So..... running

[BBx]

Originally Posted by lostkat

Be prepared for hills, that's all.

Okey dokey.... been taking on more hills of late but will push for more.

Originally Posted by lostkat

I would push for 17 this weekend if you can.

Ok am planning to plan a route round the city and then run home... more north of the city and not Marathon routes though.

Originally Posted by lostkat

It would be good to get a long run in next weekend too, but drop it to 12ish miles if you can find a route.

Yup ok.

Originally Posted by lostkat

It'll be a very pretty countryside run, I promise I'm in two minds of whether to take you round some of the course or not.

I think I would prefer to face the challenge unprepared!

Originally Posted by lostkat

Really desperately wish I was running it too, but we will be supporting you ALL the way round and I want to try and run the last bit with you if I can (don't want you disqualified!!) just up to the gates of the park where you finish.

<3

Originally Posted by lostkat

P.S. Pasta for tea on Friday night then

Ohhhhhhhhh yes yes yes!

Originally Posted by divine

I'm feeling exactly the same, i'm forcing myself to do it at the moment but I will sure as hell be glad when i've got this charity event out the way.

Despite my best efforts, I don't think i'm going to manage to run the full 10k, I suspect i'll be walking a fair amount. The furthest i've managed to date is 6k (which took me 39 mins).

I'm finding it incredibly hard to push myself doing long runs though, as on top of feeling out of breath and the rest, I just don't really have any desire to be doing it in the first place

Don't give up! Its all baby steps I've got to the point where what I eat and how I feel totally shows in my performance... make sure you drink loads of water and don't eat rubbish and you will feel more energised. Its probably the weather as well. Just build up the training and you will be fine.

Which charity event are you doing?

BB x

[LeperousDust]

Ok so i have a month to do some real runs around the park training, it's only 5k, but i realllly should be doing something... =/

I really do hate it before I've started, it's so hard to not climb on my bike for a nice scenic route instead...

[divine]

Originally Posted by BBx

Don't give up! Its all baby steps I've got to the point where what I eat and how I feel totally shows in my performance... make sure you drink loads of water and don't eat rubbish and you will feel more energised. Its probably the weather as well. Just build up the training and you will be fine.

Which charity event are you doing?

BB x

I don't think it's a charity event in general but i'm doing it for charity anyway :P

http://www.brutalrun.co.uk/

I'm entered in the windmill hill event on march 17th

[Pheebs]

How funny, I had a poop run yesterday evening too! Boo to people having poop runs!

But then saying that I think it was mainly because I had a bit of a dicky tummy! Nearly had to run to the dunes for an emergency when on the beach buuuut instead just pegged it back home!

Still... 3miles (which is 1mile improvement from 2 weeks ago) on sand, propelling myself along with my poorly tummy... it's better than nothing!

[Jonny69]

Had some dodgy food out last night and my ankle was killing me so didn't sleep well. Strangely seems ok today though, no more stiff than the other one from all the steep downhill work and not warming up first.

[Belmit]

Got the tail end of a cold so wasn't expecting much today, but after running 1.13km in the first five minutes (as reported by RunKeeper!) I decided it would be good to try for a sub-50-minutes 10k. Almost pushed it too far when I realised I had to run the final 300m uphill in two minutes but managed it in just over 49 minutes. Fairly happy with that. Would love to get closer to 45 but that's going to be a while off yet.

[Jonny69]

I beat my pb at Parkrun on Saturday. I didn't get my 20, just 2 seconds faster than my previous pb. However... I couldn't find my bike lock so I ran to the park which is 3-4k and I was taking it easy-ish listening to my iPod and basically fiddling about with it putting on some tunes. I got chicked by a woman with grey hair and passed by a man with a running push chair so I don't know how I managed my good time

[jmc41]

Two okay runs and another disaster one. 12 miles steady Sat was fine, then 5 miles Monday with 1:30 400m (x8 with recovery); tempo run tonight, went fine until the last mile when after a mild stitch I'd cleared got major stomach cramps. Ran a 7:04 fifth mile (faster than planned, had virtually no pace control) before slowing which cleared the left side, but couldn't fully shake it until I got back (6 miles); not happy as it was extremely painful.

Schedule says 13 miles steady next, doing that Friday before my weekend, sure I can squeak out another 160m at the end.

[BBx]

Well done Jonny!

Jmc-what ru training for again?

Sat: 18.5miles
Mon: 6miles in 55m 40s
Tues: 7miles in 1hr 10m 40s

Rest tonight so went to ANOTHER Marathon seminar!

They are all starting to repeat themselves now... still find them interesting & inspirational though.

BB x

[jmc41]

Originally Posted by BBx

Jmc-what ru training for again?

Reading Half, April 1st. Will do the two castle too, mid-June but that's just 10k though my holiday mid-April makes that tricky.