BenElton'sBrother
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You know it's time to pack it in when you start getting overtaken by the dead - FECK!
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You know it's time to pack it in when you start getting overtaken by the dead - FECK!
Do you expect the winner will be small or just far away?
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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I got GFA in 2017 and a few days later London Marathon changed the qualifying time from sub 3:05 to sub 3:00.
I had planned to do VLM as my last marathon and then chuck it in.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Well done on your win, Gaffer. Clean sweep: overall win/category win/AG win. And you top out their old git all time list. OK so the competition was restricted to a couple of 3 legged sheep, but you can only beat whoever turns up!
21.05 at Littlehampton (80.32% AG), getting me 2nd on their very old git all time list. Bit of a breeze, but a fast course - if possibly a tad long. Not Brighton marathon long, though.
21.05 at Littlehampton (80.32% AG), getting me 2nd on their very old git all time list. Bit of a breeze, but a fast course - if possibly a tad long. Not Brighton marathon long, though.
Thank you but I came second by 2 minutes. Getting more unfit by the week and the Achilles is now at it’s worst. Time for a break.
Lovely group of people today and really enjoyed it.
Meanwhile you get better and better.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Thank you but I came second by 2 minutes. Getting more unfit by the week and the Achilles is now at it’s worst. Time for a break.
Lovely group of people today and really enjoyed it.
Meanwhile you get better and better.
Sorry mate - misread the results (senior moment). Achilles can be ******** to clear up. Mine was probably nowhere near as bad as yours (just a niggle really) but it was the change of shoes that's sorted it. That course you did is one the the collection.
Artie Fufkin
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Hope everyone's had a good weekend of running!
It's now taper time for me with 2 weeks to go til London. A little bit of sharpening up and a whole lot of freshening up is in store. Excited to be toe'ing the line with and testing myself alongside (hanging onto) some very classy guys and girls at the big dance around London in 14 days... Long range weather forecast is looking pretty kind at the moment.
This morning's tune for my post-run recovery shakeout at home with my boys had to be this 80's classic from the one hit wonder that was Matthew Wilder!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY-t8xobJLQ
It's now taper time for me with 2 weeks to go til London. A little bit of sharpening up and a whole lot of freshening up is in store. Excited to be toe'ing the line with and testing myself alongside (hanging onto) some very classy guys and girls at the big dance around London in 14 days... Long range weather forecast is looking pretty kind at the moment.
This morning's tune for my post-run recovery shakeout at home with my boys had to be this 80's classic from the one hit wonder that was Matthew Wilder!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY-t8xobJLQ
Hope everyone's had a good weekend of running!
It's now taper time for me with 2 weeks to go til London. A little bit of sharpening up and a whole lot of freshening up is in store. Excited to be toe'ing the line with and testing myself alongside (hanging onto) some very classy guys and girls at the big dance around London in 14 days... Long range weather forecast is looking pretty kind at the moment.
This morning's tune for my post-run recovery shakeout at home with my boys had to be this 80's classic from the one hit wonder that was Matthew Wilder!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY-t8xobJLQ
That’s a great track. Have you got a target time in mind?
Artie Fufkin
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hey mate, I'll firm up my target time and plan how to tackle it the week of the race depending on how the next week or so goes, but I'd absolutely love to PB so getting home inside 2:44:37 (from my last marathon outing in 2019). 2 years older and a lack of racing over these Covid times might be against me but I'm going to enjoy trying. I'll need to run inside 2:40 to hold onto my Championship eligibility
(they've dropped it down from 2:45 for next year). The big thing right now is to not get ill and definitely do my best to avoid a positive test result (#washhands) preventing me from making it to the starting line at all. The waves have started up at the schools again now so I'm dreading those lateral flow tests we have to take a few days out from the race.
hey mate, I'll firm up my target time and plan how to tackle it the week of the race depending on how the next week or so goes, but I'd absolutely love to PB so getting home inside 2:44:37 (from my last marathon outing in 2019). 2 years older and a lack of racing over these Covid times might be against me but I'm going to enjoy trying. I'll need to run inside 2:40 to hold onto my Championship eligibility
The big thing right now is to not get ill and definitely do my best to avoid a positive test result (#washhands) preventing me from making it to the starting line at all. The waves have started up at the schools again now so I'm dreading those lateral flow tests we have to take a few days out from the race.
