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Shame my internet is playing up. Looks like I'll miss it.
They’ll be looking for volunteers for the marshalling [emoji106][emoji16]
It's my Birthday. I'll be getting dizzy elsewhere.............
Applied to join Arena 80 yesterday. Initial response was muted. You have told us your age but we are not able to take you on unless you can run a 5k in under 25". Please send your running times. Wife couldn't believe someone was actually interested in them.
Duly emailed them in, deliberately omitting my marathon times, and have been invited to join in training this week and have the Withdean track induction on the 17th. All seems a bit serious to me.
Duly emailed them in, deliberately omitting my marathon times, and have been invited to join in training this week and have the Withdean track induction on the 17th. All seems a bit serious to me.
Pembury
New member
Looks like i wont be sharing my birthday cake then!
Tried to stick to @GBs pacing plan but difficult with a fairly strong easterly. 7:45, 7:25, 7:10 and final .1 of a mile at 5:45 pace = 23"
Good to see all the faces I'll await the race reports. I was the NSC backrunner.
Garry Nelson's teacher
Well-known member
Yes good to see you and our two speed merchants up front. A mediocre 22.16 (73.95%) for me plus a very sore Achilles.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
New pb for Junior Orange today, and slow (unplanned) recovery jog for me.
You still beat me by 2% in the age grading stakes.
There can’t be many park runs in the country where 17:03 is only good enough for 6th place. Some really strong runners on show today at the Prom.
If you stay injury free my money is on a pb Parkrun from you. Great run. Glad to be in a position to see you two dash to the line. No way were you going to get caught to the line yesterday. Added bonus is you beat the Councillor, who is a very competitive runner.
Valiant effort by an out of sorts Ninja. He'll be back!
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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I was amazed by my 19:04 to be honest, I just sat in with the big fella for quite some time until he started to stretch away and he wasn't going to slow down. In truth, I was going to be happy with anything less than 19:15 and given that we're after aggregate times, I think I'm still in the hunt. Bevendean is going to be the big one I think - if that one is second, then it's the one I'm going to have to dominate. I know the course and I feel like I should be able to eat into the deficit. We'll see!
I went out this morning with young Dave and ran 6.5 miles in about 1:10, so not quite the usual pace but a nice trip over the Downs.
I went out this morning with young Dave and ran 6.5 miles in about 1:10, so not quite the usual pace but a nice trip over the Downs.
Binning off parkrun was only going to be sensible if I did my LSR as planned today. As I stood outside The Albert last night necking Jaipur and having a crafty smoke with [MENTION=409]Herr Tubthumper[/MENTION] (very nice to meet you BTW, you do not strike me as a man who subsists on sausages, beer and ice cream) this looked extremely unlikely.
Somehow struggled up and managed 11 miles with a long break in the middle to drop the kids off at the pool. Finished at the Lagoon, a mile from home, had an icebath / paddle (sea is MUCH colder than it was in July, it really seems to have sorted my calves out), a post run Mr Whippy and Flake and walked the last mile back. Now for a day on the sofa watching the cricket
Somehow struggled up and managed 11 miles with a long break in the middle to drop the kids off at the pool. Finished at the Lagoon, a mile from home, had an icebath / paddle (sea is MUCH colder than it was in July, it really seems to have sorted my calves out), a post run Mr Whippy and Flake and walked the last mile back. Now for a day on the sofa watching the cricket
Binning off parkrun was only going to be sensible if I did my LSR as planned today. As I stood outside The Albert last night necking Jaipur and having a crafty smoke with [MENTION=409]Herr Tubthumper[/MENTION] (very nice to meet you BTW, you do not strike me as a man who subsists on sausages, beer and ice cream) this looked extremely unlikely.
Somehow struggled up and managed 11 miles with a long break in the middle to drop the kids off at the pool. Finished at the Lagoon, a mile from home, had an icebath / paddle (sea is MUCH colder than it was in July, it really seems to have sorted my calves out), a post run Mr Whippy and Flake and walked the last mile back. Now for a day on the sofa watching the cricket
Bailed on my long run this morning. Too tired and head not willing to counteract it today.
Bailed on my long run this morning. Too tired and head not willing to counteract it today.
That's a shame. It was bloody hot on the coast, certainly not a day for running tired. My splits are the very definition of "died on my arse".
I started on my arse and stayed there.......probably feeling yesterday’s 2 hour run, heavy meal last night etc. Not the best prep.
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Binning off parkrun was only going to be sensible if I did my LSR as planned today. As I stood outside The Albert last night necking Jaipur and having a crafty smoke with [MENTION=409]Herr Tubthumper[/MENTION] (very nice to meet you BTW, you do not strike me as a man who subsists on sausages, beer and ice cream) this looked extremely unlikely.
Somehow struggled up and managed 11 miles with a long break in the middle to drop the kids off at the pool. Finished at the Lagoon, a mile from home, had an icebath / paddle (sea is MUCH colder than it was in July, it really seems to have sorted my calves out), a post run Mr Whippy and Flake and walked the last mile back. Now for a day on the sofa watching the cricket
Likewise, really nice to finally put a face to our NSC exchanges. Good talking to you and now I know what you look like I can say hello.
I guess this is an appropriate time to give an update on my running situation. After a lay off I intend to go for a short run this week to see how the groin/leg is. As the Berlin marathon is in two weeks time, and I have been laid off for 4 weeks, I have withdrawn my entry. The good news is they offered me a guaranteed place for next year. I am very happy they did this, it certainly mitigated some of the disappointment. This now concludes a disappointing running year for me. But, I’ll learn from it and have another crack next year. Once I’m up and running again I will work on my half marathon time between now and my next 26.2.
I'm feeling good at the moment and yes on a still day I think I could threaten 18:30 which is my aim for this year.
I had probably over done it in the build up to Saturday with a hard track session Wednesday and a really competitive game of football Thursday. Got to the Prom late as I had to cycle back to get my keys, so my warm up time was non-existent as needed a pre-race crap and the toilet had no toilet paper. Managed to scavenge 3ply's from the toilet floor to mop up the worst, but was delighted to get in the shower after my cycle home.
With Big Nuts Jnr running his first Park Run this morning 16:54 (2k) it means my Sunday long run will be after the cricket today. Looks lovely out there so I may try to head towards the coast if play lasts through to 18:30.
I emailed the Tom Ulliott group and will be running with them each Tuesday evening which hopefully will help with my speed at 5 and 10k.
FFS. That is a dastardly trick. No wonder Ninja hung back.