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Ian - Brilliant time at your race too, a 19:35 5k split shows how much progress you have made this year, and shows you can go faster over that distance.
SK - Congrats on the PB.
Another 10 miles for me this weekend. Still coughing though! Went to doctors, don't need antibiotics, but did get an appointment to get a chest xray should my cough not clear up this week.
Well yesterday was an interesting fitness test. We did our 50/100 min run as far as you can test. I opted for 100 and was hoping to at the last, run a half marathon. I stopped a couple of time due to stomach cramps but I was able to do 14.35 miles so pretty happy with that.. I'll do that once a month till London marathon to see where my fitness is going.
Great effort Big-G! Sub 3:30 is a great result along with 20 marathons in a year.
Would you really push for 50 marathons in a year? Surely that doesn't give you much opportunity for a weekend off. Sounds intense!
Another good warm up week for me. Did a 30 mile week which is a huge jump up for me. I actually feel really good for doing it and my legs don't feel too bad.
This week is my planned week 1 of Shades training plan, which was planned for weekly mileage of 26. I will stick to that this week as I don't want to push my luck, plus I have the Portsmouth half next weekend. So I will treat this week as a mini taper. The 40 mile weeks don't seem too daunting now.
OTB-Thats a great weeks total,good luck with the first week but that base will really help you.
Final results through from yesterday and I came 106/390 and I was 9th points scorer for our club so overall very happy to contribute.Legs feel really good today so hopefully all clear now to increase again.
Oh no that must have been a shock, but good healthy competition I guess.
Big G - I would say that most runners marathon time is weak compared to their shorter distance times, we all know the reasons for that. But for you bridging that gap is a real improvement and a lot to do with you mastering the event and gaining that confidence and improved endurance, look how quickly you now recover from 26.2 miles. 33 seconds a mile might sound a lot but if your next target is to improve by 10 to 15 seconds a mile that doesn't seem quite so tough. We can't be in PB form every race we do, exactly in the same way some days we feel better than others for no tangible reason.
Nice pic, that smile is not quite sincere though
Steve -hope the x-ray just shows you need a bit more recovery time, some coughs can be very hard to shift and the cold damp weather doesn't help.
Iain - that's a good run, not like you to suffer with stomach cramps. That session will be a good test of your marathon training.
OTB - you're doing really well. I'm glad the weekly mileage ahead of you seems quite easily achievable now, nothing worse than looking at a training plan and dreading the tougher bits. Keeping the pace down means you can increase that mileage without tiredness or sore legs.
Ian - that's brilliant that you were able to score for your club. Must be some very fast runners in that league. I take it the groin niggle has gone too?
There are some flyers in the league,winner took 28.33 for 5.5 miles
I'm already wondering whether to book a second marathon for June/July time. I also seem to perform better when I know that I am actually training for a different event further ahead in the future.
I'm thinking that having a second marathon planned might take the pressure off of Brighton in April.
Might have a look and see if anything takes my fancy.
That's good about the groin niggle, how did you get on wearing the vest?
I'm sure you weren't the fattest
I wore a t-shirt underneath,was a little fresh and felt a bit more comfortable that way.Next one is a 5 miler the week before GC so should be a good sharpener.I've only ever ran 5 miles once last year and I beat that yesterday by over e mins and it was half mile further.
Go for it OTB - as you say, no harm in having a look around to see what may suit you
Bad luck to the Berlin balloters, sounds like nobody got in from the thread?
Big G - happy birthday for friday, it sounds like you had a good night despite not winning the award (despite our votes!). And congrats on another marathon PB! I know you say it's 33 s/mile more to get down to 3:15, but I see from your splits that you ran 3 miles at 7:37 pace in the middle which is a lot closer. Clearly those miles didn't take too much out of you so maybe it's not as far off as you think.
SK - well done at Perivale, your house must be full of running prizes - you seem to be winning something every other week!
Ian/Jelly- great racing from both of you as well.
