Any Runners On Here??

[Richard A Thackeray]

There's quite a few of our members got the jackets

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nostell Priory #33 this morning

A fast first lap, but paid for it, on the second lap, & the drag back up to the finish in front of the House

28th/149 @ 23:28 (exactly same time as last week)

 

[SimonJKH]

Cambridge Half Marathon today. My training had kind of got derailed between a holiday in France and a cold that refused to die, so this was by far the longest run I've attempted. It was hard! But got around in 1 hr 52, so I'll take that,

 

[luckyfox]

10.5 miles on Sunday, 8 with my new running club and an 2.5 extra I just felt like on the way home.

First double figures so chuffed to bits

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

10.5 miles on Sunday, 8 with my new running club and an 2.5 extra I just felt like on the way home.

First double figures so chuffed to bits

Well done!

I managed a slow & turgid 9 miles yesterday, but I'd not made it easy for myself, in many ways
Worked till 22:00 Saturday, not eaten when I got home, poor nights sleep (& late to bed @ 01;00), up early, no breakfast, & over-dressed (wrung gilet out after run)

Still, it's another 4 weeks on Sunday to my 'half'

 

[pubrunner]

A bit of encouragement for older runners . . . a mate of mine, did 31:33 yesterday at the Trafford 10k . . . . . . .he's 52 ! That's quick for a runner of any age ! How I wish that I'd been born with such natural ability . . . & the desire to train consistently hard.

 

[luckyfox]

4 weeks on Sunday to my 'half'

How you feeling about it? Have you done one before?

the desire to train consistently hard.

I started running at 14 min mile pace for 7 seconds before being out of breath and feeling like I wanted to die!! It amazes me every time that I can go way further than I can imagine.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A bit of encouragement for older runners . . . a mate of mine, did 31:33 yesterday at the Trafford 10k . . . . . . .he's 52 ! That's quick for a runner of any age ! How I wish that I'd been born with such natural ability . . . & the desire to train consistently hard.

A lot of that is definitely natural ability/genetics

How you feeling about it? Have you done one before?


I started running at 14 min mile pace for 7 seconds before being out of breath and feeling like I wanted to die!! It amazes me every time that I can go way further than I can imagine.

I've done one half', but it was a few years ago (2009), & although I was running 10Ks, & was thinking about starting fell-racing, I hadn't any interests in longer distances
(started running early 2008)
I only did that one, because of where it was, as I'd wanted to go out there as a boy, when we stopped at the resort, & escorted walks went onto the sands

http://www.cancercare.org.uk/get-involved/events/the-cancercare-cross-bay-2015/

Yes, across Morecambe Bay, from Cumbria, back to Morecambe (& the rivers enter the bay, whether the tide's in or out, so you get very wet!) = 51st/237 @ 1.42:52)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nostell Priory #33 this morning

A fast first lap, but paid for it, on the second lap, & the drag back up to the finish in front of the House

28th/149 @ 23:28 (exactly same time as last week)

Here I am, at the 'dead-turn', on the second lap, down by the Lower Lake (in a 'FaceBook' album, from that morning)

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Went to Cranleigh parkrun on Saturday as it is all off-road and has the same hill twice. And I could still feel Sunday in my joints so wanted not to pound the tarmac on the winter Horsham parkrun.

PB for Cranleigh, came 16th, its a much smaller parkrun after all. I messed up though. I went wanting to bag a PB for that course, but hooned off like a loon in the first km and paid the price in the fourth km on the second climb of the hill where Strava says I dropped 40 seconds over the first attempt of the climb (same hill remember. But PB is a PB and I was feeling very pleased with myself until I realised I came last in my age group and first guy in it who finished first in age group finished five-and-a-half-minutes faster than me.

I'll go back next month and give it another go. Maybe the quagmire at the bottom of the hill will have dried out a bit after Easter.

 

[luckyfox]

been out 3 times over my 2.5 mile course 22 minutes best time but I'm still struggling with getting going, I usually go after a couple of hours after getting home, I'm now thinking of running straight after my 12 mile commute well within 15 minutes if not sooner of getting home but if I do this I'll not be too bothered about time ...has anyone attempted this....good or bad idea....

I do a 7 miles commute home, have half an hour and cycle to running club (2miles) and do up to 4.5 miles at 10 min mile.

It's good but eating right is a huge game changer. Get it right and it's great cross training. Must foam roll out really too.

Good luck!

 

[smutchin]

a mate of mine, did 31:33 yesterday at the Trafford 10k . . . . . . .he's 52 ! That's quick for a runner of any age !

Blimey.

That is indeed quick for any age, as you say, but I just checked the wava score and for 52 it is seriously fast - 98.89%, only 22 seconds behind the age group world record. Chapeau.

http://runnersworld.com/tools/age-graded-calculator

 

[luckyfox]

Running jackets...one thing last year is ive had to keep buying smaller sizes so I've cut back on major investments in running gear. Even blinking shoes!! That's right I went down a shoes size! Anyway so I've been looking for a good reflextive running jacket, seen a few I like but there's a very very nice Nike one... Oooh Nike...

To buy cheap or invest? I'm a size small now so could only go to XS...

 

[pubrunner]

Blimey.

That is indeed quick for any age, as you say, but I just checked the wava score and for 52 it is seriously fast - 98.89%, only 22 seconds behind the age group world record. Chapeau.

http://runnersworld.com/tools/age-graded-calculator

Ha Ha ! - I'd better not show him that link {is that for a track 10k ?}

Take a look at this - scroll down & see what he has to say about cycling . In fact, it's a good read for anyone with an interest in running. :

http://eightlane.org/andy-green-31-33-10k-at-age-52/

Going back 25 years or so, he was a frequent customer in our pub - even though he lives in Warrington. On of his favourite sayings (& he was serious about this) was . . . .

"I believe that with the right training, anyone (male) can run under 50 minutes for 10 miles"

Sadly, I never got near that and nor will I

He was one of our three regulars, who could compete at the highest (international) level. Used to get pissed after 4 pints though

 

[User169]

Ha Ha ! - I'd better not show him that link {is that for a track 10k ?}

Take a look at this - scroll down & see what he has to say about cycling . In fact, it's a good read for anyone with an interest in running. :

http://eightlane.org/andy-green-31-33-10k-at-age-52/

Going back 25 years or so, he was a frequent customer in our pub - even though he lives in Warrington. On of his favourite sayings (& he was serious about this) was . . . .

"I believe that with the right training, anyone (male) can run under 50 minutes for 10 miles"

Sadly, I never got near that and nor will I

He was one of our three regulars, who could compete at the highest (international) level. Used to get pissed after 4 pints though

Interesting link that, pubbers. Particularly how times have dropped off since the 80s/early90s. I run much slower than I used to in early 90s, but finish much higher up the field these days (although fields are smaller too)!

It's still an ambition of mine to run under 1 hour for 10 miles. There's no way 50min would be possible and not sure it ever would have been.