The athletics/running thread

[Gooner Girl]

Well done young GG! What is "standing triple jump?" just for this oldie? Is it like triple jump without the hop, skip and jump which makes it the triple jump, so it'd be just "jump"

Same but without run up.

Ta! Must say I never really "got" the triple jump...

What LE said ^ , kids don’t do the run up as that makes it even more wearing on a young body. Triple jump is my favourite event. Interesting article about it here

https://athleticsweekly.com/performance ... ump-68806/

But to clarify:

“Of all athletics events, the triple jump is widely acknowledged by sports scientists as one of the most physically demanding.

Research at the University of Iowa a few years ago showed that, at the landing between the hop and step phases, the force exerted by a triple jumper on the ground can be the equivalent of up to 22 times their bodyweight – just about the highest measured force that a human limb is exposed to during any intentional activity.”

Why runners are such pansy’s compared to us field athletes

[TANGODANCER]

Well done young GG! What is "standing triple jump?" just for this oldie? Is it like triple jump without the hop, skip and jump which makes it the triple jump, so it'd be just "jump"

Same but without run up.

Ta! Must say I never really "got" the triple jump...

Was always called "Long Jump" in school sports, and the other "Hop. step and jump. Never knew one without a run up.

[Bruce Rioja]

Year 6 in my money puts GG Jnr in the lower 6th

Well done to her - you must all be very proud.

[Gooner Girl]

Year 6 in my money puts GG Jnr in the lower 6th

Well done to her - you must all be very proud.

4th year juniors. For one more day! I’m going to be an absolute wreck this time tomorrow.

[Worthy4England]

Well done young GG! What is "standing triple jump?" just for this oldie? Is it like triple jump without the hop, skip and jump which makes it the triple jump, so it'd be just "jump"

Same but without run up.

Ta! Must say I never really "got" the triple jump...

What LE said ^ , kids don’t do the run up as that makes it even more wearing on a young body. Triple jump is my favourite event. Interesting article about it here

https://athleticsweekly.com/performance ... ump-68806/

But to clarify:

“Of all athletics events, the triple jump is widely acknowledged by sports scientists as one of the most physically demanding.

Research at the University of Iowa a few years ago showed that, at the landing between the hop and step phases, the force exerted by a triple jumper on the ground can be the equivalent of up to 22 times their bodyweight – just about the highest measured force that a human limb is exposed to during any intentional activity.”

Why runners are such pansy’s compared to us field athletes

Yeah, I still don't get it!

[Gooner Girl]

Well done young GG! What is "standing triple jump?" just for this oldie? Is it like triple jump without the hop, skip and jump which makes it the triple jump, so it'd be just "jump"

Same but without run up.

Ta! Must say I never really "got" the triple jump...

What LE said ^ , kids don’t do the run up as that makes it even more wearing on a young body. Triple jump is my favourite event. Interesting article about it here

https://athleticsweekly.com/performance ... ump-68806/

But to clarify:

“Of all athletics events, the triple jump is widely acknowledged by sports scientists as one of the most physically demanding.

Research at the University of Iowa a few years ago showed that, at the landing between the hop and step phases, the force exerted by a triple jumper on the ground can be the equivalent of up to 22 times their bodyweight – just about the highest measured force that a human limb is exposed to during any intentional activity.”

Why runners are such pansy’s compared to us field athletes

Yeah, I still don't get it!

It’s quite simple Worthy. Triple Jumpers are stronger, better athletes then anyone that plods round an ultra or an Ironman basically

[Burnden Paddock]

Year 6 in my money puts GG Jnr in the lower 6th

Well done to her - you must all be very proud.

She’ll be a first year in September. Got it now?

[Bruce Rioja]

Year 6 in my money puts GG Jnr in the lower 6th

Well done to her - you must all be very proud.

She’ll be a first year in September. Got it now?

Much better.

[Gary the Enfield]

Well done young GG! What is "standing triple jump?" just for this oldie? Is it like triple jump without the hop, skip and jump which makes it the triple jump, so it'd be just "jump"

Same but without run up.

