Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Gently does it
This morning saw my first run involving anything more taxing than canal tow path since the physio fixed me. Flipper and I met up with a friend and we had a bit of a bimble around Rivi, the hound charged about like a thing possessed while the human contingent took it nice and slow. Took us a bit over and hour to do not quite 6 miles, gives some idea just how steady we took it. I probably could have pushed myself a bit harder but was worried a little bit about my back coping with hills and uneven terrain, but no twinges at all. I'm feeling really good about getting back into some proper running now, need to be 18 miles comfortable by mid-January for the 2 crosses, my route description email arrived yesterday with a good luck message from the organiser, so I'm in! Not quite as epic as some plans, but it'll be a big challenge for me. Looking forward to it.
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Sounds nice, I was pounding the pavement last night, next run scheduled for thursday. Getting into running twice a week now, still not ready for hills though!
that's brilliant news. probably right not to push too hard just yet. we'll definitely get a long one in before 2 crosses :)
That's great, and 6ish miles in an an hour and a bit is perfectly respectable, especially when recovering from an injury. You don't always have to run hard- nice relaxed runs are important too.
Well done, bet your relieved to be back at it. I got the 2 XX message as well, I thought it was spam!
Are you doing the David Staff on Sunday? I'm thinking of doing it.
trio - todays run was so gentle, you'd have definitely managed it.
kate - yep, be good to get a long run before 2 crosses.
jane - very true a relaxed run is just the ticket sometimes.
julbags - I'd like to do the Dave Staff, I ran it last year, it's a good race. But, I'm meant to be racing XC on Saturday, not too sure about doing both!
I was slower than that running that distance on the road back from Bury. I was also trying not bimbling!
I've decided not to do XC on Saturday, particularly as its an 8K course. My legs wouldn't cope with both.
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