Running

Yeah thats what I usually do, but then it requires writing it down, in the same spot. I just thought, "wow look at this technology that will keep track of me accurately and record it for future reference" - or not.
I mean I half want to think that it really means 5.4km not 0.54km, but it defs says the latter - I'm not that dumb.

i use runkeeper on my iphone and there is a discrepency between it and googlemaps, usually between 2 and 5% less in terms of distance. I'm not sure which is right, i obviously want it to be the googlemaps longer distance.
Also sometimes if your running a loop and it looses signal it plots straight lines between points.

First 10k last night - 53 mins. Want to try and get this down to 50 mins in the next week or so...

Just did the 10k 'Race' I had been training for. Bloody hell, I love it. I arrived late, so had to piss about with my race number, etc so it was very motivational starting from (pretty much) the back and working my way through everybody. The traffic did hinder me somewhat though...

Forgot to stop my watch until 2-3 mins after I crossed the line, so I'm thinking sub 50mins.

Plus, no more knee pain after Wednesday's trip

I always forget to turn my garmin off when I finish a race.

100km!?

Rubbish at sprinting, have to go long.

Loads of orienteering around these parts, theres a fair few of those 'stations?' around the trail I run. Season has'nt started yet though, and I'm avoiding starting new hobbies in case the family disown me.

Theres a weird round wooden hut at 2000 meters above sea level, not far from me, that serves as the finishing spot for a mad mountain run. I'm pretty sure it starts near sea level. Cant seem to find a link for it.

Fjordtilfjell is good for those that want to run a constant 7% gradient, for 21 km, mainly on tarmac. I usually ride it on the fixed gear though.

There's a very popular event called Birkebeinet. Which started as a cross country ski event, then became popular as a MTB event in the summer, after which a running event also followed. I'd like to do the triple (singlespeeding the MTB event). The new Ultrarun event they're holding, at 73km, will be a killer. Its heavy running in the Norwegian mountains. Steep climbs, technical decents, tough stoney sections, and loads of energy saping soft stuff. I love it ;)
http://www.birkebeiner.no/English/Lopet/UltraBirken/

There are also some cool tri events. I fecking hate swimming more than 1 km though.
http://www.nxtri.com/
YouTube - Mind over Matter - Norseman 2010

I entered Norseman 2010 but didn't get a spot in the lottery. Then a few months later, after I had a place at IMCH and had arranged to go to a friend's wedding on that day, they emailed me saying a spot had become available if I wanted it!! I was super gutted that I couldn't take up the place... Racing norseman is definitely one of my two top goals in tri, it looks awesome!

I entered Norseman 2010 but didn't get a spot in the lottery. Then a few months later, after I had a place at IMCH and had arranged to go to a friend's wedding on that day, they emailed me saying a spot had become available if I wanted it!! I was super gutted that I couldn't take up the place... Racing norseman is definitely one of my two top goals in tri, it looks awesome!

If I ever thought I could swim that far without armbands I'd put my name in. I'm no triathlete, but I'd be willing to train hard every day for it.

just went for a short run tonight, and for the first time it felt like i was running rather than jogging / huffing. only for about a mile though mind, but still, great feeling to be able to sustain it for more than a minute

ran home again tonight. still shuffling. jogging not running. still slow. 30 min 5k. still doing it though... which is something i suppose. about 4 weeks to go till the eton tri.

10K tomorrow after work, aiming for an hour.

Perfect conditions for the Bournemouth Bay half marathon yesterday and I'm glad I've finally run in an event but was disappointed with a time of 2:07. The other half fell behind at a couple of points but I refused to run on as I'd promised we'd complete it together.

We were aiming for a sub 2hr finish but we were totally unprepared for the number of hills involved in this course. Really steep inclines on chimes at the start and then a seemingly never ending steady climb at the 11 mile mark pushed me to a new limit. Major oversight on my part really and I'll be sure to get some sessions in at Greenwich park to build up stamina.

Regardless, the sense of achievement made it well worthwhile and I'll definitely do another but I honestly don't think I have it in me to do a full 26 miles. Just thinking about running twice the distance I did yesterday fills me with dread...

greenwich park is awesome for practicing hills the path on the far right of the park (standing with your back to the thames looking south) is a beast, it's hard enough running down it, let alone up it but you feel like rocky when you get to the top.

You mean the one in the vid, and link I posted just before your post?

;)

ha, yes... only just spotted that. oh well, good suggestions all round :)

anyone up for this?

http://www.thefixevents.com/content/the-10k-mo-run-greenwich-park-london/

was a good laugh last year.

Tried the runkeeper app again this morning (making sure I turned off wifi this time).
Ran to work for the first time (ever) - it said 8.5km in 53min.
Not exactly fast (there are lots of traffic lights to stop at!), but it seems like a more feasible record of what I actually did - rather than the 0.54km in 35min it gave me the first time I used it.
Need to get quicker/fitter.

greenwich park is awesome for practicing hills the path on the far right of the park (standing with your back to the thames looking south) is a beast, it's hard enough running down it, let alone up it but you feel like rocky when you get to the top.

That's exactly the hill I was wishing I had practised on whilst dying on my arse the other day. So what's the deal, do I just run up it until I'm on the brink of cardiac arrest or is there some sort of method?

the hill sprints I normally do with my tri group is usually done at the top of hyde vale and crooms hill (roads just outside of the park) and involves a 10/15 minutes warmup run then 2x 15 minute sets of running hard/fast up the last 1/4 of the hill focusing on form (keeping back up straight, head looking up the hill, keeping your knees up high as you go) then slowly jogging back down for recovery and repeat until times up. take a short recovery jog for a couple of minutes in between sets at an easy pace. and stretch out at the end especially the calves.

dunno I'm pubbing it prob.

pub then run? that's lunacy.

that's crazy talk. teetotally bonkers if you ask me.

Almost as weird as people who run.

Anyone use endomondo?

Anyways Tiswas I need new running shoes as mine are a year old now and have been run to pieces, that's my excuse for not going... or something.

@hooraytio nope

The best kind. Only thing that would make it possible for me to run.

Anyone use endomondo?

i usually just stick with anusol.