Bloody cold has meant I'm only cycling as running would kill me (slightly over dramatic but I'm not good at being ill). Hoping to be back running tomorrow eve. Thinking cycling is better than nothing :-)
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Bloody cold has meant I'm only cycling as running would kill me (slightly over dramatic but I'm not good at being ill). Hoping to be back running tomorrow eve. Thinking cycling is better than nothing :-)
1hr on the turbo trainer early this morning
1hr 30m ish club run at an easy pace this evening.
10m on the hill, bounding through heather and forests in the glorious evening sunshine
Felt rubbish, but when it's that nice on the hill I don't care
You echo my feeling for my run today, 11m 3,000ft of climb but first time on the hill for while due to injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
ATB
Tahr
Thats very true Shaunaneto! Cheers!Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
Did a short recce of last bet of Buttermere HS / Darren Holloway Memorial. 6.5 mile / 2,200'. Felt somewhat better than my last post here. I have rested up a bit, took some iron supplelments and I think I'm getting it back a bit. Pretty sure I've basically picked up a virus about 3-4 weeks ago thats really just stuffed my recovery etc. Its not something I really noticed accept I occasionally felt 'fluey' or had a 'bit of a sore throat'. Only really when I exercise has it really bothered me. Anyway, hopefully I'm over the worst. Still going to pull out of Three Peaks as if I dont recover from that quickly it'll stuff up my prep for Buttermere.
Cheers again for helpful comments folks.
I'd guess you've had similar to me 'Irish'. I've obviously no idea as to your conditioning. All I'd say is that the couple of times I've done Ultras in consecutive months I've done very little in between anyway so I'd say if you were fit to run strongly before the April Ultra you'll be ok for Fellsman. The only thing I'd say is make sure the virus is well out of your system or be prepared to DNF if it kicks in half way round. Also there is the issue of viruses causing serious conditions if you do hard exercise with one in your system!! But I'm sure your aware of all that.Quote:
Originally Posted by irish
I've had a similar thing, sore throat, fluey feeling, arms have been aching whilst running, feel like I'm running in treacle, a few guys at work have had the same, had blood tests/ urine sample done this week, nothing showing, its a pain in the butt :thunbdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
5 miles round the Snaefell course today. Just me and the skylarks. What a nice afternoon.
http://manxfellrunners.org/snaefell
Due to a week of sore throat and snotty nose I'd done nothing but cycle this week. Then today after 22ml with 640mtr of assent I felt much better so took myself out for 4ml with 240mtr of assent lovely fell route :-) looking forward to getting back out there :-) :thumbup:
Hill Reps, 6 x 1036ft
Giving 6216ft in 10.32 miles.
Quite a bit slower than I was in November, but happy to have done it. Especially after a 3.30am alarm call.
And I didn't puke (thought about it at one point)
And Ive just crammed in an hour on the turbo trainer. I suspect that my enthusiasm spent for the week.:rolleyes:
Hmm, tenderised legs today :rolleyes:
Easy hour on the bike.
Horrid week..
Sunday 14.5 miles at 6:35 min mile pace on sandy forest trails..
Minday easy 10 on roads.. cycle ways.. forest trails..
Tuesday 10k at 6 am.. easy.. followed by 12 k at 6:10 mile mile pace..
Wednesday.. 20.5k at 6:22 min mile pace again on sandy trails..
It'll be interesting to see how this works.. or if I just die..
Smashing turn out for Brett's birthday. 5 or 6 miles at social pace followed by refreshments in the Front Room. Lovely to meet Aunt Sally's new friend. He's German and a nice guy :thumbup:
1hr on the CX bike, 1hr 20m running about the hill.
Back on the roads tonight.. 10k at 6:25 pace.. one mile at 5:40 pace as a tester for the weekend.. easy run tomorrow then a race on an airport saturday as I screwed up my entry for waht should have been a classic mountain race..
12.5m and 2200ft on the hill, running the MTB downhill course was great fun.
More importantly I appear to have run further than IainR today.
Which I suspect is a first. Even on his flippin rest days.
Bloody show off.
Just did a slow 7 in response to this.. 13.2 for the day..Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
Joking.. there is no rest day.. now at 1 rest day.. day after 100k.. in 147 days..
I'm intending to drop the milage to 80-85 and have more quality so more miles at 6:30 pace.. and efforts.. basically my 5-10-21-42 k times match roughly.. so unless I drop my 5-10k times I won't get quicker..
A run to the shop round the corner and back with my little one after work (he carried two energy gels, but we didn't need them in the end).
Then 8.7 miles of Leicestershire trails later on. Bumped into the same runner on three separate occasions as we each made the most of a small park in our own way!
Fairly full week (for me - nowt like IainR!) so far.
