Hi all, I've not been on here for ages but thought as I need to start engaging my brain .... And legs .... I am signed up for 2013 Edinburgh Marathon end of May.
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age 41
I have been running 3 years nearly
Have completed 2 full marathons (duchy my first 4.13 and Edinburgh 3.55) and 7 half marathons, a leg of the classic quarter endurance life run in Cornwall, plus many shorter races.
I am type 1 diabetic on insulin
I have a full time job and a husband and son age 6.
I have been trying to keep up a base of 10 miles over the winter, have been hit with nasty colds during November December and again now, but I would say 10 miles or a half would be doable, not a huge amount more at the moment.
Now, last year I suffered from Bursitis of my heel from too much pavement pounding (duchy 20 beg March, marathon training .... Edinburgh Marathon end
May, and 13 Clift race end June) I couldn't run for nearly 6 months and had to resort to spinning and road bike for fitness. I still keep up spinning, running club, track starts soon too) and longer runs at the weekend.
I am keen not to incur this injury again, I have purchased some great trainers with more cushioning (brooks Trance 11) my usual and preferred race trainers are Brooks GTS.
I think I will join you guys on here for advice and chit chat over the next few months.
Jason - Sounds a good parkrun, seems similar to my local one. Good running too.
NN - Hope the LSR went well
OH - Good running, good luck with the XC (if you decided to do it!)
Tek - Nice pace
Dawn - Welcome!
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4.7 miles in light/intermittent snow early this morning, nice and easy. Upper body weights done a couple of hours later with a few miles on the bike thrown in there too. Now to relax for the rest of the day!
33.7 miles for the week, and will push towards 37-38 next week, starting with 12-13 tomorrow
NP- Glad you enjoyed the show and got in and out ok
Tek- nice frost free running
Hi Misty and welcome aboard
Cold but sunny day here today and I just had the best possible combination- my easiest 20m training run and one of my fastest- found myself looking at my watch in disbelief in the final miles as I rolled along effortlessly (ok on a bit of a downhill) at 6.3x pace lol! 20.01m in 2.18.39 (6.56av) splits: 7:31 7:25 7:26 7:19 7:15 7:12 7:11 7:14 7:07 7:06 6:50 6:47 6:40 6:39 6:31 6:34 6:38 6:32 6:27 6:13 2 Very happy
Some excellent long runs Yesterday - Well done Fiona et al.
Sounds like a good race Tek.....speed in the legs
Hello Misty and welcome. Thats geat progress in your second Marathon. Hopefully youcan keep the injuries away and improve again
Nice Running Stuart. Sounds like your building nicely.
"easy and fast" - I bow to you jason. Well done with your 20. brilliant in fact.
I took Lulu for a early monring joglet and then cam back - made breekkie for the miss's and got back into bed for a lay-in Then ran a MLR this afternoon. Thats 3 this week that means I did my longest ever week of 70 Miles. Very Happy
Fiona, well done on your frosty 20 miler and at a great pace,
Jason, you're a running machine, well done with the trial for park run and cake at the finish is a bonus
Teknik, some good running over the last few days those miles and paces are climbing
NN, good paced run the other day hope the 19 went well
OH, good running hope the XC went well today,
NP, glad there was no incidents and the show was good
Hi Dawn, welcome and good luck with Edinburgh
14 miles for me today, no ice or frost, it was a little breezy and there was a little light showers but overall the conditions were good. I was a little dehydrated and given the route I new I would struggle to keep the hr below 75%, so I decided not to bother, I ran on part of the HM course today in and around lochcardil and down dores road, nice to get a feel for the route.
Teknik you have to go see the show I thought Hugh Jackman was out standing and so was Anne Hathaway where outstanding, if you have seen the show on stage this is as good, Russle Crew was ok but his voice was just not strong enough. Well done on a solid weeks training.
Misty welcome to the thread my middle son is type 1 diabetic on insulin so I know you cant just go mad on carbs. Wouldn't the heel injury be better treated if you went the other way with your trainers and went for a min/shoe so you had to run on the forefoot? also off road running will also help.
