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Relaxed easyish run that felt dead comfortable in the first half and uncomfortable in the second half as my left hip flexor stiffened up.

Will need to keep an eye on this as I don't want a repeat of what I had in January.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 10:02(10:02/m) 125/135bpm 79cal 5.98/7.66mph
2) 1m - 9:24(9:24/m) 135/142bpm 82cal 6.38/8.2mph
3) 1m - 9:19(9:19/m) 143/156bpm 90cal 6.44/7.35mph
4) 1m - 9:26(9:26/m) 145/159bpm 88cal 6.36/7.89mph
5) 1m - 9:24(9:24/m) 150/160bpm 95cal 6.39/11.04mph
6) 1m - 9:15(9:15/m) 150/159bpm 93cal 6.49/11.23mph
7) 0.01m - 2(4:45/m) 153/153bpm 12.62/9.1mph

Pilates with Sophie (451[20]). The hip flexor feels like it is a repeat of January's injury coming back. It wasn't terrible by any means but I reckon I could really muck myself up if I don't rest up over the next 3 to 5 days.

Rubbish. Felt absolutely lifeless and the HR went bonkers.

Nearly didn't run this because I am worried about my hip flexor, however that didn't cause too many issues on the run.

This was more about getting round without killing myself this morning. Weird.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 9:50(9:50/m) 138/158bpm 95cal 6.11/6.72mph
2) 1m - 9:57(9:57/m) 148/153bpm 106cal 6.04/6.43mph
3) 1m - 9:50(9:50/m) 157/165bpm 113cal 6.1/6.49mph
4) 1m - 9:35(9:35/m) 161/168bpm 114cal 6.26/6.7mph
5) 1m - 9:11(9:11/m) 163/172bpm 110cal 6.54/7.64mph
6) 0m - 2(8:39/m) 169/169bpm 6.94/6.78mph

Pilates with Bev (452[20]). Not a bad session and the left hip flexor wasn't too bad.

Am struggling with what is a either my hip flexor or psoas, but it wasn't too bad on the run. It's just giving me grief during the day when I'm sitting at my desk at work.

This wasn't a bad run. I was moving quite well and feeling pretty relaxed.

I hope this injury eases off soon.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 10:02(10:02/m) 125/138bpm 80cal 5.98/9.25mph
2) 1m - 9:33(9:33/m) 138/147bpm 89cal 6.28/18.37mph
3) 1m - 9:30(9:30/m) 142/151bpm 90cal 6.31/6.82mph
4) 1m - 9:22(9:22/m) 147/158bpm 92cal 6.4/7.31mph
5) 1m - 9:07(9:07/m) 147/158bpm 87cal 6.58/7.12mph
6) 1m - 9:02(9:02/m) 148/154bpm 86cal 6.64/8.39mph
7) 1m - 9:16(9:16/m) 151/162bpm 91cal 6.48/7.03mph
8) 1m - 9:16(9:16/m) 153/163bpm 94cal 6.47/8.77mph
9) 1m - 8:59(8:59/m) 155/160bpm 91cal 6.67/8.31mph
10) 0m - 1(10:06/m) 159/159bpm 5.95/6.18mph

Cold evening and I hadn't eaten well enough all day. The psoas is playing up and by the end of this run it was pretty sore and aching.

So, the combination of feeling like I had a tyre around my waste combined with the psoas made for a pretty miserable run. So, I just told myself to put up and shut up and got my head down.

Will take some rest and get some massage before Sunday's marathon.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 9:55(9:55/m) 126/133bpm 81cal 6.06/7.53mph
2) 1m - 10:15(10:15/m) 135/143bpm 91cal 5.85/6.28mph
3) 1m - 9:33(9:33/m) 142/148bpm 91cal 6.29/6.64mph
4) 1m - 9:48(9:48/m) 144/150bpm 93cal 6.12/6.87mph
5) 1m - 9:54(9:54/m) 145/150bpm 92cal 6.06/6.37mph
6) 1m - 10:14(10:14/m) 147/157bpm 94cal 5.87/6.72mph
7) 1m - 9:40(9:40/m) 150/156bpm 93cal 6.21/6.41mph
8) 1m - 9:26(9:26/m) 151/157bpm 90cal 6.36/6.59mph
9) 1m - 9:29(9:29/m) 151/156bpm 87cal 6.33/6.59mph
10) 1m - 9:18(9:18/m) 154/159bpm 92cal 6.45/6.72mph
11) 1m - 9:05(9:05/m) 162/171bpm 108cal 6.61/7.56mph
12) 0.01m - 2(7:05/m) 171/171bpm 8.46/7.56mph

Colworth Hare & Toroise Marathon: 04:14:17 Pos: 12/48

Happy enough with this. I'd taken 3 days off to try and get my hip flexor & psoas to ease up. I also had some massage with Christos which helped.

