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Ain't nothing gonna break my stride....
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Wednesday:
6m @ 9:30
Early morning run. Grand except Claire got a bad stitch and we had to slow down.
Thursday:
6m @ 10:02
Went slower on this one because when Claire is running at my easy pace it's faster than MP for her and sort of counterproductive so I'm going to just do most of my easy runs with her while she's home and the sessions on my own
Friday:
5m @ 8:36
Did this on my own round the Meadows in Edinburgh.
Saturday:
20m - 19m @ 10:27
1m @ 10:12
There was 4 of us doing this. I wanted to run along the canal for 9m and then turn back but I was reliably informed that this would take us into the badlands of Edinburgh and in particular the drug empire of Wester Hailes so a more mountainous scenic route was proposed. I found it easy enough but we were leaching runners as we went along. Ian left at 7m, Claire left at 14m, Cath left at 16m. When I was on my own I did 1m @ 7:06 and I was going to do another but when I turned back it was into a headwind and I couldn't be bothered. Was going to stop at 18m but I got lost so I spent 2m running up and down streets before a nice Scottish lady directed me back to Brunsfield
Sunday:
3m @ 9:13
Did this in the park on my own. Legs felt good. The fringe festival is on in Edinburgh at the moment so town is jammers and there were lots of random people asleep in an inebriated doze in the park.
2m @ 9:52
Another run with Claire to work off a rather large lunch in the Malt Whiskey Society (wasted on me I know
) in the badlands of Dalkeith. I can't go here, I can't go there, there's drug addicts everywhere 0 -
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Monday:
4m @ 8:04 (8:51, 7:30, 8:21, 7:31)
followed by 5 hrs walking around the streets and walls of York. Not sure if that offsets all the food I've eaten though
Things I like when I'm running:
- early mornings
- freshly cut grass
- the smell of bark from trees
- stopping to eat wild raspberries
- the park when it's empty
Things I dislike when I'm running:
- people in large groups
- cyclists
- kids
- people with prams
- people throwing frisbies
- speed bumps on canal paths
- gates on canal paths
- drug addicts0 -
career_move wrote: »Things I like when I'm running:
- places and nature
Things I dislike when I'm running:
- people
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career_move wrote: »
Things I like when I'm running:
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- the park when it's empty
Must p**s you off when you go into the park and it's not empty any more!
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Travesty!career_move wrote: »Ahhhhh trainspotting .... no never saw it.
It is so weird you posted this, I was watching The Beach on Saturday night and was thinking about Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting and for the life of me couldn't think of his characters name. Had been trying to think of it all day (without resorting to Google) until you posted that!Did ya get to run into Begbie by any chance??
Wonder what happened Robert Carlyle, he was huge for a while, haven't seen him in anything in ages.
Isn't York so pretty? I was there for a weekend a couple of years ago and loved it. Would really recommend it for a weekend away. I had the best hot chocolate ever from a chocolate shop on The Shambles, I reckon there was only two ingredients in it and one of them was cream! I calculate you'd need to run at least a 48hr Ultra to work off the calories!career_move wrote: »
followed by 5 hrs walking around the streets and walls of York. Not sure if that offsets all the food I've eaten though0 -
Isn't York so pretty? I was there for a weekend a couple of years ago and loved it. Would really recommend it for a weekend away. I had the best hot chocolate ever from a chocolate shop on The Shambles, I reckon there was only two ingredients in it and one of them was cream! I calculate you'd need to run at least a 48hr Ultra to work off the calories!
Ya York is lovely. I'd say you'd do some nice runs down by the river
So many good food shops - temptation everywhere!!! 0 -
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Thursday:
5m @ 9:33
It was raining a bit this morning and the streets were definitely quieter. I was bitten by an insect above my ankle and it's quite sore today. Ants were seen in the vicinity at the time of the attack but I thought ant bites weren't that bad and this is pretty swollen
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Saturday:
16m @ 8:12 with 6 @ MP
MP miles were not in the amended plan for today but the third mile was @ 8:01 and I said I'd just go with it, seeing as I only have myself to answer to The next 5 miles were 7:58, 7:40, 7:38, 7:51, 7:43. I think my aerobic capacity is slowly improving anyway. The last couple of runs I've found my breathing is more relaxed at faster paces. I didn't bring any water with me and although I stopped at a garage for a drink my face was covered in salt when I got home 0 -
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career_move wrote: »Here I bear the saddest news,
A farewell to my trusty and favourite blue shoes
We've run in the dark, we've been to the park
To Kildare and Meath, Tipp and Offaly too
Trails and grass, roads old and new.
Together we took on the Great Limerick Run
- we had success and the very best fun
You served me well, you did your all,
It's to your credit I never hit the wall.
