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Jools - Those are good numbers your certainly getting there.
Wardi - That is cold. Good call on the treadle.
10m steady out and back to Padstow, cold but clear. 16m tomorrow.
Jools - thats another nice tempo
Wardi - sounds fiddly getting that clock set up
OO - sounds a nice run to padstow and back on the trail.
CC - not surprised you were remembering that fall.
I'd run 27 of last weeks 60 miles from friday evening to late yday morning, so i stuck with the intended turbo rather than an easy run. Its going to warm up a bit tomorrow so i can put the ice skates away.
Glad to hear you are able to get outside again, Jack!
Good miles as always, TR.
Many happy returns Joe, hope you're having a good day.
TR.. from yesterday's sub zero we reached the giddy heights of 5 degrees this afternoon. Tomorrow looks mild again but windy & wet.
OO.. good miles for the weekend.
Jools.. nice 'long' MLR.
10m today with a 5m TT built in (club virtual event). That averaged out at 7:23 pace after a sluggish start. 56m for the week.
Happy birthday Joe!
Glad to hear you've been freed Jack. I've been there. Back when you still had to do 14 days (and I had to 15 - long story). I was ok until about day 12, by which point I was basically ready to crawl out of the cat flap. There's only so much indoor exercise you can do!
Jack - Welcome back to freedom. Tough return run, bet what you really wanted though.
Wardi - A good 10m session there. Good idea from your club for a virtual 5m TT, certaintly makes sure you do it.
TR - Yes, bring on the warmer weather (and rain!)
Jools - Snap, 51 here too.
15m for me, generally 7.30 pace on the trail running through a very quiet Padstow and onto the beaches when pace dropped to 8.XX something. Good to run in reasonable temperatures. 51 for the week. In other news I see the Rome and Seville marathons been moved now to Sept/ Nov, quite tempted by Seville, as supposedly a very good and fast Spanish marathon.
OO - Big weekend from you there. Sounds idyllic again. An old clubmate trained for a 2:50 marathon by doing lots of running doing the pebble beaches on the south coast. Paces were always very slow but I guess it's the effort that matters. Seville in November sounds very nice, one to think about.
JH87 - Congrats on the return to the real world. Lots of people turbo racing atm and it does look good fun if you have the right setup. Zwift has probably been as good an invention for cyclists as the magic shoes have been for runners.
Wardi - is that just a club event or part of the virtual relays? Club captain sent me a text to remind me it's the virtual 5 mile club relays atm. Deadline is Wednesday so I'll lay an effort down tomorrow.
CC - Sounds like a good progressive run. Hopefully the legs are alright today. Nice sometimes when the paces are comfortable but accidentally too fast. I suspect we're all very excited about the end of ice and frost
Keep backing those weeks up jools
Wardi - nice, sounds like a P and D LT day, so good training.
CC - nice bitbof progress there
OO - it looks like being a busy autumn rave wise.
Joe - sounds like a good booze up.
8m run commute this morning, nice to be ice free.
OO.. nice 15m in the bag. Next autumn is going to be rammed to the gills with marathon options at this rate, the Spanish ones are always great events. I'm sure CD could advise on Seville & ex-poster Ryan S ran it too a few years back.
CC2.. congrats on getting that progressive run done, it will all come back in good time.
Filthy up here today, 20mph winds & rain so did my steady 5.2m on the treadie. A curry takeaway from the local vendors beckons.
CC2 - sorry to hear about your Dad. I don't think the contact needs to be 15 minutes, but there was a family of 4 behind me in the queue and it must have been a good 5-10min wait. It was a pain to isolate, especially whilst feeling fine, but given my asthma, and a previous bout of pneumonia, I'm rather risk averse to the idea of it. Good progress from you!
Jools - likewise on the progress front. Well done.
JH87 - glad you're out of isolation now.
An easy 8m yesterday as my first run back. Planning on similar today, with most likely nothing tomorrow as that's our busiest day as part of the move (get the keys later today). Felt good to be out there again - unlike most of you I done no exercise during isolation. Instead I used the time to do some diy/decorating in our rental to reduce what we need to do in here post move.
Jools - it's fun when the wind is behind! I do remember my wheels lifting up in the wind on an exposed segment of the south downs though and that was quite scary.
CC - And me! Liverpool marathon postponed to October which gives it a real chance. I think with the seasonality of the virus, the vaccines and some herd immunity we should be ok come October unless the government overreacts.
