Harry

Happy belated birthday squire. My new fly-ease have arrived. Not sure when I’ll get to enjoy them though, with me resting up still. Wore them in the office today and they are super comfy. Out of interest, how much is one of those watches? And would others highly recommend? I’m currently using app on phone so carrying a gert big lump in my waist-pack. Is a watch a much better option?

Ha ha. Sorry pal. I hope she kept her distance and stayed the other side of the wall!!

??? Ha ha, yeah, she’s an Olympic medalist in chatting!! Blimey - hope she didn’t keep you too long mate!

Looks like an extended period of rest for me, sadly. After my hammy tweak last Saturday, I’d rested up all week, not felt any problems, so thought I’d get back out this morning for a gentle one. Got 200 metres and it went again!! This time it seems a little worse than last week. Think I might have to write June off!! 100k March, 135k April, 156k May. I feel like I’ve driven a car from 30mph, to 50mph, and got up to a nice cruising speed of 70mph and now come to a crashing halt!!!

Rearrange those words! I’m the h————t at the front ?

I see a couple of our running clan made it into the video of Buster’s procession. Nice new hair cut @CyderInACan !!! Edit - I’ve got a screen shot if anyone wants to see! How much to not share it Reg, ?

I refer you to post #351 sir. Get on the Nike website and enter code NIKE30

Fair play sir. Cracking effort.

Ah bollox! So after a 3 day rest where I’d be feeling lethargic, went back out this morning, was feeling good, set for a 10k PB, and felt a hamstring tweak at 8k!! Looks like a few more days rest for me, sadly. Currently limping home the last 2k!

Cheers for the heads-up. I usually run in Nike but last week bought a new pair of Adidas as they had a sale on. They’re rather a tighter fit though and not overly comfy. So, with the discount you advise, I just got a pair of Zoom Pegasus 35 Flyease 4E. Usually £104, reduced to £68. The 30% off took me to £52, and I then got a further 8% off on a voucher from my BUPA medical insurance shopping rewards. Total paid £48 for a £104 pair of daps (including delivery charge!). Lovely.

Yeah, felt so tired but also really guilty that I couldn’t run Wednesday or Thursday. Silvio - yes I was very tempted to just go out and do 2k, as I know full well I’d keep going. But when I woke this morning I was still feeling stiff so thought I’d have an extra rest day. You’re right about route fatigue. I tend to run pretty much the same routes with just a few variations. Whichever way I run out of charfield I have to go up a hill at some point, and on my regular 10k run, there’s a hill back to the main road at the 8.5-9.5 stage. When I first started running this route, that hill was fine. Now it seems to be getting steeper and steeper in every run!! I might try taking a short drive out to Wickwar or Tytherington, park up and run some different routes. Spice it up a bit.

Had to have a break today. Done 148k for the month so far and was doing really well. Was hoping to get as close to 200k as I could. 10k Sat, 12.5k Sun, 7k Tues, then I felt absolutely shattered for the rest of Tuesday. Would usually try 10k on a Weds morning but was till shattered this morning. Hope I might be able to do something tomorrow and then 20k minimum over sat & sun to try to reach 175k. I think I might’ve been overdoing it though - was so so knackered yesterday and today! Does anyone get this? The sense of ‘too much’? I may need to slow down a bit again. I blame @CyderInACan, his 200k last month spurred me on and I don’t think I was ready ?

Same as others, if I don’t do it first thing, I find it difficult to do it later, what with either work, kids, arranging a run around mealtimes etc. I get up and go. Have a quick splash of my face with cold water to give me a wake up, have a glass of water and a banana, 2 minute stretch, and off I go. Swings and roundabouts on the weather too. If it’s gonna be a hot day, then generally if you run first thing then it’s not too oppressive. But on the flip side, on a cold day, it’s colder first thing. Overall though, I just find it easier motivation wise and then the rest of the day is free.

