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KeltikMusk - great time- as long as you get your pacing right in a 10k that will easily convert to sub 60!
if you want to join the password is..
elephant
all lower case (not sure if that matters though!)
think ill change the date on the challenge to give folks more time to join!
well done on ur run alyson! im off out tonight and aiming for 35 mins!!
i think its up to u if u want to do the same route, then i guess its more accurate for urself, but im quite happy for the challenge iv made up if people want to vary their routes.. does get a bit tedious if u dont!
oh and well done keltikmusk! straight to the top of the leaderboard! gives us all some inspiration im sure!!
S xx
hope more of u can join!
Just put in ur PB from here then every time u go out and run it then stick in a new time!
cheers
x
Got my number for my first 10k today, No 34, really hope there's a lot more entered after me. I was surprised how worried I suddenly became about the whole thing.
It also said as it's 2 laps people aiming for around 1hr could be lapped. Surely people don't run 10k quicker than 30mins do they?
Pam
When is your 10k race Pam? The last one I did was two laps and I really thought I would be lapped. Although I wasn't, I could hear the winners being cheered over the line as I was just starting the second lap, so it was close! It also gave me a bit of encouragement to run faster!
Just remember that you're only racing yourself and however long it takes, there will still be plenty of people there to encourage you over the line at the last 200 metres.
Good luck!
Run is on the 12 Aug two weeks and counting. What time did you finish in?
Pam
Just do the best you can and enjoy it.
Any tips for runnign in warm weather -I went for a run today (4.1) miles adn improved my time usual time by about a minute (38 mins) but was completely knackered afterwards!
I recenty bought a Nike dri vest thing and it seems to help. At te same time I bought some sort of energy boost thing from the running shop -think it waS called a honey stinger. Word to the wise - don't bother with this thing as it seems to be virtually pure honey which rater than give me a nice little boost actually made me wretch adn want to puke whick is hard to do on the move - lesson learned methinks!
I have just lost 5st and my biggest problem is getting the motivation to transfer from the treadmill to the road which I know I need to do soon.
The greatest distance I have run so far is 4km with no breaks. I did that in 20 mins.
Anyway I would really appreciate some advice about planning a schedule to cover all the bases...
mwjkeane@hotmail.com
Thanks for setting up the Challenge Sazzler - great to come second (out of 2!) :O) The silver certificate was lovely though - I'm going to keep that!
Any chance of another 5km challenge for August? I need motivation/inspiration for my 10k in September. At the moment I seem to be going so slowly I may as well be going backwards.
Out tonight for my usual 5k circuit. I'll let you know how it goes.
How's the training going everyone?
glad u liked ur certificate! iv not looked at mine yet! the idea of the challenge is good but its hard to record how much you have taken off your PB.. might just be easier to record it on here!!
we can make a challenge for who can do the most miles in a month? or stick with the 5k improving one?
im thinking we might be alone on this one DP!!
Have not done no running ine I did 5 miles in about an hour the other day so have alot to work upto gain toget the 10k in under 60mins
10k
Sazzler - F/24 - PB 76.16 - <60 Sept 07
Albion - F/29 - PB 62.54 - <60 Aug 07
Runtyler - M/33 - PB 52.30 - <60 Aug 07
aaa - F/34 PB?? - <60 Aug 07
Devonian Plodder - F/48 - PB 83.0 <60 Sept 07
Crazy Daisy F/35 - PB 61.08 <60 Sept 07
Shaz1973 - ?? <60 Oct 07
RAGA34 - F/34 <60 summer 07
Steviej - M/50 PB 66 - <60 ??
Beth - F/25 - PB ?? - <60 Aug 07
Matt Sutherland - M/32 - PB 52.27 - <50 Sep 07?
Moomintrude - F/35 - PB?? - <60 Sep 07
Clare - F/33 - PB 63.49 - <60 Sep 07
Alyson - F/32 - PB 48.25 - <60 Sep 07
Rachel - F/34 - PB 57.00 - <60 ??
Keltikmusk - M/38 <60 Sep 07
wrinkly - M/39 PB? <60 SEP 07
wish i had seen this thread sooner. i am new to running doing my first 10k on 12th August and hoping to get a sub 60. Only started training for this at the end of may and the quickest ive done so far is about 64mins. Not sure if i am going to manage the sub 60!!! will i be ok to join your gang??
I have a 10k run tomorrow morning, it seemed like a good idea at the time. The training has gone pretty well, but my main aim is to get round and then the next one try for a better time.. Will report in on how it goes.
