Official Running Thread

[big nuts]

The carbon x is interesting.....very, very harsh ride compared to the Clifton but you can feel the propulsion. At my age/weight/speed I wouldn’t want to wear them for more than about 10k but as a parkrun shoe I can see the benefits. On the plus side, they are plenty wide enough.

I’ve worn the Carbon X for my long runs up to 20 miles and I’d wear them for a marathon too, given the chance.

Wore the Hoka Carbon Rockets for my 5k today. The lightest and apparently quickest Hoka shoe.

No doubting it’s a great shoe but everyone I’m running with has gone the way of Nike now with their expensive range and in fairness they are posting times like never before. For the first time I’m tempted to get in on the act.

 

[dazzer6666]

I’ve worn the Carbon X for my long runs up to 20 miles and I’d wear them for a marathon too, given the chance.

Wore the Hoka Carbon Rockets for my 5k today. The lightest and apparently quickest Hoka shoe.

No doubting it’s a great shoe but everyone I’m running with has gone the way of Nike now with their expensive range and in fairness they are posting times like never before. For the first time I’m tempted to get in on the act.

#metoo

 

[knocky1]

Had another crack at the 5k this morning to just sneak under 19 with a 18:57.

The Howard grubb link has this as 71.86%. Is that the correct calculation for the table?

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Apologies I have messed up your AG in the table. Give me your age and I'll update. We use the 2006/10 Howard Grubb link http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup06.html

 

[knocky1]

Big changes to the table for [MENTION=18183]big nuts[/MENTION] [MENTION=88]Bob![/MENTION] [MENTION=18099]ForestRowSeagull[/MENTION] and [MENTION=16720]Indurain's Lungs[/MENTION]

Anyone left out let me know.........

NAME	NSC 5K	NSC 5K AG	NSC 3K	NSC 3K AG
Big Nuts	18:05	75.76%	10:45	72.19%
ForestRowSeagull	18:04	71.04%
Indurain's Lungs	18:57	72:03%	11:15	68.97%
Badger	18:58	70.3%
knocky	20:46	77.23%
Simgull	21:07	72.17%
GNT	21:24(W)	78.38% (W)	12:52	74.11%
Greg Bobkin	21:27	64.8%
Jimmy Grimble	21:48
Seagull Si	23:22	60.21%
Bob!	23:49	67.94%

NAME	NSC Mile AG	NSC Mile Time
Artie Fufkin	80.57%	4:59
Knocky	77.74%	5:56
Fitzcarraldo	76.04%	4:53
GNT	75.37%	6:24
Big Nuts	73.47%	5:20.6
Forest Row	72.04%	5:09
Penny's Harmonica	71.35%	6:025
Ninja	69.89%	5:21
Anchorman	69.36%	6:39
Dazzer6666	68.13%	6:26
Indurain's Lungs	65.79%	5:58

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

Apologies I have messed up your AG in the table. Give me your age and I'll update. We use the 2006/10 Howard Grubb link http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup06.html

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[knocky1]

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Thanks edited in above.

Some twit seems to have used different AG calculators for the virtual table. He's happy to resign if someone else wants to step in..............
It only makes a small error for some of you and I'll leave it as it is as it's only a lockdown virtual table.

 

[Curious Orange]

I feel like I've been absent from this thread for too long...

I figured it was about time I resumed Brighton Marathon training, so I drew up my revised plan tonight. The good news is that I've already missed a couple of 20 mile runs. The bad news is that I start up with 6x800m intervals. Boo!

 

[Bozza]

I feel like I've been absent from this thread for too long...

I figured it was about time I resumed Brighton Marathon training, so I drew up my revised plan tonight. The holy news is that I've already missed a couple of 20 mile runs. The bad news is that I start up with 6x800m intervals. Boo!

No chance it will happen, surely? Chicago was cancelled today.

I've also been absent - I've managed to run through another knee injury *touches wood*, but I had a strange week, last week.

At the beginning of the week I was really struggling and did a few short slow runs, but even at pedestrian pace, I found ti hard. My running mojo returned at the end of the week though, with a glorious trail run on Saturday and then 10 miles in the sun on Sunday afternoon.

It felt like I'd not really run very much and I'd have guessed at 30-35 miles but I actually covered 43.5 which surprised me.

All being well I'll go through 1,000 miles for the year in a few days, making this my running-est year ever.

 

[Curious Orange]

No chance it will happen, surely?

I'm not optimistic, I'll admit, but I'm also getting quite fat so running to a plan will do me some good!

 

[Curious Orange]

6 x 800m with 90 second recoveries. Damn, I'm so slow!

