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10 Mar
1:05pm, 10 Mar 2024
2,172 posts
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rhb
As a pick me up, reminding myself that if I'd been told in 2003 I'd still be hovering around these times aged 47 I'd have been pretty chuffed at the prospect.
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10 Mar
1:35pm, 10 Mar 2024
7,001 posts
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Little Miss Happy
rhb - that's closer than I ever come to MP in training.
Chris - unfortunately I've rather crashed and burnt today. I think cumulative fatigue, over work and life stress have caught up with me and a gym session is as much as I'm going to manage. Hoping for a better night's sleep tonight and a Phoenix like resurrection tomorrow but it could just be a very cut back week.
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12 Mar
11:41am, 12 Mar 2024
2,329 posts
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Brunski
Hoping my knee issues are fading. Did my first session in a fortnight last night and managed to get through that without pain.
Session was on a 550m loop, and did 3 sets of 2 loop/1 loop with the 2 loop at threshold and the 1 a tad quicker.
Need a few more 20 milers but cautiously optimistic that I might beat my 2:55 in the sidebar... Still over 6 weeks to go (inc a break in malta) so plenty could change.
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12 Mar
5:39pm, 12 Mar 2024
7,008 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Glad to hear your knee issues are resolving. I guess you'll get some hill training in on holiday then - just what you need for Boston. 
Lurgified here and haven't run since Saturday. Tomorrow isn't looking likely either given how I still feel. Someone tell me that even a week off with less than six weeks to go won't matter......
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12 Mar
6:35pm, 12 Mar 2024
2,330 posts
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Brunski
I ran 2.5 miles in 4 days the week before last and don’t appear to have lost fitness. Hopefully the lurgy is over soon LMH
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12 Mar
6:36pm, 12 Mar 2024
7,009 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Thanks Brunski.
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13 Mar
6:19am, 13 Mar 2024
1,713 posts
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Chris
That’s good news brunski, just get those miles in! Surely the holiday can be used as a warm weather camp for running 😃 I’m starting to get nervous that aprils going to suddenly get warmer.
Got a county 20 mile race at the weekend, I’m thinking of doing it as 4 easy and 16@mp but the temptation to run a PB is getting stronger
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13 Mar
7:18am, 13 Mar 2024
7,010 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I guess yoou need to decide whether a 20 mile PB is worth risking the marathon for Chris.
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13 Mar
8:12am, 13 Mar 2024
2,331 posts
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Brunski
I think you'd value a shot at a marathon PB over a 20 mile PB Chris, although going by your target I guess you're looking at running sub 2 for the 20.
Tough one, you'll still be 5 weeks out from London, so will recover from it but it might well affect your training volume (or quality) for a week or so and that may impact.
But the race effort might bring you up a level once you've absorbed that.
Really hard choice.
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13 Mar
4:29pm, 13 Mar 2024
1,714 posts
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Chris
Yeah probably not worth risking the marathon. Also I’m planning on using the old vaporflys I got off vinted, don’t want to be putting too many miles on my hood pair!
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