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Happy birthday TR.
I’ve been feeling creaky this week so carded my 2nd zero today.
Hopefully I’ll feel the benefit at parkrun tomorrow.
I was going to run/walk the Thames Path last week until about this time last week. A quick pep talk with the SPO and we decided my time was better spent doing the washing up or something. TBF, the best out come would have been an underwhelming performance for a load of logistics and lack of sleep.
Hope you go well jools
Macca - sounds like duscussions 'we' have at times. Ive got a lot of half finished DIY jobs. Hope the hammy mends, i feel you pain, ive had a lot of hammy issues in recent years. Getting the knots out via massage or roller might help.
Macca...me too. Hamstring is being a bugger...and it's not even my bad hamstring but the other one. *sigh*
Took two days off after the trail race but decided I'd risk parkrun today on the proviso I took it easy. I just did my local and stayed about 10 minute pace. Bum and groin still achy after (although immediately after I felt OK...it was just later while I was eating in front of the telly).
had a solid if unspectacular hit out today. No surprises that a country park 10k was a bit rolling and gravelly underfoot, got stuck behind traffic in the first mile on the skinny paths, but ran ok after that with no tummy or 'woozy' issues, so thats a positive. 38.38. I did 37:20 two weeks before vlm, so im not where i was then, but id probably go 37something on a better course, giving it a bit of welly. We'll see next Sunday.
The rain went through overnight, but it got very dark and then absolutely hosed it down with about 3k left, and it all ended up a bit flooded.
Well done on the post op PB chicksta. I'll have to work with post pandemic PBs I think, given I'm quite a bit slower than before. Argh.
Wasn't sure I ought to run today (had a poor night...too hot so kept waking up, not to mention the aches and pains) but did anyway. I can ran with normal form but rather wish stuff would stop hurting. I did stretch before and after and had a good Theragun session too. Anyway, did 6 miles.
Hope the theragun works cal......there were roads today (as well as the odd path), but i guess theres no pressure to maintain roads in a country park do in places they have crumbled away and have a loose surface......Bognor prom next sunday should be a lot quicker.
Good parkrunning ladies.
You’re all making me feel quite youthful 😆
19:17 at parkrun wu & cd made it 7.4 for the day. Made the most of the sunshine with a 4hr/65M bike ride taking in my daughter’s showjumping en route. She was thrown in the 1.0 m class but went on to win the 1.05 m class on the same horse.
I did a 10k 2 wks before vlm and then did 16m the next day in lieu of a long run. Had the jam jar today as i had to drop the doggy at the vets early doors. So planned 8m out and 8m back after work, trouble is i was real sore (from yday ? from Cv?) After 6m, but pushed on to the turnaround and then had to suck up 8 miserable and sore miles back to the car. Bit silly that one. We'll see if its a bsckward step in due course. Im away with work for a couple of days, so goid time to have some easy days.
Jools - Nice one on the SB/sub 20!
Cal - Nice racing.
Macca - Good to hear you are on the way back.
Short report from me. Swan Challenge 6 hour event. After ticking over for a few weeks after the marathon, was hoping to get either 8 laps or 10 laps (3.3 miles each). Got through marathon distance (8 laps) in about 4:15-4:20 ish I think, felt OK but not great but it was getting warmer at this point. Grabbed some food and drink and went off and clocked another 2 laps for 10 laps (33 miles) in 5:38, could have gone out for another as I'd be setting off before the 6 hour limit, but decided to call it a day with an ultra in the legs, finished 8th out of 101. Top 2 did 12 laps each! Was a nice route, through woodland and a field with a slight hill in the field but runnable. Leg's feel great, but a couple of weeks rest then I'll start training again.
Jools - saw that LR on strata, there’s some decent hills in your neck of the woods.
cal - agreed, hammies are frustrating when they give you gyp.
Chicksta - as you suggest, the speed will return soon enough with a few sessions, well done on redlining!
Pulled out of a race tomorrow (10k) and mulling over an ultra on Saturday which I could feasibly walk if only to get something out of the entrance fee. Racking up the hrs on Zwift though although I wonder if that’s helping or not and if a few days of nothing but siting in front of the TV necking tinnies might be the best thing.
Guessed you were still not firing properly Macca. Have you tried complete rest yet?
How did you go today TR?
