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First ever night run on Saturday night. Why haven't i done this before? It was glorious watching all those bobbing glow sticks and torches working their way along the coast. I was deeply tempted to do a scream and launch my glow stick off the edge but figured it was stupid and potentially dangerous, made me chuckle though thinking about it. Not a record breaking pace but absolutely doing more of these, most relaxing run I've had in a long while, also bumped my distance to 7 km from 5 km with the new insoles which have apparently rectified the shin splint issues. Only time will tell on that though.

first park run since i got the weird inner soles from the doc to help with shin pain. I read everyone's comments above and was not hopeful but they seem to have improved my running related pain. Its not gone completely but im not hobbling about and using the lift this morning so its a great improvement. Few more runs to confirm then i'll gradually increase the distance. At this point im keeping my pace at about 10:45 - 11 mins a mile. Its not record breaking but i want a base to improve on. Once i hit my randomly chosen distance of 10 miles i'll try to get a bit faster.

Little victories and all that. Im gonna have to push the training though if i want to finish the GNR without collapsing.

first night run last night. I bought a head torch each for the three of us (me, gf, small human) in preparation for the gruelling 3k. Then the snow hit. Now i regularly dealt with a couple of feet of snow in the winter and will happily slalom my car about to get stuff done so nothing amuses me more than the two inches of snow that shuts down england. Even i was looking at -7 temperatures and thinking maybe taking a 11yr old to the coast at night for a run may be a bit daft.

They cancelled the run so i dodged that bullet but its rescheduled to the 14th feb and since the kid isnt with us my gf has volunteered us to do the longer 7k. Dammit.

Decided to reread my copy of 'these are the days that must happen to you' by dan walsh to inspire my motorcycle adventures this year only to discover i loaned it to my brother in law who's put it somewhere safe. git.

Time to hammer my amazon account i suppose, more annoyed than anything as it was a well thumbed copy a friend gave me when i was losing faith in ever having stupid adventures again.

Ive tried the hyperion stuff and couldnt get into it. Think i might give it another go though as its been a while.

Last few years ive set myself a reading challenge on goodreads and spectacularly failed to achieve it. To the point that this year im setting it at 15 books. I used to read for hours every night and barely watched tv, but fatherhood and laziness has taken its toll. Im not reading huge high brow stuff as i read to escape. Im starting with a backlist from last year which includes The Meg. Im a huge fan of stuff like Scott Sigler and his genre. Sci fi action type stuff that you can just read and suspend your disbelief. I heartily read most of Micheal Mcbrides stuff last year that i could get cheap on kindle. Im hoping you can recommend some stuff like this as the kindle 'you might like' bit is quite cyclical taking me through the same dozen or so books.

Anyone on here tried salomon running shoes? Ive been told i need more shock absorption than my nike zooms provide and the missus has spotted a salomon offer she liked the look of for herself so im debating getting their trainers.

folks, im looking at doing a mini night run with the GF and kid. We need to pick up headtorchs for each of us and im a big believer in buying something that will do for more than one job. In this vein, while its only a small run this time i can use a headtorch on the bike and probably on more difficult runs eventually. They're a lot of options so i thought id ask on here if anyone has any recommendations for good torchs for night runs. In this instance the run is offroad and out of reach of streetlights (on the coast).

Oddly i managed to get a tomtom spark + Music for £20 from an Argos clearance place. I've had issues with it as the headphones are fooked but for 20 notes it'll do. Not sure it has all those info bits but it does pace, records my runs and pushes 'em to strava. Sadly no HR though. I had a 2 garmin watchs (fr 15 and 920xt) previously. The fr15 was of similar specs as the tomtom but no music. The 920xt was fully loaded with all the info but i didnt really use any of that, and i killed it by accident too, so ive gone for cheap and cheerful.

Yeah, a few folk ive talked to have paid a tenner for lifetime spotify on ebay/internet and that definitely inst legal. Especially when they say 'its not in my name its randomly generated' total denial they are mooching someones else's account.

