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hehe - if nothing else it should improve my pace...
Painfull! As [MENTION=21215]Dazzer[/MENTION] says see a sports injury specialist. Bags of frozen peas on the thigh every few hours won’t do any harm. Good luck.
I’ve done the 24 hour Tesco’s to Sophia Gardens one along the Taff. Parkland, flat course with narrow paths. Posh part of Cardiff.
Shame I forgot my barcode.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Worthing - as windy as last week - 22.25 (73.46%). Bit disappointing; could have pushed myself more. Awaiting the Cardiff parkrun results from the Ultras...……………….
Good old Dunk.
I've had 2 weeks off with headache, stomach bug, male flu type problems. Still not 100%. Got out on the Prom this morning. They'd managed to miraculously clear a narrow path through all the shingle washed up by last night's storm. A struggling 22:20 is best I could come up with. Off for Everest Base Camp trek next Sunday so have run out of time to beat the AG Champ this month. Will be back from trekking week before Christmas so will give it a go before the New Year and hope 4 weeks walking at altitude will see me home.
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Altitude training is a bit serious. Your performance today was pretty good in the circumstances. Get yourself well and get trekking. They'll be a few opportunities before the New Year.
Got 22:30 at Cardiff (I think - the results still aren’t up 10 hours later, what a shower)... which I was happy with given a) the weather conditions; and b) that they ran it on an “alternative” course, not mentioned on the Parkrun website, with a start point nearly a kilometre away from the normal start point, which meant I got there with only seconds to spare already knackered having sprinted from the wrong start point (apparently they tweeted about the change a couple of days ago... ).
Apart from that it was a good run in the rain, flat course and very crowded. Didn’t see any other Albion shirts or faces though ...
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Nothing like the one I did. You did well to find it. A circular of the cricket ground included.
Mr Commitment is bloody injured so you can happily stalk Strava again [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION]
A progressive 5 on Friday and stretching over a mattress during my daughter's sleepover to retrieve a soft toy have left the old left knee aching and a slight groin strain that won't thank me for 10+ miles tomorrow. Plus the weather's iffy and I've been to the pub. But my legs really do need a Sunday of rest.
A progressive 5 on Friday and stretching over a mattress during my daughter's sleepover to retrieve a soft toy have left the old left knee aching and a slight groin strain that won't thank me for 10+ miles tomorrow. Plus the weather's iffy and I've been to the pub. But my legs really do need a Sunday of rest.
Sorry to hear that. I want to lose to a well trained and fully fit @GB and have us both go sub 4.
Damn those soft toy injuries [emoji51][emoji51][emoji51]
I'm sure it's a minor setback and I'll be back running within a week. I'm definitely aiming sub 4. But I'm erring on the side of caution this time and caution says 10 miles in a stormy gale with an aching knee is going to cause problems at the business end.
[MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] get that table updated, I've finally got a 5k time!
I took part in the Pacific Grove Lighthouse 5k in Monterey, California this morning. A fairly flat out and back, with a couple of little climbs but an annoying head wind on the way back. I went for it from the start but I was struggling with my breathing a little bit as I've had a bit of congestion this week, not helped by the smoke from the wildfires descending on San Francisco.
Having said that, I'm very happy with my time, crossing the line at 18:09 (72.73% AG). I placed 12th overall and annoyingly I came 4th in my AG. It's 2 months until I'm in the 35-39 category, I would have got second in that! Instead I was denied by a couple of 30 year olds and a 33 year old.
It's a race weekend, with tomorrow's half marathon being the main event. I'm not planning on racing that one hard as I did my goal HM three weeks ago. Monterey is a really nice place, I'd definitely recommend visiting. Their main event is the Big Sur Marathon in April but this weekend is organised by the same people.
I took part in the Pacific Grove Lighthouse 5k in Monterey, California this morning. A fairly flat out and back, with a couple of little climbs but an annoying head wind on the way back. I went for it from the start but I was struggling with my breathing a little bit as I've had a bit of congestion this week, not helped by the smoke from the wildfires descending on San Francisco.
Having said that, I'm very happy with my time, crossing the line at 18:09 (72.73% AG). I placed 12th overall and annoyingly I came 4th in my AG. It's 2 months until I'm in the 35-39 category, I would have got second in that! Instead I was denied by a couple of 30 year olds and a 33 year old.
It's a race weekend, with tomorrow's half marathon being the main event. I'm not planning on racing that one hard as I did my goal HM three weeks ago. Monterey is a really nice place, I'd definitely recommend visiting. Their main event is the Big Sur Marathon in April but this weekend is organised by the same people.
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No parkrun for me this morning, I rolled over at 9:20. I'm gutted in a way, because it meant staying in bed until midday and missing out on lucrative (but rare) overtime at work. I think I'd have been on for a sub-19 attempt this morning so it's disappointing I failed to launch. With the overtime situation at work (none for two months but unlimited this week) - I'm looking at doing 9-8pm all week with a full day on saturday too. Lunch time is my only running opportunity really, so there'll be some speed work and a hill session thrown in but I've already got my eyes on the marathon. I'm going to do a lot of strengthening in the next two months and then hit the ground running, hard. No Isle of Man madness for me in 2019, I'm going to sort out my diet and get myself swimming again. I need to post a proper marathon time!
Loved Monterey when I visited a few years ago. Did a couple of amazing dives in the kelp forests.
21:46 at HP for me - pretty happy with that after a couple of weeks away.
By the way i notice fourth place at Preston Park this week was ‘The Badger’. Is that the Compkete one or is there a third one on the scene?
I have heard that there is a whole sett of badgers.
About time too. It happened in Monterey. A long time ago I was running around 18 mins at 36. Will update. Good running. As this thread is about me, must say I also enjoyed Monterey when cycling from Vancouver to LA, with tent,food,cooker and assorted gear into a 40mph El Niño headwind and torrential rain for 6 weeks. It was sunny after SAN Francisco!
Did you stop of in Seattle? I’m there for 3 nights in two weeks time. Coincides with the Seattle half and full marathon but at $110 for the half ill stick to running around the Pacific coastline for free. Any suggestions for things to do or running routes?
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Nice one. Cardiff is good running territory and there are some very good old gits including (with looking it up) Martin Rees who is something of a legend and possibly a record holder in the 60 age cat. I did a 10k there some years ago - a really nice course, along the river, by the castle and ending in the newly constructed National stadium (which puts a date on it). And the weather was perfect, unlike yesterday.