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D2D
Which park run is your local?
I did the park run in 22.24. It was a PB (ive never done a 5km before!). Finsbury is two loops with a healthy little hill included. There was 97 people on sat!
3.30 is calculated (if its possible) based on doing the stratford 1/2 last year in 1.39m, and being faster and fitter this year!
Go on sign up and stop deliberating.
John Richards wrote (see)
You make that sound quite easy John! 250 is 5 years solid parkrunning, think there's only one guy got 250 so far isn't there!
I should get my 50 in about 3 months, I do Heaton every week, definitely recommend it.
I think if I had to drive to do a 5km run, I probably wouldnt bother. Its only because its just down the road that it works.
D2D - Being from the southern hemisphere, I prefer running in warmer weather. Thats why ive joined a gym this winter, to hide from the cold. Im starting to second guess which is the lesser of two weevils - the cold or the treadmill!,
There is a Garmin ready sub 3.30 training program on Runners World, handy even if you dont have a garmin.
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/racing/rws-garmin-ready-marathon-schedule-sub-330/2764.html
Its claims that to achieve sub 3.30 you should eventually be able to run a 1/2 in 1.37 and a 10km in 43m.
Mike you are in.
D2D you are in.
John, you must be around the mark?
My best recorded 10km is an XC 46.08 on the back of a tri. And I ran a 1.41 1/2M in a long distance tri last sept.
Any one else thinking 3.30?????
Oh no, that's just about my current speed, pressures on me then!
But that wasn't on the hottest day of the year I suppose
OMG All this talk of times makes me feel nervous
I did the London Marathon last year in 3hr 57mins, I'm quite confident(at this moment) that I will be able to do the RSM in 3.45!!!! My training plan is a mixture of the garmin 3.30 and 3.45 plan and also some club runs incorporated into the plan.
I'm up for a training run in Stratford if anyone is planning one
Only in my first marathon did I set a goal of 4 hrs and I could see it slipping away but since then it';s just finishing!
Been out for a run this morning and did about 7 miles and it was very good. I hope to do about 13 - 15 on Sunday as there is no really local race this weekend.
Lots of things can happen between now and May so I know where your coming from.
I have a Plan A-E, As long as I do the best I can on the day then that is good enough for me. Thats what I should be saying but I always put pressure on myself and want to do better!!!!
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/viewevent.asp?sp=&v=1&EN=60638&ms=
might have to cut and past that
They call it sutton park fun run
Looking last night at my garmin results I notice how some routes I think of as quite hilly really aren't that hilly. I note the half I did on New years day was actually very hilly indeed , even is it was the same hill four times. I can't really see myself running up an down any local hill that many times - with the best will in the world I'd be bored stiff!
What we need is the list of possible races before RSM in a 60 mile radius of RSM.
Stourbridge stagger 10 mile XC is the first major one I think , a local 10K before that also XC , in shifnall too.
Training run:
Divine_Wind
D2D
Gazelle
This year it is a goal so will be approaching it in the right frame of mind and basing other races etc around that