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Good to see a bit of progress NE
Same weekend last yr i did 1.22.09 at Goodwood on probably a breezier day than today. And ended up with 2.54.33 at vlm, so double pkus 10min 15sec. Didnt think id be in that shape after recent lurgies, but had done a few short races which i figured would have done me good.
Started with a few 6.25s so 1.24 pace, built into it and ran strongly (probably had a little bit in reserve too - but wanted to run strong and not tail off if i felt woozy). Got a sniff of a possible 1.23 but ended up finishing strong with 1.22.19, which was a nice surprise, only a bit of breeze each lap though. Horrible lonely affair as only 150 in the 1/2 and i was 6th, although there were 5k and 10k folks to weave through. 2022 running fortunes are starting to improve after being ruined by illness and niggles earlier in the year.
TR that's great only being 10 seconds down on last year after what you've been through - you definitely seem to have turned a corner.
Day off yesterday (just a leisurely 5 mile walk) but 6 miles today including some strides. Got the last race in the Wimbledon Trail Series tomorrow...dreading it a bit as it's longer than the others (the standard route is 5 miles but there's another, slightly shorter lap for the last one of the year, taking it up to just under 8 miles). And that's a tough course. I'm sure I'll manage, though...I'll just need to be sensible about pacing myself.
5m yday, 5m today, few easy days after Sunday's effort.
Good luck at Wimbledon Cal. Listen to TR’s wise words & you should enjoy it whatever the time.
We’ve dropped off the podium now for CWR. No surprise as we were almost 2 hrs quicker when we came 3rd in 2015. That would’ve been good enough to win comfortably this year!
Frampton 10K on Monday
Entered over enthusiastically months ago having not clocked the proximity to CWR. Unsurprisingly it was a so-so run after the weekend’s racing & driving high-mileage + lack of sleep. Wasn’t helped by an enforced bush dive at 6K 😆 which enabled a club rival to come past. Almost caught him, but a slight climb over a canal tipped me over the edge & he pulled away again over the final 500m. Still, managed 41:28 which isn’t too shabby.
Couple of easy 5K runs yesterday which did feel slightly harder than I’d’ve expected even on post race legs. Tested positive this morning 😭
Jools - shame re the 3rd place. Bigger shame re the CV, its everywhere again. Hopefully you'll bounce back quickly, it seems to take me longer, maybe as i firsr had it unnvaccinated.
Jools, hope you recover quickly - time to give your bod a break, I guess.
I did a gentle three mile recovery run this morning, low HR, then took it easy until the evening.
Wimbledon Trail Series Race 3. Unlike the first two races, the third race is longer - almost 8 miles - and it was my first time doing this as the first year I ran, I was injured for the last race, while last year the series was held later (due to the pandemic) so the last race was the same length as the others as it was in September, when there's less daylight. The technical Alps section is not repeated, but the rest is, so it's twice up the steep Rifle Butts (unlike last time, this was not a muddy slip 'n' slide, but I decided power walking the steepest part was more efficient than trying to jog up it) and twice up the horrible Toast Rack, which was particularly sandy today thanks to all the dry weather.
I figured I'd be around 80 minutes and I came in at somewhere under 82 so I wasn't far off. I really slowed down second time up the Toast Rack but the main issue I had was painful intestinal cramps towards the end. I had one that literally stopped me in my tracks and made me double over within view of the finish.
This isn't the first time this has happened - I had the same thing at Kingston half back in 2019, though I managed to pull myself together enough to get a PB. Not a concern today as it was a weird distance and I'm not in shape, but could've done without it.
Anyway, it's done! And at least I have a time to try and beat next year.
NE - definite signs of progress, well done.
Cal - a decent few days of running, PR, LR then trail race. Hope the cramps were a one off.
TR - excellent time in the half, sounds like you ran it well with a strong finish.
Macca - great news on a bit of progress. Im not sure on hammy exercises as they seem to annoy, but i defo saw a bit of hammy/glute issue progress with some drills, its a good thing to make your body work properly which is what your 2min reps are doing.
10m home last night, 9m inc 10x3min this morning, was a bit slow and achey but that's to be expected after Sunday.
Macca, that sounds promising! Interesting a physio would prescribe sprints...usually speed is the last thing to be reintroduced.
6 miles this morning - air temp still tolerable. Dreading the heatwave...my flat is hottest in the evening as it's mostly west facing, so I won't be getting a lot of sleep. Two week forecast doesn't suggest an end to it, either. Fffffff.....
Time to push the long runs up with 12wks to go. So, 5.5m easy, 10m steady, 4.5m easy. Coped pretty well, helped by 2 gels and a litre of fluid.
Chose Horsham parkrun today...I had originally planned on University Parks (Oxford) but once I'd assessed costs (45-50 minutes on the tube, then an hour on the train which is £30 return, plus a bit of a walk) I decided against it. If I was going with friends and planned to have a bit of a day out in Oxford, fair enough, but for just the run...nah.
Horsham's a bit easier - an hour journey and the park's right by the station, so did that one. In winter it moves to another park that's much harder to get to so figured I'd hit this one in summer.
Park's nice but it's a three lapper and a lot more was on grass and trail than I expected. Not hilly but also not flat, so wasn't what I'd call a fast course.
There was a bit of a breeze and the clouds came across during the run so it wasn't too warm, but HR was still in the 180s after the first mile. Ran 28:27 which isn't wonderful but sleep's not been good and I am likely still recovering from the Wednesday race so I'm not going to be too hard on myself.
