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Same with my OMM, so I have to tuck my t shirt vest into my leggings shorts (sorry @kl ) like some kind of twat

Champions! Not that I made the scoring team, but Kent AC won the final Surrey League XC race at Putney Vale on Saturday to take the lead from Hercules Wimbledon and retain the league title, our 6th in a row. (I was in the scoring ten in an under-strength team in the first fixture, so some small contribution made!) A satisfying race for me, even as 18th scorer and 67th overall, as I got the better of a couple of Vets rivals and finished 1st V45. (No one older in front of me, when there's usually a V50 beating me, who is absolute quality.) Just as satisfying, managed 22 miles the following day and my various niggles, mainly foot-related, weren't complaining at all. 82 miles for the week, definitely feels like I'm marathon training now but on top of things.

^ Nice one Phil. Glad the Achilles is playing ball. Hope you get a good crack at VLM 2018!

^^ Congrats!

New phone reads hrm if I can link ant+ strap to it. Any recommends for strap only? Decathlon do a couple, anyone tried these?

(sorry @kl )

Should think so too. Although I did have to wear long sleeves for a long run the other day - was having to run at gf's pace, so couldn't just harden up and run faster.

Cheers guys!

@rhb - Do you mean just any HR chest strap? When I was getting dodgy readings from my Garmin one I was recommended Polar, which was more comfy and seemed to have more reliable readings.

Minor progression on my Tuesday evening session, where I add some MP tempo before the scheduled club interval session, increasing now from 2 to 3 miles (12 laps). So last night was 3M @ MP + 5 x 1600 (200 recovery). Based on target MP 5:42/m I try to keep the tempo section 5:40 per 1600 or quicker, and target paces for 1600 reps was 5:20. Actual times 5:38/m for MP and average 5:17 for 1600 reps, last one 5:13. With an easy run in the morning, 19.7 miles for the day but I didn't feel inclined to run round the block when I got home.

Do you mean just any HR chest strap?

I dont think so..? my Polar strap is t31 which phone doesn't pick up, wattbike does tho. Samsung says Ant+ is required...

Oh ignore me then. That sounds like proper 21st century technology. ;)

Precisely why I'm asking, all beyond my know how!

Dear Big Half runners. I can't work out what time my wave leaves at. Am I just thick? I cannot see it in this PDF they've linked to in their email.

Also, be there AN HOUR beforehand? That seems excessive

From what I could tell, you get there, then go to a pen lettered from a to h and set off like that.

Pretty sure I won't be running it now, I've managed 11 miles in a week and nothing further than 7 miles in one go

Wow, was hoping for a course PB at Wokingham but scored an actual real PB!

Aim was to negative split, 4:06/4:00, actual was 4:03/3:56 to end up with a 1:24:04. PB by 36 seconds! Hope everyone else is having a good weekend of running!

Cracking stuff Ed!

Had some DIY to finish this morning so off out in a bit for a steady 10km

Ace, top pacing.

I ran yesterday, which defo makes for a good weekend.

Congratulations. Sounds like a good day at Wokingham today.

Anyone do the Richmond half today? If so, any idea where they post the results?

It was perfect conditions, cool without being cold, overcast, slight tail wind and headwind on the way back but only 5mph so not too bad!

Collected some thorns.

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Nice one! Is that a sub-3 indicator?

Solid enough weekend for me. 10 miles yesterday with a mixed session in Greenwich Park, some tempo intervals and hill reps on grass, then a very pleasant 20 miles this morning - joined the club run which starts off with random loops of Greenwich Park and Blackheath, before someone suggested going through the foot tunnel and looping past Shadwell Basin, over Tower Bridge and back via the back streets of Bermondsey and Deptford, with fascinating history-lesson distractions from our man Len, mainly regarding tunnels under the Thames that I never knew existed.

No one can work it out! I thought I was being dense at first but seems they've left it out completely. An hour before your start time isn't excessive though.

Found the results for Richmond Half - managed 1.33. Absolutely delighted after a couple of years of injury, a hard week's training and a broken toe a few weeks ago. Never thought I'd threaten the 1.20s again.

Lovely little run by the river as well (not in Richmond Park itself), on a glorious Sunday morning. There was a wave start as there is a single file bridge about half a mile in, but this meant you were passing people the whole way along, which is always pretty motivating. Took me about 8 miles to catch the guy with the pram, mind - if it hadn't been for the muddy sections, I may never have caught him...

Had a bittersweet day yesterday at Hampton Court half. Managed to smash out a new pb of 1.28.40 despite a short training period after a few months of hedonism (very much felt in the last couple of miles). Unfortunately my colleage beat me by 21 seconds despite this being his first half, the gazelle lookin' bastard.

I'm still taking the win though since I was wearing a turkey hat and started in a few pens (coups) back. Scaling for aerodynamics and traffic I smashed it.

Well done all who set PB's over the weekend.

I've found that Strava has been charting my decline:

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