2017 Injury club.

guitari

7k during the week and a 10k today = 420k

AustrianJohn

189 + 7 (yesterday) + 11 (today) = 207k

mcsdan

taking it easy this week. 3.5 miles Wednesday and 5 miles today.  = 606.6 miles /976km.

fields5069

11.5 miles, including Parkrun, on Saturday.

AustrianJohn

207+3=210k

mcsdan

5.8 miles this morning.

Deadman

366km + 5km = 371km

octatonic

May 7th: 539km + 9km = 548km

littlethoughts

Managed to smash out the Bristol 10k yesterday. As I mentioned earlier, I managed to twist my ankle a few weeks ago so haven't really run on it since (apart from an exceptionally short 1km or so with the dog a couple of days ago just to see if it would react).

I made sure to mobilise my ankle as much as possible before the start and intended to take it steady to begin with, but of course because I was in the first pen I ended up pacing myself way too quickly. Nevertheless, for the first 7k things were going very well, and I was actually on target for the PB I wanted all along. Around that point there are some hills and I think the extra strain was enough to upset my ankle, so for the last 3k I just nursed it home about 45 seconds slower per km than the previous 7k. Despite that I managed to take a few seconds off my old 10k PB, getting back in 49.25! It actually feels alright today as well, so all in all I'm pretty pleased.

joneve

littlethoughts said:

@mcsdan @joneve thanks guys. Took the dog out in my running kit last night (me wearing it not him ) and went for a short trot with him during the walk. It mostly felt okay - although it was far harder work than it should've been. So much for getting a PB on Sunday!

I tried this with my dog once to try and stop her pulling on the lead - she just started running/walking quicker than she normally does, so continued to pull on the lead! Fecking Springers! 

littlethoughts said:

Managed to smash out the Bristol 10k yesterday. As I mentioned earlier, I managed to twist my ankle a few weeks ago so haven't really run on it since (apart from an exceptionally short 1km or so with the dog a couple of days ago just to see if it would react).

I made sure to mobilise my ankle as much as possible before the start and intended to take it steady to begin with, but of course because I was in the first pen I ended up pacing myself way too quickly. Nevertheless, for the first 7k things were going very well, and I was actually on target for the PB I wanted all along. Around that point there are some hills and I think the extra strain was enough to upset my ankle, so for the last 3k I just nursed it home about 45 seconds slower per km than the previous 7k. Despite that I managed to take a few seconds off my old 10k PB, getting back in 49.25! It actually feels alright today as well, so all in all I'm pretty pleased.

Sub-50 minutes! fucking hell! that's properly good. I've got 10 weeks to get around that target time, if I've got any hope of completing the London Tri in under 3 hours (currently looking at around 60mins PB )

fields5069

5 miles around the quarry at lunchtime.

mcsdan

littlethoughts said:

 Despite that I managed to take a few seconds off my old 10k PB, getting back in 49.25! It actually feels alright today as well, so all in all I'm pretty pleased.

Excellent. Well done@littlethoughts. Great time

littlethoughts

mcsdan said:

littlethoughts said:

 Despite that I managed to take a few seconds off my old 10k PB, getting back in 49.25! It actually feels alright today as well, so all in all I'm pretty pleased.

Excellent. Well done@littlethoughts. Great time

@joneve thanks both! the silver lining of only just improving my PB with a slightly compromised run means I have a good chance of setting another PB on my next 10k - if I'd smashed it this time then I would have a harder job of setting a new PB next time  

octatonic

May 9th: 548km + 5km = 553km

AustrianJohn

207+6=213k

fields5069

5 miles around the quarry at lunchtime.

AustrianJohn

213+10=223k Lovely day here in Austria. Running along the river with a backdrop of snow capped mountains sure beats the slogs I used to do round the back streets of Reading. And at 58 mins 20 secs that's my fastest 10k for about a decade!

fields5069

AustrianJohn said:

213+10=223k Lovely day here in Austria. Running along the river with a backdrop of snow capped mountains sure beats the slogs I used to do round the back streets of Reading. And at 58 mins 20 secs that's my fastest 10k for about a decade!

Lol. I used to live in Swainstone Road, just off Basingstoke Road. I had my fair share of running through Whitley etc. Cars up on bricks are not the most inspiring backdrop, I have to agree!

mcsdan

4.5 miles last night.  This evening I start a new beginners course taking 25 newbie runners from couch to 5k. 

mcsdan

great turnout at beginners course this eveing. 23 newbies working their way towards 5km in 10 weeks.