DFW running club part 4!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

beer_tins

Well, It's my third day of not running today. Getting a bit tetchy! Whole area is covered in ice and doesn't look like melting any time soon. Think I'll have to take my running stuff in with me to the city, which seems to be remarkably ice free. Maybe the powers that be have worked to avoid the debacle we had last time. So lunchtime run for me tomorrow, will have to work out a route where I don't have to stop every 2 minutes at traffic lights.

Hope the parkrun is on on Saturday, if i can even get to it! At least I'll be able to run in the park at the weekend, which will be snowy rather than icy.

RichOneday_2

beer_tins wrote: »

Hope the parkrun is on on Saturday, if i can even get to it! At least I'll be able to run in the park at the weekend, which will be snowy rather than icy.

parkruns are not cancelled lightly!

Snow, ice, hurricanes......no bother!:D:D

Simplycynical

Week 10/27 (NDVM)
Mon 28/12 Rest Day
Tues 29/12 Rest Day
Wed 30/12 5 Miles Tempo/Fartlek 00:44:56 (08:59/Mile) + 2 Miles WU/WD
Thurs 31/12 4 Miles Recovery 00:43:21 (10:44/mile)
Fri 1/1 5 Miles 00:47:56 (09:34/mile)
Sat 2/1 Rest Day
Sun 3/1 Somerley 10k 00:55:47 (08:58/mile)

Week 11/27 (NDVM)
Mon 4/1 Rest Day
Tues 5/1 5 Miles Recovery 00:52:12 (10:25/mile)
Wed 6/1 4 Miles Tempo 00:39:37 (09:52/mile)
Thurs 7/1 4 Miles Recovery 00:42:35 (10:36/mile)

A slippery, slidey run this morning - just a little more snow overnight but it had frozen nicely. I ran on the grass verges where I could and was managing a very satisfying crunch with every foot step - Immature? Me?

Am due a hilly run tomorrow but will do a risk assessment when I set out - don't fancy sliding down any of those and landing on my backside :rotfl:

Nice to have you back on board Rachel

RichOneday_2

Week 16/30 (Blackpool)
Mon28/12 10.4 Miles 1:28:22 (8:30/mile)
Tues29/12 14.6 Miles 1:59:59 (8:13/mile)
Weds30/12 Rest Day
Thurs31/12 10.4 Miles 1:21:11 (7:48/mile)
Fri1/1 parkrun Banstead Woods 5K 18:48 (6:03/mile) (4th) [73.27%] (http://www.parkrun.org.uk/banstead-woods/Results.aspx)
Sat2/1 parkrun Richmond Park 5K 18:45 (6:02/mile) (5th) [73.47%] (http://www.parkrun.org.uk/richmond/Results.aspx)
Sun3/1 20.8 Miles (16.64 Miles 2:09:30 (7:47/mile) + 4 Miles WU/WD)

Week 17/30 (Blackpool)
Mon4/1 10.0 Miles 1:17:25 (7:44/mile) (Pulse 84)
Tues5/1 Rest Day
Weds6/1 Rest Day
Thurs7/1 10K 49:42 (8:01/mile) (Pulse 94)

Its -8c out there tonight but at least the snow piled up by the snow ploughs has now compacted down to ice so is just about runnable.

If nothing else it was good practise for Saturday's parkrun because I'm pretty sure that we're going to be running on snow this weekend. With Manchester dropping down to -12c tonight I cant see much snow shifting in the next 36 hours before we go over there.

There were more runners than pedestrians out tonight, ie two!

Simply - Some good crunching done there. The immaturity is something to do with that reversal of the ageing process that Becky posted up this morning.:p

becky_rtw

Mon - 6.3 miles in 62:53 9.59 mins/mile
Tues - 5.5 miles in 48:53 8:54 mins/mile
Weds - 6.2 miles in 61:36 9:56 mins/mile
Thurs 9.5 miles in 1:32:24 9:44 mins/mile

Well I am pleased with that , was very icy/snowy for the 4 laps in the park - the cyclists were cycling on the path and I was running in the road :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Got a slight knee niggle but it didnt seem to be too much of a problem, however, tonight's run was the first (and most likely last) time that the trips out and back from the park were quicker than the laps in the park

Nice running Simply , if its too bad tomorrow there's always a nice walk

Rich - cant believe how quickly you are still going on all that snow :eek::eek:, we might have to run separately on Sunday because I think I will be slooooow

RichOneday_2

becky_rtw wrote: »

Mon - 6.3 miles in 62:53 9.59 mins/mile
Tues - 5.5 miles in 48:53 8:54 mins/mile
Weds - 6.2 miles in 61:36 9:56 mins/mile
Thurs 9.6 miles in 1:32:24 9:38 mins/mile

Well I am pleased with that , was very icy/snowy for the 4 laps in the park - the cyclists were cycling on the path and I was running in the road :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Got a slight knee niggle but it didnt seem to be too much of a problem, however, tonight's run was the first (and most likely last) time that the trips out and back from the park were quicker than the laps in the park

Nice running Simply , if its too bad tomorrow there's always a nice walk

Rich - cant believe how quickly you are still going on all that snow :eek::eek:, we might have to run separately on Sunday because I think I will be slooooow

Well I dont think there will be any 20 milers going on this weekend if its still like this (10K was plenty tonight thank you very much), but theres always the chance that a bit of a thaw will set in before the weekend.....

4 laps in the park for 9.6?

becky_rtw

2.08 x 2 out and back = 4.16
4 x 1.33 laps = 5.33

Ahh you are right its 9.5 isnt it??

Thats fine I was planning on an 18 so we can try the triangle for a few laps and two big laps maybe??

Simplycynical

RichOneday wrote: »

Well I dont think there will be any 20 milers going on this weekend if its still like this (10K was plenty tonight thank you very much), but theres always the chance that a bit of a thaw will set in before the weekend.....

Interesting you should say that Rich - I've been taking it a day at a time but with more snow forecast for the weekend I'm not sure my scheduled 22 miler will happen. It's been an adventure running on the snow and ice but it's not easy on the legs is it??

Becky - if it's too icy for hills tomorrow I'll run a flatter route or if all else fails there's always the dreaded treadie :eek:

RichOneday_2

Simplycynical wrote: »

Interesting you should say that Rich - I've been taking it a day at a time but with more snow forecast for the weekend I'm not sure my scheduled 22 miler will happen. It's been an adventure running on the snow and ice but it's not easy on the legs is it??

Becky - if it's too icy for hills tomorrow I'll run a flatter route or if all else fails there's always the dreaded treadie :eek:

Not easy on the legs but I reckon you get more bang for your buck mileage wise.

You can really feel the thighs working away so if you can get more benefit in less time its all good news.:D

evab_2

Evening, no run for me as the paths are really icy it hasn't been snowing but freezing cold and would be stupid to run. So an unexpected rest day but enjoyed a bottle of wine with dh that had been left at work for me from before Christmas.

I'm going to have free access to the college gym soon as surprisingly I been asked to help out with the Sports department and update my sports qualification alongside it! I never thought I'd go back to that but am very excited. I haven't done a lot but I'm looking forward to learning more.