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Shades, great run the other night well done in those conditions. This weather is getting too much now, prefer the snow!
Big well, well done for sticking with the no drinking, I can stop drinking for several weeks at a time but do miss it.
Ian PF is a nightmare my oh has it at the moment too,
Cal I've had a few timing issues at parkrun, if you have your watch time, they will change it.
Had a rest day on Friday and then on Saturday 2 mile run to parkrun, I thought I was token sorting at the end but mistakingly put my name down to give the tokens at the end, yuk 270 lots of different peoples sweat collecting their token.
Decided to have few beers watching the football, a few beers turn out to be 12 bottles! Not great prep for sundays 10 miler. Sunday's race was a disaster... although I knew I wasn't going to PB I thought I'd give it a go and raced off far too fast and struggled even walked at points finishing 7 mins slower than my pb 1.23.
I'm hoping now I've had a crap race and a blow out on the drinking its enough to give me the kick that I need.
Agree, this weather is too much now.
just disappointed with myself.... need to re focus and get back into the swing of things
I also forgot my ware joggers membership form but for part of my prize they gave me a stamp so will get my arse into gear and get it sent today.
Tough run for myself today,20 miles was the plan and it started well but got to 14 and started to feel dehydrated,had some water left but couldn't find a shop or pub to get more, started slowing down and eventually stopped just after 18.
Been drinking plenty of water all day but think it shows I'm not quite ready for long distances yet.
Hope you've posted that membership form now
Ian - this is exceptionally warm weather for our long runs. Bad luck not being able to find somewhere to get water. On one of my 20 mile routes I have a garage at halfway to get water but once I got there and it was shut 'for refurbishment' which ruined my plans but then I saw a lady out gardening and she kindly refilled my bottle for me. I have also popped into churchyards as they usually have a tap for the flowers that I've used in emergencies
Very warm last night, found it really hard to get to sleep. This morning it's humid but quite dark and overcast and definitely feels like the weather is changing a bit. Had a lovely hilly run today and when I got to the top of one hill the wind was really strong, normally I'd have muttered under my breath but this time the wind was cool and very welcome.
Well done on your run in this heat, Ian. There was one time I went into a postoffice to fill up my water bottle as I was desperate, and fortunately they were very obliging.
I forced myself out the door this morning and managed a 5-miler at a purposefully slow pace. The first mile was rubbish and I had to force myself to carry on as I didn't want to turn around again! I don't know what the problem is really; before Barca I was pretty pleased with how I was doing and had some great runs. Somehow, I just feel a bit achey; no niggles as such in terms of pain, but more a bit achey and ploddy. I had a big drink before I went out and I didn't feel dehydrated or thirsty on my run, although it was humid again. Anyway, I hope I get back to normal, sharpish!
There was 2 shops when I was starting to get to get low,but 1 was closed for a refit and the other looks like it's been shut for a while now.Woke up with a slight headache today so I was probably still dehydrated.
Ian - I'm sure you were still dehydrated, it's not easy to rehydrate in this weather, as long as your legs are OK
Steve - how odd about the ankle but hopefully it will heal quickly. Maybe a sprain but you didn't realise at the time you'd injured it. Hope you enjoyed Paris though.
Great Pilates class today, tough in places though. Definitely a little cooler today, quite pleasant walking home, but my flat will take a day or two to cool down.
Ian- It so difficult getting your hydration right in this warm weather. I always try and plan my long runs so I run past a petrol garage so I am guaranteed at least to get water.
Out for 6 miles this morning before work got a good bounce in my legs again.
Regarding the SUP, I was a bit concerned the pressure gauge may have been reading low, and I was worried about over inflating it. The board seemed stiff enough to me on the ground, but I only got it to 10psi when it needs to go to 15-17psi. I could feel a bit of "flex" in it when using it, so I put a post on the SUP group, and basically it's unlikely the gauge is wrong and I just need to try harder to pump it up, which I've just done as a trial. Put it this way, it's very hard work, and I may look at getting a compressor instead
I was hoping to get out on it today but there's about 2ft of swell, which is too much for me at the moment, as a novice. Looking at the forecast (there's a site, which shows wind speed and swell) it may be a bit calmer tomorrow or Thursday.
Shades the form for joggers is currently filled, stamp on the envelope but have no details of membership secretary! I also been out for a run today and came across a couple of Ware 10 signs so now I have a reason to go to the club... will see how I am on Tuesday after sundays run I may go for a general run with the club rather than a session to break me in gently. The cooler weather is defo welcome
Big G sure it wont be long till you get back in the swing of things again either, could just be the warm weather taking its toll?
Ian, yup this sunday, will decide during the run if to do 50km or marathon distance. same price, same medal and they don't really care as long as you have fun. I had a similar scenario before Manchester but not with shops closed but toilets ran past 3 and all been knocked down or shut!
Steve hope the ankle heals, mines almost 100% after 2 months when I went over it at NDW.
