Any Runners On Here??

[Richard A Thackeray]

Ran home today, leaving work at 17:00, in the fairly heavy rain
My legs got a fair old going over from the nettles, brambles, & various saps that must have been leaching out of broken plants, as my legs (after a shower) were very blotchy




This is the entrance/exit from the woods that I run through
No way round it, just splatter through the middle, with maybe 6" deep water after rain
And, all the effluvia, that runs downhill from the cowbarn just above it, & gathers in there

 

[DRHysted]

Well I'm making a come back on the training front. After a frustrating couple of weeks trying to break in new trainers (I am highly sensitive to footwear due to poor movement in my ankles). I took a slight detour on my route home from work, well I'm not in tomorrow so no 3:30 alarm to worry about!

https://www.strava.com/activities/614486833

 

[fimm]

The only year I did it - it's a bit of a flog from Brighton to Milngavie - it rained constantly and heavily for the whole 18 hours. Despite the bleak beauty of the route, Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor etc, it was possibly the most miserable experience I've ever had...
...and believe me, I've suffered...

My clubmate finished
The first year my O/H attempted the WHW, he DNFed at the foot of the Devil's Staircase (80-odd miles in) having got very cold and wet and never warmed up again.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

It's been a while since I posted in this section. This is mainly because I haven't been running for over a year because of various recurring stress fractures in my feet and so on, but I am now back in Tokyo for a month and have hooked up with my old running club again, so despite being way over racing weight, I went out with them last night to do interval training. It was hard, but not as bad as I expected. Hill climb intervals on Saturday might be more challenging. I also did one of my old 10k routes on my first day here and it was good to be back. This is just the beginning of a long road back...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This is the entrance/exit from the woods that I run through
No way round it, just splatter through the middle, with maybe 6" deep water after rain
And, all the effluvia, that runs downhill from the cowbarn just above it, & gathers in there

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I'm on 'late-turns' today - Sunday, & there should be enough light, to run back through the woods
If I get away on time, I'll be getting to that point by about 22:15 - 22:20, then it's a farm access road (mainly tarmacced) for most of the way, barring the entrance into a quarrying operation

As seen here, looking towards the Woods

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

ParkRun at Nostell Priory this morning
It was the 100th there, & numbers were swollen, due to it being Armed Forces Day in Pontefract Park, so the PR there was cancelled
At a guess (as no results yet) there was 350 runners at Nostell
I know it was a fairly high number, as I got tag 58 (or 59?), and was a few seconds faster than a fortnight ago (self-timed 23:34)

I'm on 'late-turns' today - Sunday, & there should be enough light, to run back through the woods
If I get away on time, I'll be getting to that point by about 22:15 - 22:20, then it's a farm access road (mainly tarmacced) for most of the way, barring the entrance into a quarrying operation

I managed it, but it was still a bit dark under some of the trees where they met over the path

 

[GrumpyGregry]

parkrun. Forced my self to follow my plan, and managed to catch and repass my 'target' after he passed me about 1.5km out. 23:30, year's best, and beaten on the run in by two ten year olds (I backed off!). Perfect antidote to the downer that was yesterday.

Really starting to get into and 'dig' this 80/20 running thing. Far too much of my running over the last two years has been at too high an intensity leaving me permanently tired and prone to minor niggly injuries. Two weeks of 80/20 running and I got my best parkrun time of this year despite this being my highest mileage week to date. And I am not dreading tomorrow's long slow run as a result.

 

[Znook]

On Run Director duty today so didn't get to run. Next week, though, I'll be running Woodhouse Moor parkrun in Leeds so if any of you will be there don't be shy to come on over and say hi!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

ParkRun at Nostell Priory this morning
It was the 100th there, & numbers were swollen, due to it being Armed Forces Day in Pontefract Park, so the PR there was cancelled
At a guess (as no results yet) there was 350 runners at Nostell
I know it was a fairly high number, as I got tag 58 (or 59?), and was a few seconds faster than a fortnight ago (self-timed 23:34)

Officially 58th/324 @ 23:31 (years best. by 12 seconds)

 

[smutchin]

Similar kind of result for me yesterday at Whitstable's 300th. 51st out of 244, and 23.59* - first time I've cracked 24 since August last year. Had planned to run 25 pace but pushed hard, and kept pushing when I realised 24 was within reach. Bloody hot conditions for running though - 20°C at 9am!

*official time of 24.01 but I prefer what it says on my Garmin.

 

[stephec]

parkrun. Forced my self to follow my plan, and managed to catch and repass my 'target' after he passed me about 1.5km out. 23:30, year's best, and beaten on the run in by two ten year olds (I backed off!). Perfect antidote to the downer that was yesterday.

Really starting to get into and 'dig' this 80/20 running thing. Far too much of my running over the last two years has been at too high an intensity leaving me permanently tired and prone to minor niggly injuries. Two weeks of 80/20 running and I got my best parkrun time of this year despite this being my highest mileage week to date. And I am not dreading tomorrow's long slow run as a result.

That sounds like me.

By 80/20 do you mean spending 80% of the time at a low intensity, and 20% putting some effort in?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

That sounds like me.

By 80/20 do you mean spending 80% of the time at a low intensity, and 20% putting some effort in?

Yep.
80% low 20% moderate and high intensity saved for specific workouts and race day. Intensity monitored via HR.

 

[stephec]

Yep.
80% low 20% moderate and high intensity saved for specific workouts and race day. Intensity monitored via HR.

Thanks GG.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Talking of 5k, my club's training session this week is a 5k time trial. It will be run around the paths in Yoyogi Park rather than the old 1964 Olympic training track, which we would normally be using*. So, essentially a 'park run' too! I don't expect to get anywhere near my PB set in 2014 here, of 18:31. I'd be lucky if I get anywhere near 20:00, and probably significantly slower than that...

*This has been closed for 6 months for 'resurfacing' which has not been started yet and which they now say will take another year (although it's unclear if they mean a year from when it actually gets started or from now... it seems that Olympic preparation idiocy is affecting even venues that will not be used in the 2020 games...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Thanks GG.

All the details are in here https://www.amazon.co.uk/80-20-Running-Stronger-Training-ebook/dp/B00IIVFAEY