The athletics/running thread

[Gary the Enfield]

Last aquathlon of the season tonight. 500 metre open water swim followed by a 6k run. 40 mins 4 secs. 14th out of 31. Happy

Followed by 4 pints in the pub 2 x Doombar 1 x Tribute and 1 x Southwold

Going home now. Night.

Well done hun! (On the aquathon, not the boozing )

You don't approve of the boozing?

[Gooner Girl]

Last aquathlon of the season tonight. 500 metre open water swim followed by a 6k run. 40 mins 4 secs. 14th out of 31. Happy

Followed by 4 pints in the pub 2 x Doombar 1 x Tribute and 1 x Southwold

Going home now. Night.

Well done hun! (On the aquathon, not the boozing )

You don't approve of the boozing?

I just worry on account of your age. Too much alcohol isn't good for you when you're getting on a bit, you know. You can't hold it like you could in your youth GtE. You'll be regretting it tomorrow

[Gary the Enfield]

Last aquathlon of the season tonight. 500 metre open water swim followed by a 6k run. 40 mins 4 secs. 14th out of 31. Happy

Followed by 4 pints in the pub 2 x Doombar 1 x Tribute and 1 x Southwold

Going home now. Night.

Well done hun! (On the aquathon, not the boozing )

You don't approve of the boozing?

I just worry on account of your age. Too much alcohol isn't good for you when you're getting on a bit, you know. You can't hold it like you could in your yout
h GtE. You'll be regretting it tomorrow

(sigh) I have a capacity for certain things that are beyond measure. My tolerance for your jibes for instance. Goodnight short stuff. X

[Gooner Girl]

Last aquathlon of the season tonight. 500 metre open water swim followed by a 6k run. 40 mins 4 secs. 14th out of 31. Happy

Followed by 4 pints in the pub 2 x Doombar 1 x Tribute and 1 x Southwold

Going home now. Night.

Well done hun! (On the aquathon, not the boozing )

You don't approve of the boozing?

I just worry on account of your age. Too much alcohol isn't good for you when you're getting on a bit, you know. You can't hold it like you could in your yout
h GtE. You'll be regretting it tomorrow

(sigh) I have a capacity for certain things that are beyond measure. My tolerance for your jibes for instance. Goodnight short stuff. X

You love it really. Bit of banter makes you feel young again. I'm doing you a favour. Some thanks I get! Night old boy.

[Prufrock]

For a while now, I've been thinking about my views on the different ways of being stationary. As I see it, there are two classical schools, the standing-upists, and the lie-downers. Somewhere in history, some opportunistic folks, with a lack of principles, or moral vigour, drew away; these fence-sitters and hedge-betters cheapened us all with their 'fusion' take on being stationary. As a result, for the next week I've decided (possibly for charity) to not sit down.

On an unrelated note, I went to my first ever spin-class today.

[Gary the Enfield]

For a while now, I've been thinking about my views on the different ways of being stationary. As I see it, there are two classical schools, the standing-upists, and the lie-downers. Somewhere in history, some opportunistic folks, with a lack of principles, or moral vigour, drew away; these fence-sitters and hedge-betters cheapened us all with their 'fusion' take on being stationary. As a result, for the next week I've decided (possibly for charity) to not sit down.

On an unrelated note, I went to my first ever spin-class today.

How are the quads this morning?

[Prufrock]

They're fine, so long as I don't in any way attempt to move.

[mrkint]

the first one always hurts, but you do get used to it [/ohmatron]

[boltonboris]

I did 3 miles the other night.. Thought I'd proper thrash it out and do it as fast as I could as it was only a short distance.. After 2 miles I had to stop.

My football 'retirement' has really taken it's toll...

So I joined one of those Pure Gyms.

[Gooner Girl]

2nd run of the week just done. Hoping to burn off some of the piles of chocolate bars I eat...

[boltonboris]

I did 3 miles the other night.. Thought I'd proper thrash it out and do it as fast as I could as it was only a short distance.. After 2 miles I had to stop.

My football 'retirement' has really taken it's toll...

So I joined one of those Pure Gyms.

Well, I went to the gym last night.

