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View Profile: Fulmar
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Fulmar 
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Mile-O-Meter
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Week
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Type
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Total Miles
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| | This Week | Running | 0 |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
| | Last Week | Running | 101.35 * |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
| | 06 May - 12 May | Running | 75.37 * |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
| | 29 Apr - 05 May | Running | 50.06 * |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
| | 22 Apr - 28 Apr | Running | 50.69 * |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
| | 15 Apr - 21 Apr | Running | 53.23 * |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
| | 08 Apr - 14 Apr | Running | 50.08 * |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
| | 01 Apr - 07 Apr | Running | 49.17 * |
| | Cycling | 0 |
| | Swimming | 0 |
* Approximately
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Additional Information
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Location:
Portugal
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Interests:
Running, reading, music, photography, nature...
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5k Personal Best:
0:16:21 (on the way to a 34:21 10K... I know =D )
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10k Personal Best:
0:34:02 downhill course. 34:21 flat(ish)
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10 Mile Personal Best:
15,2K - 52:14:
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Half Marathon Personal Best:
1:17:25
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Marathon Personal Best:
2:54:45
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Sex:
Male
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Blog Entries For May 2010
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Training Session
Monday 31st May 2010, 08:35
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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31m 00s
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Distance
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6 KM (Approx)
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Training Session
Sunday 30th May 2010, 11:48
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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27m 00s
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Distance
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6 KM (Approx)
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Training Session
Saturday 29th May 2010, 03:52
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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28m 00s
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Distance
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5 KM (Approx)
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Airport car park.
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Training Session
Thursday 27th May 2010, 23:21
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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26m 00s
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Distance
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5 KM (Approx)
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My run!
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Training Session
Thursday 27th May 2010, 13:27
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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51m 00s
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Distance
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11 KM (Approx)
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11km/6.84mi
Cloudy, rain later.
"see you someday soon"-run in one of "my" parks here.
Loved the cygnets 
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Training Session
Wednesday 26th May 2010, 11:32
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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48m 00s
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Distance
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10 KM (Approx)
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10km/6.22mi
21ºC, some clouds, slight breeze.
Almost no mud now.
Took it easy. Starting to say goodbye to my routes...
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Training Session
Tuesday 25th May 2010, 17:18
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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39m 00s
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Distance
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9 KM (Approx)
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9km/5.59mi
+21ºC, mostly sunny. Just a breeze.
Erratic pace, as I felt. Knee a bit better. Foot slightly more painful but nothing to worry about.
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Training Session
Tuesday 25th May 2010, 06:40
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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24m 00s
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Distance
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5 KM (Approx)
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5km/3.1mi
+13ºC, gentle breeze among the trees. Less and less mud. Puddles almost gone.
Foot a lot better though still a bit painful. Knee slightly worse.
Had to cut it short, late for class 
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Training Session
Monday 24th May 2010, 10:22
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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48m 00s
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Distance
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10 KM (Approx)
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10km/6.22mi
+22ºC, some clouds, humid. Less mud and puddles disappearing.
Managed to cut both my feet on a shard of glass last night. The right one in the sole and it went a bit deep.
It was very painful to start running as I even limped when walking. After about 15 minutes it got better.
Later on, walking, it got painful again but not as bad.
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Training Session
Sunday 23rd May 2010, 13:12
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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38m 00s
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Distance
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8 KM (Approx)
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8km/4.97mi
+21ºC, some clouds, even some drops of rain towards the end.
Meant to run in a park by the river but it was flooded... Cut the run short by 2km but that's ok. The knee doesn't hurt while running, only before and after
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Training Session
Saturday 22nd May 2010, 14:46
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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40m 00s
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Distance
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9 KM (Approx)
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9km/5.59mi
+21ºC, some small clouds.
Less mud and puddles.
Knee as yesterday. Good! At least it's not worse...
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Training Session
Friday 21st May 2010, 15:29
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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32m 00s
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Distance
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7 KM (Approx)
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7km/4.35mi
+19ºC, humid.
Lots of mud and puddles.
Knee slightly better.
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Training Session
Thursday 20th May 2010, 11:03
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How I Felt
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Injured
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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36m 00s
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Distance
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7 KM (Approx)
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7km/4.35mi
+17ºC, cloudy. Mud, mud, mud.
I was trying to stay on, at least, 50mi a week but the pain in my knee has asked me to be reasonable and have some easy days...
It was ok during the run until the last 200m. Still... Better than yesterday...
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Training Session
Wednesday 19th May 2010, 11:43
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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40m 00s
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Distance
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9 KM (Approx)
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9km/5.59mi
+9ºC, cloudy, some wind. Mud and mega-puddles.
