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SJ -im the lightest ive been for a while and am still nudging 12 stone which is a good 10 pounds more than most runners I toe the line with
I reckon I wouldve been good for less than 33.45 yesterday if id carried on TR - Ave pace for 5k was 5.20
Took myself out for a not quite tempo session yesterday trying to kickstart the endurance - Managed a decent half with 5 at MP which felt quite strong
Menn - what's MP for you?
Wardi - Hartlepool. Home to my Mum's side of the family and also the team I support. Nothing for us to cheer for some time I reckon (there hasn't really been anything for about 10 years now).
New trainers today which look pretty fly. Went for some funky colours. 2x8x200m aiming for around 35 secs a rep and then 35 recovery. Running up and down a road at that pace has the GPS doing funny things. Efforts definitely weren't an even distance. Joints are feeling pretty stiff after these sessions now. Would probably benefit from some trails or grass running as everything I do is on the road...
Socially distanced curry in the back garden tonight as a belated fathers day with the future father-in-law
Menn - a sub 34 10k in trainingcas,an m50 would be rude. Maybe go off 5.30s next time and pick it up later if you are going well.
Joe - yum
15 here today.
TR.. bet that was a warm 15m, it was a toasty 22 degrees here in the afternoon.
Menn.. us senior codgers tend to lose a bit of muscle in old age so at 6ft 1in I'm about 11st 7lbs now and 11st 3lbs in marathon training mode. Not much fluctuation whatever I eat & drink really.
Nice 5.2m in the sun today, due to turn much hotter from now to Friday.
TR exactly my thoughts - get first mile in high 5.20s and then focus on the low 5.20 bracket for next 2 and see how I feel after that. I do have a deep hatred of that distance now though. Yesterdays 5 at MP felt like a totally different sport.
Im 6'1 Wardi and never raced below 12 stone - they a 1b is worth a minute in a mara (not sure how true that is).
Wardi - cycling on warm days is ace.
10m inc strides for me today. Brighton update today said they are still on for now, next update next month.
Not surprised re New York, America still has rising infection rates.
6.4m at 09.45am, 23 degrees at that time! Niggle still there but bearable ATM.
Apparently my physio is not resuming treatments until mid July so I will keep doing what I can until then. Happy enough for now with no races on the horizon.
Menn - that's a flying pace. Think you need a different thread, you'd sub 3 on the worst of days!
Had a few days off (albeit with some walking and 18 holes of golf) after Monday's session. Legs feeling better for it. Back on it today with over 100 laps (45 mins) of the garden. Topless running with water on hand definitely necessary given I waited til past 11am. Was ok when running but when I stopped I was absolutely drenched. Happy to tick it off.
Crazy joe, why in the garden?
12 here in p and d 20%/10% style.
Nice run TR, did you manage to get out before the hotter temps arrived? Mind you I always tell my club mates that the way to acclimatise to heat is to get out & run in it. I remember Al P & Charlie heading for the saunas pre VLM 2018 when they found out a hot day was due. They both had decent runs as I remember.
Just over 30m on the bike today, a pleasant warm ride. Got my first flat tyre in 4yrs, though it turned out to be the bottom of the valve starting to detach from the tube so unlucky. I always carry a repair kit on the bike so a roadside stop & new tube sorted it.
The self propel on the lawnmower has gone. just the added incentive we needed to get people in to mow the lawn from now on. save my legs for marathons
4 years is a decent record Wardi. That's the side of cycling that makes it a poor man's running!
Cracking mileage TR. You'd be forgiven for slowing down in this weather...
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a32978042/hamburg-marathon-to-go-ahead-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR1mzY9dLNQE65gkrO2rNAJfbipazQQVU6LwPp-QAJzv-z835fjODPgsjPE
TR - good job banking the miles and avoiding the main higher temps.
Wardi - good that you can carry on. A mix of bike and running should see you get to the point when your physio reopens. 4 years is a cracking record for the tyres. I assume you are using good quality like conti inners and schwalbe tyres. I run those and have very little issues. Then again I ride maybe 20 miles per year lol.
RJR - That field sounds like a better option than the 100 laps of the garden for future easier runs. The garden would get quite monotonous I would think.
Had an indifferent week so far here. A decent session on Tuesday with my son on the bike consisted of 10 x 2 mins hard off 1 minute. Was going well but could feel the heat having an effect towards the end.
