Any Runners On Here??

[Jameshow]

Recently opened an old memory card that was sitting in the drawer. I was looking for photo's of a good friend who recently passed away. This photo took me back, it was taken outside the Tudor Rose in Old Coulsden. It was one of the few events that took place on a Saturday afternoon, the other being the IOW Marathon. Both races organised by " Harriers " in this case South London Harriers, and the IOW was organised by Ryde Harriers. This reflects a time when people worked throughout the week plus Saturday mornings. With Sunday being a day of worship and rest, Saturdays were the only opportunity to organise races.
The race started in the Pub car park at 2pm when the pub closed. The Pub reopened at 6:00pm as was usual back before the reform of licensing laws.

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What club was that?!

 

[Tenkaykev]

What club was that?!

Sorry, not sure which club you're referring to?
The " SLH 30 " was a 30 ( and a bit ) road race that started in the car park of the Tudor Rose in Old Coulsden on the outskirts of London. It was a four x 7.5 mile lap course so each lap took you past the pub. In those days pubs used to close between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm so if it took you longer than four hours you needed to be aware of the vehicles cutting across you and in to the pub. I can recall the local Parish Priest being the timekeeper, he sat in the car park recording each lap.
A few years ago I was volunteering at Poole parrun. There was a team of visitors from SLH running club. I mentioned to the team captain how much I had enjoyed racing the SLH 30, he gave me a blank look and said " never heard of it mate " 😮

 

[Tenkaykev]

They never went out of fashion for me. 🤣

If there's a race, and there's an old boy with short shorts and milk white legs, I know he's going to be up the very sharp end.

 

[Jameshow]

Sorry, not sure which club you're referring to?
The " SLH 30 " was a 30 ( and a bit ) road race that started in the car park of the Tudor Rose in Old Coulsden on the outskirts of London. It was a four x 7.5 mile lap course so each lap took you past the pub. In those days pubs used to close between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm so if it took you longer than four hours you needed to be aware of the vehicles cutting across you and in to the pub. I can recall the local Parish Priest being the timekeeper, he sat in the car park recording each lap.
A few years ago I was volunteering at Poole parrun. There was a team of visitors from SLH running club. I mentioned to the team captain how much I had enjoyed racing the SLH 30, he gave me a blank look and said " never heard of it mate " 😮

If I'd engaged brain it was south London harriers!!

 

[Tenkaykev]

If I'd engaged brain it was south London harriers!!

On the day they had a washing line covered by a sheet strung across the changing room to separate the gentleman and lady runners.

 

[stephec]

Whether it's 5°C, or 25°C, it's proper shorts every time. 😅

 

[Jameshow]

Up to the stone circle on 2 sausages!!

8 miles first big run for me! 18months old lab.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Second parkrun of the year for me yesterday. I’d ran on the Friday too so wasn’t expecting much. A very hilly one so was very happy to be in the first 25% of finishers.

 

[sevenfourate]

Up to the stone circle on 2 sausages!!

8 miles first big run for me! 18months old lab.
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He’s (?) a good looking ‘bruiser’ !

I’d love an outdoor dog / companion. Working schedules in the family would be unfair right now unfortunately….

 

[Jameshow]

He’s (?) a good looking ‘bruiser’ !

I’d love an outdoor dog / companion. Working schedules in the family would be unfair right now unfortunately….

She's a good dog calming down a bit now! Especially after a run!!

 

[Spartak]

Away for Half term holiday but did manage to squeeze in a 5K early one morning....

 

[Mburton1993]

Does anybody have any recovery tips? My running times have sped up slightly this year but at the expense of longer recovery times.

 

[Chislenko]

Does anybody have any recovery tips? My running times have sped up slightly this year but at the expense of longer recovery times.

An afternoon in the pub is my post park run recovery every Saturday!!

A new PB this morning by 50 seconds so I have earned a few pints.

 

[Jameshow]

Does anybody have any recovery tips? My running times have sped up slightly this year but at the expense of longer recovery times.

Glass of milk and banana.
Give your muscles a rub down whilst in the shower.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Does anybody have any recovery tips? My running times have sped up slightly this year but at the expense of longer recovery times.

Chocolate milk is excellent post run and at least as effective if not more so than the various " recovery drinks " that are marketed. Don't stop when you've finished your run. Jog / walk for several minutes to let your system gradually adjust. There's an excellent podcast from the BBC called " Sliced Bread " iirc. They cover various topics that listeners propose. One was about running shoes / compression wear / Magnesium bath salts. They consult the leading experts in the relevant fields, quite an eye opener.
If you're really keen, run a cold bath and chuck in a few bags of ice cubes before climbing in. 😉😁