From Couch 25k To Where Ever

mel.b

Great report and well done I really want you to change your screen name to 'gadget grandad' now

Kennyg71

The Good thing is all your next races will bring pb's and race experience nice
to meet you on Saturday. Well done today.

The Muppet

Kennyg71 wrote: »

The Good thing is all your next races will bring pb's and race experience nice
to meet you on Saturday. Well done today.

Yeah it was really nice to meet you all saturday, i'll be back.

Well thats it , I have a time to beat now after DCM of course.

annapr

Nice to meet you yesterday,Tom, and again today (in fairness, it was only 24 hours and how could I forget the muppet?!? ).

Good running today. As you said afterwards, your first 10k and you felt comfortable all the way, you'll get much closer to that 50 mins next time.

Murph_D

Good stuff T - excellent first outing at the distance, very consistent pacing. Now you have one 10k in the bag you'll find it far less daunting next time. Congrats.

tony1980

Great stuff TM, congrats!

Maximus Alexander

Good job, sounds like you enjoyed yourself. Must be nice to run an event like that on home turf! Hopefully I'll get to meet you next time out.

tailgunner

Great stuff, well done. Textbook example of running by feel!

The Muppet

Back to the main thing tonigh with a 3.2 mile recovery run @11:12 pace. Nice easy run on grass , I felt a few twinges in both hamstrings during the run , i'll keep it nice and easy again tomorrow .

Forgot to charge my watch so no HR data as I recorded run on my phone and didnt bother pair the strap.

denis b

Well done T on your inaugural 10km. Great experience for the future and well paced.

The Muppet

denis b wrote: »

Well done T on your inaugural 10km. Great experience for the future and well paced.

Thats one way of looking at it Denis, Thanks:) ,

You've all been very kind with your comments but reading all the other reports I'm thinking I didn't really do the race or my ability justice tbh. I ran comfortably throughout but not sure I should be doing that in races. That said I'm not sure I'm interested or indeed able to inflict the suffering on myself that racing properly involves. I did learn a lot from yesterday though and I really enjoyed my run and the enjoyment is the reason I continue to run .

Bluesquare

Well done on first 10k and the accompaning race report!

jake1970

Well done TM and congrats on running your first 10k race.

The Muppet

4 miles very easy prescribed

4.2 miles @131 bpm 10:58 pace .

Really enjoyed this

#I love running in the rain

Firedance

Murph_D wrote: »

Good stuff T - excellent first outing at the distance, very consistent pacing. Now you have one 10k in the bag you'll find it far less daunting next time. Congrats.

Just catching up here T, couldn't say it any better than Murph already has, well done. You'll see the progress continue as the months ramble on now.

The Muppet

6 .1 miles @133 bpm 10.31 pace with 5 x 100 strides.

Its a lovely evening for a run I felt quite good but I tired a little near the end after the strides.

The Muppet

4.2 miles @134 bpm 10:55 pace

Running on tired legs today for sure . Ive ran the last 5 days.

Pilates this evening . We did some really nice stretches so feeling good now.

The Muppet

15.2 miles @127 bpm 10:57 pace.

Nice morning for it . Was quite warm at times . Enjoyed it.

The Muppet

3.2 mile recovery run this morning running the first 2k with one of my my grandsons in the albert college junior parkrun, He loved it though he said his legs were tired after , he's only 6. I finished my recovery run with another 3k around the park, my first time to run there, it's a lovely facility. will defo be back there.

Total 3.2 miles @12:06 pace

My monthly milage update, Tipped over the 800 mile mark for the year on todays recovery run. It's all going according to plan at the moment.

Month|2016|2015|2014|2013
jan|94.78|46.2|8.31|0
feb|61.68|13.9|30.35|0
March|111|4.64|47.37|7
April|110.7|21.08|42.23|25.01
May|121.32|65.69|36.37|33.78
June|154.31|97.03|52.69|33
July|148.97|108.73|25.33|49.74
August|-|110.42|57.9|29.42
September|-|94.12|58.37|13.87
October|-|125.17|95.32|3.01
November|-|100.78|88.95|0
December|-|63.16|23.83|0
Totals|802.76|851.69|567.02|194.83

The Muppet

5.2 miles easy @127 bpm 10.49 pace

A run of 3 half's 8-) so to speak.

Busy day so I got out late (for me) this evening .

First 2 miles were an up hill slog really wasn't felling the love 11:49 and 11:40 pace 127 bpm

Miles 3 and 4 were down hill . Saw some runners ahead and tried to reel them in without over doing it 10:00 and 10:03 pace 131 bpm

The last mile is on the flat and I decided to see what my easy pace is so I concentrated on keeping the heartrate at 132 as best I could tge pace for this mile was 10:28 mile.

Enjoyed the last 3 miles . First two were not as enjoyable .

The Muppet

1 mile warm up 5 miles @pmp (10:18) 1 mile cool down

Lovely run in a nice drizzle. Was at a birthday party just before heading out so diet was not good today. I took the warm up mile nice and easy to try work the effect of the cake off and get in the mood for the quicker stuff.

Very happy with the pacing and heart rate. Miles 4, 5 and 6 were uphill into the breeze so the effort was a liitle more than miles 2 and 3

Splits
1 11.22 127 bpm
2 10.15 132 bpm
3 10.12 133 bpm
4 10.10 137 bpm
5 10.04 139bpm
6 10.01 140 bpm
7 11.27 130 bpm
.5 11.41 130 bpm


On the down side after I stopped running when i was walking back to the car I felt a twinge of pain on the outside of my right knee. I felt noting when running and no pain since so I'm hoping it's nothing but I will keep an eye on things there .

The Muppet

3.2 mile recovery run @ 127 bpm 11.21 pace.


All good
Pilates Class this evening.

annapr

Good to see you and the little fella at junior parkrun on Sunday, T, glad he enjoyed it!

The Muppet

Nice seeing you too A . He enjoyed it I'd say we'll be back soon.

The Muppet

Oh thank Friday it's a rest day.

A lot of tightness in my legs this morning .

Maximus Alexander

The Muppet wrote: »

Oh thank Friday it's a rest day.

A lot of tightness in my legs this morning .

Yep. Unfortunately I've a date with the foam roller tonight though.

The Muppet

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Yep. Unfortunately I've a date with the foam roller tonight though.

I'm going hardcore with a massage stick.:eek: That's the current plan anyway, could change when the pain kicks in.

Firedance

The Muppet wrote: »

I'm going hardcore with a massage stick.:eek: That's the current plan anyway, could change when the pain kicks in.

The massage stick is brilliant and ossoslo's post last night reminded me to dig out mine, its also super convenient and you don't need to support your own weight etc like with the foam roller. It does hurt though, there's no getting away from that...

Maximus Alexander

Firedance wrote: »

The massage stick is brilliant and ossoslo's post last night reminded me to dig out mine, its also super convenient and you don't need to support your own weight etc like with the foam roller. It does hurt though, there's no getting away from that...

Couldn't be having that, it's the only workout my upper body gets. :pac:

The Muppet

Firedance wrote: »

The massage stick is brilliant and ossoslo's post last night reminded me to dig out mine, its also super convenient and you don't need to support your own weight etc like with the foam roller. It does hurt though, there's no getting away from that...

Sure pain is only in the mind.:)

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Couldn't be having that, it's the only workout my upper body gets. :pac:

Me too max, We did a few press ups in Pilates Class yesterday, the going down I mastered not so the coming up bit, it was a struggle.