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Having only done long slow runs recently I was a little worried about racing 10k today. Knocked over a minute off my course Pb which has thrown all my ideas about training out the window :D

Hay Hotfooters Magic Roundabout 10k is a trail race everyone should do at least once in their lifetime. Stunning 360 degree views over the Begwyn hills, best race Tee shirt out there and loads of free tea and cake afterwards, doesn't get much better :)

Another tough 23 miles on the trails around Gower this morning, baking hot to halfway and then raced the cold, rainy weather front back home to Mumbles.

Nice to be getting some hills in after all the flat marathon training, over 6000 feet of climbing last week and over 3000 feet just today.

Starting to enjoy ultra training, upping the miles and dropping the speed leads to very nice relaxing days out on the trail.

Back to back long runs at the weekend are tough though, 22 miles on Saturday and 14 miles on Sunday and I really need a rest day today. Not sure how I'm going to feel when they get up to 32 miles on the Saturday :)

But it certainly helps when the trails look like this :)

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Well my strange injury vanished as quickly as it came on, I ran 4 times last week with a tough 13 mile trail run yesterday and it's all good :)

I've got the 'Race to the stones' ultra in 7 weeks so the next 5 weeks are all about time on feet. 10 mile fell race on Saturday followed by a slow, slow 22 miles training run on Sunday.

Not complaining though as it's just nice to be back after a month out.

Still on the injury bench, booked in to see a physio on Thursday to try and diagnose what's wrong. I've run a couple of times since London and it's still painful but gets no worse and doesn't hurt at all once I've stopped.

It's confusing me as although it's not nice to run with, it doesn't seem to aggravate it and I wake up the next day with no pain at all. If it was a groin strain surely I'd be waking up barely able to walk ?

Back to the rowing today, I've neglected it for a couple of months and I don't think it's a coincidence that I got my first semi serious injury in two years at the same time.

12000 metres done this morning, I'm hoping to row a 1/2 marathon in the next couple of weeks. Ultra training starts this week so with back to back long runs on Sat. and Sun. approaching I think a rowing session to break up the running is really going to help.

Not quite baby boomer, old enough though at 44 :)

Same tenants from day one as well :) I must be such a nice landlord :D I'll warn them to look out for stalkers :D

Taken my post code down after some friendly advice :) it's in Chiswick :) not sure why I don't want people knowing my full address but there might be a reason I don't know of :)

This is the one thread on here that makes me happy to be an old fart, some scary, scary numbers on here.

Haven't lived in London for 15 years but still got my flat, I remember feeling sick to the pit of my stomach signing contracts thinking £170000 was ludicrous for a 2 bedroom flat.

Only lived there for two years before my job took me elsewhere, I almost sold it at a loss that year. Best decision I ever made was keeping it :D

Well I finished but that's about as good as it gets :D I had a lovely race until mile 20, high fiving kids, waving to the crowd, then my injured adductor muscle said enough is enough and locked solid.

It's a bloody long walk 6 miles even with thousands of people screeching at you :) I jogged the last mile and limped home in 3:52. The injury is no worse which is the main thing, so it's all good.

My wife had a pretty good race, a new pb so she's got to be happy and finished in 3:19:46.

I've decided to run, it's going to be a jog but as I'm here it seems daft not to have a traffic free training run :)

I'm in the blue start, pen 2, no. 21502 wearing a white Port Talbot Harriers vest with a red and black stripe. It may end up a long long day :D

No etiquette just worried the occasion would get the better of me and I'd do exactly what 'rhb' suggests I might do and destroy the rest of my year.

My big goals aren't until later in the year, Jungfrau Marathon in September and Snowdon Marathon in October but I'd like a good summer racing.

I think I'll have a run around Hyde Park on Saturday night and decide then.

Running on a club place so pretty sure I can defer, I've got a good for age place for next year anyway though.

So frustrating as it's improved again overnight, been out for a gentle jog this morning and it's still tight but doesn't break down and bring me to a stop anymore. Think I may pack my running kit and decide Saturday evening, or would that be a silly risk ?

Well it's official I'm out of London with the crappiest injury I've ever had, I have no pain or symptoms doing anything else apart from running.

I can run up and down stairs, row and walk with no pain or even inkling that I'm injured. If I try and run, it starts with a dull ache in my inner thigh which quickly turns into a sharp pain higher up my adductor muscle.

I've been to a physio who didn't think it was a strain as it doesn't hurt when stretching it, she beat me up for an hour and told me to try running today. I'm not expecting miracles so I guess I'm on cheerleading duties for the wife again.

She's hoping to knock 10 minutes off her pb and run sub 3:15, nothing worse than spectating at a race you should be running in.

I probably should but I was crippled for 6 months by a physio a few years back so won't go near them now.

Fingers crossed for your calf hope it all comes good, hopefully we'll both be back on here a week today crowing about having smashed our pb's :)

Balls!! Had to walk home 4 miles today as I've pulled something in my inner thigh. Not what I wanted a week before London, I think I'm screwed.

It is a little better now but I don't think there is much chance of recovering in a week.

I'm on the blue start as I got a place through the club, I was having a bit of a wobble about what to aim for in London. I had decided to go for sub 3:10 as training has been a bit hit and miss.

I think I'm going to go for sub 3 after yesterday's run though, it was pretty windy yesterday and I ran 18 miles most of it at 7:05 pace and felt comfortable the whole way. So I think I've got to go for it, I've never run well in London so there's got to be a first time :)

Last long run today before London, best run I've had for a while so pretty happy :) I might have actually timed this just right for once :)

I could live with 8 degrees but London always seems to be 25, after you've done all the training in the cold, dark and wet.

Good luck in Brighton :)

Last long run before London tomorrow, heading out to do 22 miles at 7.15 m/miles. Training hasn't been great the last couple of weeks, nothing specific just haven't felt right.

Had a great 14 mile hilly off-road run around Gower yesterday so I'm hoping for another good one tomorrow. Then racing The Gilwern Grunt on Monday which should be fun on tired legs :)

I think London sub 3 is going to be down to the weather on the day, just above freezing with a light drizzle would be nice :)

Do you still have the original forks ?

That's going to upset a few mates of mine, they all got 2-3 minute pb's and although they all suspected it was short they all thought more like 100 metres.

My training has gone completely tits up, day after my 20 mile race last week I came down with a cold. I now suspect the strange ache I had in my legs that day was the start of the cold.

Back running again now but I think my slim chance of sub 3 has now gone, I'm still going to try but I suspect it's more likely to be a frustratingly close 3:03 ish now.

Crap that a club is getting slated after the runner was given every opportunity to start the race early, the decision is probably down to the police more than them anyway.

Well I was due a bad one and it arrived today :) San Domenico 20 miler, the only positives are that I manged to un-chick myself in the final mile and my wife won her age group.

Just to rub salt into the wound my Garmin is refusing to upload it, probably in shame :)

I think I did 2:23:30 ish, I wanted 2:20 but felt crap from the start. My own fault for having a lazy, lazy weeks training, lesson learned if nothing else I guess :)