Most of you know I run Keswick Parkrun pretty well every week (54 times since C25K). One of the 'fixtures' has been the guy in the picture, one of the regular Race Directors, Lance. Sadly he broke his leg running a few weeks ago. He still turned up to Race Direct in plaster. He was there recently, directing from a deck-chair. But this week he had a blood-clot that caused a heart attack, and he is no longer with us. A wonderful man. Prayers for his family and friends.
On a more hopeful note, my 'Aerobic Only in the Winter' plan seems to be yielding the hoped-for improvement in distance run before the HR climbs too high - I've moved my mid-week runs up from 5 to 7.5Km. When I start back running fast - maybe about Easter - I'm hoping this will improve overall performance. And yesterday, for the first time, I went to Yoga classes.
Hope all is good with you,
ToF.
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Hello theoldfellow, so sorry to hear of the loss of a member of the parkrun family, and what a dedicated member he sounds too. How sad to go from broken leg to a heart attack within a few weeks. Will they do something special at parkrun to show respect? I have seen reports of other occasions where family members join in , so that people can express their thanks for their contribution to parkrun.
Well done on keeping your pace down to stay below a certain HR zone. The only time I manage this is when I run alongside slower runners like when I did the Reindeer Run before Christmas. What pace are you running to achieve your target HR?
I hope you are enjoying some leisure now that your busy time of year is over.
They are planning something to remember Lance with Giraffe costumes for 1st Feb.
On the Aerobic pace, I just use the Garmin with high alarm set to 120, and low to 110. This equates to the MAF aerobic HR of 180 - age + something for fitness. bit.ly/2NPijYH
The pace rises as I warm up and then gradually falls as the run develops. I include a 15 minute warm up and a 15 warm down in my planning too - which is strongly recommended. I'd like to extend to 10 Km twice a week eventually.
The Garmin wrist sensor isn't sensitive enough really, and I am considering a chest strap, but I just try not to get too anal about it all, and enjoy the run...
So sorry to hear from you that one of the race directors Lance died, that is very sad.
Nice that your winter aerobatic plan is going well and will improve your distance, I hope you enjoy your yoga classes, yes, everything is going well with me, this morning I took a WALK around the Dunfermline 5K parkrun course, I will resume running there in February, I am glad that I was not running this morning as it was quite icy in parts, I did see one runner, she was running on the grass.
I am so sorry to hear of the unexpected loss of your friend. It sounds like the parkrun community has lost a great leader. I’m glad they are doing something in his honour though.
Yes, for his family it will be very very hard. If you believe as I do, then for him: not so bad - and in any case, no slow loss of faculties, nor long painful illness and fear of the unknown.
When you get to my age you have leaned about the emptiness of loss, it's always there, but you know how to handle it. But for the young it is a terrific ordeal.
So sorry to hear about the loss of a valuable parkrun community member. You just never know when it could happen. Such a devastating shock for his poor family. Go and run for him tomorrow! Good to hear the plan’s going well - much too organised for me. I’m more wing and a prayer!
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