Running

Well done J on your 10km time and SWMBO on her Age Cat win.

My greeting to other runners is a cheery "how dooo" most nod, or splutter. If I'm working hard I won't bother. Always try to thank marshalls in races which gets harder as the tempo rises (any sort of gesture / words when running in upper Zone 5 after 9.5k of a 10k race is almost impossible...)

I'm only running it because I got a place transferred from someone else.

It's a little bit off my marathon schedule but thought it would be good prep. especially as it covers a lot of the same route.

Looks like it covers a lot of the nice bits, at least it misses out the slog up church road which is on the marathon. Thats killer. 3:45:00 is a good time, the Brighton route is pretty fast so easily do-able, just pray it isn't windy.

so glad i'm not running marathons anymore 10k or 21k absolute limit these days,
i'll be back on my feet after tour of flanders.. for runs across the heath.

Knees a bit hurty this evening. Probably time for a new pair of shoes.

just saw this on facebook.. best marathon in the world, i only ever completed it once 2005, finishing time 6hr 29min.. deadline looming i think
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Jungfrau-Marathon/124013974934

Race your pace half marathon 1.45.38.

Pretty pleased considering my longest run since September was 7 miles. Spot on my target, really really really well run event, nice to get lucozade during the race race rather than afterwards (a la new forest marathon)

Good stuff Ed.

I managed a 1:42:07 in the Brighton half yesterday.

Pretty damn pleased with that considering it's part of marathon training and I've only been at it since January!

(was still secretly disappointed not to get under 100 minutes though)

Good stuff Ed.

I managed a 1:42:07 in the Brighton half yesterday.

Pretty damn pleased with that considering it's part of marathon training and I've only been at it since January!

(was still secretly disappointed not to get under 100 minutes though)

Definitely on track for your marathon pace though. It's deadly being just off a barrier like 100 mins, you'll keep yourself competing til you do it now!

I had my first competitive 1500m this weekend at BUCS meet....was definitely completely last, dunno how people keep that kinda pace for so long. Killer.

The guy who won Brighton half did it in 66 minutes....Insane pace.

Things are looking good for the marathon though, think I have my eating strategy just about right, just need to get my water intake just right so I don't need a piss halfway round....

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/69473395

garmin data from yesterday, fitness levels evident from heart rate, got the water of life half on march 20th, much tougher course to go fast on, but going to shoot for 1.38 assuming i can be arsed to train...

Good stuff Ed.

I managed a 1:42:07 in the Brighton half yesterday.

Pretty damn pleased with that considering it's part of marathon training and I've only been at it since January!

(was still secretly disappointed not to get under 100 minutes though)

good effort to you too!

my advice re marathon, is make sure you keep a track of your shoes mileage, i had hit 900 before running the new forest marathon and was having knee trouble before it, changed trainers once i realised the mileage covered and knee trouble dissappeared.

still, did a 1.40 split for the first half though :)

shame about the second half...

feel massively inadequate next to you marathon running blokes but i just did my second ever 5k and am quietly pleased with myself. didn't think i'd ever get here even a few months ago.

Your heart rate is much higher than mine Ed, my heart is clearly rubbish.

Ha!

My heart is an interesting one, resting heart rate is around 45bpm ( this morning it's 41!) and I've seen it hitting 205 on long climbs whilst cycling.

I ran my marathon at about 165bpm which is closer to my recommended upper limit to stay in the aerobic zone, but clearly I can push quite a lot harder without going anaerobic.

The more concerning thing is my quads, they are soo sore despite stretching, ice bath and getting protein in pretty quickly following the race.

@dooks you'll be up to 10k in no time at all now and then you'll wonder how you ever thought 5k was tough at all. next stop then is half-marathon. you'll look back in a few months and wonder what all the fuss was about.

certainly hope so chap. thanks. to train for a couple of sprint (5k runs) triathlons in may and august would you recomend increasing distance of my runs or trying to run the 5k faster?

Ha!

My heart is an interesting one, resting heart rate is around 45bpm ( this morning it's 41!) and I've seen it hitting 205 on long climbs whilst cycling.

I ran my marathon at about 165bpm which is closer to my recommended upper limit to stay in the aerobic zone, but clearly I can push quite a lot harder without going anaerobic.

The more concerning thing is my quads, they are soo sore despite stretching, ice bath and getting protein in pretty quickly following the race.

My resting heart rate is around the same as yours, under load it tends to be 155-165, maximum recorded is 183 I think- although if I'd had an HRM on when climbing on the bike I think it would possibly be higher.

Am I 10 years older than you? (if that would make this difference)

@dooks: increasing your mileage (kilometreage?) to 10k as you train won't put a strain on your other training and you'll find your 5k time will improve as a result. I shaved 10 minutes off my 5k between june (first 5k race 32:29) and end of november (22:28 personal best) last year and that was merely from training and getting up to running a comfortable 10k.

edit: and losing a shitload of weight :)

feel massively inadequate next to you marathon running blokes but i just did my second ever 5k and am quietly pleased with myself. didn't think i'd ever get here even a few months ago.

Once you hit 5k, you're a distance runner. All the atributes are there. You're over, what is by far, the toughest part of the development curve.

Just keep going ;)

thanks peeps. that seemed to be the sensible approach.

+1 once you can run for 30 minutes then the steps upwards seem a lot easier, I find it takes about 20 minutes before I fully get into a groove.

I find it takes about 20 minutes before I fully get into a groove.

yeah me too... then 25 minutes to start to flag and 30 mins to get totally exhausted, sweat stinging my eyes, gasping and praying for it to be over.

i'm sure it'll get better though.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/69473395

garmin data from yesterday, fitness levels evident from heart rate, got the water of life half on march 20th, much tougher course to go fast on, but going to shoot for 1.38 assuming i can be arsed to train...

Mental strength course... I can't imagine anything worse than running laps of Dorney - at least its flat! I'm sure I've mentioned it but I had a coach who used to make do 180-210km rides on a 30km circuit going past my front door every lap. He wanted to give me every possible opportunity to give up and go home - his rational(?e) being that if I could keep going after 5, 6 or 7 hours of whizzing past my bed and a nice warm shower, then I'd have no problem in races. Out and back courses are easy - if you stop you don't get home.

yup i'll be there. no idea what session it is though

Mental strength course... I can't imagine anything worse than running laps of Dorney - at least its flat! I'm sure I've mentioned it but I had a coach who used to make do 180-210km rides on a 30km circuit going past my front door every lap. He wanted to give me every possible opportunity to give up and go home - his rational(?e) being that if I could keep going after 5, 6 or 7 hours of whizzing past my bed and a nice warm shower, then I'd have no problem in races. Out and back courses are easy - if you stop you don't get home.

Yea i've started doing this, got a nice 5 mile course that goes literally past my front door and its helping no end. Im going out thinking i'll give up after a few laps and just keep going cos i don't want to feel im giving myself an easy ride! +1 with the 5k. just push on up to 10k without thinking about the fact its double and in no time you'll wonder what you were ever bothered about. After you get into the swing of it you can just keep going for a lot longer than you think!