Official Running Thread

[Anchorman]

Curious Orange SB 18:36 PB 18:36 AG:
Big Nuts SB 19:00 PB 18:40 AG:
Hooky SB 19:52 PB 19:52 AG 71.90%
Penny's harmonica SB 20:10 PB 20:10 AG 72:56%
Dazzer SB - 20.22 PB 19.57 AG:
GNT SB 20.29 PB: 20:20 AG: 79.66%
JoePrecious SB 21:10 PB 19:44 AG 69.68%
Simgull SB 21:20 PB 20:21 AG:69.14%
Left Back SB 21:28 PB 21:28 AG: 68.17%
Greg Bobkin SB: 21:44; PB: 20:54 AG: 61.83%
Soistes SB 21:59 PB 21:59 AG 73:62%
Anchorman SB 22:44 PB 21:34 AG 68.77%
Knocky SB 22:52 PB 17:45 AG:68.37%
Seaford SB 23:38 PB 23:38 AG
Comp Badger SB 23:29 PB 23:29 AG 55.07%
m20gull SB 28:18 PB 26:15 AG 54.3%

Been shying away from this table as was not confident about my cut, edit and paste skills, but I think I've managed it!!

 

[soistes]

Loving this table. However, given my age (62 in a few days), my chances of getting near one of the Champions League spots are minimal to non-existent.

However, if we could agree that on any fair assessment, ranking by AG is the way to go, I'd be in with a decent chance, and closing the (still considerable) gap with GNT would be a real motivator.

Either way, it's pretty impressive that a football fans forum can muster such a list of acceptable distance runners. You'd certainly not credit it looking at a cross-section of ST holders who sit near me in WSU, a goodly proportion of whom can't get up the stairs at the stadium without stopping for a breather half way.

 

[Curious Orange]

NAME	SB	PB	AG
Curious Orange	18:36	18:36	73.92%
Big Nuts	19:00	18:40	70.26%
Hooky	19:52	19:52	71.90%
Penny's Harmonica	20:10	20:10	72:56%
Dazzer	20.22	19.57
GNT	20.29	20:20	79.66%
JoePrecious	21:10	19:44	69.68%
Simgull	21:20	20:21	69.14%
Left Back	21:28	21:28	68.17%
Greg Bobkin	21:44	20:54	61.83%
Soistes	21:59	21:59	73.62%
Anchorman	22:44	21:34	68.77%
Knocky	22:52	17:45	68.37%
Seaford	23:38	23:38
Comp Badger	23:29	23:29	55.07%
m20gull	28:18	26:15	54.3%

Right folks, the above table should be correct.

I can see that we are better runners than IT nerds on this thread, so some quick instructions on using the table.

1) Use the Reply with quote button to get the latest version of the table.
2) Use the Go Advanced editing option rather than quick reply as this makes the formatting of the table easier to see.
3) Remove the QUOTE tags from the start and finish of the quoted text (including user name and post number) so that it is no longer displayed as a quote:
4) Edit your entry, which should look something like this:

[tr]
	[td]Curious Orange    [/td]
	[td]18:36    [/td]
	[td]18:36    [/td]
	[td]73.92%    [/td]
[/tr]

When shifting an entry up and down the just bear in mind that the

[tr]

and

[/tr]

tags mark the start and end of a row respectively.

 

[penny's harmonica]

There are battles to be fought across the league - and with some heavy hitters yet to join it can only hot up! (This is my impersonation of an intern on the sport pages of the Argus.)

NAME	SB	PB	AG
Curious Orange	18:36	18:36	73.92%
Big Nuts	19:00	18:40	70.26%
Hooky	19:52	19:52	71.90%
Penny's Harmonica	20:10	20:10	72:56%
Dazzer	20.22	19.57
GNT	20.29	20:20	79.66%
JoePrecious	21:10	19:44	69.68%
Simgull	21:20	20:21	69.14%
Left Back	21:28	21:28	68.17%
Greg Bobkin	21:44	20:54	61.83%
Soistes	21:59	21:59	73.62%
Anchorman	22:44	21:34	68.77%
Knocky	22:52	17:45	68.37%
Seaford	23:38	23:38
Comp Badger	23:29	23:29	55.07%
m20gull	28:18	26:15	54.3%

Right folks, the above table should be correct.

