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Sunday 5th June
Good morning all
Sitting up late, drinking wine, entertaining the family, playing music....when this popped up. Really strikes a chord and I think MadameO will get the lyrics straitghtways.
Back tomorrow when I've drunk more, slept a bit and done a run......
PS...apologies for the bogged up thread title, but at least I got the date right, though I wisely omitted the year
Sitting up late, drinking wine, entertaining the family, playing music....when this popped up. Really strikes a chord and I think MadameO will get the lyrics straitghtways.
Back tomorrow when I've drunk more, slept a bit and done a run......
PS...apologies for the bogged up thread title, but at least I got the date right, though I wisely omitted the year
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Morning peeps
Rest day today for me, though up and been playing with Geordie in garden.
donshaw: Did you run with Glenpark mid - late1980s ? I was an active member then. Never left theclub, just gradually got less active ! There were a few that came over from Dunoon to run for/with us back then.
Highland Games at Shotts yesterday and some good traditional Scottish heavy events. Hammer, Caber, Shot etc. Freezing though !12degrees not teh 24 we had on Friday here ! Sons band won 6 prizes overall
'All the best' to those racing today and 'well dones' to those who raced yesterday.
Catch up time now.
LOL Tom - hope the head isn't too bad this morning.
Well done to the band birkmyre. Much cooler here today - but better for running I guess.
Hope the ankle is ok postie.
What: local 10k race
Why: supporting a local club
Last hard: I'm staring it in the face
Last rest: 29/5
The beauty of a local race - slept in this morning and am just having breakfast. Race starts at 1030hrs so we'll leave about 1010hrs to run to the start as a warm up!
Edited cos I forgot - yesterdays lyrics were Summer by Dido.
LMUH: All the best for your race.
Pup now having a wee snooze at my feet.
LMUH - are you doing the Sinfin 10km? sitting here thinking whether or not to come down and enter on day as conditions seem good.
Lyrics yes.
what: 10km or 14m long.
why: it's what I train for
last hard: yesterday...but lets do it again
LMUH - Enjoy your race
Out for 13-14 very flat miles in a while, as it is that time in my 3-week long run cycle when I get a flat one.
More later, good luck to everyone racing today.
Brian: just realised that I've been using the seiza position in my daily stretch routine only I never realised what it was. Hurts like hell and how people manage to meditate in that position is beyond my comprehension!
LMUH: hope the race went well!
28 degrees here today - birks, shall we swap?
Bit of a late night for me yesterday (BBQ with friends) and my right knee hurts so no running yet. May do a gentle half hour in the woods later and hopefully the knee will be ok.
Ran very easily (deliberately so) for12.2M and really enjoyed it. Ended up at 8:12 pace which was also a very pleasant surprise.
Fully expect to be asleep on the sofa fairly soon
It was ALD - did you come down?
Copied and pasted from Shades thread:
Ok, here's my race report. Sinfin 10k otherwise known as 'blimey, where did that come from?'This race is run in my local country park where I do a lot of my training and last year despite a very twisty turny course and ankle deep puddles I managed to run a PB. Wasn't expecting much this year due to doing absolutely no speedwork whatsoever in the intervening time but knew that the course had changed so was likely to be a little faster.Mark and I set off to run the mile to the start aiming to arrive between 2 - 5 minutes before the off. But it was 2 miles to the start (a mile to the entrance to the country park) and I had to stop three times on the way down before finally finding the thorn that had worked its way inside my sock and was digging in to my foot. So after a slightly speedier than expected warm up we were running towards the start line just as the race started. Thankfully it’s the widest part of the course so we were able to run to the back of the massed hordes and be last over the line. As the race isn't chipped time I always use my Garmin time so wasn't too phased by this though I don't think that Mark was too happy The first km of the race is quite narrow and crowded so fighting my way through from the back was a little hard, I did think that this would probably stop me doing my usual fast first mile though so wouldn't be a bad thing however Garmin gave me the mile at 7.17 - exactly the same as my first mile last year. It had thinned out a little by now so I was able to run in a bit more of a straight line but thanks to starting at the back was just able to keep picking people off. I was amazed and appalled at the number of runners with earphones in, I don't think I have ever seen so many. This did mean that a few of them got a bit of a shock as I found a small gap to squeeze through and get past them Mile 2 beeped in 7.26 which I thought was also the same as last year but I find out now that I was wrong.Great race and great report LMUH - congrats on your new pb - you must be mentally strong to put your doubts and worries (and pain!) to one side and just get on with it - excellent!
