Garry Nelson's teacher
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Brilliant run from Jake W. Mind you he might be the best in the world but many would still rate being the record holder at Worthing parkrun his greatest achievement!
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Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Wightman is good, but can he do the Mill Hill 10k on an already boiling hot Wednesday morning past a load of manure? 
First run for me since Sunday, the new blue shoes are settling in nicely.
First run for me since Sunday, the new blue shoes are settling in nicely.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Well I'm a pile of manure and he ran past me pretty quickly!Wightman is good, but can he do the Mill Hill 10k on an already boiling hot Wednesday morning past a load of manure?
First run for me since Sunday, the new blue shoes are settling in nicely.
Bad Ash
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Tomorrow I have the final vets track league meeting of the season with an 800m. Next week I have entered an open one mile race at Cheltenham. I'll be aiming to beat our club V40 track record which is a rather soft 6:13 (the road record for V40 is 04:58). A long term goal will be sub-5 but I think at the moment I might have a chance at 5:10. I've really enjoyed my first track season, as I think I said after my very first meet, I highly recommend it. I realise now I never replied to [MENTION=1320]Notters[/MENTION] as I'd intended, but I remember before signing up with the athletics club for track sessions I thought they were serious/elite/closed shop, but I've found them really welcoming and encouraging of all standards.
Certainly glad the weather has sorted itself out, I did a 5K on Tuesday evening and although the temps had still dropped a lot it was still rather warm at 7:30pm (Garmin says 26C). I was 30s slower than the same event in June (which was also a relatively warm night) but I recorded a average HR of 180 and max of 188, both of which are 6-8 beats higher than normal!
Certainly glad the weather has sorted itself out, I did a 5K on Tuesday evening and although the temps had still dropped a lot it was still rather warm at 7:30pm (Garmin says 26C). I was 30s slower than the same event in June (which was also a relatively warm night) but I recorded a average HR of 180 and max of 188, both of which are 6-8 beats higher than normal!
Glad you're enjoying it. I've avoided club track sessions this summer as being behind on fitness meant I was likely to overdo it. Went to Withdean yesterday at 1pm and coming down the hill heard a starter pistol shot. A sports day had been rescheduled due to the heatwave. Went home for 2 hours before sneaking in at 3:30. Good free session until a hamstring twinge 70% into it. Did enough for an expected 2:40, give or take 5 secs, at Monday's 800m. Hamstring is being iced and rested.
Good luck tomorrow.
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Garry Nelson's teacher
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Good to see the Gaffer at Hove Prom today even if he was a non combatant. Hope the hammy mends quickly, although they can be buggers. Anyway despite the heckling from the luxury of a beach hut ("go back to Worthing!") and being smoked by the resident old git maestro, an SB of 20.30 @83.33%, my all time PB. Please could you amend the table, Gaffer?
Turning up on my doorstep and getting an AG of 83.33% with a magnificent time of 20:30. Excellent performance especially as it was a hot morning.
I have followed my new strategy of not stretching an injury for the first 3 days. It's now being gently stretched and I'm 80% confident.
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Garry Nelson's teacher
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Wrexham 10k: 43.17 which for me was a decent time but only good enough for 5th very old git.
A good course and a very high quality field. Suspect it wasn't the brightest thing to do to run a fast 5k yesterday.
A good course and a very high quality field. Suspect it wasn't the brightest thing to do to run a fast 5k yesterday.
An incredible AG PB by GNT moves him further away at the top of the table.
