The athletics/running thread

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I've got a race tomorrow, and I've done some serious anti-training for the last three weeks. I've been riding a horse and can hardly walk properly anymore, never mind run. And my body doesn't know what time zone it's in right now. Ha reckon I might finally fail and come last.

[LeverEnd]

I've got a race tomorrow, and I've done some serious anti-training for the last three weeks. I've been riding a horse and can hardly walk properly anymore, never mind run. And my body doesn't know what time zone it's in right now. Ha reckon I might finally fail and come last.

Fell race?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I've got a race tomorrow, and I've done some serious anti-training for the last three weeks. I've been riding a horse and can hardly walk properly anymore, never mind run. And my body doesn't know what time zone it's in right now. Ha reckon I might finally fail and come last.

Fell race?

Yup - class A/S

[LeverEnd]

I've got a race tomorrow, and I've done some serious anti-training for the last three weeks. I've been riding a horse and can hardly walk properly anymore, never mind run. And my body doesn't know what time zone it's in right now. Ha reckon I might finally fail and come last.

Fell race?

Yup - class A/S

Good luck. I imagine the 'S' bit is a slight relief! (no pun intended)

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I've got a race tomorrow, and I've done some serious anti-training for the last three weeks. I've been riding a horse and can hardly walk properly anymore, never mind run. And my body doesn't know what time zone it's in right now. Ha reckon I might finally fail and come last.

Fell race?

Yup - class A/S

Good luck. I imagine the 'S' bit is a slight relief! (no pun intended)

Cheers. Certainly is/was; but having said that it isn't the length that hurt it's the 340m of ascent!

Anyway, I did it and achieved my three objectives, which in descending order of priority were: don't die during the race, finish the race, don't come last.

[LeverEnd]

Nice one!

[Prufrock]

Yeah, but did you warm up ?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Yeah, but did you warm up ?

No warm up, no warm down (excepting a pint afterwards), and anti-training beforehand.
I've just looked it up on the FRA site and it's 1,115 ft of ascent - no wonder it felt brutal. Whereas its description is Hard but Beautiful, which is a good summary.

[Harry Genshaw]

Well done Spotty! (I still say you would have finished further up the field if you'd had a good warm up beforehand )

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Well done Spotty! (I still say you would have finished further up the field if you'd had a good warm up beforehand )

Still awaiting the race results, but I'll tell you what, if I came as low as next to last (I defo know there was at least one bloke behind me because I overtook him on the final downhill section), then next time I'll warm up.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Well done Spotty! (I still say you would have finished further up the field if you'd had a good warm up beforehand )

Still awaiting the race results, but I'll tell you what, if I came as low as next to last (I defo know there was at least one bloke behind me because I overtook him on the final downhill section), then next time I'll warm up.

Phew! the results are in, six others lagging behind me, so I don't have to stick with rash promises

[LeverEnd]

Well done Spotty! (I still say you would have finished further up the field if you'd had a good warm up beforehand )

Still awaiting the race results, but I'll tell you what, if I came as low as next to last (I defo know there was at least one bloke behind me because I overtook him on the final downhill section), then next time I'll warm up.

Phew! the results are in, six others lagging behind me, so I don't have to stick with rash promises

Good stuff, really need to do a fell race this summer once I'm convinced my hip/back isn't made of glass. Been competing 30 years and never done one. I ran up to the Pigeon Tower the other day and down and got away with it.
One of my best mates runs for Pudsey and Bramley and has been trying for years to get me to a Dales one. I fancy one of the traditional ones as part of a fair/festival.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Well done Spotty! (I still say you would have finished further up the field if you'd had a good warm up beforehand )

Still awaiting the race results, but I'll tell you what, if I came as low as next to last (I defo know there was at least one bloke behind me because I overtook him on the final downhill section), then next time I'll warm up.

Phew! the results are in, six others lagging behind me, so I don't have to stick with rash promises

Good stuff, really need to do a fell race this summer once I'm convinced my hip/back isn't made of glass. Been competing 30 years and never done one. I ran up to the Pigeon Tower the other day and down and got away with it.
One of my best mates runs for Pudsey and Bramley and has been trying for years to get me to a Dales one. I fancy one of the traditional ones as part of a fair/festival.

I reckon you should just do one at least. In my opinion, if you enjoy running you'll benefit, either because it'll be a pleasant revelation and you take it up, or it'll be an unpleasant revelation and you'll appreciate the flat stuff even more. Go on, be a devil!

[Gary the Enfield]

Turbo trainer for my birthday. So happy I may put it in the happy thread too.

[thebish]

Turbo trainer for my birthday. So happy I may put it in the happy thread too.

what's that?

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Turbo trainer for my birthday. So happy I may put it in the happy thread too.

what's that?

You stick your bike in it and it becomes a posh cycling machine in a gym. They're good.

[Gary the Enfield]

Turbo trainer for my birthday. So happy I may put it in the happy thread too.

what's that?

You stick your bike in it and it becomes a posh cycling machine in a gym. They're good.

This. Indoor bike training for when the weather's too poor.

[thebish]

does the deluxe model do the peddling for you?

[Gary the Enfield]

does the deluxe model do the peddling for you?

I wouldn't know. :0(

[LeverEnd]

Might have to review my fell race plan!

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/bull-atta ... -1-6595746

You don't get that at parkrun.