Did a circuit. sorry OVERdid a circuit. Legs went to jelly and I fell down the stairs on the way out...

Went back in this morning, did the same, plus a little bit extra and pissed it after not eating for about 11rs.

Weird

[LeverEnd]

I did 3 miles the other night.. Thought I'd proper thrash it out and do it as fast as I could as it was only a short distance.. After 2 miles I had to stop.

My football 'retirement' has really taken it's toll...

So I joined one of those Pure Gyms.

Well, I went to the gym last night.

Did a circuit. sorry OVERdid a circuit. Legs went to jelly and I fell down the stairs on the way out...

Went back in this morning, did the same, plus a little bit extra and pissed it after not eating for about 11rs.

Weird

Circuits sessions wipe me out. Can't run or walk properly for about 3 days, even if I'm running fit. Comes from being a skinny distance running runt with a concave chest I think.

[Gary the Enfield]

I did 3 miles the other night.. Thought I'd proper thrash it out and do it as fast as I could as it was only a short distance.. After 2 miles I had to stop.

My football 'retirement' has really taken it's toll...

So I joined one of those Pure Gyms.

Well, I went to the gym last night.

Did a circuit. sorry OVERdid a circuit. Legs went to jelly and I fell down the stairs on the way out...

Went back in this morning, did the same, plus a little bit extra and pissed it after not eating for about 11rs.

Weird

Circuits sessions wipe me out. Can't run or walk properly for about 3 days, even if I'm running fit. Comes from being a skinny distance running runt with a concave chest I think.

I can't do circuits. I have the turning circle of a tanker. Need a bout two weeks notice to run round a corner. Straight-ish lines only for me.

[Athers]

Right I've signed up to Endomodo in an effort to get myself out there, I hate running on treadmills so this is the only way I'll do it.

First run 4.67km in 28minutes. Probs shit but YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE

[Gary the Enfield]

Right I've signed up to Endomodo in an effort to get myself out there, I hate running on treadmills so this is the only way I'll do it.

First run 4.67km in 28minutes. Probs shit but YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE

Never knock your time. Just strive to better it. Well done.

[mrkint]

after three weeks of eating and drinking like hedonism bot I've decided to get back into it. I've been doing a lot of swimming recently, which although i enjoy isn't really doing it enough - it's very easy now to just go to the pool for 20 mins and go 'yay exercise' whereas before i was doing 40-50 mins of other stuff. So, went for a bit of hill running last night, made myself some veg-infested soup for the rest of the week and will be hitting the spinning classes tomorrow after some circuits today. Woopy do.

[Gary the Enfield]

Tempo training last night.

1.5 mile warm up
1mile at pace (6.37)
1 mile jog
5 x 200m uphill sprints (fast downhill recovery)
1 mile jog
1 mile at pace (6.58)
1.5 mile warm down

This is supposed to be a taper week for my half marathon..

[LeverEnd]

Where's the half marathon? I'm injured, limped down the Pike on Sunday and haven't run since. Had physion but it's a wait and see, deep pelvis injury, could be weeks. Bollocks, another attempted comeback bites the dust. Typical really.

[Athers]

Right I've signed up to Endomodo in an effort to get myself out there, I hate running on treadmills so this is the only way I'll do it.

First run 4.67km in 28minutes. Probs shit but YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE

Never knock your time. Just strive to better it. Well done.

Decided to run a bit further (around the Etihad instead of just 'to it') and did the extra 1km so 5.67km in 32:30 which is a faster average of 5m45s / km vs 6m00s / km
It was also sodding windy so I'll take it

Just reading GtE run makes me look tired!

[Gary the Enfield]

Where's the half marathon? I'm injured, limped down the Pike on Sunday and haven't run since. Had physion but it's a wait and see, deep pelvis injury, could be weeks. Bollocks, another attempted comeback bites the dust. Typical really.

Birmingham on Sunday. Sorry to hear about your injury. You were doing so well too. Have you had an X-Ray? Not wanting to sound melodramatic but a suspected piriformis injury two years ago turned out to be a fractured Sacrum.

Heal quick. Recover strong.