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Reminds me of catching the bus over to Nottingham in the school holidays then on to the Victoria Embankment to go fishing OHW! :eek: Where's the last 30years gone? Nice spot for a run out at lunchtime mind :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
4 1/2 miles on flat roads. Intended as a gentle trot out but, as the roads follow exposed tops, found myself battling the gusts on the way back. Slowed me down by 2mins overall. Got back just in time - now it's pouring down. :rolleyes:
over Kinder this morningQuote:
Originally Posted by jodg
From Rowlee bridge direct to Crookstone knoll (signed in at geocache) sunny but very windy down to spring and filled bottle before dropping to jaggersclough straight up the otherside to Nethermoor and across and down to YH Up lady Booth Brook to druids stone and along edge (this is where it first started hailing ouch!!) until I could take the 'Crossing' which was surprisingly dry round to seal edge the plan had been to go to Fairbrook but coming round the corner I could hardly stand up and I could see the thick cloud and rain sheeting down the valley towards me so I wimped out (sort of) decided not to run round rim but went direct to bottom of Blackden and straight up t'other side and up to mad womans(mans) stones and back to Crookstone racing the ever heavier rain.
By the time I'd driven home it was blue sky again:rolleyes: bloody british weather
9 miles 3700ft not long enough
Just met Ginge Whinge in Windmill Nurseries caff. His missus and he looked a bit bedraggled - they'd just been out for 3 hours on pushbikes. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Just another gentle trot today
The fitness pool is slowly filling though, and the niggles receding into memories
Fitness pool?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trog
Like a swimming pool Al, only different... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Yes Grasshopper,Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
You build up your reserves in the ‘fitness pool’ and then you take it out in the races.
The more you have stored in the said pool, the easier the races are :D
How do you fill this pool of reserves up........turn the tap on and leave it running for a while?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trog
Races and hard training runs drain the pool
Easy running fills the pool
You need to put in more than you take out Grasshopper
the problem is that races and hard training runs drain the pool quicker than you can fill it training;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trog
Spot on Ian :cool:
I see i see....understand now..........wise man.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trog
6 miles down by the river. Lovely... Apart from the lack of hills... Hills this week I think :)
set off to do 23 miles over north downs, in prep for duddon
knee gave way with a bad twinge after 3 miles, struggled on for another 7 at half-pace, gave up at Dorking and hopped (literally) on train back home
bit browned off, but these things often disappear as mysteriously as they appear ...
An hour o' hill reps yesterday "to keep the legs in". Trunce 3 tonight! :)
6.3 mile on Pex Hill early yesterday followed by 4 mile XC last night.
10 miles yesterday :)
Have already run more miles this month than I ran in the whole of April :eek:
After a couple of weeks waiting for medical results, I have finally got the nod that there is nothing terminal with the old body, so I wont be needing any new parts.
To celebrate I had a long, by recent standards, 50 min run along the cliff tops and old railway line to the north of Robin Hoods Bay.
Good to hear you are not a knackered old wreck.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trog
The hardest 1500m ever after Buttermere yesterday. Limped round in 5:05 and had to then prove my crappiness with a shotput:mad:
10 miles in a lot faster than I've run for many months.
Happy days! :)
8 miles in glorious sunshine.:) (Might have been faster walking though!:o)
Glorious sunshine here too:cool: for my mostly flat 49 mins c5.7 miles, great to see/smell all the wild garlic etc. down near the river.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Trunce 3 tonight. Think I might be on for a PB as well, await results. Funnily enough almost missed the race (turned up late), wasn't much in the mood, freezing out and have a sore foot. Considered treating it as a training trot out and ended up sub 29mins and not kn*ckered. Bizarre. :confused:
Great to see you Plumbum, Datt et al. And ta for the box o' beer IDP. :)
(yesterday) 7 odd miles from Malin Bridge tram stop, up the Loxley valley then up the hill and across to Loxley Common and home. Wonderous evening light. First mid week longish run. Felt good slept well. Was at one stage joined by an enormous wolf-like dog which seemed to prefer my company to its owner. I had to keep running back to the owner with the stupid beast following. Dog was only persuaded when I said "stay with her she's better looking" Perhaps it wasn't so stupid.
(today) down the gym bit of iron. Blew the chest press machine apart at max weight 10 reps again. May have to do some real benches soon.
Set off for an easy run on the Cleveland way, I ran into a heard of elderly hikers (I am no spring chicken either) so I ended up doing another mile to avoid them on the return journey.
Should I report this in the wildlife encountered thread :D
Glad to hear you're back in the thick of it matey! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trog
Just back in from 35mins of getting p**s wet through on hilly roads. An easy trot out, nowt tomorrow, Mt Famine on Sat. :)
8 miles walk with the pouch and his cousin.:D
Furthest ive been in months.:eek:......god where has my fitness gone!:(
7.5 miles - 1 mile warm up, 5.5 miles finding out how unfit I am*:o, 1 mile cool down.
*Bull Hill fell race route: 1:01:14
28 miles this week but nought tonight. Knackered!
I'm not surprise the way you are getting these posts in. Are you going for a record or something?
(or last night into this morning).
A very breezy & claggy night recce of BG Leg 2.
The rain that Paul Hudson warned us all about was chasing us all the way round & started just as we got to Dunmail at 4:30am :)
And now, to bed.............
5.5 mile on the roads tonight now that my cold and sore hip has eased.
I ran a very modest speed session last night at the Club, my first for over 6 weeks. This morning there are no ill effects, hopefully we are no well on the road to recovery
first run in over week
a modest 50 minutes with a good stretching section in the middle but it looks like the physio has done his job as my hip/back felt pretty good despite the 'manipulation' yesterday:)
slightly longer hillier run tommorrow.
An easy half hour, no reaction to yesterday :)
The one advantage of running a bonkers fell race like the fellsman last weekend is that I can now trump your 28 miles Dom with a 79 Miles for the week :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dominion
Thats 62 last weekend (the fellsman web site says 60, my piece of string says 61 and a bit but Grough said 62 so 62 it is :rolleyes:), 3 lethargic miles on Tuesday night, 8 better ones on Thursday and 6 cracking ones this morning, all finished before 9 am, last Saturday's start time.
Fellsman seems like years ago now Stolly, even my legs have forgotten it, recovered better than expected, looks like you have too. Thought i wouldn't be walking right for a week but been sulking around wishing i'd made the trip to Fairfield.
5 mile steady trot with Mini-Merry, bit of running, bit of walking, lots of talking, dropped him off at home, then favourite 10 miler by myself