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I've got another pair of NB's with the flared heel, Fresh Foam More.
Just under 8 miles at lunch. OH and the girls headed off to Wales yesterday but I couldn’t get out of a client project so joining them tomorrow. Plan before I drive out is to do a 20 miler tomorrow morning, or as long as I feel ok given 16 miler Sunday, then do just over a week of lower mileage over hols. I’ve had 10 weeks of above 40mpw and steadily rising every week so am hopeful this down week does me good ahead of Big Half and last push to Chicago.
A step back week will do you good, you've done a very consistent block of training. You've done plenty of long runs so not really necessary to squeeze in a 20 miler tomorrow, but up to you.
Have a lovely holiday 😀
The Nimbus might not suit you, the drop in the men's is 10mm and in the women's a chunky 13mm. I got in a muddle when I was doing my research, the Cumulus have an 8mm drop the Nimbus 10/13mm.
I still have a list of potential other shoes too to try out, this is going to be fun and expensive research.
How we change, night out in the pub or 20 mile run..no contest really 😉
Here in plenty of time as I had to come straight from work,very easy park and number pick up,time to dust the fast legs off.
Shades-Forgot to say,no this isn't my PB course,it's fast but next week is faster,undecided whether to do that yet.
Well, I was meant to be doing double figures again today but legs said no. Canned the run at two miles. I've had a couple of big weeks in hot weather which has affected my sleep so the obvious thing is that I'm just tired.
Cal - these warm nights are rubbish for getting any decent sleep. That combined with the dehydration/GI issues, no wonder you're tired.
Ian - hope it went well and wasn't too unpleasant.
About where I suspected I'd be,but would probably have been a little faster with better pacing.
Big G - are Trotter's club numbers getting closer to pre pandemic levels now?
Races are still struggling for numbers, I see two more gone out of business in the last week or so, Aspire and Beyond Events. I've done a couple of Beyond Events races in the past but stopped when you had to carry your own water, very limited drink stations. They were lovely courses though. I don't know anything about Aspire.
Saw a post on FB from Jolly Running and she has very honestly said she is struggling due to low entries.
8 miles today, flat. Nice run but legs tired in last couple of miles, I did a tough gym session yesterday. Very humid today but not too unpleasant as there was a low lying mist for the first half of my run and that was cool to run though. After 2 days of a few rain showers already can see the grass recovering, amazing.
I like a 5K actually, Shades, but I rarely do them as I can parkrun for free.
Managed to haul myself out for a run this morning and got 12 miles done. Should have been 14 but given my sluggish legs, niggles and the humidity, which was awful (no cooling mist here), I figured 12 would have to do. I averaged a pitiful 12 minute miles but there were some steep hills on that route. Not the nicest run but miles in the bank, I guess.
I saw a few posts from PF on FB asking for parkrun volunteers for Exeter, I assumed it was just a summer thing and folk on holiday but as his requests were starting to sound urgent, I do sense that there's some disillusionment from some of the volunteers. I know one girl, goes to my gym, she's an ex Trotter, volunteers at parkrun. She does it with good heart but having to pay for parking every time is starting to grate on her so I think she's not going to help out so often.
When I was a Trotter I rarely went to any of the social events, that was because of the behaviour of the core members as soon as they had a drink, you'll know what and who I mean.
Cal - I think it goes a lot deeper than cost of living crisis, although that must now be another contributory factor. Race numbers were down well before that and at races where they have deferred entries brought forward, those runners, even if local (so no travel costs) are not turning up to race. I think a lot have just got out of the habit of racing and if they've not gone back to their running club are less likely to be encouraged to take part in events either.
I think there's a big difference between doing a 5k race and running a parkrun, which is not a race.
Well done on the MLR, maybe you should have done a shorter distance, sounds like you've still not quite recovered from Sunday.
Cal-I heard over the weekend that Steph is giving competitive running up? Think the injuries lately and she has a new job has added up.
Legs OK today?
Went out and decided to do 17m in the end with 5m at marathon pace near the end. Hard and unpleasant as expected but perceived effort and heart rate felt good for this point in the block. I’m not actually sure exactly what MP is but I targeted around 7:10min/mi. I know others swear by it but I’m still not entirely sure of the value of these MP long runs. When i did them for Florence and Copenhagen they were just hard but didn’t seem to make race pace on the day feel easy either. Comparatively my first mara when I did tempos every week but no MP runs, race pace felt surprisingly easy on the day as everything in training was either much faster or much slower. Will see how Chicago goes then reconsider for the next mara. Anyway pretty tired and feels like a good way to end this part of the training block into hols.
Rcouture - well done on your long run. I don't swear by MP on long runs at all. When I ran all my PB's I never trained at MP ever and IMHO it's not necessary.
But I did race, at least once a month or more, often three times a month, not throughout whole training period but in the last couple of months.
Enjoy your holiday, hope the traffic is OK.
I enjoy MP runs,but I tend to run them to Marathon effort rather than pace,but when I'm in the groove they are great.I will be doing some over the next few weeks to nail down my pace.
Like Shades I like racing in the last few weeks,good to see the training kicking in.
You do look like you've been away from civilisation for a while
When I retired I thought IT problems would be a thing of the past.
My drama of the day,I've spent weeks deciding on my Tokyo flights,finally picked and booked on Sunday via Zurich, got an email off Swiss today saying my flight home will now be later so I'll miss the connecting flight so I've got the refund and start looking again.
How frustrating that after all that deliberation and planning for Tokyo, now you have to go through that again. At least you still have plenty time, but it's a very time consuming task.
When I entered my first 100km race, I entered about 10 months before the race and booked the hotel at the same time. The race is in a village in Co Galway and there is only one hotel which was about half a mile to the race venue. I was so pleased to have sorted all that out early, then I got a phone call to say the hotel had burnt down and wouldn't be open in time for the race and had to book a hotel several miles away in the nearest town.
8 very sweaty hilly miles today, nice and cool but very humid and no breeze.
You're doing well with the Zwift training, must be hot indoors in this weather. Or have you moved into the garden?
Thanks for the reminder re Vuelta, I will set up to record the highlights.
That's an early start at parkrun for course checking, but I suppose you have to walk the whole course.