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Wednesday Mar 31, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 36:17 [4] 8.14 km (4:27 / km) +170m 4:02 / km
slept:6.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
The other route I had in my head for Gaer - going straight to the bottom from home, to the top, and then across to the Ridgeway to finish.
Felt quite hard today - not sure if warmth, slight breeze, or general tiredness causing it but makes a good excuse not to try and do too much over the long weekend.
Could tell it's not Tuesday by the complete absence of any traffic anywhere.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5045350795
Felt quite hard today - not sure if warmth, slight breeze, or general tiredness causing it but makes a good excuse not to try and do too much over the long weekend.
Could tell it's not Tuesday by the complete absence of any traffic anywhere.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5045350795
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 44:46 [3] 10.19 km (4:24 / km) +145m 4:06 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Tredegar Park and Gaer Fort for a fairly pleasant 10k. Better handling the weather today but still sweaty.
Went through the temporary barriers to do a bit of exploring where the new tarmac path is going in in the corner of TP- enough other people had come through it for me not to feel bad.
Appreciative of the bridge being open now so that I can string together routes like this that are mostly traffic free (and as it's Tuesday, a lot of it about)
https://www.strava.com/activities/5038953815
Heart rate didn't drop out (much) on the hill today - which is a nice change.
Went through the temporary barriers to do a bit of exploring where the new tarmac path is going in in the corner of TP- enough other people had come through it for me not to feel bad.
Appreciative of the bridge being open now so that I can string together routes like this that are mostly traffic free (and as it's Tuesday, a lot of it about)
https://www.strava.com/activities/5038953815
Heart rate didn't drop out (much) on the hill today - which is a nice change.
Monday Mar 29, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 36:26 [3] 8.29 km (4:24 / km) +140m 4:03 / km
slept:4.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Gaer to get the other legend. People around here really don't go off road or up hills.
Sunny and very warm, not much wind - but still very wet and slippery under the trees at the bottom so had to be cautious.
Legs not going terribly well today - so most of the run was smooth rather than swift.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5032610770
Nice slow walk up the Ridgeway after. Saw the top of the Skirrid which I didn't see yesterday.
Sunny and very warm, not much wind - but still very wet and slippery under the trees at the bottom so had to be cautious.
Legs not going terribly well today - so most of the run was smooth rather than swift.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5032610770
Nice slow walk up the Ridgeway after. Saw the top of the Skirrid which I didn't see yesterday.
Sunday Mar 28, 2021 #
2 PM
Running 42:50 [3] 10.12 km (4:14 / km) +130m 3:59 / km
slept:6.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Feeling quite tired today and not keen to go out in this weather so it was to be a bit of a recovery run. From below the canal at Goytre, loop to get 4 more new squares. Wind behind going out made pace good for very little effort, but then was hard work all the way back from Llanover, not helped by the canal towpath being quite slippery. In the end a good pace and my legs seemed a lot happier with it than they did yesterday.
Low cloud meant couldn’t see Blorenge or Sugar Loaf, and just got the bottom of Skirrid. Glad I did my day out yesterday when the sky was fairly clear.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5026282908
Low cloud meant couldn’t see Blorenge or Sugar Loaf, and just got the bottom of Skirrid. Glad I did my day out yesterday when the sky was fairly clear.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5026282908
Saturday Mar 27, 2021 #
1 PM
Running - off road 55:35 [3] 10.3 km (5:24 / km) +375m 4:34 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Had to get a long way away today to break out of the mindset of staying at home - so today was about driving, listening to music, looking at views - with the running coming second. Went for mid Wales as once north of Brecon start getting into my part of the world and I’ve spent so little time stopped there recently nice to go back.
Had a rough route planned in my head and then went and ignored most of it and went down the footpaths I found or guessed without having a map. From Llandrindod lake - wanted to go to “Shaky Bridge” that’s on the OS map - and it wasn’t anything special. Views good though, and as coming down into the valley saw some people at the top of the hill on the other side so thought I’d go up there too. Definitely a “walk” hill for me at the moment - and found the climb quite tough, and slipping on the wet ground in my trainers too. A very satisfying peak though, 360 degree visibility and a very pointy peak to stand on the top off. Probably a good place to put a castle.
