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Or if it's during the day get the metro to Dubai Mall, remember in June it will be mid 40s during the day.
<span> I’ve been a bit quiet but finally getting some time to do comrades planing! </span>
Sorry to read about ongoing injury woes for some. Fingers crossed for recovery soon. I am concerned about picking up the miles and then the injuries start ...
I was going to run Paris as qualifier but I’ve now entered Barcelona, aim to qualify on the 15/3 now. Hope it’s not leaving it too late. I’ve also been one of the lucky ones to get a London marathon place for next year so will give Paris a miss. <div>
</div><div>I was going to book comrades flights in January ... hoping for a good post Xmas deal!! </div><div>
</div><div>Happy running everyone...
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Barcelona sounds good, LoveLifeRun. A nice city and Spanish marathons tend to be excellent, plus the earlier date is good.
I've now booked Peterborough Marathon in April as I'm not doing London next year but that will just be a nice plod round.
I haven't even looked at flights yet as we can't work out what dates to do and whether to tag on a bit of a holiday somewhere else afterwards.
Have been doing exercises/stretches to try and address what I think is a high IT band flare over my hip - it has worked so far - ran a mile last night with no reaction - except I tweaked the ham on my other leg - ha ha! Only a mild strain though, hoping to get out this weekend again after it settles.
LLR that's 3 of us in Barcelona now! I must update the list.
SS - are you marathoning this weekend for a qualifier? Where?
F2D that is not the first time I have needed to google one of your acronyms - love them
We've done Jo'burg after Comrades both times and it's all worked out fine.
SS - enjoy the towpath again with Phoenix. They are a much friendlier bunch!!!
I'm off to Goodwood this weekend to run the 20 mile race there. Don't expect anyone else form here will be there but will have Comrades stuff none the less. Interested to see how my training is coming along.
As for flights, i am hopeful too of grabbing something in the sales during / after Xmas.
Lowrez - keep doing those exercises!!!!
I have also just signed up for the Gloucester Marathon in January. Am running with a friend to get her a qualifier. So there will be a sub 4 bus running round the course if anyone wants to tag along
Marty - Phoenix are definitely a much friendlier bunch and it was good to recognise so many faces from the 10 in 10 earlier in the year. Enjoy Goodwood tomorrow.
Hope everyone else has a good running weekend.
Goodwood was fun. They had a number of events from 5k to the marathon. I chose the 20 miler to basically (as i have got older and moved up an age category), to see if i could get our club record in my age category. Got windier as the laps progressed but had enough in the tank to see myself with a new PB of 2.26.23 and also bettered the club record by 14 minutes. So a good day all round. At least i can have my name on the club records list for a few weeks until one of the faster runners at our club beats it
And now to relax for a while.....
Well done too SouthernSnail for your qualification
I'm crocked here after I tripped in a pothole running at night. Ankle ligaments - no running for 3 weeks already
I bought a farm with my very own hill - hill training will never be a problem again. Neither will I need to go to the gym either. There are lots of strenuous things to do - we can pump water out of the ground, but need to carry it. I'm building a new platform at the top of the old water tower so got to climb that 10 times in a day. Shoveling, digging, carrying.....
Anyway I will also have a new 'proper job' - I am in my last few days in Joburg (242km round trip per day) and will move to a job with a 12km round trip commute so lots more time for running from next year.
I'm still not on the start list although my manual entry has been there a month.
Good running to all
I hope you shake off your injury soon.
Debra - hope you enjoyed Samphire Hoe yesterday despite the weather and receiving your well deserved 100 marathon shirt.
Bikeit, rest up and get better soon.
I hope everyone else is good and you are all managing to train/eat and drink during the festive period.
I haven't posted in a while because I was avoiding all run chat as I was getting fed up with the injury. I decided to pull out of Valencia at the last min which was hard but the right decision.
The injury seems to have gone now and full training is in progress (minus a few days with a cold last week). I've entered Seville in Feb to try and get a PB and ensure comrades qualification so a full training plan over Christmas is in place. I managed to do a fair bit of training on the turbo and elliptical trainer while i was injured so I haven't lost much fitness. Its so good to be back!!!!!!!!
Getafix - glad the injury has gone and you're back in the swing of things
Hope you recover well Bike It, love that you have changed lifestyle and own a hill, sounds like a lot of work on top of that, it will be astonishingly good for your running I suspect.
Yay! SS you bounced back!
Good that you got a fix Getafix!
I have been grappling with going back to London and finally decided to do it. Think I have sorted my injury too but I am a long way behind where I wanted to be now, so I better go out for a run