Back on track
Apr14200810:26 p.m.
Well sort of...
I went up to the track tonight and, after chatting about the marathon, I got the group warming up for a 6 x 500m session with 200m jog recovery. I did the 1 mile warm up jog as we chatted some more and my legs felt OK but I knew I couldn't do the full session.
I explained the session and told the 2 new young girls, Ella and Sarah, and Natalie who is returning from injury that they were on alternate 500m so 3 not the full 6.
I set off with the group and ran in the middle of the pack for 2:03. My legs were tired and a bit achey especially my quads. I skipped the next 500m and jogged round to recover.
As the group started their 3rd one I did my second and pushed hard for the first 200m and led them round before easing back to run 1:50. I missed out the 4th and joined in on the 5th and ran on the back of the lead group for 1:49. I missed out on the last one and just did the mile warm down - that's around 3.5 miles for the night and my legs felt a lot better for the stretch.
I've stiffened up a bit again now and will run again tomorrow lunch to stretch them out again.
Good news from Sunday was that Adam the young lad I coach who was picked for Greater Manchester for the Mini Marathon had a good run to finish the 3 mile in 10th place in 17:34.
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Chillery_One 'Here Pete - take the mentalist crown! I am hereby having a week off! Although i did walk around sommerfields today for goodies if that counts! My lower back hurts which is a bit odd for me! Sounds like you are soon going to be firing back on all cylinders though! Have a good 'easy' one 2moro. x' added 14th Apr 2008
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janisbrown 'I can't believe you're back to training already - well I can actually - did think you might. I'm hoping to do a couple of miles tomorrow to see if it helps to ease the legs. Just off for a soak now if I can manage to stand up - I've sat at this computer all evening trying to catch up with everyone's reports on Sunday.' added 14th Apr 2008
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Sharon_Dooley 'Excellent race report for yesterday Pete & what a strange request that was!! Although being on the sidelines was hugely frustrating I got to see some awesome sights and some guys who almost put their knickers on!! It was in the aid of charity and they had good cheeks so all was well......cannot believe you ran again today!!!' added 14th Apr 2008
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lou21 'My God man... do you ever stop! I crawled up the stairs on my hands and knees today.... In fact at 6.15pm I needed to go and find Harry's Cub uniform at the top of the house (2 sets of stairs) and I actually phoned Nick to see if he was nearly home because I figured it would be quicker even if he was 10 minutes away! Thanks for the comment on my blog Pete... shame not to see you, but maybe at the bloggers reunion... must get that planned! I am now well and truly resting my shin, low impact for a few weeks at least! x' added 14th Apr 2008
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judith 'Do you ever stop? Any advice on staying injury free between now and Dublin? In shock that you were back at it tonight! Looking forward to the reports fron the Harriers that ran it on Wednesday night. Hopefully next year for me.' added 14th Apr 2008
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seeannierun 'Eh? Confused? I thought for a minute there you'd gone running TODAY? Mu haa ha hah haaa ha! (Ay-may--zin!) Annie x' added 14th Apr 2008
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peterb 'Your are totally ,a hero , well done pete . I actually did a couple of dances at practice tonight , felt good.' added 15th Apr 2008
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Trudie 'Cant believe you were out running today, well done...;-) thnx for your comments...' added 15th Apr 2008
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greenc 'You amaze me! Did your body not deserve just one rest day? Chrisx' added 15th Apr 2008
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Shaun 'Well aren't you the lazy one. Honestly.' added 15th Apr 2008
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kizzi10000 'No rest for the wicked lol. Or was it just to show off your medal ;-)' added 15th Apr 2008
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Pete 'Just read your race report - brilliant - and as for the post race 'event'!! - sounds like it might have been Rach Rach!! ;)' added 15th Apr 2008
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wigley 'I'm on catch up. WELL DONE Pete a fantastic run and I can't beleive you are straight back in there, a hero ;-)' added 15th Apr 2008
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