Dartford heath for me this morning. Was a nice run, 26mins. Aiming this year to get back in the 21's after some injuries and lack of training. And to get close to earning 50 parkrun milestone, currently on 19.
Anyone else participating this morning? What one you doing / done?
Im off to Avery Hill in a bit. Absolutely shattered and zero enthusiasm, but got to be done.
Good luck
Planning to do Danson if I can drag my arse out of bed!
I did manage to drag my arse out of bed in the end. Felt like a bit of a slog after a heavy head cold and a week of overeating and drinking. 40th overall out of 271. Nice to see one of the marshalls with wearing a Charlton cap!
Had a really shite week so sacked this off for golf this morning. Mentally I needed my pals taking the piss out of me for 4hrs instead of a half hour solo run.
Was marshalling at the Boat House at Bexley yesterday...seemed busy to me...was wearing my CAFC beanie and got a few 'Up The Addicks'... Good to see @Hillsys Up putting the effort in.
I managed to complete Swanley this morning in roughly 36.5 mins having had to give up after 4k last week. I think my recovery from a back injury is taking a bit longer then expected. I guess it's an age thing.
Still haven't done a park run but have kept my lockdown running going since Dec 2020. It was ideal running conditions this morning, managed a PB of 17 miles which got very uncomfortable at the end but I'm edging towards marathon distance.
Feels like now or never for a full marathon so think I'll sign up for the Magna Carta marathon in Surrey in April.
I'll probably do the Dartford half in March as prep (of course wearing a Charlton shirt for both).
Cracking efforts Shine. Amazing how quickly the body can progress with this stuff.
Cheers mate, I looked at my records and in August 4k took me 35mins. I only started in May 2021 and with roughly 2/3 runs a week I've gone from 15st done to 12s 2lb. I'm doing the Cambridge half, in March for mcmillan and am hoping to break 2 hours with good wind behind me.
Wouldn't normally run 2 days in a row but was feeling good this am. Just knocked 6 mins off of my 10k pb and managed sub 1hour for the first time .
Why not run an extra 5 steps and finish it though?
😆 Because you manually stop a Samsung watch and my mrs text me just as I was about to finish it.... so her text alert I thought was the 10k alert ! I did swear lol
The 5k run I posted the day before is 5.01.... again due to manual stop, I definitely need an update now that I'm doing this semi seriously.
Wouldn't normally run 2 days in a row but was feeling good this am. Just knocked 6 mins off of my 10k pb and managed sub 1hour for the first time .
Why not run an extra 5 steps and finish it though?
😆 Because you manually stop a Samsung watch and my mrs text me just as I was about to finish it.... so her text alert I thought was the 10k alert ! I did swear lol
The 5k run I posted the day before is 5.01.... again due to manual stop, I definitely need an update now that I'm doing this semi seriously.
The distance is only approximate, whatever device you are using. You can really tie yourself in knots trying to get perfect GPS tracking.
Wouldn't normally run 2 days in a row but was feeling good this am. Just knocked 6 mins off of my 10k pb and managed sub 1hour for the first time .
Why not run an extra 5 steps and finish it though?
😆 Because you manually stop a Samsung watch and my mrs text me just as I was about to finish it.... so her text alert I thought was the 10k alert ! I did swear lol
The 5k run I posted the day before is 5.01.... again due to manual stop, I definitely need an update now that I'm doing this semi seriously.
The distance is only approximate, whatever device you are using. You can really tie yourself in knots trying to get perfect GPS tracking.
Tbh it's more for when I'm doing a half mara or more, I accidentally paused my timer, less than half a km into my first half and never really knew where I was at. Really messed with my ability to pace myself properly and knocked the confidence in my 'ability'.
I'm not exactly trying to qualify for team GB, so the odd .01 either side makes very little difference most of the time, to anything other than OCD.
Sorry @shine166 I was only joking. I ran 5k once and stopped almost dropped dead when it clicked over to 5k, then when i ended the exercise and looked at my stats and it said 4.99 and i wanted to cry!
Sorry @shine166 I was only joking. I ran 5k once and stopped almost dropped dead when it clicked over to 5k, then when i ended the exercise and looked at my stats and it said 4.99 and i wanted to cry!
Yeah I know as much as it doesn't matter, I still swore a few times when I did it lol.
On route to take my eldest to football, saw three charlton fans out running.
First one by the George staples geeza running with the 80s ski hat on, second one don’t know his name but recognise from away games in a yellow jacket by the oval, third one by sidcup Queen Mary’s with a 06/07 training top on, up the addicks runners!
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Good start to the year for you.
Good to bump into @WSS over Avery Hill
Feels like now or never for a full marathon so think I'll sign up for the Magna Carta marathon in Surrey in April.
I'll probably do the Dartford half in March as prep (of course wearing a Charlton shirt for both).
Another 1m 53 off of my 5k PB today. Only managed first sub 30min in December, im absolutely buzzing as I wasn't really trying for a PB at all.
Wouldn't normally run 2 days in a row but was feeling good this am. Just knocked 6 mins off of my 10k pb and managed sub 1hour for the first time
The 5k run I posted the day before is 5.01.... again due to manual stop, I definitely need an update now that I'm doing this semi seriously.
I'm not exactly trying to qualify for team GB, so the odd .01 either side makes very little difference most of the time, to anything other than OCD.