Runners United: Where we support each other through the good runs, the bad runs and everything in between.

yes, sorry, being very distracting - sfx well done on going for the 10k - convo came up at dinner in relation to hotel providing 2 double beds...sigh/ Retreats to delicious beer and almost certain hangover for 10 miler tomorrow. Repeat after me, I will do my 10 miler tomorrow...

I expect it was the baby carrots that put him in mind

Hope you're feeling better tomorrow ibby (and ibby's Mum)

sfx well done on your race. I'm not surprised it was tricky to get your pace back - I find any dithering about which way I'm going to go always slows me right down, even if I don't feel it at the time. Having a choice in the middle of a race would have got me totally . I hope you're patting yourself on the back for taking the harder choice.

Am almost tempted to ask how this conversation came up at lunch - coq au vin anyone?!

no paws you have understood perfectly...I do pity the wife

pity the wife

OMG at proper sex! Are you serious? What, as in it's not proper sex without a penis in the vicinity? (fervently hoping I may have misunderstood ......).

yes, there and back without a dousing; just back from pub dinner, abandoned with DD's grandad who is frankly an arse...oh well, what can you do (erm, completely inappropriate and shocking comment about 'proper sex' )?

am hoping to escape with sanity and liver intact - rather fancy a 10 miler tomorrow (how sad is that?)

Well done sfx somehow I managed to miss your post! I'm glad you pushed on to the 10K, how was The Hill?

Well done sfx for going the extra mile (or in your case, the extra 3.1 miles!)

Sticky everyone has crap days - as you say the nice thing about the parkrun is you can do it again next week. I was pleased with my time today - not a PB, but closer to it than I have been in recent weeks. Already thinking about next parkrun, and wondering how to improve...

peach hope journey went well and you got a seat!

Rhet hope you got your arse out of the door, and back in again, before the heavens opened. Nothing like the threat of rain to make you move a bit faster.

Dr No hope you are having good time in Edinburgh.

Gorgeous day here, though prob not for those of you to the north.

Thanks for good wishes for tomorrow's 10k, hoping I will make it but feeling a bit throaty and sniffy at the moment (though DH has helpfully pointed out I felt like that last night too, but still managed to get out this morning.) Think I have a cold lurking. He, and DCs are coming to watch tomorrow, as part of route along seaside in Gt Yarmouth. Then off to my mum's - she has just phoned to tell me she had a fall in garden and neighbour had to call ambulance. Luckily she is ok (fingers crossed) no treatment needed, but a worry as she is on her own, and does more than she should (long story)

Well done sfx - 10k - great stuff getting your resolve at 5k.

Drno - have a great trip - I'm sure you'll have a great couple of days. Should have no probs getting out for 5k - lots of routes around the city.

Good luck to tomorrows racers

Hello, just to let you know I'll be namechanging soon, but will be easy to spot .

hello quick line will catch properly this evening

just wanted to wish Good Luck to Debi Bumply & Ibby
I hope you enjoy it

peach hope travel and visit is going as well as possible

I had am relieved I managed to finish my race, in truth it was more a test of how to manage my anxiety than a fitness or race readiness test.
I decided to start with the 10K race although I knew there was still a possibility of just going in at 5K as we passed by the finish line

as it was I stayed well at the back of the pack at the start, the first half mile cost me in terms of managing my head but I found my pace, when the 5k approached I dithered as I was under 30min, some people running near me were giving in and I wavered but then I saw dh&dd and resolved to carry on

I think the hesitation took me off my stride and I never recovered the early pace, although I did not feel I was pushing myself and was pretty much able to chat over the last mile. (hmm race much?)
Anyway in the end I was pleased with myself and resolved to push and train much harder and with more purpose for next time

I am very grateful for your support and inspiration

couldn't get on the site last night to with sfx good luck - hope it is going/has gone well!

And all the best to Debi, Bumply and ibby for tomorrow.

Did park run this morning. Perfect conditions, but I was crap - feeling like walking 1.5k in! Not sure what's going on there. Still, that's the great thing about park run - can just have another go next week.

DrNo sounds as if you really have the wind in your sails at the mo. Go you!!

Fanny don't be too hard on yourself - you did clock up 16 miles which is the important thing. It's a marathon not a sprint [geddit?]

Tulip hope the new shoes help out. Very frustrating for you, but do let your poor old shins recover.

rhet if you could get children fitted with a GPS (and a tracking device), then it would be so helpful for when I'm looking after DN. I think you are on to a great product idea there... Hope your arse is out there and enjoying a nice run!

