The athletics/running thread

[Gooner Girl]

Did a mile and half round the village with our young athletes before going back out and doing another 3 with my running partner. Reckon i have earnt tonights bacon sandwich...

[Gary the Enfield]

Track session tonight. 2 x 1600m at 10k pace with 400m recovery. Then 4 x 400m at 5k pace with 200m recovery.

Earned my glass of wine.

[Gooner Girl]

Track session tonight. 2 x 1600m at 10k pace with 400m recovery. Then 4 x 400m at 5k pace with 200m recovery.

Earned my glass of wine.

Reckon you have! Tough session!

You're lucky to have a track through the winter. Ours is only grass and not floodlit, so its sportshall and road running for our club September - April

[Gary the Enfield]

Track session tonight. 2 x 1600m at 10k pace with 400m recovery. Then 4 x 400m at 5k pace with 200m recovery.

Earned my glass of wine.

Reckon you have! Tough session!

You're lucky to have a track through the winter. Ours is only grass and not floodlit, so its sportshall and road running for our club September - April

We're using the Queen Elizabeth stadium where a young Seb Coe used to train. Recently revamped because Enfield Town FC are about to use it for their home games. We get exclusive use on Tuesdays provided they don't have a game on. Works quite well.

[Gooner Girl]

Nice! I have track envy now...

Because we have several within 30 mins drive (Brighton, Crawley, Lewes, Horsham) its a bit of a battle getting anything built in Mid Sussex...

[Bruce Rioja]

Did a mile and half round the village with our young athletes before going back out and doing another 3 with my running partner. Reckon i have earnt tonights bacon sandwich...

And were you doing keepy-uppies whilst you were at it?

[Lofthouse Lower]

Any black eyes?

[Gooner Girl]

Did a mile and half round the village with our young athletes before going back out and doing another 3 with my running partner. Reckon i have earnt tonights bacon sandwich...

And were you doing keepy-uppies whilst you were at it?

No, not that clever!

[Annoyed Grunt]

Any black eyes?

[Bruce Rioja]

Did a mile and half round the village with our young athletes before going back out and doing another 3 with my running partner. Reckon i have earnt tonights bacon sandwich...

And were you doing keepy-uppies whilst you were at it?

No, not that clever!

Thought they came naturally to you!

[Gooner Girl]

Did a mile and half round the village with our young athletes before going back out and doing another 3 with my running partner. Reckon i have earnt tonights bacon sandwich...

And were you doing keepy-uppies whilst you were at it?

No, not that clever!

Thought they came naturally to you!

Are you still bitter I can do more then you?!

[Bruce Rioja]

Did a mile and half round the village with our young athletes before going back out and doing another 3 with my running partner. Reckon i have earnt tonights bacon sandwich...

And were you doing keepy-uppies whilst you were at it?

No, not that clever!

Thought they came naturally to you!

Are you still bitter I can do more then you?!

Me? Bitter that a girl can do more keepy-uppies with a bloody Rugby ball than I can with a football? Whatever gave you that idea?

[Gooner Girl]

A rugby ball?!

[Harry Genshaw]

Anyone on here done their local park run? Might give it a go this weekend as part of my road back to fitness. Mind 9am on a Saturday is a bit early for me.

Good luck to GtE for Saturday. You'll storm it lad

[Gary the Enfield]

Anyone on here done their local park run? Might give it a go this weekend as part of my road back to fitness. Mind 9am on a Saturday is a bit early for me.

Good luck to GtE for Saturday. You'll storm it lad

Sunday. And thanks.

On Saturday I'm mentoring a friend of a friend who's doing her first 5k Handicap. She wants to do it in 28 minutes which suits me fine as a light session before Sunday.

[Harry Genshaw]

Sunday

There's no pleasing some folk

[Wandering Willy]

Aye - good luck with that Enners.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Anyone on here done their local park run? Might give it a go this weekend as part of my road back to fitness. Mind 9am on a Saturday is a bit early for me.

Good luck to GtE for Saturday. You'll storm it lad

Sunday. And thanks.

On Saturday I'm mentoring a friend of a friend who's doing her first 5k Handicap. She wants to do it in 28 minutes which suits me fine as a light session before Sunday.

5k in Chorlton Park is a weekly job

[Gary the Enfield]

Sunday

There's no pleasing some folk

Sorry. I will be only too pleased to tell you how massively bobbins I did.

[Gary the Enfield]

Got back about an hour ago.

I can honestly say that was one of the best things I have ever done.
Great race. My swim was slow (expected) but I pushed it on the bike which, given it was a hybrid and not a racer, I turned in a time of just over an hour. A soilid 22 min 5k on a flat park path and I was home.

Completed in 1:36:45 (ish)

Really, really chuffed. With a better bike I'm sure I would have beaten 1:30.

Thanks for all your good wishes.