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Paris Marathon 2013
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Happy thanksgiving Dannirr (if it still is!)
Sorry weedy, can't be any help on books. Assume you've searched amazon...
I managed 3.62 miles at an average pace of 9.45. Given that my last 5k was 30.14, that's a significant improvement for me. I managed the first 2 miles in 9.30 per mile then faded a little. Hr av was 159bpm, with a new all-time high of 177bpm! It really helps having a faster runner to go with
And now I'm about to tuck into a big fat steak with butternut squash chips, yum!
Weedy - Running anatomy by Joe Puleo
Weedy, have a look here and there are lots of ' Swiss Ball' video exercises on youtube. If only I actually did any of them....
Thanks for those - they look spot-on
Neil - my biggest laugh today! Nice one.
Just back from reps this evening. 5 x 1500 m, tough session.
On my way home at last
DV - I'm a big fan of parkruns, and I'm planning to do the Edinburgh one this weekend when I'm there. The great thing is that you only have to register once, and print off a barcode once, and you can take it along to any parkrun anywhere in the world. They'll store all your results on the website for you, and give you a whole world of stats to play with. Debra Bourne (try the wannabe ultrarunner thread) organises one of the London ones, she might be able to help.
Adding extra miles to a half mara or other race is a good idea, but I'd strongly suggest putting in the extra miles before the race. It would be pretty dispiriting to see everyone else finishing, and know you still have another 7 miles, or whatever, still to go.
I managed to do some actual real exercise. I might not go as far as to call it swimming, more floundering through water, but still for the first time in ages I actually feel like I've done something.
Yay Eggy - you're on your way, mate.
Good one Eggy!
Happy Thanksgiving Dan and family.
Come on LFC!
Including carb loading?
Glad you managed to do some wet arm waving tonight Eggy. Anything to get the old ticker going hey!
Well done Eggy. I have just ordered 'Swim Smooth' from Amazon - it seems to be the swimming equivalent of P&D. At the moment I splash about a lot, without much forward movement....
Great news Eggy. Have a good day Danni - just pace yourself through the courses.
Public announcement... Venice marathon entries opened today. 8,000 places available. Or 7,999 places I should say
Back in the saddle, Eggy!
It's great news. Entried for the Paris Tri open in January...I'm just saying..
Weedy.You will love Venice. If Paris has the most spectacular Start in the world, Venice must surely have the best Finish..
Thanks all, feels good just to be able to do some for of exercise.
Weedy - Venice very nice.
Almost all carb loading, with a good dose of tryptophan (in the guise of turkey) thrown in.
Pretty bad here too - I'm off to aquaplane to St Albans soon....rock'n'roll....
Don't let a bit of weather put you off....8 miles for me last night
For any aquatic flounderers:
http://www.swimtypes.com/
I'm an 'arnie'. When I try to swim crawl in a typical pool my feet sometimes hit the bottom...I must swim at a 60 degree angle. Probably similar with breaststroke, and would explain why I have to put in an awful lot of effort in order to go very slowly.
Horrendous weather here too.......but its rest day for me(from running)..........Off to work now and It'll be 9.30 before I get home tonight
Absolutely shocking weather here and it looks to get worse... a gentle 15 miler for me tomorrow.
How is everyone else doing?
Interesting re swimming DLR spend hours and hours watching young Master NGUG swim at his swim club (he swims five times a week and competatively). With breast stroke one of the most common faults is that your arms and legs can end up working against each other so you are effectively pulling yourself backwards meaning that you make much more effort than anyone else but end up going slower! Crawl the arms are important too if you have straighter arms rather than too angled you can move much quicker and kicking is pretty important too! I am a bit like a backseat swimmer spend loads of time watching but couldnt do it myself!!
Emmy - 10 miler for me tomorrow have missed out on a couple of LSRs over the last couple of weeks so am taking it gently... hopefully the weather wont be too bad..
Weedy - good luck with Venice lovely place.. the bridge did sound a little weird....
Dannirr - happy belated Thanksgiving
DV - love the picture made me smile this morning
Hilly intervals for me this afternoon and PT tomorrow..