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2015 Running Thread Part 6

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Anglaise1 · 17/06/2015 06:52

New running thread

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Neeko · 17/07/2015 15:18

My DH is really supportive of my running although he doesn't run himself. I only run three mornings a week though and it's before the kids get up. Not sure how supportive he would be if I was running for a couple of hours several times a week. But then that's why I run: it's exercise that fits in with our family life.

Nice 3.75 miles from me this morning. I'm slowly building my distance back up.

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PoppyShakespeare · 17/07/2015 14:32

don't have an other half as such but chap I've been seeing for past 18 months runs every morning before work and once at the weekend - no Garmin or club or racing, no idea of pace, solely for pleasure of it

lastqueenofscotland · 17/07/2015 14:26

My OH is really supportive of the running. He hates it himself but always asks how they went/eggs me on when I get Pbs etc :)

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cinnamongreyhound · 17/07/2015 10:58

It's not so much allows but I he is very good with me running generally. He cooks tea the evenings I run and is happy for me to be put a couple of hours Saturday for parkrun. For me it's more of trying to do something for him as it makes him happy even though it doesn't make me as happy. If I said I'm going anyway he wouldn't stop me but I like harmony in my house Wink
He has his sport which I get annoyed about at times too.

suzannecanthecan · 17/07/2015 09:06

As for both of a couple running he'd never keep up with you AnglaiseWink

My other half occasionally runs a few miles with me, or rather he very kindly humours me for a few miles

his slow easy pace is the same as my flat out can't go any faster pace.
Very annoying cos he hardly ever does any running and sticks to lifting, he's just naturally fit without even trying ?Confused
its not fair!

suzannecanthecan · 17/07/2015 08:59

?depends what your criteria are for addiction but isn't the underlying 'concern'? to do with you having a passion for something which means that you don't focus on him as much as he feels you ought to?
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I suppose we all vary in terms of how much 'togetherness' we are comfortable with but I would never put up with being told what time I can get up and any partner who tried to curtail my various fitness endeavors...well I'm not sure what I'd do because none of them have tried to!

Anglaise1 · 17/07/2015 08:45

Cinnamon it's the same here, OH works 6 days a week and wants Sunday as a lie in and to spend time with me. He is convinced that running is a real addiction and couples can only be happy if both people run, not just one half.

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cinnamongreyhound · 17/07/2015 07:20

Unfortunately not Suzannecanthecan, mine would be woken by me getting up and his idea of a layin is for both of us to lounge around together, if I get up so does he Confused

4 very sticky miles from me. We had a big storm last night and it's left the air saturated! 759.07

KeyserSophie · 17/07/2015 02:52

Adding 4 from the dreadmill this morning to make 755.07 - just checking I'm fit and my balance isnt too off before spending tomorrow doing a course recce for a trail race in October (we sponsor the race so about 40 people from work take part and we organise training sessions as an employee engagement thing.) Still not really sure what's wrong. Feel perfectly fine apart from blocked ear and the fact that the decongestants and cough suppresants are playing havoc with my sleep patterns.

stilllearnin · 16/07/2015 22:58

Hello Hello I am back from a six week bleed (well I had the odd day off but it was hot and I was tired - sorry tmi I know). I need to RTFT but I am just adding a measly but surprisingly ok 2.9 to make

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suzannecanthecan · 16/07/2015 22:21

you could just quietly get up and leave the men snoring, they'd not know any difference surely?

cinnamongreyhound · 16/07/2015 22:00

Exactly that Anglaise1, I get twitchy and want to get up and get going which annoys him! When I was 5st heavier and didn't run I loved a Sunday layin so I feel bad that I'm the one who's changed and dh always wanted to it.

