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I have a race on 21st June in Ireland, haven't heard about that one yet, I expect it to be cancelled. In Ireland Althetics Ireland are not issuing race permits for any more events postponed to later in the year. This might be a sign that no races for 2020 at all or just a wait and see policy.
Ian the 16 miler would be great prep for race day too!
still hoping for NDW50 and or FVC in July to be on, will just have to wait and see.
12.5 miles for me today, was warm out and only ran with 300ml of water but made it last. Nice country roads, mainly cyclists and all seemed to behave, passed a couple of WJ and stoped for a quick chat. Really struggled for the final 3 miles.
37.5 miles for the week, will check but probably not ran that many since my pf started September 2018. I’m still running a minute slower per mile than I was before all this but making progress
14 for me brings up 64 miles for the week,think it's my 2nd highest total.
Robert, I've been out in the garden a lot too. Very slow progress in my case, plus in the middle of the day it's too hot for me to be doing too much, so that was the time I got the pizza oven going
Cal, well done on your running too. You're doing great and seems you're enjoying it.
Shades, I'm in two minds at the moment - i.e, do what Ian suggests and just crack on with the races as soon and as quickly as possible, or take my time. One day I think one thing and the next day something else. Funny we're all different isn't it as I love my LDWA certs. Sweat, mud and in one case blood tell a story for me.
managed to get a online delivery on Wednesday With Tesco, you can only order 80 items which for 4 people is tough as will be trying to buy for 2 weeks.
well today I descended into the realms of utter madness and decided to run a marathon around my block..the lap was 0.22 miles so 119 laps which I rounded up to 120. Each lap was 31.7 feet of elevation.. at about 20 laps in, one of the neighbours that was watching asked if I was doing it for charity. Now initially I wasn’t but one of the other neighbours decided to go round and collect money for the local NHS trust. My OH set up a just giving page and by the time I had finished I had raised £342.20 plus £29 in gift aid.. quite a few of the neighbourhood were out cheering me on which helped when I was tired... I wasn’t concerned by time, I just wanted to do it which I did..
Rob, sounds like you're well on the mend there. Rather like you I want a medal for my efforts. I will do the odd club race that doesn't have them but it's generally shorter races and relays.
Big G I’m not a sweet tooth person when it comes to savoury foods but that pizza topping sounds good.
yesterdays run felt like a marathon effort, was warm out 23 degrees. Sleepless night so today will be either a walk or a short easy run
You'll get over your medal thing. I like a medal but it's not important to me. Some folk like the certificates and the nice ones can be framed.
Ian - great mileage too, and you did that without any very long runs either?
Big G - I thought it was about time you got that pizza oven going. Sorry you won't convince me re the Nutella, sounds disgusting. 🤮
Iain - that's great you raised some funds for the NHS but I do hope you haven't publicised what you've done. IMHO what you've done was really stupid Make sure it's not on FB or Strava and certainly don't let the press find out. if it becomes public you have seriously jeopardised exercise restrictions for the rest of us. Unless you live in a gated estate, you might get away with it then as that is private property. There's a reason others have done their 'marathons' in their gardens. If others see what you've done then they'll do the same pushing the boundaries of the restrictions and we'll end up being limited to an hour a day by law. By all means when restrictions are lifted then publicise it and your fundraising efforts but not now.
7 miles today, sharp cold wind but good apart from that. Sad to see 8-10 cars in the dog walking car park, lazy idiots that won't walk their dogs from their home.
Robert - xpost, your turn for the sleepless night.
10 before work today,bit windy at times but otherwise really nice to run in,not too many people about.
Why do you think the other guys did the running in their gardens and not up and down their street?
This is only a problem if your run is publicised in any way, so make sure it's not on FB or Strava and when restrictions are lifted/eased then you can talk about it freely.
Ian - that's what I'm planning to do too, although I'm not doing as many miles as you.
Robert - how do you manage the food shop with limited number of items? There are lots of products that don't do large or multi packs.
