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Weekly run chat 17th of July to the 23rd.

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Hi everybody,

Please feel free to share your runs here and chat about how it's all going,

Sometimes we don't feel like putting a whole post up but just want to share something small, so this is a great place for doing that during the week.

If youre a lurker it is a great place to say a little hi without the pressure of a full post.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy week,

Juju, RFC and Pops

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benwill profile image
benwillMarathon

my running club has a track session going on tomorrow night, I might try it I have never run on a proper running track. It's at the local posh school (my school just used some paint on a field). Hopefully, i can get the kids in bed and out the door.

A bit of cycling and a bit of running hopefully get a long run in on Friday and go over the half marathon mark.

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to benwill

Sounds like a good plan Ben. It'll be interesting to hear what you think of trying the proper track. Like you, I've never been on noe.

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon in reply to Tomas

Good luck with your training runs 😃

Training going ok here and I have been racing too. Got another race this Thursday evening which I know will be tough.

I have my neighbour's dog for a week and already I am feeling really tired as he gets up pre-dawn every morning 🙄

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to misswobble

Time to train the dog to sleep longer! Pre-dawn at this time of the year is firmly sleep time :)

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon

I wish. He got me up at 4.15 am. He appeared at the Side of my bed 🙄

he never used to climb the stairs to the attic but he got brave 🙂 I Took him out last night really late hoping to get a lie in 🙄

Ta gonna be a long week

Beastie_MCCXIX profile image
Beastie_MCCXIX

After running a 10K on Sunday, wondering to rest another day or run the planned 4.5mi on Tuesday....

RalphSS8 profile image
RalphSS8Half Marathon

First run after my half marathon a week ago. 5K in 31 minutes and it felt hard.

I'm looking forward to getting back to normal.

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to RalphSS8

It's good to give yourself time to recover. You'll have put a lot of strain on your body. That said, it's also good to get back into the swing of things and reap the benefits of all the fitness you built up during the HM training :)

RalphSS8 profile image
RalphSS8Half Marathon in reply to Tomas

Not sure about building up my fitness. My times got worse as the training went on so I think I was training too much. Nice to get back to gentle 5K and looking forward to doing parkrun again this weekend

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon

I've started my triathlon training a little earlier than planned, or at least I did some of the first week of the plan last week, and will do it again this week (had a 30 minute run this morning). I was tired of waiting :) But it does officially start next week, yay! I have something to do every day except Saturdays, which is a change for me. I'm currently feeling a bit sore from the strength training yesterday!

I'm also doing a race on Friday which is my first ever fun run - no timing of any sort. And here's a fun fact: it starts at 5:30 am!! It's 5.3 km, and we get fruit and Parmesan cheese afterwards, because it's an Italian job :D I'm looking forward to it, except that I think it's gonna be a bit windy... Anyway, I'm only planning on a gentle jog and atmosphere soak.

run530.com/uk/ciao-brighton/

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to roseabi

Being at the starting line before 5:30 doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun to me lol, but apart from that it sounds really good. Great that you've started early on the tri training, it never hurts to be a little ahead of the game.

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Tomas

Thanks Tomas! What have you been up to?

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to roseabi

ps my husband says he'll drive me to the race start, he's nuts! Bet he changes his mind :)

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to roseabi

Awww, sweet. Hope that he lets you know before race day if he changes his mind! :)

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Tomas

Good point

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to roseabi

Still ticking along with my 80/20 training, and have settled into a regular rhythm of one after-work run with fairly hard intervals, one long weekend-run with some 10k-pace thrown in, and a couple of gentle recovery runs added to bring the volume up. It seems to work as my HR is coming down for comparable pace, so I'm pleased. Once I have some more datapoints I foresee a spreadsheet and a graph appearing lol

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Tomas

I look forward to seeing that

Maddee_6333 profile image
Maddee_6333Half Marathon in reply to roseabi

Good luck with that, watch out for the seagulls 😉

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Maddee_6333

Thanks! Do they like Parmesan, do you think?

Maddee_6333 profile image
Maddee_6333Half Marathon in reply to roseabi

They are Brighton seagulls, they like anything! My next door neighbour started feeding one so it wouldn't keep walking into her house and taking the cat food.

