Author: Dave

40 minute steady run with new knee support

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When I got up Wednesday the side of my knee was uncomfortable, mainly when crouching down or going up the stairs but it got better when I got moving, On top of this I thought I was coming down with a head cold or worse so I decided to swap my training days around and rest on Wednesday so hopefully I can recover enough for Thursday.

The same happened when I got up Thursday, I did not want to miss any more running so before my run I took a trip to Argos and I bought myself a knee support.

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£20.00 well spent, This took all the pressure off my knee and gave me a wonderful run.

My wife, daughter, and dog accompanied me on my run today, I drove them to the woods and they enjoyed themselves while I ran around the woods, This was so nice, we met back up and had a nice walk together before heading back to the car to go home.

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I loved this route as you have one side is uphill and the other downhill, I even got to run through the woods which was great fun, I will look forward to doing this again although I will wear my trail running shoes instead next time.

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So Thursdays run was a 40 minute steady run. I was aiming for a pace average of 8:50 min/mile but was slightly slower at 9:16 min/mile, with the hills I am quite pleased with the results, I still ran 4.34 miles, better luck next time 🙂

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40 Minute interval run with J-Leigh

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Well today was something very different, My daughter came with me on my run, she was on her push bike of course while I ran. We cycled first to the local park, I then padlocked my bike up and off we went.

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Another guy on YouTube that I watch has a channel called “Daz Staley”, He films his training runs, 1 week at a time but I have learned quite a lot from him, His interval running is on distance (half mile fast, Half mile normal), I’m not there yet lol.

I jogged the first 2 minute then ran 30 seconds, then jogged 2 minutes etc until the 40 minutes was up. The first run was at a great speed but I started to feel pressure on the side of my knee which worried me, all I was thinking was that I could not afford and injury, not this close to my Marathon and not when I am enjoying myself running, by the second run and onwards I had no problem with my knee so I was a very happy man 🙂

It was great fun having my daughter ride along beside be, we got to chat a lot and I really think she enjoyed herself as well.

I was trying to keep the fast runs at a pace of around 6:30 and the jogging at between 9 and 10 minutes per mile, I think I managed it.

So today I ran 4.46 miles in 40:05 minutes Average pace was 8:59 minutes per mile.

We did get the action camera out again, fixed it to J-Leigh’s bike, It looked great and I made sure it was not facing the pavement this time. We got 2 minutes down the road when the battery died on us! I am hoping I did not buy a faulty camera (was cheap after all). I will charge it for next time J-Leigh joins me on a run and maybe start saving for a new one.