Morning.
It’s a beautiful one here. I’m eating breakfast watching the trawlers leave the harbour with a big yellow sun reflecting off a calm sea and a seal playing about as close in as he could get.
Well done OH - hope you haven’t sustained any injuries?
Nice report Hazel. Hope you caught up with your sleep last night.
What: Yeovil marathon
Why: I’m asking myself the same thing
Last hard: Not making the most of a lovely evening yesterday with a walk
Last rest: 27/5
If you think you can or you think you can't you're probably right.
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Good luck lmh and tr
Well done hazel sounds like a great race.
Oh well done too though sounds slightly mad!
What: some wondering round farms
Why: get out of the dusty house with one hole in the wall!
Last hard: royal mail losing a parcel and then refunding me a book of stamps!!!
Lyrics: nope
Hypnobirthing taster was interesting. It's all about having a positive approach to birth, reducing stress reduces adrenaline and therefore increases oxytocin and helps the natural birth process. Also focuses on getting the partner involved. She was very down to earth and it's science based (though no actual evidence it works) so I think we are giving it a try. Think many of the techniques would be good for other anxieties as well. Oh I can believe it, the power of relaxation is underestimated (and I'm a medically minded person!)
Chick, hope you slept better.
Have a lovely day all. Enjoy the day off rain
Lyrics: yes!
Looking forward to your report, LMH!
What: short and easy plus fitness suite
Why: Sunday
Weather looking much better today! Gardening shortly.
Els has work tomorrow
Last hard yesterday. Sore calfs but no significant injuries.
Last rest Friday and today will be a rest day too
Lyrics no
I look forward to race report later LMH
OH: Oh goodness me that looks an amazing but very hilly and muddy route!
Alehouse: Is your Garmin working after the drama of yesterday?
What: 5.2 miles
Why: Slept in and felt queasy
Last hard : Tiredness
Lyrics: One song springs to mind but from an advert?
Typical I write out a schedule for next 4 weeks and fail on day one but I am sure I can re jig the week somehow;-)
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
Great work TR: good to see you back under 3! And well done to LMH on what sounded a tougher course than last year. Hope it is a Little Miss Happy! Looking forward to the reports!
Would be good if you stuck around on this thread!
Have done a reset on the Garmin but not used it, using my Tomtom instead (which I don't really get on with).
Got wet on my run: pouring now!
So visited 3 farms today. 1 was a hop farm with a brewery so we ended up on a brewery tour which was very interesting. Legs ache a bit now!
Sorry to hear that your run didn’t go so well chicksta but the miles are in the bank and it’s the effort that matters, never mind the HR.
Hope you enjoyed the walk Hazel.
I won a book Alehouse!
Did you manage a run Poppy or too tired?
Not a lot to say about today really. Beautiful day for it, lovely to meet up with TR before the start and nice to have some chatty men to run with most of the way round- I usually spend most races running alone or with blokes that aren’t interested in whiling away the miles with my small talk:-) At three or four miles I was on PB pace but I was in a group, happy chatting, and it was feeling easier than last year at Yeovil and than at London this year but I just thought ‘you know what, I’d just like to actually enjoy this’ and settled in to run comfortably and not worry about the time. Stomach was better than at London but not good, I managed one gel around 12 miles then spent the rest of the race wondering if I was going to have to pit stop and not daring to take another gel.To be honest a stop probably would have helped but I was pacing a guy who was trying to go sub 3 and I was able to keep going so I did. Unfortunately he dropped off at about 17 miles but by then I was catching and passing quite a few I’d been chatting to earlier and was able to just keep going strongly to the finish. I think the course was hillier than last year and the contorted run round the field at the end wasn’t conducive to a fast time either so I was content with my 2.57.35. Great to see TR smash the sub 3 again and Mark to run his first marathon in years sub 4.30. Unfortunately the ice cream shop was shut by the time we made it back to our apartment 😊
OH, lovely pics for a hard course by the looks
parkrun 473 done yesterday fighting the wind....
Today was Church BBQ, with 5-A-Side, tug of ward and rounders... followed by a 5.5m progressive run
Double race week ahead, with two local races Lethbridge 10k on Weds and Broad Town 5m on Sat.
Take care