Nice wee lunch time run. Lowest mileage month ever without an injury?! G

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 9:52(9:52/m) 146/160bpm 119cal 6.08/7.35mph
2) 1m - 8:10(8:10/m) 154/170bpm 106cal 7.35/8.16mph
3) 1m - 8:07(8:07/m) 158/167bpm 107cal 7.38/8.54mph
4) 1m - 8:03(8:03/m) 162/166bpm 109cal 7.46/7.7mph
5) 0.49m - 3:52(7:54/m) 167/175bpm 54cal 7.59/8.14mph

Lunch time PB! How did that happen? I was running behind a lady doing 7:55s is the answer! And then when she dropped off I don't like to go slower at end than the start, so I kept it going! Hardest run in ages. Only run in ages!! Lovely day, lots of happy runners, walkers, bikes and prams out. G

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 9:05(9:05/m) 143/160bpm 107cal 6.6/7.74mph
2) 1m - 7:48(7:48/m) 162/170bpm 106cal 7.7/8.22mph
3) 1m - 7:48(7:48/m) 167/171bpm 109cal 7.7/7.95mph
4) 1m - 7:41(7:41/m) 173/184bpm 113cal 7.81/8.2mph
5) 0.77m - 5:53(7:41/m) 175/180bpm 88cal 7.81/8.18mph

Pilates at 7pm with a wee stretch before and sauna after. MrsS(rrr)'s suggestion to go but she was pooped so bailed. But it made me go. Back still really bad. Was OK in class but still bad over weekend. Hope it will clear. G

Split Summary
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1) 0m - 1:02:30(/m) 80/109bpm 196cal

Split Summary
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1) 0.24m - 4:24(18:12/m) 89/128bpm 14cal 3.3/21.29mph

This proves that the resolution on Garmin GPS isn't good enough for a track that's only 30m x 30m with twists and turns within that and only taking 15 to 20s to complete. Oh well, worth a try. Great day at the outdoor track with DDRCC. Started in the 2nd heat of 3 in 2WD, including a couple of trucks and kids in the lowest heat. So I was in a heat with decent folk. But I missed half my first heat because I was taking pics. Then 8th and 8th. I needed something similar or a bit better to get top 7 for the A final. But I was worse in the 4th heat 10th and hence qualified 2nd for the B final. Overtaken by Fraser from 3rd at start, but Stuart who was first had a couple crashes so I held on to second. That's not bad for me. Mostly stayed out of trouble. Disappointed with the crashes at end of 4th heat when I was going a bit better. My straightened steering was a bit weird. David McL had helped me straighten it on Saturday with a few turns of steering arms. Small left, so still trimmed right about 10. But by 3rd heat I had to take trim off and eventually trimmed it left?! Weird. Meant I wasn't quite straight on 4th heat, and it def put me off a bit. Anyhoo, good fun, no mechanical probs, car going fine. Hope to be a bit more positive at Dumfries next week. Then indoors for first time in the evening. Alan McI, James D and I went straight up and go chips. Met Lee and some other indoors only peeps. Davie H came with a buggy, so 4 of us trying indoor tyres on them. Was good fun. So much grip, slower and you have to be quite precise. But the cars are far too big for the track. Hadn't got my GT12 from Derek set up yet, so was just going to watch. Really good racing, but wasn't sure I was interested. But then I got a try of John McL's and it was great fun. Fits the track much better obv at 1/12th scale. So that's it. I'm going to get the GT12 going too. Not sure about 6pm to 9pm, that's past my bed time on a Sunday night! There's also Broxburn on a Fri night?! G

Split Summary
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1) 1.04m - 11:00(10:34/m) 118/198bpm 72cal 5.68/21.81mph

A very rare bit of physical exercise! Fri night gym! I did some foam roller and stretches. Back is still sore. It gets better then I tweak it with a lift or a sneeze. Mowing grass on Saturday it didn't like! But Fri night, post work, good to do some sit ups, twists, plank, side planks, wobble board curls, presses, machine chest press, lat pull down and push downs. Then 10 min on treadmill, 1 mile! Back didn't like running. Also a few 100m jogs on Sunday to try and it doesn't like that either. I think it'll be another week or so until fixed. Want to get back to some lunch time runs. Weather is lovely at the moment. Autumnal chill and sunshine. But stuck in office. Will see how week goes.

Great day on Sunday at Dumfries model car racing. I was terrible. Had small patches of getting it together, but not much. Car set up was fine though, and at least I wasn't nervous like last time. But just need to keep it straight on jumps and bumps and not crash. When I was driving I was going fine! Started in lowest qualifying, but finished top 3 out of 10 against the mostly kids in my heats, and climbed from maybe 3rd last out of 50, to 7th last, ooh, dizzy heights! Disappointed to go from 7th of 9 to 8th of 9 in my E Final. I am not good at racing with others on track!

Good trip down to Dumfries and back, but long day. 5am, 2 hours drive, back at 10pm! Good to chat with Gregor and David at club and McD's on way home with them! So tired driving home. And had been up at 5.45 on Sat to take Mum to airport for her trip to Abu Dhabi too. But decent night sleep on Sunday night, so can't complain.

Looking forward to trying the indoor cars this weekend. G

Gym. Again. Twice in a week! 10 min spin bike, then some foam roller, stretches for back and hips, sit ups, plank, side planks, wobble board curls, press, machine pull down, push down and chest press. Sauna and steam room after. Back felt good during it mostly, but bad again overnight. Boo. G