The athletics/running thread

[Gooner Girl]

Mentored one of the newbie coaches tonight as he took his first ever high jump session with the kids and then I taught him how to do it. Sneaked a few jumps in myself. SOOOO much more fun then long distance running!

[LeverEnd]

I imagine a good jump would be more fun than a long run, yes.

[thebish]

Mentored one of the newbie coaches tonight as he took his first ever high jump session with the kids and then I taught him how to do it. Sneaked a few jumps in myself. SOOOO much more fun then long distance running!

don't do long-distance running then... seems obvious!

[Gooner Girl]

I imagine a good jump would be more fun than a long run, yes.

I didn't do any good ones but the bad ones were still quite fun! And we used a flexi bar so it doesn't hurt to land on it!

[LeverEnd]

Lovely stuff!

[Gooner Girl]

Lovely stuff!

You should give it a go, you have the right build! Tall and lanky!

[clapton is god]

I'll be watching this run with keen interest. My own Wainwright round took me five years so I didn't trouble the record keepers, but is Joss Naylor's record under threat?

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[Gary the Enfield]

A car crash on the M25 left tail backs for 3 junctions in each direction of Jct.25 ( near my house).

Consequently the resultant gridlock in surrounding streets left me unable to travel 4 miles to my Aquathlon race (It took me 30 minutes to travel 1 mile) so I had to abort and took my daughter for a bike ride instead. We thumbed our noses at the traffic and rode on river paths and bridal paths for about an hour. It was really nice and peaceful.

I could have got on my road bike and cycled over there in 20 minutes but, to be frank, I would have been stressed and rushed as I was late home from work too (due to the aforementioned traffic)

Nice to kick back sometimes.

[Harry Genshaw]

A car crash on the M25 left tail backs for 3 junctions in each direction of Jct.25 ( near my house).

Consequently the resultant gridlock in surrounding streets left me unable to travel 4 miles to my Aquathlon race (It took me 30 minutes to travel 1 mile) so I had to abort and took my daughter for a bike ride instead. We thumbed our noses at the traffic and rode on river paths and bridal paths for about an hour. It was really nice and peaceful.

I could have got on my road bike and cycled over there in 20 minutes but, to be frank, I would have been stressed and rushed as I was late home from work too (due to the aforementioned traffic)

Nice to kick back sometimes.

Agreed. Nice on G.

We sacked spin class off last night to go for a short bike ride as I'm still breaking in the new machine. 10 minutes from home, wearing shorts & sun glasses we were hit by a huge feck off thunderstorm. Spin class looks a bit more tempting for the future

[LeverEnd]

I've been doing too many races off too little training. Going to chill out for a few weeks and do very little running. Full of aches and pains and stopped enjoying it. Will look to do more cycling, gym and swimming for a bit. Pre-entered a 10k on July 11th which I'll do as it's also a social occasion.

[Gooner Girl]

I've been doing too many races off too little training. Going to chill out for a few weeks and do very little running. Full of aches and pains and stopped enjoying it. Will look to do more cycling, gym and swimming for a bit. Pre-entered a 10k on July 11th which I'll do as it's also a social occasion.

Sounds wise LE, no point burning out.

I was going to go for a swim this evening but realised

1. I needed to go to the supermarket and
2. 'One born every minute' is back on

so going to start the abs and squats challenge again I think to make myself feel less guilty about skiving. Not sure where to start it though, its a bit easy at the beginning, seems a bit pointless!

[Harry Genshaw]

Two towers fell race tonight. A couple of brutal early climbs but I was running quite well. First big descent and I went over badly on my ankle with a sickening crunching sound. Ended up hobbling the rest of the race. Climbs and the flat wasn't too bad, but the remaining descents were agony. Got a huge balloon now where my ankle should be.

Looks like rest is on the cards

[Gooner Girl]

Two towers fell race tonight. A couple of brutal early climbs but I was running quite well. First big descent and I went over badly on my ankle with a sickening crunching sound. Ended up hobbling the rest of the race. Climbs and the flat wasn't too bad, but the remaining descents were agony. Got a huge balloon now where my ankle should be.

Looks like rest is on the cards

Oh no hun why on earth did you carry on? You've probably made it worse! Hope you are RICE-ing it. Take it easy.

(Perhaps you are a little too old for these dangerous sports?!)

[Harry Genshaw]

Two towers fell race tonight. A couple of brutal early climbs but I was running quite well. First big descent and I went over badly on my ankle with a sickening crunching sound. Ended up hobbling the rest of the race. Climbs and the flat wasn't too bad, but the remaining descents were agony. Got a huge balloon now where my ankle should be.

Looks like rest is on the cards

Oh no hun why on earth did you carry on? You've probably made it worse! Hope you are RICE-ing it. Take it easy.

(Perhaps you are a little too old for these dangerous sports?!)

To be honest I nearly dropped out there and then but I was a long way from the end anway, so thought I may as well plod on to the finish. I regularly used to knacker my ankles in my footy days that they looked like horses fetlocks for 9 months every year. Should be ok with a weeks rest

[Prufrock]

Jeez HG. Hope it's fine.

Today I was supposed to do a spin class but the instructor didn't turn up. Instead the head of fitness guy did a 'high intensity interval training session'. I'll never walk again.

[Gary the Enfield]

Everyone's falling apart/ skiving off!

Did a brick session tonight. 30 minutes increasing effort on the bike followed by a two mile run at 14:30.

Slightly makes up for my missed aquathlon last night.

And GG? I'm nicking that squats and abs challenge.

[thebish]

Everyone's falling apart/ skiving off!

Did a brick session tonight. 30 minutes increasing effort on the bike followed by a two mile run at 14:30.

Slightly makes up for my missed aquathlon last night.

And GG? I'm nicking that squats and abs challenge.

difference is - you'll actually do it!!

[Prufrock]

Jeez HG. Hope it's fine.

Today I was supposed to do a spin class but the instructor didn't turn up. Instead the head of fitness guy did a 'high intensity interval training session'. I'll never walk again.

Ow.

Sore muscles in places I didn't know I had 'em.

[Gooner Girl]

Everyone's falling apart/ skiving off!

Did a brick session tonight. 30 minutes increasing effort on the bike followed by a two mile run at 14:30.

Slightly makes up for my missed aquathlon last night.

And GG? I'm nicking that squats and abs challenge.

difference is - you'll actually do it!!

Heres one more suitable for you Bish.

[thebish]

i think I'd need a napping coach...