The Running thread

[Richard E]

Second Stafford Half in 6 months today. 1:50:20 which was 3 minutes or so better than last time so happy with that as I’ve felt age has been catching me up.

[Jon Crofts]

2 weeks of tapering for me now, along with avoiding the dirty, unwashed public.

[JD]

Second Stafford Half in 6 months today. 1:50:20 which was 3 minutes or so better than last time so happy with that as I’ve felt age has been catching me up.

Well done Richard. Good run.

[Risso]

Age had caught me up, kicked me in the balls and stolen my dinner money.

[Jon Crofts]

A week and a bit after Ironman Oceanside and my feet are still sore from running on concrete pavements, DOMS came on 48 hours post race. Bastard.

[Somniloquism]

Not bad though. 40th in your age category and top 33% of the total racers.

[Jon Crofts]

It was a tough old race, probably the hardest 70.3 I've done.
Surf start was fun, 5-7 foot surf to bash through on the way out, managed a respectable 35 minute swim.
Bike I just hadn't put the miles in during training, went off a bit too hard in the first half as well and had a 5 mile patch that felt like I had nothing in the legs left to give.
Run, urgghh, concrete is a bastard to run on, my feet looked like a butchers shop window after the race.

Not the result I wanted but absolutely the one I deserved, it's hard to put in 4 or 5 hour rides through December - March in the UK to then go and race in California.

A race is Weymouth this year, had a 7th place last year and know where I can improve to podium here, then on to Cascais in October, the backup race.

[charlatan]

First parkrun for 3.5 years. First time at the location in the question. Only showed up for this one because my kid was running at the track next door. Otherwise I'd have been in bed. Lucky week, no one good enough to beat me, although one bloke gave me a race which helped me to a decent time, 24 seconds outside my best, but an improvement on the age grade percentage. Bit of an ego trip finishing first out of more than 100, even though most of them weren't even tryng to run their fastest. On another week someone might have beaten me by two minutes.

[Richard E]

New PB in the Sutton Fun Run yesterday! 1:08:04.

[dcdavecollett]

What distance is that, Richard?

[Richard E]

8.5 miles Dave.

[dcdavecollett]

Good time, then?

[JD]

New PB in the Sutton Fun Run yesterday! 1:08:04.

Close to 14km, good effort Richard well done.

[AV82EC]

Back to it over the past week after 6 months out with a knee injury. Brand new Park Run on my doorstep is handy so will be trotting to that each week. Amazing what a different perspective the time off has given me, I’ve read “Born to Run” and it’s changed my mentality and meant I’ve joined the barefoot/minimalist thought process. Early days and still transitioning but I do feel better and fortunately no injuries as yet.

[JD]

Back to it over the past week after 6 months out with a knee injury. Brand new Park Run on my doorstep is handy so will be trotting to that each week. Amazing what a different perspective the time off has given me, I’ve read “Born to Run” and it’s changed my mentality and meant I’ve joined the barefoot/minimalist thought process. Early days and still transitioning but I do feel better and fortunately no injuries as yet.

Good stuff AV82EC. I am spending winter over here in NZ either in the gym or biking on days when it is ok. Will get back to running in a couple of months hopefully.