2015 Running Thread

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Well...nearly!

Thread for all running chat, no matter how fast or how far you run

A nice recovery run for me this morning, so 3.75 miles to add, making 882.43

a windy 4 miles this morning (at one point the headwind changed to a side wind and I swear I could feel it going in one ear and out the other!)

892.43

Couldn't run yesterday but I got out this morning out in the sunshine over the downs and through the woods.

So nice but very hilly so a slow 6 miles from me which makes a total of 855.88

I usually do long run on Saturdays so tomorrows 3 miles will be tough!

Sorry 898.43. Gah!

Urgh.... I well and truly messed up this morning.

I normally have a Bulletproof Coffee for breakfast then head straight out. But dp unexpectedly slept in this morning and I didn't get out until much later than usual.

My lack of food was so obvious and with the wind as well, I struggled to reach 5k.

AND now I feel sick and dizzy, really unwell.

901.53

904.3 Legs felt like lead!

Morning all,
I'd like to add my 2.6 miles worth of hill sprints

906.9

10.36 from me
917.26

8 miles from me this morning, my longest ever run. Feeling pretty good right now!

925.26

8 from me this morning, I tried a new route which had very pretty views. I did a couple of weeks without a long run over Xmas so this is me trying to get back up to my 9 and then 10 miles.

925.26

Well done edith it's a great feeling!

915.9

I had a lovely, if windswept, sunny run this morning. I was on 8.6 when I got home, so I ran around the block a couple of times to make it up to 9 miles

Was worth missing parkrun yesterday to have such a good run today - and I am also doing dry January (even though not a huge drinker anyway) and felt a real spring in my step today

Oops x post - had popped away to finish lunch. Revised total 934.26 even better!

Cor, brilliant Edith and OhOne!

I'm really pleased as I did 5.1 miles this morning, furthest I've run in ages and my hip was fine! I was pretty slow - average 10.51 mins per mile - but I'm just dead pleased to have run that far with no twinges.

So that's 939.36.

Apophenia - tell me about Bulletproof Coffee? I know someone who swears by them pre-workout but I'm not too sure what they are, exactly!

Here's something I read about Bulletproof Coffee via Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

I'm not hugely convinced of the reliability of the site. But what I've read of the Bulletproof Diet doesn't convince me either!

I low carb/high fat, so it fits in well. It's coffee, blended with either (or all!!) butter, coconut oil, or my favourite - cocoa butter(tastes like a mocha then!) you just blend it for ten seconds or so and it turns into a frothy coffee.

It's an acquired taste. When I first started low carbing I could not understand why you would even want to make coffee that way. But it's nice, and keeps me full until lunch.

The bulletproof diet is very different to having one bulletproof coffee a day.

Thanks! Do you have to use particularly good coffee or will instant do? I don't have time in the mornings to faff with proper coffee

Also do you put any supplements in yours?

Thanks postman

My calfs and ankles are very tired now though which makes me feel very determined to keep it up so I don't actually die or seize up when doing 24 hours endurance thing in May - aiming for 20-25 miles over the course of it!

Regular coffee. No supplements because I eat pretty well anyway - but I don't think there would be any reason why you couldn't do.

pirate thank you. Glad your hip held out - I remember you posting about it when you hurt it.

The coffee sounds kinda good!

I really like iced coffee - do you think it would work blended with ice as well? A bulletproof slush puppy?

I'll add a rainy, windy and horrifingly hungover 3.5, bringing total to 942.86