Any Runners On Here??

[SimonJKH]

legs feeling a little stiff.....its times like this, I wish I could grow old, fat and unfit.....

I absolutely know what you mean!
Like you, I have a schedule which makes fitting this stuff in a bit of a challenge in itself. My main advice would be don't over do it! When I wanted to up the running I thought I'd sacrifice a few commutes and drive in some days.

 

[NorvernRob]

Went out for my first run in two weeks today, encouragingly my legs are feeling pretty good and I did my quickest time so far.

https://www.strava.com/activities/259699288

I'm going to do a parkrun as soon as I get the chance as I reckon I could run around 22 minutes on a flatter course, which as a beginner I'd be really happy with. The 6.2km I've been doing has 350ft of elevation which is mainly one big hill.

 

[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

'ParkRun - Nostell Priory' this morning (#32)

Felt better than last week , if seemingly slower (see quote)

Still, I chipped a few more seconds off, on my way back to fitness; 32nd/156 @ 23:28

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Cross-country half marathon on the South Downs tomorrow so I was Finish Tokens at parkrun this morning. Nice as you get to congratulate a couple of hundred happy people. But I got soaked and frozen. So then I went home got changed and rode to a local cycling 'demo' where I got soaked and frozen. Then I rode home and got changed and went to the cemetery where my Mum is buried to put the wreath from my Dad's coffin on her grave. And got soaked and frozen!

Hope it cheers up for tomorrow.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It was a difficult decision this morning

Did I, as 'un-race fit' as I am, go to the PECO-XC race at Roundhay Park, in Leeds?
Or, did I 'run-long' (or what seems long to me, after my heel injury, & lack of running in, December/January?)
http://www.pecoxc.co.uk/pages/race5.html

I 'ran long' (well, long, for me, at the moment, with the 2 months off................)
Joanne was driving into the centre of Wakefield for 09:00-ish, so I rode there with her, then headed off
I ended up, with; 10.53 miles @ 1.28:43

Some hills, headwinds, tailwinds
Felt a bit overdressed at points (tights & a -cycling club- gilet, plus a waterproof stuffed in Gilet pocket, just in case)
http://gb.mapometer.com/running/route_4028959.html

Felt okay, most of the route, just a bad patch at about the 7 mile mark (I did out on no breakfast, just pot of tea, though)

I knew I'd done it, when I got in, as I laid on the bed & went to sleep

I'll suffer for it, as it was a big jump to 40+ miles this week, after 27 last week

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Garmin said 2:34 when I passed the 13.1 Mile Half-Marathon marker some distance from the finish line. That was probably one of the hardest things, physically and mentally, I've ever done. Optional mass start, alternately just grab your number and get going, which is what I did and, well, the field was a class above what I, as a mere fun-runner, am used to 'competing' with so had to take the mental challenge of being overtaken a lot. Deep, sticky-yet-slippery, mud for the first few miles, then two hefty climbs to the top of the Downs, where the wind paralyzed my face, before dropping like a stone down one of favourite MTB downhills locally back to the mudfest of the last two kilometres. Went to my Dad's funeral on Wednesday and I could feel something of him urging me on during the last third.

In utter AWE of the guys who ran the full marathon.

 

[SimonJKH]

Nice bling!

I ran the last race of our cross country league. A flat course but the mud seemed extra slippery and I was running on next to no sleep, so pleased to plod around the 9 isn kilometres in about 47 and a half.

Despite how that sentence sounded, I think I prefer xc to the road. It feels way more visceral!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Nice bling!

I ran the last race of our cross country league. A flat course but the mud seemed extra slippery and I was running on next to no sleep, so pleased to plod around the 9 isn kilometres in about 47 and a half.

Despite how that sentence sounded, I think I prefer xc to the road. It feels way more visceral!

xc is so much better than the road ime/imo. Visceral is a brilliant way to describe it.

The bling is nice but the full English breakfast at the end of the race, included in the fee, is up there too. And free race photos too, and plenty of em....

 

[smutchin]

Did my 100th Parkrun on Saturday. Yay!

