The Running Thread Vol 2

[smn159]

8 weeks now until London and first long run (27k) at the weekend, after losing two weeks with flu.

Got Berkhamstead half booked for next weekend but thinking of binning it off in favour of another long run as I've missed a couple through illness now

[The jiffle king]

smn159 said:

8 weeks now until London and first long run (27k) at the weekend, after losing two weeks with flu.

Got Berkhamstead half booked for next weekend but thinking of binning it off in favour of another long run as I've missed a couple through illness now

You could make the half a long tempo. 4 miles warm up, run the half and then a couple cool down

[smn159]

The jiffle king said:

smn159 said:

8 weeks now until London and first long run (27k) at the weekend, after losing two weeks with flu.

Got Berkhamstead half booked for next weekend but thinking of binning it off in favour of another long run as I've missed a couple through illness now

You could make the half a long tempo. 4 miles warm up, run the half and then a couple cool down

That's not a bad shout actually - will investigate some local routes!

[redrabbit29]

VERY tempted to enter the Valencia marathon on 3rd December. This will be my first ever marathon and as someone who is looking to regain fitness it would be a great target for me.

Other targets this year are to complete another 70.3, a few half marathons and some 10ks

[joshcowin]

redrabbit29 said:

VERY tempted to enter the Valencia marathon on 3rd December. This will be my first ever marathon and as someone who is looking to regain fitness it would be a great target for me.

Other targets this year are to complete another 70.3, a few half marathons and some 10ks

Spoke to someone who ran the 2022 Valencia, loved it and said he hadn't experienced an atmosphere like it and he has run a fair few marathons inc London, New York...

[andyA700]

An Australian 16 y/o has run 3m 55.44s for a mile, beating Jakob Ingebrigtsens record.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/02/16-year-old-a...

[redrabbit29]

joshcowin said:

Spoke to someone who ran the 2022 Valencia, loved it and said he hadn't experienced an atmosphere like it and he has run a fair few marathons inc London, New York...

That sounds great, very promising. It's apparently flat, good weather (mid-teens) and a good course.

Not sure how many days I'd need over there.

Friday - arrive
Saturday - relax
Sunday - run
Monday - relax
Tuesday - home

Maybe another day if I have enough leave, it would be nice to have a couple of days to look around and be a tourist

[bigandclever]

andyA700 said:

An Australian 16 y/o has run 3m 55.44s for a mile, beating Jakob Ingebrigtsens record.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/02/16-year-old-a...

Didn't even podium, RUBBISH!

[Smitters]

smn159 said:

The jiffle king said:

smn159 said:

8 weeks now until London and first long run (27k) at the weekend, after losing two weeks with flu.

Got Berkhamstead half booked for next weekend but thinking of binning it off in favour of another long run as I've missed a couple through illness now

You could make the half a long tempo. 4 miles warm up, run the half and then a couple cool down

That's not a bad shout actually - will investigate some local routes!

I've done this before and it's a great way to do a long run. You just have to make sure there isn't too much of a gap between the pre race run and the race itself or you get cold.

Also v tempted by Valencia...

[tim2100]

Ran Cambridge half marathon this weekend and had a fantastic run.

Previous HM PB was 1:54. For my marathon plan I was aiming for 1:50. so 5.12 per km.
1st km was 5:10, then dropped to 4:50. Stayed at 4:48-4:58 throughout the rest of the run to give me a 1:43:40 result!! Over the moon with an 11 minute PB and set new 10k & 10 mile PR according to strava.

I guess marathon training is working!

[joshcowin]

tim2100 said:

Ran Cambridge half marathon this weekend and had a fantastic run.

Previous HM PB was 1:54. For my marathon plan I was aiming for 1:50. so 5.12 per km.
1st km was 5:10, then dropped to 4:50. Stayed at 4:48-4:58 throughout the rest of the run to give me a 1:43:40 result!! Over the moon with an 11 minute PB and set new 10k & 10 mile PR according to strava.

I guess marathon training is working!

Wow great work!!

That's a real result! bet you couldn't believe it!!

[redrabbit29]

I've officially entered the Valencia Marathon on 3rd December, my first ever one! Excited to get training properly.

I am still focussing on Triathlon style training, something similar to:

AM + PM
Monday - Swim + Easy Run
Tuesday - Strength + Turbo session
Wednesday - Strength + Track session
Thursday - Swim + Turbo session
Friday: Strength
Saturday: Park Run / Long run
Sunday: Endurance Ride (Only 90-120 minutes as I am still inside which is hard to do for long periods)

[boholoblanka]

Good work all.

I fell across a pair of nike pegasus 37 shields, brand new, on the local fleabay so take me through the winter. Now they are my 'go to' shoes for all occasions.

Im guessing I can't wear them when the weather gets worm?/ they are not gore tex

[jm8403]

redrabbit29 said:

I've officially entered the Valencia Marathon on 3rd December, my first ever one! Excited to get training properly.

I am still focussing on Triathlon style training, something similar to:

AM + PM
Monday - Swim + Easy Run
Tuesday - Strength + Turbo session
Wednesday - Strength + Track session
Thursday - Swim + Turbo session
Friday: Strength
Saturday: Park Run / Long run
Sunday: Endurance Ride (Only 90-120 minutes as I am still inside which is hard to do for long periods)

Good job. do you do a lot of track at zone 2 so you can do running workouts with proper effort?

[Camoradi]

boholoblanka said:

Good work all.

I fell across a pair of nike pegasus 37 shields, brand new, on the local fleabay so take me through the winter. Now they are my 'go to' shoes for all occasions.

Im guessing I can't wear them when the weather gets worm?/ they are not gore tex

I've a pair of these and wore them for running in all weathers. I've never really suffered with hot feet . I don't run in them any more but wear them all the time. They're really comfortable and seem to be almost indestructible

[redrabbit29]

jm8403 said:

Good job. do you do a lot of track at zone 2 so you can do running workouts with proper effort?

Thanks!

The track is organised by my running club. It's a one hour session with around 40 minutes of actual running, most of it is hard efforts.

Something similar to:

800m hard with 90 seconds static rest

2x2 mins
1x3
1x4
1x3
1x2
2x2 mins

400m intervals

Loads of others, mostly about 7/10 or 8/10 effort to get the heart rate up and then rest to get it back down

[smn159]

10k in driving sleet at lunchtime.

Garmin did reward me with the International Women's Day badge at the end though - happy days

[Inspire]

smn159 said:

10k in driving sleet at lunchtime.

Garmin did reward me with the International Women's Day badge at the end though - happy days

Well done! I chickened out and did intervals on the treadmill at the gym!

Thanks

Rob

[smn159]

Inspire said:

smn159 said:

10k in driving sleet at lunchtime.

Garmin did reward me with the International Women's Day badge at the end though - happy days

Well done! I chickened out and did intervals on the treadmill at the gym!

Thanks

Rob

Good work - They all count!

[keo]

Was just starting to get into my running a bit more again. Ran yesterday, wanted to do a short one today and then a long one Saturday. But it’s white over and snowing hard. I don’t want to be a tart and let a bit of snow stop me, I also don’t want to slip and break my neck!

So think I will wait until the snow clears.