Official Running Thread

[St Leonards Seagull]

New Leader of the table. [MENTION=3975]Ben Elton's Brother[/MENTION] has an SB and I dug out a park run for [MENTION=24975]St Leonards Seagull[/MENTION]
Glad I'm hanging onto Age Grade first place without opening the throttle yet this year.

NAME	SB	5K PB	AG	10K	10M	HM	M
Deletebeepbeep	18:05	18:05	72.9%			1:28:52	3:23:01
Artie Fufkin	18:41	18:40	73.06%	38:42		1:24:18	3:12:23
Big Nuts	18:45	18:39	71.73%	39:09	1:06:45	1:28:20	3:15:59
Ninja Elephant	18:46	18:23	68.92%%	39:00	1:07:57	1:27:43	3:29:12
Blue&WhiteSea	18:53	17:05	%	36:53	1:00:09	1:22:39
Curious Orange	18:59	18:36	72.96%	38:31		1:24:23.9
Mr Banana	19:57	19:57	65.41%
Seaford by the Sea	20:02	20:02	69.72%	46:53	1:29:21
Complete Badger	20:02	20:02	64.29%	43:32	1:17:11	1:30:58
Penny's Harmonica	20:47	20:10	70.97%	43:03		1:33:56	3:27:19
Knocky	20:59	17:45	75.14%	39:52		1:34:00	3:50:49
Dazzer	21:09	19.57	70.29%			1:36	3:43:
St Leonard's	21:26	19.44	61.51%			1:34:35
Simgull	21:51	20:21	68:04%	42:45	1:11:46	1:38:14	3:44:28
GNT	22:03	20:20	74.68%	40:31	1:19:12	1:31:18	4:19:55
Left Back	22:06	21:02	66.74%	45:47		1:43:27
Greg Bobkin	22:25	20:54	60.45%	42:	1:13:	1:39:	3:57:
Anchorman	22:51	21:34	69.00%
Soistes	23:35	21:53	69.19%	46:33		1:43:57
Bob!	24:06	22:41	65.42%	45.39	1:16:42	1:44:21	3:53:35
Ben Eltons Bro	24:30	21:35	55.31%
Mr Blobby	24:59	24:59	58.57%	49:31	1:23:34	1:48:59	4:28:36
Guinness Boy	24:59	22:04	%	46:50	01:23:27	1:46:03	4:00:06
Capricorn		17:23	%	36:55		1:23:20	4:41:29
Pembury		18.58		39.08		1:33:02	3:19:
Bad Ash		19:40	%	43:27		1:35:00	3:43:03
JoePrecious		19:44	%	46:19	1:24:08	1:38:13	4:04:30
Hooky		19:52	%
m20gull		26:15	%	57:32		02:07:07	5:46:02
Badger				39:06		1:38:48	4:01:25
Jonny Rainbow				41:43

Thanks for that.
I’ll try and give it a proper go at some point, but I’ve had a niggling Hamstring issue for the last couple of months which finally seems to be improving.


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[Ninja Elephant]

Firstly, happy birthday and congratulations to [MENTION=24635]Greg Bobkin[/MENTION]! Sorry to hear about the ongoing injury concerns for [MENTION=18183]big nuts[/MENTION] - get better for the Weakest Link and Phoenix!

I am back from the Isle of Man, 4 races in 3 days! And ultimately, 4 frustrations in 3 days. The Port Erin 10k on the friday was, comfortably, the worst organised start of a race I've ever known. By an enormous distance. Everyone was milling about and then got a 2 minute warning to walk back to the start line and everyone gathered in the same place at the front. They had to ask everyone to move backwards a few times and even then we were all clustered. There were a few fallers and apparently one person suffered a bad ankle injury which ruled her out of the whole event. They really need to change the start of that race and I'm sure they will. It's very strange to me that it was so badly organised.

Peel Hill is one hell of a race, that one took me totally by surprise. I've not found anything on the Downs like it, the severity of the climb and the surface is really tough. Next year I'll be better prepared. The Douglas 5k was just a Promenade out and back, so it was comfortable but won in a superb 15 minutes odd. The same Isle of Man runner won all 3 events - incredible effort on his behalf! Of the 125 people who completed all 3 races, my placing was 93rd. I'm disappointed with my performance in all of the races, and it really has added nothing at all to my preparations for BM. At least I didn't see us lose to Leicester!

