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Actually thinking about it, the BBC's countdown clock to Bolt's and Mo#s races was the most annoying thing.
Those countdown clocks were annoying but when I think about those world champs the thing that sticks in my memory is the BBC commentators trying to argue medical issues with a doctor.
8.5 miles today with a bit of tempo running and a few hill sprints.
I would have liked to see him take the race on more often a la Muir but his less exciting tactical racing paid greater dividends.
Just over 2M at lunchtime with the youngsters. Felt good to be running again although I think that was enough before making things worse again.
Haile G was my favourite runner to watch but Bekele takes some beating and having run faster than anyone else, he'd get my vote. Probably my best experience of being at a sporting event was watching Mo win the 5,000 gold at the London Olympics, the noise was like nothing I've ever heard before.
For me, a man who is not capable of running world records, but who time and again bamboozles the opposition and wins basketfuls of gold medals... I consider that to be greater than someone who can train metronomicly and knock out a few world records when away from the pressure of the world championship / Olympics.
Paula for the marathon. Ayana seems to be pretty special on the track but it's early days.
Haile Gebrselassie Is the greatest ever due to his numerous WRs. he was smashing his own WRs in multiple distances when no one could come close and is still setting masters records now (has broken 27 world records)
haile has much faster 5k, 10k half and marathon times than mo.
Moving swiftly on, 8 miles with strides for me. Whose idea was it to start marathon training in December? Running in the dark... grrr
Dont really see how anyone can knock Farah and what he has achieved on the track. Only time will tell whether he can reach the very top in the marathon but he certainly has all the tools! Mobot aside (very annoying) he is absoloute quality and records or no records he certainly knows how to win!
I love watching Wilson Kipsang run-very elegant upright style.
As for the women.....Paula all day long.
9 miles with a few strides this morning in the pissing rain and howling wind.....lovely!!
Certainly agreed that Brendan Foster’s constant MF eulogies are painful. That said, I always enjoy watching the exciting finishes to his races. I’m afraid, however, his involvement in the Oregon Project for such a long time is too suspicious for me. To be fair, Mo does hold a WR – that enormously well competed two mile indoor record.
Nice tempo and hills, HA. Take it easy, Jooligan – recover!
Whilst the ice has gone at home (Cheltenham), it has lingered in Worcester where I do the majority of my week day running. Managed to get out for a MLR yesterday afternoon that involved a few excursions onto verges to avoid the slippiest areas. 14M at 7:29s. Recovery planned for the next couple of days before a ‘long’ 16/17M on Sunday. Yet to decide whether I will do another faster finish, although won’t be able to coincide with parkrun which was a fantastic way of achieving that.
Last day of term today. Ho ho ho everyone.
Shame about the drugs.
Not sure why so many don't like Mo Farah, seems a nice guy, has won GB a hec of a lot of medals, and is one of the few global sports stars this country has. He probably doesn't like the Mo-bot either, but it helps bring in the $$$ for him and his family. BBC is bound to be biased as it is about all GB athletes, Hamilton, Murray, England/GB rugby/football/cricket teams etc etc.
Just 5mi easy this morning. Another day off work today.
Paula's marathon records are still impressive to this day.
The BBC countdowns were a bit annoying… like all the other athletes/events were just filler until Bolt or Farah showed up. I quite like Mo and have always enjoyed watching his racing, although I find his associations with Salazar and Jama Aden troubling. I love Zátopek and his life was fascinating (I highly recommend his biography by Richard Askwith, “Today We Die a Little”), but his Olympic treble at 5/10/M, while very impressive, simply couldn’t be done these days as the events are more specialised now. Gebrselassie probably gets my vote too, best overall record in terms of medals, WRs, and variety of distances. Radcliffe stands out as the best woman.
As SQ says, the ice is being a bit stubborn here in Worcester, but this morning my usual five mile loop was mostly ice free, and I could use normal shoes for my recovery run. I’d love to get back to the canal, but suspect that’ll still be dodgy and I don’t fancy an impromptu cross training session in the water. Might be back to summer clothes next week though, high of 13º forecast on Wednesday!
For the men Joss Naylor or Scott Jurek have both achieved incredible feats whilst Helene Diamantides has an impressive range of achievements to her name too.
Christmas do last night and I got very drunk and didn't get in until 4:30. So probably as Tom was starting his run. Got up at 6:30 to do the nursery run and then ran 8.5 miles to work. I was hanging by lunchtime so I went into the upstairs shower/toilet and had a kip on the bench!
Impressive running on 2 hours sleep Reg. I have been known to have a power nap in my car at lunch time. I have always found it quite effective.
Come on FBT - get out there!
Enjoyable 6 mile jog in to work this morning in daylight. Tomorrow I have the first marathon pace run which I will be doing it to HR, if the ice lets me. Will be interesting to see what pace comes out.
Reg - surprised you didn't do your standard run home in shoes and a coat? Poor effort. Very impressive on the 2 hours sleep though.
I've got a 5km track race tomorrow (The 5km's of Christmas put on by my club). I'm in the 16:30-17:00 minute target race, which is the second fastest heat. Someone in the A race is going for sub 14:30 - ridiculous. Haven't done any intensity for 4 weeks, so really not sure what to expect - if I don't PB I won't be surprised but we'll see.
More importantly, after an hour or so's recovery, its the beer mile. Did it last year, and vowed never again. So, if I can get under last years time of 7:30 that'll be a result.
Then it's our club christmas party in the evening - not making many plans for Sunday.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Almost beer o'clock.
Good luck with the 5k tomorrow Joe. Nice sandbagging as usual. A PB is looming I reckon followed by a very big night by the sounds of it.
Calling Beer O'Clock-a black IPA for me today (interesting and day 21 of the callender!)
Cheers everyone
I don't know much about Zapotek, and I know nothing about ultra athletes. I think Paula's records are dodgy..probably down to all that stuff taken for asthma that all these athlete apparently have.
Feel a bit crap today, wonder if I'm coming down with something. Hoping a beer or two helps.
Reg - very impressive. Enjoy it whilst you can because when you get to my age that sort of thing is impossible.
Good luck tomorrow Joe.