SM6 well done on the 5 miles and 33 mile week not nice out today.
Jason another fantastic long run in the bank thats very impressive splits at this stage of training, 2:3**
AGF You need to change that nme to Am Fitter well done on your two runs and 70 miles for the week, I also think your looking at a break through PB this year.
SC Well done on the 14 miles nice running.
Well first 20 mile run for VLM in the bank, this run had it all but sunshine and heat, lots of hills, mud, water, rain, hail and snow very cold towards the end but happy with the effort off road.
Well done too No Pain. Super running !!! Thanks too...although I am still getting fitter Hopefully I will see further improvement and beat 3:30 if I can stay fit !!
BT - I too Like les miserable - have seen the show 3 times. Always makes me smile when I watch france play rugby too - the national anthem itself is a great one. As for the Show - "do you hear the people sing" - brilliant !!
Fiona, if I take the five mile group on Tuesday that's the route they're running should be a little over 5 but we'll keep that a secret good mileage too, you guys are going to be doubling my weekly mileages, some already are.
Evening Tek looks like you got some speed back in the legs nice pace for that 7.5 Misty ..The duchy marathon fr a first attempt !!that was in at the deep end , I have done the 20 a couple of times, giving it a miss this year its the same day as Bideford Half which I shall do instead SM6 good running .nice to see the mileage creeping up Jason awesome splits as per usual fabulous running AGF great mileage...that lovely lab must be pretty fit too Stewart well done on the 14...but I did did shake my head and sigh at those words I didnt bother to keep HR under 75%...I will be reporting you the Hadd thread !! but there are plenty of good runners that dont use that hr thing anyway...I know NP thinks its a load of carp !! NP lucky you getting the first 20 done...I was tempted to make mine a 20 today..but stuck to the plan...well nearly I did 18.5 Fiona..we will let you off the only 5 miles ...you are doubling all week and a very impressive long run n the bag already !!
I really didnt feel like running 18 miles when I got up at 2 oclock...but didnt actually feel too bad after a mound of shreddies and a couple cups of coffee
Hilly first 7 miles....to get them out the way..then gently undulating....should have been 18 but was 18.35 when I git home OCD took over and had to make it up to 18.5,
hard to run it progressively due to the hills but HR nice and low 72.7%
NN- nice running and nice mileage!! On hilly courses you should try to make the effort progressive rather than kill yourself trying to make the pace progressive great going
Jason thanks, I pushed HR up for last few miles , but made sure it didnt go over 80% and was pleased how strong I was feeling on the hills towards the end.
AGF yes I am feeling good at the moment P&Ding seems to be paying off
NP if I hadnt already showered I would be out the door for another .1
Stewart - I chickened out of the LSR - now planned for Thursday
NP well done on the first 20 miler
AGF - sub 3:30 then GFA in October?
Mace well done on week 5 - enjoy the cut-back week
OH good XC running
Jason that's a great training pace improvement
Fiona nice easy 5m
HM thanks
NN well done on the controlled 18.5m. Good HR average...nice week's total
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Snowed only a little here, but enough to put me off a long run, plus I thought that a tempo and long run back-to-back would be asking for trouble. So just a slow 4m recovery this morning at 69%max.
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My profile
age 41
I have been running 3 years nearly
Have completed 2 full marathons (duchy my first 4.13 and Edinburgh 3.55) and 7 half marathons, a leg of the classic quarter endurance life run in Cornwall, plus many shorter races.
I am type 1 diabetic on insulin
I have a full time job and a husband and son age 6.
I have been trying to keep up a base of 10 miles over the winter, have been hit with nasty colds during November December and again now, but I would say 10 miles or a half would be doable, not a huge amount more at the moment.
Now, last year I suffered from Bursitis of my heel from too much pavement pounding (duchy 20 beg March, marathon training .... Edinburgh Marathon end
May, and 13 Clift race end June) I couldn't run for nearly 6 months and had to resort to spinning and road bike for fitness. I still keep up spinning, running club, track starts soon too) and longer runs at the weekend.
