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Author Topic: The Running thread  (Read 176056 times)

Online Richard E

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #885 on: March 20, 2022, 01:29:09 PM »
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.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #886 on: March 20, 2022, 06:35:24 PM »
2 weeks of tapering for me now, along with avoiding the dirty, unwashed public.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #887 on: March 20, 2022, 09:04:13 PM »
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.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #888 on: March 31, 2022, 04:32:57 PM »
Age had caught me up, kicked me in the balls and stolen my dinner money.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #889 on: April 12, 2022, 06:53:10 AM »
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.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #890 on: April 12, 2022, 08:56:16 AM »
Not bad though. 40th in your age category and top 33% of the total racers.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #891 on: April 19, 2022, 01:31:31 PM »
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.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #892 on: May 28, 2022, 07:06:22 PM »
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.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #893 on: May 30, 2022, 06:59:29 PM »
New PB in the Sutton Fun Run yesterday! 1:08:04.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #894 on: May 30, 2022, 11:59:07 PM »
What distance is that, Richard?

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #895 on: May 31, 2022, 05:59:39 AM »
8.5 miles Dave.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #896 on: June 01, 2022, 12:43:17 AM »
Good time, then?

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #897 on: June 01, 2022, 08:27:27 AM »
New PB in the Sutton Fun Run yesterday! 1:08:04.

Close to 14km, good effort Richard well done.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #898 on: July 14, 2022, 09:19:22 AM »
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.

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Re: The Running thread
« Reply #899 on: July 14, 2022, 09:38:08 AM »
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.

 


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