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muddy (and kevin ) , not great but i'm doing a (very) little. I have 2 pairs of new shoes so i will be getting out more and i must drop some timber
muddy what's with the @ , is it some sort of functionality i'm not aware of ? should it drop a notification or something ? I'm not particularly IT-savvy ...
I did an on-line "masterclass for over-50's" thing yesterday. All free, and they told us how us over 50's shouldn't train so hard, should take more recovery time and do more strength training. Not exactly ground breaking revelations, so i pointed this out in the chat and promptly got removed
I can certainly tell you for free that less is more and strength training is essential, and I don't think the threshold for that is 50 for any of our younger readers.
Rubbish week for me - started to feel tired out and viral so have had 3 rest days after my rest day. Son was off school ill last week so it's probably that rather than anything covid-y. Slept a lot - but seem to be in the clear now.
Solid week so far, peaking with a 10k tempo t
Yesterday at my 160bpm/mp effort.
Conditions were good for once and it was meant to be 6m but I thought if sub 40 was on at 4m id extend. Went through 5k in 20.03 at right effort so just nudged the 2nd half pace for 19.45 and a 39.48 gor just over 160 bpm. Nice to be able to run a sub 40 10k at a canter on the streets given how hard it once was to do that in a race.
Off to zante for a weeks all inclusive on Friday so the weights about to take a hammering!
DT hitting good mileage and form, enjoy your hols.
Have managed a few weeks of avg35 miles and happy with hr. Out tonight with eldest daughter for some miles as she has got the running bug.
Hope everyone is doing ok
Where's skinny gone? I hope it's not an injury induced absence!!
Thanks for noticing I was missing though!
Good miles kevin
Pleasing to see you keeping it up skinny, I have a similar work busyness issue
Im taking the ‘ Just lace up and get out ‘ advice and lacing up and getting out. Nothing much, just 25-30 mins and some of it in the rain which is delightful
Glad to see you getting out Mace.
Decent consistency, Kevin.
My week last week was similar to muddy. 35m and longest being 10. Pleased with that given I've been on hols since Friday morning.
Enjoy the complete over indulgence of holiday. First pool type holiday we've been on where kids are old enough to splash about on own so we actually get to relax. Oh and drink a lot. 2pm seems to be our start time but there are some savages going at poolside ftom 10am.
Weights and cycling session for me yesterday, 6 undulating miles this morning and 4 miles planned for later. First double day in absolutely yonks.
Plodding away with miles here, hope the all inclusive is being over indulged DT
Plenty of variation Muddy with cross training.
Mace/Skinny any miles logged this week?
7m at lunch time 6.30 min/mile average - 5k in the middle around 6.10 min/mile felt like a lot of effort and I was a bit lightheaded. Probably a fuelling issue after the previous day's exertions - 10 miles is my highest in a day outside of a long run and I would normally take the day off after a long run.
Yes kevin, a bit. Since Sunday i've done 25, 28, 21, 0, 30 .... that's minutes !! Pretty much the same as last week.
So the new shoes are being used and i'm also on a healthy eating mission as my clothes are getting very uncomfortably tight
I don't mind this sort of weather at all. Rain and cold is fine so long as the wind isn't too ferocious
We haven't been abroad for a couple of years when we took our then 17 yr old twins and our youngest of 15.
They didn't need supervising but were still a bit stressful ie. don't like the food, bickering with eachother, arguing who's playing pool first and against who .... so we're looking forward to going on our own during school term time for the first time in 20+ years as soon as we can. Imagine a whole 2 weeks, in the sun, completely stress free. Ahhhhhhhhh !!
Some good running, Muddy.
And some good plodding, Kevin.
I managed 3 runs on hols which was enough yo keep my hand in. 6m easy yesterday and 10 today. Got a bit of an issue in that I think I've pulled a muscle in my chest between ribs as last 10 days running it's been like running with a firm knee rammed in there, so whilst pace v hr is untouched I've at times been gagging for air and waking at night to breathe deep. I have a very sore spot on right side.
Had a chat with Lewis about scaling the sessions back for a couple of weeks to let things settle and take account of fact I won't now be racing anytime soon. Targeting the Dorney lake mara now on Easter Saturday.
Unlucky DT an intercostal strain is quite painful - but you should be able to go fairly easily after a few days resting. You'll feel it ... but you can run - unlikely to have any compensation strains with it too. It’s just sore.
Rubbish start to this week for me however - work got in the way of lunchtime running, so two zeroes recorded so far. Hopefully I can get a 10 on the board today and make it a session with fresh legs.
I only managed 27 last week, but most was spent on hols. Spin this morning then 4m recovery pending which will take me to 17 for week.
Nice miles Muddy, how did the session go?
DT, you have banked good miles and sessions over the past few weeks, good to relax and enjoy given the current climate.
Mace/Skinny any miles this week?
8,7 and out tonight for hopefully 8mls. not managed a session in a while, plenty of miles so hopefully i can get my head back into the right frame.
That's pretty decent going, Muddy. There'll be all sorts of mad results when people can race properly again!
I've an easy 6m later today, so a fairly light day compared to the last 3 where I have been throwing in a spin class as well just to get them in before closure. I can understand how some people can get really down with all this stuff. I don't suffer with mental health issues but found myself feeling almost teary leaving the spin studio yesterday. We've a number of friends who go who live alone and the gym is their social life etc, plus they wont have the kit at home to carry on or their training is solely group classes.
My gym stuff is more to just supplement my running which is my main focus and that obviously can continue unhindered. I'll miss a spin class but I also have the bike still set up on the turbo.
I'm not really running at moment - not sure if it's the busyness, the cough or the dark nights but just CBA - going to try and relaunch at the weekend.
Off out for a bit of a tempo over lunch, will sit a bit easier than usual just to see how chest manages, then maybe push it along second half if good.
I did around 40 miles last week ... not much hiking. Got off to a decent start this week with a 5m lunchtime run yesterday and 4m early morning today in the bag and a lunch run planned.
I've so far avoided the need to run in the dark, being at home all day. Hoping I can get through this winter at home before they get us all back into offices.
Tempo was ok Friday, 6.38 for a very low 149 hr. 14M sunday then for 45 for the week.
Very similar week planned this week.
Session yesterday in pretty perfect conditions. Was 7 x 1k off 1 min, then 3 mins at end before a pretty flat out k so 8 reps in total. All the 7 reps were pretty controlled coming in between 3.42 and 3.45. Probably should look at moving these on to 3.40 pace and below as the effort is getting less full on interval to more controlled and cruisey. Though no need to Bury myself right now. The last rep then came out at 3.29.
Off for an easy 7 over lunch. Have entered the Dorney lake mara for Easter Saturday.
Also now got my weight right down to where it was in March. Was 10,12 this morning, just a stone lighter than early July!! With the whole pub/restaurant sector closed for at least 3 more weeks and no other party opportunity such as a friends house, it'll probably naturally creep down a bit lower.
Anyway it reads like a good workout ! With some wind swirling the leaves around and in my knackered old trainers, I did 7m @ 6.26 min/mile at lunchtime. So that's 20 so far for his week. It would be nice to get beyond 45 miles as the MK Winter Half is coming up for me in a month. Have to say, sub 6 min/mile feels like hard, hard work at the moment.
Are you still looking at a December race? I'm sort of at peace with the fact I won't race again this year.
7m easy but hilly over lunch so circa 20 for me also so far.