Nobles Park parkrun is a tough course, various stretches on tarmac, grass and gravel. Its's a course I will do again, without the intention of running a crazy hill race afterwards!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Firstly, happy birthday and congratulations to [MENTION=24635]Greg Bobkin[/MENTION]! Sorry to hear about the ongoing injury concerns for [MENTION=18183]big nuts[/MENTION] - get better for the Weakest Link and Phoenix!

I am back from the Isle of Man, 4 races in 3 days! And ultimately, 4 frustrations in 3 days. The Port Erin 10k on the friday was, comfortably, the worst organised start of a race I've ever known. By an enormous distance. Everyone was milling about and then got a 2 minute warning to walk back to the start line and everyone gathered in the same place at the front. They had to ask everyone to move backwards a few times and even then we were all clustered. There were a few fallers and apparently one person suffered a bad ankle injury which ruled her out of the whole event. They really need to change the start of that race and I'm sure they will. It's very strange to me that it was so badly organised.

Peel Hill is one hell of a race, that one took me totally by surprise. I've not found anything on the Downs like it, the severity of the climb and the surface is really tough. Next year I'll be better prepared. The Douglas 5k was just a Promenade out and back, so it was comfortable but won in a superb 15 minutes odd. The same Isle of Man runner won all 3 events - incredible effort on his behalf! Of the 125 people who completed all 3 races, my placing was 93rd. I'm disappointed with my performance in all of the races, and it really has added nothing at all to my preparations for BM. At least I didn't see us lose to Leicester!

Nobles Park parkrun is a tough course, various stretches on tarmac, grass and gravel. Its's a course I will do again, without the intention of running a crazy hill race afterwards!

More importantly what did you do in Liverpool

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Nice work to cover so many events in one weekend. What were your times for each?

Also, purely out of interest, why did you pick the Isle of Man as a place to go? It sounds like a right hassle!

Parkrun was 22 something, very casual. 10k was 42 odd, the final 5k was 19:38 and the Peel Hill race (3.5 miles total) took me 30 minutes almost dead. I really struggled with it, in truth. Nobody else seems to have done the parkrun and then the Hill race! Understandably.

I have friends on the IOM, so I had a free home to stay in - that's the only reason, really. If they weren't there - I wouldn't have been interested.

 

[knocky1]

It wasn’t as bad as the forecast suggested. I stayed out for 33km with the only bad downpours coming in the first ten minutes and the last ten minutes. My legs felt tired and the weather wasn’t pleasant so I’m hoping my weird psychological outlook will pay off and marathon day will now feel beautiful in comparison.

My plan now is a short, medium paced run on Wednesday (probably 10-12km), a decent parkrun on Saturday and about 15km on Sunday. Then next week I’ll probably take almost completely off. Does that sound right for the two weeks pre-marathon?

Sounds good depending on what 'decent' Parkrun means. Don't be tempted with a sub 20. Sit back practising marathon pace, throw in some fast bursts and see how many runners you can overtake on a last half mile sprint. Have fun.

Probably have some very short sessions last week. A few 1 miles at marathon pace with jog recovery.

 

[dazzer6666]

Sounds good depending on what 'decent' Parkrun means. Don't be tempted with a sub 20. Sit back practising marathon pace, throw in some fast bursts and see how many runners you can overtake on a last half mile sprint. Have fun.

Probably have some very short sessions last week. A few 1 miles at marathon pace with jog recovery.

My coach often advocates a full-on parkrun a week out from race day (even before a 100), should be in decent shape to run a good time, and doing so is a good confidence booster..........and 5k isn’t long enough to impact the taper.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

So, 20 miles on Sunday, a 4 mile morning session and a 9 mile interval evening session yesterday and a 9 miler this morning. My legs are shot.

 

[knocky1]

My coach often advocates a full-on parkrun a week out from race day (even before a 100), should be in decent shape to run a good time, and doing so is a good confidence booster..........and 5k isn’t long enough to impact the taper.

That makes sense, especially for the young Complete Badger.
I'll avoid it, focus on task in hand and practice for the last 5 miles of my marathon by doing some walking......

 

[dazzer6666]

That makes sense, especially for the young Complete Badger.
I'll avoid it, focus on task in hand and practice for the last 5 miles of my marathon by doing some walking......