TT - Not all success can be measured in running. Congrats on getting the keys, always an exciting time. Hope the move goes well.
My 5 mile attempt at the virtual national relays today. Would have been content with anything sub 29 but it came in at 27:54 so absolutely delighted. My first mile was an exuberant 5:22 so happy to manage it back in from there because I could have been blown to pieces.
Postponement of Liverpool means I need a new plan. Late April or May would probably be the ideal but I could go for a more aggressive 12 week plan to try to get me to an earlier one.
Good news on the releaae TT
Joe - top bombing, nice work.
I had another race roll over to 2022 today. I can see dorney as at risk, but think events will come back in the spring. Uk are about the vaccinate the 3 millionth person, by Easter all over 50s should be done which is 32million, so there will be pressure to ease restrictions. The warmer weather will help too.
12m tonight, no ice, no rain, all very strange.
10m today, lovely conditions & views.
TT - Enjoy your freedom.
Unlike you Wardi & TR, had dreadful wet, windy and foggy weather here for a 4m with the pooch and then a hill hunting 7m - as entered a 2000 metres Jan running challenge on Strava - thought it would be good for motivation.
OO - i got wet this morning !
9m inc 3x10mins (av 6.50, 6.31 and 6.24 for overall av of 6.35), disappointing given i did 9m av 6.40 Saturday on similar route. Rep 1 was pretty hilly though. I did 5m LT av 6.08 in June so was expecting today to be a lot quicker. However the point of the session is to work hard and the long mp runs are still the key indicators.
TR.. I'd just bank it as a decent chunk of effort, sometimes a bit of leg tiredness can slow the pace down a touch. Sorry about the wetting!
7m + 4m double today. A mere 1 degree this morning but thankfully no ice. I did have the rain jacket on as there were a few light rain/sleet showers around. Just got it done before the heavier rain set in. Second run on the treadie.
TR - Can't fire every session. Still a decent pace and around where you want to be come marathon day (whenever that might be)?
5 miles yesterday evening and 7 this morning. Both runs at easy pace but 12 hours is still a quick turnaround so it wasn't the freshest run this morning but it's all about getting it done.
TR - We cannot be 100% all of the time. You had a tough looking session ticked off in a pretty decent time. Also its not so long ago you had Covid.
Wardi - Nice double, good planning and implementation.
Joe - Spot on, it is about getting the runs done and taking the gains from these. All my medals, bar my sub250 ones, my younger son has as he likes the noise when they clang. On 792m but there's a very local hill with 100m of climbing over 1km so if close will run up that a few times.
Unexpected bonus as my son's primary school offered him a place - as both my wife and I are "critical" workers - for Thursdays and Fridays :-) so had a lunchtime 9m with a 7m tempo-ish run @6.35 in between a 1m wu and wd.
Joe - agreed on the quick turnarounds, i did 12m tues pm and then the session yday am. I prefer mornings only every day.
OO - good tenpo, similar to mine saturday.
CC - surely thats ideal tready time ? Consistent conditions guaranteed ?
Agreed, ive moved on. Saturdays run was decent, yday was a good blow out. 10m run commute home tonight, quads were a bit achey after yday, so didnt make it the intended 12 or 13.
My 19yr old had enough anti bodies to donate plasma and he gave donation no 2 today. Decent citizen ship from a youngster, although he cant go anywhere else at the moment.
CC2.. sensible decision!
OO.. good pace in that tempo, I assume you don't have the white stuff down there?
Due to the aforementioned snow stuck to the treadie again today for just over 5m.
TR - Good on your son.
Notice quite a few summer half marathons in the near region. I would imagine/ hope they should be good for go. Really need a race to aim for.
Cracking 5M the other day RJR
Good on yr lad TR.
You’ve plenty of hills to choose from OO. They’ll slow the average pace though.
Wardi - Very much a northern thing that snow. Safety on the treadmill definitely a good idea.
TR - Good on your son for doing that. We all have to do our bit however small that might be for some. Hope the ice skating didn't materialise. Chilly but dry here today.
Jooligan - you must reasonable something of a mountain goat at times. Serious climbing!
Much needed rest day today but will get out for a little walk later and do my stretches. Still hoping to complete a 50 mile week over the weekend. Got myself an entry for Edinburgh for end May as good for age. A novelty if nothing else. Warmer weather should really help us get back towards normal and it's a nice place for a weekend away but I won't hold my breath for it to go ahead.