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It was warm but not baking - rather more humid than I was expecting though. Under the circumstances I thought getting under 55 minutes would be a real win, but my legs had other ideas. I really have no idea what happened but I ended up smashing my PB by over a minute - my new PB is now 51:40! I ran the first three miles at parkrun pace, then the next two at 10K PB pace, then took it slightly easier for the last mile as I knew the PB was in the bag. I really wasn't expecting that but I surprised myself. I don't even like running in the evening!
I dragged myself out of bed to be on the road at 4:59 this morning, which was fine as I hit the hay at 8.30 last night (told to by Mrs Will as was grumpy as hell!) A pleasant 5.5 miles in 50 minutes, with a cool breeze being most welcome. The Lesser Black Backed Gull had a large, squashed hedgehog on its breakfast menu this morning. I sidestepped a pristine but rather dead shrew as I took a deviation along the river and through the gloriously misty marshes. The river was looking low and choked with lilies. I feel great now.
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Hello Brizo. There's a certain inevitability to how your runs finish up. And hello Roberto. Hope you've been running outside as well as treadmill. It's a much freer experience and you don't have to end up in a river.
13.1miles in bit under 1hr39. Cloud and humidity today but after a slow opening mile got into an even rhythm and sped up at the end. There's a little circle of bungalows in a village on route populated by elderly retirees. It's called St Peters Close. Very close.
JT, your posts always give me a chuckle.
Up at the crack again this morning and found some uncharacteristic 'speed' - 4 miles at 8:45 min/mi. The Lesser Black Backed Gulls were mocking me, probably because there was no decent carrion around. I'm enjoying the early runs but could do with a lunchtime snooze, and then another one mid-afternoon.
Nice early running Will.
I regularly use the hat trick to keep cool myself Brizo, or soak a buff and carry that around my wrist.
Welcome Roberto12345 - I think you are new on here.
JT does provide good entertainment on here and other threads and does some good running too.
8 miles with 4 at around 10 mile race pace (7:29) was on the agenda for me yesterday evening. It was tough work in the humidity but I managed the 4 miles at on or slightly faster than target pace.
Rest day today.
JT141 I really prefer the treadmill, unless I can monitor a constant speed when on the road. Also there are usually people to avoid which means losing pace, unless I run on a track which really feels no different to a treadmill.
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Parkrun for me this morning, which soon had me panting like a lame greyhound. Really hot here in Norwich and I found the 3rd mile a real tough one. Pace was looking good until halfway when the sun played it's mindgames. I finished in 24:52, not bad but a way off the sub-24 I'm aiming for. My Dad, however, came home saying he thought he'd run 31ish. Turns out he smashed his PB by 42 seconds to finish in 28:52 - whippet like.
7.2miles last night in about 50:30. A faster first mile than usual (albeit still easily the slowest mile) left me feeling a bit rough midway. I need to ease into runs. 11miles road and offroad this morning in 1hr25. Not great in the mornings either. Hot and tiring. Surprising amount of traffic on the country back roads. Uneventful.
I like quiche.
A tale of two runs for me. Last night, a more eventful trot and this morning a good shakeout, keeping my mileage on course. Last night I ran my new 5 mile version, which takes in a lovely track along the river with marshes either side. Everything was going swimmingly and I enjoyed the sight of Hal a dozen prime Devonshire cattle grazing by the water's edge. On the way back, however, they had moved up and onto the raised path along which I was running. I gingerly edged past the first one with no problems, but found myself soon rather too close for comfort to the next large beast. Halting and then attempting to take a wide berth of the heifer, she suddenly became much more aggressive and properly charged at me, with butting head. I dived, Jordan Pickford style and scarpered round and swiftly away from the disgruntled herd. Almost sh*t myself.
Up again early this morning for a good stretch out over 4 miles. I didn't go as far as the cows.
Random abandon: a bright purple clothes horse, the exact same colour as my first pair of proper running shoes, some very camp Nikes.
The relay was today. I woke up (after a fitful night, it being close to 30 degrees in my flat) to find it thankfully a lot cooler. Unfortunately I felt rubbish, and my stomach, which had been dormant since its outburst last week, decided to kick off again, so I downed some Imodium and hoped for the best.
Luckily that did the trick and there were no Paul-type incidents during the run. It was a 10K route from London Bridge up to Waterloo, over Westminster Bridge and back down the other side, past the Tower of London, over Tower Bridge and back to the start. Most of it was fine but there were a herds of oblivious tourists around Waterloo/Westminster (the route went past the London Eye/Dungeon/Shrek/Aquarium, which is always rammed) so I ended up shouting "excuse me!" on repeat. Needed an air horn, really. I could have bludgeoned people with the relay baton but I doubt that would have been in the spirit of things. Got a little medal and didn't shit myself, so it was a good day at the office.
Incidentally, there are still spots available if anyone else fancies giving it a go - it's only in its second of four weeks, so there's still time. Or you could donate here: https://londonrelay.co.uk/u/CalJones
Congrats Cal on the relay and staying clean.
4+ treadmill incline miles Sunday. 12.3miles deliberately slow last night. Tried to revert to normal pace at eight miles, not particularly successfully. Feel really fat and bloated. Today 10.7miles in 1hr22 mainly offroad. Recently cut dry grass on the paths made things a bit slippy. Saw a fox wandering about the Ings.
I like the idea of the relay Cal.
12.4 miles for me yesterday evening - out with my group with a solo jog to and from the meeting point. Good turnout. No random abandons but I wasn't paying much attention.
10.5miles today in 1hr18. Been really tired last few days but went okay. Feet sore and beaten up from a lot of miles in very minimal shoes. A man having a shouty row with someone in Lidl car park. A bunch of cows crowding a cycle path. Another man in a Cramps tee shirt. A woman in a Ferrari.
A special one today as it was my 50th parkrun, so I did it at my local (Tooting) even though it's not the fastest course due to congestion. Very warm but I achieved a course best (25:27) which I am very satisfied with.
16.2miles today mainly offroad following the river in bit over 2hrs10 - but tracking was so wayward again on a couple of miles that distance may well be long by a half mile. Pace was slow from start to end. Hot out. I could hear the tannoy from York races.
No running for me yesterday as I was volunteering at Thorpe Park triathlon (rather hot - got a bit burnt! I was on the water station and a lot of the competitors wanted water thrown over them, which we were happy to do). Also none today as I had to go for a mammogram this morning (fun things to do once you're over 50) but I did manage to squeeze in hot pilates beforehand, and then walked to the hospital and back which was a 4 mile round trip. It was already hot at 9am so I didn't fancy running in that.