So, bought some new trainers this week. First run yesterday, blisters!! Bugger. Managed another run this morning in my old trainers, with cotton wool and plasters over the blisters. That worked well. I’ve recently been doing regular 10k’s and stepped this up to an hour (12.5k) this morning. I have a question though. An hour was just about all I could manage without taking on board a drink. I might’ve managed another 1-2k possibly. What do people do for drinks on longer runs? The only times I’ve ever done more than 13-14k have been on official events, so drinks are en route. I was thinking of sticking a bottle outside my house, doing 12k to finish at my house, take a drink and then try another few kms, but then there’s the mental aspect of “well, I’m home now and I gotta run off again!” Do people take bottles with them, if so what’s the best method - one of those carrying ones with the handle, or a small bag/carrier? Any recommendations. I don’t really want to carry a bottle around but if I start doing longer distances I’ll need a solution.

I only work in kms, so just been trying to work that out. I think it’s about a 4.04 km, for 1.6kms. That’s damn quick bud!

As said mate, you can run another app simultaneously if it keeps giving you bother, so if it does balls up on you, you’ve got the backup to confirm your distance Edit - another thought. I used to have some issues with MMR when I needed to do a software update on the iPhone. Is your phone needing an update?

Yeah, had the same thing with Map My Run. My MMR 10k, clocks 10.25k on Strava. As I’d used Map My Run for so long, and interrogating the maps I can see that it seems to be the most accurate (doesn’t seem to cut off as many corners as Strava), I’m going to keep running two apps together - MMR to judge my ‘real’ distance vs time, and Strava to engage with the otib community.

I used to do evenings after work, but started doing mornings a few years back. Much prefer it now. Great start to the day. Temperature this morning was supposed to be 11/12 degrees, but there was a lovely mist in the air and it felt more like 5/6, so was refreshing rather than hot.

New 10k PB this morning. Over half a minute shaved off my previous. ?

What does the £5 get you? Is it worth it as someone who’s only really semi serious, ie wanna get as many kms in my legs as pos and see some stats but not too bothered about finely detailed analysis.

Wow. Hats off mate. That’s some going.

Yeah I saw that last night. Only just signed up to it and my first email from them was one saying it’s all change!! How much is it to subscribe and what does it give you?

Looks good mate. Tricky. The most uphill run I did was back in 2004/5 ish when I took part in a John O’Groats to Lands End race. We had teams of 7 or 8 runners and each team had an 80 mile leg. Our leg was from Culloden to Blair Atholl, going over the Cairn Gorm mountains through Aviemore. My 10-mile stint was as you approach the mountains, so I had some super-steep sections. Worst thing was, we had to fly to Inverness the morning after England beat Wales 2-0 in a qualifying campaign. I was out all night, no sleep, nearly missed the flight, and was absolutely hanging the next day when I had to start my leg at 8am!! How I completed that I’ll never know - particularly as in my rush for the flight I forgot to pack my running shoes so had to run the 10 miles in a standard pair of daps!! My toes were bleeding for a few days after, ha ha!

Yeah, I don’t think any of them will be 100% accurate. I’ve been using Map My Run for years now and I did a regular 5k to the top of the hill and back. Did this for about 3 years and then one day it clocked it as 4.82k instead. Thought it was a one-off and the GPS was playing up that day, but then that run started clocking 4.82 every time!! So I had to adjust the run and extend it to 5k again. Judging by Strava so far, I think it’d clock that at 5, whereas MMR is 4.8. Weird really, as I’d assume they all tap into the same satellites. I’m gonna persevere with Strava, just to keep things going in the otib group, but I think I’m gonna stick to my old, known routes, so my 10k I’ve always done to Michaelwood, I’ll keep the same route, but Strava will likely log it as 10.25. Anyway - in slightly more interesting news, ha ha, my 7k this morning takes me to 104k for the month. Want to try to get over 150k this month so I’m well on course for this.