Running

Haha.

Also, ciqala?

Mine does that for the first 45 minutes and then it gives in and lets me get on with it.

Ciqala is my name

Yeah, listen to your body eventually, but stubbornly ignore it for as long as you possibly can.

I've always said there's a difference between 'I can't do this' and "fuck this actually hurts" and you should pay attention to the second more than the first.

my 24hr was a heady mix of both. but I only listened to my feet when they were calling me a cunt and I was sucking in breath through my teeth with every step I took. haha

17.26 chip time for 5km tonight. It hurt. Strava gps failed so it doesn't count, obvs.

Good effort. sub 17 later in the summer?

Will see over next 2 fortnights but doubt i'll improve that much. Got slow Mara & 35 Ultra ('A' race?) start of Aug & Sept respectively then some prep for xc & EfM which are poles apart.

Think I'll be using the xc to get ready for focus on shorter stuff in 2018 then see what that brings.

Yeah, its difficult to accept, or at least I find it difficult, that you can't train for every distance at once.

I've got a manic racing schedule in September and really need to be fit for that otherwise it is a lot of wasted entry fees. A week fell running in about 10 days should give me a solid base to work from and then I'll take it from there.

a lot of wasted entry fees

been there, it sucks.

Enter the cheaper races ftw... sizzlers are £5 each one the goodie bag has about £5 rrp of snacks in it.

@juanito enjoy the fells, will tune into strava if you're recording there.

So did the 32.5km two days ago. How long you reckon I should leave it until I attempt the 42.1?
I'm ready to get going, but don't want to over do it. 2 weeks? A month?

Everyone and every run is different for recovery.

If your muscles are comfortable running 30k without aches pains to recover from then it comes down to how much the occasion took out of you...
Were you pushing a pace/effort/heart rate for longer than your used to.
Did you keep well hydrated and fed and felt like the next 10k would have been fine, or finished well spent.

I did my first ever 10+ km this evening, ended up doing 12 because I just wanted to run home out of the rain. Finished stretching now, let's see how I feel tomorrow...

Nice one Kev. how were the legs?

Having major post-race hype syndrome at the moment. looking to sign up to all the races.

Found the Equinox 24hr at end of sept and planned out my travel and everything to see if I could get to leicestershire by public transport (not driving sucks in this instance) and went to sign up only to see the solo category is full but every other category is open (including 8 man teams so there's plenty of space in terms of overall runners). have emailed but don't hold out much hope. there's also the joust 24hr in worcester at beginning of september but it's even more difficult to get to without a car.

So instead I've signed up to London to Brighton challenge in May 2018 as a runner, so goal is to get to the point where I can run the 100km+ in under 14 hours (although cutoff is same as the walkers at 34hrs). If I can shed the couple of stone as planned this year and get marathon fit on hansons for Brighton in April it shouldn't be impossible. sounds like for a point to point you get massively babied along the way with food/rest stops, baggage transport to midway & finish and massages and the such (hence the £170!!!! price tag).

I'd love to do the "proper" London to Brighton Trail Marathon but thats much more off-road, self-navigated, has a hard 14hr cutoff and max 100 entrants so maybe in 2019.

It's a bit like doing the official london to brighton ride versus doing it with your mates. sense of achievement would be much greater being self sufficient but it's not for everyone.

Legs were fine in the end thankfully, cheers. I was a bit tired during the day, that's par for the course when I'm looking after either of the kids anyway, but nothing I couldn't handle. Did another 10km last night around the Rotherhithe spur, I think it's my new baseline. I'm pretty happy with my progress, considering I only started recently and could only manage 3km or so in twenty minutes when I began.

The main reason I've taken it up is because I don't really have the time to do polo any more. I'm only free in the evenings after 9 pm when both kids are gone down.

it's a great feeling once you get to 10km as your normal run. i'd say once you're at that point training for a half is just making sure you run enough times a week and slowly tack on an extra mile here and there.

Bit more race related idiocy on my part yesterday, the #fomo was too much from equinox 24 being full but I spotted http://surreyhillschallenge.com on a race listing website on the same day (sun 24th sept) and signed up for the ultra (60km) distance.

Cutoff is 12 hours, I managed 52.8km in the first 12 hours of spitfire, so on paper with another 9 weeks it's feasible, except this one goes all over the stonking great hills around surrey so it's not going to be an easy course.

Pace to meet the cutoff is 18:00/mile so the plan is to do as much walk/run training as possible on hills between now and then. and hopefully lose at least another 8-10kg.

I need to restore some balance in my training. June/July cycling miles so far: 1,315. June/July running miles: 226. Absolutely no regrets, given how nice the weather has been for most of the Summer so far, plus the small matter of riding L'Etape du Tour last week, with a few days of Alpine climbs around it. (Alpe d'Huez, Croix de Fer, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier). I managed to rank 171st out of ~11,000 finishers in the King of the Mountains classification for the Etape (550 overall on time), so my cycling fitness is probably better than running at the moment. Pretty pleased with that!

Anyway, new focus: I've just entered the Beachy Head Marathon, end of October. Did this in 2009 and thoroughly enjoyed it despite really shit weather. I think it's about 3,500ft of ascent, so nowhere near proper "fell" territory but quite challenging, especially with the Seven Sisters saved for the last few miles. A good excuse to hit some hills and general mileage in training without the pressure to target a mara PB.

get yourself down to box hill @HatBeard! i work fairly close and used to get there for 12-14 miles pre work at around 6am. there are so many different hills & slopes and surfaces. and the steps of doom....

https://www.strava.com/activities/323078316
6.26am, 14.3 miles, 2:03, 3005 ft ascent

i'll have to get myself up and around there again before the mornings draw in too much

the route actually finishes a stones throw from there. plan to recce the first 20km in next week or two then go back to cover the final 40km a couple of weeks before the race (the only points where there's train stations near the start and finish).

https://www.surreyhillschallenge.com/images/2017-SHC-Ultra-Forty-Half-Map.jpg

once you've finished the surrey hills challenge, you can cross the road and do my route! good luck - that looks like hard work

it's going to require some urgency to get in under the 12hrs cutoff i think. but looking at elevation and assuming I'm half marathon fit (have one the week before) by then, I'lll run the first 30k only walking the steep uphills, to try and give me some time in the bank to get over the bigger hills on the back half of the course at a slower (walking) pace only jogging downhill if my legs have it in them.

Balls, just got an email back from equinox 24 hr and they just added some solo spots back in but the surrey hills challenge is the same day. would have preferred to have another crack at a 24hr, but then I would have had to buy a backpack-able tent (and backpack) though and it was a lot harder to get to by train. another one for next year.