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Great running from Hazel, Andrea, JT
And a nod to the every present streaker swit and streaking wannabe Will
I've had a few very gentle runs this week, including 3.7 miles for the guy who died at VLM last weekend.
Still feeling pretty wiped out although my legs are back to normal. Also still feeling low / disappointed. I guess that's standard after a marathon though, even one that's gone well. I think it will help if I get back to some proper running next week
Hazelnut, Nessie and Andrea all back on the frontline and doing good things.
JT, hope you still manage some swearing and nihilism - always good fun.
Shingles on the bum, Cal - nasty and in no way something I would snigger at. Hope it bottoms out soon.
For me the streak stopped at 4 days and most of the weekend has been spent holed up with my two hooligans in a rainy and miserable Norfolk. Mrs Will was off schmoozing in London and so all manner of routines have been broken and left ruined and in the metaphorical gutter. We did get out for Nye's 27th Junior Parkrun and post-run cafe indulgence and then it was back home for more Wii and YouTube. A 4 mile trot this evening after far too many of my Mum's roasties and second helpings of my Dad's rhubarb crumble was an almost sedentary affair.
Yesterday was 3 slow miles. Today was 1 mile warm up followed by 3 x1km speed repeats with 90 seconds recovery in between.
Bad luck on the pr timing Andrea.
Nice long run JT.
Nessie I would agree with the feeling down a bit after even a good mara I think its because that which you have focused on so much in the last months suddenly isn't there anymore.
Nice mileage Stephen.
Good prerun food Will and a great long run.
Resurrect ignore them - you were out there doing something for your health and they weren't (probably filling their faces with crisps and choc?).
I had an unusual 2 days off of running on Sunday and Monday as I was enjoying a long weekend doing other things and finally did my postponed long run yesterday. 18.7 miles in 2:48. Good confidence booster.
Hope you had a good run resurrect.
Today was 3 slow miles. My legs felt heavy this morning as I did a boogie bounce class last night and I'd done speed repeats in the morning.
The last week I have been angry and miserable, fine tuned to react badly to problems trivial or otherwise. I think I have a grumpy cycle. Anyway the neighbour's cat is asleep on my lap, dreaming and twitching and smelling like a foul bastard.
I ran 10k in 49 minutes this morning and 5.01 miles in 39 yesterday
Yesterday was mostly tempo, today it was more evenly split erring on the side of endurance. I have revised this months milage to 38 not 39 miles a week. Never break the 10% rule even by 1 mile. The running gods will eff you up.
Tomorrow I rest and make sacrifice to the running gods in the form of wine and meat based snacks.
Hail Dry-Fit
Pre breakfast 5 and a bit miles recovery today. Legs tired from Tuesday's long run and slept badly last night so it took me about 3 miles to get into it but I felt better at the end than at the beginning. Dull grey day with misty rain - could have done with windscreenwipers for my glasses. Last week's masses of yellow dandelions have already withered to seedheads. The frogs were busy in the swampy bit - lots of croaking going on. Birdspot - one buzzard.
Hill race tomorrow which I'm looking forward to.
I am definitely having a dip in motivation this week.
Plan says Kenyan hill repeats which i’ve not done before. I will have to wait until tonight when Husband gets back.
Andrea, those Kenyan hills sound crap! Let us know how it goes?
Great paced runs Stephen and Will
Hazel, hill race sounds demanding :-)
JT, I am definitely a cat person. I have a love / hate relationship with mine. Love to moan about them, can't get enough of them, they're great.
Me- Tuesday was back to the 6 am session, didn't attempt anything speedy, just did 6 miles.
Yesterday was a speedier club run through the forest, which was very mucky and great.
Today a progression 4 miles in my lunchbreak.
Feeling a bit better!
There is a possibility I could set the alarm early and do it in the morning. Then I have volunteered to help with 60 children between 5 &7 on a school trip!
Kenyan hills sound horrible - just Googled it. Streatham Common would be a good place to try that (I won't be trying it until the summer after I've recovered - can't afford to redline my heart at this point!)
10.1miles tonight in under 1hr16. Weather is better. Feel calmer for having run as a balm on today's menu of prickling anxiety. It's a not insubstantial cost to not be climbing the walls. There were bunnies and noisey phone users.
