Poacher they were definitely doing something wrong if the slide was at the back. A friend of mine was on the other end of a similar incident - got ticked off by Polish police for 'boning a nun' on the street
Well my planned bike ride didn't go so well. Flat tyre after 25 mins - started to change the tube and realised that I didn't have my tyre levers with me. Then noticed that the actual tyre had a big tear in it so a new tube probably wouldn't have lasted long anyway. Support vehicle (wife) had to collect me. Did a 10 mile run instead.
Day off tomorrow since I'm taking my youngest lad off to uni. Landmark moment!
Nice run Poacher. That seems like a very thought provoking run. Sometime we've got to count ourselves lucky to be able to breath let alone run. I'm 100% sure you'll have a B or even A seeding by May 31st.
VTR - not really hardcore - I' experimenting with a high fat diet after recent problems with a few things, one of which is bonking in training runs due to running out of carbohydrate. My whole runs are now powered by fat and it takes a while before the body (anecdotally 3+ months) sorts itself out and can run properly on fat. In the mean time I expect slow running paces and to be handed new lessons from my body on a routine basis. In this case I got too keen and held the pace too high over a section of 2 miles of hills which put me too much into the red.
Another experimental run tonight with 4 miles of hills with 1m fast. Steady progress being made.
Poacher - Loved your report, albeit tarnished in brass, it must have been a memorable one. I really am looking forward to seeing how you get on in SA. Do you possess a copy of the Lore of running? I would imagine you do but just had to ask.
Poacher - great report. At least it was only a trombone - a tuba would have been far more painful.
Good to hear of the progress BI - how are you getting on Minni?
State of shock alert:
I'm running the Reigate half marathon tomorrow morning as it's part of the club Grand Prix and I headed over to Reigate this morning to pick up my number, chip etc to save joining the queue tomorrow.
As I was there I thought I'd do the Reigate parkrun just to keep the legs ticking over - 5K at HMP would be a good preparation and as the course is a nice undulating run, it would make a nice change from a Satruday road run.
I wasn't wearing a watch or a Garmin - just running on feel but having settled into a nice rhythm for the first mile I found myself in about 5th or 6th place and then started overtaking people. I kept going steadily on the wooded ups and downs and having gone past another bloke about 1K from the end I was looking ahead to see where the next person was.
I crossed the line without going mad and got handed the no.1 token!! In reality, I suspect that the fast runners were taking the day off prior to tomorrow's HM but it's still my first victory in a race (OK, I know it's a run not a race) since I was about 15 and I still haven't stopped smiling.
Congrats Lorenzo! 2nd place for me after a 3 way sprint for home at my local parkrun finishing in 18:10. Junior OO was 1st lady for a family podium double.
Can't believe I still have sore calves, 2 weeks after GNR....
Good luck to all tomorrows racers- early reports please....
Congratulations on the win Lorenzo, you can only beat who turns up. What was your time.
2nd place for me as well OO, at Newbury parkrun. I was leading for most of the way and tried to break away from 2nd place with about 400m to go but couldn't break him. Annoyingly, he had a decent kick in the last 100 which is something I don't have.
Still its my first parkrun for a few months so can't complain with am 18.14. I ran another fast(ish) lap after for 20mins.
A jog there and back gives me 13 for the day which ain't bad.
Great run and report Poacher, shame about the trombone.
Excellent, Lorenzo ! parkrun or no, crossing the line ahead of all others most pleasing good work also moof, and the now customary podium noted by OO . . . .
happy with my parkrun today (with 2 weeks to Mable ) - 21:35 to follow 9.5 mile warmup (as context last run on this course was 22:05 in early August after 1 mile jog w'up, and prior to Manc mara in April was 22:27 after 5 mile). WAVA creeping back up as well - 74.29%. However, this was VOGIT debut, and only managed 3rd !! (1st 19:11) ! never gets easier . . . . . .
good luck to Jools, MsE (the tarmac is your friend) tomorrow
Abbers - had a slight change of plan and did 90% this week - 60% and 30% planned for the final two. SJ - that's double bad luck - hope today went well. Lorenzo - congratulations - good confidence booster for tomorrow. OO - another excellent parkrun. Moof - that makes three great parkruns! Well done. Birch - four! Have you got a target in mind for Mable? All the best to Jools and MsE tomorrow too. Last long run d&d this morning - 18 miles @ 8:27 m/m (9 slow and 9 easy). Did some mental arithmetic during the run and made it 1609 days since VLM 2010 - one day for every metre in a mile! 14 days to go to Mable and counting
Good luck anyone racing in a few hours' time, we know you won't be sh**
A stacked parkrun podium, nice work, esp Lorenzo - a win is a win, congratulations. Looking forward to our smackdown in 2015.
