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I am slightly concerned that I'm going to have no top end speed. Almost all my training since mid April has been easy level.
I managed 32 miles last week, which was alright but hope to pick it up a bit this week. (I do seem to be always hoping this but tiredness intervenes)
Hope the gig went well Pete.
Nicely done DT - very solid.
Pete - sorry couldn't make it on Saturday night. Hope you had a good gig.
Ran around a park on Saturday in a fairly unremarkable 19:58 and 6th place. It was however, their 6th birthday and were handing out spot prizes and was presented with a blue cotton parkrun t-shirt. Not sure if this counts as a running prize for the purposes of the TTT...
Official time was 39.43. I did delay in stopping my watch due to a bout of heaving. 4 of us were all allocated an identical time. It was quite amusing, I was running with my friend Andy and at the switchback just before 9k there was no on else immediately behind us. Then with about 500 to go we were swallowed up by this group of 6. One of whom (also recorded 39.43) was a clubmate of the mcdiamonds, with whom I had a good chat afterwards.
Feel remarkably good today as well. No doms etc. That was my first 40 mile week in some time. Two more 10ks planned over July.
Well done, Tommy. I am not sure a spot prize counts, but if it does I have one as well to add in.
Good news on my knee, which has been fine on two, admittedly slow, runs since getting back from Nottingham.
I don't think spot prizes should count, sorry. Might as well count winning a tombola prize. Or best-dressed runner, or runner with the nicest face...
I've also spent most of the year injured but fingers crossed seem to be recovered now. I've finally managed to clock up some reasonable miles in the last month with the last 4 weeks at 48, 48, 53 and 56. I'm now loosely following P&D for an October marathon.
I did the Leamington 'Pink Parkrun' on Saturday, which is an annual charity event that involves doing four laps of the usual parkrun course with the first starting at 7am and the 4th starting as usual at 9am. Laps are interspersed with short intervals to chat and eat copious amounts of cake. I ran there so total mileage was 16.4, which was a bit less than I was intending, but I had to cut short to take our cat to the vet.
I did win a raffle prize during this event - please add this to the ttt if the adjudicator sees fit.
What was the prize, Lou?
I wonder if Skinny is on holiday or whether handing over ttt responsibility was more than simply handing over duties?
5 miles at long tempo pace tonight. Came out 6.42 for 163 hr. Identical to same run last time around on the schedule. Starting to feel like I've some consistency building now and feeling a bit fitter.
Nice cool evening DT - makes a big difference to the stats.
7.5m with 6m marathon effort ish last night, no stats as all records were lost due to watch battery death. It was around 6.30 min/mile based on when I noticed the lap time come up a couple of times. An easy 5m tonight was thrilling as (1) it was a consecutive day of running and (2) I did a stride* at the end of it and achieved some real speed.
* the singular of strides
I think TTT maintenance should be the responsibility of our most regular poster, don't you think, DT ?!
I've been stuck at about the same level of 25-30M for about a month now so i guess i should think about doing a bit more. 8M this morning at 8:41/M and an easy HR of 133. This is the same route i aborted same time last week as it was so warm but felt much nicer today, although my lack of mileage is noticeable in the final mile or so uphill.
Still on the large side but feel like i've started to drop a little weight.
DT - Nice pace. What exactly does long tempo pace mean?
Muddy - Cheers, yeah I've got some cut backs planned in and I know I need to be careful re injury. A few bits are niggling already. Are you at the point of making any longer term racing plans yet?
Mace - Good to see you back and it sounds like you've been handling the return sensibly.
Muddy - sounds like a worthy session. Aren't strides brilliant!
No stats for any of my runs at the moment as I seem to have misplaced (lost) my watch
Yes, The Dan was kind of ambushed with the task. Though he did offer himself up perfectly.
Mr v, long tempo is sort of between mp and hmp. So a decent effort but not near the discomfort of an LT run.
I did my midweek long run tonight of 10 miles. Came out 7.57 for 140 bpm so entry level easy pace hr. It took my watch based vo2 assessment to 59 for first time since January.
Definitely feeling fitter and slimmer now, though I acknowledge Muddys fanciful theories! It is perfect running weather right now. Droitwich 10k in 2 weeks so hoping to have a good crack at that.
He's curently at the 156 mile checkpoint and in 8th position
I felt a bit of a fake when i told him i was just back from a nice relaxed 3.5M
Not much more than a quick walking pace i guess but still a long way. I don't think he was planning on more than 4 hours kip over the 4 days which is something else that i find difficult to comprehend.
10k last night and 5m at lunchtime, and the cool weather certainly seems to be making the effort less substantial
Mr V - I want to have a decent crack at, and am allowing myself time to train for, the Leeds Abbey Dash in November. I'll take in at least a couple of halves through September and October too, to see where I'm at.
Best of luck to anyone else racing or training hard this weekend.
Weather's been quite pleasant for running this week. I overdressed earlier in the week as it felt a bit cool.
Nothing too strenuous planned this weekend - just a easy 20 miler tomorrow, then maybe 8-10 on Sunday.
Good luck muddy, and anyone else.
I've just done 5 straight days of running which includes a race, tempo session and interval session. 17 planned Sunday.
I love going for long walks. But not really really long ones where you don't get any sleep. I love sleeping.