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Post by chaz on Nov 27, 2006 20:32:03 GMT
Hi Sam,
I don't time the whole run as my £1 car boot sale stop watch cannot cope with multiple timings. The middle 4 miles is my lactate threshhold session - currently at 9:30 a mile. - The 2 mile warm-up and cool-down either side of this is at a dead slow jog. If I don't combine the endurance and lactate runs like this then there aren't enough days in the week!
Obviously the distance for the race is not going to be a problem but my pace is still pathetic. I will probably push this endurance/lactate training run up to ten miles overall distance and then hold it there to allow the speed to develope again. Ten miles is about the minimum distance for a useful fat-burn. This will reduce my weight so increasing speed as well as making for a better picture!!
Chaz
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2006 21:34:47 GMT
With all this exercise Chaz how do you have time to make progress on the V6 into the SS? Are you hoping to get a lucrative modelling contract after the calendar hits the shops??
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Post by sammss on Dec 1, 2006 23:02:49 GMT
I think Jeff may be invited back for a contract  |
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Post by chaz on Dec 4, 2006 22:48:01 GMT
Hi Chris - I'm viewing the running as a gauge on how well I'm recovering from M.E. - 9 miles on Saturday so not too bad so far...........
I have a few days holiday over Christmas and hope to get the brake pipes finished then. After a break I will start stripping down the V6 maybe in Feb. Unfortunately I may have to continue working away from home few a few more months so that restricts my free time!
I don't think I can depend on a modelling contract unless I want to be very poor indeed!!
Yes Sam, it was a good photo of Jeff, although I don't think I'd make a very good showing in all that cold snow.........
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Post by chaz on Dec 10, 2006 16:42:43 GMT
And the second milestone reached.........
10 mile endurance reached yesterday. I'll hold at that distance and work on the speed and strength. Total weight loss is now 12 lbs.
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Post by chaz on Dec 22, 2006 21:55:42 GMT
Third milestone reached!
The ten milers are having the desired effect and I have now lost a straight stone.
Speed also increasing.
I may splash out and buy an extra carrot for Christmas.
Everyone else is being very discreet on their training progress!
Chaz.
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Post by chaz on Jan 3, 2007 20:12:56 GMT
Only lost 1 lb over Christmas.........
Oh well.
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Post by sammss on Jan 3, 2007 20:17:53 GMT
It was Christmas, so that is allowed. I put on about 6lb  |
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Post by chaz on Jan 3, 2007 21:03:47 GMT
You'll lose that in no time flat - or you can keep it if you want as I'm not yet anywhere near 6:32 pace!
I won't get to Stoneleigh until Sunday afternoon as I've just realized I've got a 10k road race in the morning. I'll get the car loaded before the race and drive straight down afterwards.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2007 12:04:21 GMT
Will this do for the CLUB CALENDAR  |
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Post by chaz on Jan 24, 2007 21:58:45 GMT
Roy,
You have a head start with that one! It reminds me of someone out of "Bonanza" I think. I hope it will prompt others to fill in the vacant months!
I've still got to lose a bit more fat yet and double up on the gymwork to be worthy of the standard set by Jeff. I've got the snow outside already, but I don't think it will keep long enough. However when the time is right I will submit my contribution. Be afraid, be very afraid.........
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Post by sammss on Jan 24, 2007 22:04:58 GMT
It is like Bonanza actually (not that I remember it obviously!). You are so lucky to have snow  |
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Post by chaz on Jan 25, 2007 20:46:26 GMT
I did not feel lucky at 5:30 in the morning freezing cold hoping that that lemon of a diesel Mondeo I have just bought would start! Bl**dy thing! I lost a days training, eventually had to bike into work in a freezing gale and caught a cold.
Mondeo sorted now so back on the kit as soon as the weather relents.
Obviously I don't remember Bonanza either.
My ol' Gran'pappy done tol' me.........
Chaz (El Guitaristo)
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Post by sammss on Jan 25, 2007 22:08:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2007 22:42:21 GMT
Push or motor (bike)? ;D
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Post by chaz on Jan 26, 2007 17:52:29 GMT
Push bike! Hadn't ridden it for years. Pumped up tyres and oiled it up. Riding it wasn't too bad but the wind was freezing and despite layers of clothing couldn't get warmed up. I will never be able to count up to twenty again. But I s'pose it did count as a bit of training. Still, Mondeo seems OK now, touch wood.
Chaz.
