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Thanks for this, guys! That's all very helpful. Wasn't really sure about eating/drinking but will make sure I do. The pacing thing I will be super aware of, thanks!

I'm aiming roughly for 2 hours 15/20 mins I guess but I'll be happy just to make it round in one piece. I have to be fine so I can scrape my boyfriend off the pavement and carry him home when he finishes the full marathon.

I'm doing the Robin Hood one in Nottingham. It's all around where I live so hoping I won't get too caught out. There's a massive hill about a quarter of the way through, but I walk/cycle/jog up it every day coming home from work so I know how to handle it. Sort of.

I've not mentioned it to anyone so if I totally flunk it they will never know. I'm considering it a test - if I do it again, I can only get better from this point.

Glasgow half marathon today. Imma terrible person who doesn't train any more so was looking to just get round. Was surprisingly warm for Scotland in October, but managed to get round in 2:22. I'm happy enough with the time but the fact that I kept a good pace, didn't have to stop and felt very comfortable is even better.

Nice one Bunni - how did it go Red?

Had the Bournemouth Half Marathon yesterday. Fortunate with the weather and really pretty scenery. Recommended!

Am considering doing this Cotswalds 24 hour relay (9km loop, teams of up to eight) with a few friends - one person on tram at all times 12pm-12pm. Looks really fun!

Last week i did a local 10k. Managed to get 52:55 which was pretty good seeing as though I only really trained for the distance in the last 2 weeks.

Ive also signed upto another local 10k - the mad dog 10k. Entries opened on friday night, 2500 places and entries closed this morning. sold out really quickly. Its been voted the UKs best 10k in runners world magazine for the last few years apparently.

Mini E wrote:Nice one Bunni - how did it go Red

It was great! Had a really good time. Fantastic atmosphere. Learned a lot, like running is hard. Want to do some training and do it properly. All the advice was super helpful, so thanks. Got the time I predicted, so not fast but no worse than I hoped.

My boyfriend did his marathon in a great time, but proper wrecked himself doing it. Think I'll stick to doing the half...

I ran six miles today in about 53 minutes. It felt pretty difficult, although I did drink quite a lot Sunday night.

Got under 25 minutes for 5km last week for the first time since injuring my knee and the operation.

Men's Health: Survival of the Fittest in Nottingham this Saturday!
Pull up last night 2km into a run after my calf pulled

Cuban Pete wrote:Got under 25 minutes for 5km last week for the first time since injuring my knee and the operation.

Men's Health: Survival of the Fittest in Nottingham this Saturday!
Pull up last night 2km into a run after my calf pulled

What op did you have? What was the recovery time like, and did you get much physio help?

I am currently 12 days into my shoulder op recovery. I currently have very little movement in my upper arm.

I know trying to run on a post-op knee is completely different, and much harder, than running with a bad shoulder, but just wondering how you got on with it.

Meniscus repair to two tears.

Did a few physio sessions, was with a great bloke who basically gave me 8 sessions-worth in 3 sessions with all the basic movement and balance drills but then went through the next progressions and progressions after that.
I was doing a lot of prehab work too due to the actual wait for the op I was like 70-80% so could do most things. Op was 5 months ago and I'm back to 100kg squat and 140kg deadlifts. Running is fine, just when I go off-camber or when I'm trail-running and OCR stuff I tend to ease of a bit just in case. Little bit wise but little bit all in my head I think I do find it difficult to generate the same power from my quad on the op-knee side in the push-phase of running, but it's coming back.

I got through Spartan Sprint and Beast on consecutive days in July and that was tough (/silly!)

I achieved 22:03 at Parkrun a few weeks ago. The week after I got around 22:25. The week after 22:45. Weekend just gone 22:57.

Running strength is so much harder to keep compared with weightlifting strength!

So I've been put in the Orange wave for the Great South Run. This is the wave that starts with the elite runners... Hohum... I think that may be an error on their system this could be interesting. I can race Jo Pavey for the first 400m at least. On the plus side, I ran 10k in 50:56 at the weekend so my confidence is reasonably high at the moment.

