martins money saving marathon running mavericks!! dfw runclub part 5 :)

hypno06

Ouch tirlittan! Bet you feel a bit achy from all of that over the next few days!

My stomach muscles are telling me that they worked hard during my run yesterday.....that has to be a positive, right :rotfl:

tirlittan

Actually, I'm absolutely fine and not aching at all hypno, I'm really very good at falling, always have been. All I could do when it happened was laugh,felt so silly and of course the other person was a guy!

hypno06

Yes, it is the feeling silly that is the absolute worst bit of it all!!

catspaw

Nice early run for me toady, 5 miles at 0500, nice and warm.

tirlittan

5am!!!??? You lost your marbles woman?Only joking, well done!

fedupandskint

6am run for me this morning 5k run - went well, very warm and glad I went and got it done and dusted! Day off running tomorrow - think next one will be on Friday on a day off - might try the bike out at long last

Lucky escape tirlittan!

Firewalker

Sorry to read about all injuries and hope recovery is swift. I am back - have been training for Liverpool marathon for couple of weeks now. Have been doing all my running (which is the part I like) and some of my stregth exercise (which the part I don't like).

Just back from a 40 minute fartlek - hart and satisfying. It is rather warm and humid here so looked like I have just come out of a sauna.

Firewalker

fedupandskint

made myself go out for a run this morning - 5k - out at 8am and back for 8.30am. Pleased I went as its done for today!

cw18

My first ever Race For Life is now done and dusted
And it was with the aim of doing a 5km one this year that I started running last year - but I've done a 10km........

I'm glad I went, but I have to admit I wasn't sure I should given I've not been able to train for 5 weeks due to my chest infection, and had only done two runs this last week (3.88 miles on Sunday, and 4.01 miles on Thursday) so wasn't sure I was up to 10km.

A really slow start as there was a narrow part on the course that was littered with huge puddles, so not much above a walking speed for the first half mile - and very frustrated to find that as it started to open up there was loads of people walking even though there had been a clear announcement that the first wave to leave were to be runners (planning to finish in no more than 45 mins), the second wave (which I was in) was joggers and the walkers were to be the last to set off :mad: Meant I had to keep weaving round folks to try and get my speed up which shouldn't have happened, but is clearly why I'd been warned that a RFL isn't an event to get a personal best.

My personal best for a 10km is 58 mins and 59 secs, and despite the lack of training and chaotic first half mile I completed today's in 1hr 1min and 31 secs - so I'm really, really pleased with that :T

Just need to hope my legs hold out for a reasonable time in tomorrow's 5km now (organised by my club to raise funds for local Breast Cancer Unit) - but even if it takes me a lot longer than it should it'll still be a personal best as it's the first race of that distance I've done

hypno06

Well done cw18 :T:T:T:T and good luck for tomorrow too!

I've done about 7 miles today - slow as I was with runchum so have to go at her pace not mine, but it was still miles under my feet so all good, fitnesswise.....

Got caught in a torrential downpour though, at the point furthest from home of course....and we were running through country lanes - nowhere to shelter at all! Oh well, that's summer running for you!

Happy running everyone xx