I am keen not to incur this injury again, I have purchased some great trainers with more cushioning (brooks Trance 11) my usual and preferred race trainers are Brooks GTS.
I think I will join you guys on here for advice and chit chat over the next few months.
Cheers
Dawn aka Misty
Fiona - Impressive pace for your 20!
NP - Good running
Jason - Sounds a good parkrun, seems similar to my local one. Good running too.
NN - Hope the LSR went well
OH - Good running, good luck with the XC (if you decided to do it!)
Tek - Nice pace
Dawn - Welcome!
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4.7 miles in light/intermittent snow early this morning, nice and easy. Upper body weights done a couple of hours later with a few miles on the bike thrown in there too. Now to relax for the rest of the day!
33.7 miles for the week, and will push towards 37-38 next week, starting with 12-13 tomorrow
NP- Glad you enjoyed the show and got in and out ok
Tek- nice frost free running
Hi Misty and welcome aboard
Cold but sunny day here today and I just had the best possible combination- my easiest 20m training run and one of my fastest- found myself looking at my watch in disbelief in the final miles as I rolled along effortlessly (ok on a bit of a downhill) at 6.3x pace lol! 20.01m in 2.18.39 (6.56av) splits: 7:31 7:25 7:26 7:19 7:15 7:12 7:11 7:14 7:07 7:06 6:50 6:47 6:40 6:39 6:31 6:34 6:38 6:32 6:27 6:13 2 Very happy
Some excellent long runs Yesterday - Well done Fiona et al.
Sounds like a good race Tek.....speed in the legs
Hello Misty and welcome. Thats geat progress in your second Marathon. Hopefully youcan keep the injuries away and improve again
Nice Running Stuart. Sounds like your building nicely.
"easy and fast" - I bow to you jason. Well done with your 20. brilliant in fact.
I took Lulu for a early monring joglet and then cam back - made breekkie for the miss's and got back into bed for a lay-in Then ran a MLR this afternoon. Thats 3 this week that means I did my longest ever week of 70 Miles. Very Happy
Jason, you're a running machine, well done with the trial for park run and cake at the finish is a bonus
Teknik, some good running over the last few days those miles and paces are climbing
NN, good paced run the other day hope the 19 went well
OH, good running hope the XC went well today,
NP, glad there was no incidents and the show was good
Hi Dawn, welcome and good luck with Edinburgh
14 miles for me today, no ice or frost, it was a little breezy and there was a little light showers but overall the conditions were good. I was a little dehydrated and given the route I new I would struggle to keep the hr below 75%, so I decided not to bother, I ran on part of the HM course today in and around lochcardil and down dores road, nice to get a feel for the route.
Stats for the run
14.33m 2:39:xx @11:07mm avgHR 149(79%)
Misty welcome - you'll get some advice and loads of chat on here
Stuart nice run and cross training. Keep building and good luck tomorrow
jason excellent running!! Great total.
AGF great running and well done on a big week's total
Stewart well done on the 14 miler
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Got to 60 miles here this week (without a long run yet)
Tomorrow?
Teknik you have to go see the show I thought Hugh Jackman was out standing and so was Anne Hathaway where outstanding, if you have seen the show on stage this is as good, Russle Crew was ok but his voice was just not strong enough. Well done on a solid weeks training.
Misty welcome to the thread my middle son is type 1 diabetic on insulin so I know you cant just go mad on carbs. Wouldn't the heel injury be better treated if you went the other way with your trainers and went for a min/shoe so you had to run on the forefoot? also off road running will also help.
SM6 well done on the 5 miles and 33 mile week not nice out today.
Jason another fantastic long run in the bank thats very impressive splits at this stage of training, 2:3**
AGF You need to change that nme to Am Fitter well done on your two runs and 70 miles for the week, I also think your looking at a break through PB this year.
SC Well done on the 14 miles nice running.
Well first 20 mile run for VLM in the bank, this run had it all but sunshine and heat, lots of hills, mud, water, rain, hail and snow very cold towards the end but happy with the effort off road.
