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RIP Milkman
Flavio - don't let Piwi bully you into being the lazy man of the thread! Also that guy plays football??? And please, there is no way you weigh anything close to that bowling ball masquerading as a human stomach. If you look like that, we need to get you over to DietingAhead.com
5K: 16:37 (11/20) | 10K: 34:49 (10/19) | HM: 1:14:57 (5/22) | FM: 2:36:31 (12/19)
Rune Nice ride impressive.... one day I will take up riding too.
PR's
1m 5:38 (2018)
5k 19:59 (2019)
HM 1:33:56 (2018)
FM 3:23:07 (2018)
That would have been a celebration game for the Brazilian Ronaldo post retirement. Pre knee injury he was phenomenal, post knee injury and pre fatness he was very good. And now he is just fat.
PRs: 5km 18:43 (Dec 2015), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:26:16 (Sep 2016), full 3:09:28 (Jun 2015)
40+ PRs: 5km 19:31 (Oct 2020), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:29:39 (Jun 2018), full 3:13:55 (Sep 2022)
2023 PRs (hope to beat in 2024): 5km 20:34, 10km 41:37, half 1:32:32, full 3:21:05
2024 PRs: 5km 20:25
Cobra Commander Keen
Hello, all! A guy takes a couple days away and really gets behind on the thread!
DW has started watching a nephew Monday-Wednesday - The little guy (~18 months old) came down with a bug Friday, and DW + DD3 got hit with it late Sunday/early Monday. I took a couple days off work to help and have been rewarded with that same bug myself. A bit of a bummer, but I'm telling myself a down week ahead of formally starting my 18 week plan on Monday will be a good thing.
Seeing lots of good stuff here and on Strava. My last week:
Weekly SummaryMonday, Jul 02, 2018 thru Sunday, Jul 08, 2018
5k: 17:58 11/22 │ 10k: 37:55 9/21 │ HM: 1:23:22 4/22 │ M: 2:56:05 12/22
Upcoming Races:
OKC Memorial 5k - April 27
Bun Run 5k - May 4
Hot Weather Complainer
Some interesting discussions here, love it.
Mark, please stick around and don't ditch us for a sub 1:15 thread!
I took 10 days off post-calf soreness (but did the stationary bike in place of every run). It just didn't seem to want to get any better, I'd try 10-20 metres and felt it so didn't try anything else. It was feeling a bit better Wednesday and Thursday this week so I decided it's now or never if I have any chance of getting to the start line in 3 weeks. I did 30 mins very easy last night and felt a dull pain in a small area where it started, and was waiting for a sharp pain to confirm it was game over, but it never came. It feels fine today even when i had to run across the road to avoid death. So my plan is to try 60 mins easy tomorrow then if that is okay, try and resume some speed on Monday. That will give me 2 weeks of proper training, but obviously not what I'd normally do at this time. I have no doubt that (assuming no more soreness) I can do the race in a respectable time. Is a PB attempt still realistic? I have a big base and only missed 10 days but I can't just ramp up to the sort of speed work I would normally be doing this close to a race - fitness wise I could handle it but it's just asking for my calf to blow up.
There's a Sri Chinmoy in Hagley Park on September 24. Perhaps I'd be wiser to not push it next week and just target that instead. So annoying when I feel like I was in PB shape 11 days ago.
5km: 18:34 11/23 │ 10km: 39:10 8/23 │ HM: 1:26:48 9/23 │ M: 3:34:49 6/23
2024 Races:
Motorway Half Marathon February 25, 2024 1:29:55
Christchurch Half-Marathon April 21, 2024 1:27:34
Selwyn Marathon June 2, 2024
Dunedin Half Marathon September 15, 2024
Steve - 10 days is a very in between number. Not long enough that you lost a lot of fitness, but enough that going for a PB is challenging. I would say that you should continue training, but don't push it. It's better to miss that PB than to train very hard over the next 3 weeks and reinjure yourself. One other key point - no fitness is gained/lost in the 10 days prior to a race. So don't think you can cram in that final workout 4 days before the race and be okay. Goal right now is to get to the line healthy and then see how the day takes you.
Thanks JMac. I agree, I don't think I've lost any fitness just the opportunity to build more speed. I feel like if I take the sensible option I could go maybe around 1:32-33 then build (yet again) for a PB attempt in September. It really has been a tough journey since the PB.
Steve - I'd probably agree with JMac here. You've still got a bit of time, but pushing it too hard at this stage is going to do more harm than good. Listen to your body and just see how it goes.
FYI I'm doing Dunedin half in early September, it looks like a relatively quick course, mostly around the central city and waterfront (finishes in the stadium too), could be another option depending how you go in Ashburton.
3,000m: 9:07.7 (Nov-21) | 5,000m: 15:39 (Dec-19) | 10,000m: 32:34 (Mar-20)
10km: 33:15 (Sep-19) | HM: 1:09:41 (May-21)* | FM: 2:41:41 (Oct-20)
* Net downhill course
Last race: Waterfront HM, 7 Apr, 1:15:48
Up next: Runway5, 4 May
"CONSISTENCY IS KING"
Oh they must have changed the course for that, it used to finish at Port Chalmers when I lived there, with the famous Roseneath Hill 2km from the finish of the half and the full. An inner city course must have plenty of twists and turns...just had a look at the website, wow they really have crammed it all in there. Hopefully not an icy morning (very possible in September in Dunedin!)
I forgot to comment on something: I didn’t realize that Wellington is literally the windiest city in the world. Watson, you now have a lot more of my respect in your training! No idea how you deal with that on a daily basis.
JMac I lived in Wellington for a couple of years. Running around the waterfront out to the airport is amazing on a calm day (so once every few weeks) and very very good resistance training every other day. I've been teased by that wind, you'll lean into it and be sprinting (but moving at walking pace) then it will drop away for a second so you almost face plant on the concrete path...
Jmac thats right google says its the windiest. Its actually a beautiful city and would be great for running with all the hills.
55+ PBs 5k 18:36 June 3rd TT
" If you don't use it you lose it, but if you use it, it wears out.
Somewhere in between is about right "
On average, once per week (incl this morning) I run around where Steve mentioned. It is really pretty, but is harsh in a northerly (the way back to town).
Wellington city is where I work. Upper Hutt city (really a town) is where I live and do most of my runs. It is not as windy as Wellington city.
The northerly is definitely the worst. Especially when moderate to heavy rain, as it is much more soaking wet at 45 degrees than directly from on top.
Maybe rather than dew point, on Strava I should include knots of wind?
Just downloaded a NIWA report on the greater Wellington area. It looks like Wellington city has an AVERAGE wind speed of about 25km/hr. Upper Hutt is vastly less at 10km/HR.
Watson - Yes, report knots of wind, get as obnoxious about wind as we are about dew point
Me - Had a very hard interval set last night of 5x1200 around 5K pace and 4x400 at mile pace. Although I was doing these fairly regularly in March and April, I haven't done them as much during the marathon buildup. The workout just kicked my ass, way worse than any tempo or marathon pace I've done, and reminded me I am not looking forward to my 5K next weekend. Anyway, right when I got home, I knew that the workout was probably too hard, as I stated to get very cold even though my apartment was around 80 degrees. I was wearing long underwear and sweats in the summer! The chills lasted about an hour, but then I switched to sweating like crazy. Fever was right at 100.3 / 38C. This happens to me once or twice a year, where I have a workout that destroys me and chills/fever sets in that night, but I wake up completely okay the next day.
Anybody else have that happen to them?