Official Running Thread

Ninja Elephant said:

Isle of Wight parkrun and then Half Marathon for me over the weekend - 9th in 19:50 and 44th in 1:35:03 respectively. Annoyingly, I'd forgotten my watch so had to use my phone to record both which means I didn't know my pace around either at the time of running. Less a problem in the parkrun than the Half, but ultimately a different challenge not having a clue how I was getting on during the events. The parkrun is called Medina, but is held at a different park half of the year, Appley Park. In my opinion, if they're going to move it around (and also, this week was the hillier version of the Appley Park course, there is a flatter version of the course as well) - it should be more generically named. It's the only one on the island, surely it should just be called IOW parkrun? If I hadn't been recently stung by a cancellation I didn't know about, I would have been stung by the course being moved from Newport to Ryde, the better part of 10 miles between the two courses. The Half is one of the hillier road Halfs going, including the KM on a 50mph A road. Not the most pleasant, but the rest of the course is quite nice, although very windy yesterday and there was a biblical monsoon in the morning so the off road section (about half of the total race) was particularly boggy.

Sorry to read about injuries, we've all been there.

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Greg Bobkin said:

Yep, Jnr Bobkin and I made the mistake of going to the wrong parkrun venue when we were on the IOW. Luckily, we had enough time to get to the other one in time – I doubt you would've been so fortunate, giving your time-keeping

Well done – sound like two good performances, despite the lack of a watch...

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Guinness Boy said:

Managed some tempo intervals this morning. 8 x 2 mins with 30 secs walk and 30 secs jog in between. No injury issues at the higher pace but on the cooldown the pain returned and had to run / walk the last three quarters of a mile. It's either reactive and grumbling at the end of a session or it doesn't like low impact jogging. Or both.

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Ninja Elephant said:

What sort of warm up do you do before setting off on a run?

I try and do a jog at varying paces, generally very slow but with a few faster strides to get the pace up, and then dynamic stretching and another slower paced jog. Throw in some static stretching and I'm away. A friend of mine doesn't do long distances, so he generally just does some static stretching and gets straight into the session but I find I fall apart a bit if I do that - especially early on.

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Greg Bobkin said:

Up Mill and Truleigh hills I managed negative splits this morning – that's never happened. I was also only four seconds off my 'Mill Hill and Back' Strava segment PB and I wasn't even going for it! Lovely run after a few days off.

I'm making my debut at Lancing on Saturday as part of a longer run. Not done it before and I've have had my doubts about it, but there is cake because it's the parkrun's first birthday so it would be rude not to.

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Guinness Boy said:

I'm back on a coached plan. The first 15-20 minutes are always jogged with a few strides in to get the HR up if I'm moving on to a speed session. I don't stretch before because you have to make sure the muscle is warmed up and I don't want to break my rhythm after 20 mins of jogging. Stretch afterwards if I remember

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Ninja Elephant said:

You know the irony is that being up so early on sunday meant I got drenched to the skin. If I'd been up about 30 minutes later, I'd have missed all of the rain and significantly enjoyed the whole experience a lot more! Being early tends to be a disaster for me! I was early getting to the train station on the friday, and realised as I sat on the train I didn't have my watch.

8 x 1km sprints for me last night, ranging from 3:41 to 3:53 - happy with the consistency of the efforts and the speed of the last three (although in fairness, the first 4 were into the wind, the final 4 were away from it). Kettering parkrun for me on saturday, on the assumption I'm up in time and not too hung over - I've done it once before in 19:20, it's a Hove Parkesque course with a couple of climbs - I'll be looking to dip under 19 minutes for the first time this year.
[MENTION=18183]big nuts[/MENTION] - your 18:28 might not guarantee you finishing the year above me, be wary!

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big nuts said:

Interesting timing as the 18:28 could improve tomorrow evening if I pace a 5000 metre track race well.

I’m in a race with some real strong runners (sub 15 minute) so I’m going to get slaughtered and lapped by many but i see it as a great opportunity for a pb.

There are a few in and around my standard but looking at the lineup I may well have to go sub 18 to not pick up the wooden spoon.