Im on amazon music for since its part of my echo setup in the house. playlists arent as good as spotify but i like the integration.

Folks, thank you all for the kind advice. TBH i was pretty resigned to just strava'ing my runs and pootling about. Ive emailed a different group and its a totally different response. Just come along and have a go, see how you get on and worst case run with their couch to 5k group.

I'm near Durham, up north. Im not all that bothered about being the slowest as it my default setting i'll find somewhere mainly because id like a decent GNR time ( a gym monkey colleague is running to so itd be nice to match his time) and maybe lose a bit of beef.

Just fired an email off to another group. That website is proper handy.

emailed a local running club to see if i could get a bit of training and some company for training. Being an honest chap i explained my parkrun time is about 32 mins at a casual slope or if i push i managed 29 mins and lots of wheezing. Im aware that these arent good times BTW but im just starting again. The bloke from the running club was mad keen to farm my fees until he saw the times. "we dont do a new runner program at the moment and you wont be able to keep up with the seniors who run for an hour"

Kind of sad now, suppose i'll just keep messing about in trainers on my tod. Maybe i can draft the dog into running, the fat git could do with some exercise.

Took a while to sort out a photo but heres the finished seat post. I'll be having the frame and forks resprayed after christmas. Quite excited now.

watched this on fb earlier. As a biker i find it difficult to have any sympathy if they are the bike stealing little fucktards who've been plaguing London of late.

Ive stupidly volunteered for this half marathon next year and as such im running a bit more. I use strava to track my running and cycling but my phone is less than great battery wise. So I'm debating a smartwatch/GPS watch for cycling and running. I've browsed a few contenders and I'm looking at the Garmin vivoactive 3 or a Samsung gear s3. Some reviews have mentioned iffy GPS coverage from the gear s3 so i was wondering if anyone here has used one? Or if anyone has a better suggestion?
My required features are the GPS is integrated (so i dont need to lug my phone running) and preferably that it can play music through my BT headphones. Can anyone offer first hand experience?

cool, will do. Thanks

Hi, I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate thread so thought i'd check here reasoning at worst case someone can point me at the correct thread. I'm debating a smartwatch/GPS watch for cycling and running. I've browsed a few contenders and I'm looking at the Garmin vivoactive 3 or a Samsung gear s3. Some reviews have mentioned iffy GPS coverage from the gear s3 so i was wondering if anyone here has used one? Or if anyone has a better suggestion?
My required features are the GPS is integrated (so i dont need to lug my phone running) and preferably that it can play music through my BT headphones. Can anyone offer first hand experience?

just got Monster Hunter for 20 quid on xb1. Jesus its massive. I played a psp one years ago and thought this would explain the workings a bit more as the old one simply let you sink or swim. I was wrong. There's so many menus to go through and notes to read its like a bloody text adventure with occasional thumping monsters.

I'm loving it.

Whats EfM? Its a very pretty picture but ive not come across this. Could you enlighten me?

Folks, i currently running parkrun every other week acclimatising to running again after shin pain and all seems to be well. However I am aware i tend to lose motivation without anything to aim at. A Half marathon next september is doable from parkruns at about 35 mins right?

I've given up on the collars with bells as the dog removed the bell for the cat. I suspect because it irritates him as much as me. Besides the bells are for birds and stuff and my furry psychopath prefers larger game.... like Alsatians and children. i wish i was joking, its funny the first time you hear "aah, pussy cat, here puss.... oh jesus aaaaaaaaaaaah" its the apologies to parents that get boring after a while. The cat always looks so damn smug too.

LoL

So recognising my own incompetence I handed the frame to my brother in law, a man of many spanners who is currently building a trike (motorcycle not pedal) to. Response of 'yeah I'll get that out'.
A week later he hands back a frame so utterly butchered I despaired.
Pic should be on this post.
I gave in and took it to a bike shop (Northeast Cycle works) where the very nice bloke attempted to rectify my BiL handywork. I do not blame the BiL in any way as he tried after I failed.
The shops rang back, they had to dissolve the post then ream the fame to make it good again and I collect it at the weekend.