That's just good to hear DT. Some people in fell running are always a pleasure to meet but hey...I will spare your blushes.:)Quote:
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That's just good to hear DT. Some people in fell running are always a pleasure to meet but hey...I will spare your blushes.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Cheers Graham and Travs
29 min 02 secs at Keighley Cliffe Castle Parkrun this morning (I was at 37 min 47 secs two weeks ago - six weeks after liver surgery). Chemotherapy starts next Friday. Hoping to have a run out in the week but then realistically it’ll probably be walking / marshalling duty for most of the rest of 2019
Finished April with a 5 miler/900ft around Darwen Tower. Pushed for time, so started work at 6:15 this morning to earn myself an hour in the decent mid morning weather.
It was fantastic up there - very peaceful. Just a couple of dog walkers.
After a better mileage month in March (102ml/8000ft) I wanted April to be about more climb per run, so managed 69.2ml/9,000ft.
I would have preferred a little more, but I did manage 43ml/4500ft in walks with the other half, mostly over the Easter break.
I've been struggling with what I believe to be plantar fasciitis all month. The balls of my heels have been tender, at times almost like hot pokers were being stuck in them. Managed with ice and ibuprofen gel.
It's probably worse in the morning when I get out of bed.
May will now be about trying to ease that. So running will be perhaps only 1-2 a week and trying to keep it to grass, or the odd race such as Hameldon this weekend and hopefully getting out on the bike 2-3 times a week.
I think I also need to invest in some new footwear. I am certainly guilty of trying to squeeze to many miles out of my old favourites.
Club night tonight and a track session.
3 x 200m, 2 x 400m, 3 x 200m, all off 90 secs rest.
Then walk 1 lap of the track (approx 5 mins rest) and repeat the session again.
A bit too fast and furious for me, especially after a tough tussock-bashing race on Sunday. By the end of the session I was a good 100m behind those I’d aspire to be up with. But looking at the numbers it wasn’t too bad...
The 400’s were knocked off between 76-78 secs, and the 200’s between 37-38 secs.
6.5 miles in total, of which 2.5 miles were hard track effort.
Did a local Parkrun this morning... 18:34 which was my fastest time on that particular course by almost 30 seconds, and in fact an overall pb by 7 seconds.
Very pleased, as didn’t feel particularly speedy, despite feeling strong in the legs. I’ll have to get over to Coventry for the next one (a flatter and slightly faster course), on slightly fresher legs, and I might be able to get a lot closer to 18mins. Something to target...
. . . good stuff
I’ve done four on the trot but have a medical procedure needing general anaesthetic next Friday. Might have to be a steady jog round, which having your times in mind Travs is all I’ve been doing anyway 🐢
No time to bask in the “glory” of yesterday’s pb.... pm yesterday a hill session, 4200ft.... and today a steady run out on the Coventry Way and back along the Cov Canal... 21 miles...
Weeks total 46 miles and 10750ft.
Made the most of the bank holiday to get the week off to a solid if not spectacular start... AM treadmill hill session, and PM a steady road/field run. Total of 10 miles 3250ft.
Hopefully get two solid club sessions in, and a nice run up to Sunday's race (South Mynd Tour).
I've just seen this. I'm sorry to hear that, but hopefully the surgery was positive. Good luck with the chemoQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Thanks for the reply Noel. Surgery was positive; chemo now starting week today
All the best Andrew
Good luck DT....
Fartlek session today.... 5 x 2minutes and 5 x 1 minute.... so a shorter session than usual, and out on the grass, to give a slightly easier session than normal, due to various races over the bank hol weekend...
Worked quite hard... no point turning up and not putting the effort in... a couple of guys tried to latch onto me, so I took them up the steep banks which got them off my tail... they stopped following me after that!
Total distance tonight 7 miles.
Thanks John and Travs
Walk/run to the Outwoods this evening. I'm still not back in proper training from my latest calf injury, but I'd eaten too much and was desperate to get out for a bit of exercise, intending only a brisk walk. But the legs repeatedly decided to start running, so about two-thirds of the distance was done at a (rather slow) run. And the calf behaved itself.
[Reminder to self: running is better done just before dinner, not just after.]
A slow 10km over the Clent hills this evening with just over 600m ascent. Not a great pace but enjoyed having the hills to myself after this afternoon's deluge. Just me, a few sheep, 2 jays and a lone bunny to note.
Category A route on the Clent Hills?!Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteS
Steady 8.5 mile club run tonight.... there was a 2.1 mile “time trial” on the middle section but I kept things relatively sensible, with only a moderate increase in pace over this section. Keeping things steady before the South Mynd Tour on Sunday.
Blimey. Never thought of it that way but I suppose so. If you know where, you can easily pack in 750m climb in a 15km run without repeating a path. I usually aim for 500m in a run and it's normally around the 10k mark. Got it down to a fine art! 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
a lazy week after Hameldon. first run since today, a 4 mile tempo (for me) around Witton
Heavy week (for me) - unspectacular finish somewhere-near-the-back in an 18k trail race on Sunday, Monday rest, then 45k and almost 2000m in three days, yesterday bonking quite badly 8k from the car and late for work. My foot is throbbing on the top, off to the physio next week to see how I can stop it happening. It's my theory that my calves/hams are so tight my feet have to flex more on the steep climbs.
Signed up for a 42k/2800m race on June 18th, no idea how that will go. I'm generally wiped out after half that distance.
Good to see posts on here. Best of luck with the 42k bob_
Mrs WP out for a rare trot today, so tagged along to keep her company. She got a bit papped by 5 miles, so walked most of last 2.