Birkmyre - Joined in 1983 as a 13 year old - came over with Duncan McNeill and Willie Jukes (RIP). I loved the club because if I ever had to come over myself, someone would come and pick me up at the Calmac pier and drop me off later. I was club champ in 1989/90 I think although was based in Dundee at uni by then. And Tommy Murray and Alan Puckrin didnt do the club races!! After that, I gave up running for a few years and moved to Livingston so when I returned to training, it was with Livingston ac. Still got such fond memories of Glenpark though, a great club with great people! And you were one of them!! Small world
Wow, asthma, thorn in your side, the walkman brothers gumming up the rear of the field, a super-long speedy warm-up, and you still got a PB, LMUH! All you needed was Kato swinging out of the trees and attacking you mid-race and you had the full set. You've obviously put the miles in in training if you got that with no speed work.
No run for me today, just did 2 lots of 5 minutes on my knees (wow, the pins and needles it gives you!) Lots of stretching afterwards and some breathing exercises. I now need June to be my best training month ever. Bit of cross-training tomorrow, then intervals Tuesday.
If you're going go down, go down fighting.
Afternoon
LMUH - Great report and huge congrats on your pb
Chickadee, it's also a position in yoga:
VajrasanaAnyone got any epinephrine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_f7-9xzBRk
Afternoon!
Nice work and report LMH!
What: 30 mins easy
Why: legs quite tired in unusual places...suspect its the gardening rather than the running! Gradually loosened up but decided to be cautious...again. Hopefully something more significant tomorrow...little gardening going to be done today...too cold and wet, although did rain when I ran, although did don a rain jacket in case.
Last hard: mid week
Last rest: I reckon its about 75 weeks now!
Lyrics: nope.
Meself, i ran about 16 miles earlier.
Talk soon.
A'noon.
donshaw: Small world ain't it ! I recognised the name, eventually ! Good days back in mid -late 80s When we won Scottish CC 4 x 2.5m Relay Championships at Bellahoustion Park in Oct 88. The celebrations were, if I recall correctly,' a bit mental'
Tommy Murray referees nowadays at U16 level. Bumped into him a few times this season as younger son plays at his level. Fittest ref ever
Remember Wee Bertie Cox with his 'selling technique' for running kit ? I went into his shop one day to buy a pair of Nike socks (cost about £3 and by the time I'd come out, he'd 'persuaded me' into buying a new Nike all weather suit at £80. To be fair he always gave me club discount...
chick: Yes please swap, as its 15-16 degrees here.
Well done LMUH and agreat PB
What - 3m easy on the Treadmill
Why - Recovery
Last Hard - Yesterday
last Rest - Thurs
Take care
Thanks guys - I suspect I'll be smiling about it for some time - though I'm having a little trouble believing it!
BSCDB - the asthma was imagined rather than real - thankfully. My running mileage is quite low - 25 - 35 miles a week - as I break if I go over that for long, part of the reason for turning to the darkside. Todays result was off the back of long distance tri training.
Yep
LMUH: Well done from me too,forgot to post that earlier. Thought I had !
Click this for old photos
http://glenparkharriers.webs.com/oldphotos.htm
I am in the second pic in the 80s section - are you?
LMUH - congrats on the 10km pb - great report, must have been nice to be passing people all the way.
What: - 4 miles with Mae - most of the family orienteering!