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(Land_of)_Maz

hey people... didn't go running again today altho it was a glorious day here, sun and clear blue skies if a little chilly. Still full of cough n cold so really couldn't run although it was a perfect day for it.

I was inspired by Squizzers 6 miles so...

We took the dogs in mums car, to a nearby woodland park then once we had walked about there and had our "walk", mum took erin and the dogs home in her car and i walked the 2.5 miles home in peace.... felt great just to be out and doing something on such a lovely afternoon...

kept telling myself that coach Rich says walking is good, so walk i did!!

sallyx

chickadee wrote: »

Well done Becky! A fantastic achievement. You just know there is no hope for you when you say "I know I can do better...." You are well and truly bitten by the running bug!

Today I treated myself to another running gadget - a heart rate monitor. Hopefully by tomorrow I will have sussed out how to use it so I will do my next interval session wearing it. I hope it will give me a good indication of my fitness improvements.

I'll let you know tomorrow.

what did you buy chickadee?? I have put down a garmin on my christmas/birthday list! I live in dream land but hey I can hope!

sallyx

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

hey people... didn't go running again today altho it was a glorious day here, sun and clear blue skies if a little chilly. Still full of cough n cold so really couldn't run although it was a perfect day for it.

I was inspired by Squizzers 6 miles so...

We took the dogs in mums car, to a nearby woodland park then once we had walked about there and had our "walk", mum took erin and the dogs home in her car and i walked the 2.5 miles home in peace.... felt great just to be out and doing something on such a lovely afternoon...

kept telling myself that coach Rich says walking is good, so walk i did!!

Thats exactly what I thought today...I walked for about 2 hours with DD..it was rather a slow pace but hey better than nothing!
Hope you feel better soon hun

(Land_of)_Maz

lovin the avvy Sal!!! where did you find it?!

sallyx

just looked on google images and edited it a bit!!

Idiophreak

sallyx wrote: »

what did you buy chickadee?? I have put down a garmin on my christmas/birthday list! I live in dream land but hey I can hope!

You mean people still live without garmins? I just can't imagine it

Anyway, I went out for another 10k today, was a little disappointed. Tried really hard to lay down a decent time (this blasted Roddy keeps catching me up!), but came up short of my 50minute target (50:58) - still a little faster than before, but I was absolutely *charging* home the last mile or so (a 7:18 5-6 and a 6:20avg 6-6.2), so was hoping for better. Was very conscious of slowing myself down again though - was managing my pace around the 8:30 mark for the first 5, so probably left myself a bit too much to do at the end - will try again tomorrow, but try a steady 8 all the way round, I think.

(the good news is, I sweated off half a stone through trying so hard...if I only put 6lbs back on, I'm a winner )

And, in the spirit of Rich's earlier post, here's a few times of mine for comparison:

02/11: 50:58
12/10: 54:29
(2 weeks ill here)
22/09: 49:29 (race)
13/09: 55:30
13/08: 56:20

Glad to see the trend's in the right direction, anyway

hypno06

Ooh, another great avatar Sallyx :T and some great milage being reported over the weekend.

I am getting a garmin 405 for my birthday at the weekend Everyone is chipping in, mum, MIL, OH etc so I will get one useful present rather than a few smaller not so useful presents

I will be testing it out on Sunday (won't be allowed to use it before then!)

No running for me today - but will be out again tomorrow. Have a good day everyone x

beer_tins

Morning all.

Did a run yesterday. 5.5K at a pace of 4:57 (bang on 8 min miles I think). I thought I felt my knee twitching a bit at that point, so stopped (which is a shame). Does pace have an effect on joints, Rich? I did my first 2Ks at a pace of 4:20 before settling down a bit.

Anyone know a good place to get the sorekneeandankle insoles? I have seen the light and it really can't do any harm to get them!

Hope to be back to my usual 7K "almost daily" runs soon once I can actually get settled back down to it.

beer_tins

P.S. Just ordered my sorbothane insoles from edirectory.co.uk. £17.99 including delivery for the double strike ones, can't complain with that...

Hobsch

Morning all,

Did a 5.5 mile run yesterday. Not sure of the time though due to an error in not setting watch. Est. it took 50 mins and had a bad chest.

According to ROD's training plan for me I shouldhave done 10miles running and 18 miles walking last week. I did 9.5 miles running and 22.4 miles walking so pretty much on track with that.

Have a good week all.