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Cal-Ouch to the dentist bill.
mamafox - good luck tomorrow, hope you have a really enjoyable race, I'm posting this now as I know you'll be busy today. I hope you'll have time to treat us to one of your epic race reports.
10 miles today for me, very cold, feels like -2, so not my favourite kind of weather. So nice to get back to my warm flat.
I'm away in Sailsbury this weekend with university friends, and am hoping to get to parkrun on the Saturday which is just 0.5 miles from where we're staying. We haven't all met up for ages (there's 6 of us) - I think it may be a shock to a couple of them that I no longer drink!
Ian - I think Manchester is a good pick for your wife's first marathon. I'll also be there!!
Big G - maybe those Cornish hills was the final cure for that hip. It's a long time since you've been able to do a recovery run.
Good luck explaining that you're now teetotal
Steve - hooray, we can put you back on the list,
Ian - you will have to be on tracker duty as I'm at Taunton that day.
I have a couple of things in my calender - I'm doing the 5K track race again next month - hopefully I'll have a bit of speed back by then - but I've also signed up for the Greenbelt Relay next May. It's a club relay around London over two days and apparently fantastic fun. I've not done it before because it's always been too close to Liverpool, but since I'm not running that, I'm free to do other things. I think it'll be good for me. I'm extremely introverted (by that I don't mean shy - I'm certainly not that - but I have hermit tendencies and can go days without speaking to another person except online) so it'll give me chance to get to know some of my clubmates better.
Shades, I've not seen Helen for a few months but she's expensive so it may be a while before I see her again. She doesn't see many patients more than twice - I've been three times already. I guess there was a lot wrong with me.
Big G - Those are fine splits, well done. Interesting article too.
Just a quick note from me, thanks for the good luck message Shades, have a bit of a pain on the top of my foot (bit like the too tight lacing thing you had the other day Big G), will hope for the best there, but on a positive note we've got the Clio and I've got my lucky pants on.
Will update a bit later.
Re Helen Hall, I suppose there's only so much re biomechanics that we can work on and it can be a slow process. We've all had decades to end up running and walking the way we each do, so change takes time.
Hi Zoe -welcome, hope you're enjoying your running. How many times a week do you run and how far? It can take a very long time to build up distance and speed as it needs to be done gradually so your body gets used to it and too much too soon can lead to injury.
mamafox - good luck, I'm so please you've got the Clio and your lucky pants
Just under 8 miles for me this morning, should have been 9 miles but had to shorten my route due to flooding. There's a tiny little road that goes uphill for about half a mile and downhill for the rest and adds a mile to my usual route, the last place I thought would be flooded as I ran up the first part of the hill then it was flooded on a flat bit so didn't fancy running through that as it's bitterly cold here today. Hate this cold weather
Decided to go along to parkrun today,didn't think I could run this weekend but managed 7.5miles.
Started a bit fast as it's downhill and gradually got slower until the last km when I got into a race with someone behind me,managed to hold him off and finished in 19:33,nearly 30 secs behind my course best but happy with that 1 week after NYC.
Welcome Zoe
I went along to Salisbury parkrun this morning, in what were cool conditions. I was in a shirt, shorts and gloves and was a bit cold before the start but once I got going I was fine.
This is a 4-lapper on fairly narrow paths and a couple bridges to navigate, but it was a nice run out and everyone was very friendly. It took me a while to get going as legs were stiff but I did warm up and put a bit of effort in for the last mile or so, finishing in 23:34 on my watch. So it was 4 miles with the half mile there and back from hotel. I’m also doing the event report today so have drafted that and will send it out once my time has been published.
Off out to have a look around Salisbury now.
My parkrun today was Hilly Fields, which is rather well named. I mate up with Tunde again (the guy I met going to South Norwood - this is the fourth parkrun we've now done together). It's a mix of path, dirt trail and grass and I was glad I'd opted for trail shoes. I knew it wasn't going to be a fast one (I picked it for this reason - since I'm not yet back to form I thought I'd get one of the slowest ones out of the way) but I still quite enjoyed it. There's one pretty steep hill you have to do twice, which is on grass, and the second time up that I found it hard to get my breath so I had nothing for the finish. I ran 27:08 (would have liked to have got under 27, but hey ho, I am often over 27 on the tougher courses) and was 2nd in age group.
Five more London runs left to do.
Ian - that's very good after 2 marathons plus all the travelling etc too.
Big G - brrr you must have been cold, I expect it was frosty in Salisbury too.
Cal - you've certainly worked your way through the London parkruns, what are your plans when they're all done?
Double session in the gym for me this afternoon, upper and lower body workouts done.
Mama-That sounds like you had a brilliant run,looks like the pants worked again,what's next?
In your new age group that's a qualifier for both New York and Boston.
After doing a double session in the gym yesterday I was shattered after dinner and fell into bed. Had a good sleep but my body felt tired this morning, I'd planned to do my favourite 8 miles hilly run so decided I would set out and if I felt tired I'd cut the route to 6.5 miles by changing my return route. Bitter wind but I put loads of clothes on and was lovely and warm and had a fab run, once I'd got my legs warmed up the hills weren't a problem
Roast turkey for lunch today, I'm loving this higher protein diet
I guess I'm not as far along in my recovery from Yorkshire as I thought I was.
I'm doing the "level 1" plan for first timers and gently ticking along.
I'm around the half marathon level at the moment, having completed about a dozen runs of that length all-in, but will be attempt gradually to increase the long runs. Thanks again.
Hi Cal!
Hi LTT. Do you ave a particular marathon you're training for?
As for me, I've just got back home from Sailsbury, and it was great catching up with everyone. It dawned on us whilst there that it was 20 years ago since we left University. We are quite unusual I think as the six of us all got firsts at Uni (there were about 150 on the course, 9 got firsts, and us 6 are good friends), then left and got jobs, people have been married, divorced, had kids, moved house (in some cases, lots of times), etc etc, but we've all stayed in touch after all that time. These days it's harder meeting as regularly as we used although our WhatsApp group is very active all year around. We've already put a weekend in the diary for this time next year, so hoping that at least will be met, and maybe another one in the spring/summer too...but I won't hold my breath about that as getting a weekend everyone can do is very difficult. I'm at least partly responsible for that with all the events I'm doing! Then people have commitments with family, one is a season ticket holder for Southampton so doesn't like to miss home games if he can help it, and then suddenly getting a free weekend can be harder than it may appear.
I'll be doing South Manchester again for Christmas - hoping I can beat last year's time!
I've not managed to keep in touch with my uni mates aside from one guy from my first year flat who appeared behind me in a photo from Rickmansworth parkrun earlier this year. Neither knew the other was there. Spooky!
Surely it doesn't matter about tail walking affecting average parkrun times, they're only fun runs. But I understand not wanting to tail walk a parkrun on a very cold day or at one that is not your local event.
LTT - you're very welcome. So good to hear that your training is going well, and you seem to be enjoying it.
Big G - blimey, do they really take 1 hour 10 mins. I saw and passed the tail enders at Llanelli parkrun and they were finishing in 45-50 minutes.
That's really impressive that you've managed to keep your group from Uni in contact and meeting regularly. How did they take your non drinking and your serial marathon running?
8 miles for me today, a little milder but still a cold wind. Slight DOMS in my lower legs from Saturday's gym session but not too bad.