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Touché.
Down to do a tempo run today, probably on a treadmill. Last thing I want to do really as went to a curry buffet in a pub last night and feeling somewhat lethargic this morning.
Morning All,
Just clicked on the enter button for this marathon, so am now in!
It will be my 2nd marathon having just comleted the White Peak marathon in May, time of 3hrs 16 mins (not that flat!). Now gives the summer(?) some focus and aim to get close to 3 hours.
Be good to keep in touch with you all over the coming months to see how things are going.
Pete
JD - hahaha I laughed when I read you asking if Im doing Castles. No is the answer, Im far from being fast enough to ever be considered for anything like this. I havent run with PTH for ages or paid my subs. Hoping to start back there in next couple of weeks
Very hard 4.5 mile run for me today on seafront. The wind was so stromg that I had to lean 45degree angle to move. The wind was blowing me all over trying to stop me running in a straight line. My face was being blasted by sand. All good though and will ultimately make me a stronger runner. First time that Ive ever seen no other runners on the front hahah just one nutter - me
You guys are all looking for really good times at Chester, hopefully there will be some people on here looking for similar time to me
TF- you don't have to be fast- we're struggling to get a team of any sorts together
Well done on the run- i've got a 10 miler planned and I'm not looking forward to it- looks like being a case of survival!!
BARGAINS GALORE!!
Local Tesco seems to be having a clear out- whey protein mixes at £5 instead of £21 and SIS powder at £4 a tub!! Went round with 2 trolleys
10.42m done with 10 x 100m strides on the track. Starting to get there
Hey. whats going on with all the football threads. Distance.co.uk have got a sale on some items including trainers. Saucony womens trainers the same as ones currently got 57.99 and they are 80 something everywhere else. may be worth a look if anyone is going to need new trainers. JD you must have to have trainers every month with the miles you put in. Ive got a bit of an odd running style so the outer part of the heel on my trainers wears unevenly.
Having a rest day today, again but hoping to do maybe 7 or 8 miles in morning tomorrow
happy running everyone. hope castles was good jd
TF- Thanks, but my Castles leg is tomorrow
Just a 6.4m recovery plod this morning followed by a day in the Country Park adventure playground, beach and toboggan run
. Oh, and lunch in Pizza Hut- where I had loads of salad and a handful of tortilla chips
Hi, 7.2 miles done this morning, furthest in a while. Felt like I could have gone further but dont want to push things to early on incase my leg or foot go bad again. Going to stick to my plan and be sensible
TF and Andrew- well done on the runs
Andrew- I tend to stick to a schedule (ish) in the build up to a marathon
Ran the Castles Relay today- Brecon to Beacons Reservoir- 8.8m with 328m of ascent according to my Garmin. Reasons to be happy: 1) This time last week I wasn't running
2) Time of 1.00.58 is around 2 mins quicker than I last ran this in 2010
The good thing about 8.8m of constant up was when i ran back to my car after the event- i.e. 8.8m of DOWN. Did this in a leisurely 1.06 to make total mileage for today with warm up 18.1m and 78m for the week. (Bit of a jump from last week's 19, i know....)
did Marsden 10 mile challange today in 1h16 2mins faster then last year very tough hilly course with 80% off road
compo- well done
10km yesterday on the dreadmill including 7km tempo, felt cooked just after 6km but hung on for the last one.
10 miler this morning - first time I've run that far since I moved to my present abode in the tropics. Was able to keep within the right hand margin of LSR target pace without problems and even the vicious little hills near the end didn't bother me as much as usual (that is, I didn't entertain any thoughts of a quick walk!).
Fairly happy with that for a weekend's work. Not quite as good as Compo though!
Just caught up after being on holiday last week. Managed 3 runs while away, totalling 16 miles with 10 miler yesterday so I'm pretty chuffed with that. PF also calmed right down since using the sock.
TF - my target time seems similar to yours. Was aiming for sub 4:30 in Manchester but the crappy conditions put paid to that (well, that's my excuse anyway!) so my realistic target is 4:20 but sub 4:00 in my dreams....!
Well done Compo. Good running GK and Alison.
I ran the Liverpool Tunnel 10k yesterday in an OK-but-not-great- time of 42:21.
Hello all - some good runs/races this weekend.
For me was 5 mile recovery on sat, 15 miles on sun.
At least we don't have any heat/dehydration issues with the lovely summer weather we've been having.
Race was good tho. Good 1 to do I think.
Yep, I'd def. do it again if it fell in with my Spring marathon schedule. Start off a bit slower next time to have more left in the tank after hitting the incline coming out of the tunnel.
Nice 10.5 mile hilly run yesterday, felt good, looking forward to upping mileage slowly and enjoying LSR through the summer
Day off running today, finished work early today and got a massive bag of crisps in front of me. Planning nice run before work tomorrow, if I can wake up early enough
AP2 keep me posted of your mileage and your runs. Itl be interesting to know what your doing as our targets are quite similar. Il prob crash and burn on the day, thats how it usually pans out for me as I set off at too quicker pace. maybe fourth time lucky this time
Well done everyone on your 10k runs, very fast
6m recovery run here tonight. Got a 10k lined up this Sunday
well done to all racers at the weekend
I started my Chester marathon training today in the rain! Whats that about hey, I wanted to do all my training in the sun. I did 6x1k reps avg 4:12 per rep, just put the times in a running calculator and it says I will get a marathon time of 4hrs, which is good but way off what time I wanted...
Jason d, good luck with your 10k this weekend, are you going all out or have you a plan that you will be sticking to?
Gazelle, 16 weeks out from Chester I wouldn't worry about what time 1km reps project for you. You're only going to improve inbetween now and October (hopefully!).
GazOC Yeah I know but it would be good to be able to be on target now
I did a progressive run on friday and put in two miles at MP at the end which seemed fine, I have had too much time on my hands today so was over analyzing things!!!!
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm a bugger for that McMillan calculator thingie, "if I can do 10k in 40 mins what time will I get in a marathon?".
Marathon training started yesterday hope to do 4 hrs if not better. Ran 8 miles before work on Monday and 4 this morning before work. Speed work on the dreaded treadmill tomorrow. I an trying to follow the Asics plan.
Alison Preecs2 let me know about the sock or how you get on with it as I have suffered with PF for ages now.
Good running GazOC. After your tunnel run
GazOC - what schedule you following?