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Just booked our September holiday to Fuerteventura,meant to be LA but at least we can go away,hopefully.It was actually a good price considering there are less flights at the moment.
As an aside, when I'm looking at the measures that maybe put in place at Hamburg if it goes ahead, what are people's thoughts on that? On the one hand I'm keen to get back to racing and travelling as well, but I still want to enjoy the experience. I can understand the measures they're planning but will it be enjoyable do you think? I'm wondering if it will all feel a bit regimented in some way. I'm not sure at the moment.
My club are a bit annoyed as they're planning on going to Cologne for the club marathon, but it's not happening. They're all adamant they booked a refundable room but the hotel has changed its mind and is now only offering a 10% refund. Very naughty. Also, the race is taking an €18 admin fee per person! From what I can see I think people are still going to travel but there won't be a race.
10 miles done before work,legs a little tight for the first mile or so but all good after that,very windy though,bbc says 40mph but wanted to get ti done as I know I won't be doing much from Friday-Monday this week.
A week ago we all knew that air bridges were being agreed and would be announced today so why didn't they take that into consideration.
They are no longer affiliated to ARC so are blindly following EA guidelines which is fine but overseas events are not under EA's legislation anyway.
I personally wouldn't book to go to Hamburg, so far the announcement was only a press release and I don't have confidence that the event will go ahead or that there may be travel restrictions.
The measures that Hamburg are proposing would put me off big races and I'd opt for smaller events where possible.
That's bad news about the Trotter's hotel in Cologne, surely they have the terms in writing? Maybe they would accept change of date to next year. I suppose they've paid upfront, that's the risk of paying in advance.
Ian - you've certainly earned a holiday this year.
Good price for Hamburg flight, certainly worth taking a flyer it might go ahead at that price. Don't think there's any flights from down here anyway.
Rcouture - that's good news about the knee, enabling you to finish a good week well.
I haven't done Brighton but I believe very congested at the start with very long toilet queues etc so segregated starts may be difficult, we'll see.
https://blog.parkrun.com/nz/2020/06/23/covid-19-coronavirus-update-23-june/
Gives an indication I presume of how parkrun in this country may re-start, and possibly what other races (or even club training sessions) may put in place.
Not sure I can see it working here though as I would imagine that quite a few would not want to register their presence for fear of being asked to isolate.
Mind you we're a fair way off having an app.
Ian, good price on those flights. As you say, you may as well book them and see what happens.
Interesting Alehouse. I wonder if any enthusiastic parkrun tourists are planning a trip to NZ to get their parkrun fix! Ahem, Cal?
From 2nd June: "...whilst we are not at this stage ruling out changes to operations required at event level, our current position is that we will not open parkrun events in any country until we can do so across that entire country, safely and without compromising any public health guidelines in that country. We are also, at this stage, not looking to reopen events until we can do so in a way that is the same as or similar to how they operated before lockdown".
Ian, I have a pretty high cadence but not quite that high. I'm usually in the 170s for an easy run but 190s for a 5K (with brief forays over 200). My stride is short, though (it only goes over a metre in races). I have experienced lanky buggers literally jog past me while I'm turning my legs like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character. My short stride is why I'm as slow as I am - you are definitely not slow, though, so I wouldn't worry.
Cal - a short stride is not an indication of potential speed. Some of best runners are tiny, men and women, with short stature and short legs too. But they have big hearts and big lungs 😊
https://www.runnersworld.de/news-fotos/muenchen-marathon-wird-zum-30-kilometer-lauf/
That press release also mentions that like Hamburg whether the races go ahead is still subject to approval by the authorities.
You have to carry your own bottle to fill at the stations, I wouldn't be happy with that in a road race, imagine the queue. And I get the impression that they think that by starting the field over a period of 3 hours they'll be well spread out but I don't think they realise that many will not run at an even pace and many will have been ambitious with their finishing times.
They say they're not doing the marathon as not enough staff.
Due to the lack of races I've even pencilled in the Trotter's 10k in September. In fairness I like the route, it's my 10k PB course so would like to run it again.
Big G-I really wouldnt be happy with a 30k,rather have a defer to next year.
I wonder if London are looking at a similar option for the charity runners.
Unfortunately now that Leicester is in lock down again I think that's the end of any chance of races in August. I can't see EA allowing road races in only certain parts of the country, it will be all or nothing and Leicester are going back to lockdown with non essential shops and schools closing again.
We had our Zoom meeting last night, demonstrating some new software. Zoom was good, couldn't get my new headphones to work though even though they're paired with my PC they wouldn't connect. I'll probably give up trying and buy another plug in headset for my PC. Can use the headphones with my phone, if/when I ever leave home again on a trip
8 miles this morning, wind had dropped and although it was cool it was very humid. Halfway through my run it started to rain and that was cooling and made it feel fresher.
Usually Munich have a Half and 10k on the same day so Shades I think you may be right what you're saying. I think I would be looking at cancelling travel plans and not travelling if I was going from the UK even if I couldn't get a deferral from the race....that would be a pointless race for me. From that press release it looks like it's still starting and ending at the Olympic stadium so that is at least something as the finish was a good one, running around the track there. I was wondering of they'd cancel that as I suppose they wouldn't want people congregating and when I went people were sitting in the stands watching the runners, and runners who had finished were congregating in the middle drinking the beer they had there.
Early evening yesterday I just suddenly fancied a short run so I went out. It was only 3-miles which is too short for it to be classed as a good/bad run as it takes me a mile to get going, but it still felt much better than yesterday morning.
Then this morning I went out for 7-miles on exactly the same route as yesterday...and was 2.5mins quicker, meaning today was about average for that route. I'm therefore much happier following today's run than yesterday's!
I woke up very groggy today and it took me ages to get going (I even considered not running, but then told myself I'd feel better if I ran...which I do, in fact). I didn't make it out until almost 7, which is horrendously late for me.
Ian - I just had a quick look at Antwerp marathon, if I had a choice I'd do Antwerp. Normal drink stations etc. I know there's always a risk when doing a brand new event that something goes wrong but for me the measures that Hamburg suggest are a sure fire recipe for disorganised chaos. The lower numbers in the Antwerp event make it more appealing too.
Races are back on in Ireland too, but border controls at the moment so we can't travel there.
I see that the list of air bridges will be announced sometime this week now.
Cal - you're making good progress with your rehab.
Antwerp is a great city too, nice bars and cafes etc. I went on the Eurostar which takes you to Brussels, you then get onward travel from Brussels to anywhere in Belgium for no extra cost (providing you travel on the same day). I finished the marathon, had a shower and something to eat and drink then caught the train back to London and met some friends who'd done London marathon at about 6pm. Much less stressful than flying!
I enjoyed my time there, missed my target by about 7 minutes falling from 3:15 to 3:22 but given it got up to 26 degrees during the race I guess that isn't too bad. You shouldn't have any problems with the heat at a night race in September though!
6-miles this afternoon. Strange conditions again as although in the afternoon it was quite humid compared to recent afternoons, but I had a nice run out. I just took it steady and wasn't too concerned with getting the HR up to the mac MAF rate, so it was quite an easy run out really on one of my routes that involves a steep uphill first mile.
Trying to look ahead to plan what to do about this 5k time trial in terms of the weather. I expect I'll do 7-10ish tomorrow and then on Thursday have a better idea about when I'm doing the 5k. An evening trip over to the industrial estate may be better in terms of traffic etc, but I'll play it by ear.
Looks like I'm going to go for it anyway,a night race will be interesting to do.
Finished the month on 270,new record by 20 and halfway on 1259.