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BB - fantastic. Beautifully paced and a top 10 age group ranking is superb. It's hard for the rest of us to imagine how you handle the training load and run like than on race day.
Gul - you must be in good shape now. Cotton wool time. Road or trail shoes for the coastal?
GM - +1 for acupuncture, no idea how it works but it does
GD - keep the faith and remember that Abo is a nice fast course.
Birch - just spotted that there's a cheeky marathon along the Huddersfield canal on Saturday. Not your part of Yorkshire but are you not tempted to head over?
Freemers - congrats on the elite status
Lorenzo - I received a LinkedIn notification - very impressed by your new position.
24m last week, probably the biggest non-racing week since January. The road back is long and hard.
GFA also arrived - probably green start again - Lorenzo/OO are you expecting to be red? Not that the start pen makes any difference to anything. LM no.13 for me, hope that's not unlucky.
13 not necessarily unlucky, btw, 2015 was my 13th London completion, and although my slowest in absolute terms, was one of my best in terms of age - not that much different to my PB in WAVA grading . . .
Birch, so glad you are feeling better. Friends and beer usually help.
Poacher hope we are together in London- assume Im red.
Nice week in Geneva, only slow plods so far.
PMJ - great weekend by the sound of it.
Poacher - I think you're in danger of overtraining. If it's dry, I think I could get away with road shoes for the coastal mara. Looking at the race instructions, the worst bit will be a beach section from Wells to Holkham, but there are still long sections of the coastal path I haven't explored even though it's so close at hand. But I may as well use my trail shoes.
5 easy miles this morning. Things got a bit chaotic then, so only just got around to posting.
So Lorenzo is 26694 and I am 26709 which is spookily close. OO you are too fast for us so you will probably be on red with your own personal portaloo, heated changing tent, choice of snacks etc.
GM - Boston is overall about 400ft downhill isn't it? So allowing records to be set would be a bit dodgy...
Went for a steady-ish 5 miler last night. Traffic issues and not really feeling in form meant I didn't feel as easy as I would have liked. Tried to keep it all in the 6.5x area and averaged 6,52. Had to rein it in for the last 2 miles as I did start to feel quite good.
12 miles steady or slower tonight. Busy weekend for me and my pal, so we're bringing the longer run forward.
Poacher - Yes that's right, the decrease in elevation apparently must not exceed 1m per km and Boston is something like 3m per km, coupled with the point to point course it counts as a world best but not a world record.
You are right Poacher- I definitely deserve preferential treatment
Next double digit run will be in 10 days...
I just received an email from the organisers of Amsterdam mara to say please note it's going to be hotter than expected. It doesn't look too bad to me, maybe 20-21c max. Not ideal mara running weather as it's forecast to be sunny as well as warm, but that's the least of my worries. The foot has been twinging the past few days and I rested today again and will be travelling tomorrow, so no more running for me before other than a planned jog on Friday morning with my sister around The Hague. I will be on line when I get there but my race number is 5001. This is the start of an unknown journey in so many respects but I'll have fun no matter what the outcome. See you later guys.
Hydrate well and look after that foot. Have a great run. Good number as well.
GD - not long now; plenty of cotton wool.
MsE - great article and nice trip to Provence.
GM - all the best; at least you should be used to the heat!
Woke up too late for a long run this morning; so 9 miles with 6 railway bridge sprints and 10x100m strides. Last chance for a long run this week tomorrow as we're away for my father-in-law's 75th birthday this weekend (ironically about 1 mile from the coastal mara finish).
Session was 5 x 1 mile with 2 min recoveries. Coach went easier on me due to taper week two and put me in the group doing 6.2x pace.
Legs a little tired after the last 3 days but did find it a good session with plenty of chatting which showed we weren't going too hard but did get a good sweat on.
So that's all speedwork done and now down to a few short runs at MP over the next week and a bit.
Looking foward to tracking runners I know on Sunday doing Birmingham and Hamsterjam.
GO, GO, GO, GM!!
Sounds like your taper is going to plan GD - just need to wrap everything in cotton wool now!
GM - have fun in Hamsterjam
A couple of decent treadmill sessions this week - including one in a hotel in Birmingham that was actually one of the best hotel gyms I've been in for a while, with good quality treadmills and - wait for it - air conditioning!!! I'm staying away from intervals until I need to build them into a proper marathon plan in the new year - so concentrating on just getting up to a decent speed. Today was 5 miles increasing from 12 to 13kph. Not quick but it's the best I can manage!
GD - good final speed session at slightly less than full pelt. Definitely need to take care now!
Freemers - plenty of time yet - don't peak too soon!
Woke up in good time this morning and out at 3:45 for my final long run before the coastal. Remembered one of TR's bits of advice and didn't burn any more matches. So 18 miles with 7 slow @ 8:43 and 11 easy @ 8:02. Brings up 52 for the week with 2 rest days to follow. Off to the coast this evening.
GM - all the best in hamsterjam - hope it works out and you have a great day.
G-Dawg - You're in fine shape! Yes, I thought you'd like the race number.
Gul - Excellent run and well done on holding back with the pace.
Artived here last night. It's loveiy. Lots of people cycling everywhere along the canals. Went into town today to collect my number. It was a quick in and out within 5 mins. Went for a 5k jog with my sister this morning and the foot held up well. Will go for another light jog tomorrow and then just chill.
GM: glad the foot feels ok. Amsterdam is a lovely city, and from what I remember of the race, a nice event. Sounds like you have the plan right for tomorrow!
8 miles with 8 sets of strides for me. 1st cross-country of the season tomorrow. Cardiff again. I seem to be racing in Cardiff a lot at the moment!
good work on the 'mill Freemers - do you use music ?
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Gul - nice match-saving ; always good as well to accomplish such a run on Friday & enjoy a well earned (and guilt free) weekend break !
Gerard - I feel good vibes for you - its nearly time !
Jools - good luck with the XC - our county league starts too this weekend.
Seems incredible that I actually won the thing (VoGit60 cat) 2 years ago, given my state now, but would be foolhardy to do the series this time, given the still ongoing hamstring issue (into its 5th month now) . I'm ok going in a straight line at easy pace, but any intensity or lateral movement, and I know about it !
Still, able to complete a very pleasant 15 in the sun, on the trail & towpath with my daughter this morn - (well, until my legs started to "go" in the last couple of miles . . .
While GM is enjoying Dutch canals and the many nearby cafes