Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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I'lll try and make it too. Hopefully see you there...
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BenElton'sBrother
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Gutted by this news of John Doc.
Been there from the start, and seen me along my journey.
My 500 hundred tomorrow and I really don't feel like celebrating this now.
RIP John
Been there from the start, and seen me along my journey.
My 500 hundred tomorrow and I really don't feel like celebrating this now.
RIP John
Watched 26.2 Miles to Life on BBC iPlayer last night. About the 1000 Mile running club organising training for a marathon for inmates at San Quentin Prison near San Francisco. The main three runners in the documentary are in for manslaughter.
1000 mile have had 45 of their running groups released from prison without one re offender at present.
1000 mile have had 45 of their running groups released from prison without one re offender at present.
Blue&WhiteSea
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Anyone racing the National XC on Saturday?
Can't believe they are awarding a prize for 1st up the hill, going to be even more carnage than normal
Can't believe they are awarding a prize for 1st up the hill, going to be even more carnage than normal
No, but my daughter has qualified for the UK Inter-Counties cross-country championships, being held just outside Nottingham on 8th March.Anyone racing the National XC on Saturday?
Can't believe they are awarding a prize for 1st up the hill, going to be even more carnage than normal
Bad Ash
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Finally did Brighton and Hove parkrun this morning. My parents live the other side of Preston Park so I’ve always gone there when I've been down except for one occasion last summer when I was in good form so wanted to try Hove Prom (on that occasion ended up 3s away from an all time parkrun PB). Never appreciated how close Hove Park was to Preston Park, it was a nice 3km warmup.
My local event has pacers every week who wear bibs, so when I saw the pacers holding up their poles without a bib I wondered how it would work, I wasn’t expecting them to hold up the poles all the way around!
One of the pacers (25 or 27) started right up the front. Also it looks like a load of people walked back towards the start at the last minute (maybe from the first timers brief?). As a result the self seeding seemed a bit off and it was a bit chaotic at the start. Think I got a bit carried away weaving through people and found I was on sub-20 pace through the first two km. I hadn’t been planning to empty the tank so backed off a little. Despite that I think only one person overtook me from that point.
I really enjoyed the course, think it was the scenery & nice surface. The 3 loops past the coffee vans and cafe gave me plenty of time to ponder which one would get my custom.
My local event has pacers every week who wear bibs, so when I saw the pacers holding up their poles without a bib I wondered how it would work, I wasn’t expecting them to hold up the poles all the way around!
One of the pacers (25 or 27) started right up the front. Also it looks like a load of people walked back towards the start at the last minute (maybe from the first timers brief?). As a result the self seeding seemed a bit off and it was a bit chaotic at the start. Think I got a bit carried away weaving through people and found I was on sub-20 pace through the first two km. I hadn’t been planning to empty the tank so backed off a little. Despite that I think only one person overtook me from that point.
I really enjoyed the course, think it was the scenery & nice surface. The 3 loops past the coffee vans and cafe gave me plenty of time to ponder which one would get my custom.
How did you find HP compared to PP? Preference?
I turned up at Hove Park yesterday @Bad Ash Let us know next time a few of us are usually there. You're 20:19 was good for taking it easy!
I decided to race my 66 year old club Chairman after 6 weeks of Bevendean, XC and HIIT it was great to run on tarmac. At 5 mile XC races this winter I have been 4 minutes behind the Boss and needed to perform to get in the club 60+ A team for the Sussex 2 mile Road Relays in April.
We had a good tussle taking 3 turns in leading each. On the last hill I let him take the lead and followed two thirds up before overtaking then pushing the hill. He followed but I managed a 9 second gap at the finish. Very enjoyable to race rather than chase a time.
22:33 was my best for 2 years and a first 65-69. I'm enjoying my strength training.
I decided to race my 66 year old club Chairman after 6 weeks of Bevendean, XC and HIIT it was great to run on tarmac. At 5 mile XC races this winter I have been 4 minutes behind the Boss and needed to perform to get in the club 60+ A team for the Sussex 2 mile Road Relays in April.
We had a good tussle taking 3 turns in leading each. On the last hill I let him take the lead and followed two thirds up before overtaking then pushing the hill. He followed but I managed a 9 second gap at the finish. Very enjoyable to race rather than chase a time.
22:33 was my best for 2 years and a first 65-69. I'm enjoying my strength training.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Nice work, Gaffer!