STATUS I'm confused. Not sure what to do next. Too slow for marathons, too fragile for ultras? Going to have a break.
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Have been running for 38 years and I used to love running marathons, but have got bored with it all. The combination of charlatans who wear 100 MC shirts but walk the distance, along with my own deterioration in form has resulted in me no longer enjoying the challenge.
I've got 168 marathons including 24 ultras done and will now find something different to do. The idea of racing less but focusing on ultras is an obvious choice. Show More...
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| Got an appointment with the hip guru | Dec 2011 |
| Not going to do anything silly....for now | Dec 2011 |
| Not quite sure what to say! | Dec 2011 |
| What a let down! | Dec 2011 |
| So who said "no news is good news"? | Dec 2011 |
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20th Sep
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Pilates | 0mi | 1:00:00 |
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19th Sep
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General | 8mi | 1:18:44 |
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18th Sep
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HIIT | 0mi | 15:00 |
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18th Sep
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Pilates | 0mi | 1:00:00 |
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17th Sep
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General | 5mi | 48:13 |
| 12 Month Benchmarks | Run |
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| Mile | 7:51 |
| 5k | 25:16 |
| 5mi | 42:42 |
| 10k | 53:07 |
| 10mi | 1:26:05 |
| Half | 1:53:10 |
| 20mi | 2:55:15 |
| Mara | 3:52:48 |
| 50k | 5:18:50 |
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| Dist | Races | 1993 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | PB | WB |
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| 2mi | 2 | 13:39 61.02 | 13:39
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| 5km | 3 | 23:55 53.90 | 21:50 60.64 | 21:50
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| 5mi | 1 | 31:00 68.00 | 31:00
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| 10mi | 3 | 1:27:35 49.98 | 1:18:56 56.25 | 1:18:56
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| 13.1mi | 11 | 1:43:08 56.22 | 1:45:34 54.98 | 1:48:30 53.59 | 1:47:47 54.50 | 1:44:46 56.69 | 1:43:08
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| 20mi | 1 | 2:33:37 59.39 | 2:33:37
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| 26.2mi | 144 | 3:37:20 55.93 | 4:06:39 49.34 | 4:10:47 48.91 | 3:58:14 51.70 | 4:08:16 50.16 | 3:45:14 55.66 | 3:54:29 54.31 | 3:49:22 55.72 | 3:38:29 59.26 | 3:53:11 55.99 | 3:45:04 58.01 | 3:50:57 57.49 | 3:47:50 58.27 | 3:47:25 58.88 | 4:08:29 54.36 | 3:37:20
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| 28.6mi | 1 | 4:50:10 51.37 | 4:50:10
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| 29.5mi | 3 | 5:01:00 50.13 | 5:04:52 51.47 | 5:01:00
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| 50km | 9 | 5:16:30 50.73 | 4:51:57 55.46 | 5:10:54 52.97 | 5:19:54 52.38 | 4:51:57
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| 52km | 1 | 6:04:12 48.40 | 6:04:12
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| 32.8mi | 2 | 5:55:29 48.85 | 5:29:34 53.14 | 5:29:34
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| 53.5km | 1 | 6:45:14 43.96 | 6:45:14
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| 55km | 2 | 5:58:17 50.64 | 6:24:52 49.20 | 5:58:17
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| 36.1mi | 3 | 6:11:09 52.37 | 5:58:33 55.13 | 6:17:49 53.69 | 5:58:33
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| 39.3mi | 1 | 6:56:56 51.78 | 6:56:56
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| 43mi | 1 | 8:17:12 48.43 | 8:17:12
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Run Totals
Swim Totals
Bike Totals
Walk Totals
Cross Totals
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
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| 2024 | 156 | 146 | 154 | 161 | 153 | 146 | 138 | 98 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1215 |
| 2023 | 152 | 142 | 67 | 155 | 160 | 128 | 167 | 113 | 139 | 154 | 145 | 156 | 1678 |
| 2022 | 164 | 163 | 164 | 152 | 130 | 161 | 175 | 159 | 151 | 170 | 115 | 166 | 1868 |
| 2021 | 68 | 104 | 158 | 154 | 119 | 108 | 174 | 173 | 148 | 179 | 172 | 179 | 1737 |
