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30 miles on the bike today, felt good
Hopefully will see you & Minni at some point tomorrow RJ - good luck. You sound like you are a man with a mission. If anyone can go out at 5am and run what you did deserves to reap the results.
Good to see you at least have a lie in on a Saturday Gul!
Sorry to hear of your decision to pull out of Abo SJ - that must be a hard choice to make, but probably a sensible one. Hopefully see you in Manchester!
Good to hear you are out running again Menn even with the sore shoulder & ibuprofen.
AR - enjoy Leicester, the last mile up New Walk is a toughie hill to have at the end of a marathon (same hill as first mile to give you an idea). I normally run the half, so a shame I'm not about to meet up. Take it easy to start with and I hope it all goes to plan for you.
Wasn't it Roy Kinnear who was so convincing to try and get everyone to move there?
Got my 1st job in Peterborough- boring place, I've never been back since
Managed a PW at the parkrun y/day 19:41. I was out on heavy night the previous evening till 1 am and had a bet with a running pal. He bet I wouldn't turn up at the parkrun. I bet I would and would finish in the top 5- the drink talking. Needless to say I lost the bet
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14M for me this morning with (a) a bit of a post-concert hangover (very good gig therefore too much Wild Hare) and (b) 5M at MP. It was supposed to be HMP but I just couldn't quite face it, and frankly MP hungover feels like HMP.
Sorry to hear that, OO, but let's just say that after this morning's efforts I feel your pain. Literally.
Cyber stalked Speedy's result. Looks like a slightly tough day at the office but still a very good time.
Reckon that is a tough bet to loose: after all you turned up and raced and weren't that far off: parkrun is like that, one week somebody wins in 20 and the next week the same runner is back in 20th place. (Statistically you do seem to have finished every week top 5 so maybe the beer was a factor).)
And I'm still full of a cold, legs struggled on the big hill.
I pulled my target off. Just. 69:47 unofficially and I think a one second negative split.
I'm over the moon as it's been off fairly inconsistent training. Nice to see Minni and KR too.
Poacher/PMJ- I was actually talking about Rob Downs who I mistakenly thought was in the same age category as Poach but is actually a spring chicken and in the V45 category not V50.
Nice halves from Moof and RJ. Take a few easy days to recover, Moof - don't underestimate the effects of a near-pb half marathon when you've got a bad cold.
Well done moof (not bad all considered) and RJ (blimey that's incredible). At least you had a reason to celebrate Joolska, no excuses here.
Managed 14 this morning so 44 for the week. Come on Speedy tell us how you did....
sorry missed your post earlier Moof. I reckon that's pretty 'shit hot' with a cold. Make sure you recover well though.
Poacher, next target is more than likely London next year. Sub 2:25 has a nice ring to it but I know I am going to have to work even harder than I have before if I'm to get close. Cant wait to get training for it.
Sorry I havent been around here too much recently folks, it's not that I dont love you all just life is rather busy.
According to 'Run Pix' I did the first half in 34:57 and the second half in 34:49. Get in there although I will say my previous experience of negative splits have been somewhat more enjoyable. I guess that tail wind the last few miles helped.
Garmin connect log here. Check out the HR in the last few miles!
I imagine your life is busy with the little one, its a military operation just trying to get out of the front door.
Leicester Marathon - It was never meant to be
. Dejected / disappointed etc, but I'll live to run another day.
Set off on my Sub3 attempt. First 9 miles my dodgy tendons grumbled, but nothing too bad, and I was pleased to be running bang on my pace of 6:45 - 6:50vmin/m Aerobically felt brilliant. Shortly after my legs 'lost all power' and I struggled to keep under 7 min/miles.
For me I have been massively positive over the past 2 and a bit weeks after getting injured and ill. Unfortunately by mile 15 I knew my day was over and passed on my positive thinking to other runners. I had to accept it was about getting around. I know I didn't leave enough time after illness, and the miles started racking up slower than my long runs. Managed a little running, but it felt like I shuffled my way through 20 to 25.
Finished in 3:04:33 . I gave it a shot, but sub 3 is going to be something to aim for in 2013. Its the end of a horrible week, and I keep thinking about the effort I put into training for this.
Also managed to drop my motorbike when I got back to add insult to injury.Bugger positive thinking.
