Running

seems to happen to everyone when they start off barefoot. I assume it'll go after a while, just as leg ache goes after a few weeks running with normal shoes

aiming for 10k as soon as i've had some tea and breakfast

boom, done! that was warm

Someone made a suggestion (well, a joke, but I took it seriously) about doing the Dunwich Dynamo on foot. Mulling it over, I'm thinking that by leaving Hackney about 10pm Friday night, 120 miles could be covered by daybreak Sunday, facotring in what you'd have to carry, food stops etc.

Can't remember the DD course too well, but I think much of it would be onroad without footpaths, but this wouldn't be too much of an issue with a good headtorch. Getting back wouldn't be an issue as you can easily get on the train sans velo.

Anyone got any thoughts on this, or fancy it?

My friend and I thought about doing this in a relay type way. One person runs, the other cycles, then we switch over say every 15 miles.

On a similar note Im in a team of 3 to attempt this: www.tr24.co.uk.

My friend and I thought about doing this in a relay type way. One person runs, the other cycles, then we switch over say every 15 miles.

On a similar note Im in a team of 3 to attempt this: www.tr24.co.uk.

need a 4th?

looks like fun!

Just got to beach after Poole 10k.great race and atmosphere, Liz Yellings a local her daughter started race.
Managed 4110 on my clock.bit wierd as first 3 ks were bang.on 4 mins then i musta taken eye off ball cos 5 came and I was 30 sec down..couldn't really pull it back in the banging.heat so that was that
Kept thinkin how different it was doing 10 k points race on track last tues, good training anyhoo.
Earnt my cake.

edinburgh marathon done and dusted, was crazy hot compared to my training runs. I have that 'never again' feeling...please let it last this time. Please.

Nice .one!
Not a problem I have saying no, thankfully, plenty athletes suffer problems in life due to relentlessness imo.

Well done mgMatt! How did you do? I'm in Glasgow at the moment and we all had a collective shudder at the thought of running in this heat when we remembered that it's marathon weekend.

3h26, it's over half an hour slower than my last one...I don't think Friday night's all-nighter helped, this hot weather came at the wrong time, not enough time to actually train in it but rather a 'tempter' into cold beers in the park during rest week...

I did the Thunder Run last year, well, kinda - me and a friend who'd both been injured for ages tried it as a 2-up. It transpired that trying to run 24hrs when you're injured is not a great idea, and we had to can after about 50 miles each.

Great event though - well organised, a lot of fun. Not flat at all, mind, it's hard graft.

I was swimming down in Folkestone this weekend, so had a crack at the Folkestone 10km this morning. My first 10km in 4 yrs and slowest ever, 43mins. I can blame the heat, coastal wind, being run down, not doing any speedwork in recent years - but it doesn't make me any less fucking slow. On the plus side, I enjoyed it. Might try another at some stage - but will do more long slow stuff for now to see if Dunwich is a possibility.

Good work matt - that's a solid time in this heat - I gather Scotland's not much cooler than civilisationdon right now.

now to see if Dunwich is a possibility.

I was thinking about doing this with you (or part of it...most likely) but after today...NO.

3h26? Wow - well done!! Now for a recovery cold beer. It's medicinal, or something...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Young_%28athlete%29

"In 1983, the 61-year-old potato farmer won the first Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon (875 kilometres, 544 miles). The race was run between what were then Australia's two largest shopping centres: Westfield Parramatta, in Sydney, and Westfield Doncaster, in Melbourne.[4] Cliff arrived at the start line with overalls and gumboots. He ran at a slow loping pace and trailed the leaders for most of the course, but by denying himself sleep and running while the others slept, he slowly gained on them and eventually won by a large margin."

Nice work Mountaingoatmatt - lovely sunshine for yesterdatys running.

Would have been perfect if the people from Gosford had waited another week before spreading pigshit all over the place.

Baulk !

Well done Matt!

Thinking instead of a autumn marathon I'm going to give an olypic tri a shout, theoretically I think I can go sub 2hrs15 so that's going to be my target, lots of speedwork to do over the summer and then compete in september!

Then spring marathon (hopeing for london, have applied for the 4th time in a row) next year and either an ironman/ultra next autumn/late summer!

^ I have my own little plan of doing an olympic tri after the summer. Will do it on my own though, and at my own pace, no timing.

i'm curious to find out if I actually can do it, and also for having a goal to work towards.

sounds good^

got to get a few 15 mile runs in,
went round the 5 k circuit they marked out for sundays race 4 times last night, 1, 40, times unimportant but keeping the legs turning over for that long is what counts, another mile that would have been a half marathon!
got to get another couple of them in before Finland.

^^i'm not actually that competitive once in a race situation even with myself, but I need to have stretching targets to train to both to keep me interested and to stop me from eating all the pies!

I thought we were training so we actually can eat all the pies?

Well yes but I eat too much and I need to train pretty damn hard to stop myself from looking like I ate all of my pie and all of your share too.

See weight loss thread if in any doubt...

I thought we were training so we actually can eat all the pies?

Cakes.yes.often when I run I just imagine the cakes after, it keeps me going

So. After last Sunday's waytoohotformeeventhoughIlovetheheat lap of Tooting Common with other club runners, myself and one other returned to the track where I had brekkie. I missed the Tuesday session but ran to work on Wednesday morning which was ok cos I ran slow enough for my lungs to smile.

My legs complained yesterday so I crawled out of bed this morning and did a lap of Tooting Common. Running through treacle I think it's called.

What have I learnt about morning runs? Long ones are better for me. Will I repeat? Hmm, maybe. The bacon and egg baguette brekkie was worth the early start.

went for my first run with holly (my 6 month old labradoodle) today.

1 lap of clapham common with a couple of breaks to say hello to other dogs, she seemed to enjoy it and bodes well for a new running partner :)

^ Great stuff.

If I'd gone to the Common which was my first thought I might, possibly, have seen the both of you or, maybe, not as I would have been telling myself off for missing sleep and complaining about heavy legs :-).