Tired - 2 hard trainer road rides in the last two days isn't helping

Very easy 8 min/mile run mainly just to get some sunshine

Having a bit of a rest this week, so wanted to see how low my hr would be for 8 min miles

Very cold! good speed

First run since the 15 mile Fan Dance a week last Sunday where I hurt my right big toe. Its still a little sore but ok to run on. Tough run, not easy.

Felt harder than I would have expected, but no problems

Good run - wasn't expecting it to be fast but just ran for the first mile before looking at the pace and was surprised to see it sub 7, so kept going at same effort. Right knee a little twingy

Just set off running. Didnt feel very fast but was glad to see 6:45 for the first mile. Kept pplugging away and a decent time by the end.

1st run since Sundays half marathon Severn Bridge pb - slightly sore big toe still, but otherwise fully recovered from Sunday, but this run wasn't easy! Glad to see I was getting quicker each mile, but I was working pretty hard

Was going to do a 10 miler but after 2 previous days (short) runs decided to keep it short. Planned 7:30, 7, 7:30, 7 and apart from each mile being quicker than planned thats what I did. The fast miles were hard, but the recovery miles were OK. Hot again, very sweaty. No probs during run but left ankle is sore walking around several hours afterwards.

Tried eating a nakd bar while running but simply not possible - cant breath and chew/swallow

Just an easy relaxed run before Saturdays Mumble's duathlon. Wasn't sure how far to go or how hard, so started really slow, got a bit faster with each mile and then after 5km dropped back to a relaxed pace to finish. Nothing hurt, no wierd pains, all good.

Have quite a thick head cold at the moment, gunky greenm snot globules everywhere, so was expecting an elevated hr, but this run is the lowest hr for this pace so all good there too.

Right foot has been a little sore since Wednesday, but thought I would go out in the Sonic gloves and see how I felt. Did 4 miles in the end which is good, but felt hard, especially considering the slowish pace. I did run 'correctly', perhaps even too much on the forefoot at times without letting the heel touch the ground, and half the run was off-tarmac. Calves feel tight after the run, and both feet are a little sore all over really. 34 miles run in the past 7 days!

After running each mile fast than the last on Tuesday's 10k I set off today hoping to do a sub 20 minute 5k. First mile was OK, but pretty soon after that I knew it wasn't going to happen. I just couldn't maintain the pace, my ankles hurt, my feet hurt and my breathing was bad. I did try to keep the 6:24 pace up for the second mile but failed, and resigned myself to sub 7's for the rest of the run.

Nothing hurts after the run, just not 'on one'  today.

Didnt really feel like running today, but wanted to get one in after Saturdays run and have a few days off before a planned 10k on Thursday. Set off with the plan of 'fast mile followed by sub 7 mins, but the fast mile wasnt at all, just couldnt go fast. Happy that I managed such a consistent pace, the 2nd mile feeling the worst and only a big effort at the end helping the last mile stay sub 7 mins.

Longest fastest run yet - I think on Thursday I'll go for just under 7min/mile 10k and try and beat existing record of 43:24... then have several days rest before Septembers half-marathon (training run for Cardiff October).

 

Wore K2's

After having had sore feet since my 6.6 miler over a week a go, and only done one 4 mile run home last Thursday, my feet were feeling better. The left one was barely hurting (ankle) while the right felt a bit sore but nothing to worry about, so I set off and just ran at a good pace. High average hr suggests I was pushing it, and I got a good time (second fastest 4 mile yet) in return, but feet are very sore again now after the run. The left is the least bad, the ankle pain didnt come back, its just the whole foot thats sore, while the right is as bad as ever - top-of-foot-pain is noticable even while sitting down. Walking is painful...

Another 'fastest' run. Felt good (hard but not too hard considering the pace and average hr). Tiny twinges in both knees and my left foot while running, but no pain as such.

Achieved my goal set on 11th July to do a 4 mile run in 30 mins.... whats next?

Fastest run so far! Tough, but not terrible. Slight twinges from left knee but other than that no issues. The following day the knee is fine. Top of left foot (just infront of where it joins the leg at the front) is tender to touch, but doesnt really hurt when walking...

(note that I pressed the wrong button on the gps as I started running and stopped it, rather than starting a new lap, and didnt notice for about half a mile, hence the missing heart rates and speeds at the start. I copied the locations from the previous run to get an accurate distance)

(gps has gone wrong again, this run was exactly the same course as the previous runs, so the true pace & speed are slower as the true distance is less...). An easy run after missing Thursdays run due to a sore knee. Had twinges in left knee and foot but nowhere else. Incredibly humid and warm though, very uncomfortable!

Another tough run, but reasonably quick so understandable (nothing like as tough as the previous run). Right knee hurt a little while running, but is OK two days later. Its now my left knee which is hurting! (this is getting silly!). It was fine during the run, but the next day it hurt, and still does on Wednesday (my heels are absolutely fine now, no pain at all). I've got a mtb ride on Saturday and as my left knee hurts when I do a bunny hop on the bike I'll skip Thursdays run so I'm tip-top for Saturday.

I intended this to be a slow run when I set off, but I didnt expect my right knee to hurt every single stride! This was probably my hardest run so far, I even thought about stopping and walking but kept plodding away, often dragging my feet I was being that sloppy. My feet hurt, my legs hurt, my left knee was really quite sore, and I got a sharpish chest pain around the 1 mile mark but that only lasted a few minutes. Really not a good run - perhaps I shouldn't have run at all? We'll see how the next one goes...

My right knee is now the sore bit, its sensitive to touch around the front inside and lower down... strange!

My left leg semed to have healed itself well over the weekend, no pain when walking from the foot, knee or ankle. The knee twinged as I set off but was OK. I set off at quite a fast pace but was struggling to maintain it by the third mile. I had a slight stitch on the left side for the 3rd mile too, discomfort more than pain but luckily it went away. At mile 3 I decided to try to go a bit faster (been reading abuot 'fartlek' which seems to describe the peaks and troughs of physical activity while mtbing very well) - it was hard! I started breathing very heavily, but was going quicker than I've ever run before (feet, especially left foot, slapping down on the ground, with a bit of discomfort at the top of the foot just where it joins the leg). The stats for the last mile show I ran it at a pace of 7:30! Thats the fastest I've ever ran, at the end of my longest run - good stuff, definate progress. But the next run will show if its maintainable...

Update: The next day after this run both knees are quite sore when I walk, more so the right one this time! Ankles are fine, its just the knees now. Still hurting on Wednesday too (even hurts a little when cycling, which has never happened before)

A tough run, but good speed for the distance. Legs were fine during the run, no pain, but after an hour back at my desk my left knee and foot are quite sore to walk on... Right leg is fine, and both ankles are fine too.

After skipping last Thursdays 3 mile run (see comment on 20110704 3.0 miles.gpx) my left leg certainly wasnt fixed but wasnt so painful today so I thought I'd give it a go. I set off very gently, intending to try to do 4 miles but ready to give up if my leg hurt too much, but it was fine. It was sore (the left knee) but not nearly sore enough to make me stop, so I just plodded away nice and gently. Breathing was very easy, nothing like the previous two runs (where admittedly I was easily breaking 8min/mile) and my avg hearth rate shows it was an easy run. Slow, but not too much slower than when I started running 9 weeks ago. It really was the easiest run I've done, even though it was the furthest. Ankles were not sore at all during the run, but the left ankle is huting now an hour later.

Target now is to get the time for 4 miles down to 30 mins = 7:30 min/mile! We'll see...