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Or perhaps more correctly, IT finished HIM.
JeJ - it was cross country. Had it been on the road, of course I would immediately slagged him off for being completely useless.
May is becoming a bit of a write-off. After last week's holiday, I've now got back to back stag do's over the next two weekends. Will try to get 50 miles in during the week, then sneak off early on Sundays for something substantial.
Anyone here tried to get a doctor's note for a race. Fckg aggravation. Need a note for this summer's Tour de Mont Blanc, and it's requiring 3 visits (registration, nurse check-up & doctor's appointment, plus loads of forms) just to get a signature and the official stamp. No wonder the NHS is a mess. Didn't need a stamp for Paris, so Dr M'aide Upp did the trick there.
The usual fee applies.
My advice is to take the next 3 years off. Your calf should have mended itself by then.
Signed,
Michael Mouse
(aka, Mighty mouse)
I'll be back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've just seen that Dan A beat me by 6 seconds on Sunday........no more mister nice guy!
That race reminded me how unpleasant 10Ks are. I felt fine to about 6K and then legs turned to jelly - think I need to do some lactate tolerance work, having not run fast for more than 20 minutes for a while. Anyway, got a PB of 34:08 (by my watch) so can't complain too much and hopefully some more to come on a faster course.
it's TRs fault, sort of
Read back to Sun/Mon for the rise of the Robo-Gobi the running Cyborg.
Nice run Padams - glad to see you are a mortal too - 10k's make you hurt as well !
what other 10kms are you doing over the summer ?
Had a bit of a head cold again and coughed up some rather nasty orange colured ectoplasm on my morning pedal today. No wonder my chest has been aching with stuff like that inside me!
Just wondered, I am going to get out on my measured prom mile route and do some mile reps this week – is there anyway I can translate the mile rep times to a 10k pace/time for the upcoming D-day 10k? I havn’t a clue as to how fast I should be aiming for.
I’d like to beat my “old regime” PB of 38m 14ish sometime this summer.
Which Aquathlon are you doing ? I’ve been looking at aquathlons and Tri’s – need to upgrade the old MTB first though, to do a Tri.
I know you bought a racing bike recently – did you research the purchase ? What’s the sort of cost for a beginner level bike ?
Can't believe I've seriously considered that round Brownsea job several times in the last few weeks. Given that my ability to withstand cold is rivalled only by my inability to control my bowels on the hoof couple with my well documented loathing of swimming I hope I've missed the entry cut off.
BTW Everyone biggup the Holy LabCoat he's safely arrived in Lanzarote and has the small matter of (arguably) the world's toughest IM on Saturday. Although thankfully the winds are expected to drop from their current constant 25mph down to single figures for race day. Still think he'll be bottom of the mara list come Sunday morning though ;o)
As you were chaps.
I finished 7th in 34:27 which is a PB (by over 2 min – it was only my second ever 10k). The course is 80-100m long (my last km split was 15 sec longer than the rest). It is also certainly not a PB course and getting past people was far from easy (especially GCR runners!), so at the next 10k you should certainly go below 34 min (I would hope I could do this as well). The GCR ‘congestion’ certainly wasn’t intentional, maybe more a consequence of having 49 male runners in a field of 300. I was surprised to find myself setting the pace at the front for the first couple of km!
Whats the target for Berlin ?? 2.30 ??
LOL Crab, you know fine well you are in Sub 38 shape, don't be a baby and do some SPEED!!!!!!!!
When is IM Austria ?
Coronium - nice run, two minute PB can't be bad! I thought the 10th K was long too, as my watch read about 30:20 at 9K and I thought I was guaranteed sub-34. Plus there are about 10 right-angle bends in the last K! Our 12th counter was 55th so you definitely beat us. Our first counter was 3rd though and yours was 4th I believe! (that's the first time I've beaten Matt in at least 10 attempts)
TR - I'm entering do the Midsummer Aquathlon in St Albans on 20 June (it's about 200m from where I work).
Great to see your PB's on what is not (having run it myself) a PB course.
I reckon you both would have easy shot sub 34 on a less twisty flat tarmac course.
I guess Richard McCormick won it?
Padams - Well done on beating Matt; I'm sure we won't hear the last of it from him!
Dull - how did you get on? I think one of my training buddies, Richard K (Orion) should have been towards the front. Since joinging me for trainign he beat RM in the Chingford League... I need to know whether I should be concerned when we race in HBO... Although he also lacks top end speed.
If I can just find another 2 mins :¬)
Orion and Trent Park, both got relegated last season, so we race tomorrow night in the Second Division.
Re the subject of Coffin Dodgers, the guy top of the V50 rankings is 54 and ran 31:45 earlier this year. He also won the race.
Shows what you can do if you have some ability, and keep yourself in shape as you get older.
Bloody hell
Small v is good for me