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5 Feb
7:03am, 5 Feb 2025
6,089 posts
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Shades
Ian - good recovery.
Big G - that's promising about your shoulder.
Rob - well done for sticking to your diet post race, probably the trickiest time when it comes to making good food choices. Not so good about yesterday but you are on a diet that 'forbids' some foods, sugar? Anything forbidden can be much harder to resist. But that was just a brief blip and you're back on the straight and narrow now.
3.5 miles today. Planned to do my hilly town route but wasn't too surprised to find ice on the pavements so had to ditch that plan. I did a couple of laps of the main shopping centre as the surface was dry and frost free there, but it's a very short street so soon got bored of that. Decided to head to the little park near where I live, the perimeter road is predominantly sheltered by trees so was hoping it would be ice free. Cars were heavily iced but road was OK until I was on the last section and that had a lot of ice and I had to call a halt there. I was expecting the ice/frost to curtail my running this week, but if the road surface dries up it might be OK.
Gym circuits later, new class for me.
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5 Feb
8:15am, 5 Feb 2025
5,549 posts
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Welshpoppy
Rob Well done on food post race always hard and a little blip but back on it so no harm done.Maybe post race have what body wants then back on the healthy lifestyle.
Shades Sounds like you made the best of things on run .Hope new class is a good one
We have Vets this morning so if I wanted to run it means out early by torchlight-1 and for a change no ice here.But the further I climbed it got icy and colder.But managed the hour I planned.
RHR dropped again+4 which is normal range 
PT yesterday said I was more flexible with my hips after my squats every day so I need to continue it;)
Hot coffee to warm up!
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5 Feb
9:15am, 5 Feb 2025
6,092 posts
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Shades
WP - all good, you're making progress.
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5 Feb
9:27am, 5 Feb 2025
561 posts
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Ian5
We seem to be getting away with no ice at the minute ,temps are going to freezing overnight but not long enough to ice over. Then about 8 in the day.
Quads still a tiny bit sore,was going to do hills but I'm not sure its the best idea with sore legs,or is it so they get used to running when sore?
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5 Feb
9:32am, 5 Feb 2025
6,093 posts
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Shades
Ian - if only a little discomfort then do the hills. Maximum training effect is when not quite recovered from previous training. Hence why doubles are so effective.
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5 Feb
10:10am, 5 Feb 2025
4,511 posts
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Big_G
Just 5 miles, nice and easy, this morning. Definitely going club tonight - I’ve put it off the last couple of weeks, but I’m going and staying for food. It’s 5x3-min at 10-mile effort, which for me is probably around 7:15/mile. So easier than what I did the similar session on my own last week, but still nice to turn the legs over. I am saying it in advance here so as not to get into races in the session! If I come back and report I did 6:30s, you can figuratively slap me on the wrist! Depending on conditions though, which so far look like they could be okay, I may put a bit of effort in at parkrun on Saturday.
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5 Feb
1:20pm, 5 Feb 2025
562 posts
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Ian5
Shades-Thanks,they just have aches rather than soreness so I did the same as last week,just under 12m and 800ft.A house on my loop has building works going on,I'm sure the builders thought I was a lunatic going past them 6 times.
Big G-Have a feeling you'll be having a virtual slapped wrist tomorrow 🤣
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5 Feb
1:45pm, 5 Feb 2025
6,094 posts
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Shades
Ian - great training run. How are the legs feeling now?
Lol at the builders. A few years ago a neighbour was having a new roof and I did my run in the morning as usual and the roofers were working when I got home. Late afternoon I went out for another run and they shouted down to me asking where was I going as I'd already been out for a run that day( oh the days when I could run doubles).
Big G - enjoy tonight's session. Proof that you're really coming back into form knowing that you'll have to be strict with yourself to avoid the temptation to race tonight.
Survived my first gym circuits class. Tough but doable. My calf muscles have taken a thrashing, think that was due to doing the weighted calf raises straight after the sled push. Killer squat session at the end so my quads didn't escape either.
Only 3 in the class but that was OK and we really got on well.
Have already booked for next week.
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5 Feb
1:59pm, 5 Feb 2025
563 posts
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Ian5
Shades-That gym session sounds tough.The legs are fine,little tight in the quads,but for most of the next 4 months somewhere will feel like that.
We have a HM next weekend,just had an email through,just incase I'm tempted they have 70 min pacers 🤔
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5 Feb
2:25pm, 5 Feb 2025
6,096 posts
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Shades
Ian - will be interesting to see how you get on at your half marathon, 70 mins might be pushing it though 😉
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