I’ve received mine. Came through last Friday I think.
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I’ve received mine. Came through last Friday I think.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Get well soon, Gaffer!
Cheers. I may go and do it anyway. Can't do any worse than last home........
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Unless you get a DNF, of course...
SwedishSonna
Active member
Has been a week of PB's for me.
5k - 23:41 (29/01)
10k - 52:18 (05/02)
1k - 4:24 (29/01)
1 mile - 7:14 (29/01)
Considering a year or two ago it was taking well over half hr to run 5k (if that), I'm really proud of my progress. Now to start upping my distance.
5k - 23:41 (29/01)
10k - 52:18 (05/02)
1k - 4:24 (29/01)
1 mile - 7:14 (29/01)
Considering a year or two ago it was taking well over half hr to run 5k (if that), I'm really proud of my progress. Now to start upping my distance.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,023
Fantastic effort. Keep on going – the distance will naturally increase as you improve fitness, strengthen muscles and increase stamina
Few of my club pals do this - standard is pretty high, but one of them is often v close to the back. You can chat to him..........
Superb progress !
Just seen someone has got a ballot place for the Royal Parks Half marathon.........£59 plus £3.95 for postage of the race pack for a crowded course. No thanks ! Just paid half that for a 6 hour race with over 100 fully-stocked aid stations.
Bob!
Coffee Buyer
- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,629
Anyone up for this ? There are some good accounts of previous events........website tells you what you need to know, read the FAQ
https://www.pieceofstringfunrun.com...3IdkmwPbXxoqi7vNeVdy25f-2Ec_q6tkbKAuDLZuHDxCo
https://www.pieceofstringfunrun.com...3IdkmwPbXxoqi7vNeVdy25f-2Ec_q6tkbKAuDLZuHDxCo
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Horrible running weather - but I went out anyway, needed to do a little run just to keep everything moving after the 8-miler I did on Wednesday. I feel so slow at the moment 
The Running Thread the only thread on NSC guaranteed to be supportive...................
...at least today's weather will even things up a bit.
I was thinking that. I am the Burnley of running.
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Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
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That all sounds a bit bizarre and overly complicated. Not for me, Clive.
Garry Nelson's teacher
Well-known member
Well, you are no stranger to the claret?
Garry Nelson's teacher
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First thought: bloody hell the entry standards look amazing.
Second thought: if the overtaken runner moves right (into lanes 2 or 3) just how far will they (the slower guys) actually run after doing the requisite number of laps?
Think [MENTION=24635]Greg Bobkin[/MENTION] might have been looking at the other Centurion link (piece of string race).......
Good question. It was interesting doing the Amex Marathon a few weeks ago with the elite runner that was in the field - he was very clearly and obviously taking the 'racing line' on the inside all the time, to the extent he was calling ahead to people to move out - I hadn't thought about it previously but obviously the decent runners know what difference it makes on lapped events. Just an extra 10 yards every lap in a 24 hour track ultra for an elite ultrarunner would cost them over 6km if my calcs are correct (ie they'll have run 6km further than the results given them credit for)