Route back was a mix of luck and judgement that it did turn into a marked footpath. Two climbs, neither particularly steep, but really struggled on both of them. May have been into the wind but it didn’t feel strong at those times so not much of an excuse. At the top of last hill went for footpath option as it looked nice and had a gate to give me a bit of a breather - and got me a new trig without having known it was there. Little bits at the end to make 10k as was close, but not so keen by now as stomach had gone a bit on the last descent, and had been expecting it to.
Walked around the town a bit after - which was cold and wet. Drove back via a big loop past the Fforest Inn to see more hills that I want to explore some day. Good to see Llandegley airport is back to normal after being missing last time I came this way. Going back 200 years or so, the sole Welsh contingent in my family lived there - I suspect the airport, and everything else are practically unchanged from back then.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5019459737
Had a rough route planned in my head and then went and ignored most of it and went down the footpaths I found or guessed without having a map. From Llandrindod lake - wanted to go to “Shaky Bridge” that’s on the OS map - and it wasn’t anything special. Views good though, and as coming down into the valley saw some people at the top of the hill on the other side so thought I’d go up there too. Definitely a “walk” hill for me at the moment - and found the climb quite tough, and slipping on the wet ground in my trainers too. A very satisfying peak though, 360 degree visibility and a very pointy peak to stand on the top off. Probably a good place to put a castle.
Route back was a mix of luck and judgement that it did turn into a marked footpath. Two climbs, neither particularly steep, but really struggled on both of them. May have been into the wind but it didn’t feel strong at those times so not much of an excuse. At the top of last hill went for footpath option as it looked nice and had a gate to give me a bit of a breather - and got me a new trig without having known it was there. Little bits at the end to make 10k as was close, but not so keen by now as stomach had gone a bit on the last descent, and had been expecting it to.
Walked around the town a bit after - which was cold and wet. Drove back via a big loop past the Fforest Inn to see more hills that I want to explore some day. Good to see Llandegley airport is back to normal after being missing last time I came this way. Going back 200 years or so, the sole Welsh contingent in my family lived there - I suspect the airport, and everything else are practically unchanged from back then.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5019459737
Friday Mar 26, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 31:24 [3] 7.04 km (4:28 / km) +125m 4:06 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Short route as I really should be making the most of less-limited freedom from tomorrow.
Fairly windy, and very slippery under the trees where it was wet - so not a lot of incentive to push today. To be honest, not a day I would have run if I wasn't going every day.
Optical HR having a pretty terrible day today, no matter how much readjusting - max HR 147 on some downhill section. Result is that I was 40% behind usual for daily "activity" so had to do an extra 30 minutes walking around on top of run and 30 min walk at lunchtime, and Strava "fitness" has dropped again to 59 (v. 107 on 26/3/20). I really am getting shockingly unfit with all these lockdowns!
Incidentally, the same thing telling me I'm getting unfit also tells me on current fitness I'm capable of doing <17:30 5k if I actually put any effort into running...
https://www.strava.com/activities/5014716849
Fairly windy, and very slippery under the trees where it was wet - so not a lot of incentive to push today. To be honest, not a day I would have run if I wasn't going every day.
Optical HR having a pretty terrible day today, no matter how much readjusting - max HR 147 on some downhill section. Result is that I was 40% behind usual for daily "activity" so had to do an extra 30 minutes walking around on top of run and 30 min walk at lunchtime, and Strava "fitness" has dropped again to 59 (v. 107 on 26/3/20). I really am getting shockingly unfit with all these lockdowns!
Incidentally, the same thing telling me I'm getting unfit also tells me on current fitness I'm capable of doing <17:30 5k if I actually put any effort into running...
https://www.strava.com/activities/5014716849
Thursday Mar 25, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 35:30 [3] 8.09 km (4:23 / km) +145m 4:02 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Similar route to before - this being the basis of what I'm expecting to become the summer route. Still a little damp under the trees on Gaer, which I wasn't expecting - but also a freshly burned section by the railway which wasn't burned yesterday.
