Running

It's one of these:

body armor. You can never be too safe.
It's like bike helmets and snipers.

Or something.

would like to have a fondle of your new belly when you get a chance Dan to see if i wanna get rid of mine for that one instead.

nice duo balls

If a lorry driver is trying to stab you, it's your fault because you're not encased in lead.

Well, this is awkward. I just thought TW2 had put a lot of weight on recently.

he has.

Update on acceptable running attire - in temperatures over 30 degrees, you are allowed to wear a cap, and maybe even some sunscreen. Otherwise you may end up with severe dehydration and heatstroke in a mud hut miles from anywhere.

fml

Update on acceptable running attire - in temperatures over 30 degrees, you are allowed to wear a cap, and maybe even some sunscreen. Otherwise you may end up with severe dehydration and heatstroke in a mud hut miles from anywhere.

fml

serves you right for running in essex.

Update on acceptable running attire - in temperatures over 30 degrees, you are allowed to wear a cap, and maybe even some sunscreen. Otherwise you may end up with severe dehydration and heatstroke in a mud hut miles from anywhere.

fml

Yuck.

This kinda thing happens to me on holiday.

Get up early for a run while its mild.

Sun comes up and turns me into a sopping wet, red faced, mess. While the local runners still look chilled out.

Anyone want a free place in the Silverstone half on Sunday?

Off to Germany on Sunday. Work all week, and run every evening was the plan. Nice to be in milder clims.

Just back from rugby and the bottom half of my left calf looks a mess. Just hope its all cuts and bruising.

Tempted sparky but I'm going to be sensible for once and not overdo it.

oof hope you're right SF.

I came cm's from fucking up my ankle on my run just now. was dragging my feet trying to slow to about 10:00min pace and caught my shoe on a raised paving stone. luckily my foot was relaxed just enough that it kind of flopped around just before the muscles in my ankle reached full tension and straightened up again, could feel a sliiiiiiiiiight little stretch in the inside of my heel on the way back but no pain luckily as I think I might go mad if I got injured now.

oh yeah and I threw on a hh mid layer instead of a baselayer as I was in a rush to get out the door and rather than smooth gentle merino caressing my nipples at mile 2/5 I realised I was wearing the merino equivalent of a hessian sack which was steadily trying to sandpaper my nipples off. short of running holding my top out like i was doing an impression of madonna circa early 90's there was fuck all I could do about it either, and the slower and more juddery I ran to stay on my easy pace the worse it got. thing is I got my rapha merino vest baselayer which I'm planning on testing for use on the day of the marathon but decided against wearing it today and to save it for tomorrows 13 mile tempo (9tempo+4easy). doh.

Why you no run silverstone sparky?

HB micro pore tape is cheap and guaranteed to work!

Hmmm, tapering is boring, I plan to do a 5k blast on Saturday but almost tempted to do another power test tomorrow morning after a couple of days rest...

HB I hope that your leg is fine.
I am feeling that the more I run the shittier I am. Not confident for Paris at all :(
After stopping for 2 weeks at around Christmas due to bad cold I was never the same grr

I twisted my ankle a couple or three weeks ago (anoyingly, stepping out the house not doing anything remotely energetic!), felt fine ten days later, even did 10k and was fine.

Got the flu on Monday been lying in bed for the last four days, ankle has started hurting! Can being ill regress injuries? Wtf.

How was Hampton Court? was the weather ok or was it a bit windy?

Nationals in Nottingham yesterday were fun, a course recce suggested there was only one patch of mud. When we were running it there was significantly more than one patch, I nearly lost a shoe halfway round the second lap. A difficult course but not as tough as Parliament Hill.

This morning's long slow run at 6:43 was too fast and not long enough but has totally destroyed me.

I loved the Nottingham course, especially how dry it was since I didn't learn my lesson from Parliament Hill about buying some spikes.

(Sadly I haven't exercised since because I seem to have developed a lovely cough based cold.)

oof hope you're right SF.
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Cheers. Hurts like feck. But I think its all impact, and a tiny bit of over extenstion.
Playing fecking touch rugby as well. Broke the line, sprinted like a champ, then as the sweeper came across I scored a slidding try. Except its a Pitch consisting of gravel on sand. So I didnt slide. I stopped dead, and the sweeper trampled me.

