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Really hope Paris does it,be great to see her finish it.
Hope neither of you suffer too much with any jetlag.
Tigg will be very pleased to find out you didn't desert him after all.
7 very windy miles today,nothing to report which is good.
I'm used to my sciatica niggling and giving me an uncomfortable and restless last couple of hours in bed, not every night but a couple of times a week. In the early hours of this morning it wasn't my sciatica that woke me but the DOMS in my quads, so uncomfortable and sore. I wasn't looking forward to my run as I knew it was going to be a tough one, not helped by a very cold night and only a 'feels like' of 1 degree when I went out. Just when I could do with a warm morning as my leg muscles hate the cold. I managed 5 miles, heart rate stayed very low as it does after a tough leg session.
I only have 5 exercises in the gym at the moment for legs/glutes, sciatica limits me from having any more. I always start on the angle leg press. Some thoughtless lazy idiot hadn't removed the plates after he'd finished and 2 x 25kg plates were left on. I can't lift off those plates, they're too heavy for my back and they're awkward to lift and stack. I usually just find a bloke to lift them off for me, but there wasn't anyone there to ask. 50kg is my top weight at the moment, which I do the last set on. So I decided to go straight onto 50kg and see how I got on, I managed all 5 sets of 15, my legs were shot afterwards but I was able to do the rest of my session OK. Glutes were feeling it yesterday but quads seemed OK until I woke this morning.
They're still sore now.
Gym later, upper body today.
Interesting to see more French runners than Brits this year.
Big G - I liked the deer sign.
Not run all week but hip actually got worse - I don't think it likes walking and rehab much.
I did do a parkrun today with Tunde - Southall, which I'd done before and he hadn't. It's a nice flat tarmac one so not wet like Tooting. Couple from my club were also there, which was nice. I did my fastest run with this current injury, though that's not saying much. I'm rather lacking aerobic fitness.
I'm volunteering at my club's annual race tomorrow - thankfully at RaceHQ and not marshalling as I have been in the past. Might get to eat some cake this time.
I'm not doing much walking as I'm not finding that helpful either. I walk to and from the gym, just under 2 miles round trip and that's enough. But fortunately I'm able to run everyday, for just about an hour and that's ideal for base training. My waking RHR is back to my normal range of 49-52 and although I can't increase distance at the moment my running pace is improving by a few seconds per mile each week.
5+ miles this morning. Thankfully DOMS has eased to a heavy tiredness now so had an OK run.
I was kept very busy with the wildlife watch today. Saw a baby rabbit, very small and scared, first one I've seen this year. I saw a buzzard too, quite close to me, about 20 feet, fortunately this was a long way from the bunny otherwise there would only have been one survivor. Ran on the elevated section of road and once again the deer were in the same field again, only 2 of them this time. In the next field were about 10 swans and on the other side of the field a flock of about 30 Canada geese. Got to my turnaround point, turned off my Garmin to cross the road and heard a great spotted woodpecker, looked up and he was in a large dead tree. Only the 2nd time I've seen one of these and the first time I've managed to see one in a tree, we hear them all the time but not see them.
On the way back the deer moved into the field with the geese and swans and the geese chased the deer away.
Also saw my first lambs of the year, late because I can't run so far out to farming country. Plus it's been very wet which isn't good for lambs. The lambs I saw today were a few weeks old and at the stage of teaming up with the other lambs and playing.
Shades-Lots of wildlife there,some squirrels and dogs for me today.
Decided to test my theory about the Park today and drove there and back,did 8.5 loops and came to 19.5m,brings up 3x50m weeks and 3 long run weekends.
Tons of people running there today,but we had horrible wind yesterday so a lot may have ran today who would normally run yesterday.
Big G - unfortunately you have to pay for the tests now 😪
Incidentally I looked at the sports tour companies' websites last night to see how much a Dublin marathon entry would be. Last couple of years they've sold race entry only for about £35 more than the ballot price, I think it was Sports Tours International that did that, but I checked all of them. But this year they are only selling race packages with hotels included, far too expensive. My friend and I are hoping to do Dublin in 2025 and I was looking at options if we don't get ballot places.
Rest day today. Well Pilates and Stretch classes that is.
How's the foot?
Ian - That's a massive increase in numbers for Liverpool HM!
So 20m with 14 at MP, averaged 7:02 (so 3:04 pace) for the MP section, so happy with that, compares well with previous campaigns so should be good for sub 85 if the weather stays decent. Then did 12 miles easy on Sunday for a 70 mile week. Did get some sharp pain in my shin after 9 miles on my 12 miler which was a worry, got home foam rolled, then did some heat and ice on it during the evening, which seems to have resolved the pain, but will know for certain tomorrow morning with 14 miles planned if it's an issue or not.
Hope that shin niggle clears up quickly.
When is your half marathon?
Took today off but happily I've lost my half stone target in advance of Manchester.
Just need the weather to be a little kinder now for better marathon conditions for you.
6 miles this morning, bit chilly and misty. For the first time ever I forgot my HRM, got to about half a mile and a glance at my watch to see --- where my HR should have been.
My quads are only about 90% recovered from Friday's thrashing on the leg press and it's a leg/glutes session today
Have booked the body analyser for Monday morning, that will be a month of my new gym plan. I've dropped a couple of pounds, not so concerned about weight hoping for a reduction in fat% and increase in muscle%, although I know that's a slow process.
Ian - Good work on the weight loss. Are you in for Manchester marathon then?
Easy 14 miles today (9:20 pace), kept it to 3.5 mile loops so if I had an issue with shin I could easily stop and get back home, but all good with no pain.
Shades-I have definitely seen a change in pace and HR over the last few weeks.
Easily another half stone that can come off over the summer,just checked and I was a stone lighter in 2019 so that's in the back of my mind.
7 this morning before work,pro direct had a small number of AlphaFly 3 on sale at 9am so timed it so I was home then,hopefully got myself a pair
Ian - great you're seeing the benefits of the weight loss, makes it so much easier to maintain. Another half a stone! Might get you that sub 3 after all
Fingers crossed re the shoes.
Just entered a marathon, that's a big deal for me right now.
Yes that is in the back of my mind,with 3:07 as my best there's still a long way to go,but I've had 6 months niggle free which is probably my longest and everything is going well so it might be my best chance,and I'm coming off the back of a good winters training but it's obviously going to be hard work.
Shades, foot is okay, but the last few days I’ve done sod all, so that may help. I did see a podiatrist a couple of weeks before Tokyo and he was making murmurs about insoles, so I’ve just emailed him to see more about that, and I also asked what he thought about another round of shockwave therapy. I’m out of options really - I have been really good with the exercises and stretches, but it still came back. When I look at the official pics from Tokyo (which I haven’t bought as a) they’re very expensive and b) OH got a couple of decent ones), I can see I have look of pain on my face. Nice to see you get a 6-miler in.