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Enjoy Devon County Show.
£28 for the 5k at Liverpool, shocking
Robert - well let's hope your OH get's her running mojo back. Maybe a friend to encourage her to enter a race with her or sometimes just spectating can reignite that desire to get fit again.
Unfortunately credit card fraud is rife. What makes Active so different is that it wasn't one breach of security as usually happens but over a 10 month period. During those 10 months we were all being assured by Active that the website was safe and they even went as far to call us trolls before admitting there had been a breach. Many think this 10 months period wasn't the first time. Active have never reported the breach to the event organisers and I'm afraid the event organisers are just ignoring the problem and still using them. Luckily so far I've been offered alternative methods of entry and if we all insisted on that then RO's would do something about it.
Glad the tightness in the calf muscles has gone.
Iain - good to see you've recovered from London and are filling up the race schedule. Are you doing the full Ironman or just the marathon as part of the relay team?
I haven't run today, RHR is back to normal today but I still don't feel that well and still have a sore throat too. Will maybe have a little run tomorrow.
Good luck with doing an evening ultra followed by another ultra the next morning
Just did 4 miles at an easy pace. I'm not often out this early, but it was surprisingly cold. I enjoyed the run though.
Good luck with travelling to Devon County Show, just heard the traffic news when driving and queue back to Splatford Split for Sandygate roundabout but it is moving (slowly).
Lovely morning, I put my heating on last night as it was forecast to be cold.
Popped into Sainsburys to see if they have those Soreen bars but no luck, even tried the Free From aisle, think this Sainsbury's is too small, mini malt loaf packs on offer but they're no good as I find malt loaf hard to eat when running, good for carbo loading though.
I know it's early however incase I can't get on tomorrow Call, BigG/Ian good luck for Liverpool and to anyone else who has an event stay safe and good luck.
6 easy miles for me yesterday was hoping to get out this morning before work this afternoon however the oh had some jobs she wanted doing so the boss won. Will hopefully get out tomorrow.
Cal/ Big G, £28 that's a lot for a 5k! I did MK 5k last year and that was expensive not £28 expensive though...
Iain, sounds a bumper packed few months, if I decide on joining the 100mc then I know i'll have to do something similar. Good luck with the back to back.
Shades, OH is a difficult one, she enjoys supporting, marshaling, volunteering, love the bling at races and enjoys the social media side of things. Just seems to get strains or injuries a fair amount more being a larger lady (she doesn't read this- I hope) which then knock her. I'm surprised races are still using them as its fairly well know and surely has an impact on numbers even a small number will impact.
Steven, After this weekends Ultra I'm dropping down the distances to below marathon for a bit, we have a local 10 mile/ 10k race we're doing in July and have a few halfs/ 10k she may also do.
Bag is packed for the weekend, just need to add some cheese and pickle sandwiches for my crew in case I crave them. Premier Inn at Farnham booked and have a steak with my name on it in the beefeater.
Early start tomorrow with a 6:30am flight, but it's from Exeter so not too bad. I've found a Vietnamese Pho place in Liverpool (Pho is a kind of soupy/noodly/salty concoction that is gorgeous!), which I expect to have lunch at tomorrow
Big G-Hope you have a good flight up,great weather up here at the minute.
Rob-Sounds like you're getting back to form.
Had a decent week,2x8 miles and a 5 could mean a 50 mile week for the first time since January with Sundays race,seems weird seeing my name on the list again.
Good idea to use the HRM to stop you running at too high an intensity. Will certainly help when you do that tricky double you have planned next weekend.
steven - I'm sure if your OH was unhappy with the time you spend running she would have mentioned it
There is an edit facility on here for up to an hour after posting, put cursor to top right corner an Edit box should appear, I have to use it a lot!
Robert - that's a shame that injuries have stopped your OH from carrying on with her running and obviously left her a bit disillusioned about continuing. Hopefully she will get stronger and get over those niggly injuries and get back to running.
Good luck for tomorrow, cheese and pickle sandwiches, lovely.
They only had the loaf bars on offer at our Sainsbury's, they were a £1. I even looked on Sainsbury's and Waitrose websites and they're not on there either.