Finding the climb tough today. It's only 40m but does seem harder than the Ridgeway, maybe because of the wind. Watch heart rate also didn't like the hill and dropped from 150 to 120 at exactly the same part of the climb that it usually does - and then under read by about 30bpm for the rest of the run.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5009407365
Finding the climb tough today. It's only 40m but does seem harder than the Ridgeway, maybe because of the wind. Watch heart rate also didn't like the hill and dropped from 150 to 120 at exactly the same part of the climb that it usually does - and then under read by about 30bpm for the rest of the run.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5009407365
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 43:32 [3] 10.07 km (4:19 / km) +175m 3:59 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
A break from recent tradition and going to Gaer instead of up the Ridgeway now I've probably peaked my "local legend" count (74, I think - but maintaining 85/90 on another closer to home).
Out on Risca Road, down Western Ave and along bottom of Gaer and then up across the football pitch as per usual route from late summer. A few wiggles and bits later on to make it 10k. Not going hard early on, but once started uphill felt like quite an effort all the way back.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5003889096
Out on Risca Road, down Western Ave and along bottom of Gaer and then up across the football pitch as per usual route from late summer. A few wiggles and bits later on to make it 10k. Not going hard early on, but once started uphill felt like quite an effort all the way back.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5003889096
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 1:08:15 [3] 14.24 km (4:48 / km) +220m 4:27 / km
slept:6.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Met up with Marcus and Martyn in the new estate by Cardiff Gate for a reasonably quick run to Ruperra Castle and Cefn Mabley, with a detour at the end to run down a footpath with no stiles or gates through the hedges and get Martyn a couple of streets ticked off.
Really nice to see them again, and weather was good too with ground fairly dry. Felt like quite hard work at times, but this is a pretty long run for me now.
Completely failed to recognise the road at Michaelstone that I’d ran in the other direction 5 years ago.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4998042810
Really nice to see them again, and weather was good too with ground fairly dry. Felt like quite hard work at times, but this is a pretty long run for me now.
Completely failed to recognise the road at Michaelstone that I’d ran in the other direction 5 years ago.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4998042810
Monday Mar 22, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 34:48 [3] 8.16 km (4:16 / km) +130m 3:57 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Sticking with last week’s route for now. Taking it easy and just enjoying a reasonably nice evening. Overall time seems to be continuing the consistent trend. Shoes may be getting past their best now as noticing landing on outside of feet more than recently. If things are opening up soon may start on the new trainers so they are broken in before the 5k in a couple of weeks, rather than run in racers.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4991722102
https://www.strava.com/activities/4991722102
Sunday Mar 21, 2021 #
2 PM
Running 39:44 [4] 10.0 km (3:58 / km) +90m 3:48 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Something different today as after talking about my average grade adjusted pace for the year yesterday wanted to see what would happen if I went for a normal run but without the gradient.
Parked in Crosskeys to run out and back along Sirhowy railway track but saw it was uphill into Wattsville so changed into a loop out on the road to Cwmfelinfach and back along railway. Did take a lot of effort not to turn right and run up Mynyddislwyn - thinking of doing that after work one day once the clocks have changed.
First k beeped 4:37. Hadn’t gone particularly hard and had lots of traffic issues through the park - but fairly certain the watch had cut something as expecting more like 4:10 or faster. 2nd k beeped 3:45 and was fairly certain it had added a chunk as it was uphill and expecting 4:05-4:10 pace as had got up to speed. The 3:45 was a bit of a mental boost as then encouraged me to put a bit more effort in for the way back to see what 5k and 10k times I could do. 3rd km beeped 3:52 and gps slightly off, expected just under 4:00. Rest of the run km splits were steady around 3:55, maybe a bit slower than I was expecting but not bad as I could have put more effort in.
Overall, did run pretty much exactly 10k if replotting my route - in 39:45, without really aiming for it to be a quick run, wearing old shoes, not feeling too well to start with and still getting 90m elevation in. Gives a bit of confidence that I can still put in fast runs even without any speed work in over a year.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4985218569
Parked in Crosskeys to run out and back along Sirhowy railway track but saw it was uphill into Wattsville so changed into a loop out on the road to Cwmfelinfach and back along railway. Did take a lot of effort not to turn right and run up Mynyddislwyn - thinking of doing that after work one day once the clocks have changed.
