Official Running Thread

[Guinness Boy]

Interesting looking at the Strava group just now. Of the eight of us on there who've been out we've all done pretty similar distances of between 5 and 6.7 k. Mine is by far the slowest. Dawdled round 5k in about 27.30 just to get the stiffness out of my legs but coming home in to a stiff breeze took much more effort than I was expecting and I jog / walked an extra k to cool down and see if it helped my legs. Jury's out right now.

 

[big nuts]

Continued running hills last night as the continual high winds are starting to get on my tits.

Ran from work up New England hill along Old Shoreham Road up The Drive and into Hove Park going up through and past Waitrose before going bàck to Old Shoreham. Looped at Boundary Road to make 5.5 miles.

No running until Monday now so good to get a late run in with the sun setting.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Continued running hills last night as the continual high winds are starting to get on my tits.

Ran from work up New England hill along Old Shoreham Road up The Drive and into Hove Park going up through and past Waitrose before going bàck to Old Shoreham. Looped at Boundary Road to make 5.5 miles.

No running until Monday now so good to get a late run in with the sun setting.

Hills for me too, this morning. I'd hesitate to call them sprints, but going quicker than normal up the first part of Mill Hill. Five of the buggers in the end – a total of just over two miles – in 17:42. Really wasn't feeling it in the beginning, but it was a classic case of getting through it, and then it became a little more bearable!

 

[Curious Orange]

Grr..! Now junior orange has got a temperature, I'm going to miss my Wednesday run for the second week running.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Off out tonight for a rare evening 10k ahead of what promises to be carnage tomorrow at the cricket. We are on the 9,04 from Euston and in the Eric Hollies stand [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] . There are promises of a Guinness breakfast. Only there for the Thursday now as have child care problems on the Friday afternoon which is also going to constrict the planned drinking in to 24 hours rather than 48. I dare say we'll have a curry.

Will need a couple of days rest after that before trying to crank up to 12 miles or maybe even HM on Sunday.

 

[Bozza]

Off out tonight for a rare evening 10k

12 miles or maybe even HM on Sunday.

Snap - sort of.

I intend to go out at lunchtime and run a 10km PB. For the first time ever I'm going to drive to the seafront to run so it will be my first flat and no-roads-to-cross run, so I'd be disappointed if I didn't break my PB. I appreciate this will look silly if I don't so I'll get my excuse in now: I've literally just finished a rather large cooked breakfast.

As this is the first weekend of the month, Sunday should be by half-marathon day, but I'm worried about attempting it again in my new shoes which are completely ruining the middle toe on my right foot when I run more than 7 or 8 miles in them. I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do, given they are exactly the same make, model and size as my previous shoes which caused me no issues at all.

I'll squeeze a gentle 5-miler in between on Friday or Saturday too.

 

[knocky1]

Go West to start [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION].

@GuinessBoy shame about the child care arrangements. I better do a run at lunch today and nurture the thirst for tomorrow. In the
R E S Wyatt stand and on the early Victoria train tomorrow. Have a good time, if we don't bump into each other.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Thanks for all the encouragement chaps. Just completed 1.7miles which is the furthest I've been so far. Bit gutted I didn't manage to squeeze in an extra 300 metres as I'd have reached 3k but I am not going to beat myself up over it, going to try to hit that 3k mark tomorrow. Amazed at how quickly I am progressing from struggling to complete a mile last week I have now done 3.2 miles combined in the last 2 days. Just goes to show what is possible when you get out there and try.

I am off work next week decorating the front room and one of the kids bedrooms but have mapped out a couple of runs of varying distance around my local area, I am currently running around a 400m grass track so will be interested to see how different it feels running on roads and how my body feels afterwards.

 

[dazzer6666]

Thanks for all the encouragement chaps. Just completed 1.7miles which is the furthest I've been so far. Bit gutted I didn't manage to squeeze in an extra 300 metres as I'd have reached 3k but I am not going to beat myself up over it, going to try to hit that 3k mark tomorrow. Amazed at how quickly I am progressing from struggling to complete a mile last week I have now done 3.2 miles combined in the last 2 days. Just goes to show what is possible when you get out there and try.

