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If you can e-mail me or post a fax number on here I'll send a copy of the table.
Excellent running by the way. I'm surrounded by fast ladies.
JJ
JJ
How does one run a marathon. I presume from what I have heard that one cannot get up to pace for a few miles because of the sheer numbers of people. therefore how does one keep a constant planned pace. Also how do you make up any time lost at the beginning of the race. Or what? That question is for Johnny as well.
Thanks for your concern Ceal, we got back on Tuesday. Not had much time for the PC so now back on thread at last!
Had a 4 mile run at Yarmouth on Sunday.
And only a 3 miler plus last night around the dodgy neighborhood of Sheffield estates.
Got my 10k race for this year coming up next week so I reckon I'll taper the running after Monday. I know its only 10k but feel it would be better to avoid stifflike legs on the day!
You three seem to be going great guns with your training for the longer events.
Thats interesting about age-related figures that JJ explained about. I know I asked you about this before JJ but can you remind me what ratio figure to use to work out on 10ks? For a 64 y.o.
Pleased to see this thread keeps going as we do get a lot of useful stuff for us old-timers.
Good photo......you look quite formidable, enough to surprise the younger set.
Try jelly babies, fruit gums or similar, so long as they are made of sugar.
JJ
Back to the hills tomorrow when doing the 6 mile plus in the country park. Better half, although not a runner, is into power walking and doing that around the lakes while I knock myself out.
I use a mini-disc at gym, basically because they keep on playing that "rap crap" and that really does my head in.
This old rocker prefers the likes of Chuck Berry. "You Can't Catch Me" my favourite is rather appropriate. If only one can buy a tee shirt with a pocket for minidisc player!!
I usually eat 3 hours before race, and find that oK. I must pesevere with finding something suitable to eat during my long runs. Anything over 2 hours that is. I will purchase some jelly babies, and try hard not to eat them before I go running!!!
re the music issue whilst running. I have been meaning for a while now to get something to take with me while I am running. The units are so small and compact these days. I have a Birthday comming up in June so hopefully someone will take the hint. Although I am undecided between a disc player or a mini radio. I like to listen to Radio 4, but it does depend what is on whilst one is running. I would have problems on a Sunday, I think, when I run round the local Reservoir, there are a lot of cyclists amongst the walkers and I would need to hear them coming up behind me, I think, for safety reasons.
I never fail to be amazed how ignorant some people are. Often on a Sunday I come across 4 people walking abreast (that is as wide as the track), in the opposite direction to myself, and I start to hover or not, wondering who is perhaps going to move to let me through. I end up being the one running on the rough grass verge. It always makes me very angry. Am I invisible? I ask myself. I can see that JJ's elbows would come in very useful at such a time!
JJ
Some running shops sell belts made specially for minidisks. I got mine from Runners Needs in London but I am sure they sell it by mail order.
Ceal, it happens with me all the time. I have to move to the grass verge while the oncoming people completely ignore me.
thanks for that. I'll check for belts then!
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More like me than the other one you've seen.
JJ
Ceal, that is the only possible problem with having music on board....then we would need 360 degree vision to avoid collisions.
The music is definitely beneficial in the gym to drown out some of the rubbish they play.
It's all to do with leg length. When I sit down I'm no taller than anyone else.
I reckon I should have been a 400m hurdler.
JJ
JJ
Thanks a million! I will now print the weightings out and keep for reference.
I'm hoping for a windless and rainless Sunday coming up. If so then it'll help my PB on 10k. Strange that RW didn't include the Lincoln 10k in their race diary. Yet it has reached its limit of 2500 entries last week.
Your big day is getting nearer. Go Johnny go!