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I thought after a weeks rest the legs would be fresh, alas anything but 🤨
YTD 559 miles
Saying that, I'm not giving mine much rest this week. Testing them on a higher mileage for a few days. So, a 10mile run last evening, and an 8 mile route this morning.
(Hope to make it a double-day and run shorter this evening.)
YTD: 819' .
Progressive 6 today (well progressive 5 plus a cool down mile)...might've been more sensible to keep it easy but I have a mile relay race in two weeks so trying to get my legs working again.
YTD: 833
Nice lunchtime on the coast path with a few nice chats to make me feel good, then club run in the evening, nice mix of road & trail.
Parkrun practice set up for Saturday, it'll be fine.
491 mile YTD
43,845ft elevation
12/07 - 6.23
13/07 - 8.24
(14.47)
YTD = 1163.79 miles
Going to use this thread to plug our club race on 10 December - for the newcomers, it is called Dawn To Dusk.
Particularly suited to anyone wanting to run what they can just before Christmas - 10km, 22km, Marathon, Ultra and Relay Ultra.
Dirt cheap as you get medal, Tshirt and Samosas at the feeding station - chip timed with split times per lap.
Full details at the registration link below.
https://www.evententry.co.uk/sikhs-in-the-city-dawn-to-dusk-marathon-ultra-2023
We are pleased to announce that our 2023 Dawn To Dusk (D2D) races will be on Sunday 10 December at the usual location (car park of Teresa Gavin House, Southend Rd, Woodford, Woodford Green IG8 8FA) and still have the Team Relay Ultra which is a fixed distance of 50km (25 laps). Our friendly event is a friendly race because we expect everyone to observe a be nice strict etiquette and be subject to our Zero Tolerance Policy..
We will hold our (good value for money) prices for this year and 2024 at the still completive prices of £39 for the longer distances and £19 for the 10km. The Team Relay Ultra (for up to FIVE runners - only team captain should enter) will be £95 in keeping with the fee of the individual 10km.
This race will be under the relevant COVID restrictions applicable at the time including your honesty in declaring that you are not affected at the time of applying - if you do have to pull out for any reason, in accordance with our No Refund or Transfers Policy we will offer you a deferred place at our next similar event such as the Fauja Singh Birthday Challenge (end of March 2024) or the Summer Samosa Ultra in June 2024 only.
We hope to welcome back as many of our loyal regulars as possible, while also encouraging first timers to give us a try. To clear all previous deferrals the number of entries are limited to 280 for the D2D races and 95 for the 10km. Entries close on midnight Saturday 4 November 2023. (375 in total for both races). There will be a limit of 20 Team entries to ensure that the safe limit of runners on the course is maintained.
Those of you who have taken part in the (D2D) event will already know but for the first timers here is a summary:
Rewards include a unique/bespoke race medal and event T-shirt.
There is a bag drop, loos and a feeding station at the Start/Finish of each lap serving usual drinks, savouries, biscuits, chocolates, fruit, tea/coffee and samosa/onion bhaji! A separate table for personal drinks too.
14 easy miles @ 9.25 pace today in the pouring rain!
YTD 573 miles.
Harmander, I guess the laps are a bit over a mile? Sounds like a great event but not one for me (I am not a fan of laps).
4 miles today - wasn't sure if I should go out as my calf is still tight but it didn't explode so I guess I can do parkrun tomorrow.
YTD: 837
Cal, these laps are different - they are hard - lol
Only two runners have broken 3 hours (by less than 10 seconds) for the marathon.
Another 10.24 miles today in the lovely rain - the lady I am training wears a hijab which was getting heavier with each mile.
YTD = 1174.03 miles
There were quite a few ladies in hijabs and tunics at the Asics 10K - one even had the long robe thing and veil with just her eyes showing. She must have been so hot. Props to those girls for getting out and running in all that.
Harmander, I ran into an acquaintance of yours - the Terminator from Hitchen, apparently. Said he did Toronto with you.
YTD: 840
TYD = 1182.37 miles
Cal, yes I know him and he ran Toronto a few times with me - met him at Ealing Half marathon many years ago and he was trying to impress the SITC team of his target of attempting 12 half marathons in a year - we all smiled and encouraged him. Nice enough bloke though.
YTD: 850
Set myself the challenge to run my age, in miles, this week. (Birthday was in May but haven't had a clear week until now!)
So the daily miles (Mon-Sun) were 10, 10, 15 (8+7), 11, 14 (5+9), 10 and 9.
It has been a very windy week with quite a lot of rain, so not too easy to fit in the runs
Now I need to get down to some serious speed-work! (Did I say that before?!)
YTD: 870'
Harmander: you asked about my trainers. They're asics nimbus and the current pair feels a bit narrow. I sense they're relaxing a little, and these are probably the 5th or 6tg identical pair I've had, but I'm still unsure about this current one.
Funny week. My back has been an issue all week. The discomfort is at the top of the hip into the small of the back, although steady improvement as the week moved on. 5.2 on Thurs, parkrun yesterday (23.45) and 5.2 in drizzle tonight.
Ytd:668.9 (July 33.8)
Parkrun practice went really well so we're good to go live Saturday coming....can't pretend that I'm not a little bit scared but we didn't have any big dramas in the practice a couple of little teaks to do.
Sunday I got out for a no time pressure bit of coast path, so 11 miles and over 2000ft later a nice cold beer hit the spot.
506 miles YTD
46,873 ft elevation
For the first time in over two years I feel that my running is almost reliable. So, I would hope to build up to some longer runs, and generally not be too far off 'marathon-ready'.
(Saw that you were 'injured' again. With all the gym work that you are including each week I thought you would have 'injury-proofed' yourself.)
Hobie... Good news about the parkrun preps... Congrats on passing 500'.
7 miles today with a 5 mile tempo in between.
YTD 588 miles.
YTD: 878' .
Out Mon and Tuesday for 5.2 and 7.3. I love just going for a run but with various demands and with an eye to the October Yorkshire marathon think I'll have to be a bit smarter.
Ytd: 681.4 (July 46.3)
YTD: 852
YTD 609 miles
BTW I have been seeing if at the end of my shower a couple of minutes of cold water over the legs aids recovery, not 100% convinced but I think there may be something in it or maybe it’s just the placebo effect 😊.
Anybody else go for the cryotherapy for recovery?
Anyone fancy a trip to West Wales for a parkrun, you'll be very welcome.
519 miles YTD
YTD: 885' .
Got out myself for a 5 mile loop, felt hard...then I remembered I gave blood on Thurs evening.
524 miles YTD
As for me, parkwalk today, so no running miles to add (and likely won't be for a few weeks). If I'm quiet, it's because of that, not because I've died or something.