The Running thread

[Richard E]

Hoping for sub 4 hours. Did London in 3:57:23 two years ago so would be happy with there or thereabouts.

[AV82EC]

Hoping for sub 4 hours. Did London in 3:57:23 two years ago so would be happy with there or thereabouts.

Excellent stuff. Good luck hope it’s not too hot.

[charlatan]

Hope you're on the mend now?

No lasting effects fortunately. One of my knees was sore on downhills for a week or so. Still running well. Going to have to have a go at beating my 5k PB set over 30 years ago soon (will probably fail narrowly).

[Richard E]

Took me 4:40:22 which was considerably slower than I’d hoped but it was incredibly hot and my calves went after about 17 miles so I was reduced to a walking pace. I’ve never seen so many runners being worked on by paramedics. I thought I was going to be one of them in the last 1-2 miles!

[AV82EC]

Took me 4:40:22 which was considerably slower than I’d hoped but it was incredibly hot and my calves went after about 17 miles so I was reduced to a walking pace. I’ve never seen so many runners being worked on by paramedics. I thought I was going to be one of them in the last 1-2 miles!

Good effort Rich, I’d heard it was pretty brutal at both London and Manc today with the warm weather, plenty of sub elite YouTubers who I follow really struggling in the heat.

[paul_e]

My missus did it (mostly walking) so I've been down to watch, there were loads of people collapsing from the heat, looked like really tough conditions.

[Richard E]

My ‘I’m never doing another marathon again’ resolve from 2:50 pm on Sunday is already cracking. I can’t leave it with a disappointing one like that.

[Richard E]

13°C maximum and cloudy forecast for Manchester tomorrow, a week too late. The gods mock us.

[Olneythelonely]

Perfect for the Birmingham half marathon tomorrow though.

[charlatan]

Thursday night: smashed my best time for a run which I had set five years ago and thought I'd never beat.

Saturday night: kicked the edge of a pothole in front of speed bump and slid across the top of the speed bump on my chest. Some of the worst road rash I've had in 40 years of running. Ran on for half an hour with one knee fairly sore and the cold breeze making the cuts sting like hell. Made me ponder the fortitude required by the cyclists who get up after hitting the ground much harder, chase to rejoin the peloton and then grimly hang on knowing they will have to ride through pain the next day too.

Oops, I did it again!

Not sure how but fell over on my run last night and got cut in almost exactly the same places as before, so much so that the hypertrophic scar (not as bad as it sounds) I had on my left knee has was almost entirely ripped off. Fortunately this time the pavement was cleaner, I didn't slide so far, my hands were much less damaged and there was less than 10 minutes of running left. The hands smarted more than the knees last time (better nervous system connection apparently) so glad to avoid that I suppose.