Any Runners On Here??

[Ian A]

Technically ran my first marathon yesterday. "Ran" would be an exaggeration. It was a hilly route and the last leg of Ironman Wales so got round in a p!$$ poor 5.47.46. The target was to finish so I'll take that and do better next time with actual training and/or take on a flatter course and see what I can do. Easy week cool down now and then a couple of weeks off training before starting again.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 16th brings my Clubs 'Autumn Handicap'


See the top left piece, it also opens a route-map
http://www.ackworthroadrunnersandac.co.uk/

Didn't make it back under my time (marked down for a 32:25)

Self-recorded @ 33:41

That said, a couple of runners who were 'booked' ahead of me finished behind me, & I passed some of my '15 minuters' with a mile to go!

Technically ran my first marathon yesterday. "Ran" would be an exaggeration. It was a hilly route and the last leg of Ironman Wales so got round in a p!$$ poor 5.47.46. The target was to finish so I'll take that and do better next time with actual training and/or take on a flatter course and see what I can do. Easy week cool down now and then a couple of weeks off training before starting again.

You finished it, which, surely, is THE point!!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

No one parkrun'ed this week? It was Ipswich parkrun's second birthday today, so there was much fancy dress silliness. That combined with the fact I'd smashed my pb by about a minute last week meant I took the option of just pootling and enjoying the sights and sounds for a 25m11s.

Horsham's second ever Parkrun last saturday. So nice to be able to walk out my front door at 08:45 and be off and running with hundreds of others fifteen minutes later.

Can't do the next two as I'm away, but am going to try a Parkrun Freedom run, in Wales next week.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Are there any good running apps out there.

What sort of functionality are you looking for?

I'd like a forerunner 305 in an android app but no sign of anything like that on the market that I've seen.

 

[The Jogger]

Greg, I found the running part of stava, which is fine, my 305 is no longer charging on the cradle and the HR monitor is no longer working but it was good while it lasted, just expensive to replace after six years use.

 

[smutchin]

Six years! That's ancient as far as these devices go. Have you tried replacing the battery? There are instructional videos on youtube.

I'm keen to upgrade my FR 405CX for a 220 or 620 as soon as I can afford it - mainly for the connectivity (being a social media junkie, I love being able to upload rides from my Edge 510 as soon as I finish them), which afaics is the only advantage a phone app has over a dedicated device. Strava is OK for running though. And I find Endomondo pretty good.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 16th brings my Clubs 'Autumn Handicap'
See the top left piece, it also opens a route-map
http://www.ackworthroadrunnersandac.co.uk/

Didn't make it back under my time (marked down for a 32:25)

Self-recorded @ 33:41

That said, a couple of runners who were 'booked' ahead of me finished behind me, & I passed some of my '15 minuters' with a mile to go!

Got the results

Actual time was 33:22 (can't have stopped my watch!)

On simply run-times format, I was;
12th/58 (combined)
11th/29 (male times)

Under the handicap format (times under/over target-time);
7th/58 (combined)
3rd/29 (male times)

Quite happy with that, s'better than I thought

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Greg, I found the running part of stava, which is fine, my 305 is no longer charging on the cradle and the HR monitor is no longer working but it was good while it lasted, just expensive to replace after six years use.

My 305 is getting picky in its old age though I am using Strava exclusively at present until I get back to regular 10k runs at which point the 'coaching' and interval features come into their own. So far as I can see nothing affordable (imo by me) in the current Garmin line-up comes close to the 305 package of functionality.

Shame no one has built a virtual 305 as an app imo.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Six years! That's ancient as far as these devices go. Have you tried replacing the battery? There are instructional videos on youtube.

I'm keen to upgrade my FR 405CX for a 220 or 620 as soon as I can afford it - mainly for the connectivity (being a social media junkie, I love being able to upload rides from my Edge 510 as soon as I finish them), which afaics is the only advantage a phone app has over a dedicated device. Strava is OK for running though. And I find Endomondo pretty good.

220 not enough bang function wise for my dollar.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I use a 305, but quite rarely

Never use it for road-races, as you know how far they are (& regular ones, you get to know roughly where the mile-markers would be), I've only worn it for one fell-race, when I wasn't sure of the distance to the finish

I doubt I've worn it since about May?

 

[smutchin]

220 not enough bang function wise for my dollar.

You could be right. One of my favourite features of the 405CX is the virtual pacer, a feature that's absent from the FR220. On the other hand, the FR620 has VP but also loads of other features I'll never use... Annoying!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

You could be right. One of my favourite features of the 405CX is the virtual pacer, a feature that's absent from the FR220. On the other hand, the FR620 has VP but also loads of other features I'll never use... Annoying!

Annoying is the word. 220 and 620 got no multisport, scarely bike capable, no back to start, etc so I'm keeping my eye on Fenix2 prices, esp for NOH ones.

 

[Ian A]

You finished it, which, surely, is THE point!!

You're right and finishing was certainly the point. I was very happy to finish and the longer than expected marathon just made it a very long day indeed. I got beaten by a man on crutches (ex-international rugby player) . Pictures are out and my wife was laughing at me for wearing the same running top I have in every race photo I have where I wasn't wearing a club vest. It has big pockets at the side!

 

[azir]

Sooo.... I may have gone on a fairly last minute holiday and failed to do any training whatsoever for the last 3 weeks for my half marathon on Sunday..... Any last minute advice for a seriously underprepared half-marathoner?!

 

[smutchin]

JFDI. You'll be fine.

See comments passim for details of my marathon training plan. I've often found that being part of an actual event is much easier than running solo, and so it was with the marathon. The sense of occasion will carry you round.