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I signed up for MK last week so will see what happens.
Same route as yesterday today,and a grand total of 4 seconds slower,nothing like consistency.
Rcouture - that made me laugh, we're going through a big freeze and the email from Richmond is reassuring runners that it shouldn't be too hot in May
No run for me this morning. When I got up it was snowing and lying nicely, so I was hopeful that by the time I was ready for my run there would be enough snow to be able to have a nice run in the fresh snow. Unfortunately it stopped snowing and just left with a thin layer which then melted on the road and I could see that some of it was starting to freeze. I had to pop out to put the bins out and the pavement still had a light layer of snow which was freezing and I couldn't tell if the road was wet or black ice. Cars were driving very carefully and now there's been an accident at the bottom of my road, don't know if due to the ice or not.
So did my core tabata and my glute work out instead. I'd have rather been out for a run but it was nice to work out in just a thin pair of tights and sleeveless vest instead of muffled up in loads of kit.
Ian, nice run. Consistency is key
Shades, there's no snow here as far as I can tell, but it is cold and a strong wind again
Snow has gone now except for a sprinkling on the garden wall. Very windy which is drying up the road nicely.
Ian - Boston will do their best to put on that race.
Rcouture - as the March event is the Olympic qualifying race, they may well have had some guidance that the date in May could be a strong probability.
Next week is warmer so I'm hoping to return to some decent distances then. But I don't have a marathon until May (if it happens) so I'll need to pace myself.
Very windy, gusts 40-50mph but the wind has changed direction and doesn't have that bitterly cold cutting edge as we've had for the last few days.
Just have to endure another couple of days of this weather then into double figures from Sunday. 😂
Still no running here although I think I may do a Zwift easy ride today as I am feeling quite a lot better and the GP did recommend some gentle exercise.
In case anyone is interested, Joshua Cheptegei is doing 5k in Monaco on Sunday, which is going to be screened live via the NN Running Team YouTube channel. It's from 8:45am our time, I think, with Paula apparently commentating.
That must be so frustrating for OH, but I suppose if new system wasn't working at least they are doing something about it.
I don't think I'll bother watching Cheptegei on Sunday. He runs so fast that it's not worth settling down to watch that
I still have the indoor athletics I recorded on Tuesday to watch.
I have run approximately four times since January as my knee is still no better. It is no worse but I still have this pain on the inside. I am managing to hobble round my 10k circuit now and again but it is soul destroying as it feels I'm starting from scratch every time. Normally that beginner feeling goes once the second week of running starts but I can't even get to that level!
Anyway, I had a mail from La Rochelle marathon asking me to provide a valid medical certificate (Haaaaaa!) so I finally made an appt to see my GP. He did a really good examination and thinks that the problem is an inflammation of the cartilage/meniscus and something to do with the rotule. This is probably a result of my changing my running gate whilst coming back from the moving table back inury. He recommends seeing a podologue with a view to getting some insoles. I was a bit disappointed as I was hoping it could be sorted by a magic injection like the one that cured my PF, he hasn't ruled this out but wants to try the podologue first.
Have made an appt with the podologue next week as am on school holidays.
There you go, that's my news.
Cal - Just to say that I often do La Rochelle and Cognac marathons, both of which fall in November. Sometimes they are only two weeks apart and I manage that. That is coming from someone who has never been able to do a Shades recovery run so you should be absolutely fine.
I had to do a search on podologue, = podiatrist. I'm not surprised that your GP said the injury was probably a compensating injury due to not being able to run your usual way after your 'table' injury. But hopefully you won't need orthotics as you've never needed them before and you ran for years injury free, but if they do heal the injury then certainly worth having.
Rcouture/Ian/Cal - a friend of mine posted on FB about MK marathon as he's hoping to run it too. MK responded saying they were confident that the race would go ahead if MK was in either Tier 1 or Tier 2 by race date.
mamafox, I hope your foot guy can help and you're able to get back running again. I bet you're champing at the bit.
