The Running Thread
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very gentle 6 miles for me this evening. annoyingly (well, sort of) i feel absolutely fine when running....no coughing or anything so there is so much temptation to push on, but i know it's not going to be good for me so just ran with a (rather hot, i might add) 24 year old woman at 7:50/mile.
can't remember the last time i finished a run feeling so fresh
i've decided to not to run hard at all until i'm over this cough, but to continue running at a much lower intensity.
last week been a good week - x-country race in brecon saturday, 9 beautiful hilly, steady miles sunday, 7.5-8 miles (3 of those miles <6min/mile) on tuesday, just over 5 hilly miles yesterday and steady 6 today.
that'll do for now
can't remember the last time i finished a run feeling so fresh
i've decided to not to run hard at all until i'm over this cough, but to continue running at a much lower intensity.
last week been a good week - x-country race in brecon saturday, 9 beautiful hilly, steady miles sunday, 7.5-8 miles (3 of those miles <6min/mile) on tuesday, just over 5 hilly miles yesterday and steady 6 today.
that'll do for now
Intervals for me tonight! Quite depressing going from being able to do 45 mins of really intense high speed intervals to being back down to 9.5mph for the sprints and only doing half the distance I used to do. Even my warm up run at 7mph for a few mins had my heart rate up to 190bpm 
Used to be able to do around 7.5mph for for a steady run and barely go above 175bpm. Serves me right for focussing too much on weights and not running!
Shockingly unfit! Been saying I'm going to get back in to running since September last year, and only just really starting to get back in the gym properly after I ate my body weight in chocolate over Christmas.
Still, I know what I need to do to get back in to it. Wanna be back up to 45min 10Ks by the end of summer. Should be doable, just need to get some consistency to my running and stop fannying about!
Used to be able to do around 7.5mph for for a steady run and barely go above 175bpm. Serves me right for focussing too much on weights and not running!Shockingly unfit! Been saying I'm going to get back in to running since September last year, and only just really starting to get back in the gym properly after I ate my body weight in chocolate over Christmas.
Still, I know what I need to do to get back in to it. Wanna be back up to 45min 10Ks by the end of summer. Should be doable, just need to get some consistency to my running and stop fannying about!
Entered the Blackburn winter warmer 10k race,
doing it for base line time as it is near my house and can you use it to progress how I am improving, and will be able to use it as a training run.
last 10k race (slow) I did was 2 years ago, and only do a couple of slowish 5 mile recently.
doing it for base line time as it is near my house and can you use it to progress how I am improving, and will be able to use it as a training run.
last 10k race (slow) I did was 2 years ago, and only do a couple of slowish 5 mile recently.
A sneaky 8 this morning to the castle on Mont Juic and back. 30 seconds under an hour and felt quite good throughout. 3 runs in a week is a good starting point and 3 next week will mean that I feel confident to go for 4 the next. Still debating Barcelona Half next weekend as a jog...
Did my first parkrun today. First time on the road since Manchester 10k last May. Right ankle no issue, left ankle feels used.
Rainy, windy, muddy, absolutely soaked at the end of it. Too bloody hilly as well!
I guess I'll get emailed my time. Timed myself but not exact, around 30 mins I think.
Rainy, windy, muddy, absolutely soaked at the end of it. Too bloody hilly as well!
I guess I'll get emailed my time. Timed myself but not exact, around 30 mins I think.
Halb said:
Did my first parkrun today. First time on the road since Manchester 10k last May. Right ankle no issue, left ankle feels used.
Rainy, windy, muddy, absolutely soaked at the end of it. Too bloody hilly as well!
I guess I'll get emailed my time. Timed myself but not exact, around 30 mins I think.
it was a wet and windy Parkrun for me this morning too. Rainy, windy, muddy, absolutely soaked at the end of it. Too bloody hilly as well!
I guess I'll get emailed my time. Timed myself but not exact, around 30 mins I think.
i was going to go out this morning, but my cough is not any better and the weather here is south wales is rather horrensous; peeing it down, so windy it's almost horizontal.
i'll use the cough as an excuse, i think done 3 sessions already this week and i'll do a steady tomorrow. 4x a week is more than enough when you're not too well
i'll use the cough as an excuse, i think
done 3 sessions already this week and i'll do a steady tomorrow. 4x a week is more than enough when you're not too well Locke said:
Also experienced joggers nipple for the first time today for some reason, it's no laughing matter 
feels like they've been rubbed along a belt sander!
vaseline is your friend. works for me, but not others. feels like they've been rubbed along a belt sander!i use it when going >15 miles or if it's raining a lot. same for groin to stop chaffing, i might add
my cough is slowly improving but still not going to run hard or do big miles until it's gone so both yesterday and today a steady 5.5 miles, yesterday with a few fast strides here and there to stretch my legs a bit; that yielding a 7:30 average and today being 7:45 so hardly pushing me at all.
good news is i didn't end up as a coughing wreck afterwards
good news is i didn't end up as a coughing wreck afterwards
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