The athletics/running thread

[Bruce Rioja]

Anyone running tomorrow? I'm thinking of nipping down to watch and if there's a spot of breakfast going........

I'm full of a cold, BP, so I might cough and splutter my way around here first then drop down to LHP for brekkie.

[Burnden Paddock]

Anyone running tomorrow? I'm thinking of nipping down to watch and if there's a spot of breakfast going........

I'm full of a cold, BP, so I might cough and splutter my way around here first then drop down to LHP for brekkie.

Again? You wuss! Don't leave me hanging!

[Bruce Rioja]

Anyone running tomorrow? I'm thinking of nipping down to watch and if there's a spot of breakfast going........

I'm full of a cold, BP, so I might cough and splutter my way around here first then drop down to LHP for brekkie.

Again? You wuss! Don't leave me hanging!

Yiss, again. I blame planes.

[Burnden Paddock]

Anyone running tomorrow? I'm thinking of nipping down to watch and if there's a spot of breakfast going........

I'm full of a cold, BP, so I might cough and splutter my way around here first then drop down to LHP for brekkie.

Again? You wuss! Don't leave me hanging!

Yiss, again. I blame planes.

Separate tables it is then and i'll be going up first for my food!

[LeverEnd]

Anyone running tomorrow? I'm thinking of nipping down to watch and if there's a spot of breakfast going........

I'm full of a cold, BP, so I might cough and splutter my way around here first then drop down to LHP for brekkie.

Again? You wuss! Don't leave me hanging!

Yiss, again. I blame planes.

Bad AIDS.

[Bruce Rioja]

Anyone running tomorrow? I'm thinking of nipping down to watch and if there's a spot of breakfast going........

I'm full of a cold, BP, so I might cough and splutter my way around here first then drop down to LHP for brekkie.

Again? You wuss! Don't leave me hanging!

Yiss, again. I blame planes.

Separate tables it is then and i'll be going up first for my food!

The usual drill then?

[LeverEnd]

Ran 19:33 at Bradford parkrun yesterday, my fastest for almost 2 years. Wish I could run more than 3 times a week but my calves aren't up to it yet. Slowly but surely getting fitter though. I've entered the Beverley 10k May 8th, first proper race for a couple of years so that's something to aim for.

[Harry Genshaw]

Nice one LE. That's sounding pretty promising.

Just completed my first ever ultra. The Oldham way 40 miler. Ran it with a lass from work who's very slow but has completed several ultras. A few navigational errors meant we actually covered 44 miles. My feet are battered

[LeverEnd]

Nice one LE. That's sounding pretty promising.

Just completed my first ever ultra. The Oldham way 40 miler. Ran it with a lass from work who's very slow but has completed several ultras. A few navigational errors meant we actually covered 44 miles. My feet are battered

Fair play, that's a fine effort. I'd be in hospital for a month! I'm currently clocking up about 15 miles per week as I ease my way back, so that's three weeks worth for me.

[Gary the Enfield]

Nice one LE. That's sounding pretty promising.

Just completed my first ever ultra. The Oldham way 40 miler. Ran it with a lass from work who's very slow but has completed several ultras. A few navigational errors meant we actually covered 44 miles. My feet are battered

Fair play, that's a fine effort. I'd be in hospital for a month! I'm currently clocking up about 15 miles per week as I ease my way back, so that's three weeks worth for me.

Nice to see everyone getting out and about. I'm three weeks into my programme now but it's working out that Saturday is my day off at the moment.

Friday was and 8 mile run followed by a 1 mile swim and Sunday was a 35 mile bike ride. So far so good although I'm going to see the Physio/ Osteopath regularly just to keep on top of the back ache.

[Bruce Rioja]

I marshalled the PR on Saturday due to a heavy cold. BP came for brekkers - he was shit at that too

[Gary the Enfield]

I marshalled the PR on Saturday due to a heavy cold. BP came for brekkers - he was shit at that too

Ha Ha Ha! How were SLF?

[Burnden Paddock]

I marshalled the PR on Saturday due to a heavy cold. BP came for brekkers - he was shit at that too

Ha Ha Ha! How were SLF?

W@nkers! To a ..... Oh. Forget it!