Great stuff Artie. Hope it all comes good on the day. NSC SPOTY , or all years, award on the line. Has to be your main objective?
Artie Fufkin
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Thanks very much Gaffer! I'm not sure a NSC SPOTY shortlist is in contention but I'll certainly be representing the NSC Runners club
I finally have a race result and an entry to put in the table. They set up a 5k race in the ground of the Exhibition Centre in Toronto and invited groups to enter in hourly waves, which were really just separate races through the morning. My Run-TO-Beer running club took over the 11am slot.
It was the most horrible course I've ever run on. 4 laps of a park with some horribly tight turns, one of which I almost had to stop at. I did want to test myself though and see what kind of race shape I'm in having not really done any training during the pandemic. I did go off way too fast with a 3:25 first km and then it was a case of just holding on to a more sensible pace until the end. I finished at a very Albion appropriate time of 19:01, winning my wave and getting first place in my category overall. Almost a minute off my PB but I'm more than happy with that given how horrible the course was and my lack of real training. Also, it's the first time I've crossed the line first.
Can someone calculate my AG % for me? I'm 37. I used the wrong calculator last time.
It was the most horrible course I've ever run on. 4 laps of a park with some horribly tight turns, one of which I almost had to stop at. I did want to test myself though and see what kind of race shape I'm in having not really done any training during the pandemic. I did go off way too fast with a 3:25 first km and then it was a case of just holding on to a more sensible pace until the end. I finished at a very Albion appropriate time of 19:01, winning my wave and getting first place in my category overall. Almost a minute off my PB but I'm more than happy with that given how horrible the course was and my lack of real training. Also, it's the first time I've crossed the line first.
Can someone calculate my AG % for me? I'm 37. I used the wrong calculator last time.
Well done Badger. I’m away but if no one updates I’ll do it on return next month.
70.21% [MENTION=6625]Badger[/MENTION] Good return.
Thanks [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION]
Table updated.
Table updated.
| NAME | 5K SB | 5K PB | SB AG | 10K | 10M | HM | M |
| GNT | 20:56 | 20:20 | 80.89% | 40:31 | 1:19:12 | 1:31:18 | 4:19:55 |
| Knocky | 20:56 | 17:45 | 77.31% | 39:52 | 1:34:00 | 3:50:49 | |
| HerrTubthumper | 19:44 | 19:03 | 76.6% | 1:36:10 | 3:05:34 | ||
| Big Nuts | 18:10 | 18:10 | 75.7% | 38:10 | 1:05:38 | 1:24:23 | 3:15:59 |
| CoolTed | 23:55 | 17:18 | 74.63% | 36:10 | 59:55 | 1:20:39 | 3:01:52 |
| Soistes | 23:37 | 21:51 | 71.7% | 46:14 | 1:43:12 | 3:51:33 | |
| Simgull | 21:28 | 20:21 | 71.58% | 42:45 | 1:11:46 | 1:38:14 | 3:44:28 |
| Badger | 19:01 | 18:05 | 70.21% | 38:04 | 1:22:57 | 2:56:33 | |
| Bad Ash | 19:38 | 19:38 | 70.03% | 43:27 | 1:35:00 | 3:43:03 | |
| Blue&WhiteSea | 19:16 | 17:05 | 69.81% | 36:53 | 1:00:09 | 1:22:39 | |
| Anchorman | 23:13 | 21:34 | 69.71% | 46.25 | 1:41:38 | 3:55:00 | |
| Ben Eltons Bro | 20:38 | 20:38 | 67.12% | 44:48 | 1:39:26 | 3:33:28 | |
| Bob! | 24:34 | 22:41 | 66.45% | 45.39 | 1:16:42 | 1:44:21 | 3:53:35 |
| Artie Fufkin | 16:55 | % | 35:47 | 1:15:58 | 2:44:37 | ||
| Ninja Elephant | 17:37 | % | 37:33 | 1:07:57 | 1:27:43 | 3:10:49 | |
| Fitzcarraldo | 19:33 | % | |||||
| Mr Banana | 19:28 | % | |||||
| P's Harmonica | 20:10 | % | 43:03 | 1:33:56 | 3:27:19 | ||
| Guinness Boy | 22:04 | % | 46:50 | 01:21:06 | 1:45.30 | 4:00:06 | |
