[Bally8]

Fingers crossed for your lsr rachael. Nice and slow, you can do it!

[racheljev]

17.1 miles in 2:47:02, avg pace 9:46. Hurray! Got my lsr done, yahoo. Had to stop at 10.5 miles for desperately needed loo break, almost a baaaad situation, but got back out and finished my run. Injury free as well, unless you count the big jammy dodger of a knee I now have from slipping and falling on a drain thingy with only a mile to go. My feet went left, my body went right and I went down. Ripped my running tights and took a lump of skin off my knee, which is now feeling stiff. Crap. Anyway, the main thing is I got my 17 miles done. Broke it down into half hour stints, didn't think beyond that. Had a jelly baby every 2 miles and that seemed to work. So apart from the dodgy belly and bloody knee, all is good. Happy out.

[shazkea]

Rach that's cracking stuff, well done and at a great pace . Sounds like a sore fall and I hope its nothing serious.

[digger2d2]

Ouch...Hope the knee is ok... R-I-C-E (disclaimer: that's not medical advice I'm merely stating a food type) It was quite slippy out there this morning though...

[maria74]

17 miles...Wow! 2hr 47 run...WOW! And a great pace!!
Thats fantastic. You must be delighted. Hope your knee is okay and not too stiff. In fairness though, you deserve a rest after that run so put it up and smile at you accomplishment. Like the idea of the half hour stint to

[racheljev]

Thanks folks, happy it's done! Currently icing my knee in the hope it'll be ok. More upset that I ripped my running tights Off to Wiggle to see if they've any bargains...

[menoscemo]

Fair Play Rachel!! You must get some time off and come for a long group run some weekend. Your pace is exactly what we're doing most of the big group runs at...deffo looking good for Barca now. Any particular time goals? I'll be available for 4hr pacing gigs I think....

[racheljev]

Ooooh I'd love to think I could give 4 hrs a smack... I'm registered as more than 4 hours cos I honestly didn't think I'd be able for anything else, but maybe we'll see closer to the time. I might be calling on your expertise Meno!

[Emer911]

Originally Posted by racheljev

Injury free as well, unless you count the big jammy dodger of a knee I now have from slipping and falling on a drain thingy with only a mile to go. My feet went left, my body went right and I went down. Ripped my running tights and took a lump of skin off my knee, which is now feeling stiff. Crap.

I had to laugh when I read this... There must be something in the air!
If it's any consolation, my knee is doing fine now, nice and scabby You'll be right as rain in a day or so.

[racheljev]

5.06 miles in 47:36. Knee very stiff to start with, got a bit easier and then got a bit more painful so cut short the proposed 7-8 miles. Finally, common sense reigns! No soreness at all from yesterday's lsr, except of course my knee and my pride. Mileage for the week 42.06, chuffed with that. 5 days in a row as well. Have to decide now what to do for next week - do I take it easy in preparation for the Aware 10k on Saturday or do I say, sod it, Barcelona is more important and run the 10k as part of the week's mileage. Decisions, decisions...

[eliwallach]

Originally Posted by racheljev

Have to decide now what to do for next week - do I take it easy in preparation for the Aware 10k on Saturday or do I say, sod it, Barcelona is more important and run the 10k as part of the week's mileage. Decisions, decisions...

Second one.

[racheljev]

4 miles in 36:09. Felt like there was absolutely nothing in the tank this morning - had initially intended to do sprints but did 3 quickish miles instead.
Mile 1: 9:31 warmup
Mile 2: 8:56
Mile 3: 8:43
Mile 4: 8:56 supposed to be cool down but just went quicker than intended.
Avg pace 9:01. Better than expected outcome - really not in the mood this morning, very tired and head feels a bit like there's a cold coming on - dry and itchy throat, snuffly nose. But now I'm smug and happy because I did a decent enough session even though I didn't want to... Nice cup of tea and a biccie now (not choc, back on the healthy eating plan as of this monrning )

[racheljev]

I KNEW I didn't feel right on Monday! And sure enough by Monday evening I was poleaxed with a bad cold. Only a cold, not the flu, but enough to wipe me out till yesterday. As soon as the kids were in school, I got back into bed and that's something I never ever do. And my new Mizuno shoes, courtesy of the Running Review, arrived Monday and I was too ill to do anything except open them up. I used them to walk to the school on Tuesday and Wednesday - couldn't trust myself in the car cos I was dosed up to the eyeballs on paracetemol and Nurofen cold and flu. (I know they're not supposed to make you drowsy but they space me out a little bit...) Wednesday evening I felt a wee bit better, and better again yesterday. So this morning did 3.3 miles in 32:47 in the new shoes - soooo sloooow and it felt really hard So, not holding out much hope for Aware 10k tomorrow. I'll go along and give it a go but if I finish in under an hour I'll be happy.... So much for "this will be a good week, I'm doing so well for Barcelona" yadda yadda yadda. Sometimes real life really kicks you in the a$$.

[metamorphosis]

I feel your pain, my chest still is no better this morning Rach. I know there's no chance of me racing Waterford now.Was chatting to Brian as I was heading down with him and he said to wait til the morning, maybe I can do it as an MP run but I know right now I wouldn't be able to breathe and sure I'd just make myself sicker then. So I am trying to think about Barca - the bigger picture.

Don't be too down on yourself, you're flying it. Remember you just whooped that LSR last week too. Better off not getting sicker and taking it easier and doing great in Barca rather than having to take longer off.

[racheljev]

Sitting outside the park, waiting to head into race. It's raining, it's cold and I have my usual pre-race dodgy tummy. Why do we do this?? Not holding out much hope for anything good today - if I come in under an hour, it'll be ok. Update later.