Big G - Not sure about Nutella on a pizza either. After living over here for so long one taste that I cannot bring myself to get accustomed to is Nutella on bread. My kids all love it but even though I can happily eat it in spoonfuls from the jar - not proud of that btw!- I cannot stomach the concept of Nutella on bread. Same with our patisseries.. no way can I eat a pain au chocolat. Strange.
Rubbish running from me. The hayfever season seems to have kicked in earlier than normal and I am wheezy and feeling like a slug. Great. 12k done this morning and although it was the most beautiful morning I really didn't do it justice. Awful run. Beginning to wonder if I'll ever run properly again. Will try and motivate myself this afternoon by getting my summer kit down from the top of the wardrobe and sorting that out. There.. I've put it on the thread now so I'll have to do it! I'll do it after I've cleaned the church.
We've had a death in the village so I've been asked to go down and check the church is ok for the funeral tomorrow. This only involves a bit of dusting and sweeping up bat droppings and I'll take the teenagers down to help so it'll be done quicker. I would like to take my music system down as the acoustics in the church are amazing but can't bring myself to do it as it feels wrong somehow.
As regards to our deconfinement progress Shades, it still seems terribly vague. There has been talk of progressively opening up the country region by region, starting with those least affected first but this hasn't been confirmed. Tonight at 8pm the president will give his third official speech on the situation and normally we'll have a bit more clarity then.
OH did go a step too far though, even for me. She went for Nutella, peanut butter and ripe banana on a pizza for her pud. That was too sweet for me. I should clarify that we make them fairly small, and the other ones we had were all cheese-based.
Shame about the hay fever but it will pass.
Sorry to hear about the death in your village. I take it Coronavirus was the cause. Churches are closed here and mourners limited to just a few close family for funerals.
Re restrictions, I think France is a little behind Italy and Spain so I suppose your restrictions will continue for a while.
Rcouture - lovely that you now have time to cook and enjoy it too, especially with your little helper too.
I'm sure you're not being thick at all re recognising what works for you training wise. What may have also helped is you are maybe less tired not having to commute to work. Many runners spend years trying out different types of training to find what really works for them.
Also you will become a stronger runner as time goes on, you'll also recover more quickly. They say it takes ten years of hard training for a runner to reach their full potential.
MF I share your pain with hay fever, really struggling with chest... then 2nd guessing if it’s COVID 😦
Rcouture nice 13 miles, I cook a lot but don’t enjoy the process but enjoy the end results.
one of my customers from pub I managed died from corona, health wasn’t great but still a shock.
Are you all self isolating or just choosing not to go shopping? Mind you if you're sneezing, hopefully just hay fever, shopping not a good idea for you.
I made bolognese this week so tin tomatoes, passata and pasta on my shopping list too but not urgent, if I don't get them it won't matter. I rarely eat pasta now anyway.
It brings it home when you hear about someone you know dying from Coronavirus.
Very cold this morning, feels like -1, but I was expecting it so back to full winter kit. Hills today, I often do a hilly run through a nearby village and there are 2 roads to the village, for some reason I've always favoured the right hand lane. But today I took the left hand lane, it was a shorter route but that made it hillier and on the return run I had to stop at one point to catch my breath as it was just too Dartmooresque for me today. So 7 miles and my Garmin said 659 feet of climb, I thought that was a lot so measured it on Mapometer which calculates the same as Strava and that came out at 849 feet of climb, so I guess my Garmin was right. I don't feel so bad about having to stop for a bit on that steep hill.
Shades, I'm not that keen on chocolate flavoured things either, though I love chocolate. Even cake, to be honest - I do like a good brownie (if I can find a decent gluten free one) but I'd rather have fruit cake than chocolate cake, and I prefer fruity desserts and ice cream. I think the texture of chocolate is one of its most appealing traits and that does not translate to cakes, ice creams and spreads. I also don't like the combination of chocolate and bread or chocolate and pastry. It just seems wrong to me. (I'd be tempted to risk gluten with those lemon donuts though, Big G).
Anyway, chocolate rant over.
Sorry to hear about the corona deaths. One of my mates lost his father last week - he'd been suffering from dementia and was in a home and corona swept through.