Ran as I felt. Starting to get into a good rythm and then the knee complained...
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Training Session
Tuesday 18th May 2010, 11:23
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Raining
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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49m 00s
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Distance
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10 KM (Approx)
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10km/6.22mi
+9ºC - conditions as yesterday. Only more rain.
Took it easy. Knee getting a lot better!
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Training Session
Monday 17th May 2010, 09:36
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Raining
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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45m 00s
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Distance
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10 KM (Approx)
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10km/6.22mi
+10ºC, rain, windy (but I was sheltered in the park). So many puddles and so big/deep that I stopped bothering after 10minutes and ran through them .
Progressively faster but never forcing. 8th km in 4.01 which in those conditions, and considering the fact that I felt really comfortable, was very good.
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Training Session
Sunday 16th May 2010, 13:45
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Raining
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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55m 00s
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Distance
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12 KM (Approx)
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12km/7.46mi
+11ºC, rain, some wind. Mud and puddles.
Ran as I felt. Knee was sore before but not bad during the run. Never forced the pace.
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Training Session
Saturday 15th May 2010, 09:31
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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1h 01m 00s
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Distance
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13 KM (Approx)
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13km/8.08mi
+13ºC, cloudy but sometimes the Sun showed up
Muddy. Puddles.
The knee is still far from well. It's not bad while running but before and after it was sore...
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Training Session
Friday 14th May 2010, 07:12
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Raining
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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38m 00s
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Distance
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8 KM (Approx)
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8km/4.97mi
+10ºC, light rain.
Mud and puddles.
Knee still hurting before and after. Not so bad while running.
Decided not to do the planned 10mi race on Sunday.
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Training Session
Thursday 13th May 2010, 15:19
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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49m 00s
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Distance
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11 KM (Approx)
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11km/6.84mi
+16ºC, humid, cloudy, just a breeze.
Enormous puddles and muddy all over.
Pain in the knee made me reschedule the fast session.
Ran for 2.5km with the guy who won the race on the 25th April
Legs much better but knee still sore.
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Training Session
Wednesday 12th May 2010, 10:52
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How I Felt
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Heavy Legged
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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1h 00m 00s
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Distance
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13 KM (Approx)
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13km/8.17mi
+14ºC, very, very humid (a thunderstorm ensued).
Paths muddy and with small puddles.
Felt heavy legged and a lot more tired than what was to be expected. Fair enough, didn't take it easy but didn't go fast at all either... 
Knee - not worse but not improving either.
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Training Session
Tuesday 11th May 2010, 08:50
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Intervals
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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41m 00s
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Distance
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9 KM (Approx)
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9km/5.59mi
+14ºC, very humid, rained in the last few minutes.
Very muddy with some puddles. Slippery.
Session: within continuous running do 2x2k with 400m easy in the middle (amounted to 2.03).
Goal: to run the fast sections under 7.30 as this would probably be the equivalent of 7.15 on the track.
Warm up: 15.30 cd: approx. 9.00
Times: 7.26,6 (3.46,4 + 3.40,2) and 7.15,5 (3.42,6 + 3.33,0)
Very happy with the outcome as the first one felt almost easy and I ran much faster than expected in the second. Really slippery in places.
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Training Session
Monday 10th May 2010, 18:59
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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33m 00s
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Distance
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7 KM (Approx)
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7km/4.35mi
+14ºC, some clouds.
Less mud and puddles than in the morning.
Again, ran as I felt, just for pleasure.
Knee better.
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Training Session
Monday 10th May 2010, 09:58
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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39m 00s
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Distance
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8 KM (Approx)
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8km/4.97mi
+15ºC, some drops of rain, overcast, very humid.
Muddy paths with big puddles.
Ran as I felt. Knee a bit better.
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Training Session
Sunday 9th May 2010, 08:19
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How I Felt
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Heavy Legged
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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50m 00s
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Distance
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10 KM (Approx)
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10km/6.22mi
+18ºC, some clouds.
Legs felt heavy and the knee got worse as the run progressed.
Bought some anti inflamatory cream. The last one caused a bad allergic reaction but this is one I have used before.
This "knee thing" made me limp towards the end... I hope the cream will work.
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Training Session
Saturday 8th May 2010, 13:11
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Long Run
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Route
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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1h 26m 00s
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Distance
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20 KM (Approx)
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20km/12.43mi
+18ºC, cloudy. Road and dry paths. Out and back, some wind on way back.
5km splits: 22.37 - 21.39 - 20.50 - 20.27
Felt really good for the first 16k/10mi but then got very quickly tired.
After the run I have felt stracnge as well... No idea why...
