Archives for Jogs category
Posted on Sep 02, 2011 under 3k, Easy Runs, Jogs, Recovery Runs |
Not sure what has happened to my form, but the race last week didn’t go according to plan, and I thought I’d just put in a very easy loosener to shake any bits of rust off my legs. Lower legs felt a bit niggly, not sure if it’s the older trainers I was running in, but in any case although I felt OK to begin with at 2k I walked for a bit and then jogged very very slowly to make up another km and still felt very hot and puffed out….
I think targeting anything quicker than sub 55 at the City of Salford 10k is going to lead to potential disappointment, so I’ll set myself the goal of getting around in 55 and anything else will be a bonus!
Posted on Jul 01, 2011 under Easy Runs, Jogs |
Just a very easy 4k jog as final preparation before City of Manchester 10k on Sunday. Felt the faster run earlier in the week still in my legs and lungs, did 6 minute first k, then a faster one, but slowed myself down as I felt myself quickening up naturally. Felt a bit hard work but just took it easy, and now have almost 48 hours to rest before starting out of the blocks on Sunday!
Meanwhile I hear there is a Manchester Marathon, I rather think I am going to be far too busy to consider it this time, but who knows, maybe one day…. A local half marathon would be handy!
Posted on Apr 10, 2011 under Easy Runs, Jogs, Milestones |
This has turned out to be a higher mileage week – over 10 miles for the first time in a long time, so my easy 3 miler was a bit more tiring that I thought it would be – probably due to the heat and the mileage in my legs!
However, managed to complete the 3 miles after previously deciding I would stop at 4k, was melting a bit by the end… But good to finish the week having done 11 miles, with a longer run, a tempo run, and now an easy shorter, slower run.
Posted on Feb 18, 2011 under 3k, Jogs |
Not run for a while due to extreme business and a 24 hour stomach bug thing – so had to force myself out into what was a chilly but very sunny early afternoon. Set off a bit quick but then settled into a steady pace, aware that my Garmin had gone down to two pips of battery level and sometimes it cuts out shortly after that.
However it did stay alive until the end, although it freaked out near the end. I was going to do 2 miles, and was coming up to 3k, when the display jumped back quite a bit. This tied in with the moment I saw a bit of a commotion ahead. There was a tactical Aid Unit police van outside a house with about a dozen officers in riot gear holding shields, hammers, axes and various other tools. I made a beeline for them, and then realised there was no room on the pavement for both me, and them, and their bags of equipment, and I was running straight towards this 7 foot tall bloke in a crash helmet holding a huge deadly looking mallet thing… At the last moment he stepped out of the way, I acknowledged this with a “Cheers, mate”, and just kept on running in the hope they didn’t mistake me for whatever poor sod they were about to descend upon… 
Garmin said I did last km in 7:30 which was obviously wrong so it definitely freaked out… so I just approximated the distance in the end. Felt good to be running again.
Posted on Feb 10, 2011 under Easy Runs, Jogs, Milestones |
Haven’t really got a running plan at the moment, am just taking each day as it comes, and today I had decided to run 3k, then thought why not make it 3.22 and round up to 2 miles.
Set off rather quick and knew I had to slow down, struggled a bit for the second mile and lungs were gasping all the way – but managed to stuck it out and do the 2 miles in sub 20. Few weeks and I will be up to 5k and can start thinking about longer runs and a bit of speed… lol..
Posted on Feb 05, 2011 under 3k, Easy Runs, Health, Jogs, News |
Yet another comeback run, this one consisting of 3k in the pouring rain. Had been 2 weeks since my last run and my cold seems to have largely gone away – with busy times coming up, and the running habit not entrenched into my schedule, I thought I’d better bite the bullet and at least get out there for 20 minutes.
Was puffing hard after half a k and getting very wet, but that helped me keep cool. I did feel very rusty especially in the lungs, but they’ve been battered by the viruses lately so was to be expected. I managed to hold on and complete a short run that was satisfying just because I’d got out there, not let the rain put me off, and achieved my modest target.
Hopefully that will be the end of my colds for the time being, and I can think about the Salford 10k perhaps – though with only a couple of months to go, I might be better off looking at the ones closer to home later in the summer, especially as finances are an issue 
Posted on Jan 11, 2011 under Jogs, Milestones, Slow Runs |
Had to get up early for a delivery, almost fell back asleep once it had arrived! Since assignment and hectic Uni stuff been feeling very tired lately and going to bed too late and getting up too early (for me!) Anyway forced myself out for a run as I had planned to do 4k today. Really didn’t feeling like running but it woke me up a bit, just ran slow and completed 4k without any heroics, though did speed up to sub 6 minute/k pace in last k which wasn’t bad… considering I was just about at my limit of endurance by then!
Still, onwards and upwards, 5k is next target!
Posted on Jan 07, 2011 under Easy Runs, Jogs |
Was very cold when I went out, had warmed up with some weights and stuff, but was still a bit shivery. Off I went at a gentle pace, and settled into a plodding pace. Took deep breaths and didn’t try to go too fast, and by the 2k mark was able to think about picking up the pace just a little. End result was a sub 20 2 mile effort, which means I have gone under 10 minute mile pace already – is now just a matter of gently increasing the distances so I can get back to some nice longer runs 
Posted on Jan 01, 2011 under Easy Runs, Health, Jogs, Milestones, News |
So 2010 will go down as the year I got my sub 50 10k, and didn’t really do a hell of a lot else runningwise! First it was the shinsplints, and a slow comeback, followed by the PB – then the massive injury at Bolton 10k, a long layoff, physiotherapy, frustration, and then a nice gentle comeback, just getting really back into it, upping the distance – then snow and flu hits and suddenly 2010 is done and gone!
Decided to do my comeback run on the first day of 2011 and hope it sets a trend! Was worried I would have lost all fitness again after a layoff of over a month, and of course losing some fitness is inevitable – but I kept to a gentle pace and completed two miles without feeling under significant duress, which bodes well. Two 10.5 minute miles is not bad to start with considering the time off my feet, and since I usually find the first few runs back really hard, I am quite pleased that I wasn’t feeling half dead! Looking forward to getting back out regularly, and building back up to some nice long runs. As spring approaches, am thinking of entering some more races – will just have to be careful with my frayed finances!
Happy New Year to all readers of this running blog!
Posted on Oct 03, 2010 under 5-10k, Jogs, Milestones |
The Garmin was dead when I tried it – must have left it on last time – so I changed batteries and went out, and the signal bar thing wasn’t moving. Eventually it asked me if I was indoors etc, and if it was Oct 1st – so it had lost its settings apparently and needed to recalibrate. Had a frustrating wait, then finally set off – however after a few minutes the Garmin started freaking out again and said I’d done 1.5k after 3 mins. LOL.
So I just decided to run for 35 minutes and approximate that as the 3.5 miles I wanted to run, based on my recent times.
Was very very hard work and I was screaming and shouting by the end, gasping and struggling, but somehow carried on! So at least made my longest run since the knee injury! Slow, slow pace though, could tell that even though the Garmin was freaked out!
At one point I ran past an oldish woman in a blue coat, on the path back along Windmill Lane. She was hogging the path from one side to the other, so I sped round her on the grass verge. She didn’t hear me coming and as I passed her she grabbed her chest and shouted “Jesus effing Christ!” or words to that effect. I checked she was OK, she said she was miles away, I waved and carried on.
People really should be more aware of their surroundings – wandering along in a world of your own can lead to getting killed by cars, mugged, or shocked by being overtaken by groaning, sweating, gasping runners!!