I probably didn't realise how cooked I was until I headed for the hills on Wednesday for our now regular group run. I managed the first climb, stopped for a quick photo and then set off along the ridge lines on some technical, for me, trails. Well, from that point on the heat got me. I had zero energy and my legs were shot to bits. I felt sick and generally totally drained.
The group got me round but easily one of the worst runs ever. I felt like the end of a hot marathon which was reminiscent of my first on a scorching day in the New Forest back in 2006 or 7.
Needless to say took thursday off and only ran 12k yesterday where again I did feel 100%. Going to try another 60 mins shortly as it's much cooler here today with some overnight showers passing though.
Finally got round to getting the third edition of advanced marathoning. I might start putting an adapted schedule together as reading the Hamburg stuff has me more hopeful.
SJ - defo worth getting on a bit more, racing looks set to come back sept/oct even of the big races dont. Anyone who backed off at lockdown will have had 3 easy months....I think Hamburg is more of a we're still on for now, with possible measures that might be applied......if there's no spike from the Bournemouth beaches, then Brighton will be trying to hold their seaftont based mara.
First 20m since early March today. Aim was the P and D 20%/10% run. 10 av 8.03, 9 av 7.09 and last mile 6.39. Good mix of rain, wind and bit of sun to finish in.
SJ.. I wouldn't be too despondent about a tough run or two - this hot weather does tend to sap it out of you. In the long term good for warm weather adaptations if it's any consolation.
FTR the tyres were Panaracer Race D evo 2. Both mine & Mrs Wardi's bikes have them on & we've had 3 flats between us in 9/10 years which is quite impressive. I've just ordered the latest version, managed to get a deal for two tyres @ £52. I learned a long time ago that spending decent money on tyres means less punctures so money saved on inner tubes.
A bit fresher/breezier today so attempted my first double digit run since March. 10.5m done, leg not grumbling too much so happy with more progress. I did start to get a mini soaking about 6m so headed for a tree lined detour which offered some shelter. Too warm for a gilet or jacket anyway.
SJ - Hopefully today's run went better, heat can be so sapping when your already a bit cooked. Go Hamburg. That mask would be a bloody pain to carry though.
TR - Super stuff again, nicely done. Reckon your already go to go and could easily knock off a swift marathon next week if you wanted. Tasty last mile. I will wait a few more weeks until I aim for a 20m.
Been a bit of an easy week just a few 8m, 5m and 6m so had a 13m stretch today with a fast 3m @maybe hmp. Planning on another 18m tomorrow but boozing tonight so see how it goes.
Walked with the spo for a couple of hours today, legd ached after yday snd nearly deferred my run until later in the day, but forced myself out for 6m and it became 9m by the end.
Similarly OO, hope you didn't get too buffeted on your long run.
Buckets and bits of trees blowing about this morning so I wussed out and did 5.2m on the treadie. A bit warm & sweaty but I should be used to that after our recent weather.
Wardi - Yes, bonkers weather. 5.2m is better than a blank.
The boozing went too well (Proper Job IPA and Glastonbury on TV, dangerous combination) so the 18 became a 12, enjoyed it though as Wardi alludes windy enough in part but mostly able to find a sheltered route. So 52 for the week which is fine for the current holding pattern.
Wardi - I've noticed that chiropractors are open near me but I suppose they might be more essential than physios?
TR - Nice 20 miler. Bringing it in at that speed is great.
OO - I wouldn't want to compare to CD, let us not forget his training track marathon as well! 12 post booze is still good going. Hangovers closely follow injury for excuses I make not to run.
Last week was a fail in sticking to the plan with just 3 runs and only the 1 session so I'm redoing it rather than moving on to the next. However, rather than do 8x2x200m again the coach suggested a 1 mile time trail "for a bit of fun". Wasn't the best thought through route as I ran it almost entirely into the wind but I can't complain with a 5:15.
I found another one this weekend, I went with some clubmates for a distanced run round Kenley aerodrome - 2 mile laps. I've done no speed work at all since March and I need to get back into it with London less than 100 days away (if at all). Hard work, much to do to get back into some sort of shape.
Joe.. that's a very decent mile time, not much wrong with your speed. BTW my physio is in a shared building with other practitioners, some have started back already and some haven't for whatever reason. Funnily enough Mrs Wardi has an appointment with the chiropractor there soon.
OO.. still a decent MLR after a previous night skinful - good total for the week.
6.3m in the wind & squally drizzle/rain this morning. Not as gusty as yesterday so pleased to get out; full rain jacket required.
CD - if no races happen you could make a year ranked No 1.
Joe - good effort esp when not expecting it.
Blowy 15m here tonight.