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The Thousand mile club - 2020
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Very fine rain for much of my 8' seafront run, but so warm! (Not Dubai-warm!) and still so many people out.
Thought I'd be able to lift my pace on the return 4' but settled for just one mile at mara. pace! Feeling like a cart-horse today. Probably still recovering from last week.
YTD: 2242'
7 miles today - warm enough for shorts and T-shirt although it's going to get cold from tomorrow so it'll be back to wrapping up.
YTD: 1964
Donnie2 like you running towards my self imposed target!
Cal I went out this morning in two layers, thermal longs, jacket, thermal hat and gloves and was still cold till the third mile 🌧️💨 but I did find these two in one of our local ponds
8.1 miles before the gym session, 3.04 after!
YTD: 1459.12
8 miles of coast path starting in nice weather ended up coming back in wind and rain...very muddy and slow but loved it, just what I needed.
1503 miles YTD
151,020 ft of elevation YTD
Started the year with various targets in mind. The first was to achieve the 1000 as is the title of the thread. Always felt barring injury I'd reach that. Target 2 was a PB which would be anything in excess of 1156. Target 3, which I did have an eye on was 1200 (100 per month). From March onwards with the closure of the gym and working from home my running time increased significantly and 1400 came into view. Almost there which equates to 250 miles above anything I've achieved before. Happy.
Target times: I wanted a parkrun pd which is anything under 22.18, a 45 min 10k, a 1.45 HM and a sub 4 hr marathon. A marathon pd of sub 3hr 54 was also an aim.
If events had allowed, I think the HM and marathon targets were in my legs, the 10k less so and the parkrun time broader line.
Think I'll keep the same for 2021 with a total mileage of 1400 although that really is my maximum with current committments and if work drifts back to normal will have to work a bit harder to find running time.
5 to add making,
Ytd: 1378.8
London is back to single digit temps today, plus a very chilly wind, so it was back to jacket and long tights today for my 5 mile recovery run. Just a slow plod - feel better for it though.
Harmander...saw your 'meals on wheels' got a good mention in the news. Great job!
Dubai...I have happy memories of running in Ras al Khaimah about 7 years ago. Remember crossing the river and running around a large lake, near a significant mosque.
Great to have the sunshine again, even if the temp was only just above freezing! A flat 10' along the seafront. Intended four of the return miles to be a progression, but that fizzled out after the third one, and I was well off marathon pace. Never mind. O'all pace was 9:52/mile for the 10'. I'm happy with that.
YTD: 2252' .
YTD 1583.99 miles
Merry Christmas all
Early doors for me too - out before 6 for a run up to see the central London lights. Another 14 miles logged and back in time for breakfast. Happy Christmas everyone.
YTD: 1983
Nearly there Cal.
23/12 - 7.25
24/12 - 10.48
Christmas Day - 6.40
(24.13)
YTD = 2351.47 miles
Brother (who is in our support bubble) also ran today - as an ageing copper he only managed 2km but did it in 12:31 - quite impressive actually given he had knee problems and plantar issues in the past.
RAK came after Muscat, Doha, Manama, Abu Dhabi and Dubai (a brief fuel stop). I visited up to 60 ports from Faroe Islands, Caribbean, Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, East/South/West/North Africa. A great way to spend some of my retirement years!
Back to Christmas day, 2020. Have a wonderful day everyone. It was the perfect morning for running! (Even more people were out for a swim!!!) Zero degrees when I got out after 8. Planned to run an easy 5 miles but legs wanted to keep going...and at a faster pace than I imagined possible after a couple of plods this week. So, 10k in 57 mins. with the 'middle' 4 miles at 9min pace....and so comfortably easy. I'll take that!
YTD: 2258' .
I was intending to do a shortish recovery run today but (while it was very slow), it kind of got out of hand and I ended up doing 10 miles. Quite enjoyed it. Will probably rest tomorrow due to the winds.
YTD: 1993
What brilliant gig you got there Dubai - enjoy.
MrM2 - Its great to have that 'run free' feeling - nice to know what you do/did.
Cal - so close, sorry to hear you having wind problems - lol.
Hobie - congrats on the 1500 -almost missed it reading back.
Donnie - Lets hope your targets are easier to achieve in 2021
Thanks TT.
Wishing everyone a fantastic 2021.
Went out early and enjoyed the 12.10 mile dawdle.
YTD = 2363.57 miles
No run today, although I wanted to. Lost our water last night so wasn't sure I'd be able to shower before work, as it worked out it had to be a dip in the pool and half a can of deodorant!!
1517 miles YTD
152,411 ft of elevation
Lovely day today, amazing up here, hard to believe the reports of flooding so I hope all are well and dry.
YTD: 1469.36
Had to share the promenade with a few thousand others this afternoon. No doubt all glad to see the back of the worst of the wind, and enjoy some December sunshine. So, an 8' plod to finish the week.
YTD: 2266' .
7.2 on Christmas eve and 10.1 tonight. My first double figure effort for some time.
Ytd: 1396.1
YTD: 2000 🎉
Cal... Congrats... You've not had an easy year but have persevered. Great job!!!
Possibly running later today, meanwhile I have been checking up on Arthur Postle who was a world record sprinter in the early 1900s. He now has a 'monument' in his home town of Pittsworth, Queensland. Reason for the interest is that our son-in-law is related, and has the same surname (Arthur was a cousin of our son-in-law's grandfather). Yes, I know it is all a bit distant, and he died in 1965, (born in 1881). Sprinting looks a bit different 100 years on!
I'm toying with trying to get to 1550...bit short at the moment & weather very much against me.
1524 miles YTD
153,241 ft of elevation