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St Leonards Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2012
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I'm thinking about entering, the one thing that puts me off is that it's running laps on the promenade, so I feel I might get bored.
Does anyone know of any other races this side of Sussex coming up?
Pondicherry
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I'm doing the Mel's Milers 10K in Horsham this Sunday. Its pretty flat - starts at Christs's Hospital - mostly along the Dowsn Link to Southwater - around the country park and back again. Last year was very hot so hoping for a bit cooler this year.
Not at all. Last 2 years I have rested far too long after the marathon eating and drinking without any significant weight gain. Then one month becomes another month and then another month and then the belly tyre starts inflating and finally the love handles make an appearance. Then the Ashes begin and I have tickets for 11 days of very competitive drinking.
Next thing it's September and I haven't run since April 12th...........So a NSC challenge in June would be a beneficial target.
Ninja probably has to go sub 19:50 to grab gold but Bignuts could be up for sub 19:30.
nwgull
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Ooooh, running friends!Me too, we can run together
Sub-21? I don't actually believe that is humanly possible.
I'm in Bristol for work so did a quick run around the floating harbour this morning. Unlike my regular runs at home (first mile down, last mile uphill) it is largely flat.
I tried to not go out too fast, as my usual downhill start always seems to, and thought I'd aim for c9m/miles (my fastest average is 9:16/mile) and it went ok.
It's a nice little lap to run too, although the wet cobbles are very slippery.
I didn't either three months ago but have knocked a minute off my parkrun time this year (in 2 attempts), to 21:09 a couple of weeks back......
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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I'm nowhere near sub-21 - maybe by June, but it's a big ask.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
London Irish
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Me too, we can run together
Only on condition we run it with Steve Foster and discuss Israel/Palestine the entire way
Only on condition we run it with Steve Foster and discuss Israel/Palestine the entire way
It's a DEAL. I trust discussions on UKIP and the lack of reinvestment of the Ulloa proceeds are there for when we hit the wall?
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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It's only 2 laps - I ran the poppy with 3 laps so will be fine for me...
I've just entered!
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Quick question - all info and suggestions v helpful - [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] may be the man with the knowledge on this...
I have a £100 voucher for somewhere. Was going to update my 10yr old ipod nano purely to get an ipod with built in Nike+ so I don't have to lug my iphone around in my pocket (i dont ever look at splits while running)... But it seems as the nano has no GPS, it isn't that accurate to use Nike+ on - is there even an ipod with GPS out there? I'm not going to buy one if I can't use Nike+ on it easily and accurately...
Thanks in advance runners!
I have a £100 voucher for somewhere. Was going to update my 10yr old ipod nano purely to get an ipod with built in Nike+ so I don't have to lug my iphone around in my pocket (i dont ever look at splits while running)... But it seems as the nano has no GPS, it isn't that accurate to use Nike+ on - is there even an ipod with GPS out there? I'm not going to buy one if I can't use Nike+ on it easily and accurately...
Thanks in advance runners!
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simple answer is no there is not. the iPod nano's use accelerometers which aren't very accurate, you have to either go with the phone and get an arm strap... or what i would suggest is do what i do, get an iPod shuffle (£30) and get a running watch.. i use a Garmin Forerunner 220 (£200) because I'm marathon training but if you don't run much then there are a lot of slightly cheaper watches out there. good luck!
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Thanks Shaun. Yeh I usually use my phone but keep in pocket as don't like looking at distance etc. I like to use nike+ as my mates all use it. I assume there's not a watch out there that does nike+?! I have no idea, although I don't want to spend much on one a I don't like lookig at times!
thats fair enough, I don't like it moving around as i run but if it doesn't bother you then thats all good, and I don't know any watches that use Nike+ either! sorry
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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I use Nike+ on my phone along with an armstrap that is designed for my phone. Don't really notice it to be honest, and the armstrap was only about £2 from ebay.
Although the watches like Garmin etc don't use Nike+, there are apps you can get for your phone which can integrate data from different running apps and watches, including Garmin and Nike+.
So I use the free RunGap app which does this, because sometimes I like to run with my phone and listen to music, in which case I use Runkeeper to track my run, and sometimes I like not to be encumbered and I just use my Garmin Forerunner. RunGap integrates the data from both of them into a single activity list (it also works with Nike+ though I don't use that one).