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(sorry about the size of my pic - I couldn't find how to reduce it).
Hope the the phys helps, seren.
Good luck Bostonians across the pond. Debra, I didn't do this race last year but I understand it is marshalled and marked. However I believe that there are long straights where you might not see other runners and these can be disconcerting, leaving the runner wondering if a turn had been missed. It might be best to have an idea of the course and where any turnings are, so you can have comfort that you have not gone wrong.
I have been sorting out some more holiday stuff and looking at our capetown stay for the days prior to durban... deciding between hiring a car or just getting a multiday pass for the red busses etc.
Best wishes for all at Boston, whichever version.
Great picture Terry.
26km/16miles here for the longest run of the year
fantastic picture Terry!
well done on the long run Bikeit - i'm pleased that things are coming together for you
Debra - rest up well for the early start & have a great run
i'm find it a bit hard going at the moment, but logging the miles i need to - longest ever week for me with 70 miles banked, including a slow 29 today. hard going but rewarding
Back home and eager for news of Terry - no tracking on the Boston website
- an hour and a half in - seems like perfect weather if you are going for a mark like this, on The Wirral at least it is cool and overcast with the odd flurry of rain. Come on Terry!
Hope you are enjoying the day Debra!
Good luck for later Becca and caashford!
Debra did very well, I think about 3:56. She very kindly doubled back to meet me about 4k from the finish and walked in with me all the way to the end. What lovely company and support!
Unless I have a miraculous change of heart, I think I'll resign myself to being a Comrades spectator this year. I don't have the legs or mental energy to try MK. Even if I qualified, there is no way I could finish Comrades this year. I've done far too few miles since resuming training in late Feb. Your case is different Lowrez, you're much closer to your qualifier and I'm sure you'll smash it in MK.
Off to bed now, my legs still feel trashed - as bad as after a full Comrades!
Smooth drive up to Boston this morning. Good run, basically - felt hard work for miles 3-13, but Terry pointed out that had been into the wind. Easier for the second half. Chip time 3:54:51. Very pleased as did a 15 mile hilly run with the club yesterday (at an easy pace) so now thinking I could manage back-to-back marathons. Legs feeling okay except for right knee and I think that's at least half due to the driving - see below.
Great to see Terry again, although obviously a pity his legs couldn't manage the qualifier - sympathies again, Terry.
Horrendous journey home due to a crash at the North Circular/A12 (towards Blackwall Tunnel) roundabout. Left Boston about 3pm, reached the London end of the M11 about 6pm and got home about 9.30 pm...
Terry - for your current level of conditioning I think you've executed a very intelligent second half there - do think again coming out of this please - you've put in the equivalent of a good test of your system 3 weeks out from MK and not trashed yourself, and there are still useful weeks after MK to face down Comrades. Remember its an up run, for me the kindest of Comrades, wonderful measured running is ahead on the day if you can do the equivalent of today's first half, maybe even slower, at MK and push through... is this allowed... shall we have a word with a bookie and put a tenner on each other to sub 5 at MK? I wonder what odds we can get? Sorry you didn't make it today but please think again.
Debra - brilliant day at the office - sorry the roads messed you about.
lowrez - thanks.
(Just to be clear: the crash didn't involve me, but it prevented traffic from turning onto the A12 from the direction I was travelling. I ended up getting back onto the North Circular heading west/north, driving round to where I used to live in Friern Barnet and coming through central London - mostly on roads limited to 20mpg. Grr.)
The other Boston for me. By some miracle the first steps here were pretty much the first since March that have been smooth and pain-free. Very pleasing but I've lost a lot of training and this was tough at times. It was good to see at the start John1947 who did Comrades last year and the year before. No Comrades this year for him.
Well done to caashford on a fantastic run and a great result.
Well done Becca! Glad you had a good run. (Pain-free to start is always a bonus!)
debra - well done on your run. And after 15 the day before
becca - well done in USA. Glad the niggles had gone
fantastic running from caashford too.
Tried my legs out yesterday for the first time since exmoor. Felt OK so will bring forward my next back to back to Friday/Saturday as am marshalling at London and I'm not getting up to finish a long run (only 12miles) before 6am
Will avoid any photos next week for my big day...Got a big birthday to look forward to..
Well done Debra and Becca.
Sunday's run had me on my knees by the end and my shuffling feet on the now very dusty trails had me in mind of this going up the hills. Going from 16 to 24m in 2 weeks was a bit much. That said I wasn't as sore the next day as last week but my legs were tired still when I ran this morning.
So, given that I can't run on the last weekend of the month it occured to me that I could with advantage have 9 and 11 days between long runs, Tuesday next week and then the Saturday-week after, then taper. This would allow me to extend the length of one of my week day runs (which are too short) without impacting the long run....I think.
Apologies for the stream of consciousness but I thought it wise to air my cunning plan before I fell foul of it.
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