However, I turned up with my chest having regressed (I managed to get Christos to crack it again on Friday). I also had some stiffness in the hip as we set off.

This was a fun event and great value for money at £18 with a classic style medal. The course was a 5 lap job and was tricky with lots of heavy grass, a lot of thick slippery mud and whenever there was a stretch of road or track, it was always up hill. Good fun, but challenging.

Was glad to finish at marathon distance today as the left hip was complaining.

I think I need a rest from the running and maybe need to focus on a bit of Pilates and getting this problem with hip to ease up.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 9:28(9:28/m) 141/150bpm 99cal 6.34/6.99mph
2) 1m - 9:35(9:35/m) 145/150bpm 98cal 6.26/6.57mph
3) 1m - 9:38(9:38/m) 145/159bpm 94cal 6.23/7.12mph
4) 1m - 9:40(9:40/m) 149/157bpm 102cal 6.21/7.39mph
5) 1m - 10:38(10:38/m) 151/161bpm 110cal 5.64/7.62mph
6) 1m - 9:51(9:51/m) 153/159bpm 102cal 6.09/6.93mph
7) 1m - 9:22(9:22/m) 154/161bpm 97cal 6.41/6.68mph
8) 1m - 9:34(9:34/m) 151/159bpm 84cal 6.27/6.93mph
9) 1m - 9:29(9:29/m) 153/163bpm 88cal 6.33/6.85mph
10) 1m - 9:56(9:56/m) 159/166bpm 110cal 6.04/7.26mph
11) 1m - 9:14(9:14/m) 159/165bpm 100cal 6.5/7.18mph
12) 1m - 9:26(9:26/m) 161/167bpm 103cal 6.36/6.95mph
13) 1m - 9:28(9:28/m) 157/161bpm 83cal 6.34/7.08mph
14) 1m - 9:37(9:37/m) 159/167bpm 92cal 6.24/7.26mph
15) 1m - 9:56(9:56/m) 160/168bpm 95cal 6.04/7.03mph
16) 1m - 9:37(9:37/m) 161/166bpm 96cal 6.24/7.64mph
17) 1m - 9:36(9:36/m) 165/171bpm 109cal 6.25/6.74mph
18) 1m - 9:07(9:07/m) 166/170bpm 105cal 6.58/6.82mph
19) 1m - 9:38(9:38/m) 163/170bpm 101cal 6.23/7.1mph
20) 1m - 10:00(10:00/m) 162/167bpm 97cal 6/6.85mph
21) 1m - 9:57(9:57/m) 166/172bpm 110cal 6.03/6.82mph
22) 1m - 9:48(9:48/m) 167/172bpm 110cal 6.12/6.76mph
23) 1m - 9:32(9:32/m) 168/171bpm 110cal 6.29/6.64mph
24) 1m - 9:46(9:46/m) 168/172bpm 110cal 6.14/6.76mph
25) 1m - 9:50(9:50/m) 166/169bpm 100cal 6.1/6.66mph
26) 1m - 10:11(10:11/m) 171/175bpm 123cal 5.89/7.03mph
27) 0.27m - 2:23(8:55/m) 175/178bpm 30cal 6.72/7.06mph

Pilates with Nicholas (453[20]). Think I have broken a rib in my chest (and this is what I also did about 10 weeks ago when I fell over in Bristol).

This made for a very tricky session. Struggling to breathe properly.

This hurt. The chest isn't good enough to run on, but I gritted my teeth and got on with it.

Didn't enjoy this as I was in too much pain and I wasn't running properly. I was also struggling to breathe.

Let's hope it gets better from here.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 10:02(10:02/m) 127/143bpm 85cal 5.98/6.7mph
2) 1m - 9:56(9:56/m) 140/148bpm 101cal 6.04/6.8mph
3) 1m - 9:39(9:39/m) 143/154bpm 98cal 6.22/6.53mph
4) 1m - 9:29(9:29/m) 147/154bpm 100cal 6.32/7.89mph
5) 1m - 9:26(9:26/m) 147/155bpm 96cal 6.36/7.41mph
6) 1m - 9:24(9:24/m) 152/160bpm 103cal 6.38/7.12mph
7) 0.01m - 2(7:40/m) 158/158bpm 7.83/6.95mph

Another painful run with my chest still absolutely buggered.

