Thursday Session (10th Oct 2002) - Training

10/10/2002 at 03:57

Couldn't sleep... come on move along now... nothing to see here... get on with it

:o)

Psi

10/10/2002 at 04:56

What: 5K, give or take a few metres
Why: Finished work; went to the bar; had a laugh; then got my PT kit on and ran home -which, conveniently, is almost exactly 5K. It was technically "today" because I started my run at 00:03am.

Last rest day: Yesterday
Last hard day: Today - really went for it, and finished in 21:20 .. with a backpack full of stuff on! Considering the weight I was carrying, I was happy with that time.

Velociraptor

10/10/2002 at 06:45

Bloomin'eck! And I thought I was early. Cath, blessings for today - I'm not surprised you've got a touch of insomnia. Psi, fantastic time. Adds weight to the theory prevalent on the forum that the beat sessions are often fuelled by a few pints and a vindaloo.

What: Middle-sized run this afternoon, time permitting. About 7 miles.
Why: Must have been the day for unorthodox 5Ks yesterday. I ran my 5K circuit from home wearing trainers that were relegated to walking shoes a few weeks ago, slightly close-fitting jeans (with big leather belt) and woolly jumper, and completed it in 25:04, which is 3.5 minutes of my previous PB for that route. Then had a banana and honey sandwich (thanks for the tip, Laura) and did Bodypump followed by a 600m swim. So won't do long run today.
Last hard day: Yesterday.
Last rest day: Monday.

Plodding Hippo

10/10/2002 at 07:29

About 3 miles, gently
Best wishes again Cath xx

10/10/2002 at 07:31

Morning,

dusted off our exercise bike and got it out of the garage. Will see about a bit of cross training tonight

MartinH

10/10/2002 at 08:01

Missed training thread (and all other threads yesterday) as spent the day in Munich. Decided to go for a short run in the morning - more of a hobble as left leg still rather stiff.

Today: Probably an easy 30 minutes
Why: still feeling a little stiff after Sunday.

Oh and printed off details for Frankfurt marathon! Probably won't decide whether to do it until end of next week.

Gillian

10/10/2002 at 08:26

Morning -
what: hard hour in gym already this morning and then another half hour at lunch time
Why : my birthday today so must work off all the birthday cake I'm going to be eating later!!
Last hard day: yesterday
Last rest day;uesday

have a nice day. :)

Shuffle

10/10/2002 at 08:28

Martin, having read "unorthodox training/not recommended", you have suddenly become much less of a nutter comparatively! Take a peek...hope the legs recover.

What: 40 mins row negative split between 1st and 2nd 20
Why: hard run yesterday, low impact on joints desired
Last hard day: yesterday
Last rest day: Tuesday

WildWill..... pirate

pirate

10/10/2002 at 08:34

Morning all

What : 6 mile rolling hills
Why: club night strength session

Last Hard Day : Sunday
Last Rest Day : Saturday

Will

MartinH

10/10/2002 at 09:00

Shufflebuster - I did read it, make my thoughts seems like a bit a weekend jog!

Xerxes

10/10/2002 at 09:08

What: 6 miles of not-so-rolling hills.
Why? Run home tonight as lunchtime busy with kids.
Last Hard day: Sunday.
Last rest day: Tuesday.

Coco-Cat

10/10/2002 at 09:09

Happy Birthday Gillian! Surely that should be a decent enough excuse for not exercising today?!

What: not sure at the moment but it's a toss-up between speed-work or an easy 30 mins depending on how I feel at lunchtime.
Why: would like to do speedwork but had a really busy day yesterday and am tired.
Last rest day: yesterday
Last hard day: tuesday

Gillian

10/10/2002 at 09:17

Thanks RR - 'fraid now that I've started a new year I've decided to up my efforts towards exercising so today was a fresh start - also there's a big choccy cake and chinese carry out waiting for me after work !!!

Gareth L

10/10/2002 at 09:26

Happy Birthday Gillian, i agree with RR, take the day off.!

what - rest day, why - couldn't get out of bed - why - did an am and pm session yesterday, and also have Badminton match tonight.

if you've got any spare cake going...

Velociraptor

10/10/2002 at 09:34

Happy birthday, Gillian. Are we allowed to know the number?

You CAN'T up your efforts towards exercising any more than you're already doing, since you seem to train twice a day quite often already. Don't burn yourself out, please. And you can cope with some cake and choccy without needing to burn it off in advance.

Gillian

10/10/2002 at 09:43

I'm 26 now (even went to the gym last night so I could put my age in the machine as 25 for the last time !! - how sad)
Anyway I still feel 18 so that's the main thing. My dad just phoned me to remind me that it's downhill to 30 now, but what confuses me is that it should be worse for him than me as if his eldest child is getting old then what does that say about him.....
Oh I got a rally day as a pressie - not for another 3 weeks but I can't wait - yippee !!!

Mij

10/10/2002 at 09:49

Happy Birthday Gillian.

Cath i hope you got some more sleep later.

what - club night - and as I've only been going a month who knows what that will be!
why - its Thursday
last rest - Tues
last hard day - Mon

Scar Runner

10/10/2002 at 09:49

Happy birthday Gillian, what's this about it being downhill to 30? That makes the rest of us more or less ready for a free bus pass.

Vrap, you'd never know from your training you'd just done a 1/2m, what's going on?

What: gorgeous day, hope to sneak out for an hr of something at lunchtime, so long as I log off the forum NOW and get on with something useful.
Why: not doing any speed work 'til the weekend, my hamstrings were still sore yesterday and cold just about going.
Last rest: Tues
Last hard: Sun

Velociraptor

10/10/2002 at 09:50

Don't let your dad scare you. You're still a nipper. He's just trying to project his feeling-old-coz-my-daughter's-26 problem on to you. Don't let him do it! Could be worse - my mother has been describing me as "nearly 40" since my early thirties because she loves to hear people tell her that they can't believe she has a daughter of 40.

Life begins at 26! That's the age I was when my oldest child was conceived. I didn't start running till I was 37.

Velociraptor

10/10/2002 at 09:54

Half-marathon? Pah! Nice long training run in the sunshine with plenty of people to talk to. Seriously, I have not had a twinge anywhere for weeks, including post-race. I have an awful feeling that my legs are storing up some big trouble to spring on me when I least want it because this is too good to be true.