Few miles on the bike (3hrs). Nobody out on the clubrun - they've mostly gone to Spain it seems. No big efforts no hills - suppose i should have done a wee run too, I'll do that tomorrow.
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Few miles on the bike (3hrs). Nobody out on the clubrun - they've mostly gone to Spain it seems. No big efforts no hills - suppose i should have done a wee run too, I'll do that tomorrow.
2 hours, 22 miles. All on tarmac, all done hard. Got soaked.
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Originally Posted by Brummy John
The mystifying, curious and mysterious Spirit in the Sky was doing a bit was he? :eek:
didnt manage 12 miles after a tuff race yesterday
bonked at 10miles and walked home
ate 2 bananas but id lost the will by then:)
An hour on the bike this morning then the Gravy 6 in the afternoon. very muddy on the trail today - a bit grim and grey to be honest.
RR - the upper part of the trail is open now - it just kinks back a little just where the landslide occured - so if you want some more forgiving off-road before the FLM?
Went to the gym this pm - 4 miles of hill intervals on the treadmill and some weights.
I'm a bit tired now - Raymond
I managed 12 miles after a tough race at Bleasdale yesterday!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Nobody about at 10 miles so couldn't have a bonk!:D
Ran round the second half of the Edale Skyline starting with a steep climb up to Mam Nick from Edale.
Clag was down on Brown Knoll and heavy rain from there to Crowden Tower. Amazed I managed to find my way. Sky cleared after that which made Grindslow easy and the descent from Ringing Roger wasn't too bad. A good 3 hours work!
SIS was just about doing a bit - seemed to be doing a lot of suffering and wheezing - think you should have a good 5 mins on him at national Danbert:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Danbert
I'm sure he won't be wheezing so much once he loses 'his excess'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparth Bottoms
5 minutes per mile or 5 minutes overall ?? :)
friday involved a bit more work on the car!
Apparently merely tightening the sump bolts by hand isn't enough to stop oil leaking out, believe it or not!:o
Then an hour on the bike in evening in the lovely rain!
Sat was standish trail race. 42:40 ish 20th!
Sun was lostock 37:45ish 52nd
Quite pleased with both!
Gym tonight for some hard work in the sauna and jaccuzi!
8 miles. Mostly offroad around the river. Untimed, just jogging round really
1 mile (54 lengths) of Rochdale pool in the adult lane swim session (27 freestyle and 27 breast-stroke) quite enjoyed it. :)
4 mile walk with AJ
holding hands as well:)
20 shouting kids at a youth group I help out at, animal masks and a story of noahs ark; now enjoying 4 tins of stella....todays training.... :o
Still out with my stress fracture, so spent the evening timing for everyone elso on a track session, looked hard work though so I'm almost glad I wasn't doing it :cool:
Gym and jaccuzzi last night!
I wonder if I spent more time in the gym and less in the jaccuzzi I might get stronger????
Oh well I'll never know!:D
Track sesh tonight, running round in circles being timed...woohooo...just like a day in the office then!:rolleyes:
My 13mile loop. Took me 1hr 25min 35 secs!!! This was my slowest time and I'm not happy. To be fair conditions were bad, not appalling but certainly bad, with a cold wind and rain turning the grassy half mile section into an ice rink.
I was hoping increased fitness to show through and get me a faster time than this. Perhaps my heavy duty training in Lanzarote is still in my legs and any benefits are not yet reflected in training performances? Perhaps I am getting too hung up on timings ( although I only time intervals, 20+milers and this midweek 'long run') My theory was that i need to time this run in particular so I know If my aim for a 2:35:?? marathon is realistic. I would cetainly appreciate some feedback from the elite chaps who are on the Forum.
I may put up a post later on with some specific questions and see what comes back. Teatime now.
Back to the mile strides tonight with 2 min recovery in between. Times are getting quicker ranging from 6.20 to 5.59. No chance of keeping up with the whippets in the front group but happy with my steady progress.
Speed training tonight with my coaching group
Could someone just give me a bit of guidance r.e. doing my own speed session.
Where i live there is no track, and very little flat, straight road. But I have found a quiet lane and was planning to try the following.
Distances would be approximate but I was planning to mark it out at 100m intervals...
After each sprint, if thats the word, or fast run, I would do 200m recovery. The same recovery each time.
2 x 200m
2 x 300m
2 x 400m
1 x 300m
1 x 200m
This gives 3900m in total, including recovery 200s.
Am I doing the right thing? Thanks for any advice.
Track sesh last night was a bit of a disaster!
Legs felt heavy and tired and generally lousy!:mad:
Chest felt tight as well:mad:
First time I've felt like that in ages.
8 x800m about 3 mins a rep!
Am trying to decide if it was the Mr Muscle oven cleaner I was using (strangely for me) to clean the oven before I went out. That stuff is pretty toxic.