| NAME | 5K SB | 5K PB | SB AG | 10K | 10M | HM | M |
| GNT | 20:30 | 20:20 | 83.33% | 40:31 | 1:19:12 | 1:31:18 | 4:19:55 |
| Artie Fufkin | 18:12 | 16:55 | 77.29% | 35:47 | 1:15:58 | 2:42:07 | |
| Bad Ash | 18:21 | 18:21 | 75.89% | 37:43 | 1:35:00 | 3:39:23 | |
| CoolTed | 17:18 | 75.27% | 36:10 | 59:55 | 1:20:39 | 3:01:52 | |
| Soistes | 22:35 | 21:51 | 74.98% | 46:14 | 1:43:12 | 3:51:33 | |
| Knocky | 21:48 | 17:45 | 74.85% | 39:52 | 1:34:00 | 3:50:49 | |
| Blue&WhiteSea | 18:07 | 17:05 | 75.67% | 36:22 | 1:00:09 | 1:20:40 | 2:55:02 |
| Simgull | 20:51 | 20:21 | 73.7% | 42:45 | 1:11:46 | 1:38:14 | 3:44:28 |
| St Leonard's | 18:21 | 18:21 | 73.30% | 1:34:35 | |||
| Curious Orange | 20:11 | 18:36 | 70.77% | 37:59 | 1:24:23.9 | 3:29:23 | |
| ForestRow | 18:23 | 18:23 | 70.17% | 1:22:20 | 3:00:18 | ||
| Bob! | 24:22 | 22:41 | 67.6% | 45.39 | 1:16:42 | 1:44:21 | 3:53:35 |
| Greg Bobkin | 22:52 | 20:54 | 61.08% | 46:57 | 1:18:01 | 1:39:00 | 3:57:37 |
| Notters | 22:13 | 22:13 | 60.54% | ||||
| Perrys Trackie Botoms | % | 1:46:37 | 4:34:24 | ||||
| Big Nuts | 18:00 | 38:10 | 1:05:38 | 1:24:23 | 3:10:23 | ||
| Badger | 18:05 | 37:41 | 1:22:57 | 2:56:33 | |||
| HerrTubthumper | 19:03 | 1:36:10 | 3:05:34 | ||||
| Ben Eltons Bro | 20:33 | 43:03 | 1:32:31 | 3:28:03 | |||
| Anchorman | 21:34 | 46.25 | 1:41:38 | 3:55:00 | |||
| Guinness Boy | 22:04 | 46:50 | 01:21:06 | 1:45.30 | 4:00:06 | ||
| snowflake | % | 44:16 | 1:14:03 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Mr Blobby | 23:05 | % | 48:54 | 1:20:05 | 1:47:44 | 4:13:22 | |
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 |
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Blue&WhiteSea
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[MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] can I get my 10k updated to 36:22 and age grading to 75.67% please
Done above and will move you up the table on AG when I get near a PC.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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I meant to post this yesterday, but you went all the way to Wrexham for a 10k race? Fair play to you, GNT. I can barely make it past Worthing (or Brighton seafront) for one
And well done on the time – superb effort.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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I meant to post this yesterday, but you went all the way to Wrexham for a 10k race? Fair play to you, GNT. I can barely make it past Worthing (or Brighton seafront) for one
And well done on the time – superb effort.
Ah, there's a reason. The Wrexham race was one of 4 qualifying races for a place in the England masters 10k squad in 2023. I thought I might have a slim chance depending on who else turned up: a top 3 placing guaranteed selection. The category was 65+. I managed 5th in the 65-69 category but 2 of these weren't registered for the masters. Plus I overtook the first 70 year old on the finish line (65+ included 70s). I had done it! An England vest! And then the results came out. It was chip timing and the guy I'd beaten on the line was 1 second faster than me. I missed out on selection by 1 second.
It was a long drive home from Wrexham!
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Bugger. Shades of GB's Brighton marathon (nearly) sub-4 effort.
Do you get another shot?
Is anyone doing the ‘Beer Mile’ at Preston Park Velodrome Thursday?
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Garry Nelson's teacher
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Yes mate. Leeds (October), Telford (December), London (early in 2023).
Surely they should be using gun times for selection purposes? Chip timing works fine for most requirements in large fields, but you can't race someone if you can't see them!
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Fair point, Ted. Any runner taking part in the masters qualification was meant to wear something pinned on the back of their vest stating their age category. The guy who I narrowly beat wasn't wearing one so I only picked up that he was a vet as I closed him down. Arguably had he been wearing his age cat number I would have picked him off earlier.
But it wasn't a disqualification issue, so that's the way the cookie crumbled.
We move on......
But it wasn't a disqualification issue, so that's the way the cookie crumbled.
We move on......
Excellent run old man. You must regret setting a PB AG the day before and sitting in a car to Wrexham.
I'll mention them to John Orden.