Big G - glad you enjoyed the show, it's very good. Pie and hog roast, yummy. I would avoid the Saturday too with all the kids. Nice that they've having good weather for a change.
Didn't realise you were flying up, much better than driving up the M6 on a Friday. Have a great weekend with your WAY group. And meeting up with Ian too
Ian - 50 mile week, that's good.
Cal - are you travelling up today or Saturday?
I've been out for a very short run, RHR high again this morning but as I was woken by the alarm today that often gives me a higher RHR so I wasn't bothered. I usually wake before the alarm. Lovely morning, bit cold, I didn't feel great but was glad to be out in the fresh air but I turned back after a mile as throat sore again when I run and I just don't feel right, very disappointing. Not sure what to do now, will see how I feel tomorrow and decide about Worcester.
Enjoy your cycling, one of the worse things about being injured is using that time when you'd normally be running but at least you are out enjoying yourself on your new bike and keeping your fitness up too.
The last weather I seen is a bit of a tailwind for the last 4 miles on Sunday.
Cal-Hope you feel better
Big G - Lovely photo, I've been there a few times as the IOM ferry is just a few yards away from the Liver building.
Hope the threatened head cold has come to nothing.
Just done parkrun, which was very nice. I took it easy with walking the 1.5m there and back.
Hope that you're on form to race too Shades. And good luck at Guernsey too Steve. Looking forward to hearing how you all get on.
I've recovered pretty quickly from my race, probably because I ran to HR, and have managed to get out a fair bit this week albeit for easy runs. My quads were a bit stiff for the first day or so but all fine now. This is a change as I'm normally flailing round like a dying swan the week after a marathon. I didn't actually manage to get out for a recovery run the day after mind you. I was meaning to but I forgot my kit (Shades this is TRUE). We were running late so I shot out of the house with my my race kit on and a tent - my race kit was absolutely minging afterwards so unfortunately was not able to do recovery run
Anyway, will write a bit more about the race but haven't had time yet - just wanted to wish all you racing Shadies good luck for tomorrow.
SK - My daughter has applied to do law at Montpellier, Toulouse, Marseille or Lyon. We are waiting to hear where she will be accepted. This is all subject to her getting her BAC this summer though. If not all those fancy ideas can go right out the bloody window (to quote my dad).
Will just have to see how she gets on.
Steve-good luck in Guernsey.
Cal-Good luck for tomorrow if I don't bump in to you.
Big G-Great meeting you today,hope you have a good race.
Easy 2 miles for me today to a hill where I proceeded to get OH to do hill reps
Had a good day today but tired now so back at the hotel to relax a bit. Looks like it's going to be warm tomorrow so hopefully I'll get under 4hrs but I'll just see how I feel when I'm out there. Looking forward to it though.
Ian - fancy taking your OH out for hill reps!! Did you stand and watch...with stopwatch?
Big G - lovely photo of you and Fizz & OH
I am grounded, but at least I know why. I have tonsillitis, explains the sore throat and not feeling 100%, must be 20 odd years since I had tonsillitis
Good luck to all of you running today, will be thinking of you all.
Nice when you can get up 3 hours before race starts and comfortably make it.
Hope you have a comfortable and pain free race today.
Ian, I was thinking the same about being so close to the start line and getting up in a relaxed manner. I think it's the only advantage of having a 10am race start. It was the same at MK too.
According to the BBC weather app, it's not going to be unbearably hot (17-19 it's saying), but still too hot for my ideal running conditions - if it's accurate though, it's a fair bit cooler than Milton Keynes so I think that will help me. I was speaking to Ian yesterday and I don't always look at the race profile, but I did last night. First 8 miles look to be generally up hill (with one hill that looks steep from 2.5-4.5), then downhill to 13 miles. Then a steep hill to around 15, before undulating down to the finish. So it looks like the worst of any hills come relatively early on, which is good. I just want a strong run really - my last two were more of a 'get it done' job, but if I finish this one feeling good I'll be happy.
Her next race is a local 10k in 4 weeks then we are doing a half in September.
I'm the same in just hoping for a relatively pain free race and see how it goes,hoping if it goes ok that I can start my chester plan in a couple of weeks.