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catherine/kate wrote: »Mallygirl, my 5k time came down quite a bit when I started training for 10k. I think having that better fitness base really helps especially in the last k of parkrun!
I am sure you are right. I know that I should be speeding up during the 5k but when I look at the splits I just don't manage as I am not fit enough yet. I think I will add jogging home from the parkrun as the first step - which would avoid the parking nightmare as a bonus.
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x_raphael_xx wrote: »Completed the Great west run today. It was a real struggle.
I wasn't doing to bad up to 6 miles (reached the 10k point just one min past my 10k finish time last week), but by the time I got to mile 8 I was done. I seriously felt like pulling out, but apart from a short dizzy spell around mile 9 (I think I was over heating) I knew there wasn't anything really wrong with me and persevered.
I got in at 3 hrs exactly. My longest time ever.
My PB for a half is 1:57:22, and my time on this race a couple of years ago was 2:18:00.
I'm just pleased I didn't pull out.
Well done on completing it. Its a hard distance when you haven't put in the full training. :T“Time is intended to be spent, not saved” - Alfred Wainwright0 -
Well done on completing it. Its a hard distance when you haven't put in the full training. :T
It was really tough. The photos came in, I have saved the worse for inspiration :rotfl:
BF ended up calling in sick from work on Monday as he couldn't walk. I was limping but I work in an office so got to sit down all day.
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x_raphael_xx wrote: »It was really tough. The photos came in, I have saved the worse for inspiration :rotfl:
BF ended up calling in sick from work on Monday as he couldn't walk. I was limping but I work in an office so got to sit down all day.
Tough call for the photos ... if you see them in time then I always try and go for a smile and a wave. If not then I generally look like I am having a stroke lol.“Time is intended to be spent, not saved” - Alfred Wainwright0 -
Tough call for the photos ... if you see them in time then I always try and go for a smile and a wave. If not then I generally look like I am having a stroke lol.
I did force a smile and a wave for those I spotted. Normally the photos aren't too bad, but I felt every step of this race, and the photo shows that!Debt Free as of 17/01/2009 Turtle Power!!
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I'm ready for the weekend!!! Hopefully get chance tomorrow to push a 5k parkrun hard and hopefully get the 6 secs that I need to go sub 20 mins!
Unless I can find a good Halloween costume in which case I could be considerably slower lol.
Hopefully even put in a long run on Sunday as its been a fair few weeks since I put in a longer run than about 10k. I have a nice 14 mile route laid out that I want to run. Then take it easier next week in time for the Derwentwater 10 mile race next Sunday.“Time is intended to be spent, not saved” - Alfred Wainwright0 -
Missed out on the sub 20 parkrun, but at least getting back to full speed as only 5 secs off my PB.
Managed a nice gentle 13.7 mile jog this morning, making the most of the extra hour. Glad that I can still run that far even if it was just as a gentle low heart rate run. Hopefully be able to push a fast 10 miles next weekend.“Time is intended to be spent, not saved” - Alfred Wainwright0 -
I struggled with last week's PR - 1 minute slower than the previous week, I got a stitch and my hip really ached for the rest of the day after a stumble pulled something. Onwards and upwards.
I have downloaded a training plan to move up from 5k to 10k - just got to squeeze it in with real life which keeps getting in the way.I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Pensions, Annuities & Retirement Planning, Loans
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I struggled with last week's PR - 1 minute slower than the previous week, I got a stitch and my hip really ached for the rest of the day after a stumble pulled something. Onwards and upwards.
I have downloaded a training plan to move up from 5k to 10k - just got to squeeze it in with real life which keeps getting in the way.
You get weeks like that for whatever reason, onwards and upwards.
I did 3 weeks of PB's then couldn't get within a min of that time for 3 weeks. Now back about to that level.
Is the 10k training plan not just increase mileage gently?“Time is intended to be spent, not saved” - Alfred Wainwright0 -
it is - but with some variety like tempo runs and fast runs. I am basically looking for some guidance on the pace of increasing the mileage and anything else that will help me improve. I did follow a C25k program 5 years ago which worked pretty well - although it was 6 weeks back then but seems to be 8 or 9 weeks now.I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Pensions, Annuities & Retirement Planning, Loans
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