I am off work next week decorating the front room and one of the kids bedrooms but have mapped out a couple of runs of varying distance around my local area, I am currently running around a 400m grass track so will be interested to see how different it feels running on roads and how my body feels afterwards.

Great stuff......don't be too keen to run on the roads, you are way better off running offroad. If you can find some trails (public footpaths etc) it's massively better for you - strengthens and conditions the joints, tendons and muscles, uses a much wider range and helps avoid injury too (you constantly hammer the same spots on the road, and the surface isn't at all forgiving. You'll always be a bit slower offroad but don't worry about that - can always test yourself now and again with a road run.

 

[Bozza]

Snap - sort of.

I intend to go out at lunchtime and run a 10km PB. For the first time ever I'm going to drive to the seafront to run so it will be my first flat and no-roads-to-cross run, so I'd be disappointed if I didn't break my PB. I appreciate this will look silly if I don't so I'll get my excuse in now: I've literally just finished a rather large cooked breakfast.

Whoops.

Well I could blame the cooked breakfast. I could blame the wind which is bloody strong (even though it's largely still in Findon). I could blame the old people taking up the whole path meaning I had to swerve onto the pebbles or down a grass hill to go round them. I could blame having to run a fair way on pebbles/grass (where does the concrete prom go West of Sea Lane?!?) but the truth is I knew almost as soon as I started running that I just wasn't on form today.

Knowing I'd made this prediction enabled me to push myself between 4-8kms and I may have been in with a shout of sneaking a PB. Around the 8km mark I went past the fun fair situated around Worthing Pier which was very busy. I went to dart through a gap in a family group but they converged as I did so causing a big collision, and I took that as a hint to give it up. I jogged the final 2km to finish off the 10km. All in all a pretty poor run where I had to try hard just to maintain what is normally my natural cruising speed.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Whoops.

Well I could blame the cooked breakfast. I could blame the wind which is bloody strong (even though it's largely still in Findon). I could blame the old people taking up the whole path meaning I had to swerve onto the pebbles or down a grass hill to go round them. I could blame having to run a fair way on pebbles/grass (where does the concrete prom go West of Sea Lane?!?) but the truth is I knew almost as soon as I started running that I just wasn't on form today.

Knowing I'd made this prediction enabled me to push myself between 4-8kms and I may have been in with a shout of sneaking a PB. Around the 8km mark I went past the fun fair situated around Worthing Pier which was very busy. I went to dart through a gap in a family group but they converged as I did so causing a big collision, and I took that as a hint to give it up. I jogged the final 2km to finish off the 10km. All in all a pretty poor run where I had to try hard just to maintain what is normally my natural cruising speed.

Shame.

Looking at Strava that was still quicker than my Phoenix 10k PB that took the best part of four days to recover from. Quite glad I'm not racing you now!

I'm aiming merely to get round tonight, I can see that RUDDY wind getting up again

 

[Bozza]

Shame.

Looking at Strava that was still quicker than my Phoenix 10k PB that took the best part of four days to recover from. Quite glad I'm not racing you now!

I'm aiming merely to get round tonight, I can see that RUDDY wind getting up again

That must be about the strongest win I've run against. It's certainly the strongest wind I've run against when trying to run fast.

I reckon on a good day, as I was for my 5km in Bristol last week, I could run sub-47mins at my current level which would be about a 2 minute improvement. I'll see how I feel on Sunday as I think most of my 10km PBs have come almost by accident as part of 10 or 13.1 mile runs.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Whoops.

Well I could blame the cooked breakfast. I could blame the wind which is bloody strong (even though it's largely still in Findon). I could blame the old people taking up the whole path meaning I had to swerve onto the pebbles or down a grass hill to go round them. I could blame having to run a fair way on pebbles/grass (where does the concrete prom go West of Sea Lane?!?) but the truth is I knew almost as soon as I started running that I just wasn't on form today.

Knowing I'd made this prediction enabled me to push myself between 4-8kms and I may have been in with a shout of sneaking a PB. Around the 8km mark I went past the fun fair situated around Worthing Pier which was very busy. I went to dart through a gap in a family group but they converged as I did so causing a big collision, and I took that as a hint to give it up. I jogged the final 2km to finish off the 10km. All in all a pretty poor run where I had to try hard just to maintain what is normally my natural cruising speed.

