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TRex - I reckon someone up there is looking out for you
Did it 22 years ago in 2:48 must make a comeback Rob.. loved it
Brer I can't believe you are doing the thunder run 24 solo!!! respect.
T rex, hope you are listening to all the good advice to rest...
JD hope you did a great 10k.
I did the Llanelli 5miler today in my speed plan. I was really pleased to finish sub 42mins ( that's really fast for me!!) My competitive streak came out for the first time today aswell. At the turnaround I realised I was in 4th woman position. I finished in 3rd
Yeh Jenf..good one girl! 10 miles on a dreadmill plus Spin for me...the wind here is a killer
Fortunately the Brentwood Half Marathon went ahead this morning, reminding me tht there are some (admittedly small) advantages to living in a county where a footbridge provides the best opportunity for some hill training!
Although a little chilly, conditions on the whole were good for my second attempt at the distance and I came home with a 1:42:45 smashing my previous PB by almost 9 minutes
Needless to say I'm one very happy bunny!
Hope everyone else has managed to fit in some grand training runs.
Brer- well done on the dreadie
Crazy wind at Atlantic College 10k today!!! Compared notes with yesterday's Llyn Llech Owain PR winner, John, and both of us had splits on this 'fast' tarmac 10k which were the same as our times on the trail Parkrun course ( not this week's in my case! Lol! )!
Weirdest part was running downhill in last few km and struggling to get any pace cos of wind! Never known running downhill feel like uphill.....Wind almost tripped me up at one point as one leg got blown into the other- nuts!
Oh, and not forgetting- I wasn't good enough either.... Only just managed sub 40!
Well done Kandinsky! you really smashed it!
JD, races like that are mentally strength building!! well that's what everyone tells me anyway! I didn't get a trophy for 3rd place...but just realised if 1 and 2 were younger than me I may have got my age group medal!
Cheers all, really pleased as SNOD has always been my A race this year and I was beginning to wonder if my sub 4hr goal was realistic!
JD - I suspect your running uphill probably feels like my running downhill (with a talwind to boot)
Sorry Jenf, in my excitement I missed your result, great work!
Hey, another result for Team Snod..well done on pb Kandisnky
JD..bet your 10k time was much faster than mine on dreadmill..so hate it, but needs must!
Hey! what was this thread doing on the second page!!! come on team!!!!
By the way I did get a trophy on Sunday for finishing 1st oldie!
jenf...I've never got a trophy,apparently I should have got one at Anglesey marathon but I naffed off to the chippy whilst prize giving was happening
, Colin Jackson presented it ...to Cod, chips and mushy peas!!
C'mon guys, keep up the banter....weather very crap but 'we is 'ard'. 13 miles tonight dressed like Humpty Dumpty again, ice everywhere, but still better than sat on backside moaning about the state of everything
Great run with Club tonight - took a while to warm up, but paths clear of snow and ice and was good to be out
Well done jenf .... the only way I would ever win a trophy would be if I was the only runner in that age category (and I don't really think that counts
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just an easy 6 miles for me this eve. flurries of snow today n freezing wind. but 'we is 'ard'
Hey..we are still going..10 miles with that wind and snow tonight
Girls..I think the men have wimped out and are all in the pub playing darts
Another chilly club run tonight - but, once warmed up, I felt really good. Maybe this cold weather suits me? Finished school today, so a couple of weeks to try to get some longer runs in
Where have all the men gone??? Yup, we ladies is 'ard (and I'll not edit it this time
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Enjoy the holidays SD - we're one week down here already - they go too quick
Have fun all of you with plans/races over the long weekend
Panad glad you moving better
a bank holiday and the sun is shining! all we need now is a few degrees higher temp and that biting wind to drop!
Seeing the sun, I foolishly thought a beach run would be fun
I am now frozen solid and exhausted, (but it was fun!) I am now drinking gallons of hot tea and sitting with feet up.
Hope you do get out for a run next week panad, but remember those words 'easy run'
Just had a nice blast down the prom, 6 miles splits 7:30, 7:32, 7:39, 7:22, 7:16, 6:57. Thoroughly enjoyed that.
jenf Bit of bite in wind here too!!
Enjoy the hols all, glimpsed a bit of sun here today but temperature still hovering around zero
Panad, so glad you are getting there buddy..hope Excalibur isnt too soon so that it gives you time to get trained up again
jenf and Tr41, can't imagine what the chill factor coming off the sea is like!
Well, my final official 20 miler before London caper completed today. Non eventful, cold and hard work, if I'm honest. Tough few days at work rendered me exhausted by last night but wanted this beast out of the way. Feet up for a couple of days now!!
Fab splits TR, enjoy trails tomorrow, should be a bit warmer in the shade?
Never had a proper prize either - only local lady a few times (usually when my club mates are elsewhere....). Surely they kept your prize for you Brer?
Have been talking about SNOD today and was asked if we actually run to the top...
Cracking splits TR41 mate - it's a good job it's your turn to beat me this year!
Camlo as TR41 says up and down the mountain is the snowdon race - it's only 5miles to the summit from Llanberis so we'd have go up a few times to reach marathon distance :-O the marathon goes around the mountain instead...
All being well we're heading west for the week on Sunday - looking forward to seeing the mountains all white and popping into y pantri in the week
Morning gang, 6 miles done on trails by Abergele Castle sun shining still a bit chilly and snow still up on the high trails, loved it
Different set of splits to yesterdays!! 10:05, 11:48, 10:18. 9:57, 7:16, 7:48, over 1200 ft of climb.
Have a good weekend all.
Sounds a good one there TR41...really want to go to the seaside now
Panad...have a great week buddy. Say hi to SS at Y Pantri from me. London beckons in 3 weeks, would rather be cantering over Offas Dyke though
Camlo..got a bit of cash through the post as prize.
Camlo/brer, good to get that last long run done! enjoy the taper...don't be tempted!!
Nice run TR41
The only time I can get negative splits is if I run a hill like that. lol
I did a fartlek run today, had fun racing between walkers with prams along the sea front, they must have thought I was mad, but I found it amusing
love the seafront fartlek jenf - will have to give that a go when I'm back on my feet!
Well, I've just done my first bit of exercise in 2 weeks. a v slow 30mins on the bike indoors attached to the trainer
went ok as long as I went at a speed where I wasn't pushing my breathing, I soon knew about it if i went quicker!, but it's a good start 