Running

Another slightly faster treadmill tester

September 4, 2013 3.5 miles 32:51 9:23/mi

Bit faster today, ended after 3.5 as i was starting to feel a vague soreness. Feels fine again now and no pain so fingers crossed.

Tester on the treadmill

September 2, 2013 3.1 miles 32:01 10:16/mi

After a week of rest (except some cycling and rowing at the gym) I decided to give the ankle a go on the treadmill. I took it a mile at a time, briefly pausing to see how it felt walking. Got to three miles without any pain, I felt like I could carry on but stopped to be on the safe side. Not out of the woods yet, but cautiously optimistic. See how it feels tomorrow, but hopefully can extend up to 4 or 5 miles on Wednesday. Bristol HM might still be on!?

Highgate Wood loop to test the ankle

August 26, 2013 3.5 miles 28:45 8:15/mi

Local loop to test the ankle out today, after 4 days of rest. Felt ok but not perfect, still a bit of a nagging ache. Stopped after 3.5 miles to be on the safe side, hopefully the exercise will have helped the healing and some more rest tomorrow will clear things for a full 10K run on Wednesday. Very frustrating!

Work to home at steady pace

August 22, 2013 5.9 miles 49:34 8:24/mi

After Monday’s run where my ankle niggle was still noticeable I spent the last two days fighting against my desire to get out and run. Yesterday it felt fine but I decided to give it another day to be safe. Today the run felt fine up until the last mile or so where some soreness was noticeable but no real pain. After icing it for 20 minutes after the run it now feels totally fine with no twinges at all (unlike Monday when I could still feel it after ice) so I’m hopefully with a day of rest tomorrow it might be ok for my longer run Saturday. Will have to play that one by ear and see how I get on…

Gentle run work to home

August 19, 2013 6.0 miles 53:52 9:01/mi

Had a bit of a niggle on the inside of my left leg just above the ankle after my LSR at the weekend, so was a bit unsure about running today. It felt fine walking though, and I did some heel dips without any trouble so decided to go for it. Felt a little sore still but didn’t get any worse through the run. Fingers crossed it’s nothing major.

Long run with two loops of Regent’s Park

August 17, 2013 16.0 miles 2:27:43 9:13/mi

Work to home pace run

August 16, 2013 6.1 miles 48:14 7:56/mi

With four weeks to go until the Bristol HM I have switched my tempo runs from faster than HM efforts to HM pace efforts. My route from work to home to difficult to judge pace wise because of the hills at the end, so did first four relatively flat (but slightly uphill) miles at HM pace, then the remainder at roughly the same heart rate as the first four miles. Pleased with effort given the heat today.