Ta! Must say I never really "got" the triple jump...

What LE said ^ , kids don’t do the run up as that makes it even more wearing on a young body. Triple jump is my favourite event. Interesting article about it here

https://athleticsweekly.com/performance ... ump-68806/

But to clarify:

“Of all athletics events, the triple jump is widely acknowledged by sports scientists as one of the most physically demanding.

Research at the University of Iowa a few years ago showed that, at the landing between the hop and step phases, the force exerted by a triple jumper on the ground can be the equivalent of up to 22 times their bodyweight – just about the highest measured force that a human limb is exposed to during any intentional activity.”

Why runners are such pansy’s compared to us field athletes

Yeah, I still don't get it!

It’s quite simple Worthy. Triple Jumpers are stronger, better athletes then anyone that plods round an ultra or an Ironman basically

[nicholaldo]

I've just spent a few minutes watching the men's 35km race walk at the World Championships.

It's still as hilarious an event as ever (to my immature mind anyway).

[TANGODANCER]

I've just spent a few minutes watching the men's 35km race walk at the World Championships.

It's still as hilarious an event as ever (to my immature mind anyway).

If ever an action was made for the Benny Hill music, this is it...

[Gooner Girl]

He might not say it himself, but I feel this fantastic photo of Lever End and the future Mrs Lever End smashing park run today complete in wedding attire today needs to be shown. 2nd and a new pb LE whilst wearing a suit?! perhaps you should wear it every time you run!

[Burnden Paddock]

Last time I saw him running in a suit, he had his probation officer in his slip stream!

Great pic though LE! Good luck to you both for Wednesday.

[LeverEnd]

Thanks, that was a lot of fun. They had a proper photographer there for the Yorkshire Day thing, so we've got some great pics. He's made a 'Wedding Album' on the Roberts Parkrun page.
It was 5 mins faster than my stag do parkrun last weekend, which was quite frankly an ordeal! For obvious reasons. Not helped by being given a shot of 70% poteen to drink afterwards.

[Bruce Rioja]

Not helped by being given a shot of 70% poteen to drink afterwards.

You were looking somewhat less urbane last week, Old Sport.

[Gooner Girl]

Track and field season finished now in the gooner girl house with the twins U13 team doing very well in the Sussex final today, competing against the big boys of Brighton, Crawley etc. I had a disastrous season - put it down to old age and no training, but finished 11th in the country for triple jump and 13th for high jump in my age group. Just need to find some motivation to run this coming winter now, been sacking it off regularly for the best part of a year or so now. Zero motivation.

[Gooner Girl]

Struggled around 4.5K yesterday with oldest son. The realisation that he’s only going to get faster and I’m only going to get slower was slightly depressing.

[Gary the Enfield]

Struggled around 4.5K yesterday with oldest son. The realisation that he’s only going to get faster and I’m only going to get slower was slightly depressing.

Not necessarily. I'm 55 and regularly running against (and bettering) people 30 years younger. Not because I'm a good runner. LE is consistently more than 5 minutes faster than me over 5km. But if you run often, you get better. It's not rocket science.

[KeyserSoze]

First run in Huddersfield. About 700ft of climbing. The town is the bottom of a washbasin, I say.

Comes after a month off after some tw*t smacked a cricket ball into my knee during nets. Pro tip: never trust a batter in the nets who doesn't have wickets to defend :/

London sadly not happening now but I'll make up for it with some wandering in the Peaks.

[Gooner Girl]

Struggled around 4.5K yesterday with oldest son. The realisation that he’s only going to get faster and I’m only going to get slower was slightly depressing.

Not necessarily. I'm 55 and regularly running against (and bettering) people 30 years younger. Not because I'm a good runner. LE is consistently more than 5 minutes faster than me over 5km. But if you run often, you get better. It's not rocket science.

Yes, but I don’t want to run often! That’s the problem!