It was a good one too - not a fast time (2.30 off my pb) but a good race. Used a fellow runner as pacemaker on the second half, and was finding it very hard to keep up towards the end - probably because just by being there I was egging her on to go faster. Tried to outsprint her up the slope to the finish but she pipped me to the line. I could have given a wee bit more but the chivalrous/patronising side of me wanted to let her take the win (at least that's what I'm telling myself).

Saw in the results afterwards that she's in the 15-17 age group. Makes me feel old.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nice bling!

I ran the last race of our cross country league. A flat course but the mud seemed extra slippery and I was running on next to no sleep, so pleased to plod around the 9 isn kilometres in about 47 and a half.
Despite how that sentence sounded, I think I prefer xc to the road. It feels way more visceral!

Agreed XC is more fun, & harder work, be it at a race, or 'solo' - just as a run (or training)

Did my 100th Parkrun on Saturday. Yay!

It was a good one too - not a fast time (2.30 off my pb) but a good race. Used a fellow runner as pacemaker on the second half, and was finding it very hard to keep up towards the end - probably because just by being there I was egging her on to go faster. Tried to outsprint her up the slope to the finish but she pipped me to the line. I could have given a wee bit more but the chivalrous/patronising side of me wanted to let her take the win (at least that's what I'm telling myself).

Saw in the results afterwards that she's in the 15-17 age group. Makes me feel old.

T-shirt next week then??

Ain't that always the case, a 'M15-17' did a 'sub 19' at Nostell Priory on Saturday, & a JW11-14 ran a 'sub 21:45'

A couple of weeks ago, a (different) 'M15-17' came first with a 'sub 17:45'!!!!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Did my 100th Parkrun on Saturday. Yay!

It was a good one too - not a fast time (2.30 off my pb) but a good race. Used a fellow runner as pacemaker on the second half, and was finding it very hard to keep up towards the end - probably because just by being there I was egging her on to go faster. Tried to outsprint her up the slope to the finish but she pipped me to the line. I could have given a wee bit more but the chivalrous/patronising side of me wanted to let her take the win (at least that's what I'm telling myself).

Saw in the results afterwards that she's in the 15-17 age group. Makes me feel old.

I've been in races and parkruns where the marshals around the finish have yelled "Be a gentleman!"

Congrats on your ton.

 

[smutchin]

T-shirt next week then??

The T-shirt system has changed - they've stopped doing the Adidas T-shirts and the new ones from Tribesports aren't available yet. Apparently they will become available some time this month, so I shouldn't have to wait more than a few weeks. Frustrating though!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The T-shirt system has changed - they've stopped doing the Adidas T-shirts and the new ones from Tribesports aren't available yet. Apparently they will become available some time this month, so I shouldn't have to wait more than a few weeks. Frustrating though!

IF I'd bothered to have get up on a Saturday morning, over the past 3 years, I'd have had a '100' quite a while ago, as I ran the first few at Pontefract, including number 1 (7th May 2011)
To my shame, there was quite a gap then, until '76'
Saturday 2nd, was their 195th!!!

I'm only on 40 runs, with 28 at Pontefract
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/pontefract/results/athletehistory/?athleteNumber=141382

Slightly more consistant, at Nostell Priory, with 12 out of 32
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/nostellpriory/results/athletehistory/?athleteNumber=141382

 

[smutchin]

IF I'd bothered to have get up on a Saturday morning, over the past 3 years, I'd have had a '100' quite a while ago, as I ran the first few at Pontefract, including number 1 (7th May 2011)
To my shame, there was quite a gap then, until '76'
Saturday 2nd, was their 195th!!!

Yeah, same here - should have got my 100 shirt ages ago but I had a three month break last summer which didn't help.

If I'd been going consistently since the first one I did (26th May 2012), I might even have reached the 100 in time to get one of the swanky Adidas jackets - they stopped offering those when the last batch ran out, which was about a year ago, I think. Pah!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

If I'd been going consistently since the first one I did (26th May 2012), I might even have reached the 100 in time to get one of the swanky Adidas jackets - they stopped offering those when the last batch ran out, which was about a year ago, I think. Pah!

So that's where they come from!