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Post by dreagle on Jan 26, 2007 19:51:50 GMT
Could you count up to 20 before?  (  Chaz - that was just too tempting!) It was quite warm today, even I went outside for a walk! Where are you with the SS? |
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Post by sammss on Jan 26, 2007 23:04:42 GMT
Ah - excellent Simon! Are you training for the race or the club calendar? You have a way to go to match Jeff's standard  |
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Post by chaz on Jan 28, 2007 22:21:55 GMT
Hi Sam,
I guess Simon's in training for the race as he is already too d*mn suave and debonair for the calendar for his own good.
Just done my best 4 mile pace yet! 8:47, my P.B. is 8:32 at that distance. When I beat that I'll count it as another milestone.
Hi Simon,
Yes I could count up to twenty before. I know that because one of the toes I still have left is the one with "20" actually written on it. Most of the webbing has gone as well.
I will update the thread in the next few days if the weather permits some photos. Had a bit of an interruption while I got rid of the Sierras and beat that blasted Mondeo into submission.
Chaz.
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Post by sammss on Jan 28, 2007 22:23:53 GMT
 Ummm - are we talking about the same Simon, Chaz?
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Post by chaz on Jan 28, 2007 22:47:51 GMT
Yeah, Simon Templar.
Right?
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Post by sammss on Jan 28, 2007 23:04:56 GMT
That's who you described He was the saint wasn't he - my grandparents told me - was way before my time . That angelic ring around his head always put me off a bit. Nice looking (very so), but a bit kinda good (well behaved I mean) for your normal red blooded woman I would say |
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Post by chaz on Jan 28, 2007 23:20:52 GMT
Head ring? Well behaved?
Oooops! Silly me. Meant Simon Cowell of course.
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Post by chaz on Feb 18, 2007 10:52:52 GMT
And another (this is getting repetitive!) milestone reached.........
4 miles at 8:31 - lifetime best for me. Ran only 11 mins a mile when I first started training again last October. Another 2 mins a mile to go though which is going to be v. hard.........
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Post by sammss on Feb 20, 2007 14:59:18 GMT
I really think that I only did that 6 1/2 a mile run once. I was pleased with the time, but I don't usually run that fast - honest! I think the thing is that my normal run is in a very hilly area so doing a 4 mile fun run on the flat was comparitavely easy. I am not sure how I achieved that time though |
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Post by chaz on Feb 20, 2007 21:06:59 GMT
Hi Sam,
I'm sure you're being modest! (Or maybe that was a clever psychological ploy to lull me into a false sense of adequacy? - No, no, of course not........) A race usually brings out the best. Anyway my time is on a flat course as well, so I've a bit to go yet. 8:31 is moderate, not fast. I'll find out in May when I run the GEAR 10k in Lynn (6.2 miles). That will show my (lack of) speed up!
No training this week as I've a stinking cold - first training break since I started so it won't do any harm. Annoying though as I was on a good streak.
This thread is turning into a running log. We need more volunteers for the calendar guys!
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Post by sammss on Feb 21, 2007 16:43:01 GMT
Well I actually timed my run today, which is not something I have ever really done before. Is about 7 1/2 minutes a mile. I still am not convinced about my time on that fun run. I did run a good time because I beat a lot of proper runners. It was on one of the hottest days of the year so maybe I just run better than others on no fluids ;D ;D It did cause my friends great amusement tho cos I spent was in the local pub til 2am that morning dancing to a band & drinking snakebite. Maybe you need to increase your alcohol consumption |
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Post by chaz on Feb 23, 2007 20:22:18 GMT
7:30 a mile sounds good to me. Still means I'll have to acheive better than 7 mins on a flat course to be competitive.
Cold still v. bad. V. annoyed about not running. Still that gives me a chance to try your advanced training tip of increasing fluids at 2 am! I have set the alarm clock and un-corked a bottle of red. I will report on any effects once the hangover has dissipated.
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Post by chaz on Mar 17, 2007 18:22:55 GMT
Hangover gone. And cold gone too. Back in training. Distances all acheived OK but speed had dropped by a minute a mile! I have clawed back 20 seconds of that this week but am very disappointed to lost so much. Must train harder.
On the other hand the gym is going well and I've lost another pound.
So maybe late night drinking is not the best training regime for me after all? .........
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Post by chaz on May 13, 2007 14:14:12 GMT
The Great East Anglia Run (GEAR) was last Sunday (Yes, the first day of Stoneleigh). Studiously (dumbly?) following Sam's advice I spent Saturday night wining and dining until 1:00 am, to be up at 07:00 (King's Lynn being closed to traffic from 09:30). I don't know whether this training regime helped or not but I ran the 10k in 53:08.
The week before the race my last 4 mile training run was another PB of 8:17 a mile.
Not too bad for a short, fat bloke with webbed feet.
But the next 10k race will be faster.
Pity it was on during Stoneleigh. I missed most of the first day. Newark will be better.
Chaz.
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Chaz - that was just too tempting!)
