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Big G - Nice run
Shades - Is that curry with the Turkey you had? I love me a turkey/goose curry. Best part of holiday leftovers.
8 miles this afternoon. Couldn’t go earlier as out at a lunch. Combination of wine from said lunch, persistent ice and feels like -5 made for an unpleasant run but there we are.
Rcouture - at least you got the run done, no sympathy re the wine though
No, I don't usually curry the turkey leftovers. I chop it up into portions and freeze it. The breast meat I'll eat as more roast meals or sometimes stir fry. The rest is portioned and as I usually have soup for lunch, I microwave a portion and chuck it in the soup, which makes the soup more filling and also increases the protein as I'm still trying to stick to 30% protein every day. I love turkey and can quite happily eat it every day.
I made yesterday's curry with chicken thighs. When did a quick taste it was a bit too spicy and had to reach for the water, but the time it had cooked for longer and with some rice it was just the right amount of spice for me. I got hot less than 5 minutes after starting to eat it, it was very warming.
Robert - thanks for the good news re Halstead, we were right guessing the date. I did look at the website a few days ago.
I have run today.
Hope all plans re your Dad goes well so you can relax and enjoy your Xmas.
Big G- Enjoy NL
8 miles this afternoon. Meant to be 10 but had a calf twinge so thought I better call it. I know what it is too which is annoying as I’ve worn my low drop trail shoes all week due to the ice whereas I am religious about swapping daily normally. Anyway just a 1-2 on the pain scale and can’t feel it post run so hopefully minor. Happen to be seeing physio tomorrow which is handy.
Rcouture-Sounds amazing,I'm off to Anglesey on Sunday 🤣
7 miles today,went a different way and there was lots of ice so won't be going that way for a few days,looks tropical on Monday,showing 13° now.
Speaking of, haven't run all week. Far too icy. I know some people are but I don't trust the ground when it's frosty let alone icy.
I'm also thinking I'll likely DNS the race on Sunday - I've not managed to arrange a lift (it's in Guildford) yet and the weather still looks awful.
Rcouture - does sound like the calf twinge is due to having to use the low drop shoes several days in a row.
How are you getting on with the flossing exercises? I haven't sourced a flossing routine to do yet, but it's on my task list.
Wow, that definitely will be warm weather training in Senegal. Hope you all have a lovely time and enjoy the heat.
Ian - Anglesey is lovely, perhaps a bit chilly this time of year. They used to have a good marathon there.
Cal - I don't blame you for not attempting to run, it's just not worth the risk. I didn't realise you had a race on Sunday. It's not so much running the race in winter weather that's the challenge but the waiting around before that can be pretty grim.
I was so pleased to finally get out for a run yesterday, I definitely had cabin fever. I wasn't so keen when I got up this morning but although we've had a very heavy frost and it's 'feels like' -8 again I got ready. Takes ages with all the layers to put on, 2 tops, lightweight jacket, tights, hat, buff, 2 pairs of gloves. By the time I'd done all that I was in the mood for a run but when I got outside, I thought the downhill didn't look so good so headed off in the same direction as yesterday as I'd seen from my flat the pavement was dry and safe. But I only got a minute down the road and the road and pavements were all frosted over as the road opened up and looking unsafe. I switched off my Garmin and walked on the verge to the edge of the park where I had done laps last week, thought I would check the perimeter road by walking it, streetlighting is poor here but there are trees that usually protect the road from frost. But I hadn't got very far and the road had ice on it, so reluctantly I walked home. It is cold out there.
When I was younger I used to count the days to Christmas. Now I count the days until the frost and cold weather goes away.
Yes, still getting out around 5am to run before work, which is easy to do in summer, but much harder when it's -5c outside!!
1:26 is a very good time, even if it wasn't what you were looking for on the day.
I expect you've got another half planned before your spring marathon.
Big G - good you could get a run done before your long drive. Must have been the advantage of the sea breezes to keep your run mostly ice free today Cars are still frosted over here.
Have a good journey.
8 miles earlier. Beautiful out and yesterday’s calf issue was non existent. I’m hoping to get out for a 20 tomorrow when it’s supposedly going to warm up to a balmy 5 degrees.
I need to do more research but I think the sciatic nerve is the one you'd be working on for the hamstring.
For me I think it's the femoral nerve which gives me twinges down my right quad. I have also had occasionally a twinge in the outside of lower leg so will check that out too. My mileage is very low and I'm not racing so haven't had any twinges for a while. I'll find a few stretches, many we used to do on a regular basis in Pilates.
I woke up at 2 a.m. and got up and had a quick look out the window to see what the roads/weather were like. Looked OK, light frost on the cars and the roads didn't look as bad as yesterday. Back to bed and up at 5:30, all looked the same. Put the washing on and made a coffee and in that time, it had started to rain/sleet and cars are driving really slowly up my road as rain is falling on sub zero road surface. So not going to risk running today. Thaw should start today
It will stay like that until the thaw as they don't grit our road and we don't have a grit bin.
One pedestrian was struggling to negotiate the ice and looked quite frightened. A police car came along and gave him a lift.
I was hoping to get to the gym today but no chance of that.
Newton to Exeter road closed due to multiple cars hitting barrier due to black ice
3 buses in various places have come off the road.
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
I can only remember it ever being this bad before when I couldn't even walk the one mile to work because of sheet ice.
This morning there are reports that some pedestrians are only managing to negotiate the hills on their hands and knees. Others are taking their shoes off and despite the cold walking in their socks.
We have move to near the mountains so a first winter for us.But this is the worse winter in maybe 14 years I have never known anything like it.
People are crazy to go out in this I told Mr WP I am not going to go out for a walk I value my bones too much.
Can you do gym work at home even if a S+C workout?
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
Shades, not good!
I have broken my running duck for the week by going to Wanstead Flats parkrun. It's one I've done before but it's one of the few that was a) running in London and b) I could get to on the tube. And there were a lot of other people there with the same idea. It's a flat, trail and grass two lap course but it was all on snow today and pretty magical. I found it quite runnable but a bit tough on the legs (probably from stabilising) and lungs from the freezing air, so my time was an underwhelming 30:34 - however, it was so beautiful I think it's one of my favourite parkrun experiences to date. (Picture was taken by another parkrun friend but I've borrowed it for illustration purposes).
I have also secured a lift for tomorrow, god help me, so I'll be doing the Mince Pi run. But as it's laps I can do as many or as few as I want (I just hope the clubmate I'm getting the lift from isn't set on doing an ultra!)
No, won't do workout at home. I have some weights but nothing replicates the gym. Plus don't enjoy doing stuff at home.
I think a lot of people here were caught out by the weather. The sheet ice didn't happen until 8ish and some were probably already out. If I'd gone for a run it would have frozen while I was out and would probably have taken me a couple of hours to try and get home again.
It's starting to thaw now but parts are still frozen, only seen one car use the road to our car park.
Cal - must be a relief you could finally get out for a run this week. All parkruns cancelled here today and they even closed the library too!
Good luck for tomorrow hope conditions are good for the race.