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DadAgain - sounds like it's going to be a good smackdown; hope you get that sub 20>
GD - sounds like a tough session. Well done.
Birch - very promising.
8 slow miles this morning.
Five days from London to Birmingham on tow-paths.
The first two legs are close to me as West Hyde is effectively where the M40 and M25 meet so I was thinking of having a go at this and was wondering if anyone else fancies it? It would be very helpful to have a couple of people with cars so that the cars can be ferried about so that the logistics are made easy.
https://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/why-running-in-the-dark-feels-harder
Just got a cheeky 8 miles done thanks to working from home. 6.54 pace but could really feel the fartlek session from last night in my legs. Ouch!
Hmm, Gerard, I'd say you have an odd idea of fun ; then again, the average person probably doesn't share the average forumite's notion of "fun" . . . .
7 more steady miles today . . .
Gul - somewhere near Thetford, in a hut. Life is glamorous.
Lorenzo - weather update: a bit drizzly but not really cold now. You will cane it.
Top bombing by Woking FC.
I have knocked out 21m of training in 4 days. Aiming to make 1000m for the year. Nosebleed!
Birch - another 7
Poacher - we certainly now how to live it up in Norfolk! When is your next mara?
As for running in the dark - what other kind of running is there
So 13 miles with 21 x 400m this morning. Average was 1:33 per rep, although most were around 1:32 with a couple of slower ones to start with which pushed up the average.
Crikey Gul that was a close shave. Nice session.
Birch - And to think some people run marathons for fun. :;
Poacher - no A race lined up - just want to get consistency back for rest of the year, but there's an Open XC here on Dec 10th, which I may enter if the next 4 weeks pans out OK. Would be a bit painful, to say the least, but it would hopefully herald a return to competition.
15 with pal this morn, so 35 so far this week.
Birch - 35 already, that's good going! Will be good to be back racing again.
10K on lunch run along the promenade. Very limited opportunities for running this week. I'll be lucky to scrape 20 miles but hopefully I'll be properly back to it next week.
Last night was a pyramid at the club. 2,4,6,8,10,12 (00s) and back down, all at 5.55 pace with 45 sec recoveries. Legs were mashed at the end, partly due to it being 3 days of quicker running. Warm down consisted of getting straight into the car and driving home.
Good session though.
It's hard work this out of campaign ticking over business! Rest today.
Birch - Great comeback this week! I can't book anything for April unfortunately - might have other plans. Haverhill is a possibility but I think it falls on Mother's day.
GM - good use of a lunchbreak.
OO - lol.
GD - great pyramid session - no wonder your legs were mashed.
Overslept a bit this morning and didn't get out of the door till just after 5:30, so just 5 recovery miles.
G-Dawg - I am going to do that sesh. I like the look of it.
5k along the prom today @ 6:39mm pace still a bit of a light breeze but very mild . Rest day tomorrow and hopefully a run on Sunday morning should see me hit the lofty height's of 21 miles for the week but some good quality in there so I can't complain.
Another impressive one from you Gul - 21 reps? Aaaargh!
GM - nice going along the prom.
Poacher - plenty of time left to hit 1500. Just need a couple of marathons a week between now and Xmas.
Off road running in the dark is great fun, on the roads less so. Now that the nights are drawing in, the commuting journey back through the centre of London is quite tricky - the street lights don't seem to be as strong as they were in the good old days!
Easy week so far for me, with today and yesterday as rest days. On the train on the way up to Edale now - hope I'm not tempting fate, but the weather doesn't look too bad for the weekend's gentle run.
PMJ - a brief read but the towpath thing is a bit rum IMHO. Even in winter a mara on fairly flat terrain with few navigational issues won’t take too long, and will be an easy knock off for the names mentioned. There will be many hours to kill either in a freezing tent or down the pub. I can see the appeal of joining for a leg or two but there are far greater challenges out there. OTOH running to the NEC might be quicker that sitting in hideous traffic on its inadequate slip roads.
looking for a couple more maras before the of the year, if would be good to reach 80.
Early start today at 3:15. 26.2 miles in 3:13:57; finished strongly with a negative split of around 2mins. Time for breakfast
Good luck Lorenzo!
Yes Gul that sounds an amazingly quick nighttime run!
Quick check in to say that Day 1 has been successfully completed. 50K in total on a mix of disused railway lines and more technical, hilly stuff.
Weather was pretty good but got a bit chilly on Mam Tor.
Staying in Edale this evening and popping out for a bite to eat with MrsL and younger Lorenzito.
Hoping I won't be aching too much in the morning as it's a hillier day tomorrow.
DadAgain – I hope you smash your target in the track tonight
MsE – Great to read you managed the niggle. Excellent speed session
PMJ – That looks like a great 5 day event. Go for it!
Poacher – Good luck reaching the 1000 miles
Birch – Nice 15 miler
GD – Great pyramid session
GM – Nice 5k pace
Lorenzo – I hope you have a great one. I'm looking forward to reading all about it
OO – Good luck in your 10 miler.
Gul – Awesome training marathon! Now get a marathon booked for next month.
Sub17 – Amazingly fast Parkrunning! With that sort of pace you are capable of going under 2:45 in a marathon, with some high mileage training.
I’ve looked back over my last 16 weeks of training and see that I’ve completed 16 races and 7 Parkruns! This includes 5 marathons in the last 5 weeks averaging 3:04 pace. I even managed a week’s binge drinking and eating holiday in the middle of all this!
Best of all, I've been completely niggle and illness free.
Today I ran 34 miles including a sub 20 min Parkrun starting at 21 miles. I averaged just under 8 m/m pace for the 34 in 4:31. Next week I’m running a 54 mile ultra (Loop the Lough), so today was my longest run in preparation. I'll take it easy now until the race.
OO - have a good 10 mile race today.
Lorenzo - great stuff. I'm not surprised it was a bit chilly up on Mam Tor and running up there must have been very tough! Hope all goes well today.
Badbark - that is quite staggering; and what is your idea of taking it easy ?
Pretty chuffed with yesterday. I kept waiting for the slower miles to start coming but they never did. Splits were fairly consistent and speeded up slightly over the last 10 miles to finish with a 6:59 and even a sprint to get an unofficial 16:xx PB. I reckon tapering and carb-loading are overrated! 2.78 recovery miles to bring up 75 for the week this morning.
My coach sent me a txt saying he couldn’t do the 5000m race due to illness and I reviewed the rest of the field. It was clear everyone else was sub 17m with most sub 16m. I’d be running solo 5 minutes behind the pack.... in the pouring rain....
In the end I considered why I’d entered: 1) To have a fun smack down with coach on the track and 2) To see how fast I could run 5km in good conditions with appropriate motivation.
With both of those reasons seemingly void I pulled out of the race and instead opted for a sensible 24km run in the morning - something I need to do to get myself back into shape for 30km pacing duties I have in 2 weeks time.
Bit if a shame to miss the track session - but it’ll keep for another day!