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Really enjoyed your report as it brought it to life. As ever your ability to stay in the hurt zone for such a prolonged period is admirable.
Very decent performance in the XC SG especially given you went into it feeling sub-par.
Congratulations on leading your team to Masters victory Simon.
Many happy returns Reg.
Best of luck with the Op Ric. Whilst still on a provisional I went to a festival in the Maxi & had to drive back with only 3rd & 4th as the gear selector broke
So it depends how clinical, and how few people you want to count as game changers in a 350-400 type race.
I'll try and do some of the bigger higher quality races next year. Telford in mid Dec just seems difficult though.
Reg- like to have think I'd have been up with our 5th and 6th guys, but hard to judge really isn't it.
5 weeks to the next one. Will see if the appetite is there by then.
Covid is ravaging premier league games at the moment, so bound to start influencing our races. Hopefully starts boring off again soon into the new year though.
Long time ago, so I probably imagined I performed like a Rolls Royce, where in reality I was probably a Morris Minor
I've never owned a car before, never needed to.
Good luck all.
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Arm sore, head warm. Nothing major, but certainly nothing to be gained from trotting runs out.
Managed to cancel the United tickets for Saturday. A no brainer really. Both me and ALD are ill, his kids might be, it's a 3-4 hour trip each way, and calls for mixing with 1,000s on the tram and in the ground. Factor in having this little rest break this end of the week too, and makes more sense to get 100% again, and get back into things that end of the week.
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On the subject of our less lighter brethren? When the surgeons caught up with me, they were so pleased that they'd be carving up an athlete, they seemed damned near close to giving each other high fives. The problem they usually had was, 'Was the patient fit enough to survive the operation?' And, then there's 'The physical problems involved in accessing the 'area of interest' through a thick layer of flab?'
That apart. They were happy I was up for the operation. That I already knew what it entailed. And that nursing staff wouldn't have to use a hoist to move me about. I'm the same weight in Kg's as my age so that helps.
I'm lucky. I've been under observation for over twenty years. It was my own curiosity that led to that. A family osteoporosis study was offered and as a runner I wondered how much better my bone density was. It wasn't! it was really low. Blood tests showed para-thyroidism due to MEN1. And away we went.
And before I forget. It seems that my condition could quite possibly derail any permanent move to New Zealand. Seems being married to a Kewi isn't enough. All sorts of things need to be complied with, in order to qualify. Health being one of them. Might have to hang around a bit longer after all.
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legs felt pretty lifeless as I started the first 18 minutes and the pace was well down on the previous week. Heart rate was well down too so just wasn’t hitting the zone. Decided in the recovery to bin the second, 14 minute interval and save it for another day. Still the 18 mins came out at 5:57 so I am glad to now view that as a failure.
Miles sub 6 can never be sniffed at.
My return a lot more humble. 2.5 days total rest, then a little 4mile plod at lunch.
I must have been a right hero Sunday to get through decently, as while a 740 or so pace 4miler today was fairly comfy, it wasn't brilliant, and this is 3 days on
Still, will gently build it back up. Aim for a 30-35mile week possibly this week.
6x 1200 last night at Luton. 4.03 for the usually rubbish first rep, then got them down to low 3.50's which is ok , 3.15's for the K and around 35's for the last 200. We were timed at the 800 point though, generally about 2.35/2.36. Content with that.
Quiet rest of week as have the South of Thames Senior XC race on Saturday, 7.5 miles. Feeling more confident of keeping the Tonbridge girls behind me now after Saturday
Booster this afternoon. So far so good - even went for a swim this evening 😀
SG - Well raced over XC especially if feeling a little peaky.
Simon - Congrats on the team prize mate, nicely done, always good to beat a few mates as well.
Had the booster myself Tues, felt absolutely awful Wednesday and binned off planned hard session Thursday in favour of a steady run. Feeling much better today.
Wrote a bit more of a detailed post on the 10km if anyone is bored on a Friday - here
Legs held up really well post weekend and we're going to try and strike while the iron is hot and give parkrun a bash tomorrow - probably amble down to Worthing for a fast flat effort on the prom.
Just a couple of things - I read now three in the family and I thought you'd had a kid
and If I queue up for the toilets it's for a dump...peeing in the bushes is standard
Completely agree re; the loo's strategy - I manage to go a lot beforehand..
No race reports from me awhile. And bearing in mind this is a running forum I'll leave my two wheeled antics on the back burner.