I can see that we are better runners than IT nerds on this thread, so some quick instructions on using the table.

1) Use the Reply with quote button to get the latest version of the table.
2) Use the Go Advanced editing option rather than quick reply as this makes the formatting of the table easier to see.
3) Remove the QUOTE tags from the start and finish of the quoted text (including user name and post number) so that it is no longer displayed as a quote:
4) Edit your entry, which should look something like this:

[tr]
	[td]Curious Orange    [/td]
	[td]18:36    [/td]
	[td]18:36    [/td]
	[td]73.92%    [/td]
[/tr]

When shifting an entry up and down the just bear in mind that the

[tr]

and

[/tr]

tags mark the start and end of a row respectively.

Looks good. Fortunately my stats won't be changing any time soon as video recorder settings springs to mind. Your showing the rest of us up on 2 counts

 

[knocky1]

Loving this table. However, given my age (62 in a few days), my chances of getting near one of the Champions League spots are minimal to non-existent.

However, if we could agree that on any fair assessment, ranking by AG is the way to go, I'd be in with a decent chance, and closing the (still considerable) gap with GNT would be a real motivator.

Either way, it's pretty impressive that a football fans forum can muster such a list of acceptable distance runners. You'd certainly not credit it looking at a cross-section of ST holders who sit near me in WSU, a goodly proportion of whom can't get up the stairs at the stadium without stopping for a breather half way.

Impressed with your running, however..............You'll need a rocket up your arse to catch him. You're 90 seconds behind on AG and need a sub 20:30 to match him. I gave up with a 76.29% effort last August. GNT can AG front run on his own.
You'll do better to push on to stop anyone behind overtaking your AG. I've certainly got you in my sights .........

 

[knocky1]

Looks good. Fortunately my stats won't be changing any time soon as video recorder settings springs to mind. Your showing the rest of us up on 2 counts

Would he do it if he was last? It's almost an incentive to run slower so you don't have to change the table.

 

[dazzer6666]

Is the AG column based on the SB or the PB ??

 

[dazzer6666]

NAME	SB	PB	AG
Curious Orange	18:36	18:36	73.92%
Big Nuts	19:00	18:40	70.26%
Hooky	19:52	19:52	71.90%
Penny's Harmonica	20:10	20:10	72:56%
Dazzer	20.22	19.57	72.42%
GNT	20.29	20:20	79.66%
JoePrecious	21:10	19:44	69.68%
Simgull	21:20	20:21	69.14%
Left Back	21:28	21:28	68.17%
Greg Bobkin	21:44	20:54	61.83%
Soistes	21:59	21:59	73.62%
Anchorman	22:44	21:34	68.77%
Knocky	22:52	17:45	68.37%
Seaford	23:38	23:38
Comp Badger	23:29	23:29	55.07%
m20gull	28:18	26:15	54.3%

 

[knocky1]

Is the AG column based on the SB or the PB ??

SB.

 

[dazzer6666]

Cheers, I guessed right then

 

[soistes]

Impressed with your running, however..............You'll need a rocket up your arse to catch him. You're 90 seconds behind on AG and need a sub 20:30 to match him. I gave up with a 76.29% effort last August. GNT can AG front run on his own.
You'll do better to push on to stop anyone behind overtaking your AG. I've certainly got you in my sights .........

Yes, I fear you're right. My latest AG was back in February, and although I've been consistently above 70 on pretty well all 5k runs since then, I think I'll struggle to top it, let alone get anywhere near GNT's levels. You can but dream, however.... and as you say, keeping my position in the AG ranking will also be challenging given the competition on NSC

 

[Greg Bobkin]

With the missing 'regulars' to come, we will have – as I predicted – five teams for Weakest Link next year then?

Easy way of deciding the groups too - [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION], you could be out of a job!