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Maddee_6333

Eek!

Maddee_6333 profile image
Maddee_6333Half Marathon in reply to roseabi

It turns up at breakfast time and teatime, regular as clockwork, and sits on her shed and waits for it! Has done for 2 years now 😂

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Maddee_6333

Gordon Bennett :)

Maddee_6333 profile image
Maddee_6333Half Marathon in reply to roseabi

No, I think they call it Bob 🤣

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Maddee_6333

Lol

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon

I went *really* crazy today on my lunchtime run. Wait for it. I ran my usual route BUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF NORMAL. It's been a loooong time since I've had this much fun planning a run!

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon in reply to Tomas

Awesome! :D

Anniemurph profile image
AnniemurphHalf Marathon in reply to Tomas

You rebel, Tomas!

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon

In reverse! You mad impetuous fool you ! 😃

Bob! 😂😂😂😂

Anniemurph profile image
AnniemurphHalf Marathon

I'm struggling a bit with my Asics plan :( It's flippin' hard work. This week it's two 7ks and a 10k :O I have a sore knee and hip so cut today's 7k down to 5 and have an appointment booked with the chiropractor tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to Anniemurph

sore knee and hip doesn't sound good. I hope the chiropractor can help.

Anniemurph profile image
AnniemurphHalf Marathon in reply to Tomas

Thanks, Tomas, she will hopefully put everything back into place and all will be well again :) I usually go twice a year and I'm a bit overdue because of travelling, and long flights on uncomfortable plane seats really don't help!

agedsnailspace profile image
agedsnailspaceMarathon in reply to Anniemurph

How worn are your shoes? A sore hip is normally the sign for me that mine are worn out and no longer providing the support I need.

Anniemurph profile image
AnniemurphHalf Marathon in reply to agedsnailspace

Thank you, but in this case I don't think it's my shoes because they were fitted in March and I have done about 160k in them.

I have one leg slightly longer than the other so a tilted pelvis, plus have fallen off countless horses so my lower back is not in the best of shape! I go to the chiropractor every six months for a checkup or more if I have a specific problem. I'm overdue because I was away for my last appointment - oops :O

C3PO profile image
C3POMarathon

First run after this weekend's St. George's 10 mile, and it was good to see that I can still run more than a mile before I have to stop. It was wonderful to cool down in the sea at the end of my run.

Maddee_6333 profile image
Maddee_6333Half Marathon

Only managed to run 3 out my 5 scheduled intervals - it was simply too humid for me. The fine mist on the walk home was quite refreshing though.

Beastie_MCCXIX profile image
Beastie_MCCXIX

Supposed to go for a run this morning after deciding to rest a day extra, only to sleep through my alarm!! Grrrrr!! Revised plan for the week AGAIN!

But had an epic sleep and feel better for it :)

agedsnailspace profile image
agedsnailspaceMarathon

Starting to put together my marathon training plan for November - not sure yet how I am going to incorporate the fact we will be away for the whole of October!

LinaLamont profile image
LinaLamontHalf Marathon

My myasics plan readjusted itself because I was running faster than it expected :o so now my goal is a HM in 2:04:05.

But to achieve this, the app recommends running the HM at a constant pace i.e. 5.49min/km which I just to do not see happening at all, not least because I'll be running alongside 25,000 other people. So I'll aim for negative splits I reckon.

But overall I like MyAsics! It's very gratifying to see I've run 59k since the beginning of July. I did a fast 8k in 47 min exactly, ouch ouch, not much fun at all but it's good to feel challenged I guess...

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon in reply to LinaLamont

Lovely plan, great that it adjusts as you improve. That's really a good thing about Asics.

C3PO profile image
C3POMarathon in reply to LinaLamont

That's really good. I'm waiting to see if my plan using MapMyRun will adjust itself.

C3PO profile image
C3POMarathon

I'm probably going to drop this week's long run. Have planned a bit wrong, so I've run three times already this week, as well as one strength training session, and will be doing my first parkrun tomorrow. A lie-in past 6:30 would be nice... On the other hand, the noisy seagulls outside my window are waking me at 5:30.

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