Any Runners On Here??

[GrumpyGregry]

blimey. Found out I even scored points in the league as my gun time was sub 60 minutes. Not scored points running since I was a teenager.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Oh! Oh! Did I say? I won the Sweatshop parkrun prize this month. Free pair of running shoes. The ones in the pics have done 1000+km.

 

[SimonJKH]

Congrats! Mrs H got park runner of the month last month - a lovely surprise. Like the scrap book too!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I went to my first Club-run, since November, this evening
It was the 18:15 run, which is generally for the injured/slower/'time-pushed' members
I think we had 26 show up (one brought her Alsation dog; Fletcher)

it was a shorty, 3 miles, but I made it to the first 'turn-around' in first-place, circa a mile in about 7:30
Second mile was shoulder to shoulder with a guy, who generally wins the Pontefract (or Nostell Priory) ParkRuns, when he comes (usually under 19 minutes!!)
Third mile, 2 ('22 minute' ParkRunners) sneaked off a minute ahead of us, so I thought I'd push the pace & try to catch them
I did

Thus, I'm fairly happy with my recovery at this stage (& 18 miles run last week too)

I'm keeping a scrap book of races, and the more memorable training runs, this year. So that's Sunday's 10k and a memento of my training runs in Berlin

I keep all my numbers, & perhaps the route-maps from the more 'stand-out' races (like 'Cross-Bay')

But I love this shot, the expression is the one of the crushing disappointment when you see what your gun time is....

I know the feeling, seen here, suffering during the 2014 (Bingley Harriers) 'Harriers v Cyclists'

and no one is every there to capture the look on your face when you find out how much quicker your chip time is

I'll admit, I try to start as close as possible to the front chipped races, so the times are as close as possible[/QUOTE]

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'll admit, I try to start as close as possible to the front chipped races, so the times are as close as possible

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Not sure I'd get away with mixing it with the skinny blokes at the front. And constantly being overtaken messes with my head in a way I can't yet handle. Sunday I lined up at the back of the "Over 50 minutes" pen, the largest and most densely packed, I was only passed by six other runners and I caught and repast all but two of them and those two finished a couple of seconds before me whilst I was reeling them in.

On reflection, and as advised afterwards by other club members, I should have gone for the "45 minute" pen and taken my knocks of getting overtaken. Reviewing the race in my head, and looking at pace/HR data on Garmin/Strava, there were stretches where I was blocked by runners in front, the course had quite long narrow coned off sections on semi-open roads, and on the climbs I was passing lots of folk and would then get blocked by a cluster of slower runners.

Seems to me fun runners like me fall into two categories; those who see a climb and think "pump those arms let's give it some beans and get past a few" maybe because their flat road pace on the day leaves them with a bit in hand, and those who see a climb and maybe are running on a "same intensity throughout" model, and so who slow down, sometimes markedly, on the climbs. On our 'learn to run' courses new runners seem to fear hills more than anything else. I've never really understood why.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just entered my Clubs half-marathon, online

It'll be my first (& shamefully, only) half, since 2009

I can only hope that my foot holds up, & allows me to get the requisite training miles in
Early last year, I ran a -normal paced- 11.3 miles in 1.22, so I know I can do something reasonable
(it's just the climb out of the north-side of Wentbridge, up the old 'Great North Road', that's a bugger)


http://www.ackworthroadrunnersandac.co.uk/ackworthhalf/4587834622

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I went to this mornings run there (#29),
31st/128 @ 24:35

So, maybe a 'sub 24:00' next Saturday, then I'll know I'm back on track, & can actually think about turning up for the 'Ilkley Moor Fell-Race' (on Sunday 22nd)

I went this morning

It was a bit of a fancy dress event, as decided by the Race Director, given the date..........

We had a few outfits (or lack of them, in one rather cold mans case, thankfully not a mankini..........)

I didn't manage my 'sub 24'; 38th/169 @ 24:14


In the afternoon, I drove around our (April) Half-Marathon course, to take a pictorial route, as a link for the Clubs FaceBook page

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nostell Priory pics
http://www.flickr.com/groups/nostellpriory-parkrun/pool/page1

Pontefract RaceCourse (my good friend, Angela Hannon, in the 'BBM top' on the opening page)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/pontefract-parkrun/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

"Chapeau!"


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31513159


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ar...st-50-metres-finish-line-Austin-Marathon.html

According to the race web-page


1. Cynthia Jerop @ 2:54:21 (6:39 min/mile)
2. Hannah Steffan @ 3:03:59 (7:01 min/mile)
3. Hyvon Ngetich @ 3:04:02 (7:01 min/mile)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Had a run almost every day this week, varying from 3, up to 5, miles
Granted, not far, but don't want to aggravate the Heel again, by increasing the mileage too much

Ran Nostell this morning, felt lousy all the way round, but; 37th/176 @ 23:53

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/nostellpriory/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=31

If time allows this afternoon, I might go & try parts of, Clubs forthcoming Half-Marathon

I went out last Saturday & photographed the course (& supplemented the additional/missed sections, by another visit on the Tuesday)
'Public Access' album

https://www.facebook.com/richard.a....0205162627377567.1073741851.1601508436&type=3

 

[User169]

First half marathon of the year yesterday: 1:29:05. Seven minutes quicker than last year over the same course.

Had a tough patch between 13 and 16km running into a strong headwind, but managed to up the pace in the last part to crack 1:30.

 

[NorvernRob]

I fancied doing a couple of parkruns so looked up some local ones yesterday - there are loads in Sheffield. The problem is they're all on Saturday mornings and I work 5 out of 6 Saturdays. Shame they're not on Sunday or split between the two days rather than 5 or 6 all on the same day in the same city.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sorry Rob, every single ParkRun is scheduled for 09:00 Saturday

 

[SimonJKH]

Unless you're in Scotland or Ireland

 

[NorvernRob]

Sorry Rob, every single ParkRun is scheduled for 09:00 Saturday

That's a shame as I'd have liked to have done a few. My next Saturday off is at Easter!