Over 60's training
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Dec 2024
11:05am, 26 Dec 2024
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alehouse
For the first time since I was 14 I didn't cook on Christmas Day: went to daughter's, which meant this morning I ran about 25 minutes to collect the car. Cooking a Christmas/Boxing Day Dinner today instead for my two sons. Run felt easier today once I got going, perhaps due to running on the roads, which I rarely do. Wordle in four yesterday and six today. |
Dec 2024
2:29pm, 26 Dec 2024
197 posts
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Torque Steer
@alehouse nearly a snap here - but I still had to cook the turkey & trimmings whilst he family brought prepared starters, vegetables & pudding - plus lots of drink! haven't quite got your record of dinner preparation, mine only goes back to first year of married life  Alas no run today after all - I have a touch of achilles tendonosis - not sure where it came from but a few days off running may assist recovery Missed wordle yesterday - too busy and a close run six today! Off now for part deux of festivities at my son's house - there may be some football watching involved
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Dec 2024
3:19pm, 26 Dec 2024
5,287 posts
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Welshpoppy
For the first time in 60 year no christmas Dinner,OH been on Antibiotics and tummy been iffy so we had boxing day food on Christmas Day and dinner today and worked well.All cooked by me. We shall be on l;eft overs for the next few days. 6 miles yesterday and 45 minutes today. Wordle in Three and Four today. |
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Dec 2024
7:52pm, 26 Dec 2024
576 posts
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alehouse
Have been meaning to say, hope the warm weather training is going well in Florida, @Solo ! @Welshpoppy , what is treasure hunt that you are blogging about?! |
Dec 2024
8:40pm, 26 Dec 2024
637 posts
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OO61
I haven't cooked any Christmas food, but with a houseful I've done a ton of dishwashing. Easy 8 miles today. It will be my 500th parkrun on Saturday |
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Dec 2024
10:15am, 27 Dec 2024
5,292 posts
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Welshpoppy
fetcheveryone.com/forum/fetch-treasure-hunt-61138/ For @alehouse 0061 Good Luck tomorrow for 500th some commitment. Easy cold run this morning 6.5 miles slow again but at least i got the miles in. |
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Dec 2024
2:17pm, 27 Dec 2024
198 posts
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Torque Steer
@OO61 that is a tremendous number of parkruns - 10 years worth:-) Hope it goes well tomorrow @Welshpoppy impressed you got a run in on Xmas Day! Neat menu reversal I joined @OO61 in the dishwashing processes - 58 glasses I counted as I washed them by hand, the rest of the crockery etc went in the dishwasher in several loads. Nice relaxed day yesterday complete with some footie watching Very foggy last night but it had burned off this morning with early sunshine as I very carefully eased out for a gentle 2.5 miles in 30 min HR 117/135 - just a very slight niggle in the lowest point of the achilles and it has now disappeared, hopefully for good!! Wordle in four |
Dec 2024
11:27pm, 27 Dec 2024
258 posts
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NZD
Like @OO61 and @Torque Steer I did little in the prep department (other than blowing leaves and tidying up outside) but a solid load of dishwashing Christmas & Boxing day (& most other days). But fortunately not in the 58-glass category. @OO61 all the best for parkrun 500 tomorrow. Hope the weather is kind to you. @Welshpoppy you do an amazing job caring for OH & carrying almost the full load of household & other tasks. Good to see a number of decent runs of late too. A few decent ~half hour runs from you too, @alehouse Good to hear the achilles is resolving quickly @Torque Steer. Hope the knee is still 'settled'. A not so great parkrun for me this morning (25:58). Upper leg muscles still decidedly unhappy & leaden 🙁. Quite windy but otherwise pleasant conditions. Unlike last week on the track though, I (just) avoided a 26 in front of the minutes part! One of the very few times when I intentionally ran the first km at slower than 5:00 pace. Resulting HR (141/155) quite a lot lower than my normal parkrun average. One thing I forgot to mention about last Sat. I did get a 'spot prize' of a $50 running top + a few nibbles so nominally covered my entry fee. Except I already have a surplus of running tops, with two more coming up from HM's in the next few months. |
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Dec 2024
6:46am, 28 Dec 2024
5,296 posts
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Welshpoppy
@NZD Maybe this week carrying a little Christmas food and drink? I am sure all will come good again.but I know the heavy legs feeling. One can never have too many running top's. Well done on your prize😀 You have a choice when going for a run. Torque I think you win in the most glasses washed category. Here is a spot prize of a pair of marigold 🧤 Just sipping coffee till I go out Dewi wakes me at 4am but did not get up till 6am😉 Wordle in four. |
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Dec 2024
11:05am, 28 Dec 2024
259 posts
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NZD
Trust you got out @Welshpoppy. Definitely would not like the idea of being woken at 4am 🙁. Couple of interesting stats from parkrun this morning: + 29 J10's (25M, 4W), four of whom finished ahead of me! Plus a further 21 J11-14's. Must be school holidays! There was a sea of them up near the front of the start. Two of the J10's have already done over 100 parkruns. + First overall out of 353 M+W was a young women (well, SW31). Also first overall last time she ran. |
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