And so dear runners do not despair
Although you've been replaced by a funkier pair
It's not because my love for you is any the less
It's simply that you're old and worn and just don't smell the best
You have way too much time on your hands oh and Emily Dickinson you are not :P:P 0 -
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11m @ 8:31
with 6 x 1m @ 6:53, 6:54, 6:51, 6:49, 6:51, 6:49 off 2 min rec (30 sec standing/90 sec jogging)
Really I was hoping somebody would tell me there was no need for this session. I think 4 x 2m @ HMP would have been easy enough to do but I knew in my heart I needed to get this done. I did them up and down the same road because I can leave water at the corner. I was glad I did because it's so humid this morning. Nasty little session. Can't say it was easy even though 6:55 is my 10k pace from the kclub. The first one was hard because it was the first and my brain always objects to unnecessary stress The second one was grand - it was the slowest. The third one I went to sleep, let the pace drop then had to work hard to get it back. The fourth and fifth were just hard and the last one I was knackered. Happy to have it done now. I think a little power nap may be on the cards for this afternoon 0 -
career_move wrote: »Monday:
6m @ 8:47
Right calf was a bit sore to touch so I thought maybe 4 would be enough. I foam rolled it before I ran and it was ok and no pain when I ran so I did the 6. I'm going to go with the 6 x 1m @ 10k pace for tomorrow's session
That's a tough session session CM, maybe you should do 4 x 2M @ HMP instead:D: 0 -
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career_move wrote: »That's very helpful Daz thanks :rolleyes:
Anytime. But you nailed the 10k session anyway. I found that the toughest of the 4 McMillan sessions and I took 3 mins recovery between miles. Half marathon paced session was almost enjoyable in comparison. 0 -
Wednesday:
4m @ 10:00
Thursday:
A.M 4.5m @ 9:50
Nothing special about this. Did it before work this morning. I had planned 16 x 400 for today but I thought it might be overkill. If I'm feeling good tomorrow I'll do a few strides
P.M 4.5m @ 9:01
Dragged Claire and Ian out for a run. I'm like their personal trainer 0 -
5m @ 9:10
with one hill rep (256m @ 7:48)
and 10 x 112m (28, 27, 26, 27, 25, 27, 27, 26, 26, ??)
Forgot to stop my watch after the last rep. Or else I only did 9 ..... how annoying 0 -
11m @ 8:29
Last 4 miles:
MP - 8:04
easy - 8:22
MP - 7:52
HMP - 7:01
+ 2 m c/d @ 9:34
Wasn't too enthusiastic heading out for this one. I'd ridden out 5 horses, it was nearly lunch time and I was kind of hungry! Once I started running though it was fine. The plan was to do 12/13 with the last 2 miles at HMP. I ran the first 3 miles with Claire and Ian and then they took a shorter route home and Claire was going to bring me some water on the bike. I picked up the pace a bit and was feeling pretty comfortable once they left. The 8th mile at MP wasn't intentional and I decided I'd better slow down a shade before the HMP miles. Got to mile 9 and no sign of my water coming Started coming up with loads of reasons not to do HMP miles - my legs are tired, I did strides yesterday, I've worked hard all week, I don't need to do them etc etc. So I've pretty much abandoned it and I was surprised the 10th mile was 7:52. Met Claire then but I was in the groove so I didn't stop. The 11th mile is slightly downhill and I was able to hit 7:01 pace fairly easily. Stopped then for a drink and finished off with 2 slower miles to bring me up to 227 for the month I've been working hard this month as that's my highest monthly total and now it's taper time :D
Month|Miles
Jan|150.4
Feb|205
Mar|210
Apr|193
May|125.6
Jun|156
Jul|200
Aug|227
Total|14670 -
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Might seem like an obvious question, but why did you run with a calf strain?
I thought I'd fixed it with the foam roller last night because it wasn't sore this morning. it took me 2 miles to decide nah this is actually sore but I had to get home and I wasn't going much faster than a walk anywayoverpronator wrote: »Are they giving you trouble CM? I find that anything over about 14 miles beats my legs up to ****!t! Did a 20 miler in them yesterday, last few miles the shoes nearly killed my feet! Hope the calf is nothing too serious.
I normally only wear them for the faster sessions and I haven't been having any problems although 3 weeks ago I did a 10 mile session and my calves were a bit stiff after. I didn't wear them much since. Going to try and get a physio appt tomorrow and if I have to skip the session on Wed I'll go to Charleville instead of AthloneBecause she's evolving into an Ultrarunner.
It's true
I just need to get a sub 3 marathon first RunningKing wrote: »Don't worry CM, all the cool people have calf strains.
It's the new metatarsal......
So it seems Hope yours isn't too bad. Good call skipping the lsr this week anyway 0 -
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Monday/Tuesday:
Nada. Nothing. Rest days around here are like buses ...... none for ages and then two come along at once :rolleyes: Calf was quite stiff after driving back from the physio so I had it up on a bad of frozen peas for half an hour. Unfortunately that made it worse and I could hardly walk after. Going up and down stairs was not pleasant! So then I got a hot water bottle and after an hour on that it improved. The physio has given me this stretch to do where I stand as far back from the wall as I can and bend my knee forward to touch the wall making sure my heel stays on the ground. On Tuesday morning two centimetres was as far back as I could go but I've progressed to about 2 and a half inches now
Wednesday:
8m @ 7:29
with 6 @ HMP: 7:13, 7:11, 7:06, 7:06, 7:07, 7:02
3m c/d @ 11:14
Waited all afternoon to do this because it was so hot. It was still 20 C when I headed out at 6:45p.m but there was a lovely breeze. I would have liked to have brought water with me but it was too much trouble. The HMP miles went well although I was very tempted to stop after 5. The little gremlin in my ear told me that 5 was not quite good enough though. No trouble from the calf during the session but it was a bit tight on the cool down miles. I have an appointment for Friday afternoon with the physio if I need it anyway 0 -
career_move wrote: »
[/B]Nada. Nothing. Rest days around here are like buses ...... none for ages and then two come along at once :rolleyes:
Ah here, a day off? Pack it in id say! :P I'll reserve judgement on banging out 6 hmp miles after 2 days of a sore calf! 0 -
I'll reserve judgement on banging out 6 hmp miles after 2 days of a sore calf!
Physio gave me his blessing :P
Well actually what he said was "I'd prefer if you didn't run until Thursday but since you're not going to do that, you may do the session on Wed and I'll give you an appointment on Fri in case you feck up your calf again" ......... which is more or less the same thing 0 -
career_move wrote: »Well actually what he said was "I'd prefer if you didn't run until Thursday but since you're not going to do that, you may do the session on Wed and I'll give you an appointment on Fri in case you feck up your calf again" ......... which is more or less the same thing
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