Over 60s training.

Mick, right! You're on! 

Great rugby this afternoon, particularly England/Scotland.  Impressive power and fitness too.  I would have enjoyed playing in that one.

Mick
DoMS stands for delayed onset of muscle soreness. It's when your legs feel stiffer on day 2 after a hard run than they felt on the day after. You have to try quite hard to get it.

We get foxes and a moggie from up the road.

TS
Best we leave your kit out of things?
JJ

Graham
Be suspicious if he comes up with 100+ miles.
JJ

JJ, I'd be asking for a blood test in that eventuality.

good day

JJ
yes excellent rugby -it helped the pork pies and Speckled Hen beer down amonogst the hordes assembled in my house very well indeed.
Even Rolland had a good game as ref - and that dosen't happen very often !!
I am liking the look of Twelvetrees - he plays a bit like Greenwood and that is no small praise.

Graham
you have to watch those Canadian miles  - the French influence over there is trying to reduce them to 1500m!!!

Pretty rank conditions this morning - strong, cold wind and a greasy drizzle that scudded along on the wind threatening to turn into something worse but not quite making it

8 miles done in 67:24 (8:27m/m) Unfortunately HRM went on the blink again after 4 miles ....................................

1m 9:25 128  145 all up hill
2m 7:34  135  139
3m 7:58  137  145
4m 8;15  136  147 
5m 8:23  155  207
6m 8:36  170 190
7m 8:09  170  212
8m 9:04  189  239  Hipps Hill

Pity about the HR records but the pace felt ok  so I suspect it was all about the same HR profile 
Just 18 more miles to do at that pace or faster.............................. 

TS, As a Toon fan I'm not complaining about a bit of French influence . Good run again today, especially in this wind.

TS - bpm up in the 200s! - I see what you mean about being on the blink!

Mick - yes, definitely feet not metres. Though why Garmin chose to measure in feet, rather than in fractions of a mile as it used to, I don't know.

NRD.

Are rugby players selected according to the arboreal nature of their names?

Graham
thanks - the pace from Friday's effort was in the legs but the rhythm was as well  which helps to keep one bowling along.
Vive la France after yesterday's splendid effort - and a bit of Argentinian leather as well  to boot - or to face !!

Columba
I think you will find that Garmin measures completed distances less than, I think 600 feet, in feet, above that it reverts to miles or decimals of a mile on a longer run when there is a bit more than a mile done eg 8.01 miles as I did this morning. 

K2
It was actually the player's mother's maiden name  but when she married the husband took it on as the family did not want it to die out. Later on the husband took up a different profession -  as a tree surgeon - he obviously grew into the name/job!!!!!

TS
There's not much hope for me, then, if I grow into my married name........

Too late. 

So Torque Steer - are you running a marathon soon?

I went in and ran with the 5.45km group at the Y yesterday. It was hot and for too hilly for my liking after doing the 5km race the day before.

The 6.00km group is too big, so their water stops take too long, and the 5.30km group is too fast.

There were only 5 of us in our group, so I hung in there and tried to enjoy it as much as possible. Near the end of the 14 mile run, we caught 3 runners who had dropped off from the 5.30km group, and we lost 2, including the packleader!

It was very hot, and I had 2 new runners in tow, so I thought we should try to maintain the pace to the finish. We had a good run, but I was very, very tired afterwards. Easy jog today!

Good morning

5.14M; 1:08:37.8; 13:20/M; 8°C

I thought I was running faster today.

My maiden's name was Williams, she was sweet (and still is, of course).

al

to ceal and aws.

I want to make a bath mat out of old T-shirts - cut long digonal continuous strips and use big needles. Another retirement project..........

good morning

NZC
how far were you running at 5:45 pace? Sounded a hard session after your race.
It is 257 days 23 hours and 45 mins to the York Marathon which I foolishly entered on a whim  thinking I should support a new local race!!
As the man said who took off all his clothes and jumped into a catcus patch when asked why he had done it - "it seemed like a good idea at the time"!!! 

aws
keep thinking positive thoughts 

Ceal
It is just fear of you catching up that drives me on!!
Oh yes- empathy, empathy. I can just hear her words now as I struggled  and tortured myself through endless physio - "well you have only yourself to blame, you are the one who goes out running" !!!

If yesterday was windy today was several notches further up the Beaufort Scale - at one stage I was tacking across the path over the large and very exposed open grass area that forms a part of my route.

5 miles done in 42:22 (8:28m/m) and avHR 134 (68%WHR) and a max of 154

1m 8:52  124  134
2m 7:54  131  140 
3m 8:20  136  142
4m 8:23  137  143
5m 8:51  142  154 Hipps Hill 

HRM behaved today and I was quite pleased to keep the pace and HR within reasonable limits on tired legs and windy conditions

Great long run Tracey!

Torque Steer - New York marathon - I'm jealous! Think that was the best marathon than I've run. I never thought that I would enjoy a big marathon like that, but I did - it was wonderful. So much to look at, great bands, feed stations every mile! The only really hard bits were the early start to catch the bus to the start and somehow making your way back to the hotel when you are really stuffed after the marathon! I went with my husband and son, so had company waiting for the start, and it was great to see them both with medals around their necks - it was a great family experience.

Just build up your long runs slowly and don't worry how long they take you.

Yes the 5.45km pack is supposed to average that pace for the distance planned. It was pretty much on my limit these days as if I just go out by myself, I'm usually running 6.15-6.30 pace.

I did aneasy 3 miles in Cornwall Park last night, then joined husband and son for a really nice Thai dinner - even had a couple of glasses of wine.

TS,

Your last two runs showed you are keeping up the excellent paces. Was rather surprised you are in for the York marathon.  I've no doubt you'll boss it

Tracey,

Well done you on such a long run with the battering wind to contend with.

Not a bad day yesterday, managed to do some work in the gardens which neede a lot tidying up etc.  Bird tables de-crapped and cleaned up!
Had a meeting with the park admin manager who says they will be funded by Roth.council for equipment needed for Rother Valley park run starting late March. All that is needed now is to ensure we get enough volunteers for marshalling etc.

Strong blustery wind across the lakes today, even created sea-like waves to flood lakeside footpaths. Otherwise nice enough to enjoy another run.
11.40  11.06  10.49  10.48 10.54             5 miles felt good and helped me to forget the recent health issues.  Just got to get on with it 

Impey - good luck with starting up the Rother Valley parkrun - this one in Auckland was started not long ago and it is growing week by week.

We are going to see "the boss" in Melbourne at the end of March!