Kent AA 3000m & 10000m Track Championships - Dartford
Went up with Lucy who was doing the 3000m, did a couple of Laps with her round Dartford Central Park, before she went in to get ready for her race, I continued and did about 4 miles warming up including stretching and strides. Just getting back in time to watch the 3000m. The Club were well represented with Rona winning the whole race, next came Nikki, Lucy, Catherine, Kim & Tina. All recording good times faster than they had run at a time trial previously on Saturday.
Then Mens 10000m followed and I did not blast off and got into a good steady pace following Dave for probably the first 8-10 laps, legs not feeling to bad but just has a slight ache at top of calf behind left knee.
Went past Dave expecting him to stick to my shoulder but opened up about a 10m or so gap, as faras I could judge listening to the supporters. Went through half way in 17'47 which is equilivant to 5.44 m/m pace.
Very fine rain now coming down, and got lapped by leader twice before the end of the race. really concentrating on trying to keep pace going and keep a head of Dave. Lap counter got very confusing towards the end as it is counted down for the leader. With about two laps to go Dave came past me at quite a pace that I could not respond to as I needed to keep something for the last lap. I pushed hard over the last lap and finished with a time of 36'33. Second 5km had taken 18'39 (ave pace 5.58 m/m). Very pleased with end result after a difficult 2 weeks and got a lot of confidence back. Finished 3rd Vet 40. Dave S got 1st Vet 50 and Grahame got 2nd Vet 60. So all in all a good night for Folkestone RC.
Distance Race: 10000m Time: 00:36:33 Pace: 5.51 m/m
Distance Overall: 10 Miles
LONDON MARATHON - 21 April 2013
Tues 14 Jun 2011
From Club tonight, went out with Dave G, Dave S & Will for an easy 5 miler, we are all racing tomorrow night in the 10000m at Dartford. After last nights run I decided that I would give it ago tomorrow if anything just to assess where I am at the moment.
Distance: 5 Miles Time: 00:38:44 Pace: 7.48 m/m
Distance: 5 Miles Time: 00:38:44 Pace: 7.48 m/m
Mon 13 Jun 2011
Dropped youngest daughter off at Folkestone Sports Centre, so I went for a run from there, going across Polo Ground up to Brickfields and then along the track by the side of the Channel Tunnel all the way along to Newington Lane and then turned and came back same way. Tried to run at a good pace just to see how I was feeling for Wednesday night. Quite pleased with result, splits were:- 7.43 / 6.55 / 7.11 / 6.42 / 6.30 / 6.58. Not to bad after a week off and a very easy week.
Distance: 6 Miles Time: 00:42:02 Pace: 7.00 m/m
Distance: 6 Miles Time: 00:42:02 Pace: 7.00 m/m
Sun 12 Jun 2011 HAMSTREET 10KM
HAMSTREET 10KM
Promised Lucy that I would run this race with her, as it was her first 10km for about 3 years. Advertised as follows 'the course will be run along quiet country lanes and we'll be looking to set a flat or slightly undulating course to enable some fast times to be posted.'
Unfortunately this was not strictly correct - in fact the route started off as alap of the village green, then we were on the road for about a quarter of a mile before we entered Hamstreet Woods where we completed 2 laps which totalled about 5.5 miles. Due to the rain yesterday some parts of the course were very muddy and slippery, especially so in road shoes!! Also the paths in the woods were quite undulating. Coming out of the woods we followed the same route back to the finish area.
I think the surface conditions where not condusive for fast times.
All in all I did enjoy the course, proabably because I like cross country, and If I had been racing seriously then would have probably been up at the sharp end. It was run by Grace Nichols in 38'21.
Lucy did really well and finished in 52'14 just piping me by a second, it must have been the sprint finish!!.
Distance: 8 Miles (Overall) Time : 00:52:15 Pace Race:
Weekly Summary - Easy come back this week after having the back ache problems last week. The ache in back and hip had not totally gone but were 10x better, even after the off road 10km. Kent Champs 10000m next week , will assess how I fee before deciding to run.
Promised Lucy that I would run this race with her, as it was her first 10km for about 3 years. Advertised as follows 'the course will be run along quiet country lanes and we'll be looking to set a flat or slightly undulating course to enable some fast times to be posted.'
Unfortunately this was not strictly correct - in fact the route started off as alap of the village green, then we were on the road for about a quarter of a mile before we entered Hamstreet Woods where we completed 2 laps which totalled about 5.5 miles. Due to the rain yesterday some parts of the course were very muddy and slippery, especially so in road shoes!! Also the paths in the woods were quite undulating. Coming out of the woods we followed the same route back to the finish area.