Not enjoying this and I've not had the best of years body-wise.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 9:58(9:58/m) 134/142bpm 95cal 6.02/9.83mph
2) 1m - 9:47(9:47/m) 146/155bpm 105cal 6.13/6.49mph
3) 1m - 9:39(9:39/m) 153/164bpm 111cal 6.22/6.66mph
4) 1m - 9:30(9:30/m) 150/156bpm 102cal 6.31/6.66mph
5) 1m - 9:26(9:26/m) 149/160bpm 94cal 6.36/6.76mph
6) 1m - 9:10(9:10/m) 150/155bpm 96cal 6.54/7.12mph
7) 1m - 9:04(9:04/m) 155/162bpm 100cal 6.61/7.01mph
8) 1m - 8:51(8:51/m) 158/163bpm 101cal 6.77/9.6mph
9) 0m - 1(6:25/m) 163/163bpm 9.35/7.01mph

This went better than expected, given that I finished Friday's run in a fair bit of pain with the ribs.

I managed to get through the first 6 miles with no pain and then I was about 3 to 4 out of ten until 12 miles and then I was up to about 6 to 7 for the last couple of miles.

I was gliding today and feeling pretty relaxed. I now just need to see if the ribs will ease up sufficiently before Saturday's race.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 10:06(10:06/m) 135/151bpm 96cal 5.94/9.75mph
2) 1m - 9:59(9:59/m) 143/148bpm 101cal 6.01/8.37mph
3) 1m - 9:57(9:57/m) 147/152bpm 102cal 6.03/7.01mph
4) 1m - 9:45(9:45/m) 149/154bpm 98cal 6.15/6.62mph
5) 1m - 9:39(9:39/m) 152/158bpm 102cal 6.22/6.76mph
6) 1m - 9:37(9:37/m) 151/161bpm 94cal 6.24/7.37mph
7) 1m - 9:24(9:24/m) 150/158bpm 89cal 6.39/6.87mph
8) 1m - 9:22(9:22/m) 151/155bpm 88cal 6.4/6.64mph
9) 1m - 9:44(9:44/m) 151/159bpm 90cal 6.16/8.62mph
10) 1m - 9:26(9:26/m) 153/157bpm 90cal 6.36/6.8mph
11) 1m - 9:26(9:26/m) 155/159bpm 92cal 6.36/6.68mph
12) 1m - 9:19(9:19/m) 157/160bpm 92cal 6.44/6.87mph
13) 1m - 9:24(9:24/m) 159/163bpm 97cal 6.38/6.82mph
14) 1m - 8:56(8:56/m) 164/171bpm 103cal 6.71/7.6mph
15) 0.01m - 2(6:26/m) 169/169bpm 9.32/6.91mph

Interesting. I have a new Garmin Fenix 6X and I wore it along with my old Garmin Forerunner 920 XT. I was fascinated by the difference between the two watches.

These results are from the Fenix, which made me run 20 seconds longer than the Forerunner and showed me hitting a max HR of 177 compared to 158.

Which one was right? No idea, but I'm pretty sure I got nowhere near 177.

Felt decent tonight but it's weird how I felt really strange with a watch on the right wrist.

For some reason I had an ache in the left hamstring in the last 2 miles.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 10:02(10:02/m) 126/140bpm 105cal
2) 1m - 9:36(9:36/m) 133/155bpm 108cal
3) 1m - 9:27(9:27/m) 142/161bpm 116cal
4) 1m - 9:22(9:22/m) 147/155bpm 116cal
5) 1m - 9:27(9:27/m) 158/177bpm 131cal
6) 1m - 9:16(9:16/m) 159/166bpm 130cal
7) 0.01m - 2(6:07/m) 159/159bpm

Easy jog but the HR was too high and I felt rubbish.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 9:59(9:59/m) 137/154bpm 117cal
2) 1m - 9:14(9:14/m) 151/165bpm 120cal
3) 1m - 9:30(9:30/m) 151/163bpm 121cal
4) 1m - 9:25(9:25/m) 152/172bpm 123cal
5) 0.01m - 3(8:26/m) 155/155bpm

Saturn Run Before Christmas (12 laps: 39.3m): 06:56:56 Pos: 1/1

24 times past the sewerage works at Runnymeade. What a treat.

