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becky_rtw

Halfs or halves - maybe we should put to the rest of the thread - whats the plural for half marathon guys??

beer_tins

becky_rtw wrote: »

whats the plural for half marathon??

Half marathons.

Glad I could help :rotfl:

beer_tins

becky_rtw wrote: »

Halfs or halves - maybe we should put to the rest of the thread - whats the plural for half marathon guys??

The plural for half is halves. I think the general rule for words ending in f is to add an s, but "half" is one of a select group of words (like calf, leaf or shelf) that is an exception to the rule.

I guess "running a half" is short for "running a half marathon", so if you take "half" to be an abbreviated noun for "half marathon" - rather than the dictionary definition of "half" on its own - then running two "halfs" is acceptable I think.

Ukevas

becky_rtw wrote: »

whats the plural for half marathon guys??

Dats easy = knackered


or what Beer tins said... even if its wrong it sounded good

tq16

RichOneday wrote: »

I like that - 1 min rest followed by 1 min rest, my kind of session!;)

Only kidding, the terminology is often used loosely but the intervals are the rest, the tough bits in between are the reps (or repetitions).

Anyway, well done on getting an interval session under your belt....what do the list of figures actually refer to?

Thanks RichOneday all the terminology has me so confused The times were my min/mile pace for each rep- does that make sense? I'm like a tortoise, like to take things slowly so interval training is my nightmare- what is the benefit of them?!

Ukevas

Thats said rich i love the look of the Yorkshire coastal run you got going at scarborough

That would be fab....

and even started by S Gunnell.... get all the stars up north

InaPickle

Hi guys. I'm starting from 0% fitness and going to start running at the end of September (in dissertation hell at minute, so not bothering yet). I'm thinking of setting myself a goal to aim for like a 5K race. I don't care how long it takes me to get round, so long as I do. How long do you think I would realistically take to train for it? (I'm a 28 year old girl, BTW.) I'm just looking at the dates for booking a race, that's all.

Thanks muchly!

becky_rtw

Dont book a race inapickle - your in manc - go along to the heaton park parkrun - its 5k and free

becky_rtw

Had a welll rough run tonight but was a due a bad one - ate too much too late and had a stitch from mile one!!

Managed 9 miles in 1:31:10 which is prob my slowest run to date but had to stop once to double over with said stitch to try and ease it out...opps!

Anyway, thats fine with me because I can do a nice easy 4 tomorrow to keep the legs ticking over for the Leeds 5k on Sat

Simplycynical

Week 5/15 (Abingdon)
Mon 3/8 Rest Day
Tues 4/8 4 Miles Fartlek 00:36:40 (09:08/mile)
Wed 5/8 10k 01:01:50 (09:57/mile)
Thurs 6/8 4 Miles Hilly 00:39:44 (09:54/mile)
Fri 7/8 10 Miles 01:41:24 (10:06/mile)
Sat 8/8 Rest Day
Sun 9/8 18 Miles 03:23:48 (11:19/mile)

Week 6/15 (Abingdon)
Mon 10/8 Rest Day
Tues 11/8 5 Miles Fartlek 00:46:52 (09:21/mile)
Wed 12/8 10k 01:02:18 (10:01/mile)
Thurs 13/8 6 Miles Hilly 01:01:25 (10:09/mile)

6 miles of nice undulations for me this morning in lovely refreshing rain - I'm still feeling a bit tired so took it slow and steady.

Sounds like that wasn't an easy one Becky; doubled over with stitch _pale_

Well done on the race EC; a good result. :T

Weren't JJ and Alias racing last night too??