Looking forward to it as never raced track before but a bit nervous IVO the calibre of runners I’m up against.

I’ll report back tomorrow.

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big nuts said:

Interesting timing as the 18:28 could improve tomorrow evening if I pace a 5000 metre track race well.

I’m in a race with some real strong runners (sub 15 minute) so I’m going to get slaughtered and lapped by many but i see it as a great opportunity for a pb.

There are a few in and around my standard but looking at the lineup I may well have to go sub 18 to not pick up the wooden spoon.

Looking forward to it as never raced track before but a bit nervous IVO the calibre of runners I’m up against.

I’ll report back tomorrow.

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knocky1 said:

I repeat GNT’s excellent. I’d enjoy watching that one. I can sense the adrenaline kicking in already.

If you break 18:00 at your old age, it could cause a stir in the Age Grade rankings. Enjoy it but don’t go too fast....

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big nuts said:

I’d be in and around 74%. I hit the big 40 in 2 months.

That being said I’d have to take 28 seconds off my Park Run pb so the most likely result is somewhere between 18:15-18:30.

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big nuts said:

Interesting timing as the 18:28 could improve tomorrow evening if I pace a 5000 metre track race well.

I’m in a race with some real strong runners (sub 15 minute) so I’m going to get slaughtered and lapped by many but i see it as a great opportunity for a pb.

There are a few in and around my standard but looking at the lineup I may well have to go sub 18 to not pick up the wooden spoon.

Looking forward to it as never raced track before but a bit nervous IVO the calibre of runners I’m up against.

I’ll report back tomorrow.

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big nuts said:

I’d be in and around 74%. I hit the big 40 in 2 months.

That being said I’d have to take 28 seconds off my Park Run pb so the most likely result is somewhere between 18:15-18:30.

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Guinness Boy said:

I'm back on a coached plan. The first 15-20 minutes are always jogged with a few strides in to get the HR up if I'm moving on to a speed session. I don't stretch before because you have to make sure the muscle is warmed up and I don't want to break my rhythm after 20 mins of jogging. Stretch afterwards if I remember

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Ninja Elephant said:

Not sure a track 5k should be counting towards the table!

In all seriousness, good luck with the race - the challenge will be maintaining the high pace and not trying to run someone else's race. I think I'd really struggle to keep focused purely on my own race, and not try to go off too quick or get sucked in by the high pace. So long as you're disciplined and maintain focus, it'll be a PB for sure.

Not looking forward to the update later.

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timbha said:

Let us know how you get on with the new Jesus. I found him very very good when I saw him with knee trouble.

Brace yourself............ it’s not always comfortable!!

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Guinness Boy said:

Just finished with your namesake.

I would highly recommend based on the visit. Has the same philosophy as the old Jesus - £40 but try to diagnose, treat and give some stretches out of one visit.

I haven't been doing enough stretching but more neglecting my daily "pre-hab" routine and stretches after runs. Specifically my right hip is incredibly tight and my abductor is too on that side. That's all causing the ITB to irritate the knee cap initally but then the pain radiates back to the abductor and quads.

I have almost no flexibiility in my hip at all so the treatment stretches are all focussed on that for the moment. Proscribed 15 mins of stretching per 1 hour of running (can carry on running though) with a daily set of hip looseners. If it works then he reckons I'll run quicker. Tight enough at the moment to be slowing me down as well as causing pain.

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Guinness Boy said:

Just finished with your namesake.

I would highly recommend based on the visit. Has the same philosophy as the old Jesus - £40 but try to diagnose, treat and give some stretches out of one visit.

I haven't been doing enough stretching but more neglecting my daily "pre-hab" routine and stretches after runs. Specifically my right hip is incredibly tight and my abductor is too on that side. That's all causing the ITB to irritate the knee cap initally but then the pain radiates back to the abductor and quads.

I have almost no flexibiility in my hip at all so the treatment stretches are all focussed on that for the moment. Proscribed 15 mins of stretching per 1 hour of running (can carry on running though) with a daily set of hip looseners. If it works then he reckons I'll run quicker. Tight enough at the moment to be slowing me down as well as causing pain.

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