Today's run was a slow recovery run in the pouring rain. I've done my fair share of running in the rain but I've never been so 'drookit' in all my days. I'm not even that wet after coming out a shower or when I've been swimming. I loved it!!!
The details of the run can be found at Day 194/365 challenge
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Karl: Day 27-34/365
Short run down to the club session to do the time keeping for the 5k TT.
Day 27/365 - running to and from time keeping club 5k TT by kfzeiner at Garmin Connect - Details
Every Thursday the mountaineering club has its social at the Cumberland Bar in Edinburgh. So instead of taking the bus as I usually would I ran there this time. Have to say that most of my runs are practical runs and therefore less for the sake of running but I use running as a means of getting there. I got a lift back from the pub.
Day 28/365 - run to the pub :-) by kfzeiner at Garmin Connect - Details
A friend of mine, Michael Novicki, started running from London to Edinburgh on 29 April. Last Friday was day 13 of 15 days of running for him. I joined him for the 13th leg of his journey, a 26km run.
Day 27/365 - running to and from time keeping club 5k TT by kfzeiner at Garmin Connect - Details
Every Thursday the mountaineering club has its social at the Cumberland Bar in Edinburgh. So instead of taking the bus as I usually would I ran there this time. Have to say that most of my runs are practical runs and therefore less for the sake of running but I use running as a means of getting there. I got a lift back from the pub.
Day 28/365 - run to the pub :-) by kfzeiner at Garmin Connect - Details
A friend of mine, Michael Novicki, started running from London to Edinburgh on 29 April. Last Friday was day 13 of 15 days of running for him. I joined him for the 13th leg of his journey, a 26km run.
Plan for the today was to run to and from the coaching session at Balerno High School. I set off on a easy run at 6:15am but it turned into one of my most painful slogs in recent times. By the time I got to Balerno 1 hour and 10k later my knees hurt as if they had just done a 40 mile run over lots of hills. I am suprised that the 26 k the previous day took that much out of them. I got a lift down the road after coaching.
Support run #2 for Michael for part of his final leg into Edinburgh. Fiona (my OH) and I tried to join them at he Commie Pool but they (he had a number of runners with him from Peebles with more joining during the day), were going too fast. So we chased them round town to finally bump into them on the Royal Mile just below the castle. Just in time for this picture too.
Michael finished his final day (26 miles) in just over 5 hours!
My knees felt better today.
Another run to the Commie Pool for some coaching. This run had some pace for a change.
Shorter run to a planning meeting with one of the other coaches. Legs tired again or just not warmed up yet.
Quick run round the Pentland hills while others (incl. Fiona and some of my coached athletes) were swimming in Threipmuir reservoir. The water temperature was apparently a balmy 8.8 degrees. Brrr.
Run felt much better, I so prefer off road running.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Benjour 127 and 128 - Gastric flux
Benjour 127 - LA quickie by ben_buckle at Garmin Connect - Details
Bit of a weird one yesterday and today.. right ankle as stiff as a board and try as I might it would not loosen up before last nights run - had to leave it late since I'd not had the opportunity to go for a run until after Scouts... spent about 10 minutes on ankle rotations before running (yawn) but it did absolutely nothing... limping the whole way.. and to make things more lively there was def something gastric going on - stomach had been gurgling all afternoon and I was keen to get to the porcelain immediately afterwards so had to cut the run short in fear of soiling myself!
Woke up this morning (Ollie's 7th birthday - love you son!) feeling decidedly unwell... a stove-top coffeee did not help in hindsight... thought I was going to barf over his birthday presents! - spent the whole day in a bit of a mess with repeated trips to the john - felt washed out to say the least.. had to sack it at lunchtime and just go to bed for about 4 hours and ride the intestinal writhing..
quite an interesting one.. wife dropped son at a friends party on Sunday... friends little brother had some gastric thing going on - mother decides to hold party anyway... Anusha has been soldiering on these last few days with "digestive confusion" subsequently .. her boss get's sick yesterday.... as a consequence they have to bump the transplant of a kidney into a kid from a dad that both of which have flown in from "Las Malvinas" to have - because the operating team are unwell! talk about laws of unintended consequences... funny thing was Ollie only went to the latter half of the party since the rest of them were watching Tintin the movie for the first half and he doesn't like gunfire/scared... poor Anusha, her boss and now me get a good dose of the squits and some poor kid gets a delayed transplant as a consequence... anyway, by this evening I'd bounced back and even listened to a podcast from Sir Ken Robinson on my run.. what a geezer! Phew!
Johnnie Walker and Ken Robinson Ep. 7
Benjour Day 128 - Garmin
Bit of a weird one yesterday and today.. right ankle as stiff as a board and try as I might it would not loosen up before last nights run - had to leave it late since I'd not had the opportunity to go for a run until after Scouts... spent about 10 minutes on ankle rotations before running (yawn) but it did absolutely nothing... limping the whole way.. and to make things more lively there was def something gastric going on - stomach had been gurgling all afternoon and I was keen to get to the porcelain immediately afterwards so had to cut the run short in fear of soiling myself!
