DFW running club mark 3!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

kmstuart

Depends on the race length Simply You'll not catch me running some of my races non stop.

Me personally i run pretty much all of my more normal length races except if its a half or longer on steep hills as i find it quicker to walk than run up them. I also usually walk though the drinks stations as i cant drink from plastic cups or most bottles when moving at speed. Conversely in 5/10k's i am known to not bother with water as i know it would slow me down and !!!!!! up a PB shot.

For my long stuff its more a case of working out fuelling plans based on race distance, checkpoint spacing and terrain. Also the weather not surprisngly is a large influence for these races.

krider2010

Good luck for your 5 miler 1Hannah - you'll be fine. Based on the weather here willstewart, it should be great for a 20 miler today.

Good running Simply and Evab

This morning was a lets run through treacle morning 10.25 miles done in 1:45:21 (10:16/mile). I shouldn't complain about that pace I guess but it sure as hell didn't feel that fast enroute, and all the way round my legs felt like they did last week after 10 miles. There was heaviness and no push in the legs, and when I tried to force the issue, my body started to give me a stitch - either way my body was refusing to run faster. Suppose it is only fair after a few good runs again recently :rolleyes: Was just getting used to much more comfortable runs of 10 miles tho'!

Total for the week = 28.8 miles.

Lovely weather here though - wee nip in the air first thing (still shorts and t-shirt weather IMHO), and then the sun got going into a lovely clear sky but with some freshness in the air. Enjoy all your runs peeps.

kmstuart

Blimey its not actually raining and even looks like a dry day for a change. Best take advantage and go for a wee bimble around later on then. Nothing too strenous being i have a 10k tomorrow but then i know just the route i want to go down and its 8 miles or so. Best stick a few fast bursts in too to remind the legs what speed is

Another 10k on tuesday night too which could be fun. Nowt next weekend then the 13th is a 10 mile race in the local clubs grand prix so i'd better put some effort into it. 95 mins was last years time i think. Day before though i'm playing footie in Manchester so will be calling into HP for the 5k in the morning i think as a warm up Week after this is Langdale marathon then 2 weeks after that it'll be Loch Ness marathon. Not much time for long runs bar next weekend so i'm gonna go for the different but possibly doable method of PBing at Loch Ness based on a fair few 8-12 mile runs (can sneak these in during the week) and trust to these 5 and 10's boosting my speed nicely.

1HANNAH

Week 7-
Tues18/8 3m - 39:46 (13:15/m)
Thurs20/8 3m - (slow no idea of time as battery died)
Sat22/8 4m 52:06 (13:02/m)


This week
Week 8 -
Mon 24/8 - 3m - 38:55 (12.58/m)
Thu 27/8 - 3m - 39:23 (13:08/m)
Sat 29/8 - 5m - 01:04:16 (12.51/m) :j:jI enjoyed this run this morning although I started later then I normally would and the last half a mile I was just way to hot and in need of a drink.

Re run/walk, I know that I will be really disappointed if I have to walk at all when I do the 10k next month but when I signed up for the race a few weeks ago I didn't think I would be able to run it all, just shows how quickly things can change I guess!

RichOneday_2

Week 18/21 (Fleetwood)
Mon17/8 Rest Day
Tues18/8 12.0 Miles 1:26:48 (7:14/mile) (Pulse 138)
Weds19/8 Rest Day
Thurs20/8 Rest Day
Fri21/8 10K 51:37 (8:18/mile) (Pulse 90)
Sat22/8 10K 1:03:57 (10:18/mile)
Sun23/8 Ufdance Half Marathon 1:33:28 (7:09/mile) [66.87%]

Week 19/21 (Fleetwood)
Mon24/8 Rest Day
Tues25/8 10.0 Miles 1:08:58 (6:54/mile) (Pulse 104) [68.08%]
Weds26/8 Rest Day
Thurs27/8 12.0 Miles 1:40:17 (8:21/mile) (Pulse 106)
Fri28/8 10K 49:45 (8:01/mile) (Pulse 80)
Sat29/8 parkrun Wimbledon 5K 18:42 (6:02/mile) [73.66%]

A really good parkrun this morning with a new pb for this course of 18:42 (previous best 19:03). With most of the improvement coming through on the second lap it shows that the strength work is starting to show through as the taper begins to take effect.:D

So very happy with that one!!

Becky is very happy to have improved again to 25:57 and Poorbabe recorded 25:46 for her first ever parkrun.

UK is either still running or found the allure of the Saturday morning pillow too tempting!:p

Good runs yesterday, Simply and evab, and a great achievement on the new longest distance today Hannah!

Krider - Dont worry about runs like that, it shows you've done plenty work recently and are about to reap the rewards at some point soon.

Kms - Good luck with the 10K tomorrow.

15 Days To Marathon Day

bank_of_slate

I comfortably did 2 circuits of my usual street route yesterday which was 8 miles.

Tomorrow morning I'm going for 3 circuits which will be 12 miles, once I know I can do that I'll be looking forward to the Great North Run a lot more :T

We'll be swimming afterwards too which is lovely and relaxing after a long run
...Linda xx

smetf

Hi all

Sounds like a good parkrun for lots of you today.

I'm after a bit of advice, after my good week last week (24 miles- felt good for all M-8 m, T- rest, W- 5m, Th- rest, F- 8m, Sa-rest, Su- 3m) this week has not gone so well. Mon- 3 miles felt fine. Tu- attempted 5 miles managed 4 before calves were hurting, I did do one of my normal loops in reverse and the long steep hill was definitely tough on my calves. They were really feeling it so had W and Th as rest days, made sure I was stretching them, tried a run on Fri and had to stop after 1 mile. Calves now have constant dull ache so not sure what to do

Have another few rest days? Try a short flattish run? I am thinking it was the combination of a heavier mileage week combined with big hill- but thoughts from experienced runners appreciated. I was hoping to run GNR training plans a bit awry now

TIA

Smetf

bank_of_slate

Have you tried doing some gentle stretches smetf?

Sounds like you might have over exerted yourself a bit!
...Linda xx

Ukevas

..... sorry guys. woke up to find some activity on a bank account which should not have been there.

Or well... hopefully I might get another rare saturday off soon to try again. :rolleyes:

nice 10m in the morning.. then nice and easy club run on Tuesday.. then 5.5 on friday then the bigday next Sunday .

Will see what time the cat drags in.

Time for a beer after an over stressfull day/ :beer:

RichOneday_2

Smetf - Theres no problem with how the calves are reacting, they've simply reacted to the large increase in workload by tightening themselves up to let the repairs be done.

However, because the remedial work is assisted by bloodflow it is better to keep active than totally resting - the answer is to walk steadily, not too quickly, with the sole aim of promoting the bloodflow and trying to break up a bit of the scar tissue.

UK - Thats a bit worrying! Ah well, we'll see you shortly, I'm sure!

I notice Mascott was also at Wimbledon today as well with another PB of 24:46. Well done, mascott!!