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RJR - overtraining maybe? Or are you training on a big calorie deficit? I’ve gone a bit haywire before when trying to drop weight.
OO - good for your lad to get back to school, and for your running.
Joe - hope it was just a blip, the docs dont seem worried.
10m tonight, 15 was never going to happen, im smoked and achey, esp hammys, but the OP stuff is improving. Should find out soon if im tapering from next week.
TR.. both me & Mrs Wardi had our jabs yesterday and both of us have been fine. I did get out for 5m steady today - it did feel a bit laboured but I don't know if that was the injection or just tired legs!
Joe.. very wise to get checked out, keep monitoring it. I temporarily stepped off the road just after mile 1 of a 10m race 2 years ago due to high heart rate and difficulty breathing - I ended up jogging round.
JH87.. sounds like you had decent weather too, nice run.
Abo is set for oct 24th, my place from 2020 rolls over. Worth keeping that in case Brighton and/or vlm dont go ahead, Brighton has a chance, i guess vlm might go ahead with no overseas runners?
TR - exciting that a race could be close. sounds like you'll feel a million dollars when you're tapering and the legs get their energy back. My mum thought she may have had covid early on in pandemic and did have a pretty bad reaction to the jab but only for a few days fortunately.
I've had a referral to a cardiologist and luckily have private health through work so should know in a weeks time if anything is up. I've been advised not to run in the meantime as a precaution so I'll keep fingers crossed and do a bit of light conditioning work for my knee.
TR - Interesting point on overseas runners and VLM though I do see the Government is offering to host the Euro's with one of its USP's that overseas supporters will be able to attend (if vaccinated), so hopefully in a few more months time, Europe will be in a far better place.
Wardi - Good to hear about the jabs, I've mine next Monday. It will be good to be vaccinated but opens the door to overseas adventures from June.
Now number 55 on the reserve list for the Dartmoor Discovery, a 32m very scenic and hilly ultra in early June. The RD thinks I am pretty sure of a place as its one of those races that fills up very quickly and then has lots of drop-outs on the way. So something to aim for. I last run it in 2007, doesn't seem that long ago!
Wardi: glad the jabs have gone ok for you and Mrs. W. Mr. Jools had his about a month ago (he's a medic, so gets vaccinated 'ahead' of his age group) and had a day or 2 of feeling a little dopey, but no other side effects. I think he had Pfizer.
Two days of practical running for me: a run to and from the office to pick up a bit of post yesterday, and then a run to drop off cleaned cat food sachets for recycling today. I don't think I've used my running rucksack twice in a week for ... ooh, about a year!
OO - DD is a tough race, if you want info on it ask shades and Big G on the shades thread, they do it.
Felt a bit livelier today so 10m tonight.
TR - Cheers. I ran it in 2007 and thought at the time easier than a sub 3 marathon as you can take it a bit easy, mp + 30/45 seconds and still do well. Think that year I came 6th in 4.04. Aspirations to use as a training run for my ultra in August.
Whats the latest with Dorney/ Goodwood?
10 for me too, pretty slow though.
Monster day for me today. 5 miles slow on the treadmill before work as usual, but tonight was 8 x 1km (90 secs rest) 500m (2 mins rest). 12km of effort, all faster than the pace I ran for my 5k time trial (although that was hilly). With WU, CD and recoveries I covered over 13.5 miles, so 18.5 miles for the day with a full day's work in the middle. Will I even be able to move tomorrow?!
Jools.. a good multi tasking run, is that rumour true about a pet food sachet shortage?
OO/TR.. decent milers banked. Quite a few runners about with fingers crossed for forthcoming events.
Joe.. hope it turns out to be a brief problem for you, rest is a sensible precaution at this stage.
9.5m today in pleasant conditions, will squeeze in a soggy run tomorrow morning as it starts to look a bit wild from late afternoon onwards.
Wardi - I think bodge jobs somewhere along the line are par for the course with DIY (we all have to learn), so I can imagine all tradies have plenty of examples, but there seems to be plenty in this house (discovered some big ones in the last few days!).
Jools - nice mixed pace session.