Woke up this morning (Ollie's 7th birthday - love you son!) feeling decidedly unwell... a stove-top coffeee did not help in hindsight... thought I was going to barf over his birthday presents! - spent the whole day in a bit of a mess with repeated trips to the john - felt washed out to say the least.. had to sack it at lunchtime and just go to bed for about 4 hours and ride the intestinal writhing..
quite an interesting one.. wife dropped son at a friends party on Sunday... friends little brother had some gastric thing going on - mother decides to hold party anyway... Anusha has been soldiering on these last few days with "digestive confusion" subsequently .. her boss get's sick yesterday.... as a consequence they have to bump the transplant of a kidney into a kid from a dad that both of which have flown in from "Las Malvinas" to have - because the operating team are unwell! talk about laws of unintended consequences... funny thing was Ollie only went to the latter half of the party since the rest of them were watching Tintin the movie for the first half and he doesn't like gunfire/scared... poor Anusha, her boss and now me get a good dose of the squits and some poor kid gets a delayed transplant as a consequence... anyway, by this evening I'd bounced back and even listened to a podcast from Sir Ken Robinson on my run.. what a geezer! Phew!
Johnnie Walker and Ken Robinson Ep. 7
Benjour Day 128 - Garmin
Charles: Day 193/365 - Is cutting the grass a good warm-up?
I managed to get the grass cut tonight for the first time since March 25th. Let's just say it was needing a wee trim. The cuttings filled half the large brown garden waste wheelie bin!
I used the grass cutting foray as a warm up before running to meet the wife so I could get a lift home. I'm sure the pre-run exercise was a good way of stretching the tired and stiff muscles.
The details of the run can be found at Day 193/365 challenge
I used the grass cutting foray as a warm up before running to meet the wife so I could get a lift home. I'm sure the pre-run exercise was a good way of stretching the tired and stiff muscles.
The details of the run can be found at Day 193/365 challenge
Jack: Day 26/365...Another early one.
After enjoying the leisurely morning that I had yesterday, getting up an hour before my alarm was due to wake me, I decided to embrace the early morning wake up call and set my alarm to the earlier time of 6am. Waking up wasn't too much bother and I was shortly out the door and striding towards the park. An easy 5k loop of the park was all I fancied this morning and I enjoyed it in the relatively nice weather. The knee is definitely clearing up now which is a relief and which also means that upcoming races could be a distinct possibility. Having completed the morning run I enjoyed the remainder of my morning before having to head in to the school. This evening I jogged down to CrossFit, after having taken a few days off, and I thoroughly enjoyed being back in the mix of things with some heavy back squats and some rowing being the order of the day. A swift jog home to find that Vicki had a massive portion of Spag Bol waiting for me was an added bonus to a good day!
Run 26/365 by jackarnold87 at Garmin Connect - Details
Run 26/365 by jackarnold87 at Garmin Connect - Details
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Marg: Day 186-188/ Challenge - short runs close to home
Nothing much to report on these runs. Sunday was my Mothers Day run and Brad came with me. Monday was a fantastic night for a run and tonight I had been out for a work dinner and the last thing I wanted to do was go running. To top it off I tripped over and ended up with deep grazes on my palm and knee and I had to hobble home. :(
Day 186/365 Challenge by margcurtis13@hotmail.com at Garmin Connect - Details
Day 187/365 Challenge by margcurtis13@hotmail.com at Garmin Connect - Details
Day188/365 Challenge by margcurtis13@hotmail.com at Garmin Connect - Details
Day 186/365 Challenge by margcurtis13@hotmail.com at Garmin Connect - Details
Day 187/365 Challenge by margcurtis13@hotmail.com at Garmin Connect - Details
Day188/365 Challenge by margcurtis13@hotmail.com at Garmin Connect - Details
Jack: Day 25/365...Early start?
This morning I had one of those rare experiences of waking up before my alarm and feeling wide awake and ready for the day. I looked at the clock and, at 5:45 I decided that rather than head back to sleep I would venture out for my morning 5k and then enjoy a leisurely hour before having to leave for work. Today was to be the day of my final assessed lesson and so the extra time in the morning would be handy for last minute checks to lesson plans and resources. I was out the door and pounding the streets just after 6am. Today I followed my 5k route around Kelvingrove Park which was enjoyable although I did not see the usual crowd of runners and dog-walkers due to my early start. My knee was no problem whatsoever until the final kilometre when I started to feel an ache again. I think the trainers must be helping to gradually ease the problem!
Run 25/365 by jackarnold87 at Garmin Connect - Details
Run 25/365 by jackarnold87 at Garmin Connect - Details
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