Yesterday's long run went without hitch. I decided to run two separate 18 mile (29 km) routes with no rest between them - mainly to avoid carrying lots of refreshments. It could have been a bit boring but by choosing the routes wisely that was avoided.
So, overall I ran 36.4 miles (58.6 km) in five hours exactly. Very pleased with that as the weather has decided to give us something resembling summer ... at last. Very warm and sunny towards the end (23.8 C/74.8 F).
Only strength work today but tomorrow it's an 8 mile (13 km) tempo run and on Thursday it's the club's annual 1 mile track race over in Keighley. Looking forward to that.
And congratulations to Simon Anderson on joining the Bob Graham club at the weekend. His time of 22 hours 33 was fantastic and well deserved.
Also well done to all the runners at the Anglo Celtic Plate who successfully proved their fitness to the selectors for the World 24 hr Championships. Especially the English women who retained the team title.
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Friday, 20 July 2012
stuff ...
Yesterday evening Otley AC had one of their monthly handicap races. This one was 2.9 miles (4.7 km) around woodland to the south of Otley. With one large hill at about half way.
Having ran 28 miles (45 km) the day before and 6 miles (10km) eleven hours before the handicap I wasn't expecting anything fantastic in terms of time. In fact, I wouldn't have been surprised if I'd finished last. Especially with all that mud.
I started with three other runners [Lloyd Best, Simon Toyne and Richard Smith] and they immediately sped off into the distance, as expected. After about a mile (1.6 km) I realised that I was actually closing quite rapidly on one of them. Passed Lloyd going up the hill and then closed the gap significantly on Simon and Richard. Unfortunately they took a slight wrong turn just after 2 miles (3.2 km) and I passed them both at that point and stayed in front. Shortly afterwards I began overtaking many of the runners who had started before me although I was never overtaken by any faster runner who started behind me.
So, a very good run be me ... and an excellent time too. 19:18 is just one second slower than my best on that course which dates back to June 2007.
This event was followed by a much enjoyed barbecue at Otley Cricket Club where it was good to see and catch up with long standing member Phil Robinson who's still recovering slowly after a horrific cycling accident about 12 months ago.
Also in news ... best wishes to Simon Anderson on this weekend's attempt at a Bob Graham Round. And then there's the Anglo Celtic Plate 100k in south Wales on Sunday - all the best to those runners (especially the England team, of course).
And finally some sad news for music fans. Jon Lord - keyboard player with The Artwoods, Deep Purple and Whitesnake - died earlier this week after suffering a pulmonary embolism. His work with those bands was outstanding (especially with his Hammond organ) but he has also been quite prolific in recent years as a writer of classical music. BBC Radio 4 aired an obituary this afternoon during which someone mentioned that Jon Lord was the only person ever to have been #1 in the classical music chart and #1 in the pop music chart.
Having ran 28 miles (45 km) the day before and 6 miles (10km) eleven hours before the handicap I wasn't expecting anything fantastic in terms of time. In fact, I wouldn't have been surprised if I'd finished last. Especially with all that mud.
I started with three other runners [Lloyd Best, Simon Toyne and Richard Smith] and they immediately sped off into the distance, as expected. After about a mile (1.6 km) I realised that I was actually closing quite rapidly on one of them. Passed Lloyd going up the hill and then closed the gap significantly on Simon and Richard. Unfortunately they took a slight wrong turn just after 2 miles (3.2 km) and I passed them both at that point and stayed in front. Shortly afterwards I began overtaking many of the runners who had started before me although I was never overtaken by any faster runner who started behind me.
So, a very good run be me ... and an excellent time too. 19:18 is just one second slower than my best on that course which dates back to June 2007.
This event was followed by a much enjoyed barbecue at Otley Cricket Club where it was good to see and catch up with long standing member Phil Robinson who's still recovering slowly after a horrific cycling accident about 12 months ago.
Also in news ... best wishes to Simon Anderson on this weekend's attempt at a Bob Graham Round. And then there's the Anglo Celtic Plate 100k in south Wales on Sunday - all the best to those runners (especially the England team, of course).
And finally some sad news for music fans. Jon Lord - keyboard player with The Artwoods, Deep Purple and Whitesnake - died earlier this week after suffering a pulmonary embolism. His work with those bands was outstanding (especially with his Hammond organ) but he has also been quite prolific in recent years as a writer of classical music. BBC Radio 4 aired an obituary this afternoon during which someone mentioned that Jon Lord was the only person ever to have been #1 in the classical music chart and #1 in the pop music chart.