Gave the neighbour's cat a leg of chicken which he gnawed to the bone despite a lack of teeth.
The Streakers' Streaker is taking on a huge challenge - read Ron Hill's story & plans here:
https://www.runnersworld.co.uk/training/motivation/olympian-and-top-marathon-runner-ron-hill-reveals-dementia-diagnosis
At them parkruns no doubt
This morning 4 and a bit miles run, to keep the legs ticking over
Tomorrow there is more.
Met a man upon the run who doing 3 marathons next week. I alerted him to the madness of such a venture. He started babbling about the joys of trail running. All I could think of was ankles down rabbit holes and badger attacks...I didn't point this out...he will find out the evils of running in the 'country'
Good to hear from Swittle again. I trust the streak is still alive and well?
A fast tenner there, JT and good anxiety busting.
Hope you keep getting better, Cal.
All the best to everyone else
Well, I had been having a wee confidence crisis due to my erratic training mileage and some general aches and lethargy. All else in life is actually going nicely so was puzzled by my dip in MoJo. I decided to have 2 full days of rest before doing Parkrun today and did some rolling and stretching. I had a 2.5 mile relaxed jog to the venue and then decided to not hammer it as I have my 18 miler next week. So, I didn't really look at the watch, just chose my few runners to follow/chase/pass. I was chuffed to overtake numerous people on both the tough hill climbs. I feel this could be my area of expertise - it's all about my 'fairy steps' technique, oh and maybe the fact that I was born in Kenya. Anyway, I finished in 24:43, a new course PB by 1 min 25 sec and didn't even feel like I pushed it. Weird.
That's quite a jump in you Parkrun time Will. The rest served you well.
Good to hear you are feeling better Nessie and are out enjoying the mucky forest again.
Everything ok I hope swittle? Must catch up on the Ron Hill story.
I am also not sure about 3 maras in a week Stephen but I do love my trails.
Nice PB Will.
Great to hear you are feeling better as well Cal.
Hill race for me yesterday evening - 5 miles with around 1450 feet of ascending in 50:16. Just 8 seconds off of getting a new course PB - according to my watch I dipped under but I guess it is the chip time that counts. Tough little race with some steep climbs on partly tree root infested tracks but I ran the lot. The cowbell shakers (Swiss tradition) at 2 miles were doing their stuff and never fail to produce a big grin. Some fast short descents to mix things up. I started a bit too far back in the field of 400 + and got caught up a bit in congestion but it is good to consistently be overtaking rather than be overtaken. Nice little outing with some friends. A bit of DOMS today as I also ran - walked back down to the start / race HQ as the shuttle bus was ridiculously full and it was a fine evening. There was even enough hot water in the showers
Up and at 'em for a 4 miler today. Blue skies, very warm even at 8am. Went very slowly. Can't rev the engine just yet. TFL was grouchy so I elected not to run further, even though I felt up to it. I think all the sitting on my bum for a week has made everything stiff and grumpy. Normally I do yoga when I can't run, but the kind I do is hot and can be strenuous so that wasn't allowed. Couldn't even roll myself as shingles makes you hyper-sensitive (even though the actual patch is small). So right now, I'm like a block of concrete.
It felt good
Great PB Will! Good running Hazel! Stephen, that’s speedy for a long run.
Parkrun yesterday. My trainingmotivation was lacking last week and it showed yesterday. I went off far too quick, first mile was 7:15 and it slowed from there. I ended up with 24 flat. This morning was 6 slow miles, a little rest and then I did the hill session I was talking about- the hill was quite a tame one though!
It felt hard but not too hard which means I probably didn’t do it right ?
Parkrun, then recovery then hill repeats is not a good combination.
Your pace in the parkrun was 7:43 min/mi. That should have been followed by this mornings recovery run only. The hill repeats should have been saved for Monday or after your next rest day or easy run day.
The parkrun though not a race is still a stamina work out and your body needs to recovery. To then do hills which are speed work in disguise is taxing.
The reason I could do the run I did today was because yesterdays run was short and slow. Tomorrows will be short and slow as well because of todays run.
You improve as a runner incrementally. Sometimes a runners best friend is the sofa.