Focused on cadence and form. Knee complaining a bit. Had the company of a cyclist from 11km to 14km and it felt really good
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Training Session
Friday 7th May 2010, 14:53
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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39m 00s
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Distance
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8 KM (Approx)
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8km/4.97mi
Ran as I felt. Legs not as heavy as expected.
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Training Session
Friday 7th May 2010, 07:37
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How I Felt
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Good
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Fartlek Session
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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35m 00s
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Distance
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8 KM (Approx)
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8km/4.97mi
+14ºC, some clouds, breezy. Muddy, slippery in places, big puddles.
10x1min with 1min (easy running) recovery.
Felt good, strong. Quite hard at times with all the mud but I believe I ran very well. Focusing on form and cadence.
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Training Session
Thursday 6th May 2010, 12:29
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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1h 00m 00s
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Distance
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13 KM (Approx)
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13.15km/8.17mi
+11ºC, cloudy, breezy.
When I got up this morning I still felt some tenderness in the spot where I had the cramp yesterday so decided to do an easy run.
It go, naturally, progressively faster but I never forced it.
Felt good all the way. Tomorrow or the day after I may be able to do some faster training again.
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Training Session
Wednesday 5th May 2010, 11:30
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How I Felt
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Good
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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53m 00s
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Distance
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11 KM (Approx)
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11km/6.84mi
+14ºC, some wind, cloudy.
The goal for this session was to (within continuous running) do 4x1km sub 3:40 - rest being 2:00 easy running.
After the planned warm up I sped up and ran a very, very comfortable 3:38 first km. I was already thinking of a faster second one but 20secs into the rest section I felt the outside of my right calves cramp. After a few seconds I stopped, gently stretched and massaged it but when I resumed running I still felt "something" there...
I was quite disappointed to drop the plan but I did it...
Took it easy from then on...
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Training Session
Tuesday 4th May 2010, 06:10
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Recovery Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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35m 00s
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Distance
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7 KM (Approx)
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7km/4.35mi
+9ºC, some wind, cloudy.
Easy.
Edit: Meant to run again in the afternoon. Intervals, actually. Body and mind asked for a day off...
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Training Session
Monday 3rd May 2010, 16:28
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Regular Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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44m 00s
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Distance
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10 KM (Approx)
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10km/6.22mi
+15ºC, overcast, humid.
Ran as I felt but staying above 4:15/km (6:50/mi). Just managed  Fastest times km in 4:15.
Felt good. Legs were starting to complain but within 7 minutes training was over.
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Training Session
Monday 3rd May 2010, 08:03
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Recovery Run
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Route
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Surface
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Cross Country
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Duration
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37m 00s
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Distance
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7 KM
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7km/4.35mi
+18ºC, overcast, gentle breeze, very humid.
Very easy recovery run.
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Training Session
Sunday 2nd May 2010, 12:14
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How I Felt
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Good
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Long Run
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Route
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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1h 27m 00s
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Distance
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20 KM (Approx)
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20km/12.43mi
+21ºC, the Sun still showed itself for a while but then it got cloudier. Very humid. Paths in the park with little puddles in places but generally very good and soft.
I had thought about running it slowly as this week has been pretty intense.
I started at a very easy pace. Reached the park at 2.25mi and decided to check my time on the first 2km of each lap.
When I saw 8.45 for the first I was happy as it felt so easy.
With 8.32 for the second I was thinking that despite feeling great I might be overdoing it...
Decided to maintain the pace and it worked as I still felt very good with 8.30 in the third lap.
Confident that I wouldn't blow up now I accelerated just a bit and did the fourth in 8.18.
All the time feeling good.
A climb with about 2mi to go took a bit out of me and the legs felt heavy but onec back on the flat I felt strong again.
All in all, a great session and a great week
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Training Session
Saturday 1st May 2010, 11:44
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Humid
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Type Of Session
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Running - Hill Work
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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39m 00s
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Distance
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8 KM (Approx)
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8km/4.97mi
+12ºC, some wind.
warm up: 14mins; coold down: 12mins
rest: running slowly back down the hill.
Session goal: (see 18.04.2010) as my legs were far from fresh I though about starting at 24.+ and then getting down to 23.+ and a couple of faster ones in the end.
After the first one I realised the goal was too gentle and just tried to keep the pace for the first 7 or 8 and then improve.
Times:
23.2, 23.7, 23.7, 23.0, 23.0, 23.4, 23.3, 22.9, 22.8, 22.9, 22.5, 22.4, 22.3, 21.5, 20.0
Very happy with times. Even better because the during the first 10m of each rep I was hindered by new leaves from the bushes lining the path.
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