Minni - yes doing York, are you definitely DNS? looking for the 3.19.59 that died a death last week but mainly just to enjoy it. Hopefully avoiding The Glenn Miller Orchestra this time
Got up early before Gul o'clock and got 16 miles in. Nice and steady, but pace is still leaving a lot to be desired at 9:26 pace over moderate hills. I'm facing my slowest road marathon next month I think.
Nice maths Gul and nice running - looking good for Mablethorpe
Any groin strain victims here? How long were you out and would cycling/elliptical etc aid or exacerbate recovery? It's only a minor strain, but having foolishly skim-read the relevant injury pages of this site, I now fear I can sense Abingdon disappearing out of reach. Damn and blast those P&D amateurs with their hopelessly optimistic, "Yeh, just jog 5 miles inc. 6x100m, you'll be fine." The gits.
Splendid work, Lorenzo. Parkrun is a race; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Impressive early 16, BikeIt - and fear not, pace will return . . . Good last long run, Gul - I guess, like me, the taper now begins in earnest . . H'string, achilles, calf, plantar, and knee over the years,but no groin trouble, here, TAR. parkrun - race or not? well, the 2nd placed VoGit y'day beat me by 3 seconds, and I certainly was racing him. BUT - and this is just a personal thing - having previously had V40 & V50 category wins in standard races, I'd like to add a V60 to the set, but I wouldn't count a parkrun.. We have five here, and the one I do most regularly is the biggest (448 finishers y'day), and best quality throughout. I daresay I could easily secure a 1st VoGit at the others, but I couldn't in conscience count it.
(But as I alluded to y'day - crossing the line ahead of the rest of the field, regardless of category etc, is certainly a win, and to be rightly enjoyed)
Good day for me. The obvious highlight was a hug from MsE on the start line, but my result (hopefully my watch time of 1.21.56 was accurate) would be a 1m45s pb and could even mean the Frankfurt target is squarely 2.55. Gulp. Off to eat pizza and drink beer
slightly disappointed with 19:34 parkrun yesterday, and therefore rather chuffed to wake up feeling under the weather today so I can tell myself that secretly, I'm fitter than that.
Accidentally just did a 50 mile week as well. Knocked off 45 ending with parkrun on Saturday and then flew out to Japan and made good time so did a run here Sunday afternoon: steady 5 with a fast mile to have a poke at a Strava segment here and I did the mile and a bit at 6:14 pace so now sitting at the top of the pile
Jools another top draw effort- most impressed. Hope you got a nice prize?
Cracking parkrun moof- fortunately I have that sprint finish you crave, but it's losing it's teeth with age. Still got me from 4th to 2nd in the last 100m yesterday.
15.5M for me today in 8:30 pace. My hip was not happy so satisfied with that, and a 36 mile week. Back to full training next week, and salads for lunch to shift my Barcelona belly.
OO: definitely no individual prize. I think I was only 5th for my club, let alone overall - there's real strength in depth at Bristol! We should get ladies' 1st and 2nd team prizes (assuming they allow us both), so there may be a wee bit of cash in there somewhere for 2nd team. However, I'll take a good time over a good placing any day
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Happy birthday PMJ!
and happy weekend racing MsE/Joolska/TR
Poacher they were definitely doing something wrong if the slide was at the back. A friend of mine was on the other end of a similar incident - got ticked off by Polish police for 'boning a nun' on the street
great reporting as always, Poacher - this one must be up there with your most memorable (and not just for the trombone incident) . .
Damnations!
Foiled by a pesky runner playing the trombone backwards.
Ain't that always the way?
