Any Runners On Here??

[GrumpyGregry]

I almost bought some when in the states as they were crazy cheap compared to the price I paid for my first 'proper' pair of running trainers.

I think working up to this half in November will involve stuff with the local club (5 mile race every month) and I know they do lots of trail events locally, so I'll see how it goes. I really enjoyed a cross country race earlier this year, so I'll keep my eye out.

Like bikes, shoes have model years. They also have AW and SS collections. And special single retailer colourways. (Well ASICS do anyway). If you know your size and your style and don't mind last year's shoe fleabay and amazon are your friends. Huge discounts.

 

[SWSteve]

Like bikes, shoes have model years. They also have AW and SS collections. And special single retailer colourways. (Well ASICS do anyway). If you know your size and your style and don't mind last year's shoe fleabay and amazon are your friends. Huge discounts.

That's what I did for my new kicks, old ones were giving up thon ghost so bought the same shoe in different colour for at least half off.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

If I find a shoe I really like I buy a second pair whilst they are still available and then alternate between then.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'll have a look. Do you wear specific shoes, or aren't you worried?

btw, for one mud sucking shoe stealing parkrun hereabouts I wear xc-spikes, and gaffer tape them in place!

 

[Stephenite]

If I find a shoe I really like I buy a second pair whilst they are still available and then alternate between then.

I do that too. Same with clothes. Not every time and, perhaps, not as often as I ought to. I've never known anyone else to do this. I feel as if I have discovered a set of footprints on a beach of a presumed deserted island I had been washed up on, etc.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I do that too. Same with clothes. Not every time and, perhaps, not as often as I ought to. I've never known anyone else to do this. I feel as if I have discovered a set of footprints on a beach of a presumed deserted island I had been washed up on, etc.

Chortle.

How I wished I had bought two pairs of my original 2XU compression longs. They've changed them and the current ones just ain't as comfortable.

(And I do it with non-sportswear too!)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Do any of you do trail events? How do they compare to road?

Ran a few over the years

The term can cover anything from a nice flat canal towpath/gravelled footpath to a meander through the woods

There's a cracking one up at Ilkley, in Wharfedale, that I've run a few times
6.9miles, 700 foot of ascent
http://www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk/index.php?page=trail
Course photos; http://www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk/ph... Trail Race Route&photographer=Terry Lonergan

My average 10K time is 42:30, but my PB for the Ilkley race is 53:19, as the climb made the difference

I prefer fell-races, but they're generally harder, rougher terrain, and you can be covering open moorland (sometimes entirely on 'peat-bog'), such as the 'Withins', that I'm running in October
http://woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=withins&subtopic=home
Again, that's 7 miles, but a 1000 foot of ascent

The course - the peat bog section can be knee-deep+
https://plus.google.com/photos/110439573756197443848/albums/5800214895924027761?banner=pwa
(sometimes we get a pair of runners, by the surname Brownlee at the Woodentops events)

My times at Withins;
2010; 160/345 @ 59:33
2011; 176/323 @ 1.01:09
2012; 136/302 @ 1.01:32
2013; 178/261 @ 1.03:57
2014; 133/255 @ 59:22
2015; 186/313 @ 1.01:12

 

[flatflr]

September half marathon done, that makes it 7 for the year (plus a marathon), need catch up a little for my target of one a month for the year as I missed a couple of months due to injury and flu after a cycle trip.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I prefer fell-races, but they're generally harder, rougher terrain, and you can be covering open moorland (sometimes entirely on 'peat-bog'), such as the 'Withins', that I'm running in October
http://woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=withins&subtopic=home
Again, that's 7 miles, but a 1000 foot of ascent

The course - the peat bog section can be knee-deep+
https://plus.google.com/photos/110439573756197443848/albums/5800214895924027761?banner=pwa
(sometimes we get a pair of runners, by the surname Brownlee at the Woodentops events)

A better course description, same pictures, but with captions
https://get.google.com/albumarchive...m503Vnx7OD41nEmPjPBcKiWWhoCJL0_JVm?source=pwa

 

[SWSteve]

Thursday marks the start of the 'prom series' in WSM, any of you also taking part?

 

[Tin Pot]

8 week half marathon training plan starts on Monday...setting my sights on the horizon before winter sets in and the harsh souwesterlies blow, me hearties!

1. Run easy
2. Tempo run
3. Rest ( Opt.) Bike
4. Track session
5. Rest
6. Long run
7. Rest (Opt.) swim

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Thursday marks the start of the 'prom series' in WSM, any of you also taking part?

Depending on the wind direction and strength; they could get a bit grin, no?

 

[Garry A]

Half marathon distance today in 1:46:36. I hope to knock a couple of minutes of that time at next Sundays Glasgow half.
https://www.strava.com/activities/720006567

 

[SWSteve]

Depending on the wind direction and strength; they could get a bit grin, no?

Grim? It could be, but I doubt it will ever get *that* bad

 

[SWSteve]

5 miles/ 8km completed in the first of the Weston prom runs, strava has me at 36:32, but am waiting for the official times to be published.

Lovely evening for it, a pleasant 16 degrees with a bit of a breeze