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Probably the most excitement they'd had in years Mennania
Menn - that sounds a great place to live. Hope yr 1/2 goes well.
Wel i certainly didnt so a high quality run on fresh legs, but i did a pretty solid 20 on tired legs. Went out aiming for a final P and D 20% (~8.00) thru 10% (~7.20) stylie, if i could get the legs interested. Came in at 10 av 7.55, 10 av 7.01, last few miles were tough, but ive had a tough week
20 (inc fleet), 13, 5, 18, 10 (inc 5 mp), 5, 20 for 91.
3 weeks til the B of the Bang, beer and curry tonight!
Hope the house moves have settled down for those involved in that. I got my dad involved when we last moved. He used to load and unload ships so was very handy at fitting everything into a LWB van.
TR - nice getting that final one done and dusted. You were ticking along nicely considering the weekly mileage.
Speaking of mileage, eye watering totals getting mentioned that I simply couldn't do with my schedule. Impressive, damned impressive and further proof that its not rocket science... when all those cracking times get posted at vlm (and other races) it will all be down to this focussed consistency.
Local 10k for me today as a final blast before wrapping myself in as much cotton-wool as I can lay my hands on. 36:46 chip time which is a PB which is pleasing to see. My PB was very soft and from 2009 so... just shows I've been pissing around for the best part of 10 years.
Very easy 15 scheduled for tomorrow so will join in the beers tonight TR!
TR - I always do a half the week after Ashby, but then like LMH I always do Ashby as one lap slow one lap at MP. Shame my 'slow' and 'MP' are slower than LMH's, or we could have kept eachother company!
Congratulations sj.
Nice long run TR.
Well done Wardi. I just had a madras (plus bombay spud, naan and popadoms), will have the beer later.
Dont go smashing it too hard at Ashby ladies.
TR - spicy bean burger and sweet potato wedges at this end for tea but will wash down with some Guinness original. What did you go for in the end?
Wardi - Nicely back into the saddle with the extension run home. That's a decent turn-round from Barca, is that a usual rate of recovery for you?
Weather looks decent tomorrow, nice cool spring conditions. Hope its fair for everyone out there.
Lovely day for running (obviously as I've finished my build up race), shame i had put a 6m limit on myself.
That's a big week TR, earned a few beers for sure.
Nice PB SJ. Have you not run many 10ks in the last 10 years? Beating a time from 10 years ago is pretty decent.
A decent week for me. After the medical tests Monday I've managed 57 0r so, but more than doubled that on the bike. A long ride on Friday left me more wasted than it used to, probably due to lack of miles on the bike rather than age, but I got in 21 this morning on an old route I've run maybe once a year, usually around this time and as it turned out in a similar time too. So something's going right. As has happened before, this run coincided with the annual Pioneer Run of old motorbikes heading south, so I was treated to the regular spectacle of nice looking but broken down machinery for the first third of the run. I reckon I could have run to Brighton quicker than some of them!
LMH - that was a quick run then. I was expecting 10m easy, 10m mp. 20 av 6.57 is a tough run, but 15 sec slower than mp, so hopefully its done you good. Let it soak in gor a couple of days, dont do another 20 tomorrow or Tuesday.
Nice to see the long runs going in at good pace too, TR & Wardi.
A good run for me today with a 2 min pb at Wilmslow -1.13.11 A windy first half and slightly uphill second half means that Im left feeling theres more to come if I ever get round to training specifically for a half. Feel quite chipper about EDI now!
LMH - there's that missing speed then
Mennania - Congrats on the 2 min PB! Good day for the harriers too with clubmate winning and three inside the top 8! Even on a windy day Wilmslow is a fast course for sure.
Tr - as I don't run to pace that was never going to happen and Ashby isn't a course for running to pace anyway. It ended up as 20 average 6.55 according to the Garmin. Plan is for a MLR or LSR tomorrow depending on how I feel. Tuesday is time constrained due to work.
Mennania - Thats a big chunk to take out of your previous HM PB. Inspiring stuff.
LMH - Nice one, cracking progressive fast run - there's the speed there then!
WTGY - Good luck with the move/ next phase of your life - to think all that extra time to train - well jel.
Wardi - You've recovered well to run a 16m, 2 weeks out.
Some massive mileages being posted, well done DanA&TT, very much in awe. Binned my HM today, cnba so ran my 4th consecutive Sunday 21m+ run, today in 2.37 and in sunshine, lovely. Had to stop as had a blister, and thankfully got a plaster from a chap running past, got chatting and he is training for a double IM in Snowdonia this summer, reckons it will take him 35 hours!!!
LMH - see how you feel tomorrow, at least you will have an easy day Tuesday. Would be good if you can wait til Thrsdayish for another long one after todays efforts.
Wardi - enjoy zurich.
OO - sounds like a great run. I kind of wish i was running long today as it was so nice.
CC - well toughed out, that was off big miles too. Have an easy week and go smash yr 1/2 next week.
SJ - theres around 8 20+ runs in the longest P and D plan, plus a few sub 20mile runs that have big chunks of MP. But if someone isnt following it strictly then they arnt hitting the sessions properly. The shorter plans do have less long runs though. The longish mlrs are hopefully the key session of the week though.
Last indoor cricket game tonight, spring is coming.
Cc2 - even a tiny breeze does my head in on race day. well dug out at Ashby.
TR - it’s been a fun few years. Hopefully some more to come.
sj - awesome! Congrats on your 10k pb! I bet that felt good!!
Wardi - your recovery has been text book! Well parkrun/longer run(ned).
Mennania - congrats on the pb! Looking good!
LMH - positive run at Ashby. You're sounding more upbeat!
CC2 - sounds like you toughed it out well, and nice one on finding the racing spirit. I'm intending to head to track to get whipped around it to try find some this week.
TR - that's a fantastic LR. To do the second half close to sub-3 pace suggests you've definitely got the fitness to do it. Just need a good taper and stay healthy.
SJ - well done on getting the PB to where it should be. Nice sharpener before cotton wool time.
CD - nice LR mixed in with the cycling. Sounds like you're in good shape (as usual!).
LMH - great run at Ashby, the negative split suggests it wasn't full gas so you should have some more in the tank for the marathon.
Mennania - that's a fantastic run. What sort of time are you aiming for at Edinburgh, low-2:30s at least?
CC2 - sounds like a tough run but will be good training. The problem with do 10M easy, 10M hard is that you won't be able to just tuck in behind someone in the 2nd half as presumably you were just passing lots of people. Being in a group would help a lot in the wind.
To make the lower mileage people feel better, 22M for me last week! Nothing after Wednesday except for the Southern 12-stage Road Relays yesterday. I was on leg 1 which was a bit daunting amongst the fast boys (inc. Marders), so inevitably I was red-lining after about 2km but managed to hang on reasonably well - at least, I held position for the rest of it. About 4.8M in 25:50ish (haven't seen results yet and couldn't find a watch due to a lot of stuff still being in boxes around the house!), so not especially fast but not awful either.
That's an excellent run Mennania. Like padams I'd be interested to see what you're aiming for an Edinburgh off that.
Good work LMH. Sounds very positive.
Tough day out CC2 but as others have said it's all good training.
SJ - Fumes weren't really a problem. The worst culprits didn't manage to run for long enough.