Steven I'm missing that spring in my step, I hope it returns!
6 steady miles for me today in much cooler conditions... will be warm again over the weekend for FVC! Hope that I'm using last sunday as a spring board for the remainder of the year so far so good not been diving into loads of rubbish food, just need a bit of self discipline
Big G Bouncebackability is defo a word.. penned by Ian Dowie (think was Crystal Palace manager at the time) about how they'd get relegated then bounced back up
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bouncebackability
Robert - you're making very hard work of joining Ware
Cal - well done for taking part in that relay with a dodgy stomach, no wonder you wanted to use the baton to clear your route.
Another warm night here but much fresher and cooler especially once I'd got away from the town area on this morning's run.
Cal, when done on the relay. Sounds a good event.
I did 7-miles this morning, and enjoyed it generally, although still quite ploddy. It was nice to be out though.
It was still humid in a lot of places this morning and probably a bit warmer when you went out, I was home by 7 a.m. and it was starting to warm up then. You're running mojo is coming back, or should I say 'coming home' today
I'm really enjoying the TdeF, only watching the highlights. Good to have a fuller explanation on the Chris Froome issue which they did on Day One. I did enjoy the team time trial, when it's the individual it's not such great viewing.
marathon list coming up
Robert - I've put you down for the 50km on Sunday
Cal well done on the relay, heard them plug it on MT a few weeks back and well done again for not using the batton to clear a pathway! Reminds me when I did a santa run in the city there were loads of us but no one got out of our ways lol. Enjoy your rest day.
Big G nice plod
Shades more than likely to drop to marathon but will decide, never been on the Marathon Talk podium and theres not many races this week lol.
Trains are still awful, 8th delay in 13 working days (7 different days) 7 of which have been more than an hour! This morning was going to have a run by work checked the train times and saw a cancellation... still managed to get out did a 6 mile progression, not particularly fast started at 8.56 down to 7.45 usually like to get close to 7 min miles but that's on a good day. Pleased to get out and 2 days of not eating rubbish too.
Shades, I haven't seen that much of the Tour yet. I saw bits yesterday, but nothing before that.
I've just been out for a short SUP practice. I enjoyed it, although the sea was more choppier than when I first tried it. As such, I didn't even really try and stand up, but like I say I still enjoyed getting out there. I had my Garmin, and the trace looks unusual for a runner. Fortunately my new dry bag works just fine
Robert - you'll soon get back to enjoying not eating rubbish again
The trains must be so frustrating, it's bad enough to have to commute anyway without it being a daily challenge to get there on time, or get there at all.
Big G - I just record the Tour highlights programme and then with the ads edited out it's a neat 50 minutes a day with all incidents reported. Chris Boardman is very good too with his daily master class in some of the technicalities of bike racing, always done in a light hearted manner.
Good the dry bag works fine.
I think I'd better start looking out for you on your SUP board when I'm out running, I've never seen anyone on an SUP around my running routes but I guess the river is too narrow or it's tidal. Totnes is definitely the place to go for anything on the river, when I worked in Totnes I used to park up at lunch time and watch the rowing.
Extra rest day today, after Monday's tough Yogalates class I had a twinge in my glute and hamstring and Tuesday's Pilates class aggravated it. I felt it on yesterday's run so took some ibuprofen during the day and cancelled this morning's Pilates, same instructor as Monday so I know it'll be a tough class. This morning I can barely feel it so looks like I've caught it in time. My marathon on Sunday has a couple of tough hills and the rest of it is undulating so don't need a sore glute or hamstring.
Shades, in the past I have seen people get on at Newton Abbot quay and go up towards Teignmouth from there. I haven't been for a while but I believe both Passage House Inn and Coombe Cellars have entry points/quays, so plenty of coffee stop opportunities too
- Throughout England and Wales there is a high level of uncertainty regarding the legal rights of the public to use canoes and kayaks on waterways.
- British Canoeing believes, based on a wealth of historical evidence, that there is, at common law, a public right of navigation on all rivers which are physically capable of navigation. It is acknowledged that this position is firmly rejected by others.
I think the reason for the confusion is that the banks and river beds are technically privately owned, and some of the landowners get tetchy about it. I think, in general though, as long as someone doesn't trespass on someone's land to access the water, it should be fine. I.E., it probably wouldn't be advisable to dock at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) and get in/out the water from there, as Greenway is owned/managed by NT.
But I'm (near) certain that tidal rivers are okay to access from public jetties/quays, hence the Dart around Stoke Gabriel and the River Teign from Newton to Teignmouth should be okay, even without a license. However, the license does come with insurance too, so it may be worth it from that point of view anyway.
If you find yourself on privately owned water someone will soon put you right!
Definitely fresher here this morning, although I've only been shopping. Forecast 21 (feels like 23) for my marathon on Sunday so that's good considering what we've had lately.