I've actually just been goggling at some of the elite runners on Strava today and...I mean holy strawberry float. There's one guy (triathlete) who, in addition to swimming and cycling, smashes out 65+ miles of running a week at an average pace of 5.34 a mile (and that's obviously including tempo and recovery runs). It's mad! His pace runs are 3 miles odd in the 4.30-4.40 bracket. If I managed to run a single mile a minute slower than that I'd be ecstatic! And probably get tendonitis in every single part of my legs. And then have a heart attack and die.

So yeah good luck with that Mini E. Do you have a time to aim for? I managed to get one down today at 1.47.33 which I'm pretty happy with, was totally flat but think it worked out at around 8.16/mile.

Starbreaker wrote::lol: I've actually just been goggling at some of the elite runners on Strava today and...I mean holy strawberry float. There's one guy (triathlete) who, in addition to swimming and cycling, smashes out 65+ miles of running a week at an average pace of 5.34 a mile (and that's obviously including tempo and recovery runs). It's mad! His pace runs are 3 miles odd in the 4.30-4.40 bracket. If I managed to run a single mile a minute slower than that I'd be ecstatic! And probably get tendonitis in every single part of my legs. And then have a heart attack and die.

So yeah good luck with that Mini E. Do you have a time to aim for? I managed to get one down today at 1.47.33 which I'm pretty happy with, was totally flat but think it worked out at around 8.16/mile.

The thing that really hurt me, was when I found out that those competitive walkers can clock 7 minute miles. They have one foot on the floor at all times.

Anyway, I ran the Birmingham half. I got a time of 1:59. That's pretty bad for me but I've only been back running a couple of months.

Hey chaps. We need to keep this thread alive

Re: those competitive walkers. There was a guy doing the Great South Run today who's 5k PB is 19 minutes. That's disgusting. Walking. Ugh..

Great South went really well. Ran with a friend and we did the 10 miles in 1:26:04. Happy enough with that. I had a hamstrings scare earlier in the week playing squash and something tweaked in my right groin during the GSR so I feel like my body is telling me to have a bit of a rest at the moment... But yeah. Happy with 5:16kms over a 16.1km run. I ran a 10k PB of 50:56 the other week. Getting there slowly

I think I've got a bit of a break from competitive running for now... I've got Bath and Reading Half marathons in March and Brighton Marathon in April and Cotswolds 24 hour relay in July (?) but need to get something in the diary before then really or I'll lose motivation.

Did anyone else do the GSR? How's training chaps?

Now Im playing horde, ive cut my runs to just the one at parkrun per week. I was pushing 23min 5k, but since injury Im about 25min now.

I did 50 miles last week. Got my parkrun down to 20:33, hopefully I'll break 20 mintes this side of xmas.

After my 50 miles, I went to one of those indoor trampoline places with my girlfriend. We have a combined age of 55 and the oldest person in there besides us was, ooh, 15 tops. I managed to skin my arm and turn my ankle over within, I'd guess, 24 seconds of being there. So no running this week.

mcjihge2 wrote:Now Im playing horde, ive cut my runs to just the one at parkrun per week. I was pushing 23min 5k, but since injury Im about 25min now.

I only run once a week as well (also at parkrun). I find it hard to motivate myself to go out for a run on my own. Maybe i should join a running club

Bham half done. 16 mins off my personal best but six months after an MRI and starring from scratch so I'll take that.

Stafford, Stratford, Manchester and then the full Bham Marathon in 2017.

"God! That felt quick. I just hope I'm finally under 20 minutes. If I have one more week where I run a strawberry floating five k in 20 minutes two split seconds or whatever I'll..."





I've been walking around with a massive shiteating grin all day. Sub 20 was my aim for the year and I'd really been struggling to close the last few seconds out. To take that much out of it was beyond my wildest dreams.

strawberry float, that's amazing. Well done!