Cal - great to hear that there's been some improvement in your back, fingers crossed.
Steve - hope the cough clears up soon, you've had it quite a while now!
Iain - well done on your fitness test. What kind of effort level was that?
OTB - great job on the 30 mile week. Keep it up.
I got out for a run with my wife and my daughter in the running buggy over the weekend, jog/walk sort of thing, only about 4.5 miles in total in about an hour. Was a nice run though and partly off road which certainly made it a bit harder with the buggy. The last half mile I did by myself (with the buggy) and was at a similar sort of pace. Also just got back from an easy 3.5 mile run from work.
Jelly - nice one in the handicap race
slowkoala - a busy weekend for you! Well done on 2nd lady and even more prizes
Big G - conratulations, that is a fantastic time
Cal - hope the improvement continues.
Lovely 18m flat, countryside walk around the Essex / Suffolk border yesterday. Stopped at Long Melford at lunchtime - which has so many old, beautiful buildings and a High Street which is over 2 mls long! We stayed at the top end though - near the pub and the garden centre coffee shop! Forecast had promised sunshine but that didn't happen. Not cold, but we did get quite a bit of light drizzle. Confirmed that my new waterproof walking shoes actually let the wet in - and that was from the wet grass
Great photo, Big G. I take the odd decent one but in most of them I look old and/or dying.
As far as my problem goes, yeah, I have to concentrate on rotating my femurs out. I've already been doing plenty of glute stuff - bridges, clams, monster band walks etc. The doctor I saw said the problem wasn't one of strength but actually getting my body to work correctly. I guess 50 years of standing, walking and running wrong isn't going to be something I can overcome that easily, but there you go.
Big G - I can't believe those complaints, must have been from beginners. Re parking, you can't expect to go to a city venue (I know it's on the outskirts) and not pay and if they'd read the race info they would have known. Re results in gun time, that is how they should be as they are the actual placings, prizes and places are by gun time not chip time. Shame about the baguette but I guess they did have a lot to cater for.
Nick - I guess you were on the trails in the New Forest, lovely part of the country
mowzer -how annoying about your shoes, you can get waterproofing spray can't you?
Cal - it is hard to change the way we walk and run as over the years we get used to our own individual style, it's often easier to recognise a friend in the distance by the way they walk or run rather than by appearance.
So, do you overpronate as well? I just imagine that as the feet overpronate the knees follow to some extent. But you've managed well up until now so once your TFL has settled down and you keep up with the exercises as you have been doing, it may never recur again.
Nick-Those miles will do you good when you start running on your own again with no weight to push round.
Runforthehills-welcome and good luck.
Jugula-if I rememer correctly there's a marathon in Lanzarote this weekend
Nice 10 mile run with climates tonight,only a few of us with ra ing yesterday and the pretty crappy rain probably persuaded a few they had achey legs.A couple were fast guys so I got to the front to keep the pace to a respectable level,was a really nice run with a couple of climbs but nice to talk and run,surprised it came out as fast as it did as felt well within myself.
Runforthehills, welcome
Jugula, Ian is right, and they accept entires at the Expo (I'm just trying to be helpful)
Pretty tired today, went to a gig last night and got home at 12:45am so training will be interesting with the club tonight.
Did a 5 mile progressive run starting at 7:45 and chipping away till the last mile at 6:19/mile with a half mile cool down..
Nick - I was still able to hold a conversation but only just, so just slightly slower than HM pace.
Jelly - as we get closer to DD I have visions of you leading your group over hillier and hillier training routes
Jugula - you're not over in Lanzarote doing a secret marathon, I think it's on in the next few days?Your phone typos are getting more weird...climates = club mates?
Big G - interesting that you know that Lanzarote take entries at the expo
Nice morning, coldish but not frosty and no wind. It's only the 5th December but I can't believe the number of house with their Xmas trees done all with lights which they leave on all night, still 20 days to go!
I didn't understand Big G's either from yesterday....above his photo
Do you know how I said I didn't rinse myself?