Over 60s training.

TS
I'll email  you re physios.

I think I may have to abdicate...............

Good morning

K2 - Go on then. What are you waiting for?

6.04M; 1:19:35.2; 13:11/M; 9°C

al

Not without a fight....

Copied from FB and in a rush to work but tickets going fast.

good morning

K2
thanks for names - I see the crown has not yet slipped

aws
good going 6 miles is bigging it up
Seeing your temperature report reminds me that I received a full weather station kit as a Xmas present  - only trouble is the weather has been too bad to go out and install it!!

Ceal
that sounds particularly nasty - you need to get the long black boots out again !!
I have to admit that the later stages of the NYD's session were conducted a a fairly sedentary pace!!

Being quite pleaed with yesterday's run I thought I would repeat the dose today as well

3.1 miles in 24:18 (7:49m/m) - HR info rubbish

1m 7:40 
2m 8:02 lacking in moral fibre on the uphill section
3m 7:51
.1m 0:44

Virtually identical to yesterday apart from mile 2 where I was 9 seconds slower as the gradual uphill sorted out my lack of stamina - and guts!!!!
It would have been very useful to have HR data to back up what I subconciously felt  but after chasing up Garmin yesterday they say they will respond within 3 working days

K2
sounds a nice place for a holiday  - where is it???

Much warmer today only -1c 

TS, 
A very quick first mile from you, I am not sure my legs can fire up that quickly. As I get older they seem to require longer to get going.

ceal,
I don't like the sound of your sore achilles. If it is just a skin burn then maybe one of those artificial skin coatings are the worth a try.  
I tried your exercises yesterday and they went well. A little trouble with balance on the first one but it got better the more I practiced. My legs noticed them on today's run though.

I ran outside today but the footing was very poor, lots of packed ice and that was on the road, the pavement was worse. We managed a slow 6.5k and then called it quits.
I have a long run scheduled for tomorrow but I think it may have to be on the treadmill yet again. 

Quiet on 'ere.

Trouble with Garmin 305 again, this time it tripped out twice during the short run. Wonder if it's getting worn out like me

Approximately 3.2 miles, mile times all to cock.

TS and Mick,  
13stone ?   I am a right lightweight then being 9st.3lbs !!

Ceal,
Mum was a little better when I called to see her yesterday but the cough is still there, it just has to take time.  Thanks for asking .

'lo all
Lots of interesting comments to catch upon.
Nothing much to report except the usual loads of gardening. Just ordered a protea for a new patch of garden.

ceal
Sorry to hear about the injury. It must be fairly dire if you actually walked home.

Mick
That temperature is beyond contemplation. Now I'm old I find anything under about +6C  is ferkin freezin'.

aws
That's a 20% uplift in mileage. Must be worth a tuna sandwich award if only because the tuna sandwich is starting to squeak quietly. Won't be long before it pushes the fridge door open by itself.

K2
There's a Fuerzabrute review in today's Times.

JJ

Ceal
When I worked in the City there was a record for running from the office to St.Pauls, up to the dome, round the whispering gallery and back to the office. Needless to say, it was free in those days.
JJ

JJ,
+6c is considered shorts weather here, but only in the spring and winter, but then it is never that warm in the winter. In the autumn +6c feels cold.
The damp in the UK makes it feel much worse than it feels here as it is much drier here.

Impey,
9st, I cannot remember ever weighing as little as that. You must be on the shorter side of 6 feet.

Mick 

TS
The Roundhouse, Camden.

Ceal - you (and Jessica Ennis!) have a muscle that most people don't have?

(Just looked up plantaris in my anatomy book. Seems to be a thin muscle disappearing behind the gastrocnemeus. Doesn't say anything about most people not having one, but then it wouldn't, - it's strictly anatomy, no additional info).

My local Aldi has a special purchase of kettlebells going on at present. An internet search suggested that women should start with an 8 kg one, but Aldi's heaviest is 7.5 and when I picked that up it seemed alarmingly heavy to me, so I bought a 5 kg one instead. I was inspired by your frequent mentions of using one. 

Impey - you weigh less than I do!

Went for a 7-mile run early this afternoon. Now comfortably tired.

It is a nice day here with the temp around -7c but brillantly sunny. 
The running surface is still difficult so indoors for me until the salting has chance to work.

Columba,
Kettle workouts are very popular at my gym especially with the ladies, not sure why. I have used them for some simple arm exercises but that is it. I would suggest you start very cautiously with kettles if you are extend your arms at all. The longer your arms the greater the leverage. I discovered this when I went to a toneup class with the ladies. My arms being much longer I made the mistake of thinking I could hold a much larger weight, than the ladies, at arms length.

8.5 miles on the treadmill. My heels are behaving very well and I am really looking forward to when I can start my speed work outside.

Mick

Mick - thanks for the advice. My arms are quite long, as i discovered years ago when I used to do a lot of dressmaking and regularly had to add a couple of inches to long sleeve patterns.

The same website that advised 8kg for ladies also suggsted 16 kg for men!

I shall follow a "beginners' exercise" schedule, - again, found on the internet and looks bearable.

Tracey - well done for even attempting a horribly muddy x-C. 

Damp dreary day here but managed my first run of the year which was 3 miles off road wearing waterproof hiking shoes with solid mud soles. They were very heavy but not too bad to run through swamps.

Also did some digging for upper body work.

ceal
Must be good to be comparable with Jess Ennis.

Tracey
Put the run down to some unusual training
JJ.

Mick6,

My height is 5ft.6in.

JJ,
Marathon?   No thanks not for me now!

Columba,
I do live in the sarf east........south east part of Sheffield

Garmin was better  behaved today.  Ran 4 miles without spoilt data.
Loads of kids with bikes and scooters, dogs and walkers, and some runners,  occasionally had to dodge a few to avoid collisions!

Mile times,  11.45,  10.54,  10.17, 10.18