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egor110 said:
Most sat's i work so don't get to do many park runs however things are looking good for next week.
Not only can i make it but a friend of a friend is running it and she competes for G.B at duathlon , so it's going to be hurt but should get my 22.22 down a bit with my pacer
Lol who was i kidding.Not only can i make it but a friend of a friend is running it and she competes for G.B at duathlon , so it's going to be hurt but should get my 22.22 down a bit with my pacer
I stuck to her backside for about 3 corners and she checked out and was gone.
Still i did pb with a 21.48 and she also pb'd with 18mins.
My event had a photographer from the local paper turn up today. The story was that two running clubs and individual runners had contributed to the AED at the event so come and take a photo of us all going 'Yay!'
So far, so good. A reporter called me on Thursday and got all the details, etc and the photographer arrived today as planned.
Then the article appeared and it's been changed to 'a bunch of people run a parkrun (spelled wrong of course) before a big running event the next day'
So the photo of me holding the AED is totally out of context. Still no such thing as bad publicity I guess and they did get a few good pictures of me (unintentionally) leading the pack at the start
Held it for 800m or so before getting caught which is better than the usual 100m I hold it for on the start sprint 
Never been out on my own at the front before. Felt a bit odd as you have no one to chase...
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15239875.PHOTOS__H...
So far, so good. A reporter called me on Thursday and got all the details, etc and the photographer arrived today as planned.
Then the article appeared and it's been changed to 'a bunch of people run a parkrun (spelled wrong of course) before a big running event the next day'
So the photo of me holding the AED is totally out of context. Still no such thing as bad publicity I guess and they did get a few good pictures of me (unintentionally) leading the pack at the start
Held it for 800m or so before getting caught which is better than the usual 100m I hold it for on the start sprint Never been out on my own at the front before. Felt a bit odd as you have no one to chase...http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15239875.PHOTOS__H...
)Interview with Paul Sinton Hewitt about the history of parkrun here: https://runbundle.com/interviews/paul-sinton-hewit...
KTF said:
Interview with Paul Sinton Hewitt about the history of parkrun here: https://runbundle.com/interviews/paul-sinton-hewit...
And the (first ever!) annual report. 
Nearest one is several hours away so I'll have to make the effort to get up and go for a run on my own in the morning.
Evanivitch said:
Barry is a fun one, especially 2 climbs of the headland!
Found it hard work. Windy when the course wasn't climbing and vice-versa.Wanted to go sub-20, but taking it a little too easy on the flat straight from the start meant I left too much work to do later on.
Finished 4th, but 3rd place was within striking distance at one point if I hadn't have gone off the boil. First place was a machine, running solo the entire way!
Having not done any sort of running for a looong time I popped to the park and did a 5k run. Time was good but I'd like to lop about 7% off - any ideas how easy that might be? There are a few seconds already available in the sprint timing as I didn't know exactly where the finish line was or sprinting capability.
I'm hoping as a non-runner a handful of goes might be enough but am not sure on the best way to improve - more 5ks, or would 2ks or 10ks be better? The legs are the weak link as opposed to the lungs, so any tips that would improve them would be welcome.
I'm hoping as a non-runner a handful of goes might be enough but am not sure on the best way to improve - more 5ks, or would 2ks or 10ks be better? The legs are the weak link as opposed to the lungs, so any tips that would improve them would be welcome.
Depends what your time was! Taking anything off 16 mins will be tough, 7% off 30 + mins should be easy ish.
If you run 5k once a week you'll probably knock a bit off anyway and doing a parkrun with a load of others will drag you along faster.
To take more off do 4 / 5 times 1k or 2 / 3 times 2k or other shorter reps at target pace with a rest or walk recovery in between.
Longer run will help as well but shorter faster reps are probably the main thing.
If you run 5k once a week you'll probably knock a bit off anyway and doing a parkrun with a load of others will drag you along faster.
To take more off do 4 / 5 times 1k or 2 / 3 times 2k or other shorter reps at target pace with a rest or walk recovery in between.
Longer run will help as well but shorter faster reps are probably the main thing.
As above - depends what your time was how easy taking 7% off will be!
As it's your first run in a while I'm going to guess that your time was nearer 30 mins that 20, in which case how quickly you improve will depend on how much you're willing to put into it. As an example, when I started my first run was 27 minutes. Running a 5k route 3 times a week took me down to 25mins within a few weeks, then progress was steady over the next 4 months down to just under 22 mins. All of that was fairly straightforward with intervals being added towards the end, but I've moved on since to longer distances and the 5k PB has remained at just under 22.
Good luck!
As it's your first run in a while I'm going to guess that your time was nearer 30 mins that 20, in which case how quickly you improve will depend on how much you're willing to put into it. As an example, when I started my first run was 27 minutes. Running a 5k route 3 times a week took me down to 25mins within a few weeks, then progress was steady over the next 4 months down to just under 22 mins. All of that was fairly straightforward with intervals being added towards the end, but I've moved on since to longer distances and the 5k PB has remained at just under 22.
Good luck!
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