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Shades nice bit of climbing!
Did my double 10k, 1st lap 1.02 with a few photo stops. Had 15 mins between the laps for a loo break and a bit of water before heading off again.
Felt reasonable, kept a fairly even pace between 9:02 and 9:17 for the first 5 miles (didn’t run with watch as couldn’t find it) slowed in the last mile but probably mental more than anything. Finished in 57:48 felt okay but the real test will be later and how long I’m zonked out for on the sofa whether I’m recovered from covid
You've certainly earned a bag of crisps after that. That's a lot of weight of someone of your size to lose during a run.
Robert - well done, that takes some mental discipline to run the race route pre race too. Negative split too, you'll have earned a snooze on the sofa this afternoon.
Too much time on my hands this morning, ordered a pair of running shoes 😊 Only the 4th pair I've bought this year, honest, your honour. 😉
Rob-Nice racing,doing a 10k after a 10k warm up is a good effort.
Had a friend come over last night so we had a late night so I'm going to run late today,bit of rehydration to do before I run.
Cal - 20 in these conditions is some going. The wandle trail does have some decent spots for ‘privacy’ as long as you watch out for fishermen.
16 miles for me. Went out at about 9 so way too late at feels like high 20s already at that time but I’ve been desperate for some sleep so that was a priority. The other issue with this weather is just the added faff of prepping for long runs with extra fluids, anti chafe etc… Anyway felt pretty horrific in the first half but better in the second. 61 miles this week. Will see how I feel after rest day tomorrow and cooler temps as right now I’m feeling knackered but it might just be the heat. Off on hols on Thursday anyway so will take it easy then.
Well done on the 16. You went out just as I finished so it would've been roasting. Good mileage. I've done 53 this week myself (and just passed 1000 miles for the year) which is the longest this year, actually. Body is feeling it mind you.
Rcouture - phew must have been a hot run. Hopefully weather will start to break tomorrow, should be down to 25 for us down here.
Cal - a fairly tough week's training for you. Hope you've managed to rehydrate after this morning's run.
Managed 10 miles this afternoon,bit of cloud cover made it seem reasonable, that's 61 for last week so I'm going to have an easier week leading into my half next Sunday as that's 179m in 3 weeks.So that really means that's Antwerp training done,I have a few short races over the next 4 weeks to sharpen up,interesting to see how my times are.
Rest day for me today. I told myself I would ditch the rest day and go out for a short run if it was raining, or even had been raining but all still dry and dusty out there.
Average pace is about 10s/m quicker and a slightly lower heart rate so all in all I should be in better shape when it comes to racing.
We've had a few drops of rain and the sky is very dark and it's cooling down. 😁
Ian, sounds promising!
Ian - You really have prepped well. I’m hoping I get to a similar point of consistency.
I remembered I had a similar occurrence with my RHR in 2010 (my purple patch year) so I've just dug out my training diary for that period...
13th July I recorded lowest ever RHR of 44
24th July I recorded lowest ever RHR of 40
I knew I was in good shape so thought I'd better do a long run as I had a marathon coming up, did a 20 miler on 25th July and recorded it as my best long run ever as I felt strong for the whole run. Following morning RHR was still a good 44 and I ran doubles on that day and the next.
31st July marathon PB by nearly 7 minutes
8th August another marathon PB by 4 minutes
I did go on to do further PB's that year but didn't record as low as 40 for waking RHR's again.
I've never been to Munich but from the marathon course it looks lovely and I think they selected a really good route. Enjoy watching them today (WFH
8 miles this morning in glorious rain, it's really humid, in the 90's, but the rain has a lovely cooling effect as it was steady for most of my run. I even saw a couple of puddles forming
New shoes should arrive today
I did a recovery run (although without the chest strap so just went on feel) but had GI issues again so the last mile was a bit faster (and so HR a bit higher) than ideal. I think the heat and resulting dehydration has messed up my electrolytes a bit which is causing problems. Suffice to say, any time I've had runner's trots or gut pain while running it's been during summer or warm weather. Better hope I have a nice cool day for Chester.
Is your waking RHR back to normal today? That's always a good sign of recovery from a hard session.
Not all infections/illnesses affect RHR. A cold, Covid, or overtraining and/or dehydration certainly could.
I've entered a local 5k tomorrow to see how it feels,I know it will hurt as they all do.Ideally I'd like to be around 19 then might target a faster one a week Friday.
Be weird to run that fast again,hopefully.
Is it this weekend you have a half lined up?
Yes on Sunday we are in Fleetwood for the half,nice flat course but a lot is along the coast so hoping for a non windy day.
Can't help re the pacing of the 5km, still avoiding doing my debut 5km event 😉
Looked at this race previously and I've gone sub 18 here before,think I'll be happy with sub 19 and a negative split,hard to do in a 5k so we'll see how it goes tomorrow.There's a lot if speedies do it so will always be someone to pull you along.
Ian good luck with the 5k tomorrow
Rcouture have to agree much better to run in these conditions.
Cal hope these few cooler days regulate things!
Managed to finish work at 5pm tonight so got out and ran 5 miles, felt sluggish and legs a bit tight.
Rcouture - you don't want Popeye muscles for running.
Robert - I don't really remember there being many 5km races around when I started running and if there had I still wouldn't have been interested. I've done a few 4 mile races as part of the IOM Grand Prix but the shortest race I've ever entered separately and travelled to is a local 5 miler. That was when I had my own running club and took a group for their first race.
My friend who is visiting the IOM this week texted me to say she'd done the Peel Hill race on Monday night, this is one of the races in the race series, she'd ran the half the day before. When I used to do the week's races this was the race I worried about most and would think about it when I was doing the marathon the day before, it's very hilly and mostly off road. Now she's thinking that next year she'll do all the week's races as she has a big birthday coming up, I know she's going to ask if I'll do it too. Not keen as races are different now than when I did it and they've even introduced a one mile race which is uphill and off road
That's great news that you didn't crash after Sunday's run. That must have been a great confidence booster.
Is Elle going to Poland with you?
5 miles this morning, dry but very humid. I didn't really want heavy rain for my run as new shoes today, Nimbus 24. I'm sort of on the hunt for a new marathon race shoe. I was about to buy a pair of NB1080's v12 but in the review on RunRepeat where they hack the shoe to pieces they discovered the pair they had only had a drop of 3mm instead of the supposed 8mm. Of course that could just be a rogue batch/shoe but made me cautious about buying a pair now at that sort of price.
Never tried the Nimbus before, lovely stretchy tongue, and the softest cushioning I've ever run in. I can see why some of the reviews said they had been purchased to help with their PF, but you do tend to see that in reviews for most cushioned shoes. Sufferers of PF often buy different shoes to help them while they recover.