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Nick - At least you have a bit more time, compared to an April marathon.
Woke up to about 6 inches of snowfall this morning council still had not cleared the paths by 10am but decided to go out and do 5 miles. It was tough going but this time last year whilst marathon training I would have not bothered going out for a run in those conditions so quite pleased with myself for going out today.
Steven - well done for getting out there. It's pretty cold here at the moment but not snowed since that one day in December.
Steve - good luck. You sound like you're in good shape at the moment so hoping for a good time from you!
Anyway, hooray - mattress has arrived! That means I've managed a run and will still get to do my afternoon yoga class too. And hopefully sleep better! Win!
Shades, not 100% sure yet. I'm just going to have to see how I get on for Saturday....
Been down to Plymouth today and in a bid to stay out the pub for a quick lunchtime pint, we found a really decent coffee shop near the Barbican. Very good coffee, gorgeous carrot cake and the person I was with enjoyed her tea. Plus, upstairs they had some comfy chairs/sofas in a room with a turntable and loads of vinyl. I put Martha and the Muffins on
Seems like it's the first time in a long time I've thoroughly enjoyed a run. You may remember I had a bad patch mid-Dec (after my marathon PB at the start of Dec), so it feels like it's been a long time coming, especially with the lay off I've had!
Fingers crossed the mojo is still here tomorrow, and that the cold stays away!
Cal - hope you had a good night's sleep with the new mattress
Big G - that's great news that your running mojo has returned, coffee and cake did the trick, don't eliminate them from your diet.
No snow here, cold wind and a little rain, I think we had sleet last night so expect there's snow on the moors. Had a good run and it was a tiny bit brighter this morning too.
I just had another quick look at the NYC ballot website, to see if I could defer the entry on the off chance I got a place, but I can't. It's a bit confusing but I think if I deferred I would get a place the year after but would have to pay the entry fee again. So I am definitely not entering the ballot this year.
Got stuff to do for the club today. There is some error in the software for the new club champs format, so I need to look at that. It's seems to be working out the ladies fine, but for the men it's got a small error, so I need to fix that. Also, 3 of the committee are looking at Lanza options and we're meeting up next week to make the suggestions to the club, but I need to get my options researched. I think I may go to a coffee shop and take my laptop to do that. It's a bit annoying though as flights from Bristol aren't out yet, but there are still some bargains from Exeter it seems, if you do a package. The flights themselves from Exeter are quite pricey, so really not sure how the packages work to do it so cheap?
Cal - Good news on the mattress.
Steven - Nice work, I love running in the snow, but hate it when it turns to ice!!
Some icy patches here, but no snow, but it was cold....out at 4:20 for a cold 13 miler, pace felt nice and easy (8:30s). Meant to be doing a Vo2 max session tomorrow, but that will depend on the footpaths....if it's icy I'll move to the weekend and recovery run tomorrow instead.
There will be plenty of cheap flights to Lanzarote so you can only offer what is now available and let the runners sort out their own travel options. I suppose the packages are charter flights and the flight only scheduled flights, I don't know. I looked at going to GC but the flight price which was a charter was more than I wanted to pay for hotel included, not sure how that pricing was worked out.
Steve - 4:20 a.m., even I don't go out that early
Shades - Yeah, but needed to get back in time to get ready for work.....and my GF had made bacon and eggs and I needed to get back for that before she left for work
Interestingly NYC will give you a qualifying entry based on a half marathon time too. I know London does but only for the faster runners not GFA applicants.
Right I'm off to a friends for coffee, she has one of those fancy machines and I'm taking a chocolate fudge cake
Shades- yeah a lot more snow during the day yesterday and last night with more forecast today. Even at work we were told not to leave the office as it was deemed to dangerous. We were only to respond to emergency calls so needless to say I was never in the office we had a few scary moments when our car was just going sideways down a hill it's scary and exciting at the same time. Roll on work today.
Steve - I think I got up around then to go to the loo. Then I went back to bed.
Big G - Brighton too. I deferred my Brighton place last year. You get a small reduction but still have to pay again, and even with the reduction it's that expensive other marathons are still cheaper. After the shambles of the water situation last year I decided I would not bother.
Steven - yeah, very glad I'm not dealing with all that snow. Pretty to look at. Awful to get around in.