Good pace, Rcouture - that's around my very fastest 5K pace and I'm nowhere near that at the moment. I think we're all looking forward to the warmer temps!
Shades, fingers crossed eh?
I wasn't going to run today but I looked at the weather forecast and today was less freezing than tomorrow (it's going to be -5 again, brrr). So I left it until 10 and the sun was out by that point, although it was still freezing. I managed something of a tempo - two miles to warm up and then I attempted marathon pace. First MP mile was a couple of seconds slow but the second was a bit slower due to battling into an icy headwind. After that I picked up a bit and managed the other two in the 8:40s which is close to HMP so I was content with that.
6 miles in all...hamstring didn't much like it but it should be better once it's warmer next week.
Cal, nice run from you again and here's hoping it's warmer next week.
RCouture, must have been nice to turn the legs over a bit faster
My Zwift ride didn't go well. Riding at a very, very easy effort (i.e, not even breaking sweat) I lasted 20mins before some dizziness came on, so I stopped
We've been setting up some grow lamps indoors to help bring some seeds/veg on before they go outside. They're on a timer, but when they're turned on I wonder if the neighbours may become suspicious about what we're actually growing....
Shades-I just had a quick look at MK case numbers and they are only slightly better than us,hoping we both end up in lower tiers but will have to wait and see.
Rcouture- That's a nice pace for a quick run,all those small miles will add up.
Cal-Good effort in the wind.
I squeezed my usual after work run in,a biting headwind for some of it,still shorts weather though
Looks very windy again tomorrow but urs my day off so a windy 15 ahead of me.
Ha ha at the indoor nursery, I expect a lot of people are now growing their 'own supplies'. I think it's only if you have all the windows blacked out and never open the curtains that the police might become suspicious.
Ian - that's a great endurance set up they have in the Wirral. It's what's always been lacking in this country is the support and facilities for coaches and athletes to be able to work together.
Re MK, they were higher than other areas last year and were moved up into a higher Tier, don't know if there was any particular reason that MK had higher infections.
Good to see cases dropping in all areas, we're down to about 75/100,000 in my area now.
I've decided to take a rest day today, my calf is slightly niggly, not helped that I have DOMS from my glute work out the other day which is probably making my calf feel worse than it actually is. I can't face another cold run right now, due to sleet/snow/rain too today. But should be +6 tomorrow morning for my run
Shades, strange how neighbouring areas differ, but I suppose one or two very local outbreaks can have an impact on the area stats. Numbers in Torbay were still a bit worrying for Devon. Week before last numbers actually increased in Torbay whereas for every other area in Devon, bar one, they decreased. I'm not sure of the reasons behind that, but in the last week the rate is now 106/100000 (down from 175/100000), so that is good. I remember looking early December when figuring out what to do about Dad and it was about 55ish in Torbay though and for one week at the end of May it was zero n Torbay. Let's hope we can at least get out and about in the spring/summer a bit more, as we were able to last year. A long weekend in North Devon, for example, would suit us just fine at this point.
OH is working in Newton today but her car didn't start, so she had to use mine. It appears hers doesn't like being used only once every couple of weeks, and we tend to use mine for the food shop so it at least gets a run out each week.
I've only been using my car once a week and only doing about 3 miles each time for the last year, even out of lockdown I only went to Clearbrook once. Just shows how little I use my car, mainly food shop and races, not much else. This week after the few nights and days of freezing weather it didn't sound too good when I started it. Still started first time but the battery must be low as I generally am driving with headlights at this time of year too. Due for its service and MOT next month so I'll get them to recharge the battery.
Not too sure what to do as I'm sitting here feeling quite good and feel that I could do a ride, but I felt like that yesterday too. I may jump on and if I feel dizzy just abandon it again, as GP was encouraging some gentle exercise.
Maybe just do 15 minute session on the bike, if that goes OK you might be able to do another later today if you want.
Son has now been offered a vaccine as he is classed as medically vulnerable so the person who sees 3000 people a day will be the last to be vaccinated in the house.
Very very windy here now,still hoping to get out later when it eases a bit.