Running

Good effort. That and Tuesday make a decent week so far.

I did a mini tempo and hills session and felt rank for all of it. Really struggled to clear my throat and nose so I could breathe easily. Possibly not helped by running round beside the a40 in rush hour.

Phil you pro. No messing.

@PhilPub that's an impressive session!

A rare trip to the hills for me of late today, DtD route reminder & kit/food carry pt1.

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Edale loos to Buxton Brewery Tap is 26.2m & cavedale was spectacular in the sun today #justsayin

Edit: some more pics here https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14435514/

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Timekeeper @ Stretford Parkrun today. Pressure job!

Thanks for volunteering! I’m gonna sign up soon too, just too addicted to these gainz! Sub 24 today, stoked.😁

5:46/km 📉 4:45/km

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Nice one!

I'm finding it very difficult to motivate myself. Haven't been out much over the last two months. Advice? Joining a club isn't much of an option, unless they run at 9 or 10pm during the week.

Sign up for a race?

New shoes? :)

New goals?
Lfgss night running club?

Definately sign up to a race. It's the only thing that pushes me over the edge and oiut of bed in the morning,

Run commute an option?

Middlesex 10k Championships at Victoria Park this morning. Not got results yet. Felt a bit under the weather, and mood not the best, but the weather was good and so was the atmosphere.

Went faster than my inaugural 10k at the start of the month. Chip time in that was 37:10, and I was definitely under 37 today.

As far as GPS goes (I had to run a little extra to make up the distance last time, whereas today’s race was long) I’ve gone from 37:37 to 36:33.

I’m not going to lie. It fucking hurt today. Kms 4 to 8 were in the zone, the zone being purgatory. But I suppose raw fitness carried me through.

BEER! SOFA! WORLD ROAD CHAMPS! BEER!

Excellent progress, and well done getting through the 4k-8k zone, I know it well! I was also at the Middlesex 10k* today. (*Best value race in the calendar at £6 for affiliated runners??) Exactly the same course as the Pride 10k that I ran a few weeks ago in 34:34, so I was certainly hoping to run quicker than that, if not sub-34 ideally. Was on 34 mins pace or thereabouts most of the way, but fell off the pace slightly, had a bit of a wobble around 7k and had to have a word with myself about not dropping out, and rallied for 34:17. Still a little way off PB form but going in the right direction.

More pleasing was the fact that we were always planning to incorporate it into a long run for marathon training, and this was managed in relative comfort. 5.5 miles there (with a bit of DLR in the middle) and 10 miles back after the race to bring up 21.7 miles for the day. 86 miles for the week, biggest of the year! Now to eat lots of pub grub.

^ & ^^ nice!

I ran 28 miles this week, and was feeling quite pleased with myself. I shall see myself out.

I bet you've got nicer toenails than me.

Ha! My hammertoe is a blood-blistered horror show.

Great time. Are they up anywhere yet? I think I did 36:45 gun time.

I can only offer an extra 14k bookending the race. The run home was a bit ouchy.

I dunno.

Nice work!
( On the beer and sofa)

Beer had to wait till last 30k of WC. I drank vodka and read the latest Olga Tokarczuk novel in translation for a while first. Seems good.

Same here @ Highbury Fields. Love counting heads during the bottlenecks. Click click click.

My day of cycling on the telly box was ruined when my feed revealed the winner of jingle cross this am. Then I went for kebab lunch (boom!) Got home and I saw Chris Boardman and Dani Rowe being very quiet about valverde.

No beer for me yet.
Might get a boring Glenfiddich inside me before bed.