Mum on the Run

FBOT01 wrote: »

Nicely done. Keep up the good work.

Thanks. I hope to!

Ososlo wrote: »

God on ya BG and big congrats on the pb!!! You really are in your element with these short snappy races. Great news on the fiabs front too. Long may it continue! Hope you are rewarding yourself tonight!

Cheers Ososlo. I sure did reward myself . Can't wait to read all about your ultra adventures next week!

laura_ac3 wrote: »

Super stuff G. Delighted for you, training paying off and glad to see you're enjoying it too - including today.

Thanks Laura, best of luck to you for today - PB guaranteed .

RedRunner wrote: »

Great running today. Congrats again on the pb and thanks for the big shout outs today. They're always worth a second or two.

Well done to you, and nice going on Wednesday too.

spaceylou wrote: »

Great running G, and fantastic to hear the flabs after been bothering you (**touch wood**). Well done on pb

Thanks Spaceylou, fingers crossed that's the end of it.

denis b wrote: »

Super result G. Well deserved and a real bonus to be "pain free" afterwards.

Many thanks Denis, it means I can push that little bit extra now. No more excuses!

Think I've managed to attach a photo of my plague plaque

Tuesday – Easy, S&C

Easy run the long way round to the gym, where I did the shorter of my two current routines. Spent half the time searching for the right weights and pieces of equipment. Put them back in the right place, people! :mad:

• 4.5 miles @ 9:01 (path, grass)

Wednesday – REST

Unscheduled rest day due to lack of time so no run or Pilates this evening. Enjoyed a night in front of the telly instead. Inspired as always by Masterchef. Not to cook, but to eat .

Thursday – Speed (8 x 200m, 1 min rec)

Session should have been done yesterday so I’m including it in this week’s mileage. Feck this was tough. Hadn’t realised how windy it was on the run up along the promenade but felt the full force of it when I turned around. Reps 1,3,5,7 are into the wind and the rest should be wind assisted but they didn’t feel like it! I think the wind kept changing direction in line with my reps :rolleyes:. The 200m stretch I’d mapped out turned out to be 210m or a bit longer so pace is a better indicator than time. Had to walk the last recovery and wanted to hurl after the last rep. About right so .

7.2 miles (grass, path) incl. 8 x 200m @ mile pace (1 min rec)

Paces: 5:51, 6:01, 6:02, 5:57, 6:18*, 5:58, 6:08, 5:34

*must have taken a nap on this one

TOTAL WEEKLY MILES: 32

Friday – S&C, Easy

Level 1 Pilates. Learned a new stretch that seems to work really well for my back. Hips feeling tight today, probably down to the recent increase in gym work. Must. Stretch. More.

Did a loop of St.Anne’s on the trails then a lap of the new parkrun course. It’s a great route – very scenic and quite fast overall ; there’s just a little climb towards the end of the lap that’ll probably hurt the second time around :eek:.

• 5.7 miles @ 8:48 (grass, trail, path)

Saturday – Easy, S&C

Easy run up and back to the Wooden Bridge. Freezing on the way out, very warm in the sunshine on the return. Into the gym, tempting and all though it was it bypass it and just go home. Still really useless at the single leg exercises (on my weak side) so plenty of work to do there.

• 4.4 miles @ 8:34 (grass)

Sunday - LSR

OMG the wind! Up early for this as a busy day ahead. The first half was a real battle into the wind. Couldn’t wait to turn around at the end of the pier and sure enough was blown back home by a tailwind. Paces ranged from 8:34 to 10:21 for the same effort :rolleyes:.

• 8.0 miles @ 9:12 (grass, path)

Monday – Easy

Nothing for it but to embrace the rain this evening, as it didn’t look like stopping anytime soon! 4 soggy miles in the local park. Soft and mucky underfoot, reminiscent of XC *sigh*. Only five months to go….

• 4.0 miles @ 8:56 (grass, path)

Murph_D wrote: »

Fair play going out in that. Rest day for me, luckily enough!

It was actually fine! Not cold or windy, and after about 10 seconds I wasn't getting any wetter anyway :rolleyes:. Enjoyed the empty park too - no dogs to avoid or leads to negotiate