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  • Had a great run this morning, took 35 secs off my post Covid PB. Despite Avery Hill being much busier due to Danson being cancelled. 

    Have been off this week for half term and been out and about every day. Amazing how much stronger my legs felt simply by not sitting down at a computer every day. 
    That's fantastic - it's amazing what just being active every day can do to you, my PB came while I was travelling and had been doing about 20,000 steps a day for five weeks!

    I did Bushy on Saturday, with just the 1,600-odd other people. My second time there - the first time was during the Rugby World Cup in Australia and "only" 800 people were there. Had never been by public transport before - walking through so close to the deer was quite an experience.

    It's actually a good course, it's a bit crazy with so many people but they've got it down to a fine art. I was pleased to have gone back.
  • edited November 9
    Back to Kettering today. 57 times there. Sticking to local runs unless on holiday in future. Staved off exceeding 30 mins for the first time ever for another week at least, with a minute and a half to spare too  😉
  • Hilly Fields today. Never gets easier!
  • Hilly Fields today. Never gets easier!
    Did a slight detour yesterday on my training run to scout hilly fields, as they do a junior park run there. Only ran the east side of the course, having taken on vicars hill to get there but think I’ll be keeping my boy at Norman park!
  • Hilly Fields today. Never gets easier!
    Did a slight detour yesterday on my training run to scout hilly fields, as they do a junior park run there. Only ran the east side of the course, having taken on vicars hill to get there but think I’ll be keeping my boy at Norman park!
    I've volunteered a lot at Hilly Fields juniors - it's great, lots of very fast kids there, despite the hill!

    Hornfair Park juniors is doing well, seems to have settled down at about 25-30 kids a week.
  • follett said:
    I ran the Porto Marathon the Sunday before last. Quite a fun way to see the city but ended up being quite a tough morning. Assume the marathon was set in November to avoid the heat but ended up being 24 degrees which was too hot for me, very cobbly streets and despite not having loads of elevation gain, there were a few uphill sections that were killer on tired legs. The heat seemed to catch a few out as I've never seen so many walking the end of a marathon. I just about managed to dig in and finish without stopping to walk and kept my time under 4 hours which I'm happy with. Looking forward to keeping the fitness levels topped up and see what I can do going forward, eyeing up Edinburgh now
    Great effort. Cobbles streets and heat are my two worse nightmares. I am doing battersea in a couple of weeks which is ten laps of the park. Billed as the uk’s flattest marathon but it’s going to be a war of attrition mentally running round in circles! 
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  • follett said:
    I ran the Porto Marathon the Sunday before last. Quite a fun way to see the city but ended up being quite a tough morning. Assume the marathon was set in November to avoid the heat but ended up being 24 degrees which was too hot for me, very cobbly streets and despite not having loads of elevation gain, there were a few uphill sections that were killer on tired legs. The heat seemed to catch a few out as I've never seen so many walking the end of a marathon. I just about managed to dig in and finish without stopping to walk and kept my time under 4 hours which I'm happy with. Looking forward to keeping the fitness levels topped up and see what I can do going forward, eyeing up Edinburgh now
    Well done. A great effort. Hope you get your feet up for a few days to recover.
  • follett said:
    I ran the Porto Marathon the Sunday before last. Quite a fun way to see the city but ended up being quite a tough morning. Assume the marathon was set in November to avoid the heat but ended up being 24 degrees which was too hot for me, very cobbly streets and despite not having loads of elevation gain, there were a few uphill sections that were killer on tired legs. The heat seemed to catch a few out as I've never seen so many walking the end of a marathon. I just about managed to dig in and finish without stopping to walk and kept my time under 4 hours which I'm happy with. Looking forward to keeping the fitness levels topped up and see what I can do going forward, eyeing up Edinburgh now
    Great effort. Cobbles streets and heat are my two worse nightmares. I am doing battersea in a couple of weeks which is ten laps of the park. Billed as the uk’s flattest marathon but it’s going to be a war of attrition mentally running round in circles! 
    Good luck, hopefully there's a decent crowd there to keep you going!
  • follett said:
    I ran the Porto Marathon the Sunday before last. Quite a fun way to see the city but ended up being quite a tough morning. Assume the marathon was set in November to avoid the heat but ended up being 24 degrees which was too hot for me, very cobbly streets and despite not having loads of elevation gain, there were a few uphill sections that were killer on tired legs. The heat seemed to catch a few out as I've never seen so many walking the end of a marathon. I just about managed to dig in and finish without stopping to walk and kept my time under 4 hours which I'm happy with. Looking forward to keeping the fitness levels topped up and see what I can do going forward, eyeing up Edinburgh now
    Great effort. Cobbles streets and heat are my two worse nightmares. I am doing battersea in a couple of weeks which is ten laps of the park. Billed as the uk’s flattest marathon but it’s going to be a war of attrition mentally running round in circles! 
    Cool, I'm doing that too. The 10 laps will help with storing and collecting any supplies, plus anyone coming to watch. Hopefully the weather is the same as the last couple of Saturdays. 
  • Went to Littlehampton parkrun this morning and the founder of parkrun Paul Sinton-Hewitt was visiting. 
    Managed to knock 13 seconds off my PB on my 17th parkrun, don’t manage to fit it in very often due to work and football commitments. 
  • Wimbledon Common this morning - tricky trail course, still muddy in a couple of parts despite the lack of rain, although I probably should have left the trail shoes at home.

    One of the best run directors I've ever seen, she must have personally cheered most of the 500-odd runners over the line.
  • 28.35 yesterday on my 99th parkrun! Slowly recovering from Corona virus, but managed a minute faster earlier this year so hope to get back that at least 
  • McBobbin said:
    28.35 yesterday on my 99th parkrun! Slowly recovering from Corona virus, but managed a minute faster earlier this year so hope to get back that at least 
     🤣 Almost within spitting range. I ran 28.39 yesterday (Irchester) 8th time there.
  • Some local, extra hilly cross country if anyone wants to run up and down Abbey Wood's hills and mud :#
    https://www.plumsteadrunners.co.uk/lesnes-abbey-5.php

    At least the 11am start (Sunday 15/12) is nice. 
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  • RedPanda said:
    Some local, extra hilly cross country if anyone wants to run up and down Abbey Wood's hills and mud :#
    https://www.plumsteadrunners.co.uk/lesnes-abbey-5.php

    At least the 11am start (Sunday 15/12) is nice. 
    As an honorary Plum myself, thats a great, testing run that we used to run often as a training run.  And its in memory of the late and very great Ray Marshall, who we all miss very much which is a bonus.
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