just another 5.1miles to go...

[shelleymcb]

today was my long run. last week I had a so-called easy week & brought it back to 4miles. this week I upped my long run by half a mile from the week before & ran 8miles. best bit is, I ran 8 miles outside!! a long while ago I did a 10mile plan alongside carolec & managed 8 miles of that on the treadmill. on the treadmill it took me 1hr23mins but today, outside it took a whopping 1hour37mins&48seconds. & I ran all of that. didnt stop once. did slow down to almost a walk but didnt stop

well, another 5.1miles & that will be my half marathon distance in march. so probably another hour of running hehe.

right, plan of action for this week:

tuesday ~ "fun run" 30min run with my 14 year old daughter who will be off school for one of those academic review days

thursday ~ hopefully a pilates class ~ I am first reserve so with any luck someone wont feel up to it.

friday ~ hill training or speed run. maybe on thursday at the gym if I cant do pilates

sunday ~ long run again. aiming for at least 8miles again.

my hips hurt now ok whilst moving but as soon as I get up after sitting, wow, annoying pain. not too painful to stop running you understand

happy running. have a great week

[AliB1 Graduate]

Good to see you are doing well and sticking to the plan. I think your tme is good...prob what mine would be if I could go that long (my 10k was 74 mins)

Keeeeppppp on rrrrruuuunnnnninnnnggg!

[shelleymcb Graduate in reply to AliB1]

thanks ali. I dont really have a plan other than adding half a mile a week. 16 weeks left til the Bath half & feeling confident about it now

you sound as if you have been doing lots of organised runs. think I may have to join you in doing a parkrun soon. am sure 14year old will be up for that, except I wont be able to keep up with her

[AliB1 Graduate in reply to shelleymcb]

you can meet at the end for coffee and cake!

would def recommend the park runs, they are a great community

[shelleymcb Graduate in reply to AliB1]

coffee & cake. thats all the motivation I need to get to the end!!

[Deryn61 Graduate]

That is a great run, well done! Plenty of stretching for those hips, especially itb stretches! I also try and have a swim after longer runs if poss?

[shelleymcb Graduate in reply to Deryn61]

you reminded me that I didnt do one of my stretches that I usually do as my trainers were really muddy today & hadnt taken them off. off to do them now. might try the swimming tomorrow if I get the time. all this running can interfere with family time

[sfb350 Graduate]

That sounds a pretty decent time - my off-road 5 miler yesterday took me 1 hour 8 minutes (officially anyway - we measured it as a minute quicker) and when I've run 10k on the road it's taken me 1 hour 9 minutes so I might just manage 8 miles in your time on a good day !

Well done, I hope your hips recover quickly.

BTW, I find getting to the loo a good motivation for finishing, never mind cake !

[shelleymcb Graduate in reply to sfb350]

thankyou. your last comment made me laugh out loud. thankyou!!

[swanscot Graduate]

Well done on continuing with the plan and managing to do all this and remain injury-free. I'm a bit jealous of you as I, too, want to run long distances, but am currently still trying to recover from the injured thigh muscle. I'm still not able to run 5k without it playing up. I'm trying to be very patient and rest, rest, rest, but it's hard.

[shelleymcb Graduate in reply to swanscot]

hip pain has disappeared but think I may have to strap my right leg up today as it hurts behind my knee & this is the knee I had injury with shortly after finishing c25k.

I dont think this running lark comes injury free. my legs are complaining today.

I hope that your thigh muscle sorts itself out soon. does swimming help at all? x