| 2020 | 151 | 126 | 167 | 152 | 185 | 145 | 177 | 174 | 127 | 166 | 132 | 146 | 1846 |
| 2019 | 86 | 78 | 139 | 158 | 157 | 160 | 155 | 180 | 144 | 145 | 133 | 152 | 1687 |
| 2018 | 96 | 151 | 152 | 142 | 149 | 123 | 168 | 160 | 150 | 173 | 180 | 163 | 1807 |
| 2017 | 153 | 131 | 132 | 168 | 118 | 149 | 154 | 157 | 115 | 138 | 159 | 136 | 1711 |
| 2016 | 138 | 133 | 150 | 132 | 140 | 134 | 134 | 157 | 134 | 70 | 95 | 141 | 1559 |
| 2015 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 111 | 110 | 123 | 144 | 153 | 140 | 157 | 150 | 91 | 1410 |
| 2014 | 153 | 96 | 151 | 153 | 148 | 134 | 169 | 147 | 131 | 54 | 0 | 13 | 1350 |
| 2013 | 130 | 84 | 27 | 86 | 72 | 59 | 111 | 127 | 146 | 77 | 142 | 132 | 1193 |
| 2012 | 127 | 63 | 171 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 106 | 108 | 665 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| 2011 | 156 | 167 | 184 | 133 | 148 | 165 | 183 | 200 | 200 | 174 | 38 | 80 | 1828 |
| 2010 | 70 | 93 | 79 | 96 | 115 | 115 | 129 | 159 | 113 | 3 | 88 | 140 | 1200 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 78 | 79 | 90 | 94 | 112 | 60 | 59 | 91 | 76 | 762 |
| 2009 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 2008 | 66 | 103 | 61 | 90 | 29 | 66 | 56 | 88 | 96 | 107 | 36 | 65 | 863 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 169 | 201 | 101 | 135 | 128 | 35 | 0 | 806 |
| 2007 | 80 | 128 | 94 | 119 | 64 | 8 | 71 | 61 | 57 | 133 | 135 | 50 | 1000 |
| 2006 | 32 | 29 | 53 | 48 | 59 | 84 | 18 | 54 | 107 | 135 | 129 | 78 | 823 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 139 |
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0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
1032 [C=449, H=573, M=10]. Aching a lot this morning due to a day of digging up my sleepers in the garden in the pissing down rain. No chance of doing HIIT today.
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7mi,
1:11:02 Run - General
That is me done. I was limping.
1) 1mi - 10:05(10:05/mi) 133/148bpm [1341b/mi] 102cal 2) 1mi - 10:24(10:24/mi) 144/155bpm [1498b/mi] 113cal 3) 1mi - 10:00(10:00/mi) 146/155bpm [1459b/mi] 110cal 4) 1mi - 10:20(10:20/mi) 150/161bpm [1549b/mi] 117cal 5) 1mi - 10:08(10:08/mi) 149/156bpm [1510b/mi] 115cal 6) 1mi - 10:01(10:01/mi) 150/157bpm [1502b/mi] 112cal 7) 1mi - 10:03(10:03/mi) 154/164bpm [1548b/mi] 115cal 8) 0mi - 2(7:07/mi) 154/154bpm [1097b/mi] |
0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 018: Still aching from 3 days of gardening.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1033 [C=449, H=574, M=10]. I think it is time to stop living in denial and admit that I'm properly injured and need a good period of no running if I'm to get better. |
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0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 019: Sore elbow.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1034 [C=449, H=575, M=10]. Day 3 and I'm not right. |
0mi,
1:00:00 Cross - Pilates
1035 [C=449, H=576, M=10]. Day 4 and I'm ropey.
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0mi,
1:00:00 Cross - Pilates
1036 [C=449, H=577, M=10]. Day 5 and I'm using a hot water bottle on it.
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0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 20: This is getting easier.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1037 [C=449, H=578, M=10]. Day 6 and it is getting better. |
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0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 21: Bit of back ache from Sunday's DIY.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1038 [C=449, H=579, M=10]. Day 8 and I think I'm about ready to get going again if I am careful. |
5mi,
47:56 Run - General
First run after 8 days off and it went okay but I probably should have stopped at 3 or 4 miles as planned. The calf was sore by the end when I decided enough was enough for today.
I'm hoping though that this will ease off and on Friday I can continue with, maybe today's 4 miler! 1) 1mi - 10:04(10:04/mi) 150/162bpm [1511b/mi] 108cal 2) 1mi - 9:37(9:37/mi) 151/163bpm [1453b/mi] 107cal 3) 1mi - 9:24(9:24/mi) 149/156bpm [1400b/mi] 107cal 4) 1mi - 9:09(9:09/mi) 154/162bpm [1409b/mi] 106cal 5) 1mi - 9:39(9:39/mi) 154/160bpm [1487b/mi] 111cal 6) 0mi - 2(7:23/mi) 151/151bpm [1116b/mi] |
0mi,
1:00:00 Cross - Pilates
1039 [C=449, H=580, M=10]. Had some very intense massage with needling last night and my calf is feeling pretty sore today.