My rubbish sleep caught up with me yesterday - I woke up feeling like I'd been run over by a truck. Fortunately it was a rest day, but I ended up having to take a nap at 11am, and when I woke up I felt so drained and disorientated. Forced myself out for a three mile walk to try and wake myself up but I hated every second of it!
I did feel a bit better this morning though far from epic (while I've never had hayfever in the past, I also feel a bit scratchy throaty, mamafox, so I reckon it is likely pollen) so got 8 miles done. I noticed the old SI joint feeling a bit sore towards the end so I gave myself a going over with the Theragun and Jesus Christ I'm tight! I couldn't even bear to put it on my calves.
Not sure why I feel that bad, particularly after a rest day - Sunday's run was longish but nothing like I was doing back in January.
Anyway, glad it's cooler now - I can hopefully sleep a bit better this week.
Taking today as a rest day,feel fine but should be able to run every other day this week and today is my longest work day.
I do like chocolate brownies, forgot about them, not keen on fruit cake though. Don't care for rich chocolate desserts. Rather have fruit based desserts too. Ice cream I like, but not chocolate flavoured.
I am not in any way obsessive about palm oil but I do try and avoid it. It's in most peanut butters, but not as a major ingredient as it is in Nutella, so if I buy a nut butter I avoid the ones with palm oil.
But Nutella is mostly sugar and palm oil and comes in at 100 calories for one level tablespoon, 31% fat and 55% sugar, in fact I've heard nutritionists say you might as well give your child a bar of chocolate for breakfast. There's only 13% hazelnuts in it for those that think it's a nut spread.
Sorry about your friend's father. This virus is even more deadly for those in care homes, very sad.
Ian - going to be another high mileage week for you?
Cal - hope you catch up on the sleep, I've found myself napping at different times during the day, probably reason why I'm sleeping poorly at night.
Legs a bit tired this morning so will go for a short trot after work.
Cal - Sorry to hear that you're not feeling great. Maybe it's because of the mild winter, or all the rain.. I don't know but the hay fever is definitely earlier this year so that probably has got something to do with it.
Rob - It has also crossed my mind that getting a bad form of the virus on top of hay fever would be something to avoid.
Must be difficult juggling on line shopping for a family of four if you're very restricted to numbers. What happened to Elle in the supermarket?
Ian - Was it you that was planning to do Barcelona? I didn't realise it had been postponed, I thought it had just been put off until next year. Had a look at the site after reading your post and they are taking entries for October. Although extremely tempted (Barca was one of my favourite marathons) I haven't entered. Finances are a bit sticky at the moment, I'm finding it quite expensive feeding everyone plus OH has taken a drop in his salary for the two weeks he had to stay at home at the start of the virus outbreak. The government is supposedly going to be making up for this but it seems very complicated
Shades - That sounds like a good run this morning.. if hilly! I have my classic repertoire of runs and don't really deviate much. Would you use that second road option again?
Lovely 12k run this morning. Although I had to walk a fair bit to keep my HR down it was much more enjoyable and didn't feel like I was heaving myself around. Charlie the Jack Russell came with me and enjoyed himself too. I don't normally take him if I have to go on the road a bit as he has absolutely no road sense but I took his lead so we were fine. He only has short legs but can keep going for a fair distance. Bit like me really.
Mama-Yes I'm doing it,was originally doing it last month,they offeredro defer or the new date so we are going for the October option.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51223214
mamafox - yes I will try that 2nd road option again, although I might put it off for a while. I need to try and run up that hill without stopping next time
I hear your lockdown is extended for another 3 weeks?
So good to hear Charlie is enjoying the lockdown.
It must be a lot of cooking, everyone there for every meal, maybe you'll have to put your catering volume of cooking skills to use. Cook for 60 and that should do them for 10 meals.
Ian - good, we have to make the most of our training time and I find it so good for clearing the brain in these strange times.
I do wish all the shopping would go back to normal though. I ran past Aldi at 7.30 am yesterday and there's one old bloke poised in a determined manner with his trolley to be first in the queue and they don't open for another 30 minutes and it was a bank holiday too.