Any Runners On Here??

[GrumpyGregry]

Wish I could do sub 19 for 5k! Just over 20 is my pb and it nearly killed me

If you leave nothing on the track, as you clearly did, the the actual time is just a meaningless number.

(And my PB is about 20% slower than yours)

 

[luckyfox]

I run like a sloth running through custard but i run!!

Local to Co.Durham

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

but i run!!

The most important 3 words


I'll give you three more;

Keep it up

 

[SWSteve]

I wear them afterwards.

Why afterwards?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Went to the Pontefract ParkRun (# 174) this morning, as it was a paced event

I had visions before hand of keeping on the shoulder of the '20' man
However, it didn't happen...

Just couldn't find the pace to do so

Officially; 33rd/208 @ 21:49

That said, I wouldn't have minded keeping up with my friend Angela (who was 18th @ 20:09), but I didn't know she was there, till after the finish
(then again, she is a National Duathlon champion!!)
Her other half, Mick, is a nationally ranked 'Vet 50' Triathlete, he was 46th, but he's coming back from injury, so taking it easy


http://www.parkrun.org.uk/pontefract/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumb er=174

 

[GrumpyGregry]

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Why afterwards?

Found they help stop cramp in bed and make my legs recover from hard efforts faster. Was suggested to me by sports physio. May be a placebo effect.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

That was a harder 5k than I was expecting - and it was properly XC after all, and really unexpectedly hot today. So I didn't get anywhere near 19 minutes - 20.27 in the end - but I was 3rd, and 1st in my age group, so no-one was running road-race times.

 

[Sods_Laur]

Did 7 miles on Saturday morning, my third run since March. Unsurprisingly I am very stiff today. I think every muscle in my body hurts, apart from my arms.

More annoyingly I appear to have sprained my ankle, I have a bruise and swelling and I can't really walk, aside from the stiff muscles. I think age is catching up with me.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Spent 7 hours on trains on Saturday and felt like my legs needed a stretch when I got home at 18:00. TLH has sorted a lovely Thai meal in a local restaurant but the table wasn't until 21:00.

It being a Saturday I'd missed the Parkrun so decided on doing a fast (for me) 5km around the outside of the park, can't really do the park run route in the dark, to see if i could get near my parkrun time on me todd. Knock me down with a feather and paint me purple. 26:44. a new best for this year. This "in order to run (5K) fast(er) you must learn to run 10k slow(er)" stuff is actually working

Sunday was unseasonable warm hot. I felt tired just watching the folk taking part in the Barns Green Half-Marathon

 

[Phill Stevenson]

I run a bit, less so now since I started cycling.

Brighton
Any distance and terrain, I've done 10km/Mara/100Mile distances
TBH though, cycling is easier and keeps you fit so I've taken it completely in preference the last few months.

 

[smutchin]

I think I'm giving up running for a bit. I've self-diagnosed this pain in my foot as plantar fasciitis. Probably my body's way of telling me that two marathons in two weeks isn't such a great idea after all.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I think I'm giving up running for a bit. I've self-diagnosed this pain in my foot as plantar fasciitis. Probably my body's way of telling me that two marathons in two weeks isn't such a great idea after all.

Listen to it!

I had it last year, & it ruined a few months running for me

 

[Stig-OT-Dump]

3:24:05 for Loch Ness on the weekend. A little slower than I'd wanted, but hey ho, I gave it a shot.
An easy October now, and then start all over again.

 

[thecube]

Anyone apply for a ballot place in the london marathon? the letters are coming though the letter boxes right now!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

3:24:05 for Loch Ness on the weekend. A little slower than I'd wanted, but hey ho, I gave it a shot.
An easy October now, and then start all over again.

Terry, one of our local runners (runs for 'SweatShop- Xscape' in local events) was 6th @ 2.33:22!!!