[MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] I will be at Hove Park parkrun tomorrow unless I do myself a mischief tonight. Just found my barcode which was impressive after a year. Will be happy with 25 mins though.
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See you there. It's Hove Park's 500th Parkrun tomorrow (@greg bobkin has run nearly all of them), so expect celebrations, cake and lashings of ginger beer.
Sounds great. It will be my third so I'll be feeling slightly fraudulent. Not enough to stop me having cake, mind.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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Any truth to the David Walliams rumours for tomorrow's 500th Hove Park parkrun?!
I'll be there, on the assumption I wake up. I've been training hard in the gym, and getting into a training plan to run a 17 minute 5k this year. I'm not going to be going for a PB for 7 weeks, tomorrow will be 23-25 minutes for me. Nice and steady.
Good to see you back in the fold [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION]. I'm well up for the relay as well, sign me up captain!
I'll be there, on the assumption I wake up. I've been training hard in the gym, and getting into a training plan to run a 17 minute 5k this year. I'm not going to be going for a PB for 7 weeks, tomorrow will be 23-25 minutes for me. Nice and steady.
Good to see you back in the fold [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION]. I'm well up for the relay as well, sign me up captain!
You'll be skipper if you are in 17 minute 5k form. It's 5:47 pace just to get 17:59! Seriously quick for the distance.
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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I'm targeting hitting the 17:59 in my target parkrun on the 17th June. That's the one for me, I'm going to be well off the pace for the next few weeks, the plan I'm following doesn't call for smacking it around on the saturday morning. I might volunteer to do some pacing, but I'm not sure I'd like the pressure to be honest. The sub 17 target is for later in the year, depending on how this target goes. I want to win a parkrun in 2017. Mentally it's been a tough few weeks, I've been struggling with both shins as well which has been frustrating but I'm feeling good to go again now and getting back out there.
Getting a new bike very shortly as well for the cross training benefits! And looking to try and swim more as well.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Good luck to the team which I'm sure will bring home the bacon (or a suitable vegan alternative this being Brighton). The open-top bus has been booked!
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Which course are you looking at? I'm presuming Hove Park but other local ones are arguably faster. Might even be worth looking outside the area as you need serious wheels for this sort of time and every little helps eg you don't need a congested course.
The bike certainly should help - my times dropped quite significantly last year when I was training for duathlons. Basically I think you'll need to be inducted into a world of pain!
....and fastest runner should be expected to run leg 4 and continue straight into leg 5 with the team. First team is looking very good already and a sub 20 5k may not be enough for some to run with the NSC Elite.
Will have to request expected times beginning of June.
Talking of vegans I wonder if @ 7.18 wants to join the relay to take them on again!
Go to Margate. I came second by 45 seconds in 21:30 last year. Easy peasy.
penny's harmonica
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- Jan 30, 2012
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That's a bold plan. Looks like we will have our own 17minute runner to fill the shoes of the £2 Arena thief. Interesting your plan seems to be more gym and cardio work, that approach seems to be working miracles for you.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Woo-hoo! I got the Parkrun hat trick I was aiming for! Three consecutive runs at sub19 minutes at three separate courses was completed at Woking this morning, in a time of about 18:36 according to my watch.
Saw that on Strava just now. Super speedy
I managed to limp round Hove Park in 24.21 unofficially. Had to stretch out my back and hips before running and last night's red wine certainly didn't help my breathing but if I can get round in sub 24 before Worthing 10K then I'm pretty confident of racing [MENTION=474]Mr Blobby[/MENTION] to a sub 50 at Worthing.
Great event at Hove, absolutely packed at the start with many in fancy dress and a good catch up with [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] and [MENTION=26634]Simgull[/MENTION] after
Pembury
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Did my stint marshaling at Worthing Park this morning.... Looked like [MENTION=33116]Garry Nelson's teacher[/MENTION] had a strong run..top 20 i reckon.
m20gull
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After the three forts I was back to the summer sport (after a three day recovery to shake a cold) with a swim on Thursday, cycle ride on Friday, then Orpington Parkrun in an unexciting 28 minutes today. Next on the list is Arundel lido Triathlon in two weeks, probably the short one. Then it is on to Could-you-compete-in-an-Ironman.
And here is a calamity. I booked the Dartford Midnight Wo/Man in a hurry at the end of December to bag a free entry to the Big Swim. Last week I finally noticed when the race is. Triathlons are normally on a Sunday but this one starts on the Saturday.
August 12th. At 5:40 pm in Dartford.
And here is a calamity. I booked the Dartford Midnight Wo/Man in a hurry at the end of December to bag a free entry to the Big Swim. Last week I finally noticed when the race is. Triathlons are normally on a Sunday but this one starts on the Saturday.
August 12th. At 5:40 pm in Dartford.
24.27 officially for me, finishing 196th. I did beat Stuart Tuck though, and he was in the correct age group to be THAT Stuart Tuck
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Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Ha ha! As it happens I wasn't there this morning but heard it was a cracker.
I haven't run much this week. The eldest Bobkin Jnr had brain surgery on Thursday (successful - and we're now back home, thankfully) so I've been in Saints country boosting the share price of Costa and M&S!
I'm up for Weakest Link. I need to shift some serious timber (again) did this gives me a good incentive.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Saw that on Strava just now. Super speedy
Still about a dozen seconds slower than a bloke pushing a buggy mind!
