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Do you think your achilles has some permanent damage/scarring?
Bad luck missing another 2 races.
Big G - yes, ET was race director for Chudleigh for several years and certainly for when I was race referee, think I did 3 years. I looked at the video of the route on the website and it looks like my sort of race, so am looking forward to it. Always a good atmosphere in the town at the race, they close off the town roads while the race is on and that always generates a good crowd at the start/finish.
I entered Frome as I had an offer of a discounted entry a few months ago and knew it wouldn't be on a marathon weekend.
I've entered Stur Half too as no Gloucester marathon and Stur Half is one of my favourite races. It used to go past the house I lived in for the first 6 years of my life but they've changed the route now.
Good news on the weight, it is much easier when not doing marathons but still getting some decent mileage done. When I get up to 70/80 mpw my metabolic rate goes into overdrive and I definitely have to eat a bit more.
Circuits today was good. Instructor is talking about doing our class outdoors one week, once he's found a venue and done a risk assessment. That should be early morning entertainment for the town.
That is a lot of surgery, I looked at the pics on Twitter, your link works, and it looks really sore, you must be in a lot of pain/discomfort.
I hope they can make you a lot more comfortable after today's visit to the hospital. I don't suppose the warm weather helps either with a cast on.
Tour de France starts on Saturday, perhaps that'll help pass the time a bit, if you like watching that.
The pain isn't too bad, I've masked it with paracetamol and have only taken 2 in last 48 hours. I was given some strong ones by the hospital but I'm not a fan of using them and would prefer to ride it out.
Never watched tour de france but may give it a go for a change of scenery, not watched this much cricket or womens football in years.
The scenery for the Tour de France is amazing.
Shades, I’ve entered Stur Half as well. Never done it before. I’m enjoying planning some local, shorter races but as I say, still looking forward to getting back to marathons.
Did a lovely 10-miler this morning, not being concerned about pace at all. I ran/walked the steeper hills, stopped to take in the views, let myself go on the downhills and just ran how I wanted on the flat bits. I feel I’m getting a bit of a spring back in my step, so along with the weight loss it’s all pointing in the right direction.
Big G - last time I did Stur Half the parking is at the school, as per the marathon, but the start is a few minutes walk away, not far from the finish of the marathon. The route is, I think, a reverse part of the marathon course and we finish coming down the hill into the school field and finish gantry is on the grass.
I think it must have been my mention of a free cake that nudged you to enter this one
Nice to feel that you're getting your fitness back. Good progress on the shoulder too.
I think a 10k would give you a better idea of what pace you can hold in a half marathon. You could do a parkrun or 5k race as well if you can schedule both distances into your plan.
Legs feel good today,wasn't too sure how they'd be after yesterday so all good.
Looks like plans are changing for next year and I'm doing Boston.The lad has always wanted to go to New York and cant go with us as its term time and he's a teacher,but Boston is at the end of his Easter break so we can go NY for a few days,then head to Boston for the race.
Good recovery Ian, I take it you'll enter Solway now?
Skilful negotiation there for your trip to Boston! Have you a qualifying time for Boston?
Big G - is it just downhills off road that runners seem to pass you or downhills generally? I'm not brilliant on the downhills and usually I will be passed by other runners but I can't bring myself to run as fast as I can downhill.
No run for me this morning as I have a 10k race tonight.
Ian, sounds a nice break to still get NYC in as a sightseeing trip and then going off to do Boston. Would you do Boston stopping taking pics etc, as per the NYC idea, or try and get a decent time there - it's a fast course, isn't it?
Big G, I'm shite at downhills too for the same reason. The "brain off, brakes off" attitude of fell runners just doesn't work for me because I can't turn the brain off.
Not keen on grass either, Ian. I am happy enough running on hard trail/dirt but grass slows me quite a bit. Unfortunatley, if I want to complete all the parkruns in London, I'm going to have to run on grass for quite a few of them.
Hope your race went well, Shades. I'm sad I had to miss the final race in the Wimbledon trail series, as much for the camerarderie as anything.
I have, however, managed to get out for a run this morning. I walked to the common, did two laps of the parkrun course (2 miles) and then walked a bit more. The good news is I have plenty of energy following the shingles, and my left foot seems OK. The not so good news is the achilles is still grumpy. It's not horrible, but I'd have hoped it would be a bit less noticeable after a week and a half off.
