Running

fuck- check this out, its a properly good read honest, miles better than garmins or any of that shit
http://www.chrismcdougall.com/

I met a bloke last week who's 75 and a chelsea pensioner. He still runs, and did the london parks 10K in 44 minutes!

nice time! something to aspire to

I'll be running with my old man and my brother.

The old man was doing hill fartlek runs over the weekend, up 25%ers.

Bastard.

Where was that?

Cornwall.

Cornwall with it's hills.

It's up and down, up and up and up and down, bloody hills.

But the pasty and beer at the end is worth the pain :-). I did it two years running. If you're into medals, it's a hooge one.

If none of the above happen I apologise. I did the Eden marathon last year and the year before and even last year there was a 'reduction' in the goodies available post-run.

i got given the new Garmin 610 as a present, it's great, i was previously using the 205 which was like having an alarm clock strapped to your wrist.
got bike settings on it too, and a 'get me home button' if your running/riding somewhere you don't know, it gives you directions back to the start.

nice time! something to aspire to

I aspire to be able to walk 10k when i'm 75, without having to sit down for a bit.
Actually, I come from a spectacularly short-lived family, so I'll count myself lucky if I'm still breathing.

Have been trying out the Vibram five finger shoes. Was a bit nervous about it, as I have quite flat feet, but thought it might help me correct for that. Seems to be working, but at the moment I can't run more than about 5 miles in them before my muscles get too tired to compensate and things become painful.

yeah, puts you on the front of the foot much more,
can take some time to adjust after a life in normal shoes.
just use the loaf, dont over do it

Have been trying out the Vibram five finger shoes. Was a bit nervous about it, as I have quite flat feet, but thought it might help me correct for that. Seems to be working, but at the moment I can't run more than about 5 miles in them before my muscles get too tired to compensate and things become painful.

speaking of forefoot running, anyone read this guys book?

http://www.chrismcdougall.com/

er, post 1836 ^^
good though isnt it

I've read it too, was a great read...

Doesn't help that I'm also easing myself back into running, after a few years concentrating on cycling and weights. So my leg bones have to toughen up a bit, again. All reasons why I shouldn't overdo it.

er, post 1836 ^^
good though isnt it

uh oh, havent read here properly for a while. just had it recommended from a friend so gonna try and read it soon

so, Marathon on Sunday, come down with streaming cold today, any suggestions?

Vitamin C, maybe some lemsip and as much rest as you can squeeze in. Any training you do or don't do now isn't going to affect your pace come Sunday, just do everything you can to clear the cold as best as you can before the race.

oof, unlucky..

Sleep and use stairs only as last resort.

hot Ribena

Rest up. BTW, vitamin C for colds has no detectable benefit (there have been studies). Won't do any harm.

have a curry, with tissues on standby.. flush the bugger out.. maybe not the Kismot Killer though.

Rest up. BTW, vitamin C for colds has no detectable benefit (there have been studies). Won't do any harm.

Works for me. #placebo

spicy curry, lots of drink, lots of vitamin C, then sleep with a t-shirt and long johns. piss and sweat it out.

HTFU

Big pasta blowout the night before, drink at least a bottle of wine and a double grappa. The hangover cancels out the cold.

Which marathon? Have a good one.

liverpool one, had the curry last night and wrapped up for bed.
no worse today so hopefully i'm on the mend, i'm already starting to weave it into my excuse for a slow time!

Just pulled the trigger on the Paris marathon....

Time for some new shoes!