Over 60's training

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Welshpoppy 20 Sep 12:24pm, 20 Sep 2024 4,538 posts	0 Welshpoppy @Solo Up to yesterday I planned on doing Cardiff if I could run ten miles this weekend -but sadly my Achilles was bad this morning so I could not run.So looks like best not too if Achilles was better and not so unpredictable. Sorry to hear about the death it really pulls us up and reminds us to make the most of life. @Torque Steer What a shame on knee!What lovely photo's as well. Sadly a part and parcel of life after Holiday! No run today but two short walks and it told me rest foot! Hopefully it will love me again tomorrow.
solo 20 Sep 12:45pm, 20 Sep 2024 1,137 posts	0 solo @Welshpoppy oh that is so frustrating!! No, best not to risk it 🙁 @Torque Steer beautiful blue skies and great photos. Carpe Diem absolutely!
solo 20 Sep 12:57pm, 20 Sep 2024 1,138 posts	0 solo I forgot to say I had a nice surprise this morning. The postie arrived as I was returning from my run not only with my Fetch tea towel which is very nice but an unexpected trophy. A beautifully engraved glass memento from a 5k event I did in July! It is unusual as it has my name and time on for first FV60. It is a good day actually as I have just received £75.00 for my Run Norwich too! Nice when good things come in threes 🤣
Welshpoppy 20 Sep 2:09pm, 20 Sep 2024 4,540 posts	0 Welshpoppy @Solo What a lovely morning with packages and great news on your cash win as well
alehouse 20 Sep 5:10pm, 20 Sep 2024 329 posts	0 alehouse Enjoyed the old ruin, @Torque Steer ! Not a lot to report. Worked hard on Wednesday evening on strength and stretching, then yesterday was a combination of sitting around watching cricket and lifting paving in advance of builders starting an extension. Almost the whole drive will have to come up in order to re-route drainage. And just walked in from work and a day on my feet. Tomorrow I will be driving a couple of hundred miles to see an old friend who is on a dementia ward in hospital, although they now think that as his memory seems to be returning whatever he is suffering from may not be dementia at all! He used to be a strong fell runner but has now forgotten how to walk without a frame. Very sad; at one time he was the life and soul of the party; the medics do hold out some hope for an improvement. Matters are not helped by his wife having to have kidney dialysis on alternate days with the day in between being a day of largely rest. This story should remind me to count my blessings!
alehouse 20 Sep 5:29pm, 20 Sep 2024 330 posts	0 alehouse Not looking forward to the long drive: haven't driven more than ten miles since February so hope the leg reacts positively! And the visit itself is also positive!
OO61 21 Sep 12:01pm, 21 Sep 2024 303 posts	0 OO61 Take care Alehouse 💓 TS hope the knee improves. No way would I venture into the North sea.....
Rosehip 21 Sep 12:30pm, 21 Sep 2024 33,235 posts	0 Rosehip safe journey @alehouse - sad story today's escape from run-walk-run session was 3x20 minutes. HR is still in zone 3 for what should be zone1-pace trotting along, but I'm still ignoring it.
Canute 21 Sep 2:11pm, 21 Sep 2024 2,976 posts	0 Canute @Torque Steer the old ruin set against an azure sky is evocative @Solo well done with those prizes alehouse I hope the drive was OK. The story of your friend is sad. @Rosehip 3x20 minutes sounds good. I again enjoyed an azure sky during today’s jog/walk. Garmin’s estimate of my VO2max confirms that fitness has stabilized, though Garmin could not yet detect improvement. However, beats/Km over fairly similar terrain has improved from 1068 three weeks ago to 955 today, hopefully heralding the darling buds of recovery.
Rosehip 21 Sep 3:00pm, 21 Sep 2024 33,236 posts	0 Rosehip I do hope so, @Canute