Big G-Think a lot there depends on the weather,its point to point so wind always seems have an influence 1 way,pretty hilly also but doesn't look as bad as people make out.
I find I get overtook more on uphill now,but that's because I'm determined to try and run to effort up rather than powering,I usually get them on the downs
The op itself was the pulled the skin off the top of my knee to replace the skin at the bottom of my knee, they said it was hard to move my leg around due to muscle mass (took that as a backhanded compliment)
I'm mildly shocked that you might think Ian would do Boston stopping to take pics on the way round
Cal - that's a speedy recovery from your shingles and good that your foot is better too. Seems your achilles doesn't respond well to enforced rest. Shame about your missed races but at least they're not trips away, travel/hotels etc.
Ian - good news about Solway, I'll add you to the list.
You didn't reply re your entry to Boston, do you have a qualifying time?
Rob - blimey, 6 weeks off. I agree how can a parkrun do so much damage.
Pilates was good, thankfully she didn't do that adductor exercise that floored me on Tuesday.
Have heard that Yeovil marathon won't be on next year, promised to be back 2021, I do hope so as I like that race.
Annoyingly that has already screwed up my plans for next year as Yeovil was pencilled in for my 399th. Back to the drawing board.
Now you have made your plans you'll probably get into London
Shades, Ian had mentioned he was possibly going to take pics etc at NYC, so was just wondering if he was considering similar at Boston.
Cal, well done on the run today. Great news your back so quickly.
Had planned a longer run today so decided to do the short run to Paignton train station, and travel to Exeter. Then the plan was to run back towards Teignmouth, with the option of stopping at an earlier station if I needed. Pleased to say I made it to Teignmouth, but was glad of the Camelbak as it was getting warm. Exeter to Teignmouth was a bit under 17miles. I grabbed a pub lunch in Teignmouth as I was very hungry, before catching train back to Paignton.
That was a great distance for you today,well done.
Shades-If I get in London then I'll probably do them both,but still highly unlikely.
Easy 6 after work,unsure on next weeks mileage,I'll have done 45,51,52 by sunday,then have 2 weeks until Solway,how many miles would you suggest for next week?
Ian - well if you do get into London you can decide nearer the time what you want to do, anyway that's a problem you can easily deal with.
Re mileage, you've done some decent training the last few weeks. I would suggest you drop to 40mpw this coming week and for the final week let your level of tiredness/work commitments dictate how much running you do. You want to be fresh for Solway.
Epic fail for my 10k race. Laid all my kit out on the bed, water chilling in the fridge. Had 15 minutes before I needed to get changed so sat on the sofa with a cup of coffee. I promptly fell asleep and woke up 40 minutes later.
Annoying as I was looking forward to that race.
7 miles this morning, nice fresh, sunny morning. Beautiful smell of newly mown hay.
Shades...
Big G, sounds like a nice run.
Did 3 miles today. No change on the achilles but everything else feels good. I was actually quicker than I expected to be (10:17/10:02/9:50) - I wasn't paying attention to my splits, just going by feel. Interestingly, my cadence is a bit lower than normal but my stride is longer. I wonder if the latter is down to the various drills I've been doing.
If I do fall asleep in the afternoon it's usually for 10 or 20 minutes after lunch. Yesterday my flat was quite warm in the late afternoon and that probably made me a bit dozy.
Big G - Yes, I laughed too at missing the 10k, but I was cross with myself too.
Can you do that long run with a bottle instead and refill along the way? A good thing about all the publicity about single use plastics is that for us runners it's going to be so much easier to find places to refill our water bottles.
I see YT had another good sub 16 run at the Exe 5k on Tuesday.
Just looked at my times from my previous two Erme Valley Relays - 17:10 in 2016 and 17:29 in 2017 for the approximately 2.4 miles. It's something to aim for I suppose but based on that 4 miler last week I'll be over the moon with anything starting with a 17, but I feel that's unlikely. I may surprise myself I suppose - we'll see what happens!
Good luck for tonight at the relays. I just assumed each leg was 5km
I just looked at the elevation chart for tonight and it really doesn’t look too bad, but it’s about 240ft of elevation gain for the 2.4 miles according to Strava. Basically, you come out the rugby club and it’s straight down hill, but of course you know at some point you have to come up again
Although I did struggle a bit yesterday my legs feel ok this morning, so that’s good news.