I've just invested in a new mobility programme and was shocked to realise I can no longer touch my toes, not to mention failing a lot of the other mobility tests. The exercises are pretty hard but hopefully will help. I'm starting to think my issues are less about health and more that I have turned into a chair-shaped person.
I settled on 16 miles with some miles a bit faster than easy pace...I was aiming for 10 minute miles but that didn't quite happen. The first one felt like it should have been 10 but was actually 40 seconds slower; the next I had to stop twice for cars, and then I managed a 9:55. I guess I'd shot my bolt with that as I then got progressively slower again until I hit 13 miles in Battersea Park. Decided to jog the remaining three back home as it was uphill and my right hip, ham and achilles were all hurting like mad.
I made it to 16, but felt like I'd run a marathon. It was that bad I even stretched when I got back. 🤣
Easy week now...partly because it's going to be in the 30s and partly because I've that 8 mile race on Sunday. I'm hoping I'll be a bit more acclimatised by then!
Hot turbo session for me today.
5m easy commute in, rather than a monday mlr due to Wednesday's 10k, not great mara prep, but ive run some ordinary 10k times recently and have a chance to improve on them if weather and conditions allow.
NE, try being in London...ugh. I expect my flat will reach 30 degrees tonight.
Up early for 8 miles with some strides in the last mile and it didn't feel too bad considering how much Sunday hurt (was warm and muggy though...not much overnight cooling). Sunday's race looks potentially gruelling. Glad I opted for the 8 mile rather than the 10 mile.
Only a couple of miles yesterday for me. I coached last night and highly enjoyable it was. Hope to get out today late evening-but not sure. I have had a decent gym session though.
Solid week back NE.
No run yesterday as I was too busy race organising/directing. Fortunately the morning’s test gave me the all clear to attend.
117 runners out of 147 turned up - their loss not mine.
Light rain for about 90 minutes pre-race cooled things down nicely then dried up for the race & post-race pub social.
Winning times were 33:46 for the men & 38:27 for the women. Full age range represented: 17-86. Both V70 winners were 49:xx too on an undulating course!
4M & 6M double today.
HR still 4-5 bpm up on pre-CoViD but significantly better than Monday for sure.
Legs less achy too. We’ll see how they are tomorrow, mind 😆
Lucy to get some rain at least, Jools. Good news that the HR is getting back to normal.
Up early again for another 8 miler. Weather felt a bit fresher - even wore a T instead of a vest. Unfortunately, body felt pretty niggly. I think it doesn't like that I sleep on my left most of the time - I think that's what's upsetting the right SI joint but I'm not sure what to do about that as it's hard to sleep in hot weather, let alone in a different position than normal.
Cal- well done for getting out there. Theres adaptations to be had from this warm training.
Brighton 10k last night. Bit too much of a rush to make trains each way after work and after the race really. Was hoping for a low 37 after the 1.22 10 days ago, but didnt feel fresh enough. Maybe the weekends 20m and turbo combo, or maybe the rushing about to make the race. Anyway a solid 37.46 (6.04, 03, 09, 04, 03, 00 and 5.43 for the extras), so decent paced. First 1/2 was into a breeze which helped temps, 2nd 1/2 was like someone had turned the oven on.......another sub3 indicator, but really need to get the marathon training going in earnest now.
Well done on the 10K - that's very decent for the weather.
Opted for my local parkrun today as I'm racing tomorrow (yikes). Pushed a bit but not too much but HR still went to 189 on the home stretch. Didn't even feel that hot, and I slept relatively well. Got 27:59 which is incredibly annoying as I still need a .00 for my parkrun bingo, and I have umpteen .59s already. Bah.
Toasty 20m for me this morning.
Harry Hawkes 8, then! Went in with no expectations due to heat and the fact it's a distance I've not raced before, so decided I'd start out easy and see how it went. Didn't have the best night's sleep and felt like I didn't have the energy to warm up (although I had walked two miles from Balham to Clapham Junction due to engineering works on Southern), but once I got going I was OK. It felt pretty warm even early in the morning so for the first mile I was finding my feet. Mile 2 I stopped to hoik up my chest strap as it was falling down (probably because of all the barrier cream I rubbed on to stop my sports bra chafing)...Mile 3 I stopped at the water station as I wanted to make sure I got to drink a full cup and not shoot half of it up my nose as I usually do. After that I started feeling quite strong and was overtaking people on the river path. I did get overtaken by the 10 mile leader just after 5 miles (given he'd run two more mile than me and had started 15 minutes later, he must have been going some!) but I was actually enjoying the race, smiling at people and exchanging the odd well done and whatnot. Kind of like how I felt when I ran Chester Marathon back in 2018.
I am now looking forward to ice cream and some rose I've got chilling in the fridge (though not too much of the latter...don't want to dehydrate myself!)
Turbo day for me.
I had a very restless night - I did sleep but I seemed to wake up every hour. It was 28 degrees in my flat when I went to bed so tonight will be much, much worse. So, while I wouldn't normally run on a Monday, I decided to go out and do a recovery run this morning, as it's the coolest it'll be for the next few days. Did 6 miles at a gentle plod, HR around 140 for most of it. I think it unlikely I'll run tomorrow but I'm taking this week by how I feel. I will definitely not be doing the scheduled 10 miles with 6 at LT pace. I guess, after yesterday's race, I don't really need to anyway.