We all have runs like that [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] – fortunately a decent one is probably just around the corner. I had a shocker the other weekend, and since then, I have put together some really good quality runs. Like you say, today just wasn't your day.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Evening 10k done in a shade under 55 mins. Was again aiming for consistent splits. Very, very pleased with the below. Right. I demand to have some booze.......

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Evening 10k done in a shade under 55 mins. Was again aiming for consistent splits. Very, very pleased with the below. Right. I demand to have some booze.......


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They ARE very good splits. Great running, GB. You've earned that drink

 

[Scarface]

Don't know how you lot get that kind of pace! I seem to have plateaued at about 10 min/mile pace over about 3 miles. I suppose I shouldn't be looking for too much improvement in pace as my 5km-10km training plan is more about building up the distance/time so I should be happy with longer distances/times maintained at the same pace?

No ambitions to run further than 10km at the end of this plan so maybe I'll work on improving pace once I get there! Anyone got any good tips for improving pace over a certain distance or is it just a case running them again and again?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Don't know how you lot get that kind of pace! I seem to have plateaued at about 10 min/mile pace over about 3 miles. I suppose I shouldn't be looking for too much improvement in pace as my 5km-10km training plan is more about building up the distance/time so I should be happy with longer distances/times maintained at the same pace?

No ambitions to run further than 10km at the end of this plan so maybe I'll work on improving pace once I get there! Anyone got any good tips for improving pace over a certain distance or is it just a case running them again and again?

Running up hills and speed work (sometimes at the same time) has helped me get quicker. I don't mind the former (even enjoy it most of the time), but the latter is tough. Losing a bit of weight has helped too.

Good luck

 

[Steve.S]

Don't know how you lot get that kind of pace! I seem to have plateaued at about 10 min/mile pace over about 3 miles. I suppose I shouldn't be looking for too much improvement in pace as my 5km-10km training plan is more about building up the distance/time so I should be happy with longer distances/times maintained at the same pace?

No ambitions to run further than 10km at the end of this plan so maybe I'll work on improving pace once I get there! Anyone got any good tips for improving pace over a certain distance or is it just a case running them again and again?

It depends why you are running. I did it to lose weight and get fit. I started a few months ago, at Easter I weighed 15 stone 4, so I changed my diet to a healthy one and when I lost a bit of weight I started running. Today I weigh 12 stone 8 and couldn't care less about my pace or the time it takes. I would be interested to know what other people's weight was and is now. One way to improve your pace is to join in Park runs, run with other people and plenty of them will give you tips.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

It depends why you are running. I did it to lose weight and get fit. I started a few months ago, at Easter I weighed 15 stone 4, so I changed my diet to a healthy one and when I lost a bit of weight I started running. Today I weigh 12 stone 8 and couldn't care less about my pace or the time it takes. I would be interested to know what other people's weight was and is now. One way to improve your pace is to join in Park runs, run with other people and plenty of them will give you tips.

I started just over a year ago to cure my insomnia, or to make something positive out of it. I was introduced to the Parkrun events and very quickly started to enjoy more competitive running, and I now run pretty much every day. I've run a Marathon, have another lined up and I'm looking to get more involved in running events generally. Whatever your reason for starting, running gets under your skin and you keep going, pace is IRRELEVANT.

 

[dazzer6666]

It depends why you are running. I did it to lose weight and get fit. I started a few months ago, at Easter I weighed 15 stone 4, so I changed my diet to a healthy one and when I lost a bit of weight I started running. Today I weigh 12 stone 8 and couldn't care less about my pace or the time it takes. I would be interested to know what other people's weight was and is now. One way to improve your pace is to join in Park runs, run with other people and plenty of them will give you tips.

Spot on. If you want to get faster, you need to er, run faster. It's actually quite simple. Also helps with weight loss (higher intensity training, metabolism raised etc). An interval session once or twice a week will make a world of difference, whatever your standard.

If it's of any interest, I was just under 18 stone when I did my first 'run'. About the same as you now and did my 41st marathon (or longer) on Saturday. I'm not at all quick, just love running.