Might be worth practicing sitting on the pavement and sobbing a bit as well, could be useful in the later stages

 

[Simgull]

Early signs of maranoia- how many times a day are you checking the weather forecast?

13 degrees, sunny, light southerlies - that’ll do for now - expect it to change though!

 

[knocky1]

Might be worth practicing sitting on the pavement and sobbing a bit as well, could be useful in the later stages

I thought the back of the Power Station was for that. Always tempting to stay round there for as long as possible. Shady spot away from thecrowds and lots of food and water.

No maranoia for me and running the last 6 miles is my priority over time. Maybe I should walk the first 20........

 

[Curious Orange]

It’s going to be very interesting and you could make a strong case for all three.

I’ll be tracking them on the day with the hope all three Pb

Guaranteed pb for me... first marathon!

 

[soistes]

Definitely a bit of maranoia kicking in for me as my first ever marathon approaches. Having run most of the route at various stages of training in the last few months, keep finding myself daydreaming of various bits of the course and imagining how it's going to be - the Basin Road/power station out-and-back bit looms particularly large in these nervous fantasies as I've found this stretch difficult to run sometimes even on a normal day, let alone after 20 miles at race pace.

Also, having read about how you should rest and stay off your feet the day before, I'm now wondering how 90 mins of standing and jumping up and down at Selhurst followed by a probable long stand and slow march to the station in a police kettle after the match are going to affect the state of my resting legs on the Saturday.... (even assuming I can stay off the beer as planned).

 

[Curious Orange]

I've a tricast in the following order; [MENTION=13836]deletebeepbeepbeep[/MENTION] [MENTION=67]Curious Orange[/MENTION] [MENTION=13055]Ninja Elephant[/MENTION]

No pressure then!

Sub 3:15 is my primary target, for that all-important good for age London Marathon qualification. Anything less than that is a bonus (and yes, I know the predictor thingies have me down as a sub 3:00 based on my half marathon time, but frankly I think that is wildly optimistic having put in a few longer runs now).

Having said that, I put in a 10 miler yesterday at the lower end of my target pace range and was perfectly comfortable. So we'll see how I go after a nice taper.

 

[Nathan]

10 mile run on Friday along Eastbourne seafront then up Beachy Head, it has hard work in the wind and rain, but equally good fun as well. Also ran 10 miles yesterday but on the flat, no surprise I was quicker! All too soon for the Brighton Marathon but looking forward to the 10k race. Will be taking it easy again over the next 2 weeks with just a couple of 6 or 7 mile runs.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I'm not concerned about the lack of faith in me going into the Marathon - [MENTION=15605]knocky1[/MENTION] is known to be the "you can't do this, man!" type of inspirational coach and I know he's trying to inspire me to give him a "silence" gesture at the end.

My groin isn't right so a spell on the sidelines will follow the marathon, it doesn't stop me running but it's something I need to be aware of and I won't be overdoing it in training over the next 13 days. I'll deliver myself ready for the off and to hell with the consequences!

Also, just as an aside, the Douglas promenade 5k I ran on sunday - the top 18 runners all ran sub 16 minutes. Can you imagine running that time and being so heavily beaten?! Sub 17 was required for a top 50 finish, sub 18 to be in the top 69 and sub 19 got you 92nd. Incredible pace! I managed 105th in 19:45 (chip time 19:38). I was expecting there to be a step up in class, but that's mental.

http://my5.raceresult.com/72034/results?lang=en#1_3A29DC

 

[dazzer6666]

So, 20 miles on Sunday, a 4 mile morning session and a 9 mile interval evening session yesterday and a 9 miler this morning. My legs are shot.

Possibly overloading your plan there ?? A 20 miler would normally have a rest or at worst recovery day - so a gentle 4 miles (?) but not 9 miles of intervals..........then another 9 miles the following day.

 

[Blue&WhiteSea]

Also, just as an aside, the Douglas promenade 5k I ran on sunday - the top 18 runners all ran sub 16 minutes. Can you imagine running that time and being so heavily beaten?! Sub 17 was required for a top 50 finish, sub 18 to be in the top 69 and sub 19 got you 92nd. Incredible pace! I managed 105th in 19:45 (chip time 19:38). I was expecting there to be a step up in class, but that's mental.

http://my5.raceresult.com/72034/results?lang=en#1_3A29DC

Maidenhead Easter 10 miler is always a bit like that 50+ finishers managing sub 60