Those running shoes (covered with dust) have caught my attention. Hmm!
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Tedious one paced stuff (bar thinking some tattooed punk was getting lippy on the lunchtime run, and unnecessarily booting the gear a little, only to see him emerge from a totally different part of the estate mins later....), so a little one tomorrow, and hopefully double digits Sun and we'll try and rescue this week with a mid/upper 30mile week.
Which wouldn't be good news as if pro football needs a break, they might insist on our amateur racing needs one - fingers crossed though.
4miler for me, to at least stretch the mileage for the week to 25.5m, pending tomorrow.
Had a rough count of the year's mileage and I wasn't that close to hitting 3,000 so no real issue. That month post Endure with the niggle screwed that one up.
Evening everyone. Got smashed about by a virus for ten days or so, knocking a hole in running and general motivation.
Easing back into things with some recoveries with Spoons, a tempo light along the canals (6:45s for 18, 12, 10 mins), and then a bit of a hit out at parkrun today.
Winter course, which, whilst all tarmac seems to produce slower times. More overtaking I guess with the four laps. 19:22 for 6th and 1st V35 (tenuous, but I’m clutching at straws for some positive feedback 😆). Guess none of the fast boys turned up - perhaps there was a Birmingham League XC today or a race tomorrow I’m not thinking of.
So - what have I missed? Normally good for some snappy summaries on here 😀
Just realised I still have an additional prize to lash away (voucher AND a mug from that one!)..
£25 voucher at the local running shop. Brilliant.
Only slight caveat is it has to be on "ON" brand gear! (You can imagine how I didn't notice that ON was the brand rather than just seeing £25 on running gear on the first scan read!)
Their shoes seem to be super high price, so I'm hoping their gear is a bit cheaper and that might cover some shorts, vest, or at a push just socks!!
Beauty of this lot is they allow on day entries. But Sherfield 10k MT is a bit too soon tomorrow, after a cold/jab/race recovery week and the Winter Woolley a week Monday might have been interesting.
But checking the photos there's styles and stuff to hurdle, but also they allow people running around attached to mutts to go out 10mins earlier, making the race like some awkward Sunday run round a park avoiding dogs munching at you
SG - booster knocked me out for a day or so but passed quick enough thankfully. Sure you'll be on it in earnest next week.
So - I had a go at parkrun on Saturday. Last went sub-17 back in 2017, officially (ran it on a solo Battersea Park TT back in COVID times, but I'm not counting that with GPS uncertainty etc).
Now being in Dorking, fast courses don't exist around here, so it's either 45 mins to London or 45 minutes to the coast. Ended up going for Hove Prom, purely because I knew a mate of a similar speed was going to be there.
Got down there and the wind was pretty stiff when running to the East, which wasn't going to be load of fun. The usual joggy warm up with a few strides and we're good to go.
Went out hard, we've got the wind behind us and it's a ludicrous 3:16 (3:24 is 17 mins). 2 lapper up and down the prom, so 4 dead turns. Second km is 3:26 and the halfway timer shouts out 8:30 exactly - I'm right in the mix.
At this point I'm glad I've roped my mate in, as there's usually more fast people here but it's just me and him at the front this week. Unfortunately, he's faster than me, and pulls away before we hit the headwind section and I've got to slog into it solo (this was ultimately my undoing I think).
3:20 and 3:25 have me believing I've still got this, hoping for a few second backs turning on the jets in the closing stages. Final dead turn with 800m to go, and it's everything you've got and more, as the line seems impossibly far away in the distance.
At this point I realise 5km is beeping on my watch way before the line (it does in 16:49!), and I've been led to believe I've got this when really I haven't! Final sprint and I've stopped the timers at 17:04. Almost, but not quite.
I'm not for one second saying the course is wrong - just that I was relying on my watch to see where I was at, and it was measuring slightly inaccurately. In all honesty, not sure I could have run any harder anyway - it was probably the wind that scuppered me in the end.
I was third in the end, some guy sailed passed me into the wind on the 2nd lap, looking impossibly fresh. Katie ended up with 18:41 - equaling her PB (D'oh!).
22 miles on the trails this morning to make 77 for the week. Things progressing nicely for the spring campaign!
Plenty of time to develop the fitness and probably make some decent inroads down the 16xxs at Battersea Park next summer.
Saw they're close to announcing the dates. Let's just hope the virus has eased right back down asap to allow for a proper summer next year.