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I know you rotate your shoes.
Cal - that's good you've got a date for the phone consultation.
You've got one of those watches with ultra long battery life.. I recharge my Garmin every day, doesn't need it, just habit when I recharge my phone.
8 miles this morning, sharp cold wind but not sub zero and quite pleasant especially when the sun came out.
Gym later
I’m pleased though - I know it’s only parkrun but that previous 20:01 was annoying so it was good to tick that one off.
Just as well you didn't enter that 10 miler, awful weather tomorrow morning for driving and running.
I saw HA from the Trotters when I was out for my run today, we stopped and had a good natter.
Hi Steve! Manchester is a cracking marathon, worth the 2 year wait.
cal good you could get out for a short run all wired up, any parkrun adventures this week? I prob won’t bother with an alternative is if I get rejected from London as have a busy 2022 already.
Another busy week study load this week, passed another insurance exam, just one more exam and 2x 10,000 word assignments (one of which I’m half done) and that’s the diploma sorted, then just focus on the uni degree which should be complete April 2023!
Yes the watch has a great charge,30 hours of full mode and it lasts at least that,I don't know how often I charge it,prob every 3 or 4 weeks.
Going to take today as a rest day I think,crappy day on work so want to relax this afternoon.
Big G - Rogue Runs have a 20 mile race the day before Tavy, round the Shepperdine course. You could run both, just gently round the Tavy course
Ian - well done on the weight loss and getting the charger so promptly.
Rob, hope you have some work luck soon. How is Panshanger at the moment, in terms of mud and stuff? I'm now sat on 95 different parkruns so need 5 more to get my Cowell, and I've more or less exhausted London and London Plus venues (the only ones left are the new one at Southall and Aldenham, which is a bit of a mission without a car).
Well done Ian...pass some of that weight loss my way, will you?
Well it's a good job I wasn't wearing the monitor today, as my HR was in the high 180s for parkrun and probably would have scared the cardiologist (although I feel absolutely fine). Did South Oxhey (a very small parkrun up near Watford, which takes place in a big, sloping field with a lot of molehills). Did a mile warm-up as per usual, then the parkrun itself. A rather uninspiring 29:07, but on this kind of surface and terrain, that's par for the course at the moment. As there were only 44 runners, 13 of them women, that was good enough for 19th overall and fourth female. Still, I have no idea what's happened to my speed...it's just not coming back in the way I'd expect it to.
Guess we'll see at the Winter 10K tomorrow. I did the Summer 10K (itself a postponed Winter 10K) back in September and ran 54:something - a time I'd have been disgusted with in 2019 but was fairly happy with on this occasion, but I'm half a stone heavier at the moment, which isn't ideal.
Cal, yes, I do have the Chrome extension and I am aware of all the challenges, but I don't particularly plan to tick any of them off, although I do know I am closing in on 100 at Torbay. Previously I did purposefully make a trip to Bushy and did make a bit of a concerted effort to get to 20 different courses, but I don't really worry too much about it now. There are even 3 newish courses within an easy drive from me, but I haven't made a plan to get to them yet, although I probably will at some point for a change of scenery. Torbay is only 1.5miles from me and it is so easy logistically. I was pleased to see that today's effort was by far my best age grading at any parkrun though, even though it wasn't an all-out effort.
Big G- Great parkrun. Still can’t believe I’ve yet to actually go and try one. Not that I’m in any shape to run fast right now.
Ian - That’s a lot of pounds lost in a week!
10 miles for me today, I had hoped to do a little more but my legs are quite tired from the gym yesterday and we have some challenging weather today so 10 takes me up to 50 for the week. I spent ages pondering what route to take, I did flat yesterday and didn't want to do that again neither did I want tough hills as my legs are glycogen depleted. So opted on an undulating route (647ft) and luckily the 5 miles out were into the headwind which was strong and steady rain. When I turned for home the same mile which was more or less flat I ran a minute faster than into the headwind, just shows how tiring a headwind can be. Nearly got blown off my feet by a crosswind on a bridge but apart from that the wind was behind me for the rest of the run, rain very heavy for the last few miles.
Miserable weather here. Euurgh. Decided for a rest day today instead of tomorrow
I've just ordered a pair of NB 880's, will be interesting to see the difference between them and the 1080's. First pair of shoes I've ordered this year (honest), I have retired two pairs recently and have 5 pairs that are very near the end of their life too.