Lol...I also thought you meant a Garmin GPS but didn't even think that was weird ...I think I may be running obsessed!

ok, it looks like the heavens will open in approx 45 minutes, so I'd better get my arse out of the door

yes, it would be odd if DD had a GPS! the 'length' of the house is about 40 feet max I'd say...

Thanks for all your messages regarding the shin splints.

Had trainers fitted in a proper shop, was given some for over-pro. The only thing that has been different is the increase in miles and a week of hills. Now staying on the flat.

Have booked a sports massage with a therapist who will hopefully give me some tips. Went spinning this am and for the first time ever my leg even hurt then. Am just getting desperate and realise I may actually be addicted to running!

Well done on joining a running club cherry, I have been too nervous to do so yet.

The 10k felt good, not being heckled by one eyed farmers. That would be weird.

Afternoon all you lovely folk

rhet when you aid that dd came home with her gps and ran the whole length of the house I actually thought for ages that your dd has a GPS (aka Garmin) but I now realise you meant grandparents? I was thinking blimey, a 2 year old with a GPS.......

I did a fab 10k yesterday afternoon with my dog, got heckled running past a rural country pub (think farmers with one eye and you're not far off) felt really good, the met SIL at 7.30am this morning and did 8 miles and could have gone on for at least 2 more easily. Gonna start ramping up my mileage.

It would be amazing if I owned my own hotel but sadly I merely work for them, but, I can get mates rates should anyone ever require any accommodation - do please ask. They are UK based plus one in Paris and one in Barcelona. I am off to our hotel in Edinburgh tomorrow with ds and dh. Taking my kit of course and hope to get in a quick 5k each morning before brekkie. Hope you al enjoy the weekend, we are off to an 18th birthday party tonight and will be the token oldies. How times change. I actually still feel 19 myself

tulip shinsplints suck. I have had them twice, very common. Sadly, reduction in mileage is the only thing that gets rid. Make sure you have correct shoes, and ice after each run. Compression helps too, maybe get some socks or shin supports?

Thanks rhet that's helpful. If I input 178 as max(which I found on some super-scientific website somewhere), it matches what I do naturally; if I input no max, then you're right, I could probably work a bit harder. Which makes sense - I suspect I never work quite as hard as I could! Anyway, it gives me the guidelines I was looking for, so thanks! Enjoy your 4 miles tomorrow.

runningallday sounds like you are more or less in the zone - possibly you could be pushing a bit harder, actually. It's not an exact science unless you've actually done a max heart rate test, although the different formulas come out with relatively similar max - but it does vary from individual to individual.

I can run at about 135, but very very slowly, which is a sign that my aerobic fitness is not all that it should be.

this is a useful guide

Just a quick 'good luck' to this weekend's racers, wishing you 'fast feet'.

peach - hope everything's going to plan

Did a decent 6 miles this morning - last 2 miles were off road which I haven't done for ages - realised what I'd been missing.

I was just going to ask about HRs - I feel a bit clueless on how to use them now I am able to measure them. I assumed the same as you rhet, that max should be around 178 for me; the max HR I have so far measured was 164 during hill intervals. But I don't know how to use HR in training. On my LSRs, I have noticed my HR was 130-140; on a recent tempo run, 145-155.

Anyone have any primers/websites they can suggest on how to use HR info during training? Like, what zones to stay in etc.

Good luck to the racers today and tomorrow - looks like a lovely weekend for it, from this vantage point anyway! Am on my own with kids (again - my DH works away a month at a time) so am limited on run length for the next week), boo.

Hope your weekend goes well peach.

lots of luck to this weekend's runners; I did bout 6 miles today very slow, keeping HR under 135. But it felt good. Has anyone ever tested (properly) their max heart rate? By most calculations mine should be about 178, but my sense is that it might be a bit higher than that.

Anyway, v. busy and long day. Lots of cooking, visitors etc. DD flaked out. Dp flaked out. Me, about to flake out...

My best bit of the day was when DD came home with her gps and ran the length of the whole house to give me a hug. Pure joy.

Will try and bash out another 4 miles or so tomorrow.

And of course -

Good luck tomorrow SFX - are you decided which you'll go for yet ?

And for Sunday -
Debi
Bumply
Ibby

Look forward to hearing all about it...