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Just one of the routes around the forestry commission woods, I think it's something similar to this:
http://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/Northumberland/ThruntonWoodandLongCrag/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Thrunton%20Wood%20and%20Long%20Crag.htmMy dad runs it every weekend and has done for years, and is a pretty serious hiker. I'm not particularly conditioned to up/downhill or much over 8km so should be trying to get some time-on-feet in but just keep taking myself out for overly excited 5ks.
Crazy goals and speeds - well done. Will be a cool moment when your son beats you I bet.
yoshy
What's a 'red-walk'?
Having hovered briefly outside the national top 10 for my age group in 800 (after trying my first ever race at that distance - horrible), I'm aiming to crack the top 10 for the 400 and 800. Need some speed too, so based on stats, time goals are:
200 - 25 something
400 - 55 something
800 - 2.05
All the fives. I'm not far off, so hoping a much more focused winter and spring will hone the strengths and bolster the weaknesses. Trouble is the way my age increases. I've yet to find a way to slow or stop that process.
The residual urge to run a sub-17 parkrun persists, but 5ks are just a general fitness thing for me now rather than a target. My 13-year-old son is more of a diesel middle-distance-and-up runner than me, so I think next year might be the one where he bests me in an honest 5k duel. Hope so.