Apologies for my ignorance about the anatomy of the trombone - all I saw was a large piece of shiny metal heading straight at my head
Well my planned bike ride didn't go so well. Flat tyre after 25 mins - started to change the tube and realised that I didn't have my tyre levers with me. Then noticed that the actual tyre had a big tear in it so a new tube probably wouldn't have lasted long anyway. Support vehicle (wife) had to collect me. Did a 10 mile run instead.
Day off tomorrow since I'm taking my youngest lad off to uni. Landmark moment!
Great report Poacher- the trombone was definately the highlight! Very bad luch on the near miss.
Fat and feeble after 3 days in Barcelona- 28 degrees of glorious sunshine.
Nice run Poacher. That seems like a very thought provoking run. Sometime we've got to count ourselves lucky to be able to breath let alone run. I'm 100% sure you'll have a B or even A seeding by May 31st.
VTR - not really hardcore - I' experimenting with a high fat diet after recent problems with a few things, one of which is bonking in training runs due to running out of carbohydrate. My whole runs are now powered by fat and it takes a while before the body (anecdotally 3+ months) sorts itself out and can run properly on fat. In the mean time I expect slow running paces and to be handed new lessons from my body on a routine basis. In this case I got too keen and held the pace too high over a section of 2 miles of hills which put me too much into the red.
Another experimental run tonight with 4 miles of hills with 1m fast. Steady progress being made.
Poacher - Loved your report, albeit tarnished in brass, it must have been a memorable one. I really am looking forward to seeing how you get on in SA. Do you possess a copy of the Lore of running? I would imagine you do but just had to ask.
Good luck MsE and Jools tomorrow.
Poacher - great report. At least it was only a trombone - a tuba would have been far more painful.
Good to hear of the progress BI - how are you getting on Minni?
State of shock alert:
I'm running the Reigate half marathon tomorrow morning as it's part of the club Grand Prix and I headed over to Reigate this morning to pick up my number, chip etc to save joining the queue tomorrow.
As I was there I thought I'd do the Reigate parkrun just to keep the legs ticking over - 5K at HMP would be a good preparation and as the course is a nice undulating run, it would make a nice change from a Satruday road run.
I wasn't wearing a watch or a Garmin - just running on feel but having settled into a nice rhythm for the first mile I found myself in about 5th or 6th place and then started overtaking people. I kept going steadily on the wooded ups and downs and having gone past another bloke about 1K from the end I was looking ahead to see where the next person was.
I crossed the line without going mad and got handed the no.1 token!! In reality, I suspect that the fast runners were taking the day off prior to tomorrow's HM but it's still my first victory in a race (OK, I know it's a run not a race) since I was about 15 and I still haven't stopped smiling.
Congrats Lorenzo! 2nd place for me after a 3 way sprint for home at my local parkrun finishing in 18:10. Junior OO was 1st lady for a family podium double.
Can't believe I still have sore calves, 2 weeks after GNR....
Good luck to all tomorrows racers- early reports please....
2nd place for me as well OO, at Newbury parkrun. I was leading for most of the way and tried to break away from 2nd place with about 400m to go but couldn't break him. Annoyingly, he had a decent kick in the last 100 which is something I don't have.
Still its my first parkrun for a few months so can't complain with am 18.14. I ran another fast(ish) lap after for 20mins.
A jog there and back gives me 13 for the day which ain't bad.
Great run and report Poacher, shame about the trombone.
A win for Lorenzo! Very well done sir!
As for coming second..... I'm disappointed in you OO and Moof....
Official time 18.13, that's better.
Hmmmm, that's not a PB though is it?
All part of the service Moof. You can punish yourself tomorrow on your long run!
Excellent, Lorenzo ! parkrun or no, crossing the line ahead of all others most pleasing
good work also moof, and the now customary podium noted by OO . . . .
happy with my parkrun today (with 2 weeks to Mable ) - 21:35 to follow 9.5 mile warmup (as context last run on this course was 22:05 in early August after 1 mile jog w'up, and prior to Manc mara in April was 22:27 after 5 mile). WAVA creeping back up as well - 74.29%. However, this was VOGIT debut, and only managed 3rd !! (1st 19:11) ! never gets easier . . . . . .
good luck to Jools, MsE (the tarmac is your friend) tomorrow
Abbers - had a slight change of plan and did 90% this week - 60% and 30% planned for the final two.
