Running

Not many folks in the UK can do that...

*Edit, actually I might try looking up exactly how many people once I'm on my computer.

Maybe he meant 3:20? My mum thought I did a half in 45 minutes recently

http://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=Mar&agegroup=ALL&sex=M&year=2016

Apparently only 15 guys in 2016 ran sub 2h20.

Ive had a shocking week running after feeling really good last Sunday. I felt good Monday, did an easy hour on Tuesday which felt fine at the time and then had major soleus pain again all week after that.

Now my schedule is all over the place. Should I just start this week fresh?

Seems to go to Spam folder for a lot of people who sign up. Not sure on quantity of emails following sign-up as I was already subscribed to his newsletter (his YouTube channel is pretty good)

yes, start again. no harm done.

2hrs 20 definitely is a good marathon time, but then 'good' times depend massively on your perspective and experience. For a decent club athlete a good time is probably one that gets you a championship start at London, sub 2:45. For people who have never run before and turn up on the start line of a race a good time might be around sub 4.

Seeing as we're talking about good times...

I ran my slowest ever HM yesterday, attempting to achieve my goal of "have fun" at the Reading Half. Stopped a few times to chat to friends who were spectating, had a beer from the excellent Nags Head pub (free beer for runners!), high fived lots of kids, ate sweets from strangers, soaked up the atmosphere, and didn't get beaten in a sprint finish. By far the most fun I've had during an event.
Plus randomly got given a goodie bag just for wearing a pair of very old, tired, Mizuno shoes.

Had a bit of an epiphany after about 10 miles when I realised I was having a good time, not getting a good time.

Outstanding 😀

It's nice to have goals, be that a new PB, beating a team mate or increasing distance. But it can so easily become a chore if you don't step back and have a 'just for the fun of it' run every now and again.

^ defo this.

Nice one, similarly I really enjoy pace paling at events as I get to run a bit easier and then have people come and say thank you at the end I definitely like the idea of stopping for beers though!

On that topic, is anyone doing the Kingston Breakfast Run this weekend, will be pacing the 8 and 16 milers at £ min per mile, probably with the flag of they've replaced it after I accidentally destroyed it at the autumn event as the route went under about a million trees!

5 weeks to go for London, have hit most of my training goals so far and not missed any sessions, and only had one complete fail of a session when I tried tondo 45 minutes at threshold not having eaten anything and felt like I was running in treacle after about 5k) even managing a 100k week last week, so barring injury or running like a Dick feel like in good shape to hit my target time, and have enjoyed the training so far!

Can anyone recommend a shoe for over pronation? I've been using Asics Gel Kayano's but have gone off the fit.

You gotta try them really.

If you don't have/use one, get a wobble board!

That to help strengthen my ankles and hip strengthening drills has massively helped my knees and I'm now in neutral shoes.

just started using these, had to go full size up but really good so far, previously using Asic GT2000's

http://www.newbalance.co.uk/men/shoes/footwear-outlet/new-balance-1260v5/M1260-V5.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjw-73GBRCC7KODl9zToJMBEiQAj1Jgf_Crq1S7mZBed_wmJ2x9qayIQ6_G5YAr9CG664SDaSAaAgYH8P8HAQ&dwvar_M1260-V5_color=Blue_with_Bright%20Blue&ef_id=VMo4oAAAAMrwC%40-9%3A20170320145533%3As&ncr=true#color=Blue_with_Bright%20Blue&size=8.5&width=D

After this message I might well enter the 16 mile race. Yes. It says there are 6mm pacers, is this true?

Talking of pacers, my gf was running with the 2:30 pacer yesterday at Reading Half who she said was a really nice older gentleman - must have been about 80 years old. Very impressive to still be going that strong!

35k run had similar outcome to last year; legs shut down at 28k. Shortcut it to 32k and walked the last 4k rather than trudge up Dark Hill again.

20m slower to 28.5km than last year, I put that down to being 6kg heavier. Just too much hard work shoving a BMI of 30 up those hills.

Still, probably good enough to get round Brighton in about 5h again.

I'm sure this running shit would be easier if I wasn't such a fat git. The rest of 2017 will devoted to losing weight (and keeping it off) rather than any specific goal (although I'll probably enter Brighton again for 2018 whilst I'm down there).

I can run 10k in 1hr. I'm 45 and a bit fat and not very motivated. I have to sign myself up to 10k races otherwise I don't do anything. I ran three in December but done nothing since.

Presumably aiming to run 10k in 50 minutes is likely to have more benefit than aiming to increase my distance to run 20k? I reckon I could plod round 20k in 2hrs without much effort.

Yeah, I'd think so.
But part of getting the 10k down to 50 minutes will include some 1.5hr 15k runs. It's easier to run faster for a short time when you're comfortable running slower for longer.

Sign up to the races to give you the targets to aim at, and mix up short fast training with long slow.

http://training4endurance.co.uk/running/10k-running-plans/10k-training-plan-elite/

This is how I am spending my evenings and mornings at the moment. Keep an eye out round the streets and parks of north east london for a tired looking bald man with a beard huffing and puffing

Have entered the Kingston breakfast run. cheers @Sainsburys_Ed

Test run for the sub two hour marathon, not sure it's been posted already. http://www.runnersworld.com/2-hour-marathon/sub-2-marathon-test-run-yields-fast-times-lingering-questions

Quite horrified to find out that Glasgow to Edinburgh ultra route has had some resurfacing works. Means that it is now mostly tarmac 😭

Honestly it'll probably be a bike, they always struggle for 6min milers, as being able to do that pace would probably get you close to winning!

In the future if you want to pace make let me know and I can put you in touch.

Excellent, see you there!