Corey all the best. Will be watching for your strava results 

Hash have a good one 👍

Watson bugger on the calf. I was out about 6 weeks with mine a couple years ago but a mate round the corner running through his even at 160 kms per week.

I don't know how he does it.

Watson - that's a bummer on the calf.  Hope it comes right quickly.

Good luck, Hash!  Sorry about your calf, Watson.

I got my mileage back closer to normal this week, but I’m still having to be careful with my various chronic niggles.  My left knee has been slightly swollen & sore for the last ~10 days, which is unusual since these symptoms usually go away after 2-3.  Doesn’t seem to affect my gait, & it feels less sore when I run than at other times.  Sort of like my right foot in that regard.  I’ve skipped swimming on off days since I think that stresses the knee some & I’d rather skip swims than runs.  Had hoped to do strides after easy runs this week, but both times my hamstrings were starting to feel sore by the end, so I decided it was better not to risk it.  Despite the problems, I’ve enjoyed running in the afternoons (because of morning conflicts), as a high school team practices at the track in my park, and the kids’ enthusiasm is contagious. Also helps that the afternoons have been warm but not hot.

Sun - 5.7 miles very slow treadmill (66 minutes) + 0:40 walk breaks/6 mins

Mon - 9.3 miles in park @ 8:20

Tues - off, didn’t swim b/c L knee sore

Weds - 10.1 in park @ 8:30, 86/30 degrees, TDP 141 

Thurs - 6.2 very slow TM  (72 minutes) + 0:40 breaks/6 minutes

Fri - 7 in park @ 8:35

Sat - off, didn’t swim b/c L knee sore

Total - 38.3 miles, YTD Average: 37.6 mpw

hey Everyone.

Just jumping on to give an update on my race.

Not the race I wanted coming in at 1:38:34 about 30 seconds slower than my race in February.

but it was good enough for 49th OA out of 730 and 3rd Grandmaster.

I'll write up a full race report soon but I have to get on the road again...

Congratulations, grandmaster.

Corey - nice race.

Mark - nice week.  Maybe another light to moderate week to recover from whatever you have?

My week was a big zero due to my calf injury.  I did go and watch the x-country relay (4 person * about 3.5km) as my wife was running in our W35 team, and my 11 year old ran in the 2km (non-relay) race.  Any my 11 year old ending also running in the relay to make up numbers for one of our woman's teams.  Our M20s couldn't repeat the overall victory from two weeks ago, they came 3rd overall (and first in the M20 category).

JMac would have been furious at the 2km event, as the times the under 12's were running must have meant a 1.7-1.8km course.

I also got a forum encounter as Hashiritai was there, running in the relay.  We had a quick chat a few minutes after he'd finished his leg.

Hashiritai - it was great to meet.  I hope you pulled up way post race.  Transmission Gully probably only makes a minor difference to your trip, but for me, coming from Upper Hutt it takes about 20 minutes each way off the trip.

Corey - Awesome job, hope you had fun!

Watson - Best wishes for a quick recovery

me - Bit of a lighter week to recover from the half. I got my first 1500m workout today and it felt great. I couldn't really hit all the paces but the effort was there.

Weekly for period: From: 09/05/2022 To 15/05/2022

Total distance: 30.39km

Hash - I liked the Frozen Bonsai name too; unfortunately they renamed it to the Big Apple Half.  You still had a pretty good week, I'd say.

Flavio - Nice recovery week.  I find it's taking me longer to recover from halves than it used to.  That's probably because I'm getting older, but for now I'm going to say it's because I'm running faster.

Piwi - At least you had some nice interruptions.

Watson - Sorry to hear the calf kept you from running all week.  I hope it heals up soon.  Did your wife feel the course was short?

Mark - Good recovery week for you too.  Get well.

James - Good job on the runs.  I hope you're right and the knee issue resolves itself.

Remembering what happened when I ran too far/hard after my previous half, this time I took it slower and went out only for easy runs until today when I did some track work with my son and my running partner.  We ran 6 sets of 400s with 400 recoveries.  My poor RP last ran in Phoenix two days ago, where the relative humidity was 7%.  Back here in NJ the relative humidity was 95%; one of those days where my glasses get wet just from running through that thick air.  27½ miles for the week.

For some reason my ankle is sore.  It's not swollen or tender to the touch, and I wouldn't say it's at the level of being painful; it's just sore.  I don't recall any injury or bad step recently.  It's the same ankle in which I had a hairline fracture almost two years ago, but it hasn't given me any problems since then.  I wonder if the suddenly more humid weather is bothering it.