VOTE Choisty

Choisty

I have been lucky enough to be selected in the Qualifying Time section of the

and I need your vote...but why?

I love running and this has me so motivated (I ran two sessions yesterday, 4miles easy at lunch and 10miles tempo in the evening) so I won't let you down, I promise.

I am trying to achieve the British Championship qualifying time of 2hr 45min and my stretch target is sub 2hrs 40mins, I have the times to back it up too (10mile PB 56:53).  However I have never run a PB and it been easy!

I pledge to keep you informed every step of the way through Facebook, Twitter and right here on the forums...starting in about an hour when I get back from that most horrid of sessions…hills!

I will answer your questions and hopefully won't get too lost and excited in the process.So please vote for me at http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/competitions/win-our-christmas-gift-guide-/372.html 

Yes, I am Choisty, the dodgy looking one at the bottom! 

Thank you!!!

Matchstick Man

I voted for you as its about time RW picked a sub 3 runner looking to improve. I've looked you up on Po10 and your page speaks volumes about your ability so good luck with the voting and selection. Your times point to potentially the time you're after and I'd be very interested to see how you got on if you were picked.
Well done for getting stuck in and starting a thread early on.
Good luck!

Choisty

Thank you MM, to make it easier for others here is my power of 10 page link

 http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=77050

I will post regularly if picked so no worries about that I love a good chat about running nearly as much as I love running

seren nos

Hi Choisty......before this post you havn't posted since May 2010.......how can you convince me that you will be a committed poster to the forums....

knight rider

Hi Choisty, good to meet you at the selection day last week. i think you are more than capable of getting your time and agree with MM that a sub 3 runner looking to go faster meets the mark for this competition.
I know a lot of people will be vey interested in the training that goes with that kind of target. Good luck.

Choisty

Cheers Knight Rider.

Seren Nos, there are many and various reasons, mainly new job and my head bobbing above water now, so I though I should take on a bit more!  Your vote would be really appreciated and believe me I can spout on about training night and day!

Choisty

Well back from a hill session 48mins covering 6.5miles, 30minutes of which were up and down the same 700m long hill six times I now feel a little bit sick ...but that could be the sandwiches I made this morning!

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Yawn.

seren nos

ignore Intermanaut....hes this friendly to everyone

whilst I am a slow runner I do like reading on the threads what the faster runners can do

[Deleted User]

You've got my vote as well Choisty, agreed its about time RW fostered somebody with serious athletic intent rather than the endless emphasis on beginners...obviously that brings the cash in as far as the magazine is concerned, but for established runners we'll learn the most from your journey and the advice you pick up. Best of luck

SuperCaz

You're on my shortlist, but I still quite like one of the others in your catergory.  So convince me.  I want to know more about you as a person and a runner.  As a slow runner, how can I relate to what you have to say?  Do you train on your own, or with others?  How will you feel if you miss your target?

[Deleted User]

I've voted for your choisty, altho i have to confess for largely selfish reasons! I've got the same target times as you for VLM next year, i'm also saying 2.45 but my club record is 2.39.** so hearing how your progression is going and the kind of sessions you'll be doing will work as a great reference point....Good luck with the selection, hopefully some of the slower runners will be able to see that the level of commitment necessary to get to your current level is as much relevant to beginners as the stories of those running 4 hr marathons.

Choisty

Just a little marathon background, I ran my first Marathon in '97 completing it in 6hrs 43mins, which involved being overtaken by Rhinos and the sweeper bus, both of which seemed to move very slowly but I couldn't stay with them.

So I gave up running...for a few years

 I then got it into my head that I should aim for a sub-3 time, which after two failed attempts 3:34 (Abingdon) & 3:21 (Cardiff). I had another go at Abingdon in 2006 and with excellent prep and a wonderfull day I managed it in 2:54:37.  I took London on again, this time 3:32 quicker but got stuck behind fred flintstone and his mates at the start so no sub-3 this time!

 Now its time to try again as I've forgotten the pain

Choisty

SuperCaz, I have to say both of the other two are really nice guys and we had fun at the boot camp, especially in the physio session.

I run about 50 - 60 miles a week at moment, mostly on my own but a couple of times a week with my local club, I also like to run with friends, colleague, well anyone as I enjoy the company.  The reason I run is the feeling of freedom and speed as I travel through the air.  I struggle to fit training in around life as my job takes me here and there, my kids always need picking-up or I'm tired.  But somehow I manage to fit it in, when I'm in the office I run at lunchtimes.

If I miss my target I will try again and I will also try the other route a sub-1:15 half.

SuperCaz

OK, you've got me.  The final reason was because you are a local (ish) lad so I may get the chance to cheer you on at some other events soon.  But also because you seem like a genuine guy.

goldbeetle

I like you
You is an afferleet and local ish to me

goldbeetle

Caz where do you live ?

xine111

Good luck, Choisty. You are much, much faster than me but I think I could learn something from following your progress, and I hope you will stick around even if you don't make the Asics 26.2 challenge

Choisty

I will stick around and I will try and get that qualifying time, my fall back is the Reading half.  Either way I will post my training and what works / doesn't

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Do you approve of Marmite ?

Choisty

A friend just put this togther in honour of the competition!

Just hoping I get the chance

Choisty

Marmite has its place...the M1

[Deleted User]

I have voted for you, it's nice to see RW go for someone with an impressive target.

Choisty

Thank you

PSC

holy moly... 2:40!  Get yourself on the marathon talk podcast and tell us how (please)....

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Choisty wrote (see)

Marmite has its place...the M1

Hmmmmm

PSC

yup... he's doomed isn't he USB?! 

goldbeetle

No likey no lighty sorry all my votes are Marmite based

Matchstick Man

Choisty, have you considered Wokingham as a possible sub 75min attempt or is that too soon for you? If you don't get in this comp you're looking at a ever diminishing time frame for qualifying for the Championship in 2013 so Wokingham might give you some leeway? It's pan flat and usually full of guys at that level to drag you round

Choisty

Sounds like a good plan for Wokingham I think the cut off date for marathon champs is year end though so would have a few opportunities like gosport.
When it comes to marmite I used to work for a brewery that supplies them and fro loving the stuff I became ambivalent!

Choisty

PSC I think the key to running fast is...running fast. I run a 10 mile tempo run most Monday's and it seems to work. The other thing is to smile even when it hurts!