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Feeling special as Big G and I have 3 stars after our names but the rest of you seem to be star-less!
Emmy what a gorgeous dog.My friend has a husky and often runs at our parkrun with him!
wow Big C those pictures are beautiful. I havent ran too many miles this week mainly because my leg was slightly sore after my long run last weekend so trying to be careful. My main aim is try and get to the start line of the marathon with the injuries at bay! I went for a run yesterday - just a short 4 miles and then this morning I just went on the cross trainer in the gym and then to a spin class. Doing my 17 mile run on saturday and have two friends running with me most of the way. Actually looking forward to it right now but dont know if I'll be saying that during my run!
Hope everyone has a good weekend planned
Big G - love those photos. And what a nice dog. What sort of dog is that?
SK - I know what you mean, but Jim Fixx will forever be known as they guy who promoted running as healthy then managed to die of a heart attack while out running. He did have a family history of heart disease, though, and had been an overweight smoker - things a lot of critics ignored while throwing their trainers in the bin.
Good luck with the long run, Suz.
I took a wussy rest day here, it was awfully windy and I've just run out of time :-(
Big G - she is a big dog so I understand that she dragged you into the pub
I know you don't need reminding but your marathon suddenly seems very close
SK - I'm sure Fixx was nothing like Saville. Fixx is the guy that they say started the running (jogging as they say in the US) boom in the 70's and he's the guy that non runners love to tell you that he died of a heart attack when out running. His father died very young and Fixx knew that he would die young too but running extended his life by quite a few years.
We all have 3 stars now...what does that mean? Suz - maybe 2 stars is cos you're new, I've been on RW forum since 2002!
Suz - that's exactly the right attitude to have re your marathon, just nurture yourself and avoid anything to aggravate your niggle/injury. Great that you have 2 friends to do your 17 miler with, you can have a laugh and a natter and the miles will soon pass.
Heavy rain this morning, got soaked through, even had to take my socks off before going into my flat as my feet were so wet. But had a great run as it's not cold.
My new Garmin calculates cadence and stride length, which I've found interesting. I knew my cadence was pretty good but the Garmin bears that out - I'm usually in the 170s for training runs and 180s for races, which is optimal. Unfortunately, I have a really short stride - less than a metre (around 0.9 although it was approaching a metre in the last two half marathons). I guess that's why I'm not as quick as a lot of runners.
Cal, regarding cadence etc, do you see this last year about Mo? Really interesting I found, and I know I personally run nothing like that! I have changed my running style since I first started running though, as I am more of a mid/fore-foot striker now. But I know I don't lift my knees up enough and kind of shuffle a bit.
http://www.runningshoesguru.com/2016/08/mo-farah-running-in-slow-motion-running-technique-analysis-video/
Big G - I don't think there's a marathon where most of the runners on the start line think...'I wish I'd done more training'.
Your race is on the Monday isn't it? I know it's too early but one of my favoured website shoes it as being OK http://www.forecast.co.uk/milton-keynes.html
Big G, I'm sure it will be fine.
I'm only a month out from Manchester myself...
I have my first marathon of the year on the same day as you Cal at Manchester, I'm at Taunton which is a short drive for me
Big G - that's a good idea to walk the lap course the day before, quite a long drive to MK
I think I've said it before on here, but on one of my first sessions at the Trotters, Tommo (for those who don't know, he was the club's quickest runner by some way) lapped me on a 1K interval session and as he sailed by he just said "relax your shoulders, mate". It's stuck with me for some reason, as it really helped and still does.
One of my ex bosses was showing me the video clips of his cousin running his first marathon at Dublin, there was a clip of him running through Phoenix Park (about 5 miles) with good form, smiling. Then the video clip of him in the last mile, a broken man, it was such a difference it really was funny.
Good advice from Tommo, I can imagine him saying it.
Big G: please give him the Fedora as Cal mentioned!
Shades: hopefully you've dried off now?
Managed a good tempo effort this morning with the dogs and Evelyn. It's her official birthday and I seem to be quite emotional (never thought I would be!).
We have family over this weekend so I may get out for a run on Sunday morning if I can escape.
Cal - I think your thinking of Aly Dixon - she has a fairly longish stride but is quite short so does look more shuffley than say Paula Radcliffe.
12 miles this morning in the rain, but one of those runs which felt nice and comfortable.
More to the point, I'm presuming that's your back garden...
It's the park next to his school, our estate is much bigger.
Brilliant! And yes, I did mean Aly Dixon. I guess I was watching her at the latter stages of the race - could be her stride was a bit better earlier on.
SK - it's always impressive to see how elite runners pick up their heels and it will improve form too. Apparently you mustn't push off with the foot to achieve leg lift but use your muscles to lift the foot higher, it's very hard to run and try and concentrate on technique
That's an amazing costume, I've no idea who it's supposed to be though
Cal - I think Aly Dixon always runs like that with a low leg lift and slightly odd hip action.
Nice sunny morning here but chilly in the shade, did my lake run. All well at the lake, the mandarins are nesting, the 4 goosander are still there and saw the grebe too.
Anyway, I managed 20:58 (watch time, so will have to wait for official time), which is the first time I've gone under 21mins for ages, so I'm happy enough with that. With warm up and cool down it was a total of 6-miles. My mile splits tell their own story though; 6:22, 6:47 and 6:57.....hmmm.
Personally, I'd prefer it if they used this course all the time but I know others like the muddy field so can't please everyone!