It's quite nippy down here in the Smoke, though mostly because of that annoying arctic wind. I put in another 10 miler and averaged 10:21, though I wasn't pushing it (though I admit I sped up for the last mile, just to see if I could). Most of the miles were in the 10:20s, which seems to be a good pace for me at the moment. I had to deal with running into wind quite a bit, plus a frosty wooden boardwalk around one of the ponds which I went over three times, and a bit through the woods which I took to get out of the wind only to find it was a lot muddier than it initially looked. The sun would have been nice but for the fact it was low and in my eyes a lot of the time. Roll on Spring!
Ian, how are you doing with the injury? I hope it's on the mend - are you ready for GC?
I feel a bit of a fraud coming in here. I'm struggling with my asthma/ breathing at the moment for a variety of reasons and today managed 7k after taking a doctors enforced rest of a week.
It's been good reading all of your updates and I hope that you're all doing well!
Emmy, sorry to hear about your asthma. Does it get worse when it's cold? You're definitely no fraud. I know I posted less when I was injured - sometimes it's hard to read about running when you can't do it yourself. I'm glad you managed a run today.
As for me, I was going to go to club tonight, but looking at the forecast it gives rain and cold, so I did my own thing this afternoon (I went out for a 10-miler). If I'd done a session at club it would have been some kind of interval session, but I'm happy with the 10. It was a bit quick, as what yesterday's run, but it was nice to get out. Sunny and cold, but at no rain.
Also, I did a coastal run and saw a load of people (I mean about 100 people) congregated around pointing and taking pics. I had a feeling I knew what it was and sure enough I was correct - it was a pod of dolphins. I had no camera with me but the pics wouldn't have been great as they were quite a way out, but still brilliant to see.
big g: I’m already on inhalers but the minute the cold hits my chest, I struggle to breathe. I’ve been using a buff to take off the edge but it steams up my glasses! It’ll be ok, but I just need to be patient.
Cal: yeah, it’s frustrating when you’re injured and just don’t know what to say!
7 mile run this afternoon, cold when the sun hid behind the clouds but a nice run after a difficult mornings work.
Big G - blimey, did they get a gorilla to deliver that parcel. Good luck trying to claim, you'd probably have to claim from the carriers direct and I expect the drivers are self employed.....
I'm not that keen on green tea, except for Matcha green tea which I make a latte with, love that I reluctantly used up some green tea bags that I had and then the next race I did there was another bloody box in the goody bag, slowly working my way through that box now.
Brilliant seeing dolphins on your run, I suppose they come in for a bit of shelter as storm was coming in.
Cal - I don't have a fancy coffee machine but I still drink a lot of coffee.
Emmy - of course you're not a fraud, it's not your fault that you can't run at the moment. I do hope you're feeling better soon. Weather is just too cold for you I guess.
Ian - good luck with the physio today. Whether to race or not has to be your decision. When you had mentioned ankle niggles before I didn't realise you meant achilles. Foolishly I assumed you meant ankle as the outer or inside of the foot, such as
Jugula - that's a bit exotic getting your coffee beans from Scotland, you must be a real connoisseur
Windy during the night, heard some recycling bouncing down the road, but quietened down for my run, much warmer than expected 8 degrees, had a great run. I did do my good deed for the day and rescued a wheelie bin from the middle of the road in Kingsteignton.
It's been above the back of my ankle that's been bugging me,with still being relatively new to running I didn't realise what it was.Not foolish to presume ankle if I say ankle
Shades/Jelly, I've seen dolphins a few times over the last couple of years. For a few days in a row there were off the end of Berry Head in Brixham, which was brilliant. Back in the summer I saw pics of them in Brixham Harbour as they were in the inner harbour so the people got a very good sight of them that day, although I wasn't there.
Jelly, where did you used to work in Brixham?
Ian, is there a chance that this injury has started when you've been doing more speed work? I know that happens to me - I feel good, so do more speed work, and then get an injury. Very annoying! I thought I'd mention it in case that may be something to do with the injury. But of course we're all different and the speed work may not have anything to do with your issue.
I don't know what I'd do about GC. As it is achilles I'd think that even a steady run in the marathon won't help it, but at the same time I wouldn't want to go all that way and not do the event (I had booked and paid for Brussels in 2015, and ended up DNSing, which was very costly and frustrating!). Good luck today!