The athletics/running thread

[Gary the Enfield]

Get some decent goggles and a cap. £20 should set you up. Get some advice about the best fitting goggles for your head shape too. We're all different and it pays to have a watertight fit.

Good luck.

I can see the point of goggles (was just gonna nick one of the kids pairs!) - but how does a cap help? (I'm pretty much bald anyway!)

Some places insist on it. If you're swimming Front Crawl your head will be face down. The cap helps you streamline as you not only have hair but ears which can cause drag.

[thebish]

Get some decent goggles and a cap. £20 should set you up. Get some advice about the best fitting goggles for your head shape too. We're all different and it pays to have a watertight fit.

Good luck.

I can see the point of goggles (was just gonna nick one of the kids pairs!) - but how does a cap help? (I'm pretty much bald anyway!)

Some places insist on it. If you're swimming Front Crawl your head will be face down. The cap helps you streamline as you not only have hair but ears which can cause drag.

at my drowning-labrador pace - that is hardly a significant factor!!

[Gooner Girl]

Get some decent goggles and a cap. £20 should set you up. Get some advice about the best fitting goggles for your head shape too. We're all different and it pays to have a watertight fit.

Good luck.

I can see the point of goggles (was just gonna nick one of the kids pairs!) - but how does a cap help? (I'm pretty much bald anyway!)

Some places insist on it. If you're swimming Front Crawl your head will be face down. The cap helps you streamline as you not only have hair but ears which can cause drag.

at my drowning-labrador pace - that is hardly a significant factor!!

How fast do You think he is going?!

[Verbal]

Hill training

9 x 40 seconds up a slope. Basically running up and down a hill nine times. Felt a bit like Sisyphus after a bit.

Onwards

[Gary the Enfield]

Hill training


9 x 40 seconds up a slope. Basically running up and down a hill nine times. Felt a bit like Sisyphus after a bit.

Onwards

Cranberry juice will sort that out.

[Verbal]

Bolton parkrun this morning. Nobody told me it had that bloody hill in it. Twice.

Roughly around the 23 minute mark. We'll see. I need to push myself next week though. Big time.

[Gooner Girl]

Bolton parkrun this morning. Nobody told me it had that bloody hill in it. Twice.

Roughly around the 23 minute mark. We'll see. I need to push myself next week though. Big time.

Very consistent at least!

Martin - you getting itchy feet yet?!

[Gary the Enfield]

Bolton parkrun this morning. Nobody told me it had that bloody hill in it. Twice.

Roughly around the 23 minute mark. We'll see. I need to push myself next week though. Big time.

Very consistent at least!

Martin - you getting itchy feet yet?!

Good God, yes. My daughter ran in the schools x-country this morning at Trent Park and I saw all my running buddies either running hills or out on their long runs. Gutted I can't join them, but I must rest or I won't run at all. I guess with the snow it's not the WORST week to have off.

[Gooner Girl]

Bolton parkrun this morning. Nobody told me it had that bloody hill in it. Twice.

Roughly around the 23 minute mark. We'll see. I need to push myself next week though. Big time.

Very consistent at least!

Martin - you getting itchy feet yet?!

Good God, yes. My daughter ran in the schools x-country this morning at Trent Park and I saw all my running buddies either running hills or out on their long runs. Gutted I can't join them, but I must rest or I won't run at all. I guess with the snow it's not the WORST week to have off.

How did she get on?!

Well done for being good, hope it snows then you won't be as tempted!

[thebish]

as I am trying to soft-pedal my limpy knee - did 30mins on my cross-trainer today... has the advantage that it is warm and I can watch TV while doing it - winner!

[Verbal]

23:03

ARGH!

Dying to get back to Hackney now and run on a flat, gravel-laiden course. Underrated stuff.

[Bruce Rioja]

Not done a thing for a week - need to finish weeks 8 and 9 ahead of the 5K, which is two weeks today

[Gooner Girl]

Legend trains with the legends!

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[Bruce Rioja]

My GP says I need a pacemaker.

Not quite sure what I'll do with a little Somalian bloke!


Fudderly dumph- tissssh!

[thebish]

My GP says I need a pacemaker.

Not quite sure what I'll do with a little Somalian bloke!


Fudderly dumph- tissssh!

one thing I've learned that I'll pass on free of charge...

NEVER take the advice of a Guinea Pig on running matters...

[Gary the Enfield]

My GP says I need a pacemaker.

Not quite sure what I'll do with a little Somalian bloke!


Fudderly dumph- tissssh!

one thing I've learned that I'll pass on free of charge...

NEVER take the advice of a Guinea Pig on running matters...

I don't know, them buggers go pretty fast on their wheels. No stamina though.

[thebish]

My GP says I need a pacemaker.

Not quite sure what I'll do with a little Somalian bloke!


Fudderly dumph- tissssh!

one thing I've learned that I'll pass on free of charge...

NEVER take the advice of a Guinea Pig on running matters...

I don't know, them buggers go pretty fast on their wheels. No stamina though.

that's hamsters gary! now I can see where you're going wrong!

[Verbal]

pic from parkrun

my face appears to have deformed

[Prufrock]

[thebish]

pic from parkrun

my face appears to have deformed

that's a posh parkrun if it has a running track!!