Progressive 5K at lunch in scorching 🥵 & an easy trail 10K this evening in the pissing 🌧
Macca - good work on the zwift. Brighton fits well for me next yr as its a bit earlier.
Jools - tough one on the pissing rain, it was scorchio when i ran yday.
7m easy yday, legs were much better, still some soreness, not sure if its from badhing round tge country park, or post CV aches. 5m today. Both runs went past the Excel, shame i couldn't pick my number up for Oct whilst im in the neighbourhood.
TR - it’s 18 weeks out from TCSLM ?(VLM was easier) end of next week I believe. Kempton first !
Macca, I sympathise fully.
A funny old week for me. Did a 4 miler on Tuesday that felt terrible, then 7 on Wednesday which was a bit less terrible but not great (the terrible being all my aches and pain), then 5 today, which was a little better although I struggled a bit with the humidity.
I have just been to see my phys who did a few things to loosen me up so hopefully I'll be alright for parkrun pacing on Saturday.
It was quite warm and also very busy (over 700 runners) so the start was congested and I had to try and play catch up. I'd plugged my numbers into a pace calculator and thought I was comfortably inside the pace I needed, but I came in at 29:08 which is a bit annoying. Still, I guess it was OK for a first attempt. No one seemed to care, anyway.
Had an awful 10m home thursday, more lightheaded and very achey legged running. Which is becoming a concern (although ive been getting lightheaded at other times too). So i only did 4m yday, 2m today, eaten well, hydrated well, taken some decongestants (ive had sinus issues before), could just be a CV thing, but to be fair i never got to have a post Brighton break and might just need to ease right off for a couple of weeks, not the best place to be 1 wk before Kempton.........anyway rolled over Bognor 2020 10k tomorrow, i plan to do my 1 week out 13m with 6m approx mp effort, but do is as 3m, 10k, 4m and see what happens ligtheaded wise, then decide what to do re kempton. Hopefully a couple of real light weeks will see me right.
I've been having similar feelings from time to time, TR - I put it down to dehydration as I sweat a lot more now I'm post-menopausal, but I'm not sure really. I eat enough. Anyway, hope you get on top of it.
Cal - 29:08 is as good as dam it 29 - given the vagaries of course length who knows.
I got myself out for a "long" run despite a less than optimal night's sleep (I just wasn't tired, I don't know why) - I had 10 miles in mind which would equal the longest run I've done since Manchester, though that was actually 5 weeks ago and my mileage since then has been on the low side.
Didn't take water as I thought I wouldn't need it, but that proved a mistake. I opted to do some of the River Wandle route, which is one of my favourites and I've not done for a long while. Hamstring took a long time to warm up (I'm not sure it ever really did...more that its grumbling was eclipsed by discomfort elsewhere) but it was a lovely morning and I enjoyed the river path as I usually do (saw two herons this time). But when I got to the bit where I intended to turn off and head home, I realised I was going to be well over target - at least 12 miles. It had warmed up a lot by this point and by the time I got to 10 miles, the inside of my mouth felt like an old sock.
I hit 12 miles on Tooting Common and stopped there and walked the remaining half mile home. It felt like a long old way.
I'll not be doing a long run next Sunday as I've the next trail race the Wednesday after, but hopefully I can build up my mileage after that. This week was 32 miles...last two weeks have been 22 and 21 miles respectively, so it's a bit of a jump. Hope to be back to more normal mileage again before too long, though.
Bognor 10k, on a warm and (rare still morning) with 10.30 start. My plan today was 3m, 10k, 4m. Hit the 10k hard and see what happened after quite a bit of lightheadedness this week, including when running. Ideally id liked to thave gone a minute quicker than last wks 38.38, was telling myself it was all fine and i ran a strong 4m (6.01, 6.02, 6.01, 6.02) but then felt a bit woozy, couldnt shut it down mentally and eased off with a 6.10, 6.14 (which cost me 3 places) before rallying in the extras for 38.00, 27th out of 1300plus........so i didnt collapse, or croak it, but feel a bit of a soft cock now, as i could have gone 37.30something,......anyway main thing is whilst im not right, i cant be far away from it. Aim to ease off for a couple of weeks, get on top of nutrition, fluids etc not sure if its low blood pressure, post CV type issues, fuelling or whatever, but Kempton is a DNS, Brighton taught me not to turn up to a mara compromised, i cant run a marathon without the confidence to go hard safely........decent race, well organised, loads of support on the prom, helps when its a nice day.