Anyway don't have to worry about that for another 6 months or so now thou......:eek:
Should be out in the hills tonight assuming my head torch turns up...
I also do not live near a track. My speed sessions are based on time rather than distance. Ie 12x 3mins, off 90 sec etc. I find this a far better way than guestimating distances. It works for me. Hope this helps...Quote:
Originally Posted by theNoor
Hmm...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pav
Not sure that would work for me - I like to run hill or speed efforts at equal or ascending pace through a session.
i.e. I would run a marked distance in a certain time at a good, brisk pace; then attempt 10 or 12 repeats of the same distance at the same, or a quicker pace.
The trouble with measuring time and not distance is you cannot guarantee that you are maintaining the same pace throughout a session.
Another piece of info. I found useful was that you should generally not finish a speed session feeling exhausted but fairly fresh and ready for the next session.
Having said all the above, there are others on here far better equipped to comment than me...
Where have all the quick boys got to? Roadrunner, Bisto, Oxo Cube etc.
MH
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Originally Posted by Mountain Hare
Oh so the typical speed sesh for me where I collapse on the floor at the end isn't the ideal......
bummer!:rolleyes:
This bloody lower back and groin injury might keep me away from my running, but from previous experience i know i can maintain a decent level of cardiovascular fitness by swimming freestyle.
B*llocks to it I will not be beaten.:mad:
Today i knocked out a mile of freestyle at Heywood pool in 45 minutes which is bloody good going for me. :)
7 miles last nite + 10 x long hill reps
just done 10miles, wet down here, very wet:mad:
24 mins running.
Swam 5 x (100m b/stroke, 100 crawl) in 35 mins.
Swimmers do not appear to have the same respect for each other that runners do. :mad:
In what respect fellhell?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by fellhell
An hour on the turbo
7 x 4 minutes with each minute in a higher gear than previous
2 mins recovery then another 4 mins on next level of resistance
Well I go in the slow line, naturally ;) .Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert
There one woman who is going twice the speed of everyone else and clearly should be in a different lane, keeps splashing past me.
One guy went between myself and the lane cord to overtake me when there was about an inch to spare, forcing me to stop, when he could have just gone the other side of me.
One person got into the pool just as i was turning and proceeded walk right across my path
One girl going slower than me kept turning about 10m from the end across me as I went to overtake.
One person just swam up and the middle.
But other than that, fine.
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Originally Posted by fellhell
This is not good fellhell and leads me to believe that the life-guards at your pool need to start enforcing lessons in swimming etiquette. :)
Occupational hazard of going to the local baths I'm afraid. I do 800M in 20 mins (just steady breast stroke) so I find one lane for all swimmers, then the rest of the pool for noisy kids and older people who just stand at the shallow end chatting! Always some fast swimmer doing crawl overtaking, assuming full right of way over everybody else, then the slow overweight middle-aged women who see you're trying to get past so seem to deliberately drift into your path so you have to swim round them!).
Since recently changing to another pool, I've had the added pleasure of meeting Chaddy the Owl each week there, always very keen to remind me how much faster than me he is in the pool and on the running track! :cool:
Jesus! :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by fellhell
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Originally Posted by NotIntaFells
It's the backstrokers that create the problems for me.
I can't believe i'm the only swimmer who gets regularly battered on the head by the flailing arms of the backcrawlers. :mad:
I've just knocked out a mile of breaststroke at the adult lane swim session at the new pool in Harpurhey this morning and had the pool pretty much to myself. :)
Went out for my first fell run in the dark last night with Hopey, Emmilou and a couple of the other lostock runners for about an 1:20 and then a nice natter and pint in the pub after....perfick!:D Cheers guys!
Really enjoyed it. Am planning another trip in the fells tonight....on mi tod this time!!!:eek:
Be carefull it starts to get addictive, you'll know you're in trouble when you start to wait for it to get dark before you go on a run :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Calf
Bill
You're welcome - glad you could make it and that you enjoyed it - mind you if you'd remembered to start your garmin and I hadn't left mine on the mantlepiece we'd have known how far we went!!!:eek: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Calf
at last!!!!
Training went VERY well today
2 x 2mile (11:11 and 10:53) wasnt giving it absolutely everything and came home a wee bit quicker than last time i did 2x2.
then....
2 x 1mile (5:13 and 5:11) This was MUCH faster than last time and I felt fantastic throughout
Its two years or so since Ive felt this buzz during and after rep's.
7 miles and a spot of lamping:)
[ you'll know you're in trouble when you start to wait for it to get dark before you go on a run :D
Bill[/quote]
Oh, looks like I'm in trouble then! he he!
:D
Might have a rest day today, well no running. Was out for an hour 20 last night and have the 1/2 pendle recce tomorrow and a 10 mile race on sunday!
So probably gym for an hour and if the weather holds a trip out on the mtb for a laugh!