Friday, 25 March 2011
coming along nicely
This morning I ran some hill reps for the first time this year. Felt good, ran well, used a different hill. I usually use a short steep hill of about 250m but earlier this year I decided to use a much longer hill (about 700m) but less steep. That's because of the hilly nature of the 100 miler in June.
For those of you who know this area, Farnley Lane in Otley is still quite a serious hill and for my first time I ran up and down six times. Quite pleased with that because, including the 1.6 mile warm up and cool, down my average pace was 8:15 per mile. That's OK ... better than expected. Over the coming months I'll increase the number of reps up to twelve.
Congratulations to Simon Anderson on his new pb in the Rome marathon last weekend. I think he'll be slightly disappointed to just miss out on a sub 3hr time though. He bettered his old best by seven minutes though so that's excellent.
All the best to the runners in this weekend's 100k in Perth (Scotland). Hope the weather holds out, it's been excellent here this week and today I ran without gloves for the first time in 2011. Wish I could be in Perth.
For those of you who know this area, Farnley Lane in Otley is still quite a serious hill and for my first time I ran up and down six times. Quite pleased with that because, including the 1.6 mile warm up and cool, down my average pace was 8:15 per mile. That's OK ... better than expected. Over the coming months I'll increase the number of reps up to twelve.
Congratulations to Simon Anderson on his new pb in the Rome marathon last weekend. I think he'll be slightly disappointed to just miss out on a sub 3hr time though. He bettered his old best by seven minutes though so that's excellent.
All the best to the runners in this weekend's 100k in Perth (Scotland). Hope the weather holds out, it's been excellent here this week and today I ran without gloves for the first time in 2011. Wish I could be in Perth.
Friday, 18 June 2010
Harrogate League
Last night's fourth Harrogate League race was a bit strange. It was a 4.8 mile trail race hosted by Nidd Valley Road Runners at Harrogate Hockey Club.
It was perfectly normal until about 10 minutes before the start when all the runners were walked to the start area. OK so far ... until we realised that the narrow path we had spent five minutes walking along was actually part of the course. The first part. This was made all the worse by the realisation that I was now at the wrong end of the massed runners. I wasn't the only one who, for the first 400m or so, was faced with a wall of slower runners on a narrow path.
And then came the bollard at the end of this path followed by a few sharp twists and turns until we got onto the course proper which was basically a disused railway line which had been transformed into a very pleasant public footpath northwards to the River Nidd.
The final four and a quarter miles along these paths (quite narrow in places) saw me passing loads of other runners from all clubs. Not a single soul passed me though and towards the end I even passed Simon Anderson who was obviously having a hard time of it. He should be at least a minute quicker than me on this course.
Overall I was extremely pleased with my run which shows that I have now recovered from the Brive race (and the Bradford Millennium Way Relay last weekend).
It was good to see Julian Mawson there after his recent health scare and major operation. He was still recovering and I'm sure most people there were made aware, for a short while at least, of our own mortality. Julian isn't yet 40 years old so hopefully he'll make a speedy and strong recovery.
It was perfectly normal until about 10 minutes before the start when all the runners were walked to the start area. OK so far ... until we realised that the narrow path we had spent five minutes walking along was actually part of the course. The first part. This was made all the worse by the realisation that I was now at the wrong end of the massed runners. I wasn't the only one who, for the first 400m or so, was faced with a wall of slower runners on a narrow path.
And then came the bollard at the end of this path followed by a few sharp twists and turns until we got onto the course proper which was basically a disused railway line which had been transformed into a very pleasant public footpath northwards to the River Nidd.
The final four and a quarter miles along these paths (quite narrow in places) saw me passing loads of other runners from all clubs. Not a single soul passed me though and towards the end I even passed Simon Anderson who was obviously having a hard time of it. He should be at least a minute quicker than me on this course.
Overall I was extremely pleased with my run which shows that I have now recovered from the Brive race (and the Bradford Millennium Way Relay last weekend).
It was good to see Julian Mawson there after his recent health scare and major operation. He was still recovering and I'm sure most people there were made aware, for a short while at least, of our own mortality. Julian isn't yet 40 years old so hopefully he'll make a speedy and strong recovery.
Friday, 6 February 2009
Ice shoes
People recently have been asking what shoes I'm wearing as I don't seem to be slipping and sliding around on the ice around here. Well, the first pair I've been using is Nike Shox Saya. I've used them in my last two 24hr races and the cushioning is absolutely brilliant. The grip on the ice is good too. The only problem really is that the uppers are not waterproof.