First k beeped 4:37. Hadn’t gone particularly hard and had lots of traffic issues through the park - but fairly certain the watch had cut something as expecting more like 4:10 or faster. 2nd k beeped 3:45 and was fairly certain it had added a chunk as it was uphill and expecting 4:05-4:10 pace as had got up to speed. The 3:45 was a bit of a mental boost as then encouraged me to put a bit more effort in for the way back to see what 5k and 10k times I could do. 3rd km beeped 3:52 and gps slightly off, expected just under 4:00. Rest of the run km splits were steady around 3:55, maybe a bit slower than I was expecting but not bad as I could have put more effort in.
Overall, did run pretty much exactly 10k if replotting my route - in 39:45, without really aiming for it to be a quick run, wearing old shoes, not feeling too well to start with and still getting 90m elevation in. Gives a bit of confidence that I can still put in fast runs even without any speed work in over a year.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4985218569
Saturday Mar 20, 2021 #
12 PM
Running - off road 1:23:07 [3] 12.14 km (6:51 / km) +445m 5:47 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Adidas Terrex Two
Easy run with Mark and Alice around Wentwood West.
Mostly on new paths to me which was nice, and got to see some views over to the ridge behind Cwmbran. Bonus new square - first one since either of the Treharris area runs from December.
A test for the new trail shoes - the wet bits and the really steep bits were a little too much for them (as expected), but I was amazed how well they absorbed the impact on hard trails and roads - to the point I didn't feel any at all. Felt quite heavy though but so far not disappointed.
The steeper bits felt hard enough even at taking it easy pace - just so nice to be able to go somewhere different and go somewhere steeper!
https://www.strava.com/activities/4978226178
Mostly on new paths to me which was nice, and got to see some views over to the ridge behind Cwmbran. Bonus new square - first one since either of the Treharris area runs from December.
A test for the new trail shoes - the wet bits and the really steep bits were a little too much for them (as expected), but I was amazed how well they absorbed the impact on hard trails and roads - to the point I didn't feel any at all. Felt quite heavy though but so far not disappointed.
The steeper bits felt hard enough even at taking it easy pace - just so nice to be able to go somewhere different and go somewhere steeper!
https://www.strava.com/activities/4978226178
Friday Mar 19, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 34:54 [3] 8.17 km (4:16 / km) +130m 3:57 / km
slept:5.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Same route as usual. Not so keen today so was going to try harder to take it easy - but as the guy in the orange shorts ran past just before I started sought to catch him before getting to Melfort Road. Turns out this was quite easy as he seemed to start walking after the end of my road.
Relatively steady until starting up the Ridgeway and then a bit more effort from there. Legs feeling heavier than they did earlier in the week.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4973847849
Relatively steady until starting up the Ridgeway and then a bit more effort from there. Legs feeling heavier than they did earlier in the week.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4973847849
Thursday Mar 18, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 34:47 [3] 8.18 km (4:15 / km) +130m 3:56 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Same route as for the last few days but a bit later than intended as had a meeting slotted in at short notice and it then over-ran by 40 minutes.
Wasn't really looking at the watch and instead was just holding it back a bit and sticking to comfortable, until the last k or so. Overall a lot faster than I was expecting it to be.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4968831595
Wasn't really looking at the watch and instead was just holding it back a bit and sticking to comfortable, until the last k or so. Overall a lot faster than I was expecting it to be.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4968831595
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 34:49 [3] 8.14 km (4:17 / km) +130m 3:58 / km
slept:5.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Same route as last few days. Trying much less hard but pace still good towards the end.
Less sunny, and less windy.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4963217523
Less sunny, and less windy.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4963217523
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
4 PM
Running 33:58 [4] 8.19 km (4:09 / km) +130m 3:51 / km
slept:5.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Day 365.
