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I've met your mate, I think. Sorry to hear about that scary episode but he sounds like a tough old geezer. But will you give him a handicap in your next one on one tussle? As for you, welcome to the sick bay. I've withdrawn from the Chester 10k as I dont think I could complete let along...

Not really technical advice but just a bit of solidarity. I'm about the same age as you and in 35 years of quite competitive running had never given a 2nd though to AHR. Then I got a Garmin 45 for Xmas...... My HR in races hovers around the 166 and peaks at around 178, which is beyond the usual...

Latest from planet GNT. Was due to run the Chester 10k Sunday next, wearing the old git England vest. But last Saturday ran the Fareham parkrun. Arrived a but late, no warm up and stuck at the back of the field. The course consists of very narrow paths and overtaking is difficult and...

Horsham parkrun today, first time on their winter course (Southwater country park). Quite a tough little course. 21.33 and 80.05% AG, the latter being the best on the day.

Tweaked the inside of my quads today after a really good session of hill sprints and flat sprints. 2nd thoughts maybe not such a really good session!

I think Mr Orden turned up too and did a pretty good run, bless him. Used to run round Stanmer when I worked at the uni. Tough place to run but I guess it wasn't as muddy yesterday as it can be? 15k for me today. That's long by my woeful standard. Didn't like it. One month until the Chester...

Found it quite hard to locate the thread. Anyway, 20.13 today, a PB by 1 second. 85.33% AG. Knees are getting very creaky and I'm taking the old adage of 'run every run as if it's your last one' literally.

Yep. Arrive 2.55, pay by cash or card and in the ground by 3.00, give or take. It's like the Goldstone in the 60s.

No disgrace lose to Lowden. Thanks for adding the results. Many familiar names including Andrew Haig who has been competing locally for goodness knows how long. Well done for getting in the mix! I made a pointless visit to the LA parkrun which was cancelled pretty late. Our paths will cross...

How are we? Anyone running? Anyone brave enough to run in that gale on Saturday (assuming you could locate a parkrun that wasn't cancelled). Having had Covid before Xmas and then run a few parkruns over Xmas and the NY, I then got hit by a -'heavy cold' bug. Dragged myself out to run the...

Impressive stuff but the idea of running every road in Worthing would send me bonkers. The only bits I can stand are the prom (flat, fast) or High Salvington (hilly and relatively traffic free). The suburban stuff in between is not for me. Cycled to Littlehampton prom for their parkrun today...

Hats off to anyone running this morning in those conditions: brutal along Worthing prom. 21.15/81.18% was decent in that wind and a good end to a really good year: in 40+ 5ks/parkruns only 2 old gits have beaten me. Mind you, one of them has beaten me 3 times! My new Garmin tells me that my...

Thanks mate. This year has been a very good one. I've got the England vest but have yet to wear it. I think it, quite rightly, makes you a bit of a target, if only for piss taking. The 'England 10k' is only about 10 weeks away and I need to put in some serious training or it will be a case of...

Littlehampton parkrun today. Cold, windy and a bit wet: 20.39. Not bad but spanked by J.Orden over from Brighton. My last run as a 67 year old!

You were right: I didn't! 21.18 was almost a minute slower than of late but still very hard going. Scraped over the 80% AG but such was today's standard, this was only the 13th best. Get well soon!

Apologies for the delay in replying. Turns out it was indeed Covid. Agree with you: no way could I have ploughed through this one. About 12 days most of which seem to have been spent coughing. Just coming out of it. No running for 2 weeks but did a couple of (utterly pathetic) workouts on the...

Got the lurgy. Totally wiped out. Anyone else?

I've been taking a bit of a holiday from this thread as to be honest it's been game, set and match for a long time. But is the football genius still posting or has he finally withdrawn to his man cave with its walls plastered with posters of Nigel and that lovely bus? Just wondered.

Gasson was an old git legend. I avoided him quite successfully, but a short while back he turned up at Worthing parkrun. I closed in on him in the last 500m and stuck on his shoulder. With about 200m to go I thought it give it a go and overtook him. He then eased past me, still in 2nd gear. At...