I need to get much better at running ultras and this run pretty much summarised my year: the physical performance was worth 5/10 at best, but the mental performance as a good 8/10 at least.

I turned up feeling rubbish, bloated and overweight and not able to eat breakfast.

I ran through to 3.5 hours feeling easy, but moving at a pace that was uncomfortably slow.

I then hit a bad path through to 5 hours and then the legs went for the last couple of hours, not helped by developing stomach problems (stitch symptoms again).

The first half was 3:23 and the second half was 3:33. The three half marathons came in at 2:15, 2:15, 2:26.

Glad to get round because the last 11 or 12 miles were a real slog, but not at all happy with my current physical shape or my ability over the longer distances.

This new Garmin lies btw. There's no way that the HR is correct.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 10:21(10:21/m) 141/158bpm 120cal
2) 1m - 10:06(10:06/m) 151/162bpm 127cal
3) 1m - 10:03(10:03/m) 155/170bpm 130cal
4) 1m - 9:59(9:59/m) 159/174bpm 133cal
5) 1m - 10:21(10:21/m) 159/172bpm 137cal
6) 1m - 10:20(10:20/m) 157/172bpm 133cal
7) 1m - 11:33(11:33/m) 156/169bpm 143cal
8) 1m - 9:55(9:55/m) 165/181bpm 142cal
9) 1m - 10:55(10:55/m) 169/183bpm 163cal
10) 1m - 10:11(10:11/m) 178/187bpm 167cal
11) 1m - 9:57(9:57/m) 172/184bpm 155cal
12) 1m - 10:10(10:10/m) 173/186bpm 159cal
13) 1m - 9:51(9:51/m) 172/184bpm 152cal
14) 1m - 10:04(10:04/m) 168/178bpm 149cal
15) 1m - 10:02(10:02/m) 165/175bpm 138cal
16) 1m - 10:08(10:08/m) 163/179bpm 137cal
17) 1m - 11:15(11:15/m) 161/173bpm 138cal
18) 1m - 10:01(10:01/m) 160/172bpm 129cal
19) 1m - 10:06(10:06/m) 162/174bpm 133cal
20) 1m - 9:49(9:49/m) 169/179bpm 147cal
21) 1m - 9:50(9:50/m) 172/187bpm 152cal
22) 1m - 10:08(10:08/m) 169/180bpm 151cal
23) 1m - 9:58(9:58/m) 170/181bpm 151cal
24) 1m - 9:58(9:58/m) 171/186bpm 152cal
25) 1m - 10:14(10:14/m) 171/180bpm 157cal
26) 1m - 10:19(10:19/m) 170/180bpm 154cal
27) 1m - 12:46(12:46/m) 164/178bpm 157cal
28) 1m - 10:29(10:29/m) 161/175bpm 127cal
29) 1m - 11:25(11:25/m) 163/179bpm 139cal
30) 1m - 11:29(11:29/m) 167/179bpm 161cal
31) 1m - 10:44(10:44/m) 167/177bpm 152cal
32) 1m - 11:22(11:22/m) 165/181bpm 151cal
33) 1m - 12:06(12:06/m) 161/176bpm 139cal
34) 1m - 11:15(11:15/m) 165/174bpm 151cal
35) 1m - 11:27(11:27/m) 166/177bpm 159cal
36) 1m - 12:19(12:19/m) 171/182bpm 185cal
37) 1m - 11:15(11:15/m) 167/176bpm 154cal
38) 1m - 11:43(11:43/m) 163/175bpm 142cal
39) 1m - 10:51(10:51/m) 167/174bpm 151cal
40) 0.23m - 2:09(9:35/m) 170/176bpm 32cal

Easy-ish stiff run, but not as bad as I expected. Legs were heavy but I got round, although I wasn't comfortable and was running quicker than I needed to.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 10:08(10:08/m) 141/157bpm 118cal
2) 1m - 9:58(9:58/m) 152/164bpm 125cal
3) 1m - 9:35(9:35/m) 157/171bpm 127cal
4) 1m - 9:23(9:23/m) 155/172bpm 123cal
5) 0.01m - 2(4:30/m) 155/155bpm