Meetings overran by just 35 minutes today and made sure I was dressed ready to get out whilst still sunny. Also still windy out on Melfort. Had run through a car crash, cricket match and football game all before zi got to the Handpost.
Overall pace was pretty good. As before didn’t set out to be quick but once started wanted to maintain. Ends up being a pretty good effort to round off the year.
Jackie Hallett’s old car drove past on Risca Road.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4957556190
Meetings overran by just 35 minutes today and made sure I was dressed ready to get out whilst still sunny. Also still windy out on Melfort. Had run through a car crash, cricket match and football game all before zi got to the Handpost.
Overall pace was pretty good. As before didn’t set out to be quick but once started wanted to maintain. Ends up being a pretty good effort to round off the year.
Jackie Hallett’s old car drove past on Risca Road.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4957556190
Monday Mar 15, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 34:44 [3] 8.11 km (4:17 / km) +130m 3:58 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Last meeting of the day overran by an hour so the sun had just about gone by the time I got out. Not a totally wasted day though as finally cracked a really tricky data issue we’ve been getting nowhere with for over 6 months and is causing variances of £100ms. There’s a lot to be said for misapplying logic seen in other systems just to see if it works...
Fairly standard route. Didn’t start fast, as Saturday ended the streak of runs from home so no pressure to maintain. Pace still ended up quick by the end. Windier than I was expecting.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4952228825
Fairly standard route. Didn’t start fast, as Saturday ended the streak of runs from home so no pressure to maintain. Pace still ended up quick by the end. Windier than I was expecting.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4952228825
Sunday Mar 14, 2021 #
1 PM
Running 41:30 [3] 9.45 km (4:23 / km) +165m 4:02 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Wanted a road run with moderate elevation as per usual - and after some thought realised there’s nowhere better worth driving to so just ran from home, after eventually coaxing myself outside. Other options may start looking better when the weather improves.
Double Ridgeway with canal. Not really going for distance, nor keen to push hard, so just did whatever.
Looped at the end and did two “efforts” rather than one, which felt much harder.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4945935242/overv...
Double Ridgeway with canal. Not really going for distance, nor keen to push hard, so just did whatever.
Looped at the end and did two “efforts” rather than one, which felt much harder.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4945935242/overv...
Saturday Mar 13, 2021 #
11 AM
Running - off road 1:13:21 [3] 11.16 km (6:34 / km) +335m 5:43 / km
slept:6.5 shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Blk/Gn2
Bit of a busy morning with blood test, covid swab test #5, and getting the shoes I ordered yesterday afternoon (despite it telling me on the order, and on the package itself, that it would come on Tuesday!)
Easy run with Mark and Alice around Draethen. Over towards Ruperra, then a couple of new paths for me and the Iron Bridge before looping around the main track in the Draethen woods after. Fortunately in a good weather window and finished a few minutes before the afternoon's hail started.
Pace fairly slow by my standards, and the HR recording averaging 114 (it looks suspiciously low for the last 2k or so) - good to do it to start transitioning me out of lockdown mode, and suppose this is about as close to a rest day as I'll get for now and may do me some good.
Again nice to have real people to talk to - so thanks to Mark and Alice for inviting me out.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4939173648
Easy run with Mark and Alice around Draethen. Over towards Ruperra, then a couple of new paths for me and the Iron Bridge before looping around the main track in the Draethen woods after. Fortunately in a good weather window and finished a few minutes before the afternoon's hail started.
Pace fairly slow by my standards, and the HR recording averaging 114 (it looks suspiciously low for the last 2k or so) - good to do it to start transitioning me out of lockdown mode, and suppose this is about as close to a rest day as I'll get for now and may do me some good.
Again nice to have real people to talk to - so thanks to Mark and Alice for inviting me out.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4939173648
Friday Mar 12, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 30:51 [3] 7.24 km (4:16 / km) +120m 3:56 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Windy again so not keen to get out. Limited freedom to travel from tomorrow but again wind doesn’t make many options look particularly inviting.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4935079650
https://www.strava.com/activities/4935079650
Thursday Mar 11, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
4 PM
Running 34:41 [3] 8.16 km (4:15 / km) +140m 3:55 / km
slept:3.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Got a dry window, but still pretty windy - are generally more consistently strong and from a less helpful direction than yesterday.