Good luck to you all for this weekend's training, at least it'll be sunny!
Clare
Great time Matt, i ve just returned from a 5k this morning, struggled a bit with the heat but managed to do it in 32.42 and when i checked the distance on google earth it was 3.31 miles so that made me feel better.
im going to try a 10k over the weekend and that will be my last long run until the race next weekend, happy training everyone.
Welcome Wrinkly and Jasp - wow Matt - great time - well done.
Clare - all the best for your 10k - fingers crossed for you!
I tried a 5k on Thursday but had to walk home due to an ongoing calf problem (ruptured the muscle skiing and still suffering!). Got an appointment to see the sports physio next week, till then I'm going to take it easy on the bike! Just have to do my 10k in September.
Sazzler - as we are all aiming for races in August/September/October maybe we should just keep posting in our progress. Once the races are over we can go for another challenge?
Jasp
My first 10k is on the 12th too and I'm hoping for rain. It can't be the same one can it?? Darlington??
Did my 10k in training on tuesday night 58mins so was well happy. Just see how running with other people affects me cos only ever ran on my own.
Pam
hows everyones running going ?
anyone done the <60 yet ??
my 10k is this sunday and really hoping for my sub 60 - will let you know how I get on !
how are you sazzler ?
Sorry to read about your injury DP, take it easy.
How did your race go Clare?
Hope your race went well today Albion, hopefully where you are it was a bit cooler than it is here.
Im going to go out later and do my last 10k before next weeks race, just waiting for early evening before i head out.
Happy running everyone.
welcome Qrinkly and Jasp
Clare hope your race went well fill us in!
I've got my 10k booked for 2nd Sept but it's a very hilly one so there is no chance I will do it sub 60!
however I did a 5k the other night in 29.46 so I was very happy with that, not sure I'd be able to keep that speed up for an hour yet tho!
I did a 5 miler last night and used my new garmin 305 and was doing really well initially over the first 3 miles (did 9 min miles) then decided to run along the riverbank and the grass was so high I went down to 12 min miles and had to stop a couple of times aswell!!,
I am worried slightly about my heart rate tho as I ran the entire distance with my heart rate at 180 which according to the garmin software is 90% + my max (calssed as sprinting distance!!) I certainly wasn't sprinting so surely this can't be right?
did my 10k today - didnt get my <60
but got a new pb
it was sooo hot and even tho' it was on a pretty flat course it was on a racetrack in the middle of a field so there was no shade at all - and what with it being laps aswell .....
anyway I got 62.18, and was on target for a <60 until the final lap (3 laps) but the weather got to me - good run tho' and a pb aswell, so all in all a good day,
so your answer to the hot question Jasp is yes it was hot !!!!!!!!!
well done on your runs fatgirlslim and kelti
hope everyone elses races went well
I ran all the way round, result! Didn't get a PB, but it was very hot on Saturday, did 1 hr 6, so still a way to go to beat the 60 min deadline.. Am very chuffed that I kept going and did it. Congrats to Albion and all who did long runs.
Back to the training for the next one..
Clare
Well done Clare on your run, when its hot i think all you can do is keep going and try not to worry too much about the time. I think you did really well.
Well done Albion on your pb, it must have been hard going in the heat.
Keep it up Fatgirlslim, i use a HR monitor, im not too good with the % thing but i just go by how i feel when i run, i know that i can comfortably run at 170/175 and keep this up for a 10k run and still have some left at the end and when i check the % its says im running at 90/95% which im sure im not.
just been out this morning and i felt like l had a good run the weather was just right. i thought i had done the whole 10k in just under 59 mins but when i checked i had only done 5.9 miles!!!! oh well better luck next time
Congrats to Albion on getting a PB - excellent!
To all those complaining of runnign in the heat -just be grateful you're getting a summer. I'm currently building an ark in my back garden and have developed gills!
Seriouly though - it's dull and cold again today and that's jsut perfect for me and running!
How do you all measure your courses?
I used MapMyrun - Maybe I should remeasure on a 1:25000 OS map.
Anyway:
5k Challenge:
Pam 29.35
Crazy Daisy 31.20
Moomintrude - 32m 22s
Clare - 35m
Alyson - 37.25
Sazzler 37.41
Devonian Plodder - 41m 39s Goal - 35m by 31/08
Beth - tba
Rachel - tba
Matt Sutherland - 23.34.
About 1km is road, the rest is fields, woodlands tracks and similar. Quite often have to do "cow dodging" in one of the larger fields!