with my friend that I usually go to Dublin with a couple of weeks ago about dropping Dublin as it's got so expensive.
I've used AirB&B a couple of times, but only with large groups of friends. They can work out really cheap, in comparison to hotels. The thing I'm worried about is that I expect the people who own the flats/houses don't know the marathon is on, so haven't put their prices up. I suppose there's a risk they can just cancel the booking at short notice if they realise, and get more money from someone else. That would be really annoying, and costly! I could stay out of town (Leiden is a short train journey away) and stay in a hotel there, for a reasonable price. The Rotterdam Central train station is very close to the race start, and is easily doable with a 10am race start. Or, as you say, just do Taunton. I'll have a think.
If the trains run frequently on marathon day staying at Leiden seems a very good option.
Mama-Happy birthday,hopefully Mr Fox will surprise you with the car by the end of the day.
Shades-That sounds like a good trip,good spot on the hotel also.
Easy 6 miles before work today,well as easy as running into a headwind for the last 2 miles can be.
Big G - we’ve stayed in some lovely places using Airbnb. But we’ve always had entire cottages/houses. I know there are lots of options for renting a room or a converted garage, etc.
Risked a track session last night. 1200m at mixed pace then 400, 200, 800, 200, 1200, 200, 800, 200, 400, 200, 400! Find the 200s the worst and HR went up to 198. My foot did feel a bit inflamed after but it’s OK to walk on today and I have tried taping it as fancied giving it a try.
Mamafox - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I'm getting ready to head to the UK and i'm still nursing a potential cold so i'm going to take it easy on sunday and just see how things go. If I make marathon distance, I will but I'm not going to be silly.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Emmy - hope you're feeling better by the time you get to your race on Sunday.