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Bottled the run today given the 30 degree heat after work. After yesterday's run and some afternoon cycling I can certainly afford a break. Early start tomorrow the order of the day. Next week looks tough for running, more alarm discipline required.
TR, not sure I could squeeze in Abo alongside Berlin and London next year! I do need to plan something for spring 21though, which marathons have you entered?
ES - from memory i have mara entries for Brighton (April 21), North Dorset (2 wks after Brighton), VLM and Abo. Worthing and Fleet 1/2s, Salisbury 10, New Forest 10, Bognor, Worthing, Lordshill and Brighton 10k. All rolled over to 2021 from this year. Might have missed 1 or 2, i lose track........ive also entered Goodwood (Sept 27th) in 6 weeks time.
8m early.
Joe.. I put your 5k into my favourite race time predictor - it reckons you have the potential to be close to these times..
10k.. 35.05
10m.. 59.22
Half.. 79.30
Marathon.. 2:51:30
Mind you there have been others on here who don't run 5k as fast as that but usually run a full marathon in the 2:30-2:45 bracket. Their training is more marathon specific though with big mileage volume.
There's a race up here (Tholthorpe 10k) which was announced as 'on' about 3-4 weeks ago and it's just been cancelled! The race scene is a very moving target ATM.
Hot & sultry again yesterday so 35m on the bike. A bit of a welcome breeze here & there so it was hotter when I stopped than when I was pedalling.
A very hot and sticky 12 this morning. A rain shower to shift the humidity would be nice...
Wardi - bike is the way to go. Could be the only way I do any exercise for the rest of this week. I think i can top those times for marathon and half...I'm more slow twitch fibres these days.
I feel like I must have found the magic course for that 5k. Running it or walking it since it comes to 700m a lap and I did 7 laps so it really wasn't far off. But I tried to do a single km at pace yesterday and it was a 3:34. It's really bugging me to know what I should have ran.
Jools - i was only thinking the other day that i could have done with this jo race period when i was injured in 2016.
My stomach issue has responded to a bit of care, so i did 8m inc 10x3min today and it felt ok.
TR.. good that the stomach has improved, nice session there. I see Frankfurt & Paris are now cancelled. Edit.. York Marathon called off today too.
7.3m this morning, managed to find a tree lined route with a bit of shade. 23 degrees when I set off & 29 when I got back to the car! I'm very tempted by a cold beer sitting in the fridge.
Wardi - Madrid also off going for Oct 2021 now and casts a black cloud over Valencia and Malaga.
3 days of no running for me as look to calm down niggles (knees, big toe, abductor/ tummy). Replacing with a spot of cycling instead.
OO - for now i think the fuure is closed cct racing. But i hope you and Jools get to run Valencia.
10m in the rain this morning. Tummy was aggravated after yday, but that was probably the quickest ive run in ages.
Had a mail sating that Brighton will be a 10k at Hove lawns (to be added to 20m I'll have done virtually). I'll defer to April.
6m super easy today. Back to it properly tomorrow. 6 wks to Goodwood, who say they are still on at the mo. So a few longer runs, a sprinkling of 3min reps and a bit of mental investment are required. Practicing running round in circles might come in handy too.
Looks like Boston (Lincs) & Dorney Lake marathons are still on ATM.
OO.. I didn't enter Valencia this year, would love to do it again before I'm too old though!
5+7m double today. Quite warm here though we haven't had any of the thunderstorms & heavy rain that were forecast earlier in the week.
Wardi - Yes, would love to run Valencia again, similarly Barca but the next new one on my list is Seville maybe 2022?.
5+8 double for me, in the mist/ fog that's been dogging us here in Cornwall for a week or so.
OO - thats a long way to travel for yr mate.
No long run last weekend as i was away, the weekend before was mp run, so hadnt done a 20%/10% long run in a while. 11m av 8:06, 11m av 7:04 although i have to push on in the last 5ish to keep the average decent when it gets lumpy, which led to the last 2 miles being 6.49 and 6.48 back on the flat.
My eldests Cricket just got rained off, so a bit of an earlier start on the curry and beer with him and his gf who are staying over.
That's a decent double OO, hope the knees are behaving.
Just over 10m this morning, quite cloudy and much cooler so nice running temps.
Just started to chuck it down this evening, first proper rain for a few days.
A week of two halfs for me (0,0,0, Thursday decide to run the London virtual marathon, 10,13,13,18).
Wardi - curry and beers were hoovered, which led to some easy miles today.
OO.. It's certainly worth your mate getting a race in somewhere if he's in good nick. It paid dividends for CD at Seville after Tokyo was called off.
10k this morning, managed to find a dry spell in between the showers. My 'as you are' pace has started to come down recently which is encouraging.
Barcelona off this week. Many more to come no doubt.
A week of one day on one day off but it has been warm! Duathlon this morning and it was really nice to "race" and organisation was superb. The risk of transmission felt incredibly small but helped by the fact there were only 20 or so people in each wave and was on a wide open motor circuit. Seeding based on estimated 5k time meant I had the number 1 which was a bit of a novelty. Lived up to the billing with the quickest run times but was burned on the bike and transition. 8th overall.
Good fun and a decent workout. Hope for more races soon!
I saw that duathlon on Strava, RJR, nice one. It's a pain being passed on the bike leg in those, but at least you get to pass a few back on the final run, whereas the bikers are hanging on waiting for the runners to catch them up. I know what I'd rather be doing!
London cancellation was the final nail in my motivational coffin for a while, at least as far as training for a fast marathon goes! I'll do the virtual run and if it's going into results I'd like it to at least be accurate, so it'll either be at a track so I know the distance or at Kenley, where the GPS is probably most accurate. I toyed with going to a proper event like the one at Dorney, but in the end I figured I'd leave those places to those who want to properly race it - I'd like to do a steady sub-3 but that's it. I'll do enough to give me a shout at that but training is definitely "whatever I fancy" right now. Probably not many hard intervals!
Joe - Goodwood is the goal race now, im not doing the virtual vlm or part virtual Brighton. Duathlon sounds fun.
CD - its a gamble choosing between Goodwoid and Dorney as both can be windy.
CD - It looks like he will go for Goodwood, hope its a still day for his and TR's chances. Your plan and aim for a steady sub3 is pretty sound/ good. I will take it easier than that.
7m easy today.