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Vladimir said:
Cheers! Might stick the route up later; 260ft of climbing so not exactly a fell route but still a bit hilly. My legs are moaning today! Overall average 5m56s/mile, at some stage it said 3m55; must have put a little sprint in.
Gives confidence of an "official" sub 40min 10k. These rest days and cliff runs are paying off! I'm still not a road runner though; two people said I look like a fell runner; not sure what they look like but I took that as being okay.
Comedy wind out of sails moment afterwards; two teens who ran were asking who won; another kid said "some old, bald guy." My victory glow dipped rather a lot after that!!!
They're the ones who were beat by an 'old bald guy' though Gives confidence of an "official" sub 40min 10k. These rest days and cliff runs are paying off! I'm still not a road runner though; two people said I look like a fell runner; not sure what they look like but I took that as being okay.
Comedy wind out of sails moment afterwards; two teens who ran were asking who won; another kid said "some old, bald guy." My victory glow dipped rather a lot after that!!!
Locke said:
Well done Vladimir on your race win. You would easily go sub 40min for 10k (6:30 pace) if you're doing sub 6min/mi pace in a race with hills over 3.5 miles, you'd probably get sub 38min on flat course.
Thanks!! I did a very frustrating 40m07s a couple of years ago (then had a year of non stop ailments!) on a rather hilly course. I think I'm quicker now but not certain. Will try and find a flattish 10k race somewhere!Edited by Vladimir on Monday 20th May 14:39
Vladimir said:
My Garmin took AGES to lock onto a satellite this morning; a pain waiting five minutes for it to work.
Usual 3.8 mile cliff run but in the hammering rain. I really do struggle with early morning runs!!
Mine does this. I bung it on the windowsill and then do my final stretching and so on. Saves loitering in the cold, stiffening up and getting irritated.Usual 3.8 mile cliff run but in the hammering rain. I really do struggle with early morning runs!!
Smitters said:
Mine does this. I bung it on the windowsill and then do my final stretching and so on. Saves loitering in the cold, stiffening up and getting irritated.
I usually do this but forgot this time! Had a weird one before a cycle; it went mental, reading negative altitudes, mad distances, etc. left it behind and used my mobile instead! It's usually find though (910xt).Locke said:
Well done Vladimir on your race win. You would easily go sub 40min for 10k (6:30 pace) if you're doing sub 6min/mi pace in a race with hills over 3.5 miles, you'd probably get sub 38min on flat course.
Agreed. I did 30.37 for 5 miles, so just over 6 minute mile pace last October and then two weeks later ran 37.49 for a 10k.Highway Star said:
Agreed. I did 30.37 for 5 miles, so just over 6 minute mile pace last October and then two weeks later ran 37.49 for a 10k.
I've done it twice on my own GPSd runs but I still don't think they count!Weirdly just did a super hilly cycle route and set a PB without appearing to push too hard. Nice to be getting fitness gains again after my year if immune system hell!
Well done on yours - what sort of course was that?
Edited by Vladimir on Tuesday 21st May 19:05
eric twinge said:
Well I did my second 10k run on Sunday night and got a mate to come along to try to improve my rather pathetic 1 hour 5 mins from a couple of weeks ago.
Down to 54 minutes which I am very pleased with, just really clicked and was good trying to chase down my mate who was setting the pace.
Did my usual 6.5 k run at lunchtime and my time was well down from I normally run at, just didn't have anything in my legs and struggled, still to me just getting out there and doing it and working a sweat up is more important than striving for pb's all the time. Might give it a rest tomorrow, go bananas on Thursday and then parkrun on Friday.
Did my third 10k, actually 10.5 but still managed to knock off 2 mins 30 secs which I am very pleased with, just decided to dig in and go for it. Would really like to get under 50 mins but cannot see how at the moment, I felt pretty flat out and can't imagine getting any quicker!Down to 54 minutes which I am very pleased with, just really clicked and was good trying to chase down my mate who was setting the pace.
Did my usual 6.5 k run at lunchtime and my time was well down from I normally run at, just didn't have anything in my legs and struggled, still to me just getting out there and doing it and working a sweat up is more important than striving for pb's all the time. Might give it a rest tomorrow, go bananas on Thursday and then parkrun on Friday.
eric twinge said:
Did my third 10k, actually 10.5 but still managed to knock off 2 mins 30 secs which I am very pleased with, just decided to dig in and go for it. Would really like to get under 50 mins but cannot see how at the moment, I felt pretty flat out and can't imagine getting any quicker!
It will come. Once you've built up a good base you could start doing some interval work or hill repeats to get yourself used to running at faster and harder paces.After running every day last year, I started to follow a more scientific schedule including hill sessions etc. But I absolutely hated it!. So back to running most days again now, around 45 miles a week. I race or train hard one day each week, but the rest I run how I feel... In last 6 months have PB at most distances, 5k 19, 5m 31.40, 10k 38.58, Half in 1.25. Aged 51 now so creaking a bit, last week was an exception as had 2 races in 3 days! 5m in 31.50 & 5k in 19.25 2 days later. 5k next week so hoping to crack 19..
Good track session last night, for once there was no wind and it was relatively warm. We did 2x1k with 3mins recovery then 8x400m with 45s recovery and finally another 1k effort. The initial 1k reps were meant to be at 90% effort but I'm rubbish at judging that so we did 3:14 followed by 3:05. The 400m efforts were all 68-70s and the final km was 3:07.
It was great to see a big group doing it - we had about 40 people in the session split into 3 or 4 groups by pace.
It was great to see a big group doing it - we had about 40 people in the session split into 3 or 4 groups by pace.
Slightly weird thing after my little Sunday run; I'd trodden on a 3 inch nail the night before (through sole of shoe into my right heel about 1/2" deep) and then had a really sore left hip/lower back that was causing a slight limp; after the run, it was completely gone (the pain, not the hip!)!
I also surfed for an hour before the run; I'm not known for doing proper race prep!
I also surfed for an hour before the run; I'm not known for doing proper race prep!
3 days to go until Edinburgh.
The less running I'm doing the worse I seem to be feeling. Did 5k last night which felt sluggish and was barely even at target MP!
And to add to that my Garmin is now playing up and always losing it's signal.
Not exactly how I imagined the last week would be going.
The less running I'm doing the worse I seem to be feeling. Did 5k last night which felt sluggish and was barely even at target MP!
And to add to that my Garmin is now playing up and always losing it's signal.
Not exactly how I imagined the last week would be going.
Vladimir said:
Cracking place to run though; I love that city!!
The route isn't really around edinburgh like most other city marathons though. It starts right down in the east end and loops Arthur's seat and then heads out of edinburgh and down the coast. It's a fast route though, probably a good place for PB as long as the weather is OK.Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff