Any Runners On Here??

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm glad there were no hills like that where I was running yesterday! Good work

Thanks, it's little toughie, Category A listed, which is due to the ascent/mile ratio (5miles/1200 feet!!)

2010 = 119th/215 @ 1.00:16 2011 = 124th/231 @ 56:56
2012 = DNS (due to existing injury - chipped Femur, just above knee)
2013 = 137th/221 @ 56:56
2014 = ???? Would like a 'sub-- 55'

Attached image shows the 2010 race, near the Cow & Calf, when it was almost cancelled, due to road conditions - didn't know if competitors would get there (5th in line, in hi-viz hat)

Still got at least 7kg to lose to reach the kind of weight I was before and I could have lost more back then

You can do it!!!, the important factor is that you're working on it!!




This is one of the 'average' climbs

 

[RAYMOND]

As this seems to be the only running section on here.
I'm looking for a second hand watch as I'm into running aswell as cycling.
It as to display distance and time..anyone upgrading and want to sell there old one?
There quite expensive new.
thanks

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sometimes Garmin ForeRunner 205 (& the 305) come up cheaply on Amazon

My 305 was about £95!!!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

ParkRun 141 this morning. fairly windy, & a quite steady 22:31 (self-timed)

Didn't feet good at any point of the circuit

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

ParkRun 141 this morning. fairly windy, & a quite steady 22:31 (self-timed)

The officials are out; 31st/258 @ 22:35
Not brilliant!!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Tokyo has been suddenly blanketed in snow. So of course I went out for a run. I did my 15km route through 20cm of snow - they don't really clear the paths and roads here - and driving winds, so it was almost like being back home in Ontario, but a bit warmer... Obviously I wasn't going for speed today, so 1 hour 22 was fine. But also on the plus side, there was almost nobody driving, and the only other runner I saw was so excited that she gave me a high five as we passed! Excellent...

 

[Crackle]

I've done something to my knee, don't know what, pain around the patella, mostly the right knee but also feeling some discomfort in the left which is unusual. Thought at first it was just being slightly more arthritic than normal. I googled runners knee and that's a possibility. I just had about 6 days off but after a come back run yesterday it's worse than previously, so I think that's the end of my running for a bit. Might try the bike tomorrow and see if that irritates it. In the meantime trying some ice and heat .

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A bit fraught running home from work this evening, what with all the frozen sleet, had to run on road vast majority of the way
Even that was icy until about 3 foot out!

And. in soggy clothes, from the (wet) run there

 

[Bangers]

Went out for a run this evening with my brother and rolled my ankle It would not be so bad but it was my first run for a couple of weeks as last time I went out I rolled my ankle . Feeling pretty sore now.

 

[Ian A]

As this seems to be the only running section on here.
I'm looking for a second hand watch as I'm into running aswell as cycling.
It as to display distance and time..anyone upgrading and want to sell there old one?
There quite expensive new.
thanks

My Garmin 305 was £99 on Amazon as it was an "old" model when I bought it. Brand new with Amazon as the seller and it came with a 12 month warranty and heart rate monitor strap. It's on my left wrist in the picture above but you can't really make it out from that distance. I'm pretty certain I bought a second hand pedal cadance meter (rather than one being supplied with the watch) which goes on the pedal crank. The Garmin software works with Windows 7 and is still supported as far as I know. There are a few people at our club with these either bought new or which have changed hands between members. Battery life is around 9-10 hours from fully charged to flat.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Urgh. And this week I have an awful head cold (this is what happens when you have a 4-year old in nursery school). So I can't train. Urgh.

 

[Bangers]

Urgh. And this week I have an awful head cold (this is what happens when you have a 4-year old in nursery school). So I can't train. Urgh.

I know your pain......

My garmin 305 has been a great servant for years now it's only just started to play up and the strap needs replacing now ( after about 5-6 years) it's still useable just not as find a signal very quickly anymore and does not beep at me.

 

[Ian A]

I know your pain......

My garmin 305 has been a great servant for years now it's only just started to play up and the strap needs replacing now ( after about 5-6 years) it's still useable just not as find a signal very quickly anymore and does not beep at me.

Have you tried a factory reset/equivalent? You can get the firmware from Garmin although is most likely the version it came with. If there's a way of over installing it anyway this may do the trick if it's a software issue.

 

[Bangers]

Have you tried a factory reset/equivalent? You can get the firmware from Garmin although is most likely the version it came with. If there's a way of over installing it anyway this may do the trick if it's a software issue.

Did not think of that will give it a go, thanks

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Woo... finally got out for a swift 7.5k this morning after having been ill with a cold for a week and then starting to get into that post-illness lethargy that can rapidly turn into just giving up on everything if you aren't careful. But it feels like that is over now...