Teenager race on Saturday
Rest/painting and decorating on Sunday
2km run, 23km ride to work, 30 home on the bike on Monday
Day off tuesday
3km morning run in evoskins, 9km rough fell race in the evening Wed
2km morning run, 23km each way on the bike, 2 km evening on Thursday
2km run, 23km bike so far today.....
Feeling good so far!
Had a little run round the Whinberry Naze race route this morning fairly short but I have something longer planned for tomorrow. There had been a bit of snow on Cowpe Lowe overnight and a cold northerly wind was blowing coming off the top. I should think its a bit chilly round the 3 peaks today.
First week my back has been hassle free, managed 54 miles with 14615ft ascent.
Today's training...
...Should have have included sun cream. Got a nice vest shaped pasty white torso and pink shoulders/arms/neck after an hour and a half around White Edge.
Breezy trousers in the Ochils today, 4.3m and 1032ft at an easy/recovery pace.
Tussocks, more tussocks than I've ever seen before. As far as the eye can see they where.
Astoundingly dry as well, desperate need for rain.
well finally got a race in...not fast by any means but not too slow either, felt shocking afterwards but it's a step in the right direction
6am this morning headed out to run 14k to work. Good fun but slow with checking the map every now and again and going just a little wrong in the last field ;-) looking forward to my commute every Monday :-)
Hill Reps, 6 x 1036ft
Giving 6216ft in 10.32 miles.
Again. End of next week I'm planning on doing 10 reps and then launching myself at a summer of long runs in the highlands.
Hard week for the star of british running.
http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/7--airport-run-brite-gewinnt-den-airport-run,10809148,22606014.html
Not sure a 75 half make me that.. :-)
easy 6.5 miler sunday, followed by steady 10 miler monday..
Tuesday: 7 miles at 6 am, followed by 9 at 6 pm, 12 k effort, with 9 at 6:30 pace and 3 at 5:45 pace.. nice session.
Today; 21 k trail run ay 6:25 pace.. pretty brutal.. this afternoon 2 mile slow run to the gym, 30 minutes with the foam roler, 15 minutes in the sauna.. aids recovery supposedly.. but still trying to get used to seeing the last turkey in the shop everytime I open the sauna door.. then 30 minute snooze in the solarium..
Labour day here so day off.. another half at the weekend so 1.5 hrs of stretching and core and 10k run tomorrow.. then easy run fri and the half saturday..
Managed to get a 10 mile on the road completed. Better than last time I was out, not as quick as February, but feeling a bit happier. Definately had some kind of virus March / April. Hopefully thats it more or less out of my system. We'll see I guess. Plenty of opportunities through May to get out in the hills.
9.5m over Ilkley Moor this morning. Glad to report no ill effects from The 3 P's, so business as usual..............
Well done Mr Ridgeway, you're 'flying' (no pun intended). What were the spoils?Quote:
Originally Posted by IainR
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None.. I thought there could be.. but I did get a nice bouquet of flowers.. :-)
The prize giving was done with 'you're simply the best' blaring out.. cringingly bad.. :-)
10 today, 2.5 warm up to a physio session, lots of core, stretching, rolling and balance work..
then 1 mile warm up, 6.2 miles at around 6:20 min mile pace.. 1 mile cool down..
Am now fully recovered from the 3 peaks. Did a nice steady run round Chevin and Danefield on Tuesday, speed training yesterday (4 times 4minute efforts) and tonight I had a leisurely 4 1/2 miles along the river to get the smell of white spirit and inks out of my lungs (work is full on at the mo). Only lingering pains are a toenail that is probably going to drop off and a very itchy scabby knee...mustn't scratch!!:sneaky:
Mile reps last night, x4. Definitely my least favourite run out of everything I do. Last one was 20 seconds slower than the first, which didn't feel great.
Finishing them did feel great!
13 miles on the road today, meh.
An awful race today.. 17 miles in total, trail half marathon.. thought it was flat but it was 600ft+ of ascent on sandy trails.. came 6th in 1:19 but felt awful.. not day and maybe a few hard weeks caught up... was for big money.. 650, 450, 250 euros for 1,2,3.. so at least two were full time pros..Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
Nice day still, good to finally feel the sun..
Sun, what's that. I came in looking like some sort of sea beast yesterday.
9m and 1800ft ascent today. Should hit 12000ft for the week. No real efforts now until next weekend 10000ft hill session.
14km, 260m climb in the sun today. From home, up to Stanage pole, along the edge and down to burbage then down through woods to ringinglow to meet my wife on her way home from shift.
Lovely day, but amazed at the numbers of walkers in what looked like winter gear... I was in shorts and a vest but ditched the vest for the last third.
Two days on and around Skiddaw! Fast (...for me!!) up and down. Then 15 miles up and over, followed by Gt Calva then back round the terrace! Now to start getting back into the longer days out and see if I can get fit for Buttermere HS!...and L50!