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In 2016 I started unstructured jogs in the summer and worked up to a 40 min 10k in Feb. This year I’m just pootling around so I’m not slow when I go for Christmas in Sydney. Much easier to take shoes than a bike!
5km around 5:10/km today so that’s better already, see how the legs feel tomorrow. Might bump it up to three runs a week - get as much autumn leaf sadness in as possible.
Quite jealous of your country runs. Might see about running around Epping forest.
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Great report, and glad you're back on track/trail.
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Cheers! I'm always convinced no one reads these things, haha. The Tour of Pendle is just over a week away - that'll be a proper test to see if I'm back in the game (16.5 miles, 4400ft).@5awyr
It was inevitable really. Roclites + wet grass = game over. Don't reckon I lost any time though, pretty frictionless sliding! -
Are Roclites and wet grass a bad thing? I'm wearing my pair of 290s for the Grand Union Canal HM on Sunday. Going to take it easy, and it's flat, so maybe I'll be fine even in the pissing rain…
Last month I somehow managed 445km. No plan as such. Just decided to do steady running while I recovered from turning my ankle at parkrun. Trying to transition to speedwork now for a last 2018 assault on the sub-17.
Meanwhile, I've fallen (not literally) for the New Balance Fresh Foam Beacon, the weird one with hardly any rubber outsole. It's great. I was slightly wary about trying it for a long run last weekend as it's more springy than cushy, but it felt great over 30km with a lot of up and down.
I liked it so much, I bought the company!
(well, I stocked up on a couple of pairs of spares on special offer - bonus is no more wasting time thinking about what running shoes I'll need next)
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Not really - just on very steep downhill grass. I have a pair of Roclite 325s (high ankled monstrosities) that I've been using to keep my ankle in check. The rubber isn't as grippy and the tread isn't really designed for the fell, that said, I've managed fine in them apart from a few slippy wet descents.
I did buy a pair of Inov8 x-talon 212s the other day as my new racing shoes but they're just too narrow. Annoyingly, they're absolutely bloody great to run in - until they start to hurt my feet.
£40 anyone? Size 9uk. Done literally 10 miles on the fell/trail.
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Might see you there (if you happen to hang around that long after you’ve finished).
Hope you have a good one.
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Ah cool - I've been looking for some boxing day/NYE/NYD races up this way. Might do this on boxing day: https://fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=5748 and this on NYE https://fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=5620
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That boxing day one isn't far from where I'll be Xmas day.... #planhatching
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After some advice,
Was recommended to start doing squats to help prevent possible injury and build up leg strength.
I just did 4 sets of 25 and my left knee was really starting to hurt, like a sharp, shooting pain. This happened the last time I tried squats, about a year ago, and the reason I shelved squats.
Any advice on what I should do? Avoid them? Try something else?
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We can go running! I reckon you’re a 4 min / km runner at worst.
Personally I’ve always found numeriscising running makes it harder to progress.
I like to run on feel and put numbers on later (wear a tracker but ignore it till done). From that you’ve got your baseline.
Do one for 5km
One for 10km.
And work up from there.