 

[CHAPPERS]

Longer runs starting to really help with my speed. 23:00 Hove Park park run this morning, which is a a big PB, and I don't think I really hit top gear. Happy with that.

 

[BenElton'sBrother]

I know [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] is way ahead of me

Think I'm comfortably last out of this run streak trio, I'll hit three figures on Thursday, will provide a stato update then …

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Think I'm comfortably last out of this run streak trio, I'll hit three figures on Thursday, will provide a stato update then …

No, you're not – I'm in the 60s (my last non-running day was 29th May).

Surprised myself again this morning but running up the river Adur at a reasonable pace (but it was muddy, which slowed me down, plus a bit of SoshDist action), but I got a couple of Strava segment PRs. Didn't feel like I was really pushing it, which means my running is getting easier. I'm guessing it's a combination of running regularly and dropping weight, but I'm certainly not complaining. I'm keen to have another crack at my 5k time soon, just to lay down a benchmark time or where I'm at over the shorter, faster stuff.

 

[Bozza]

I know [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] is way ahead of me

Sorry - missed this - up to day 165 now.

 

[Mellotron]

Do people really not **** their knees up by running every day? Are some of those days in the streak under 3km?

 

[Bozza]

Do people really not **** their knees up by running every day? Are some of those days in the streak under 3km?

I have ****ed knees anyway!

A number of the runstreakers I know do a "rest day mile" to keep things ticking over. I've just scanned down my Strava log and I think I've done that twice - once on February 5th, just after I started the streak, and once on June 15th. That was the day my knee was completely shot - I'd run 16.7 miles two days before. I should have ended the streak at that point, and in fact I had spent the day thinking I'd done just that, but I went out onto the Downs at 9:34pm and hobbled a 10-minute mile. My knee slowly improved in the following days with me just doing short slow runs (that week went 1.05 miles - 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 6.0, 6.2 and 5.1).

Over the 165 days, I've covered 946 miles of running, making for an average of 5.7 miles per day. If I factor in dog walking too, I'm averaging 11.9 miles per day this year.

 

[Mellotron]

I have ****ed knees anyway!

A number of the runstreakers I know do a "rest day mile" to keep things ticking over. I've just scanned down my Strava log and I think I've done that twice - once on February 5th, just after I started the streak, and once on June 15th. That was the day my knee was completely shot - I'd run 16.7 miles two days before. I should have ended the streak at that point, and in fact I had spent the day thinking I'd done just that, but I went out onto the Downs at 9:34pm and hobbled a 10-minute mile. My knee slowly improved in the following days with me just doing short slow runs (that week went 1.05 miles - 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 6.0, 6.2 and 5.1).

Over the 165 days, I've covered 946 miles of running, making for an average of 5.7 miles per day. If I factor in dog walking too, I'm averaging 11.9 miles per day this year.

Absolutely fantastic - fair play.

For reference, Land's End to John O'Groats is 837 miles.

 

[Bozza]

Absolutely fantastic - fair play.

I need to put the miles in given my cider and crisp consumption! Last week...

Running: 43.5 miles
Walking: 37.7 miles
Average steps per day: 20,595

Weight change: +2 pounds

It's almost exactly a year since I was able to start running again, and I'd lost three stone in the preceding 7 months with no running at all.

In the last year, with loads of running, my weight has stayed pretty much the same. It fluctuates by a few pounds here and there, but remains broadly the same.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Do people really not **** their knees up by running every day? Are some of those days in the streak under 3km?

I'm probably going to tempt fate here, but I've never really suffered with injuries in nearly 20 years of running – predominantly on tarmac in the early years. These days I tend to stick to softer ground where I can – trails are more fun anyway – and you can feel the difference, even over shorter distances, compared with road running. I've became a bit of a slave to my step counter and realised that I probably wouldn't make it on some days without a run, but it's now just part of my daily routine. And no, I rarely go under 3km on a run...

 

[dazzer6666]

I'm probably going to tempt fate here, but I've never really suffered with injuries in nearly 20 years of running – predominantly on tarmac in the early years. These days I tend to stick to softer ground where I can – trails are more fun anyway – and you can feel the difference, even over shorter distances, compared with road running. I've became a bit of a slave to my step counter and realised that I probably wouldn't make it on some days without a run, but it's now just part of my daily routine. And no, I rarely go under 3km on a run...

My knees were a bit ****ed BEFORE I started running - often painful (I was significantly overweight, and played cricket and squash, neither of which are helpful). Have run c1500 miles a year minimum (sometimes more) for the last 20 years or so and not had any knee issues at all (poss more to do with losing 6 stone than running a lot of course). Since starting running I have always taken a high strength glucosamine sulphate supplemement - maybe all in the mind but I do think it helps. Def agree re trails - so many benefits over road running.