Nice 10. Two of my clubmates did Severn Bridge parkrun in winds yesterday - I think that would have scared me, honestly. Not a fan of wind at all.
Rob - might be nice to meet up with you for my 100th different run. That'll either be on the 19th or 26th March depending on whether I go to Dulwich in a couple of weeks for a clubmate's 250th. Other than that, I'm pretty flexible.
London Winter Run today. I wasn't feeling tip top yesterday afternoon/evening...bit spacey and tired, so I wasn't overly stoked about this one. However, I enjoyed its summer iteration in September so set out with three goals: 1) enjoy it, 2) try not to die and 3) try to get under 55 minutes if possible, but don't sweat it.
I bumped into a clubmate at the start which was good because they keep you penned there for half an hour (why I don't know...but the previous race was the same) so it was good to have someone to chat to.
She is one of the few clubmates slower than I am so I didn't run with her once we got going. I purposely avoided checking my watch, especially since I knew the buildings would throw the GPS out anyway, and ran on feel. Made a point of enjoying the sights (the route goes from Trafalgar Square into the City and then back), the various musical offerings on the route and high fiving the penguins. I felt like I was struggling a bit during mile 4 but then picked up again for the last mile and was able to push on at the finish. Time was 55:27 so a minute slower than the September race, but the extra half a stone I am carrying will have contributed to that. I am not too disappointed as, while that's a lot slower than my pre-pandemic times, it's not bad on my current form.
Once again my heartrate (I was using my own strap today) was horrifying...started in the 160s and was up to 194 during my push for the finish. Not like I felt dizzy or sick or had any stabby chest pains, though.
Another clubmate came past me at the finish - a guy I hadn't met before. He'd started in the wrong wave (he ran 40 minutes) so had someone to chat to on the way to the bag check, which seemed like an awfully long way from the finish.
Anyway, medal is nice...the race is prohibitively expensive for a 10K, but they do good bling.
That's a good result from you and sounds like you really enjoyed it too.
Re the foam rolling pics, I won't be showing those to my Pilates instructor who is a foam roller devotee. She'd probably just fine me 100 Burpees 😭
I have less positive news - my appointment with the cardiologist was Wed. I’ve probably got long qt syndrome as my qt lengthens when I exercise. It doesn’t show up on a resting ecg which only shows the t wave inversions.
Exercise test was pretty brutal - I managed 15+ mins which is apparently around 17 METs (if anyone uses those metrics!). No issues apart from the qt lengthening which puts me at risk for developing fatal arrhythmias. Apparently I shouldn’t run on my own anymore which is a shame as I find it very relaxing.
Quite a lot to take in. Am having genetic testing to see if we can pin down more information. I will have to wear a special monitor when I run which sends ecg data to the hospital so that they can review it.
20 miles for me today and tbh it was awful the whole way round. Not sure if my head was completely in it. I had to move my week around as I stayed in London following my appointment so did a marathon session along the Grand Union Canal on Friday which was around 15 miles and my legs felt it today.
Gladstone parkrun yesterday - was meant to be an easy run but got a bit carried away and dropped a sub 7 mile on the last mile. Probs also felt that today 🙈
So will you have to wear a monitor all the time or just while the hospital are testing you?
I will have to wear the monitor every time I run for the foreseeable future. I also need to be reviewed every 6 months so it’s not a case of being diagnosed and then discharged unfortunately
Bradders-Bad news on the heart,hope it all works out for you.On a positive it's best to find out now rather than in the middle of nowhere all alone.
14.5 for me today,was hoping to go more but I just had no power in my legs when it came to hills,bit annoying as I wanted to do a couple of hilly loops,anyway 39 for the week and 90mins of cycling is a productive week.
Big G - Sensible choice of race day. Yes I will give parkrun a go eventually and I’d like to go with OH when she starts running again.
Bradders, sorry to hear about your woes
RCouture, nice 12-miler there. It is funny as I always basically ignore the Garmin predictions but for me it is currently showing what I feel are very optimistic race predictions at the moment! Even my RHR stats are apparently looking better than ever!
Ian, that is a decent week from you. Fingers crossed, you're on the up now.
Well done on getting 12 done on a windy day...I was lucky the weather wasn't too bad while I was racing. It's been raining all afternoon so could've been a lot worse.
I did the 7-miles today, and enjoyable today. Nice conditions out there this morning. We are seeing some friends this afternoon going for a walk on Dartmoor and probably stop for coffee/cake somewhere. Nothing too strenuous though.