she takes me away to that special place.
No thread?
What: 6m very gentle rec jog d&d / 2 hours easy pm.
Why: Base.
Last hard: Yesterday pm.
Last rest: 01/07.
Even by my standards the current mileage is bloody high! Rolling 7 day total as of yesterday evening was 148 (@ an average pace of 6:49). Legs feel surprisingly good
Have a great day all.
Comments
Mornin - Lyrics - Yesterdays creche trip must have sparked that one
Easy easy day - 4/5 easy later - race tomorrow evening.
TT - Good news from you. Looks like youre flying - when is your next race - it'll be interesting to see how your developing for October. No damage thankfully for myself. I'm hoping to match previous marathon effort (2:47 and a bit). This will be tough as it was in my former running life. I'll know better when I'm properly into my build up races. 44 now though and its a long time ago!!!. However thats where i've set the target and the training is going good so far. I'm where I want to be with the plan.
148 miles in a week....struggle to get there most months....
If you don't mind me asking , how do you get away with 2 hrs pm?
TMR - well done with the hammer pb!!
What - 6 tempo at lunchtime
Why - Thursday, and my legs hurt
have a great day
Paddy - got a hilly HM Sunday week and a 10k the first Wednesday of August, but not expecting much from either. It always takes me quite a while before races start to equate to training for some reason. Guess it's the whole peaking concept. Nice target and nice idea too How long ago was the 2:47?
Dustin - I work from home on Thursdays (and Mondays), and my working day is only 7 hours, so I normally start at 7:30 at the latest, finish about 3-3:30 and run then.
Morning all,
no idea on the lyrics.
TMR I do enjoy reading about your exploits - you do so much fun stuff!
What: 5 easy
Why: building slowly
Last hard: yesterday was oddly hard
Last rest: Tues
Good runnings all.
TT - ahh that figures, I'd love to do away with the commute !!
TT - Nice running, sorry to hear about your mishap the other day but guess all is well if youu,ve got a long run shortly And some serious mileage, you are heading into Dave Bedford territory
Paddy - You are older than i thought - thought you were in your 20s best of luck with dublin hope you achieve your target
Mava sorry about your broken streak, you can rebuild it if you want its hard though but you can have it if you really want
What: 3 mile sandwich (middle mile quick 8:58)
Why: getting legs to go quicker
Last Hard: yesterdays massage
Lyrics: sounds familiar
Tuesdays lyrics as some knew Talking Heads and Psycho Killer
Paddy - I can see no reason why it wouldn't be doable. As you say you're starting from a better place than before. My hometown is about 4m from Piltown - Carrick-on-Suir. Don't slow down if you're driving through it or your wheels will be history (p.s. not kidding about that btw!).
Dustin - one of the reason I stay in my job is that it's handy. Even on the 3 days I'm in the office the commute is <30mins, including nursery drop-off (40 mins if traffic is bad, 20 during school holidays). It just allows us to have so much more time together (plus obviously facilitates the running too).
Cheers Pammie. Most of the stiffness is gone now, thank God. Guess I'd best get working on my 'tache
Afternoon all,
TMR: A well executed mini-heptathlon!
TT: Awesome mileage and pace!
Where's Clink and NZC?
Well, the Chase Challenge was another futile attempt fo find some fast twitch fibres. I see I finished 13 seconds ahead of RachE - I'd have said hello if I'd realised. I don't seem to be able to get above LT pace, in fact, I went through the first 5k quicker at FLM07. I might try the Daniel's approach and mix the training paces up a lot more.
Have a good one!
Afternoon!
Not been on for quite a few days...little to report:
What: 10 mins steady later.
Why: had neck procedure just over 2 weeks ago, and just done 10 mins steady each day on grass.
Last hard: The neck procedure!
Last rest: Dec 24
Some improvement with the neck but only over the last couple of days. Being cautious with the running but will probably do a little more over the weekend.
Off to marshall at club's evening 5k series shortly.
Afternoon,
Not been around for a few days - rather frantic at work.
Like TT, I work 2 days a week at home and my contract says my working day is 7 hours. Trouble is, contract is one thing and reality is another - I normally end up with roughly 10 hours a day on my timesheet. It's a shame that the other thing my contract says is that I can't claim overtime...
What: rest day today
Why: Thursday
Last rest: Last Thursday
Last hard: Wednesday - did 5.5M with 4M tempo (about 29 mins).
Have a good evening.
Mr. S. who clearly has no sense of self preservation also elected to run the 400, as a none scorer. He was anxious to get an official time as he has only ever done a relay leg at this distance.
We were both disappointed with our main event. Don't know quite what went wrong for me. Can't blame the conditions. Not my sort of weather - cool damp and cloudy. BUT not cold and a slight following wind if anything down the 100 straight.
Just two other over 50s in my 100m race - I won pretty easily having led all the way but 16.4 is quite a bit slower than my 16.1 PB. I wasn't charged up enough - it all felt a bit lacklustre. Don't know why. Of course last year I would have taken 16.4 (it was my August 08 PB) but this year it seems like a step backwards...
Anyway. Can do better.