SJ - that's double bad luck - hope today went well.
Lorenzo - congratulations - good confidence booster for tomorrow.
OO - another excellent parkrun.
Moof - that makes three great parkruns! Well done.
Birch - four! Have you got a target in mind for Mable?
All the best to Jools and MsE tomorrow too.
Last long run d&d this morning - 18 miles @ 8:27 m/m (9 slow and 9 easy). Did some mental arithmetic during the run and made it 1609 days since VLM 2010 - one day for every metre in a mile! 14 days to go to Mable and counting
Lorenzo - if it looks and feels like a race..its a RACE no matter what they say A win is a win !
Moof - I've been robbed of a win near the end too once, beaten by 4 secs but I'm not bitter ..much Still a great time though
Birch - good wava score .
Jools and mse-good luck with the smackdown
Gul- not long now then.
Been busy this week so not much running ,only a measly 10 miles must do better !
A stacked parkrun podium, nice work, esp Lorenzo - a win is a win, congratulations. Looking forward to our smackdown in 2015.
Minni - yes doing York, are you definitely DNS? looking for the 3.19.59 that died a death last week but mainly just to enjoy it. Hopefully avoiding The Glenn Miller Orchestra this time
Leslie - get out there, you know you want to
Top Parkruns Chaps - you know who you are!
Got up early before Gul o'clock and got 16 miles in. Nice and steady, but pace is still leaving a lot to be desired at 9:26 pace over moderate hills. I'm facing my slowest road marathon next month I think.
Nice maths Gul and nice running - looking good for Mablethorpe
Any groin strain victims here? How long were you out and would cycling/elliptical etc aid or exacerbate recovery? It's only a minor strain, but having foolishly skim-read the relevant injury pages of this site, I now fear I can sense Abingdon disappearing out of reach. Damn and blast those P&D amateurs with their hopelessly optimistic, "Yeh, just jog 5 miles inc. 6x100m, you'll be fine." The gits.
Splendid work, Lorenzo. Parkrun is a race; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Impressive early 16, BikeIt - and fear not, pace will return . . .
Good last long run, Gul - I guess, like me, the taper now begins in earnest . .
H'string, achilles, calf, plantar, and knee over the years,but no groin trouble, here, TAR.
parkrun - race or not? well, the 2nd placed VoGit y'day beat me by 3 seconds, and I certainly was racing him. BUT - and this is just a personal thing - having previously had V40 & V50 category wins in standard races, I'd like to add a V60 to the set, but I wouldn't count a parkrun.. We have five here, and the one I do most regularly is the biggest (448 finishers y'day), and best quality throughout. I daresay I could easily secure a 1st VoGit at the others, but I couldn't in conscience count it.
(But as I alluded to y'day - crossing the line ahead of the rest of the field, regardless of category etc, is certainly a win, and to be rightly enjoyed)
. . . . and 6 easy here to conclude 50 for the week.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joolska, that's outstanding!
slightly disappointed with 19:34 parkrun yesterday, and therefore rather chuffed to wake up feeling under the weather today so I can tell myself that secretly, I'm fitter than that.
Looking forward to hearing from Minni and MsE
Accidentally just did a 50 mile week as well. Knocked off 45 ending with parkrun on Saturday and then flew out to Japan and made good time so did a run here Sunday afternoon: steady 5 with a fast mile to have a poke at a Strava segment here and I did the mile and a bit at 6:14 pace so now sitting at the top of the pile
Jools another top draw effort- most impressed. Hope you got a nice prize?
Cracking parkrun moof- fortunately I have that sprint finish you crave, but it's losing it's teeth with age. Still got me from 4th to 2nd in the last 100m yesterday.
15.5M for me today in 8:30 pace. My hip was not happy so satisfied with that, and a 36 mile week. Back to full training next week, and salads for lunch to shift my Barcelona belly.
OO: definitely no individual prize. I think I was only 5th for my club, let alone overall - there's real strength in depth at Bristol! We should get ladies' 1st and 2nd team prizes (assuming they allow us both), so there may be a wee bit of cash in there somewhere for 2nd team. However, I'll take a good time over a good placing any day