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4mi,
40:10 Run - General
The calf was sore before I started and during a walk down to the river. It was then okay through to 3 miles, after which it got sore.
Going to carry on doing these walks out to the park and a small run until it starts to get better. I prefer this to not running at all. 1) 1mi - 10:17(10:17/mi) 157/166bpm [1615b/mi] 111cal 2) 1mi - 9:45(9:45/mi) 167/176bpm [1627b/mi] 108cal 3) 1mi - 10:01(10:01/mi) 169/174bpm [1694b/mi] 114cal 4) 1mi - 10:05(10:05/mi) 173/180bpm [1744b/mi] 118cal 5) 0mi - 2(11:17/mi) 174/174bpm [1964b/mi] |
0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 22: No problemo.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1040 [C=449, H=581, M=10]. Calf not too bad this morning. It's twinging and far from right, but it hasn't reacted too badly from yesterday's run. Pain level is about 4/10 this morning. |
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7mi,
1:09:08 Run - General
Best my calf has felt so far. Got up to about 3/10 in terms of aches.
Tbh my lower back was aching more than the calf. Let's see how I recover and if I can go further on Tuesday. 1) 1mi - 10:16(10:16/mi) 143/154bpm [1467b/mi] 110cal 2) 1mi - 9:52(9:52/mi) 156/166bpm [1539b/mi] 113cal 3) 1mi - 9:58(9:58/mi) 155/162bpm [1544b/mi] 110cal 4) 1mi - 9:59(9:59/mi) 159/168bpm [1588b/mi] 111cal 5) 1mi - 9:40(9:40/mi) 158/166bpm [1528b/mi] 108cal 6) 1mi - 9:43(9:43/mi) 159/168bpm [1545b/mi] 111cal 7) 1mi - 9:38(9:38/mi) 161/166bpm [1552b/mi] 115cal 8) 0.01mi - 2(5:37/mi) 165/165bpm [928b/mi] |
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10mi,
1:38:11 Run - General
Pleased with this. Was hoping for 8 with a stretch of 9. The calf was twinging a bit for the first 8 miles and then completely eased off.
Feeling pretty unfit at the moment, but if I can keep going I will gradually fix that. Lower back was aching in the last couple of miles. 1) 1mi - 10:04(10:04/mi) 139/157bpm [1399b/mi] 103cal 2) 1mi - 10:27(10:27/mi) 137/149bpm [1432b/mi] 114cal 3) 1mi - 9:56(9:56/mi) 143/149bpm [1421b/mi] 109cal 4) 1mi - 10:05(10:05/mi) 147/157bpm [1482b/mi] 111cal 5) 1mi - 9:54(9:54/mi) 149/157bpm [1475b/mi] 113cal 6) 1mi - 9:44(9:44/mi) 154/162bpm [1500b/mi] 110cal 7) 1mi - 9:32(9:32/mi) 154/162bpm [1469b/mi] 112cal 8) 1mi - 9:54(9:54/mi) 156/165bpm [1543b/mi] 103cal 9) 1mi - 9:26(9:26/mi) 166/174bpm [1566b/mi] 108cal 10) 1mi - 9:06(9:06/mi) 171/182bpm [1557b/mi] 111cal 11) 0mi - 2(7:00/mi) 179/179bpm [1252b/mi] |
0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 23: Alright.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1041 [C=449, H=582, M=10]. Bit of back ache. |
10mi,
1:38:18 Run - General
A very rough run but at least the calf was okay. Felt beaten up in the back and glutes from last night's massage. Probably should have cut the distance but I figured that I'll recover over the next day or two.
1) 1mi - 10:17(10:17/mi) 144/156bpm [1480b/mi] 106cal 2) 1mi - 9:56(9:56/mi) 153/160bpm [1519b/mi] 111cal 3) 1mi - 10:04(10:04/mi) 155/163bpm [1560b/mi] 103cal 4) 1mi - 9:54(9:54/mi) 156/168bpm [1544b/mi] 110cal 5) 1mi - 9:50(9:50/mi) 159/173bpm [1564b/mi] 109cal 6) 1mi - 10:08(10:08/mi) 158/172bpm [1600b/mi] 109cal 7) 1mi - 9:52(9:52/mi) 153/161bpm [1511b/mi] 97cal 8) 1mi - 9:50(9:50/mi) 159/166bpm [1563b/mi] 107cal 9) 1mi - 9:29(9:29/mi) 165/172bpm [1564b/mi] 107cal 10) 1mi - 8:58(8:58/mi) 169/182bpm [1515b/mi] 106cal 11) 0mi - 2(7:59/mi) 169/169bpm [1349b/mi] |
0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 24: Getting used to this, which means it's time to increase weight maybe.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1042 [C=449, H=583, M=10]. Still got back ache and left hamstring ache. |
15mi,
2:30:03 Run - Medium Long Run
Could not get the pace up this morning. The calf was really good though and despite getting caught up in the very Ultra Challenge that I considered entering, I was happy with this.
