My "on route" photo from last Saturday's "Great Yorkshire Sportive" has now arrived and a big thanks to Richard Sharpe "SI Events" for taking a cool picture.
On Monday there was no RRR Group B training night as nobody could make it, I decided to do a 10k at a reasonable effort, the route is a regular for RRR and my calf was painful going up any hill. Overall I felt strong and got some good segment results.
I took a break from the gym, in training last week I overdid things and so gave myself a recovery window, the calf still is a struggle, the reason I switched to more cycling was to train whilst it healed, as I ramp the running back up it is haunting me.
On Thursday we merged the top two groups (staying under the rule of six) and did a 7.5 loop, with the run to the club and back it was around 8.9 miles.
The aim was 8:30 pace and the lads worked hard and we achieved it, running in the winter is borning as the lanes are dark and soggy so stuck on the roads. Having runners to chat with (Covid inevitably is on discussion, especially on how it affects races planned and the next year) so that does something to lessen the boring street running.
On Saturday Recce of the Middleton lollipop, or at least my version of it, in this case just shy of 6 miles from my house and back.
It has 3 miles downhill and then the hard work coming back, the calf is still tight but kept the HR down and apart from the people milling around the road parallel to Chadderton Hall park as they get in/out of cars.
There are two segments for this stretch:
Run to the Cafe! - I can smell the Bacon
I tried hard for this segment but dodging people and that put pay for a good result.
All in all a good run and the route will be okay with my group on Monday
On Sunday I went out for a ride with the SIP Cycling Club, low numbers this week... just the two of us but no bother and we have good weather and Tatton Park was full of cyclists, a testament to the nice climate.
I tried my Le Col knee warmers for the first time, did the job, once I got used to them and adjusted them correctly as they were riding up at first.
The route is a good one, once you get out of Manchester that is! We stopped for a bacon butty at the usual cafe in Knutsford and then headed around Mobberley to Wilmslow
So back on track and onto the next week!
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