The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner

[FUN4FRASER]

Good stuff Guys...I'm doing more and more running myself these days ,Im not bad with the times but like a lot of people loathe the inclines

What are the make of your new trainers Kin ?

Cheers

[kinboshi]

They're made by Inov8. Not suited for everyone, but definitely suit me and the way I run. A decent review of them here:

http://gobarefooting.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/product-review-inov8-f-lite-195/

[FUN4FRASER]

On mobile at the moment so can't open the link but will have a look when I get chance

Thanks for the reply & "keep on running"  :-)

[kinboshi]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

[kinboshi]

Hope I can do this when I'm over 90!

[kinboshi]

End of the road for one of Britain's greatest ever athletes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/21919132

[kinboshi]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

[bobAlike]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

Excellent mate. One thing though do you mind if people know where you live?

[kinboshi]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

Excellent mate. One thing though do you mind if people know where you live?

Nope.  As long as you're not planning on coming round for tea.

[bobAlike]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

Excellent mate. One thing though do you mind if people know where you live?

Nope.  As long as you're not planning on coming round for tea.

lol. I know it's unlikely but sharing info like this can be detrimental and unsafe. Got my security head in now.

[kinboshi]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

Excellent mate. One thing though do you mind if people know where you live?

Nope.  As long as you're not planning on coming round for tea.

lol. I know it's unlikely but sharing info like this can be detrimental and unsafe. Got my security head in now.

Yes, it could be.  I don't start or finish my run directly outside my front door - so it doesn't show where I live exactly, but is fairly close.  Not that worried, if someone wanted to target me to nick my stuff or steal my identity then they're not setting their goals high enough.

[bobAlike]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

Excellent mate. One thing though do you mind if people know where you live?

Nope.  As long as you're not planning on coming round for tea.

lol. I know it's unlikely but sharing info like this can be detrimental and unsafe. Got my security head in now.

Yes, it could be.  I don't start or finish my run directly outside my front door - so it doesn't show where I live exactly, but is fairly close.  Not that worried, if someone wanted to target me to nick my stuff or steal my identity then they're not setting their goals high enough.

I did think this at first but thought I'd mention it nontheless.

[kinboshi]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

Excellent mate. One thing though do you mind if people know where you live?

Nope.  As long as you're not planning on coming round for tea.

lol. I know it's unlikely but sharing info like this can be detrimental and unsafe. Got my security head in now.

Yes, it could be.  I don't start or finish my run directly outside my front door - so it doesn't show where I live exactly, but is fairly close.  Not that worried, if someone wanted to target me to nick my stuff or steal my identity then they're not setting their goals high enough.

I did think this at first but thought I'd mention it nontheless.

So when you popping round for tea?

[kinboshi]

Boom!  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289181529

57:09, a new record for my 12K training run.  That's 7 minutes I've knocked off the time it took me at the start of the year, and I'm only running 3 times a week at the moment.  Now the hockey season has come to an end I am going to aim to be running at least 5 times a week in my training for the tr24 (as I won't be playing every Saturday and training on a Tuesday).

Not sure how much I can knock off that time, but I reckon in a few months time I might have shaved another minute off it.

Think I'm going to have a bath now and recover.  Looking at the stats for the run, I think there might have been a little problem with the heart-rate monitor at the start of the run.  230bpm doesn't sound right!

...and again!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289862758

More than a minute off my best that I ran on Tuesday.  Going to have to take myself for a drugs test

After a few slower times, I managed a 56:54 run on the 12K course today.  That's my second fastest time round the route, and whereas other runs have felt tough, today felt pretty good most of the way round. The big hills are still a pain in the arse, but they're not killing me like they used to.

Got the Wiggle 10K in less than a month.  That's run on the same route as the TR24, and it's nice doing it the once and not thinking that I've got to go round again and again.  Craig will be doing that as well, and as he hasn't run on the course before it's a good idea for TR24 virgins to have a look at what's in-store that weekend.  Saying that, it does depend a lot on what the weather does.  Hopefully, it'll stay pretty dry as the Wiggle 10K was a quagmire last year and not much fun at all!

Think my fastest lap of that course is about 46 minutes.  Would love to get round in under 45, but that might be pushing it.

[technolog]

Fellow long distance runners

My first ever (and quite possibly last) 10k race is 5 weeks today. Yesterday I ran 2x30 min stints, achieving 60 mins running and 10k of distance for the first time. While running, I felt my left thigh (front) a bit 'knotted', it had felt the same on my previous run but I'd appeared to have recovered when I started running yesterday. It had no ill effects during the run but since it's been a bit sore and quite painful when putting a lot of pressure on it, like getting up off the floor. I'm guessing it's a thigh strain.

I'm meant to be running, according to my training plan (C210k), 60 minutes non-stop on Monday. I think I'll be able to, my question is, should I?

I originally posted this on evilpie's diary by mistake