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It's much nearer Big G's area than mine 🐍
X-post, Robert. Good to hear you're getting out there and fingers crossed the mojo will return properly soon.
Shades: sounds like you're back in the gym at full swing!
Robert: I've heard a few people have similar symptoms at the moment. It's very weird.
Big G: what a fantastic route. It looks beautiful!
Cal: a friend of ours has a snake and feeding time is always a treat for the kids to watch. They love it.
5miles this morning. I did a dog walk first as Noah was awake since 5 so I managed to run alone in the forest. Was really lovely. Headed to a zoo near my work so I could spend time there whilst they sorted out my pc. Still not fully better but am definitely better than yesterday.
Just over 10 after work today,felt decent again so just an off day yesterday.
Daughter has a place off the waiting list for the 10 mile,they have added another 40 already so must be pretty confident it is going ahead,looks like we finally have a real race again.
Cal - that must be one of the most original, but perhaps not that romantic a date to take him to the snake feeding.
Emmy - yes good to be back at gym etc. I can get back onto my master plan which is to get my body fat down to 20%. Thankfully for now they can't or aren't using the body analyser so I can get a few weeks work done before seeing what damage the lack of strength work during the lockdown did.
Ian - that's great news your daughter has a place now too. Very promising for other races if they see that it can be done.
8 miles today, 4 flattish and 4 hilly, 590ft in all. I actually wanted a flatter route today as I suspected my calves might be sore and they are. My favourite flat route is closed as they are repairing a path, a little sinkhole appeared in the tarmac. We did a lot of step ups in circuits yesterday and although it was a low step for some reason it does give me sore calves the next day, I used to think it was an injury but it's not. I also did a set of reps on the leg press machine for my calves yesterday. Was OK running on the flat, a little sore on the uphills and a bit more on the downhills but manageable. Lovely fresh morning.
5miles this morning with the dogs. Allergies seem to be going down slightly so am feeling much better!
Ian: great news about your daughter
Getting a place. I really hope the race happens for you.
Emmy - varied terrain...hmm. Stonking great hills, you mean!
Glad your allergies are abating.
Another event for the Veteran Runners UK "Olympics" today - I skipped yesterday's 3000m but today was a 5 miler so decided to give it a shot. It's not a distance I've done much, just the two Wimbledon Trail Series races on very undulating off-road terrain. Obviously I wasn't going to be able to go flat out just yet with my niggles, the shingles and the fact I'd done a hilly 11 miles yesterday, but legs didn't feel bad (I guess the Epsom Salt bath helped). I did wake up with an achey back, though - sore QL, mostly. Not sure if it's a side effect of shingles, sleeping awkwardly or jarring from downhill running yesterday, but I did my best to roll it out. Can't roll much right now due to the shingles patch (which was bigger and itchier yesterday...hopefully it has peaked now and will start to heal up).
Anyway, out at sunrise. I decided to do a similar course to the 10K on Tuesday but with a different finish so I didn't have to do the last mile uphill and into the sun. First mile was easier, but still a relatively quick sub-10:00, and then I turned the taps on. Subsequent miles were 8:45, 8:41, 8:30 (I was segment hunting here) and 8:47. I did make the mistake of going into a little rec during the last mile - I thought I could cut through but I couldn't as the side gate was locked, so I ran back up, thought I could get back to the gate I came in via the playground but also found that only had one entrace, so ended up doing the last .2 or so on lumpy grass. Eh, never mind. I was happy to run a sub-45 - I guess I could get close to 40 without the warm-up mile and if I was at my best, but this was just for a bit of fun.
I walked a bit to catch my breath and then jogged the three miles back home at recovery pace for a total of 8.
Thrilled to discover I'd earned a Strava crown on the obscure Groton loop (I little road loop I found by accident one day when I took a wrong turning - got home and found I'd got a Strava top 10 trophy even though I'd been going very slowly. So I've gone back a few times to improve my time there and I equalled the course record today, ha!)
Tomorrow's VRUK race is a 5K walk so that'll fit in well with my rest day and gym plans.