Made the distance up to 5 miles rather than intended shorter one as not too unpleasant. Still on a dark winter route to minimise headwinds.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4929914660
Made the distance up to 5 miles rather than intended shorter one as not too unpleasant. Still on a dark winter route to minimise headwinds.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4929914660
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 31:08 [3] 7.26 km (4:17 / km) +125m 3:57 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Route a bit more like earlier in the winter as although light, reduced the amount I was against the wind. Overall wind and rain was there, but only significant around the turning point on the cycle path and a couple of other short bits.
Held up a bit coming back onto Bassaleg Road at the end as stuck behind a slower runner (wearing some fancy Nike shoes and rolling his feet outwards a lot more than I do) and couldn't get passed due to a line of parked cars on pavement, traffic in road, and delivery driver walking around without looking where he was going.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4925012544
Held up a bit coming back onto Bassaleg Road at the end as stuck behind a slower runner (wearing some fancy Nike shoes and rolling his feet outwards a lot more than I do) and couldn't get passed due to a line of parked cars on pavement, traffic in road, and delivery driver walking around without looking where he was going.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4925012544
Tuesday Mar 9, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 10:00 [3]
6 PM
Running 36:14 [3] 8.23 km (4:24 / km) +135m 4:04 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Wanted my hair cut so didn't start until it was starting to go dark.
Not a huge amount of effort put in and felt quite smooth once my legs had loosened up.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4919633270
Not a huge amount of effort put in and felt quite smooth once my legs had loosened up.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4919633270
Monday Mar 8, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 32:50 [3] 7.68 km (4:17 / km) +135m 3:56 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Legs feeling a bit stiff today so went easier than I did at the weekend. Quite happy if that's what easy pace looks like.
Long strings of traffic as I came to cross road before Ridgeway - ended up going right down to the bottom of the hill waiting for a gap I could run across - by some margin the busiest it's been all year with queues for the Handpost lights too.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4913502895
Long strings of traffic as I came to cross road before Ridgeway - ended up going right down to the bottom of the hill waiting for a gap I could run across - by some margin the busiest it's been all year with queues for the Handpost lights too.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4913502895
Sunday Mar 7, 2021 #
12 PM
Running 36:37 [3] 8.56 km (4:17 / km) +145m 3:57 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Getting better at taking it easier, and also got out of the door fairly quickly for once today.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4906810152
https://www.strava.com/activities/4906810152
Saturday Mar 6, 2021 #
3 PM
Running 45:57 [3] 10.68 km (4:18 / km) +195m 3:57 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Took a while to actually get started but nice one I was going. Easier run than during the week but picked the pace up along Risca Road towards the end.
Good to get the distance and double-Ridgeway run for the week done.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4900940873
Good to get the distance and double-Ridgeway run for the week done.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4900940873
Friday Mar 5, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 32:07 [3] 7.64 km (4:12 / km) +125m 3:53 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Thursday Mar 4, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 34:27 [3] 8.14 km (4:14 / km) +125m 3:56 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
On calls until fairly late again so was going to keep it short but still managed 8km. Found a load of dogmuck across pavement at back of cemetery so planned a route to avoid it on the way out, and came back in the road as no traffic.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4890435996
https://www.strava.com/activities/4890435996
Wednesday Mar 3, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 10:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 31:27 [3] 7.34 km (4:17 / km) +120m 3:58 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Shorter one as working until later and it didn't look so nice out today.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4884803510
https://www.strava.com/activities/4884803510
Tuesday Mar 2, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 10:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 34:35 [3] 8.25 km (4:12 / km) +135m 3:52 / km
slept:6.0 weight:74.4kg shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue
Pretty much same route as yesterday. Quick run without trying to be. Lots of other runners out this evening.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4878611700
https://www.strava.com/activities/4878611700
Monday Mar 1, 2021 #
12 PM
S&C 8:00 [3]
5 PM
Running 35:14 [3] 8.16 km (4:19 / km) +130m 4:00 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 23 LBlue