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I did a 20 miler on Saturday and followed that up with 14 on Sunday to take me to 67 miles for the week. Ran 12 today with 3*2m at MP-10s, those were 13:08/12/15, so was pleased with those as aiming to hit 6:40 for those miles. Not surprising, but after yesterday, my 6 hour event has been moved to 2022!!
I think we won't have much idea of races until near the end of this lockdown.
My neighbour is a nightmare, I try and avoid her as much as possible.
1 hr easy on the bike,covered 19.5m,watched a film at the same time which helped pass time away.
13 miles today on a very strange route, as like Keith says I've entered into a Who Squares Wins game on Fetch. For those who don't know, the game involves setting a "home" for the week, and then the system draws a box around that, where the edges are approx 1-mile from your "home" (it doesn't literally have to be where you live). That box then has 225 squares within it (15x15 squares) and basically the idea is to get as many squares as you can in a week. I've been drawn against an opponent and there's a game aspect around if your opponent is also doing the same squares as you (your opponent can be anywhere in the world, but they have their own 15x15 box).
Anyway, today's route was very strange. Basically, I was never much further than 1-mile away from my "home" but I got 13-miles in and covered probably about 1/3 of my square. Up and down cul-de-sacs, up paths I never knew existed, on roads I've never ever seen, finishing off loops to pinch a square. Quite hilly though, at about 1600ft, but I did quite enjoy it. And, importantly, I'm thrashing my opponent currently
The GPS looks a bit odd!
Hope you can find a substitute event for a little later in 2021.
Big G - I never understand the attraction of the childish stuff they have on Fetch.
I think you'll find many of the higher mileage runners taking part in the silly games are doing that to show off their high mileage compared to the occasional and non runners.
Of course I agree to differ.
Garmin will correct the time when you lock on to a satellite. That's the easiest way to change the time when you go abroad.
Shades, I guess I'm a kid...I rather like getting badges on Garmin Connect.
Rest day yesterday...then out for a 6 mile plod today. Cold, grey and not nice at all. It's also that time of year when (in my bit of London anyway) people chuck out their Christmas trees and going for a run is like the bloody Grand National.
Shades - Funny you say that there was talk of acquiring one of the laptops of leavers for me to use then i can actually work from home. For now we are all at work as normal and unless Sellafield is reducing sample numbers again i dont see that changing.
Ian - I'm hoping they havn't emptied the bog roll section when i go tomorrow night to Tesco's as i am on my last roll. If so i'll just nick some from work
Ian, I don't know if it's device dependent but on my laptop, in the top right hand corner it has a percentage gradient figure. I've marked it with a red circle below, where it's showing -1, so very slightly downhill.
Keith - is your employer doing Covid testing on a regular basis on site?
Hope they haven't been panic buying the toilet roll again
I'm taking another rest day, when I walked yesterday I could still feel slight pain in my foot, it is worse when wearing trainers. Roads look dry again, although yesterday our road was dry but I saw ice on a few pavements when I was driving. Can't wait for this cold spell to pass, just a few more days.
Big G blimey that’s a weird looking run on strava, all sounds like a bit of harmless fun and maybe found some new roads/ alternate routes to mix things up a bit for future runs?
Rcouture In 2018 I was 1:37 half marathon and had a 3:32 marathon 40-50 miles per week peaking at 60 miles (ran 3x 20 miles and 2x18). As for spring events Active Training World have 2 marathons in April, they managed to host events at both venues in Oct/ Dec so if events can go ahead then there’s a good possibility they will as went ahead in Oct/Dec. Not fantastic venues but flat and fast but will scratch the itch if you want to do a marathon.
Shades thankfully the press haven't mentioned the stockpiling words. People like your neighbour amaze me when they say things like I'm not stockpiling but I'm just going to get some more. Spose most marathon runners say never again at some point yet are looking at their next race. Hope the rest does your foot some good, in contrast I should wear shoes for pf not to hurt.
