Hi everybody,
Please feel free to share your runs here and chat about how it's all going,
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Wishing you all a happy and healthy week,
Juju and Realfoodieclub
First proper week of triathlon training started with a 30 minute easy run this morning. I have just purchased some sports sunglasses to protect my eyes from sun and insects. These are meant especially for the bike, but I would like to try running in them too (have never run in sunglasses). I decided against doing this for the run today because it was raining a bit, but unfortunately the sun came out as I went, and produced a horrible glare on the wet ground, from which my hat peak could not protect me!
Probably as a result of this, after I got home a migraine set in 
so I've been lying in a darkened room listening to running podcasts - check out Tina Muir interviewing parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt:
Although I've not tried them out properly yet, the sports glasses seem very comfortable and were only £10 from Amazon Prime. Even better, they are currently on a BOGOF deal, so I got 2 pairs 
Here's a link if you're interested:
amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01...
I'm hoping I can continue with the training tomorrow, may have to swap things around a bit. My intensive swimming course is this Saturday! Wish me luck (nervous!) 
well done roseabi and good luck for Saturday i'm sure you'll be fine!
ps i love my running sunglasses they make all the difference to me on a sunny day . Hope you find the same with yours x
I've seen "fashionable" people with their caps turned backwards so the peak protects their vulnerable neck or ears. Could it not be wrapped around your neck so it protects from glare from below? 
Good luck on Saturday, I'm sure you'll do great!
I did my first training run with Paul and 3 other friends possibly contemplating the IOW marathon in October (i say possibly!!) 3 of them are definite and routinely run 10 miles on a Sunday, Sally and i worked out we hadn't done longer than a 7 miler for a few weeks(worked out mine was the Needles XC half 7 weeks ago!) we both felt flaky after 10 miles but made it to 11.7 of the 12 the others did, and it was hilly and warm! But legs felt ok just feet a bit sore(waiting on new shoes on order) but definitely needed to eat/ drink more. Tried out a new energy snack that my friend had used on her marathon as i don't get along well with gels, but had chopped it up and shared with others so next time i need to have more. it was very tasty though!
Total for last week much more than usual at 27 miles including a really hillly 5 mile club run last Thurs . Will see what this week brings and how my 2nd Sun training goes! week off this week which is lovely!
Looks like training is going well, nice one! I like the sound of those bocadillo things, especially the coffee ones - thank you for the link
Sounds like excellent training, although 11.7 miles as the very first long run after 7 sounds ambituous. that said, we've all seen how you marvel at anything you put your mind to, so I'm sure you'll soon be the one suggesting adding a few extra miles after a gruelling weekend long run.
Looking forward to follow your journey
hhm! i think you're right it was a bit ambitious! all paul's fault as it was on his training plan! But up to 10 miles wasn't so bad! i definitely need to read up more on nutrition. Plus i pretty much always run in the evning and this was an 8am start! I would like to do the local one and its right near my birthday, but I'm just going to see how it goes! you can enter on the day! the route's pretty hilly but i know a lot of people trying it for the 1st time this year!
Oh, you should definately go for that marathon Ali! It will be great if you are running with other first timers that you know. Good luck🙂
My headphones broke last week, so I got a new pair on Friday. Wireless thingies, never had that before, and wore them for the first time on my Saturday long run. And surprise surprise, I set a double PB on that run - both 10km and HM. So there you have it - don't waste time on threshold runs and intervals, just buy wireless headphones if you're looking to improve speed!
Wow well done Tomas! Great result!!
i haven't run with music for ages, probably a year or so!
Ha ha! Wish it was as easy as that...but well done on two new PB's Tomas!🙂
I've been thinking about getting myself a pair, now I realize it's a must!
First run of the week yesterday. 14K along the coast at a better pace than when I did a similar run last year. Taking the family on a slow-going 6K trek along the coastal path later on in the day might not have been one of my smarter moves.
Well done! That's a great distance! Hope you enjoy the rest of your 2nd week here😊
I need sunglasses! Must be cheap 😁 I shall have a look at those you mentioned Roseabi
I can't afford to buy energy bars so I make my own but yesterday I took the Lidl pistachio bites, which are fab. I just snip them open a bit before stashing them about my person 🙂 I ran 16k but started chomping them about half way. No melting 🙂
I am on a tough week running wise. A long run yesters and another one today. I had them stacked up because of being too tired to run because of pre dawn walks with the dog. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz😏 Not to mention all the post dawn walks as well 🙂
MissW take a look in Halfords for sunnies too! Very reasonable price and good selection as aimed at cyclists mainly. Hubby bought a pair of wrap-around ones when we were in there last week as he has v sensitive eyes since recent treatment.
I have taken mine out for a spin on the bike, and I am very pleased indeed. Comfortable, don't restrict my vision (my normal sunglasses are much too dark for cycling), but I still felt comfortable in the bright sun, and how I laughed at the feeble attempts of insects to land in my eyes! Ha ha!!
They're not very sexy, mind - here's a (rather blurry) pic on my Instagram feed...
I was splattered with pollen beetles today as they were harvesting while I was on my run. Drat em 😏
Ew!
I was actually singing "bringing in the sheaves" 😊😁. Time just flies by on my runs 😜
I was thinking about singing as a way to amuse myself during the ultra next year - what with my sloshy water bottles and warbling I'll be the person to avoid won't I!
p.s. I have Bringing in the Sheaves stuck in my head now!
Feeling a bit silly. I missed my planned 10k run on Sunday due to - ahem - GI issues (don't tell Nance, she wouldn't understand and she doesn't seem to have noticed I didn't run) which have continued. I managed a 7k this morning but I was not comfortable. I have cut all my normal fruit out of my diet and much of my veg, cut down on fibre, still having issues. I was musing on this at lunchtime... as I spread my sweet chilli hummus onto my crisp-bread... I don't do well with some spicy food so I may now have identified the culprit 🤣 Funny what causes little upsets!
I hope you are feeling better....
Much, thank you!
You need your fruit and veg though 🙂 Do you eat porridge? I Think most of us have had difficulties at one time or another 😊
Sorry, MissW, was this for me? I'm swapping to a new laptop and might have missed it. Yes, I love my porridge I'm all better now, ta - I think it must just have been that spicy hummus! It's not that spicy really, but it must just have not suited me. All is well now, and I went trotting round Carsington this morning and got half drownded in the torrential downpour!
Those snacks are made with guava paste Ali so don't overdo em or you'll be searching for the lav 😃
I hope the swimming course goes well Roseabi. Sounds serious 😎💪👍✔️
Does it have that effect? Gels make me feel like that! 😕
Thank you Miss W! I am secretly hoping it will make me an expert swimmer, but I'm trying to manage my expectations...
I have a gel that I got free from a race but I've not dared eat it 😁 Something nauseating about them, sucking gel from a packet makes me feel a bit bleeeugh 😝
ifmtoy can cut them up into bits and just try one or two spaced out on the run, or near the end, just to see how you get on with them. Guava tastes nice 😛 There's a song called guava jelly 😁
I had another look t that gel today, and find it's not gel at all,but almond butter, which I love 😋