Great result, Jase - sub 70 also has a nice ring to it !
Ditto Moof - fine effort on a testing course.
SJ - feel for you missing Abo . . . .
lovely autumn sunny day today - flagged the course out for my club's XC, marshalled, then pub buffet
where's Speedy?
x-post - AR, don't be hard on yourself - an illness such as your recent one is bound to take its toll. You had the nads to keep on keeping on, and you can draw on that fortitude in future attempts
Moof- that's why my alarm goes off at 5:00am. If it didnt I woudln't be able to train.
AR sorry to hear about you not being pleased with your run.Dont let it get you down 3:04 is a solid time considering (is it a PB?) the issues recently. And plus, it is only running. In the grand scheme of things, it really doesnt matter that much. If you cant take som epride out of it, forget it, move on and get the next target booked. Anything planned?
AR I think 3:04 is impressive given how you felt. It's not actually far off. I went from 3:05 to sub-3 so a 4 minute improvement is not at all unreasonable to improve if you are fully fit.
Thanks for the comments. I know I'm being tough on myself. My 1st was 3:02 on a bugger of a course, and this was as flat as you like - I'd built my confidence up over the past few weeks and really felt I was in good condition till lurgy/injury came. I will take some pride from it after a sleep. Still missing a few kg's of body weight, so will over endulge tonight and start thinking about my first VLM.
AR: it's pretty hard to avoid the totally gutted feeling when you miss your target, even if the reasons for the result are both obvious and rational. As you say, sleep on it and take the positives.
Speedy has posted on FB and is ok for result to be shared. She's pretty gutted after just dipping inside 3.09. Split on course for 3.05 but looks like the second half was a bit of a grind. It's pretty darn close to a pb but obviously not what she wanted.
SJ - sorry to hear that you've had to pull out of Abo; hope things are back on track very soon.
AR - very brave attempt. Amazing that you did it at all after the last couple of weeks and a great finishihng time everything considered. Sub3 for sure next time. Take care of yourself now.
OOlg - never mind, at least you gave it a shot; did the bet specify which parkrun?
Moof - that's some going, especially full of cold. Well done on a cracking time.
RJ - just awesome!!! Congratulations on another huge achievement.
Gutted for Speedy.
Anyone heard from KR yet?
6 mile plod for me this morning.
RJ, yeah not bad....
AR, ouch! Was always going to be tough for you bearing on mind what you've been through over the past couple of weeks but you had the guys to give it a go and you weren't too far off. As has been said above, there really is no hiding place at the Mara distance, a bit of a niggle, a bit of under or overtraining, a bit of illness can all be magnified by a factor of 26.2 to turn a race into a real trainwreck so I think you actually did brilliantly to hold it together for a 3:04. Which is probably a good indicator of actually how fit and quick you are. Sure you'll smash 3 when you are healthy. No holidays before your next race!!
Speedy, great result but sounds like a tough day out - hope you are recovering well.
Foot is still sore this morning
AR - sorry I don't give you any good wishes as on Friday I assumed you wouldn't be running and haven't read the thread this weekend. You surprised me by running it. Very good performance considering. As other have said, I sure sub3 will be no problem for you on another occasion.
Moof - good result there. I very much like that course and its got a good feel that race. The hill at 8miles is a classic.
RJ - astonishing. I can't even run 1 mile at that pace. Well done fella.
SJ - go easy there and sorry to hear you're probably out of Abo. I will also be at Manchester.
My wife had her first day back at work on Saturday so I looked after both kids. It went well so I celebrated by getting a hangover. 11miles yesterday and hips and thighs still sore but getting better.
I was once offered a re-location package when the insurance firm I was working for moved to Peterborough. I decided to go to Uni at Hull instead.
Moof - A great result when not feeling your best, and on a tricky course, too. Good stuff.
Jase - We love you, too. A stratospheric effort from you - even when a bit porky!
AR - I'd say that's a result to be proud of given the circumstances. Just getting round took enormous cojones.
Meanwhile, I did some great off-road running over the w/e, 9 miles on Sat and 10 on Sun. I was particularly pleased with Saturday's progressive effort, over testing terrain and having been chased by sheepdogs and then a bull! I finished with 3M at a decent clip, HMP, probably. I think I'm starting to get myself into the sort of shape where I can actually contemplate starting marathon training in mid-December.