Cal thankfully not had to hurdle any trees this year, not sure my legs could handle it. I'm no longer on Running community facebook page. I was blocked by association, a friend of mile made a joke to the admin about their virtual medal and I agreed and blocked, tbh it was getting a bit boring.
Have forced myself out from 3 and 5 mile runs after work the last couple of nights, not been too cold and glad I have done so. My ankle ligaments are still a bit tender from my fall in October not bothering me too much.
Picked up a pair of Asics GT2000 8 for £75 after the discount, not tried the GTs before but have good reviews picked up another hi viz shirt and some shorts while I was at it too.
Once you've achieved a good base, as you did prior to injury, you will regain that strong base quickly. Far quicker than it took to achieve first time round.
I don't know how much difference the cycling makes, probably a fair amount, but it's the running that will be responsible for you achieving the speed that you had pre injury.
Sorry, can't remember if you've done a MAF test recently?
My foot is feeling a lot better. As long as it's dry in the morning I think I will try a short run, needs to be 100% ice free so I can run in a natural way without fear of ice.
Do you still have PF problems?
Bit tough on you blocking you on that FB group, their loss!
Maybe the colder weather making the ankles feel a bit stiff and sore?
That's a good price for the GT2000, nice shoes.
I don't hurdle the trees...I just run around them. Being somewhat dyspraxic, I don't trust myself to jump over stuff.
Shades, my local Sainsbury's has plenty of loo roll but are completely out of the moist wipes, which is bad news for me! I suspect that may be more due to the lorry situation in Dover causing backlogs than panic buying.
I was thinking I would go to Battersea Park and do a 5 mile for the virtual road relays, but after that 10K I really didn't feel like I wanted to (espcially since my time would not be fast enough to be counted).
Then another club mate has come up with a virtual climbing challenge (running from today to the first Wednesday in Feb) where we're all in teams and logging our elevation from our runs. That sounded a lot more like something I'd want to do so I set out around 9:30am to do a hilly MLR. I did a very similar route to the one I did on NYD, but with a couple of extra reps of my favourite nasty hill, Hill Path. Some of the hills I took easy (just get to the top) but I pushed on a few others. Ended up doing 14 miles with well over 400m elevation (Garmin made it 438 while Strava made it around 480 - a bit of difference but not as much as usual).
Hamstring was complaining towards the end but feels OK now after my customary dunk in Epsom salts.
I won't be doing hills every day, but it's a good motivator. My team's in the lead on the basis of that run - let's see where we end up in a month.
Cal - probably for the best dodging the trees. Good to mix up the running and build hills in, uses different muscles.
Another race cancellation, Local 5 rivers challenge it clashed with Elle's half so may not have ran it anyway so an extra £24 back.
Nissan's offer of 63% towards parts will see us with a bill of £500 to replace sensors or around £3k for new gearbox. We've not accepted yet but given us food for thought.
7 miles at lunchtime on usual route. Still super slow. Not that I’m concerned but it’s amazing how one time trial and a week’s rest can set my fitness back quite a bit. I’m probably 1min/mi slower than before my TT. I guess it’s because I don’t have many miles years behind me but I’ve also had an elevated resting HR the last 10 days so wonder if I’ve got some bug.
After Big G mentioned his HR it reminded me to look at my long run, 20 miles at 8:55 pace for 129bpm, which is at the top end of my HADD range.
Cal: I like the badges on connect too!
BigG: I'm kinda glad I don't get into the square challenge as I'd get seriously addicted!
Shades: hope that the stockpiling doesn't happen. Flour is already low here :-(
Rest day from running today, but it's icy outside again. I've been lucky the last 2-3 days and had no issues with ice.
Went Aldi last night and had no issues. Pretty quiet in there and stock at normal levels. In normal times I usually go shopping a few times a week for small bits and pieces but through this we've been going roughly once a week. Apart from in the early parts of the first lockdown I haven't really struggled, except I couldn't get hand sanitiser for a few weeks early on.