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Stevie - shame that you'll miss another 2 weeks, you'll get 9ish weeks ? Is that the end of the gait change for now?
Short of time due to cricket travels today so just an easy 5m, but thats not a bad thing after 10k sunday and 16 yday.
Stevie - it was billed as a flat, fast course but the start was really narrow and twisty with unmarked speed humps and some of the surface between that and the racing circuit (which we had to run out and back on) was downright dangerous with some huge potholes - then the finish was along a gravelled path.
Road reps tonight round a windy Trent Bridge loop. Split times almost identical to when I did the session in October.
LMH - That doesn't sound ideal! Its only the 2nd year of the half so people probably don't know its on.
TR - I think I'll have to stick with the gait change, probably gone too far to try and change back. Should be OK with the intensive calf strengthening I'm doing. Yeh about 9 weeks, I tend to pick up fitness fairly quickly so I think I'll be alright. Might just have to tough out the last couple of miles
Stevie - that doesn't sounds great but could be worse at only 2 weeks off.
CC2 - good news if you're hitting your usual splits when it's windy.
9M including track session last night, which was 800, 1600, 2400, 1600, 800. Long recoveries at 2:30, so I did a lap and a bit of jogging in between each one. I didn't do the last 800 as it was getting late and I'd done enough. The actual efforts were a bit longer as we're not allowed to use lane 1 on the new track, and it was the busiest I've ever seen it (at least 100 runners on the track, must be New Year's resolutions and VLM preppers), so spent a fair bit of time in lanes 3-4. Laps in lane 2 were about 80s, which probably equates to about 78s in lane 1 - felt pretty strong.
LMH -- you'll be leading the FV50 HM rankings for a while (if BM goes on powerof10). Glad the FiL situation is improved.
I tried to run yesterday but with tragic DOMS from the HM. Things are better today, if still a bit creaky... time to ramp up the miles though.
CC - 20%, 10%, MP is a session you could do in training, how about 10k at 20 snd 20k at MP ? Still P and D.............im considwring doing chichester 10k as 6m, 10k, 6m in 2 weeks, have you done anything like thst before ?
Stevie - 9 weeks isnt long after a 3 or 4 week break, after building up for a few weeks id like to see your coach giving you a block of multiple long and medium runs
13m run home tonight.
LMH - yes, 10 miles slow, 10 miles @ MP for Ashby. Will you be there?
100 people on a track at the same time?! Flipping heck. I'm glad ours isn't that popular. Not that I use it in winter at all.
MLR tongiht. I took my colleague with me as he wants to build up his mileage. He's faster than me over shorter distances. I think I may have killed him off. The route is pretty hilly...
CC2 - yes I plan to be at Ashby. I run the first lap easy and then pick it up for the second - I'm no more scientific than that.
TR - no, club track session is 7pm on a Tuesday and is open to all. I doubt we'll be getting that many people for much longer. Luckily most people were fairly well behaved, keeping to the inside unless overtaking etc.
SJ - interesting, I wouldn't have thought ducks would be that particular about which lane they use! Good news that you're back into it already, and sensible decision about the weekend. Street lighting defective - where there's blame there's a claim!
5M easy for me yesterday lunchtime. Will try to get out today if work allows, but someone's leaving drinks this evening so may struggle.
SJ - good to see you are back to it already. Fleet is 4 weeks out for me, so 3 for you. Doing my commutes as singles is indeed helping me to get multiple double digits and mlr in.
Padams - hopefully the post Christmas rush drops off soon then.
10 more today, 5 av 8.28, 5 av 6.45. So im actually gettng towards MP now.
TR - Another cracking sess.
CC - Serves him right for being quicker.
LMH - Congrats on the Po10 when they put up the BM results. Niggles are fine strong suspicion of a SF in my big toe left foot. Been hurting for months now, but not yet affecting my running. Slowly falling apart.
6 windy ones d&d, finishing with 2@6.30 mm. Gran Canaria 10 day forecast indicates 20C and maybe light rain, far more marathon friendly than 2018's heat, topping out at 28C.
Nice pace TR.
TR.. still plenty of double digit efforts being banked, good stuff.
LMH/Charlie.. my legs have been a bit tired/cranky this week too, I guess we forget how much a full bore half takes out of them. I managed 10.3m on Tuesday but a mere 6.5m yesterday as I was struggling a bit. Hoping to feel fresher by the weekend for a longer effort.
Wardi - didn't know about the AW photo, will try to find it online! A friend/clubmate is an avid AW reader though so should be able to get hold of it anyway.
TR - 2nd half of a 10M run at sub-3 pace bodes very well at this stage. Did it feel hard?
6M just done, mainly offroad, in 42 mins. Lovely day for it, if a little breezy/chilly.
Cold here Padams - a light dusting of snow this morning which is persisting in the shade.
Stevie: I had a low grade calf tear 2 months before my first sub 3. I rehabbed very carefully and raced in trainers rather than lightweights, but it all came good.
Padams - reckon i could have done a couple more, certainly not 10m at that pace, although ive had a decent sunday thru weds, so maybe more if i was fresher. Worthing 1/2 will hopefully show sub3 readiness.
Good to see you running again jools, sad tale re your friend.
Thanks for the advice Jools, softer shoes will probably be a good choice although the injury happened in Ultraboosts! Glad to see you back at it, sorry to hear about your friend.
TR - You are certainly getting the miles in! Bodes well for Brighton, is it a quick course? I've never considered it due to logistics/price
The youngster from work is still alive and willing to run the route again. He'll be beating me on marathons too if he ever enters one. Mind you, he's 26, so he probably ought to.
Sorry about your friend jools. 39 is no age at all.
I feel your pain re youngsters CC2. There's a guy doing the lunchtime routes round here who's been putting down times on the strava segments the rest of us could only dream about. We have to take him out for at least 10k before he's slow enough for us to keep up. Then I notice at the county champs xc he's in the U20 race. Well duh, no wonder he's got some pace!
Track session last night had about 20 people there. Much more manageable than padams sessions.
First proper long run of the spring campaign coming up at the weekend, several weeks later than usual but I'm looking for a shorter plateau than usual (plus VLM is very late this year).
CC2 .. the wisdom borne of experience will occasionally triumph over the enthusiasm of youth (usually over long distance
Best of luck with the rehab Stevie.
8.3m today, first time the legs have felt normal again this week.
Jools - going to a funeral for someone in their 30s with a young child must be rough.
6M yesterday lunchtime, then 4M this morning (about 1M with the dog, then into work) - properly cold this morning. Still wore shorts though!
Aiming for a qualifying Boston time with sub-3 a nice bonus if it happens. I did 2:58 five years ago at Pisa but it's been all shorter distances / tri / 2 kids since then, and I'm of Vet age now so getting all my excuses in early.
Sounds like some cracking running going on elsewhere though - solidarity to others grappling with niggles, thoughts with those dealing with tough stuff away from the pavements and good luck to those racing this weekend!