The athletics/running thread

[Beefheart]

24:46 this morning Finally broke that 25 minute barrier and then some, 40 seconds off my PB. Also about 10 seconds quicker than my PB on a flat course, so need to do that again as I reckon I can get in the 23:30-23:45 region.

[Bruce Rioja]

24:46 this morning Finally broke that 25 minute barrier and then some, 40 seconds off my PB. Also about 10 seconds quicker than my PB on a flat course, so need to do that again as I reckon I can get in the 23:30-23:45 region.

You looked to be going well as you came past Raspberry Ripple Corner .

Well done, mate.

[LeverEnd]

Well run Beefy.
Was in Beverley this morning, decided to start steady and keep up a steady rhythm to avoid blowing my load too soon.
Managed to just dip inside my 10k target with 39:54. First race for 3 years so happy with that. 8 pints and 4 Jaeger bombs last night didn't help but got a lovely good luck message this morning from the young lady I met in The Beverley Beaver nightspot!

[Bruce Rioja]

Are you sure that wasn't her nickname?

[LeverEnd]

Are you sure that wasn't her nickname?

It can be my pet name for her.

[Harry Genshaw]

Well done Beefy. Great effort.

LE - sub 40 10k after a night on the ale in the company of some no doubt pox riddled whore? You can feck off!

[Burnden Paddock]

Well done Beefy. Great effort.

LE - sub 40 10k after a night on the ale in the company of some no doubt pox riddled whore? You can feck off!

That's no way to speak about Penders!

[LeverEnd]

[Gary the Enfield]

Well done Beefy. Great effort.

LE - sub 40 10k after a night on the ale in the company of some no doubt pox riddled whore? You can feck off!

Well done Beefy and LE. A 40 second pb and a sub 40 10km is superb going.

[Beefheart]

Cheers guys. Doing interval training sessions with this group at my gym on a Thursday has definitely been helping, and now starting to ramp up my weekly mileage so I still think there are some relatively easy gains to be made.

[Rjs37]

I'm currently giving the Couch to 5K thing a go. Starting week 5 tonight.
Day 3 this week (20 minute run) is going to be an absolutely killer .

So far I've just been doing it at home (on the spot on an exercise mat), going to get myself a better pair of trainers and migrate to the outdoors. Should at least make the run a little less boring!

[Gary the Enfield]

I'm currently giving the Couch to 5K thing a go. Starting week 5 tonight.
Day 3 this week (20 minute run) is going to be an absolutely killer .

So far I've just been doing it at home (on the spot on an exercise mat), going to get myself a better pair of trainers and migrate to the outdoors. Should at least make the run a little less boring!

You've been running on the spot for 4 weeks?

feck me that sounds tedious.

Good luck with the outdoors.

[Beefheart]

23:57 this morning. Another 49 seconds off my PB!

[LeverEnd]

23:57 this morning. Another 49 seconds off my PB!

A fine effort Beefy. Big jump.
Perfect morning for it. Attendance record of416, way higher than the previous 384.

[Burnden Paddock]

First run at Bolton for 5 months. Got around in 29:09 with huge thanks to HG for pacing me around. That's 3 x 5k in the last 6 days in preparation for the Manchester 10k next Sunday.

[Harry Genshaw]

First run at Bolton for 5 months. Got around in 29:09 with huge thanks to HG for pacing me around. That's 3 x 5k in the last 6 days in preparation for the Manchester 10k next Sunday.

Thought you were slowing down towards the end until i heard that Marshall say "Looks like rain"

[LeverEnd]

First run at Bolton for 5 months. Got around in 29:09 with huge thanks to HG for pacing me around. That's 3 x 5k in the last 6 days in preparation for the Manchester 10k next Sunday.

Thought you were slowing down towards the end until i heard that Marshall say "Looks like rain"

One of the marshalls was quite rude to me on the way round. Might make an official complaint.

[Rjs37]

This the parkrun at Leverhulme yeah? And 400+ people, that's crazy!
Definitely giving that a go once I get up to the 5k distances.

Didn't even realize until a couple of weeks ago that the parkrun was there. I literally live 10-15 minutes walk away so pretty ideal for me haha.

Good luck to those doing the 10k next weekend

[Worthy4England]

This the parkrun at Leverhulme yeah? And 400+ people, that's crazy!
Definitely giving that a go once I get up to the 5k distances.

Didn't even realize until a couple of weeks ago that the parkrun was there. I literally live 10-15 minutes walk away so pretty ideal for me haha.

Good luck to those doing the 10k next weekend

10/15 minute walk. You'll be knackered by the time you get there!

[Rjs37]

10/15 minute walk. You'll be knackered by the time you get there!

Nah, that's the warm-up!