| Left Back | 21:02 | % | 45:47 | 1:42:01 | |||
| Mr Blobby | 23:05 | % | 48:54 | 1:20:05 | 1:47:44 | 4:13:22 | |
| Greg Bobkin | 20:54 | % | 42: | 1:13: | 1:39:00 | 3:57:37 | |
| Notters | 23:55 | % | |||||
| CompleteBadger | 19:37 | % | 41:25 | 1:17:11 | 1:30:58 | 3:29:52 | |
| chaileyjem | 24:45 | % | 54:47 | 1:54:30 | |||
| DFreemansPerm | 28:46 | ||||||
| Curious Orange | [/td] [td]18:36 | % | 37:59 | 1:24:23.9 | 3:29:23 | ||
| St Leonard's | 19.44 | % | 1:34:35 | ||||
| Biffy Boy | 19.55 | % | 41:31 | 1:33:17 | 3:18:39 | ||
| Dazzer | 19.57 | % | 1:36 | 3:43: | |||
| jimmygull | 20:50 | 49:19 | 4:04:32 | ||||
| seagull-si | 21.29 | % | 1:43:42 | ||||
| lostinlondon | 22:00 | % | 44.13 | ||||
| Nathan | 22:36 | % | 46:58 | 1:44:54 | 4:06:25 | ||
| sjamesb3466 | 22:58 | % | 47:14 | 1:21:12 | 1:48:49 | ||
| JoePrecious | 19:44 | 46:19 | 1:24:08 | 1:38:13 | 4:04:30 | ||
| Jonny Rainbow | 41:43 | 1:12:40 | 3:24:38 | ||||
| Shippers | 1:43:42 |
Artie Fufkin
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Bristol half marathon winner disqualified after running wrong race
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-58623893
I guess rules are rules but I kind of feel it goes against the spirit of what running should be about. I would have let him keep the win.
I've run a couple of races before where there's been two different races happening at the same time and there's a point somewhere along the route where the 2 courses split up. It can be very confusing, despite signage, when you're in a mass field and focused on running well.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-58623893
I guess rules are rules but I kind of feel it goes against the spirit of what running should be about. I would have let him keep the win.
I've run a couple of races before where there's been two different races happening at the same time and there's a point somewhere along the route where the 2 courses split up. It can be very confusing, despite signage, when you're in a mass field and focused on running well.
Goodwood is the best for this 5k, 10k, HM, 20m and Marathon all using the same track simultaneously but starting at different times. Plenty of distance markers but all the same colour so no knowing which race they relate to! A watch is pretty essential!
Artie Fufkin
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Crikey, that sounds like running carnage! Feels like event organisers of those kind of events are trying to harvest up a bumper participant attendance without having to spend more. I get it but I'm not sure it makes for an enjoyable running event that would make me want to rush to sign up again.
The likes of Bournemouth do it really well I think. Staging a weekend "running festival" with the various distances (and kids races) over the Saturday and Sunday. I've run the Bournemouth Half a couple of times and it's been really nice to make a weekend of it and take in all the races.
I do like it when they spread races over a weekend. My favourite was Philidelphia. I went there with a big group of running friends in 2019 for what turned out to be my last race before Covid. They have the half marathon and 8k on the Saturday, then the full marathon on the Sunday. I took part in the half and 8k; got hammered on the Saturday night; then watched the full on the Sunday. Perfect.
Most of the multi event races here tend to have the half/full marathon combined then any 5k/10k tends to be a separate event either the day before or early morning before the main races. Combining all the events into one just seems like a recipe for disaster (as has been highlighted here).