I was nervous about the 400 because it was more luck than judgement that I just about paced it right last time. Tonight there was a genuine 400 specialist running in lane 4 - and I knew she was pretty quick. I was out in lane 5, not good. Set off relatively cautiously, let her pass me on the 1st bend then held 2nd place maintaining the 10 to 15 metres between us. Should have realised that 300 metres at that pace is enough for me. I rounded the final bend and started slowing. I tried desperately to hang on but by 50 metres out my legs had entirely stopped co-operating and the girl who'd been miles behind in 3rd came stomping up. By 30 metres out I was performing what probably looked like a slow motion sprint and feeling like I was wading through thick air. I finished 3rd out of 4, not much behind 2nd.
Lay on the grass, legs completely gone again and feeling distinctly nauseous. Clever.
I was genuinely surprised to run 82.8 - only 1.2 seconds slower than my very recent PB. I expected to have lost more time over my final disastrous 50 metres, but I suppose the other 350 had been quick enough to make up the difference. Steve told me that 1 second slower on the first 200 could have made all the difference, as usual it all comes down to experience, and "well Sharkie you don't run 400s, no point in beating yourself up about it. You're still new, still learning how to run fast, you can worry about endurance later..." Or words to that effect.
I actually felt worse than after the PB race and took a bit longer to recover.
Mr.S. was happy enough with 59.9 on his first competitive 400. 80.99 AG.
We both then went on to run well in our respective 200s for the medley relay. My legs had felt so 'gone' I didn't think I would be able to, but I pulled myself together and managed to beat the girl who had so conclusively trounced me in the 400. I was 1 or 2 seconds quicker over 200 - and she was probably 5-10 faster than me in the 4. Interesting.
Everyone said I looked really good in the 2, it was probably my best run of the night. Don't know why because it wasn't pressure off - I had something to prove against the 400 girl.
So bit of a nothing night all in all. Usual long report about nothing!
PS: Suprised that hardly anyone got the linked Beatles songs of Sunday and Tuesday. But perhaps I'm just showing my age assuming that everyone is familiar with the Beatles back catalogue.
Sunday was Good Day Sunshine from Revolver. Someone actually gave it away about 3rd post in.
Yesterday was Rain, which as far as I can remember was an early double A side (now there's a blast from the past) with Paperback Writer.
There you go Pop fans.
Or not.
Evening
TT: Impressive sir
Paddy: Good luck with that target
Sharkie: Nice report and good effort, always good to read about your exploits
What: 9.5 miles at dawn
Why: Mojo returning, distances creeping up. Enjoyment factor returning along with legs which allow me to run uphill (or up mountain would be more accurate)
Last Hard: Last hill today which I threw in for fun, knew it was a bad idea halfway up
Last Rest: 10 days
Enjoy
evening
Sharkie - well done
And TmR - multi-eventing
TT - glad you're recovering from your tumble
alehouse - positive news on the neck
As for me...
What: 1 mile jog up the hill to the osteopath, click pull rub twist, then jog a mile down the hill home again
Why: no time this morning so it seemed a way to get a little run in
Last hard: work today
Last rest: sunday
According to the osteopath my pelvis had become twisted and I was all tensed up right up to my neck. So lots of manipulation all the way down, including a hard elbow in the PF on each side. Ouch. Hopefully I'm now sorted out for a little while.
Well done Sharkie and a great report as expected now
What - 6.25m
Why - Steady Miles
Last hard - Yesterday
Last rest - Tues
Take care
AF - sounds like a simple hazard of large, base mileage to me. I guess it depends on your approach. I always feel like that during base. Re: facial hair, I hope that's not the only requirement as, tbh, I couldn't grow any decent facial hair if my life depended on it......
Christ Paddy. Small world isn't it! You must know Seskin Hill then - one of the hills Kelly used to work out on? I love running up that every time I'm back. Great workout!
SGQ - On my days wfh I invariably end up doing a little bit more, but generally, luckily, no issues doing just my standard 7.
sharkie - nice!
mava - hope it does the job for you!
TT, 148ml in 7 days, wow! are you aiming to keep it at that level all summer ?
IM, yes I think throwing things is fun
AF, I've noticed that you don't do much standard type of speed work, but there again, I have exactly the same problem running faster over short distances despite doing quite a lot of the stuff
alehouse, not good about your neck, I hope it continues to improve rather more speedily
sharkie, I'm v impressed by your 400m time. Seems 100m training is better for 400m racing than marathon training ; well that's my excuse anyhow
What: am: 6ml easy: pm: 10.3ml inc 5k race
Why: marathon miles, Thurs is supposed to include some hard miles, and the race was very local. I set off near the back, partly by accident, partly cos I knew I'd be quite tired, and so not great expectations. Just before half way (it;s a 2 lap course) going up a nasty hill, and thinking I'm working as hard as I can, I hear coach's voice 'Come on, Marg, and encouraging me to overtake the runner in front, and the next; seem to be able to change gear, overtake 2 clubmates and generally work much harder than I thought I could, and pretty well hold it for the rest of the race. End result, 1 min slower than Sunday's track 5000, but its not a flat course, and my legs have got reason to be tired, though HR overall only 2 beats lower. Bit disappointed by that.
The course has been remeasured since last year, and is now c 120m longer. The explanation is that when it was first measured it was measured on the road, the statutary 30cm from the kerb ie the supposed running line, but now everyone runs on the pavement and cuts corners, of which there are quite a lot on the course, and they can't stop people doing this.