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I managed to scrape a right section off mine 4%s about 10miles in. I blame the 12 stage relays at MK, a lot of rough ish paths.
Wow, im not sure what is more crackers £210 for new VF or 115 for old ones. Didnt realise theyll go for so much 2nd hand, defo worth an investment, if i get on ok with the flynits.
SG - yes, keep the VF for smooth tarmac.
Yeovil number came today, no need for a collection on the day (as last yr), or chasing any trains in the car to get it back.
4m easy today. Very heavy legged so the taper is doing its thing.
324 for May, would have been well over 350 without this taper. Just short of 1500 for the year, although June will be a low total.
I keep my shoes going with shoe goo too, as i wear the right shoe heel much too quickly. Shoe goo isnt cheap though.
I go to the outlet village and buy new last years pegasus and zoom vomero for under £50 when they start to wear too much. Ive led myself to believe that the shoe cushioning/ performance falls of a cliff after a few hundred miles and I am more likely to get injured if they have too many miles on them. Probably total nonsense.
12m inc 4 av 6.32. Legs still feel heavy but thats the taper working. Managed to get out in the warmth for once. Will be a shock if its warm next week, although wind is the enemy.
Work has been a bit busy this week, and I was so knackered I cut my recovery run short last night at 3 miles after running into a bush in a daze (!) but after a good night's sleep I made it down to parkrun this morning. 20.19 was a 20 second improvement on 4 weeks ago, although I think I made up most of that on the climb up the hill: it seems that my basic leg speed has all but disappeared... WAVA creeping towards 75% and once I'm back at 75% on that course I'll be relieved.
TR - promising signs, 4 at MP in taper is always difficult and seems your ahead of target.
Im still tired from last sunday so off for my first casual run since last week at some point today
LMH - did you do the last mlr today.
6m easy for me. Got a bit of calf doms from hiking round west sussex on thurs and fri. Feels stange to get calf doms as running usually gives me quad doms if anything.
1 week til the B of the Bang.
The plan is to use the first lap to fuel up, drink my luco and size up the new (now referred to as undulating) route, no quicker than 6.40ish, and avoid the bush on the left on the run back to the track (you can guess who told me that), after 3.04 at Brighton id jump all over anything that starts with a 2.
Let's hope it's a completely uneventful week TR, followed by a totally mundane and boring 26.2 miles in something less than 3 hours. Avoiding that bush sounds like a very good plan.
Another weekend, another race, but definitely the last for a while and the last one hanging on the coat tails of the VLM campaign. The Dorking 10 (mile), which doubles as the county champs and this year was also the BMAF 10 mile champs race. It's a lumpy course, nothing major but a few upslopes dotted around the course that will kill any thoughts of a PB. A decent first half, a slight fade on the lumpy bits towards the end to finish in 1:00:27, over the hour but my best time on the course since 2015. Luckily I hadn't entered as BMAF because I would have finished 5th V50, missing the podium by 5s. On the plus side none of the four V50s in front of me were Surrey qualified, so I picked up that one.
Never planned a MLR for today TR. Glad to hear you're feeling in a good place. Where did you see the latest about the route? I'm feeling less and less enthusiastic/optimistic. Wonder if we still have to do the stupid bit round the track at the end? I'm hoping that as they've changed the route they have negated the need for it.
Running for fun for a while Mennania or do you have another race coming up?
LMH - oh, i thought youd do an mlr this weekend as per most plans. Ive had no more route info, if you play the map animation from their Twitter feed, it shows two figure of 8 style laps, with a small inner loop near the end (not sure how they will control that bit as to who is on which lsp and inner lap). Hopefully no round the track and back as you say. Dont put any pressure on yourself, its just a nice run round the countryside.
Planning on a bit of fun at the moment @Little M.iss Happy but going to bash out the hills which ive avoided for the last 12 weeks. However, there is a local(ish) half at Rhyl on the very morning of my 50th which I cant seem to shake off..
That half is made for you Mennania - consider it a birthday present to yourself:-)
Menn - sounds like you have a race on your birthday then, before you have your birthday cake/beer.
Menn - That's a decent way to celebrate a notable birthday. I am 55 in December and running the Malaga marathon as my birthday present, albeit the day before.
TR/ LMH - Have good weeks now, we are all rooting for you. If I can throw a marginal gain your way, the common vick inhaler, for the past year I've taken a few snorts, 5 minutes before the off to clear the airways.
62m for the week, quite a bit undulating as is this areas want. Need to target a marathon shortly as need a focus and feel somewhat adrift at the moment.
14 for me early doors ahead of a 7 hour orchestra rehearsal, just to ensure I have tired arms and legs. 49 miles for the week.