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Big G, I guess I have to wait until I'm 60 (and not get any slower!)
Yesterday was an incredibly slow plod (13-14 minute pace...and amazingly no walk breaks, just very slow jogging). Took so long I canned it at 4 miles because I was getting bored and hungry.
I did go out for a 9 miler today and did some hill repeats. There's a road that sits in a sort of valley so the roads leading off it are uphill. On one side the hills are shorter and steeper (6 to 7%) and on the other, they're longer and less steep (3 to 5%). I did the steep side first, then ran back doing the other side. Should have just gone home after that but instead I went back down the steeper side, which was a bit of a mistake as the fatigue really kicked in. I did 16 climbs in all - nothing blindingly fast but I'm trying to get my legs turning over a bit quicker. Probably too little too late at this stage, but hey ho.
I just checked the WAVA for my age group on that chart and it's way overstated, are you sure those WAVA calculations are right. I checked two WAVA calculators, and that chart has WAVA % overstated by 5%. I just checked one of the male groups too and that's higher by 4-5%, I tried on youngest and oldest in the group and still way out.
Rcouture - I can see that the travel and all that goes with it has become a negative now that you have a young family (and are a marathon runner
Ian - I think London are pretty efficient at notifying about the GFA entries.
So is that Paris 2024 you'll have a place?
8 hilly miles this morning, a little cooler but still fairly humid. Saw another runner on my route, that's unusual through this hilly village, but this guy was running barefoot! Never seen another runner out training barefoot before.
8 miles for me too, though not hilly. Legs were heavy. I can't imagine why.
Ian - that's good, nice bunch of Spring marathons to look forward to.
Those WAVA scores are way out.
One of the calculators I use now shows a woman aged 49 would need to run 3:35 to achieve a WAVA score of 69.41.
https://runbundle.com/tools/age-grading-calculator
If you scroll down it details where stats come from, I did click on the link and there are 2020 tables. However, I don't know if runbundle 's calculator uses 2020 stats.
I like the runbundle website as can do reverse age grading too plus other calculators, weight/performance etc.
Sky was lilac/pink here, fresh, only 9 degrees when I went out.
8 miles this morning, I thought as it was fresher my run would feel easier, but it didn't, felt harder today.
You are 100% in,I doubt there will be a cut off again this year.Pretty sure they only take the money once the place is done.
Not jealous 😉
With the current standards the biggest cut off has been 1:39,so you are very comfortably in.
8 miles for me yesterday then a 30 minute tempo today. Paces not great but was blustery and the hammy reared its head from the start and was on that crampy edge throughout so I slowed things down. It’s not actually painful strangely but just feels like the muscle is weak and about to cramp. Cool conditions and I was well hydrated so at least I know it’s not the recent heat. Odd how it was fine on my 20 miler at the weekend with MP which was only c.10s per mile slower than today’s pace. Anyway hoping the taper and some exercises given by my physio help it along. 12 miles including warmup and cooldown.
Rcouture - are you home now?
That pesky hamstring.
Ian/Rcouture - that's promising re weather for Chicago.
6 miles this morning for me. Chance to wear my new winter top, which I bought in the summer, as it was 5 degrees with a 'feels like' of 3 degrees, but due to warm up a little which it did, kept my gloves on for the whole run though.
Ran past B & Q and not a seagull in sight, nor on the way back. 🥳
Gym later
If anyone is interested, I can let them have an application form.
Rcouture, hammy may not like the colder weather (I know mine can get grumpy when it's cold). Hopefully just a minor hiccup though.
Shades, good news about the seagull.
Definitely colder today...for the first time since summer, the temp has gone below 20 in my room and, in fact, is hovering just above 17 at the moment. Quite a drop.
Today's trip was courtesy of my friend Tunde, who has a car. I gave him a few options and he chose Hogmoor Inclosure, in Hampshire. It's an undulating woodland (pine) course on sandy trail. Some of it is hard packed stuff, but there are sections of pretty loose sand, and it's also rather undulating. Quite a tough course but also terrific fun. I was a bit stiff from the car journey and didn't have time for my usual 1 mile warm-up so went in pretty cold (literally, actually...had to bust out the full length leggings today - also the first time I've not worn shorts in ages). The result was a nice lot of descending splits: 9:41/9:12/8:52. 28:46 final time, which on current form is actually pretty decent on a course like this. I was expecting to be over 30. Oh and 1st in AG too (out of 9, so not like I was 1st of one
Big G - Nice progress. Has someone advised you that the discomfort has to be at zero to be sure it won’t be aggravated? I was under the impression PF could be persistent at low levels for ages?
6 miles earlier in gap between taxi service (currently ‘watching’ some diabolical toddler tennis 😵💫). HR looking really good. Last big one tomorrow with a slow 22 miler.