Today's Training

[Big Bad Baz]

How did it go??? Pain free Baz or not?

It was ok Emm-i have to just stretch a lot afterwards.

[Derby Tup]

55mins FITC-approved hilly Fartlecky run in Strid Woods Bolton Abbey. 4runs in last week = 35miles+; the most I've done in many months

[emmilou]

Track last night - not a great session, old injuries flaring up although the mileage increase this week is accountable so it's my own daft fault....

running at lunch time though - good old bruphen

[Al Fowler]

Track last night - not a great session, old injuries flaring up although the mileage increase this week is accountable so it's my own daft fault....

running at lunch time though - good old bruphen

Also Track for me last night

How are the shins today Em?

My knees are f'in killin.

[lilactime]

8 miles hilly roads . first 30 mile week for 15 months .

[Tubber]

Yesterday:
Bit of strength work in the morning, still can't see a 6 pack?
Took one of the cross country team lads for a run in the afternoon. He's 17, slim and fit; everything I'm not. I said we should do a steadt run as I was tired (good excuse in there striaght way!). Took him for 6 or 7 miles with a 1000" of climb. He bounced up and I chugged up. Just over an hour!

Today: Dropped my car off for some work in town and ran back, a few hills and put some strides in. 35 mins. Down the gym tonight for some weights.

[ratfink]

i keep seeing this term - what are strides?? how do you stride??

[OneHillWonder]

5 miles yesterday
6 miles (well nearly) today

perhaps prison is doing me some good afterall!


BBC club tonight for chicken and chips
No running tomorrow..... probably....

Perhaps not then

[Tubber]

i keep seeing this term - what are strides?? how do you stride??

Strides are running fast for abot 20 to 30 secs. The idea, I think, is that you stimulate your muscles into a good efficient fast motion but because you don't run fast for enough time to build up any lactic you don't get the stiffness or tiredness. Good on an easy or steady run to get some "easy" speed work done. I'm told that if you do them at the end of a long run it can make some of your fast twitch muscles also work as slow twitch; FOG fibres or something. Obviously if you want a definative answer you would need to talk to someone considerably brighter than I.

[Ady In Accy]

6 miles up a damp, cold & dreary Hameldon hill - no strides.