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Good 5k time Dave.
I did 50 minutes at a steady pace today. I think my heart rate monitor needs new batteries... got some very odd numbers.
My trail shoes arrived (amazon prime!). I'm now willing it to rain non-stop so I can justify buying them
Threw it down yesterday and overnight but beautiful blue sky and sun today. There was a heat shimmer across the road. So much easier to run in dry uncluttered warmth. 10.3miles in 1hr18.
Neighbour is home and the cat has deserted me.
Nice pace JT and good going Nessie.
I got out for 5 miles tonight and felt in very good form. Good overall pace and a few zippy spurts, including a Bolt-like sprint up the hill to my house.
Your neighbour's cat is an ungrateful beastie JT. It will probably come back though..
Cal - I hope your hip is improving.
Chocolate is a good race recovery tool Will.
Your cats are generous Nessie - mine hasn't brought in any presents since May but I still have the mouse catching equipment ready - a stick, a plastic box and a decent bit of cardboard.
Hi Dave - I think you are new on here? If so - welcome to the thread.
My hip / butt is fortunately more or less back to normal - I did my usual Tuesday group outing starting off in a bit of pain but it got better as the run went on and it hasn't complained much since. Only two of us out - where was everyone - it wasn't that wet. The last kilometre or so was fun dodging frogs all over the road. We could just about make them out against the tarmac thanks to the headtorches.
I risked a tempo run yesterday to which there has been no bad reactions. Hope it stays that way as I have a 30km long run to do on Sunday. With a month to go its a bit early to taper - I need a couple more long runs yet.
Have a good weekend everybody.
Hazel, good to hear you're back to form. My cats are good hunters and usually bring several gifts per week. Usually mice (dead or alive), but sometimes also birds and rats (dead or alive). I am now pretty hardcore when it comes to catching the live stuff and disposing of the dead, but I *HATE* rats.
Will, sounds like a nice run.
Me- just under 8 miles in the rather humid drizzle this morning accompanied by a particularly good episode of "This American Life" for the first bit, then a friend for the last 3 miles. It was a nice run. We're off tomorrow for the night camping in Essex, very likely the last camping trip of the year.
No wake ups from kids last night but my other cat, luckily the small one, decided to sleep on my neck- she also loves to hunt birds and deposit them outside my daughter's bedroom!
JT141- bikes scare me at the best of times! Good job with the 8 miles.
Well I did get to test my trail shoes today (yay!) and they were great. There are a couple of slippy hills and whilst others were going around them gingerl. I just ran straight through the mud.My time was 24.13, 34 seconds quicker than last week and with an overall pace of 7:47. Happy with that.
Security of trail shoes = well worth it. A v good time, Andrea.
4 miles off road y'day, then a 3-mile round trip to the day hospital for a test. I may have passed....
Bikes in Norwich are a pain too. Lights or none, they seem to prefer pavements to the dangers of the highway and often cross my path. This morning one very almost ran me over as he came round a corner, Sports Direct bag negatively affecting his balance. Once dodged, I told him to get on the road and then furtively checked my back for the next half mile. The rest of the run was 3.5 miles at a good pace, with a few incline pushes. Norfolk is nowhere near as flat as the rumours. 28 mins. Enjoyed.
After a hectic weekend I went out last night for a 'foot off the gas' 6 miles at a nice lazy pace of 10:20 mile. Wore my snazzy new fluoro running jacket, but had to tie it round my waist as it was a balmy 17C!
Had a nice night away camping up near Maldon, a high point being a lone Sunday morning run in the drizzle along the wild trails on the Blackwater coast, the North sea rough next to me. Pretty spot on running for me.
Tonight was a club 5k at Redbridge cycling centre, Hog Hill. It really is a pig of a hill. 4 times. I think I pretty much matched last year's time around 25.30
I wrote about it here: https://bigrunnerslog.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-wheezing/
Reading about all these rainy muddy trail and road runs is making me homesick! Birmingham Marathon in 2 weeks should fix that!
https://bigrunnerslog.wordpress.com
Need to consistently get back to parkrun on a Saturday, with VLM this year (and next) became obsessed over the LSR
We haven't booked anything but are doing mostly day trips from home. Hope I will get some decent runs in.
Did my 30km on Sunday a 2 river (Rhine and Aare) and 2 country outing (Switzerland and Germany). Part of the route took in a popular birdwatching spot Will, there were quite a few people pointing bins and scopes at the reedbanks. I was pretty tired by that point and could only note swan, duck and grebe I'm afraid..
Otherwise 10km on Tuesday on a lovely evening - the moon was almost full and we needed the headtorches for safety rather than looking at the road. Less frogs to avoid than the week before.
Great streaking as every swits.
Me- managed to fit in an early 6 am run around 4.5 miles fast this morning. Trying to use the ASICS plan but struggling to find time / motivation to run fast
Unsuccessful in my first attempt at London ballot, which is a relief! Think another year of building up stamina is needed before I go for the full 26.2.
Happy running all!
Hope you feel better, Andrea.
Great running, Hazelnut, Swittle, Snewma and Jimbob! Good luck with Birmingham.
There must have been a rare Un about, Hazelnut. Best birds for me yesterday were 2 Great Skuas - the pirates of the sea.
I needed a decent run on the trails this morning. Stressful times at school and again I despair at the pressure and expectations staff are put under. The rewards once more are not equal to the crap you have to put up with from above and from some parents. Not good.
Anyway, it was nice and fresh this morn, with a pleasant drizzle. I had a bit of a strange thing going on with my eyes afte 2 miles. Kind of neon halos that wouldn't go away with blinking and felt a bit weird. Most probably stress related. After a few minutes that cleared up and I made my way into the woods, whereupon I got completely lost and went round in circles for some time before I found my way out! Eventually found the lake for a few nice laps. Prehistoric looking Grey Herons were mobbed by Gulls, Cetti's Warblers shrieked and saw a couple of lovely GS Woodpeckers and a fresh in Song Thrush. Finished on a couple of hills and with a couple of my legendary spurts. 7 and a bit miles in 1h 09mins.
Thanks, Nessie - 'tis an everyday thing! You're 30 mins earlier than me for the morning run. Hope pacing goes well. I think I'd find that a heavy responsibility.
Will - London and hundreds of other Marathons will be waiting for you. Good plan to build up. Mull sounds ace. Description of bird life on the lake = even better!
Streak on, JT. Just a thought: try long intervals, say, 3 x 3 miles, at different paces, 5 min walking recovery.
Nessie, good luck with the half.
I dragged myself to my 94th after doing nothing all week due to a horrible cold. Somehow managed a 24:24, although I think Night Nurse saytime tablets were responsible due to the caffeine they contain.
Will, you have my sympathies, school politics is hard enough when you're a parent, I can't imagine how difficult it is as a teacher. My son came home in tears
last week after not being picked for a class play- his main gripe is that their are two boys who are always favoured... and I have to admit, he has a bloody point, Its horrible to admit but there is blatant favouritism going on.