CC2 - looks like you're progressing nicely.
rjr - fingers crossed the palpitations come to nothing!
Nice fartlek, TT.
TR - that must be frustrating! Hoping for good news with that and you can start tapering next week.
Well done TT its tough out there today
JH - bike ride sounds good, i copped it on the bike commute tonight.
Jools - great idea on the zoom massage session, got to be better than trying to do it without any guidance.
Struggled in my 10m inc 6m lumpy tempo today, so i sacked it off after 2m as i was well off the pace. A rarity for me to bail something but no big deal as ive been pretty smoked. I toddled the rest of the 10m commute in. Onwards and upwards.
Seems a day of 10 m runs for us all, mine a hilly affair mostly run in the lee of the worst of the rain and wind. Tomorrow looks brutal.
CC2.. horrible out there, the treadie always seems more appealing if the weather is abysmal.
JH87.. I usually run in lycra shorts in heavy/steady rain to avoid chafing. Well done on getting out there anyway.
Jools.. 11m nicely done .. similar weather due here, it looks very wild tomorrow.
TT.. Great session, I guess you have the discomfort under some sort of control if you can do that without any problems. FWIW I can tackle minor electrical stuff at home but leave the major stuff to the pros!
11m this morning, showers forecast so put a gilet on in anticipation. 5.5 into the wind and 5.5 wind assisted back. No rain at all though it started to come down within 15 minutes of finishing, a wetting luckily avoided.
TR - I know you're not a fan of rest days but sounds like you really need one. Well toughed out though.
JH - Idyllic sounding cycle there. I've been to the New Forest quite a bit and pretty much always regret not taking a bike.
Jools - Great idea with the masseuse. Helps keep the economy going too!
TT - That's a big session. I suspect I'd forget what I was supposed to be doing halfway through that!
CC2 - Cracking mileage the other day. A big confidence boost to manage that kind of thing midweek.
So initial consultation with cardiologist was brief. I have an echocardiogram next week, 24 hour ECG and exercise ECG as well where they look at how my heart is behaving whilst i'm on the treadmill. That will spell 2 weeks without running and so unfortunately at the very least I'm back to square one, even if they all come back fine. But the main thing is I should have a pretty clear idea I hope if there's anything amiss. We'll see what they say and go from there.
Wardi - i wear cycling type shorts when it rains, also have some 2 in 1s too.
Wild out today, a rest day is possible but id have to walk the 5m minimum home in order to be able to run back and be able to cycle home tomorrow. If i cycle home tonight then my bike will be in the wrong place. It gets logistical.
Joe.. frustrating for you but it's for the best, hope all the analysis is worry free.
2 x 4.2m today, one on the treadie this morning with a decent view of upended wheelie bins. 2nd run up a reasonably sheltered muddy trail, winds had diminished to 'quite strong'. Managed to dodge squally showers either side too.
Sounds a bit scary Joe, but at least you'll know what you're dealing with and hopefully it turns out to be just ones of those things.
joe - I mainly made it up as I went along (had the initial 7 x 3/3 in mind, but that was it). I kept it as structured as I know if I didn't I'd overdo it, and as I tired just shortened the faster stuff, but kept the effort the same. Not as convoluted as it sounds. Don't worry about the time off; fitness comes back quickly.
Wardi - nice mileage. Our council provided new canvas bags for recycling. Yesterday was the first day they went out. Apparently they're weighted. Judging by the amount of time flying around the avenue I'm going to guess they could have done with a bit more weight in them......
Jools - our dog is like that; between 5 and 6 she'll look to go out to the loo, and then of course that means it's breakfast time seen as we're up!
Jools.. crikey that's early, it was usually the sound of our cat hissing/fighting that woke us up in darkness.
Just over 9m today, managed to find a reasonably sheltered route again.
TT - i like that P and D pace, makes the time pass without being too tough.
I did 10m inc 12x3min/30 sec today, which replaces the missing 40min temp. Waa barely making fwd progress at times into the wind.
Dorney are still saying they are going ahead, but it wont be confirmed until 22nd march earliest, doesnt matter this week as its still 3 weeks away.