I think the surface conditions where not condusive for fast times.
All in all I did enjoy the course, proabably because I like cross country, and If I had been racing seriously then would have probably been up at the sharp end. It was run by Grace Nichols in 38'21.
Lucy did really well and finished in 52'14 just piping me by a second, it must have been the sprint finish!!.
Distance: 8 Miles (Overall) Time : 00:52:15 Pace Race:
Weekly Summary - Easy come back this week after having the back ache problems last week. The ache in back and hip had not totally gone but were 10x better, even after the off road 10km. Kent Champs 10000m next week , will assess how I fee before deciding to run.
Thurs 9 Jun 2011
Went down to Club tonight, did warm up with the group then went off to help Lucy with her 1.5 mile time trial. Went out of Polo Ground onto Cherry Garden Avenue where we started, then went up on Cheriton Road along to Cornwallis Avenue which we went down until we got to Broadmead Village then followed the loop round clockwise finishing outside the Folkestone Academy. Time was 10m 20s. We then went back across Polo Ground and joined the rest of the group for a warm down.
Distance: 4 Miles Time (Effort): 00:10:20 Pace (Effort): 6.54 m/m
Distance: 4 Miles Time (Effort): 00:10:20 Pace (Effort): 6.54 m/m
Wed 8 June 2011
Started at Brockhill School tonight , across the playing fields, down Darky Lane to bottom of Hythe Hill across the road through Nurseryfields and Millfields and onto canal bank towards West Hythe, turned and came back after 2.5 miles. Running with Lucy, back felt almost back to normal with only very slight ache and hip giving no pain at all tonight, I think that well on the way to getting better. Will keep it easy for rets of this week and then start milage and speed next week as long as everything is still ok. Splits:- 8.19 / 8.14 / 8.22 / 8.32 / 10.22(steep uphill).
Distance: 5 Miles Time: 00:43:52 Pace: 8.47 m/m
Distance: 5 Miles Time: 00:43:52 Pace: 8.47 m/m
Tues 7 June 2011
SUMMER RELAYS - 3rd LEG ASHFORD
At Victoria Park Ashford tonight for the inter-club relays, although not actually taking part myself due to recovery from last weeks back problems, was there in my Team Managers role. We had a good A Team out tonight, Tom, Ben Dave G & Sam. We were in the top four from the start and everyone put in a good solid performance so on the last leg Sam was able pull away and give us a comfortable victory, our first of the summer. It is really interesting this year as there is not one team that is totally dominant, so it all counts on the next two legs.
Myself I just did four miles jogging round the course supporting our teams, back felt a lot better tonight and the hip ache was only very slight. I made the right decision not to run as legs feeling a little stiff afterwards.
Distance: 4 Miles
At Victoria Park Ashford tonight for the inter-club relays, although not actually taking part myself due to recovery from last weeks back problems, was there in my Team Managers role. We had a good A Team out tonight, Tom, Ben Dave G & Sam. We were in the top four from the start and everyone put in a good solid performance so on the last leg Sam was able pull away and give us a comfortable victory, our first of the summer. It is really interesting this year as there is not one team that is totally dominant, so it all counts on the next two legs.
Myself I just did four miles jogging round the course supporting our teams, back felt a lot better tonight and the hip ache was only very slight. I made the right decision not to run as legs feeling a little stiff afterwards.
Distance: 4 Miles
Mon 6 Jun 2011
Back and hp felt a lot better today at work, and could only really feel it occassionally. Therefore decided to do very easy run tonight. Felt lower back straight away and hip was aching as well but as run progressed hip eased off. Back could be felt through whole run but was only a discomfort, however I don't think I will be able to run fast at relay tomorrow. Splits 7.45 / 8.08 / 8.05 / 8.15
Distance: 4 Miles Time: 00:32:15 Pace: 8.04 m/m
Distance: 4 Miles Time: 00:32:15 Pace: 8.04 m/m
Mon 30 May - Sun 5 Jun 2011
Sunday evening sitting at computer with feet up on a stall to the side, then twisting on way to work on the computer and then twisting to watch the TV behind me, left me with a very sore right hip and lower back on Monday, so didn't run. Went down to the club on Tuesday to see if a run would ease it a bit but could only manage 1.5 m warm up, didn't do the session just watched and encouraged then did 0.5m warm down. It felt quite painful just doing that and I wasn't running freely. Thurs and Friday were worst days and hardly got any sleep Thurs night. By Sat it had eased a bit but could still feel it and was tender ratherv than painful. No chance of being better for 5000m on Sunday so rested both days.
Weekly Total: 2 Miles
Weekly Total: 2 Miles
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