7 miles, 850ft, 90 minutes.
Managed a trot round Keighley Parkrun in spite of yesterday’s general anaesthetic - 30 mins and something
Good stuff DT...
Race tomorrow so tried to keep it relatively steady this morning.... 40 mins.... 5 miles 650ft.
All I can hope for tomorrow is a pb... managed 9th last year but I think the combination of hot weather and a few of the top-guns missing aided that... I’d be surprised if I get top ten tomorrow without a significant pb.
Good luck tomorrow Travs (and thanks again for keeping this thread going more or less single-handed at times). Great work fella
Minor pb yesterday (3 mins over a 2.5hr race). Admittedly a nav error probably cost me between 3 and 5 mins. Surprisingly matched last years position (9th).
I think the fact that I had to push so hard on the climbs to make the places back up, didn't necessarily help my time as I then felt slow over the extensive runnable sections... had I not made an early nav error then i'd perhaps have been able to pace it better. But I felt the best tactic to gain places yesterday was to try and break a couple of those around me on the climbs.
But another solid week, 47 miles, 12500ft.
It's now all about the build-up to Tenerife Bluetrail, less than 4 weeks away. Although the small matter of the Moelwyn champs race, and the Welsh 1000m between now and then. At least i'll be well-raced when I hit Tenerife!
Looks amazing, that. Which one are you doing Travs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Went out yesterday and reccied the first half of the 43k I've got in June. Gulp. Got to the top of the first 1000m climb, and the second looked impossibly far away. It didn't look any nearer after I'd done 20k and was baked. Will try and reccie the second half next weekend (there is about 1500m climbing in the 2nd, compared to 1300m yesterday).
The 25k took me almost 4h, the winner crossed the line about 20mins later last year, though I did get lost quite a lot. Not sure I can up the pace much and still get round the second half, so at 8h including stops I'm looking at more or less dead last!
10k lunchtime recovery today then a trip to the physio to find out what's what with this sore foot.
You'll be surprised that you can speed up during 'race conditions'.
42km and 2800m is roughly equivalent to a big Lakeland Classic.
I'm doing the ultra, approx. 63 miles (101km) and I think around 22000ft (6700mtrs) ascent.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob_summers
Funnily enough, the distance and ascent (although more than I've done previously) doesn't really phase me on its own.... with it being marked and all on paths etc I can to an extent forget about navigation and just concentrate on ticking the miles off...
However the heat (and quite possibly cold in the early hours (11-30pm start)), altitude, and the fact that almost the entire climb is focused in the first 36 miles (meaning almost the entire descent is focused in the final 27 miles)………… all look like they could contribute to quite a suffer-fest.
I feel a little inadequate :D
an hour for me, 6.4 miles and around 650ft, cross country route to Darwen via Tockholes to collect the car so the wife could walk home via Tockholes.
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Originally Posted by Witton Park
I wouldn't though WP. There are many of us not doing what we once did. Injuries, illness or simply no time. For me though my very average 4.5 miles along The Grantham Canal yesterday represents a step forward and nice to run comfortably for a change.
I am aiming for a slow Kinder half Dozen this coming Saturday!!
Well done DT, that must be a great boost for you. keep it going.
Another great effort Travs. I did keep an eye out for you whilst cycling the cobbles in Cov City Centre on Sunday, but see you had far greater and more worthy objectives than to watch a bunch of cyclists!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
1.5 miles dogwalk this evening following my first cycle of chemotherapy today
That's 1.5 miles more than most people would be doing just after chemo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Yeah great stuff DT, well done...
An interesting track session tonight, and in fact one of the hardest track sessions I’ve done...
12 x 400m reps, split into 4 sets of 3 reps.... each set of 3 getting faster by approx 5 seconds. 20 secs rest after rep 1, 40 after rep 2, 60 after rep 3.... the aim being that the final three reps are up to your usual 400m rep pace (in my case around 78-80 seconds)....
My target was in the region of 95secs for the first set, then 88, then 83, then 78 for the final three...
In fact it went.... 95, 95, 88(!?), 86, 86, 86, 84, 83, 83, 80, 83, 82....
Really tough session, the 20 second recoveries were over in a blink, and the 40 second recoveries were not much better... the 60 second reps were nice, but then having to increase the pace, which did start to feel tough on reps 7-9.....
I was pacing our little group, and a new guy.... for the final three reps I just told them to go out and do whatever they could, but it appeared everyone was feeling the pace, and with the short rests I just couldn’t get down to normal 78-80secs pace...
Did a total of 6 miles tonight, 3 of which were reps. Again it’ll be the only real toughie of the week as I’ll be hopefully racing on Saturday... either at Fairfield or a local Parkrun...
Total 4.25 miles walking on day (made sure went out before hospital visit)
I had to be in Burnley for 9, so dropped wife off at work just before 7 and headed for Sabden.
5 miles 1150ft on Pendle. It was warm even at 7:30 but a beautiful morning and so peaceful up there. Just one walker near Deerstones.
Back to the grind now :)
Getting back on it a bit. 5 mile run comfortable 8 mile pace, then 1 hour gym mainly legs but a bit of upper body and then straight into pool for 40 lengths. Nearly 3 hours in total.my aim is a Kinder half dozen on Saturday.
Good stuff Simon... maybe see you at a race somewhere!
9 miles tonight... generally quite steady, although threw in a couple of brisker miles in the middle, the fastest being around 6:20....
Just about to enter the Fairfield Horseshoe for Saturday, which will be a good warmup for the similar distance Moelwyn British Champs race the following weekend.