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Rcouture - are you sure they're not a political party....I've read that twice and it's said nothing of any use to you.
However I fear that a unique and revised format means it won't be a marathon at all.
Can you defer to 2022, I know you've already entered 2021 event? As we suspected with Brighton (and London) the main obstacle to hosting the event would be spectators on the route.
Maybe you should contact the charity and assuming you don't want to take part in the 2020 unique and revised event hand back your place. You can then of course raise funds for that or another charity next year using your own place.
Don't worry if you stick around this thread we'll ensure you do get to run a marathon ASAP
Legs feel pretty good today after yesterday's longer run, so I went and did 7.5-miles on my hilly loop. Everything clicked today so it was a great run out - really enjoyed it.
It's my club's Virtual 10k this weekend and the thought is to "race" that tomorrow evening. 10 laps of an industrial estate.....whoo hoo! If I can get near to 41:00 I'll be delighted, but that will be very tough for me I think. My PB from Jan 2017 is 42:38 (I really don't race many 10ks at all, so I think this is currently my "poorest" PB) so if I can get close to that I'll be pleased as it'll mean I should better it in a proper race. Having said that, my 20-mile PB of 2:35 is also quite poor and should be beatable as I went through 20-miles at San Sebastian Marathon in 2:31, but I have only raced one 20-miler
Shades - Nice "flatter" run there.
Anyway, 8 miles with 3 at MP (again probably Tinman tempo pace and not MP!!), 6:39/42/35. Next week I'll have to see if I can hit those in 6:45-6:50 pace instead!!
I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well.
This morning, the organisers of Brighton Marathon have announced that this year’s event has now been cancelled and will not go ahead as planned in September. I am so sorry to have to let you know this news that as I know how disappointing this must be. You can read the full statement from the event organisers here.
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I heard back from Yeovil about their 5k and unfortunately it's not on. From the sounds of it it's mainly because of the facilities not being available. I have emailed Tavistock but no reply as yet. I think the Exeter one may be on as they've said they will be putting on events but haven't specified which ones. The only issue with that one for a quick time is two bottlenecks/hairpin turns, so I don't love that course. But if it's on, I may do it.
Big G-Most of my race times are pretty well aligned now,just the full isnt quite there,but then if I race my 10m well then the 10k and half could look out.
Rcouture- I think that's good of the charity offering a refund,haven't heard of many doing that.
Usual loop after work,started to get really warm at the end,finishing a bit earlier tomorrow so may get a slightly longer one in to finish the month with.
Good luck with your 10k time trial tonight, 10 laps
Shame about Yeovil races.
All my race times are out of sync except for 10k, just checked my race history
4 mile - one minute faster in a 10k
5 mile - one minute faster in a 10k
10 mile - 6 minutes faster in a marathon
Half - 6 minutes faster in a marathon
20 mile - 20 minutes faster in a marathon - and I've raced a few, about 8 I think
Steve - you're running well, you could really do with a race to do too.
Rcouture - that's a lovely email from the charity. And a lot clearer than anything written by the Brighton mob.
Ian - hope that lockdown doesn't have any implications for your race next weekend.
I think these regional lockdowns might make councils/police nervous about granting permission for races to go ahead, so not good news for racing getting back to 'normal'.
8 miles today, lovely fresh morning. Calves are a lot better, only the right one is still tender to touch and stretch but they don't affect my running.
Back to the gym today
Rest day this morning ahead of my long run tomorrow so a quick walk with the dogs before it gets too hot.
We're forecast a warm day here too today, hope it cools for your long run tomorrow.
I've stopped doing long runs again as now I'm back to getting my legs used to the gym again, so will still do 50 miles a week, but nothing long.
I did go out for a run this morning (7-miles) just in case the 10k effort doesn't happen tonight. It's due to be quite warm through the day so I'll just see how it goes, but tomorrow may be the better day. Having said that, I do have a longer run planned for Sunday all being well, so from that point of view today for the 10k is better.