I came cm's from fucking up my ankle on my run just now. was dragging my feet trying to slow to about 10:00min pace and caught my shoe on a raised paving stone. luckily my foot was relaxed just enough that it kind of flopped around just before the muscles in my ankle reached full tension and straightened up again, could feel a sliiiiiiiiiight little stretch in the inside of my heel on the way back but no pain luckily as I think I might go mad if I got injured now.
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One of my ankles is twice the size of the other. The imbalance leads to a lot of twists. The absolute best thing to do to aviod this. Is off road running. The uneven surface gives you a great ankle workout.

Wait till after the Marathon perhaps.

oh yeah and I threw on a hh mid layer instead of a baselayer as I was in a rush to get out the door and rather than smooth gentle merino caressing my nipples at mile 2/5 I realised I was wearing the merino equivalent of a hessian sack which was steadily trying to sandpaper my nipples off. short of running holding my top out like i was doing an impression of madonna circa early 90's there was fuck all I could do about it either, and the slower and more juddery I ran to stay on my easy pace the worse it got. thing is I got my rapha merino vest baselayer which I'm planning on testing for use on the day of the marathon but decided against wearing it today and to save it for tomorrows 13 mile tempo (9tempo+4easy). doh.

Definitly test clothing before the Marathon. Preferably in rain too. Dont make me repost the nippleless smallfurry pic.

I loved the Nottingham course, especially how dry it was since I didn't learn my lesson from Parliament Hill about buying some spikes.

(Sadly I haven't exercised since because I seem to have developed a lovely cough based cold.)

at least you can put off the purchase until next autumn now.

i think i preferred Parliament Hill.

Couple of ten milers coming up over the next few weekends any of you marathon lot doing them to see where you are at? Battersea Park tomorrow or Sidcup 10 next week? Properly measured long standing races and everything.

Tapering is boring and leaving me hungry!

9 Mile tempo run (8:20 pace) this eve. plan was to notch up a half distance run including the 2 mile warm up and cooldown, came out of work to pissing freezing rain, got the tube most of the way home and got off a few stops early then ran towards my industrial estate of tedium do start the run with a warmup and a couple of laps.

not sure why but just wasn't feeling like running at all. wasn't knackered but just cold and miserable and felt like just going home and doing nothing. tried to convince myself to swap tonights run for sundays 10 miler at 9:10 pace just to get one of the main workouts done but was unsure, got fed up of the warmup at mile 1.5 and thought sod it I'll do a few miles at tempo pace and see how i feel.

9 further miles later, I've finished my tempo run and decide I may as well go for the half still by doing my 2 mile cool down and the 0.5 miles I missed in the warmup. look at my watch and realise I've not made bad time so far... quick bit of maths says I might beat sundays race time if I can keep going at anything more than a crawl.

finish at 13.3 miles of which strava tells me the estimated best half-marathon time between the start and finish was 1:50:42, 6 Minutes faster than my half marathon last sunday.

get home and upload the run to strava and check the mileage challenge, total distance ran this month 335km/208.4miles.

...which was nice :)

http://www.strava.com/activities/116764844

my marathon sponsorship page is also up and running at http://www.justgiving.com/marathonpunner in case anyone wanted to chuck some money at a good cause.

at least you can put off the purchase until next autumn now.

i think i preferred Parliament Hill.

Couple of ten milers coming up over the next few weekends any of you marathon lot doing them to see where you are at? Battersea Park tomorrow or Sidcup 10 next week? Properly measured long standing races and everything.

Yes. I will have spikes for next season! I hated Parliament Hill, but that was all down to footwear and being frustrated I couldn't get two steps in the same direction. I think with spikes/in the dry (ha) it would have been a lot of fun.

Beautiful morning for running, a slight chill which wore off as the sun rose.

I would highly recommend the Transcendence series in Battersea Park, well organised, well marshalled, fruit and snacks at the end and liquids during the race.

10miles in 57:11.

Leisurely 2 1/2 hours run home in the cold and wet yesterday afternoon - including a few km chatting with another runner.

Gave up eventually, not because it was grim weather, but because my ankle appears to have stopped working.

Walking this morning is a bit of a pain, and my ankle has swollen up. Hopefully nothing that won't calm down in a few days though.