Official Running Thread

knocky1 said:

Page f^^^*** 5 and at least 2 earth shattering runs unreported by NSC boys.....

I'm just dealing with a swimming/allotment injury. After first swim in 6 months Tuesday decided to turn over the contents of three compost bins. Oblique muscle went from the core giving a pain like a broken rib, sore back and tight hams. Ice (Aghh!) and gentle stretching is getting somewhere. Cancelled track as a precaution and seeing physio tomorrow. Hopefully be ready for a crack at a sub 6" Preston Park's April Magic Mile before Wednesday's deadline. Yesterday would have been great with near 30mph easterlies.

Get reporting you laggards!

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big nuts said:

I’m guessing my run yesterday has been deemed as earth shattering. If not I’ll report it anyway.

A new Half Marathon PB of 1:24:23. Raced at Goodwood and a really top event and would recommend to anyone. They cater for distances between 5k & Marathon. The exception being 10 miles which for me is a shame as this is one distance where flat races are rare.

Back to the run, incredibly happy with that time and quicker than I thought, as I didn’t specifically train for the distance. Too many of my runs are either very quick on track or very comfortable. Not enough around the 6:30 pace which is what I was aiming for.

Also good to average exactly 4 minutes per kilometre, so as someone told me afterwards, you ran 4 successive 20 minute park runs plus an extra kilometre and a bit. I was borderline aroused at that stat!

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big nuts said:

I’m guessing my run yesterday has been deemed as earth shattering. If not I’ll report it anyway.

A new Half Marathon PB of 1:24:23. Raced at Goodwood and a really top event and would recommend to anyone. They cater for distances between 5k & Marathon. The exception being 10 miles which for me is a shame as this is one distance where flat races are rare.

Back to the run, incredibly happy with that time and quicker than I thought, as I didn’t specifically train for the distance. Too many of my runs are either very quick on track or very comfortable. Not enough around the 6:30 pace which is what I was aiming for.

Also good to average exactly 4 minutes per kilometre, so as someone told me afterwards, you ran 4 successive 20 minute park runs plus an extra kilometre and a bit. I was borderline aroused at that stat!

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big nuts said:

I’m guessing my run yesterday has been deemed as earth shattering. If not I’ll report it anyway.

A new Half Marathon PB of 1:24:23. Raced at Goodwood and a really top event and would recommend to anyone. They cater for distances between 5k & Marathon. The exception being 10 miles which for me is a shame as this is one distance where flat races are rare.

Back to the run, incredibly happy with that time and quicker than I thought, as I didn’t specifically train for the distance. Too many of my runs are either very quick on track or very comfortable. Not enough around the 6:30 pace which is what I was aiming for.

Also good to average exactly 4 minutes per kilometre, so as someone told me afterwards, you ran 4 successive 20 minute park runs plus an extra kilometre and a bit. I was borderline aroused at that stat!

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big nuts said:

I’m guessing my run yesterday has been deemed as earth shattering. If not I’ll report it anyway.

A new Half Marathon PB of 1:24:23. Raced at Goodwood and a really top event and would recommend to anyone. They cater for distances between 5k & Marathon. The exception being 10 miles which for me is a shame as this is one distance where flat races are rare.

Back to the run, incredibly happy with that time and quicker than I thought, as I didn’t specifically train for the distance. Too many of my runs are either very quick on track or very comfortable. Not enough around the 6:30 pace which is what I was aiming for.

Also good to average exactly 4 minutes per kilometre, so as someone told me afterwards, you ran 4 successive 20 minute park runs plus an extra kilometre and a bit. I was borderline aroused at that stat!

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knocky1 said:

Excellent running big boy. Still defying age and setting challenging pbs. Hopefully I’ll do a 5k at that pace once this year.
Think my muscle strain is a very painful cracked rib. Seeing the man today and if so will run/swim/cycle through the pain.
I have my school mate Triathlon rival to beat at Arundel in 3 weeks. Should be an interesting run where I’ll have to chase down his near 5” lead in the 9k hilly run.

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Artie Fufkin said:

Ouch! Sorry to hear that Gaffer. Sounds painful. Hopefully it's not a cracked rib and the physio can advise best treatment.

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Greg Bobkin said:

My run yesterday morning wasn't really earth-shattering, but it was ego-boosting. I was overtaken by Run Brighton training groups as they went up the Downslink and I went the longer route hugging the river, but I managed to blast past them all on the way back, averaging 7.30ish min miles over eight and a bit, with a hill at the end. Just snuck under eight miles in an hour by two seconds

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knocky1 said:

Good running. Perfect weakest link training and good man for entering this month's virtual Preston Park Magic Mile.
I've locked away all my trainers for 24 hours to ensure I follow physio's orders and do not head out to give it a bash before tonight's 12pm deadline. Shame as my legs are up for it.

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Greg Bobkin said:

Cheers Gaffer and good luck for the mile attempt.

My run this morning wasn't so good. Took the mutt onto the beach because he loves running on the sand. Unfortunately, there some sinking sand down there and this numpty went down in a bit and rolled my ankle

I was able to carry on my run – and hopefully it's not going to be too bad – but it's getting more painful as the day goes on...

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Jack Straw said:

This morning, I went from Bedford Street to the Pier, along Madeira Drive, up Dukes Mound, along the Butterfly Walk, back on to Madeira Drive and back to Dukes Mound.
In order to get some slopes in, I went back up Dukes Mound and the same circular route back to the bottom of Dukes Mound (Ooh Matron!). I ran this Dukes Mound lap four times before heading back home. 1 hour.
Route roughly as per picture.

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BiffyBoy100 said:

Anyone had knee issues from a fall or impact?

I managed to run into a metal bench that was in a lane at the running track whilst looking at my phone and got a pretty bad hit on edge of the metal.

Got an x-ray and all was fine so rested it for a couple of weeks and took anti-inflammatory pills. I'm trying to up the mileage but it's still really sore if I go above 5 miles or run on consecutive days. I'm planning to start training for Berlin in May (next week)

Curious if anyone has recovered from something similar and how they handled increased mileage? - just run through any pain?

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Simgull said:

Now, that does look like perfect Weakest Link training.

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Simgull said:

Probably worth seeing a physio- difficult to comment without a proper diagnosis - it’s possibly bursitis or something or similar but a physio would advise both how to treat it and how to manage it whilst healing. Likely a combination of rest/icing/stretches and strengthening exercise will be suggested.

I make it 21 weeks until Berlin so much better to make an intervention now rather than in three months time when your mileage will have increased.

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