Well done on your 14 Stewart,
Well done too No Pain. Super running !!! Thanks too...although I am still getting fitter Hopefully I will see further improvement and beat 3:30 if I can stay fit !!
BT - I too Like les miserable - have seen the show 3 times. Always makes me smile when I watch france play rugby too - the national anthem itself is a great one. As for the Show - "do you hear the people sing" - brilliant !!
Looking forward to lez miz (Elspeth just seen it in Edinburgh with our girls)
Stewart - good 14
Oh- well done on the XC- my pet hate!
AGF- I agree, time for a name change!
Mace- nice mileage- enjoy the recovery week. Still a week to go here before mine
Jason how do your splits at this stage compare to your PB marathon? your running so well at the moment mate.
Great pace on the run Teknik and great miles with out a long run!!
As NP says jason you are running so well, great to see all the hard work pay off and this is just the start!
Good cross training and running Stuart, no snow here, just ice!
Welcome Dawn.
Fantastic weekly mileage AGF and jason it's not too late to do the 0.06! A mere 62.70 for me but happy with that.
Nice running of the half course Stewart, I always forget where it goes after Green Drive!
Sounds like a really interesting 20 NP, great running the day after hill work!
Well done on the XC OH.
Blimey it's busy here!! 5 miles easy for me - I must be the thread slacker!!
Looking forward to another week's training! Stay injury free all!
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Fiona- thanks Nice slacking! Lol! Only joking....
Fiona great running and a great weeks training.
Dawn,
HI & welcome to the thread.
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Well done on everyone's training.
Evening
Tek looks like you got some speed back in the legs nice pace for that 7.5
Misty ..The duchy marathon fr a first attempt !!that was in at the deep end , I have done the 20 a couple of times, giving it a miss this year its the same day as Bideford Half which I shall do instead
SM6 good running .nice to see the mileage creeping up
Jason awesome splits as per usual fabulous running
AGF great mileage...that lovely lab must be pretty fit too
Stewart well done on the 14...but I did did shake my head and sigh at those words I didnt bother to keep HR under 75%...I will be reporting you the Hadd thread !! but there are plenty of good runners that dont use that hr thing anyway...I know NP thinks its a load of carp !!
NP lucky you getting the first 20 done...I was tempted to make mine a 20 today..but stuck to the plan...well nearly I did 18.5
Fiona..we will let you off the only 5 miles ...you are doubling all week and a very impressive long run n the bag already !!
I really didnt feel like running 18 miles when I got up at 2 oclock...but didnt actually feel too bad after a mound of shreddies
and a couple cups of coffee
Hilly first 7 miles....to get them out the way..then gently undulating....should have been 18 but was 18.35 when I git home OCD took over and had to make it up to 18.5,
hard to run it progressively due to the hills but HR nice and low 72.7%
9.47..9.41..9.40..9.30..9.31..9.27..9.27..9.23..9.21..9.19..9.21..9.16..9.23..9.21 ..9.15..9.10..9.12..9.05.. 4.30
66.9 miles for the week arrrrrggghhh I wish I had known that..I would have made todays 18.6
Night Nurse.... A super run for you and that must be a real boost for you
Jason thanks, I pushed HR up for last few miles , but made sure it didnt go over 80% and was pleased how strong I was feeling on the hills towards the end.
AGF yes I am feeling good at the moment P&Ding seems to be paying off
NP if I hadnt already showered I would be out the door for another .1
Stewart - I chickened out of the LSR - now planned for Thursday
NP well done on the first 20 miler
AGF - sub 3:30 then GFA in October?
Mace well done on week 5 - enjoy the cut-back week
OH good XC running
Jason that's a great training pace improvement
Fiona nice easy 5m
HM thanks
NN well done on the controlled 18.5m. Good HR average...nice week's total
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Snowed only a little here, but enough to put me off a long run, plus I thought that a tempo and long run back-to-back would be asking for trouble. So just a slow 4m recovery this morning at 69%max.