Knackered at the end and glad I didn't have to do another 11 miles (let alone another 47!). Watch says I am overreaching and I agree. Will now back off a bit before I go again. 1) 1mi - 10:17(10:17/mi) 145/161bpm [1491b/mi] 106cal 2) 1mi - 10:06(10:06/mi) 157/172bpm [1587b/mi] 116cal 3) 1mi - 10:19(10:19/mi) 159/165bpm [1641b/mi] 115cal 4) 1mi - 10:23(10:23/mi) 160/167bpm [1660b/mi] 113cal 5) 1mi - 10:28(10:28/mi) 161/174bpm [1685b/mi] 112cal 6) 1mi - 10:36(10:36/mi) 165/175bpm [1750b/mi] 117cal 7) 1mi - 10:11(10:11/mi) 173/180bpm [1762b/mi] 119cal 8) 1mi - 10:15(10:15/mi) 173/182bpm [1773b/mi] 119cal 9) 1mi - 9:55(9:55/mi) 169/176bpm [1676b/mi] 113cal 10) 1mi - 9:50(9:50/mi) 168/178bpm [1653b/mi] 114cal 11) 1mi - 9:56(9:56/mi) 171/181bpm [1699b/mi] 110cal 12) 1mi - 9:42(9:42/mi) 171/178bpm [1658b/mi] 112cal 13) 1mi - 9:37(9:37/mi) 169/178bpm [1626b/mi] 111cal 14) 1mi - 9:19(9:19/mi) 174/179bpm [1620b/mi] 114cal 15) 1mi - 9:07(9:07/mi) 170/178bpm [1549b/mi] 112cal 16) 0.01mi - 2(6:19/mi) 172/172bpm [1086b/mi] |
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0mi,
1:00:00 Cross - Pilates
1043 [C=449, H=584, M=10]. Need a rest day. Back is not great. Will take advantage of working in the office tomorrow and take a rest day.
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5mi,
48:13 Run - General
Struggling with my lower back, which is so stiff that I can pick my legs up properly. Had planned a 5 miler and was glad to get finished.
Calf was no problem at all. 1) 1mi - 10:07(10:07/mi) 143/156bpm [1448b/mi] 117cal 2) 1mi - 9:50(9:50/mi) 150/157bpm [1475b/mi] 113cal 3) 1mi - 9:40(9:40/mi) 153/159bpm [1479b/mi] 107cal 4) 1mi - 9:36(9:36/mi) 152/162bpm [1458b/mi] 103cal 5) 1mi - 8:58(8:58/mi) 156/165bpm [1399b/mi] 108cal 6) 0mi - 2(8:18/mi) 156/156bpm [1296b/mi] |
0mi,
15:00 Cross - HIIT
Session 2/2:
HIIT 25: Back was fine but stiff.
0mi,
1:00:00Cross - Pilates
Session 1/2:
1044 [C=449, H=585, M=10]. Struggling with back pain although this session helped to ease it. |
8mi,
1:18:44 Run - General
Struggling this morning from last night's massage, which gave my hips a going over. Didn't enjoy this.
1) 1mi - 10:18(10:18/mi) 147/160bpm [1514b/mi] 118cal 2) 1mi - 10:08(10:08/mi) 157/167bpm [1592b/mi] 114cal 3) 1mi - 10:03(10:03/mi) 158/165bpm [1587b/mi] 114cal 4) 1mi - 10:07(10:07/mi) 157/166bpm [1590b/mi] 113cal 5) 1mi - 9:56(9:56/mi) 157/163bpm [1561b/mi] 110cal 6) 1mi - 9:52(9:52/mi) 157/163bpm [1549b/mi] 114cal 7) 1mi - 9:30(9:30/mi) 157/164bpm [1491b/mi] 101cal 8) 1mi - 8:48(8:48/mi) 164/171bpm [1442b/mi] 101cal 9) 0mi - 2(8:45/mi) 165/165bpm [1444b/mi] |
0mi,
1:00:00 Cross - Pilates
1045 [C=449, H=586, M=10]. Fairly easy and my bits are hurting so much this morning. Took a rest from the HIIT because I'd like to get a decent long run in tomorrow and can be doing without any more aches.
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