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Big G-I fully understand why a lot of people don't want to go abroad,but we are determined to go somewhere,it is a true chance for us to switch off,even if we are off and home we still have house stuff to do etc so we are willing to pay whatever we need to to get a week away.
8 miles after work,looks like a hectic few days so will see what I can squeeze in the rest of this week,will aim for a 20 sunday to boost the miles.
Cal: I had an issue with my Garmin Tonight. It stuck on the save screen. Thanks for the info about dorney but I'm stuck in NL until the UK lifts quarantine rules
I've hsd a bit of a rough day. Went to the shops and coming back I've lost the car keys. They must now be somewhere in my house but I have no idea where
Ian, yeah, I understand where you're coming from. You've been busy at work through all this Covid situation.
I had a bit of a surprise as I got an Amazon package addressed to me. Not remembering what I ordered, I opened it up to find the Covid test. It's just a nose and mouth swab which I put in a tube that has some liquid in, and I post it back. I'll do it tomorrow.
I did my first ever spin class today, and I really enjoyed it! It was really tough though and I think I can say that MAF (142bpm) has gone out the window on this. I had read that when cycling it's hard to get the HR up to MAF, but not in my case at this class. It was a Les Mills virtual class, which I think are quite popular. I'm not sure how many are usually in the class, but today there were 10 bikes all spread out in the room, and there were 8 of us there today. It all felt really safe - the bikes were clean when we got there, and we all cleaned them down afterwards.
Emmy - was this a subconscious losing of the company car keys, as you weren't that pleased with it? However, if in the house, maybe the children have been playing with them or they're in the fridge with the shopping.
My instructor at the gym has never been happy that I don't take a complete rest day, but that would mean dropping a class/gym or worse a run. I don't want to cut my running to 5 days a week as that means I'd have to run further on some runs to keep to 50mpw which is a comfortable base mileage for me. If I drop the mileage any lower as I did during lockdown my running fitness decreases too. But I take an extra rest day from running when I have a race.
Big G - well done on the spin class, they are high intensity so should push you to the max. You'll need to do the research but running HR's are not the same as cycling HR's, the zones are different. You'd have to sit in the gym and use an exercise bike if you wanted base type training and I would think with a HR of at least 10bpm lower than your running MAF rate, would be very boring I think. So from your stats last night you worked really hard I would think 181 is near the top of your cycling MHR. Hope the achilles is OK after that.
8 miles today. Tuesday I was in winter kit as only 8 degrees, today it was 17 degrees with a feels like 20 and 98% humidity, back to running vest. Drizzly and it was like running in a sauna, very windy in places too. Did my 4 miles flat, 4 miles hilly route. Legs tired after circuits and conditions made it quite hard.
The NB are arriving today.
Looking forward to the review on the 1080's, I'm a bit envious 😉
Early morning headtorch run for 14 miles with 4 at MP. Miles came out to 6:55/52/56/50, so closer pacing to what I would expect for MP work rather than the 6:40's I've been hitting.
Shades, yes, I think that's right what you say about doing the exercises at home - at least for me anyway! Today in the class I basically followed the session in terms of pace variations, but had the intensity on the bike much lower compared to yesterday and I was monitoring the HR this time. The only thing I didn't do in the class was stand up on the pedals as that made my HR spike yesterday. Whilst I'm doing this cycling I may do that kind of session most of the time, and the higher intensity workout not so often. I'll just see how I get on. As a test, I may even run the 1.5 miles there and back one time - with the one way system it takes 10-mins to drive there anyway so a 15-min run each way may be nice.
Very even splits.
Big G - good idea to run or walk to the gym. I try and walk to the gym as often as I can, just under a mile for me each way, but I think it's a nice gentle warm up/warm down for the legs. I often get to the end of the street faster than the traffic when it's slow moving.
Once you stand up on the bike apart from your arms then it's weight bearing, hence the spike in HR.
8 miles after work,busy day but managed to get out,nice and steady and enjoyed it.
I had a rest day which was just a walk of the dogs as I've not had a good night's sleep and needed a break.
I went and did a session at the spinning this evening - the session wasn't as good I didn't think think as this one was imaginary "worlds" (colour world, crystal world. water world), whereas the other two I've done actually had real people partly on their spinning bikes, but also partly in the "real world" cycling in the mountains etc. It was full this evening though, and again I did it at about MAF-10. I haven't been able to get on to tomorrow morning's class, but I'm in for tomorrow evening. Also, I'm on the waiting list for Saturday so obviously Fridays and Saturdays are the busiest times.
I haven't ran for a week now but the last couple of days the achilles have felt quite good, but I think I still need some more rest yet.
Emmy - oh dear, hope you find the keys soon. At least you have the company car to use.
Hope you've had a better sleep and are feeling a bit fresher.
Big G - shoes sound promising, hope they are as good when you get a chance to use them.
The indoor cycling classes at my leisure centre have always been popular and were always oversubscribed pre-Covid and that was with a bigger class capacity. They're all full with waiting lists now too.
8 miles today, cooler but still humid, felt OK though. Legs still a little weary and it's legs today in the gym too.
Today I am back to my pre lockdown weight which is good. I need to be a bit careful as I had delivery of my new cooker yesterday so feel like doing a bit of baking now.
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/baa-postpones-registration-2021-boston-marathon/UF5MNBIC2NC6BCZY7GEI3JC52U/
Funeral went as well as can be expected - it was nice to catch up with my godmother's daughters who were close friends of mine when I was a kid. The train journey down there, though, was a pain as there were power lines down or something so the trains from King's Cross were cancelled and I had to get back on the tube to go to Liverpool Street and change at Cambridge. Eh, well, got there in the end. When I got there, Frances (the elder daughter) cooked dinner and plied me with wine so, being a very infrequent drinker, I ended up a bit hung over.
Journey home was much better, thankfully.
Unfortunately, godmother's husband (not officially my godfather though I tend to think of him as such) is on a sharp decline and had to go to hospital and couldn't attend the funeral. I suspect I may be down there again sooner rather than later.
6 recovery-pace miles today - not the nicest run but there was a pretty sky for the first mile or so. Hopefully I'll have a bit more pep in my stride tomorrow.
Shades-Should be 60 this week,then hoping for 70 next week then its taper time again,body won't have a clue what I'm doing.
Ian - that should work well for you.
Shades, it makes sense to do what Boston have done. What do you think the prospects of our smaller, club events are here? I'm thinking of things like Bideford Half usually in March or Looe 10 in Feb. I wonder what they're thinking - they probably want to avoid expenses don't they, in case of enforced cancellations? Will they want to set up a socially distances race, potentially with reduced numbers? Currently the main races I've seen locally are put on by companies rather than clubs. I much prefer a club race, but they must be wondering what to do. Trotters races don't start until June with the DD so possibly we've got a a bit more time to figure things out and see what happens with the virus, but even Chair will have to get his order in for medals and t-shirts etc in advance.
I think a lot of local races will wait and see before making plans, most having had a financial hit this year and can't afford for that to happen again.
I'm quite happy to have a 2020 medal and shirt for DD 2021 rather than need the lead time for ordering and the additional cost.
OH might be doing a 10k the week before Elvington,I wont do the 10 but might do the 5k,that should be ok?
Big G - I think for now you have to shelve any plans of the Club Championships.
The Grizzly has a huge crowd following, so many staying for the weekend as a big social weekend so that may be part of the reason that it's postponed. Isn't it held at a Holiday Camp?