[Bruce Rioja]

I marshalled the PR on Saturday due to a heavy cold. BP came for brekkers - he was shit at that too

Ha Ha Ha! How were SLF?

Absolutely outstanding thanks, mate. They're like a fine wine.

[Bruce Rioja]

When it just isn't your day

[Bruce Rioja]

Just watching the women's half marathon from Cardiff. These women run at an unbelievable pace. You'd find me tucked in behind No. 103, whoever she is

[Prufrock]

Proper runners are frightening. LE posted this in 2014 and it's stuck with me:

Dennis Kimetto just broke the world marathon record in Berlin with a time of 2:02:57.
Absolutely stupendous, that works out at 26 consecutive 4:41 miles, or 42 x 2:54 kilometres.

I'm 27, play football twice a week, usually get out for a run once more, the gym at least once, and have always been relatively fit, especially now I've pretty much quit smoking. My fastest spilt time when I'm doing a 5k is usually about 6:30 so I reckon even with all the training in the world I'd be hard pushed to get near a 5 min mile. He did 26 of the feck*. In a row.

[Bruce Rioja]

Proper runners are frightening. LE posted this in 2014 and it's stuck with me:

Dennis Kimetto just broke the world marathon record in Berlin with a time of 2:02:57.
Absolutely stupendous, that works out at 26 consecutive 4:41 miles, or 42 x 2:54 kilometres.

I'm 27, play football twice a week, usually get out for a run once more, the gym at least once, and have always been relatively fit, especially now I've pretty much quit smoking. My fastest spilt time when I'm doing a 5k is usually about 6:30 so I reckon even with all the training in the world I'd be hard pushed to get near a 5 min mile. He did 26 of the feck. In a row.

Stunning. Are you watching Cardiff, Pru? Kenyans, Eritreans, Ethiopians running in the worst possible conditions and ripping it. Mo Farah third and sets a European record. Kamworor, the winner, actually fell at the start line and has ran with bleeding knees.

[Prufrock]

Proper runners are frightening. LE posted this in 2014 and it's stuck with me:

Dennis Kimetto just broke the world marathon record in Berlin with a time of 2:02:57.
Absolutely stupendous, that works out at 26 consecutive 4:41 miles, or 42 x 2:54 kilometres.

I'm 27, play football twice a week, usually get out for a run once more, the gym at least once, and have always been relatively fit, especially now I've pretty much quit smoking. My fastest spilt time when I'm doing a 5k is usually about 6:30 so I reckon even with all the training in the world I'd be hard pushed to get near a 5 min mile. He did 26 of the feck. In a row.

Stunning. Are you watching Cardiff, Pru? Kenyans, Eritreans, Ethiopians running in the worst possible conditions and ripping it. Mo Farah third and sets a European record. Kamworor, the winner, actually fell at the start line and has ran with bleeding knees.

I'm not. To my shame,whilst if I find knowledge of these incredible feats fascinating and literally awesome, I find watching them actually do itinterminably dull !

[Bruce Rioja]

Proper runners are frightening. LE posted this in 2014 and it's stuck with me:

Dennis Kimetto just broke the world marathon record in Berlin with a time of 2:02:57.
Absolutely stupendous, that works out at 26 consecutive 4:41 miles, or 42 x 2:54 kilometres.

I'm 27, play football twice a week, usually get out for a run once more, the gym at least once, and have always been relatively fit, especially now I've pretty much quit smoking. My fastest spilt time when I'm doing a 5k is usually about 6:30 so I reckon even with all the training in the world I'd be hard pushed to get near a 5 min mile. He did 26 of the feck. In a row.

Stunning. Are you watching Cardiff, Pru? Kenyans, Eritreans, Ethiopians running in the worst possible conditions and ripping it. Mo Farah third and sets a European record. Kamworor, the winner, actually fell at the start line and has ran with bleeding knees.

I'm not. To my shame,whilst if I find knowledge of these incredible feats fascinating and literally awesome, I find watching them actually do itinterminably dull !

I didn't see Stewart Lee running ! I was very late to this running business and previously would never have watched a road race, but now I just find myself in awe of these people's pace and find it to be essential viewing.