Anglaise1 · 16/07/2015 21:41

Cinnamon I know what you mean - I never run Saturdays in the summer because I work, but I love my Sunday runs...unfortunately Sunday is the only day off for OH and he really resents it. I hate lie ins, I don't know what to do and for me a Sunday run with friends is the best thing, then I can relax for the rest of the day with that post run glow. Sadly it is only something runners understand, non runners just don't get it Sad

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cinnamongreyhound · 16/07/2015 20:41

Agree with greater effects from the post run glow!! I do both and enjoy both. Hopefully going tomorrow if my littlest co-operates with morning feed! Have run two evenings this week though and will parkrun Saturday. Miss my Sunday long run at the moment but dh would kill me if I did both weekend days and I love parkrun too much!

Get well soon KeyserSophie!

suzannecanthecan · 16/07/2015 20:05

oh yes another good reason to run in the morning Anglaise...you get the full benefit of the post exercise euphoria:)

Anglaise1 · 16/07/2015 17:47

emummy fingers crossed for a smooth injury free 12 weeks for you! Suzanne no, the idea of wine on a run is pretty awful, although I did have a beer on a very hot 40km trail race (near the end) last September which was lovely.
10 miles from me, 6,5 this morning (lovely) 3.5 this evening (not so nice, temperature here is 35°C in the shade). I think I lost 2kgs in water through sweating so much.
I generally prefer morning running cos once it's done it's done and I feel good for the next few hours at least.
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suzannecanthecan · 16/07/2015 14:55

11.5 from me
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wine tasting is just about the last thing I would want to do in the middle of a runShock
I have no head for drink at the best of times

Anglaise1 · 16/07/2015 11:25

Whowouldfardelsbear your HM in the vineyards sounds fun! We have a similar marathon here in France, the Marathon of Médoc, no place for PBs and known as "the longest marathon in the world" because if often takes at least an hour longer than usual to do due to all the dégustations (food and drink) at the various chateaux on the route.

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TriJo · 16/07/2015 09:50

4 miles to work this morning, legs felt like lead for the first half. Wakey wakey body, we need you to work this weekend...

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Whowouldfardelsbear · 16/07/2015 09:48

A total of 8.39 from me over my last three runs. I'm working through a half marathon plan so hopefully will build up!

I've entered a half marathon in May next year which is run through a vineyard in a really nice area of the South Island of NZ. I'm going with a couple of friends and we're making a weekend of it. As well as water stations they have wine tasting tables along the way, so I will definitely be doing it as a run/walk event with no aiming for a PB . . .

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suzannecanthecan · 16/07/2015 09:11

oh yeah too knacked by evening on account of the earlier running

oh, wait...:o

emummy · 16/07/2015 09:02

Definitely a morning runner, no energy by evening! Intervals this morning, managed reasonable pace for me, and no rain for once.
Anglaise the hm is in September, so yes a 12 week plan, no doubt there will be a hiccup or two!

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Neeko · 16/07/2015 08:38

I'm also a morning runner. I try to be organised so I am be up and out running before I know I'm doing it. If I plan to run I the evening I spend most of my day imagining twinges to talk myself out of it! Grin

Walking pneumonia sounds tough. Hope you are better soon. Take it easy.

suzannecanthecan · 16/07/2015 08:23

?I run in the morning before I've eaten anything...don't feel like doing anything strenuous at the other end of the day.
Too weighted down by all the food I've eaten.
I hope your chest infection clears up asap, Keyser!
never heard of walking pneumonia but any kind of pneumonia sounds serious ?

KeyserSophie · 16/07/2015 02:43

Well done everyone. I've been benched since Monday. Woke up at 4am on Tuesday with terrible earache. Drove to 24hr outpatients and diagnosed with middle ear infection and what they call "walking pneumonia" (basicaly bacterial chest infection), so now on antibiotics. Feel ok in myself (possibly due to cocktail of drugs. No scrimping on the codeine based cough suppressants in Asia) but told to take it easy for a few days.

purpletoes I've always been a morning runner just because "what gets done first gets done" and I usually run out of steam by the evening. Also, when i was younger and still had a social life, evening runs always lost out in a head to head with "going to the pub". Grin. That said, I do now do a couple of evening sessions and they're quite nice, especialy if I have some company. I also reckon they're better for weight loss as if you're running you cant also be eating crisps and drinking wine on the sofa.

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