 

[knocky1]

With the missing 'regulars' to come, we will have – as I predicted – five teams for Weakest Link next year then?

Easy way of deciding the groups too - [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION], you could be out of a job!

If only you knew the problems faced by upper management. Trying to get a load of wastrel, prima Donnas into teams is not easy when they use sick notes, holidays or work as an excuse in the week before. The boys done well in the end though.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Resting knee and blister on Sunday paid off. Managed to crack out 5 reasonably effortless miles this morning on the seafront. The interesting thing is that my Garmin has died and gone to Garmin heaven (or at least back to them for another fix under warranty ) so I ran without a watch and measured it on my phone's Strava app. The pacing is very odd. First two miles almost identical, mile three much faster, mile four paying for mile 3 and mile 5 slower due to fatigue / heat / rush hour traffic / cool down.

I think I've taken from that that when I run naturally my steady pace is about 9.20 (needs to go down to about 8,40 in time for Brighton) and I speed it up when there are a lot a slim 20-something women doing Bootcamp sprints on Hove Lawns

 

[Bigtomfu]

... and I speed it up when there are a lot a slim 20-something women doing Bootcamp sprints on Hove Lawns

I'd say that makes it look like interval training but in the summer down there you'd basically be sprinting for about ten miles from Shoreham to Saltdean.

My friends and I have an anonymous term to describe such scenes without being caught out with a skunk eye from the Mrs.

"Went for a tremendous walkabout, marvellous scenes to behold by all!"

 

[Ninja Elephant]

NAME	SB	PB	AG
Curious Orange	18:36	18:36	73.92%
Ninja Elephant	18:50	18:50	67.80%
Big Nuts	19:00	18:40	70.26%
Hooky	19:52	19:52	71.90%
Penny's Harmonica	20:10	20:10	72:56%
Dazzer	20.22	19.57	72.42%
GNT	20.29	20:20	79.66%
JoePrecious	21:10	19:44	69.68%
Simgull	21:20	20:21	69.14%
Left Back	21:28	21:28	68.17%
Greg Bobkin	21:44	20:54	61.83%
Soistes	21:59	21:59	73.62%
Anchorman	22:44	21:34	68.77%
Knocky	22:52	17:45	68.37%
Seaford	23:38	23:38
Comp Badger	23:29	23:29	55.07%
m20gull	28:18	26:15	54.3%

Work to be done! Cracking table and good to see the running community growing as well. Is it time for the NSC Runners Club to get affiliated?!

 

[Simgull]

If only you knew the problems faced by upper management. Trying to get a load of wastrel, prima Donnas into teams is not easy when they use sick notes, holidays or work as an excuse in the week before. The boys done well in the end though.

Don't worry, you haven't lost the dressing room.....yet ��

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Don't worry, you haven't lost the dressing room.....yet ��

However, I did hear there were murmurings about bringing in a director of running...

 

[knocky1]

However, I did hear there were murmurings about bringing in a director of running...

I refuse to resign as I realise how much I am needed. [MENTION=67]Curious Orange[/MENTION] spreadsheet league is not replacing me. Going through the League table to get the teams this year would have given:

Team 1 absent too far away, 2 and 3 OK, 4, newbie lurker
Team 2. Sick, work,, work, who are you?
Team 3. Recovering from SB, who are you?, solid @GB, who are you?
Team 4. lurker turn up 5" before without notice, ME, newbie, lurker
Team 5 [MENTION=2351]m20gull[/MENTION] running 5 legs on his own.

6 weakest link runners not yet in League table inc. a super ego, the lazy, the busy and the Ringer, without whom it would not have been possible.

We would have disgraced ourselves........plus could a League Table have picked up the team race numbers, taken a bamboo flag pole, supplied safety pins, subsidised [MENTION=18183]big nuts[/MENTION] entry by 50% and stay in the pub till 11.30 to ensure everyone was enjoying the Social Activity?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Roasting hot out there yesterday, not really sure why I decided to go out in 27 degree heat but now getting a few miles on the clock each week and feel good for it. Annoyingly I will at some point, for whatever reason, have a couple of weeks off and we start all over again.