The park is flooded at the minute (and has been very muddy for a while) so most of my long runs are just jogging to a nearby town and back alongside the road. :p
This is easier said than done; I can just about do a 5K in zone 2 (120-140 according to my garmin) if I drop my pace to nearly 8:00/km but even then I live on a hill and my heart rate is all over the place because of it.
Parkrun was cancelled today, so I did a long run which I ended up extending to my first half marathon since February - 2:13:16, with a couple of minutes stoppage on top of that for traffic. I had signed up to Cambridge with a provisional time of 2:20:00 so I'm very happy!
I don't think Killers is a particularly strong album, but I will happily sit through any song from it whereas the only songs from The X Factor I wouldn't skip are Sign of the Cross, Judgement of Heaven and The Edge of Darkness.
No plan as of yet! I've got 8 or 9 weeks to work with and have been consistently doing 30km a week for a while with a peak distance of 15km in a single run.
I put a time of 2:20 as a placeholder during signup, and my main goal is to finish as this is the race I injured myself in earlier this year.
I do some easy longer runs too (especially as I am transitioning into half marathon training for the next two months) - I basically just don't do intervals or speedwork.
This many different sets of shoes scares me! I only have one pair at a time (Mizuno WaveInspire 19 currently) and tend to just use them for every single run until they are worn out.
I thought AMOLAD was ranked far too high on the Survivor, let alone here. It's fine, with plenty of good moments but nothing truly exceptional which justifies the price of admission.
Some updates:
- Running mileage has stayed around 30-35 km/week for a while now. Very busy workwise, so I just haven't had the time to increase it.
- Parkrun times have improved a little; with a recent course PB of 25:47 yesterday (Down from ~26:20 last time I posted it here). My all time...
I personally agree with this, and ranked BNW higher than VXI in this game (11th > 14th). It is just when that gap gets larger (as it does in many peoples estimations) that it feels a bit incongruous to me.
I'm not being deliberately contrarian...
Anyway, BNW has some amazing songs. Blood Brothers is one of my favourites from the band full stop, The Wicker Man is also excellent (though I personally prefer The Fallen Angel), and I've got a lot of time for Ghost of the Navigator. Most of the rest of...
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