My second pair of 'ice shoes' are Nike Air Max Bounty. This time the uppers are waterproof and again the sole has plenty of grip for me to be able to run steadily at about 7:30 to 8:00 per mile.Not sure about tomorrow's Rombald's Stride though. It promises to be particularly bad going over Ilkley Moor ... especially the descent into Ilkley itself. The shoes mentioned here will not suffice for a 20+ mile hilly trail race on frozen ground. See Simon Anderson's blog for more details.
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
friends & family results
I was going to write a post last night but forgot - so here it is ...
Keir ran well in the 1 mile fun run. He finished in approx 25th place with 7 mins 06. Not bad considering he does absolutely no training at all. Oh yes ... while I remember ... at his school sports day last July he came first in the high jump (again, no training at all) with 1.35m.
At the accompanying half marathon in Leeds on Sunday morning, Ian Fisher won easily proving that he is over his major injury concerns earlier in the year. His time was just over 69 mins.
Meanwhile Simon Anderson had a poor run and came home in just over 1h 30. He's running the Amsterdam marathon the same weekend as my next 24 hr race. I'll be thinking of him ... his race will last about 3 hours. Hope he remembers that my race will last eight times as long.
Ah yes ... Phil Robertson completed A Coventry Way in 8h 08 at the weekend in apparently difficult circumstances. Read more here.
At the moment I'm planning my week of 'crash training' which will begin on Monday 22 September and will conclude with the Horsforth 10k on Sunday 28 September. Daily updates will be posted as they were in June this year. Need to take on board extra vitamins B and C before and during crash training so I've spent some time recently planning my diet for the two weeks beginning 15 September.
Today is a training free day - I have an average of one per week - where all I do is rehab stuff. At the moment I'm running a bath and using some toiletries from Lush which I find very good for relaxing and muscular aches, etc. (wiccy magic muscle [massage bar], ma bar [bubble bar], elixir [bath ballistic]) ... brilliant stuff.
22 miles tomorrow, 22 miles on Thursday and 11 on Friday to look forward to !!!
Keir ran well in the 1 mile fun run. He finished in approx 25th place with 7 mins 06. Not bad considering he does absolutely no training at all. Oh yes ... while I remember ... at his school sports day last July he came first in the high jump (again, no training at all) with 1.35m.
At the accompanying half marathon in Leeds on Sunday morning, Ian Fisher won easily proving that he is over his major injury concerns earlier in the year. His time was just over 69 mins.
Meanwhile Simon Anderson had a poor run and came home in just over 1h 30. He's running the Amsterdam marathon the same weekend as my next 24 hr race. I'll be thinking of him ... his race will last about 3 hours. Hope he remembers that my race will last eight times as long.
Ah yes ... Phil Robertson completed A Coventry Way in 8h 08 at the weekend in apparently difficult circumstances. Read more here.
At the moment I'm planning my week of 'crash training' which will begin on Monday 22 September and will conclude with the Horsforth 10k on Sunday 28 September. Daily updates will be posted as they were in June this year. Need to take on board extra vitamins B and C before and during crash training so I've spent some time recently planning my diet for the two weeks beginning 15 September.
Today is a training free day - I have an average of one per week - where all I do is rehab stuff. At the moment I'm running a bath and using some toiletries from Lush which I find very good for relaxing and muscular aches, etc. (wiccy magic muscle [massage bar], ma bar [bubble bar], elixir [bath ballistic]) ... brilliant stuff.
22 miles tomorrow, 22 miles on Thursday and 11 on Friday to look forward to !!!
Monday, 25 August 2008
London sorted
Booked hotel in London and return travel taking advantage of the recently released cheap fares.
Thanks to Carl at The Divan Centre for that.
Today's run was another 20 miler accelerating all the while. Although it was windy I made all my targets and ran the last mile in 7:14 - uphill. Well pleased with this.
At the moment I'm going through next year's European Ultra Race calendar hoping to pick out a suitable race next spring, preferably in a school holiday.
Oh yes ... one more thing ... I agree entirely with Simon Anderson's recent post (24 Aug 2008) on his blog about the amount of litter in our countryside.
Thanks to Carl at The Divan Centre for that.
Today's run was another 20 miler accelerating all the while. Although it was windy I made all my targets and ran the last mile in 7:14 - uphill. Well pleased with this.
At the moment I'm going through next year's European Ultra Race calendar hoping to pick out a suitable race next spring, preferably in a school holiday.
Oh yes ... one more thing ... I agree entirely with Simon Anderson's recent post (24 Aug 2008) on his blog about the amount of litter in our countryside.
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