DFW running club mark 3!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

tq16

Did 14.62 miles with my mum last night (11:00/mile) Felt good. After feeling demotivated past week or so- we set out and forced ourselves to start slow (not difficult considering we chatted the whole way!) Onward and upward .
Next weeks schedule:
Mon 24/08 30mins threshold
Tues 25/08 steady 1hr
Wed 26/08 50min inc 8X100m hills
Thurs 27/08 Interval run 25mins inc 6x2min effort 4
Fri 28/08 Rest
Sat 29/08 15-16miles

Read the runnersworld posts- quite scary- how do you loose so much weight that quickly?! great that he wants to get fit- but loosing so much so quickly and putting his body though training for marathon after what sounds like little preparation seems crazy and dangerous. Great to have a goal to aim for but why not start with a 5k and take it from there? Wish him luck though (lots of it) and pray he does not end up with serious injury.

RichOneday_2

Week 17/21 (Fleetwood)
Mon10/8 Rest Day
Tues11/8 12.0 Miles 1:43:13 (8:35/mile) (Pulse 78)
Weds12/8 Spencer Arms Dash 3.7 Miles 23:51 (6:26/mile)(Posn 18th)
Thurs13/8 Rest Day
Fri14/8 10.0 Miles 1:26:36 (8:40/mile)(Pulse 88)
Sat15/8 parkrun Leeds 5K 19:11 (6:11/mile) (posn 12th) [71.81%]
Sun16/8 20.3 Miles 3:25:57 (Pulse 86)

Week 18/21 (Fleetwood)
Mon17/8 Rest Day
Tues18/8 12.0 Miles 1:26:48 (7:14/mile) (Pulse 138)
Weds19/8 Rest Day
Thurs20/8 Rest Day
Fri21/8 10K 51:37 (8:18/mile) (Pulse 90)
Sat22/8 10K 1:03:57 (10:18/mile)

Hangover cure run completed.:D:D

Its looking like another hot day out there so get the runs in early if you can.

Good running, tq and smetf....some nice consistency going on....

willstewart

Nice 20.12 mile run for me this morning in 2h39:13. Should have been a little faster but I got a stitch at 16 miles and had to walk it off - real pain those things. Had one 3 times this year and no idea why as my posture seemed fine and breathing wasn't overly bad.

1HANNAH

Tues18/8 3m - 39:46 (13:15/m)
Thurs20/8 3m - (slow no idea of time as battery died)
Sat22/8 4m 52:06 (13:01/m)

I am happy with todays run, it felt much more comfortable then Thursdays run.

Plan for next week is

Mon 24/8 - 3m
Thu 27/8 - 3m
Sat 29/8 - 5m

I have got to say that you are all truely inspirational! I can't imagine ever getting up to running so far in a week! (Mind you if you had told me 7 weeks ago that I would be able to run 4m I would have laughed at you!)
Thanks for all the advice & support this week x

Ukevas

willstewart wrote: »

Nice 20.12 mile run for me this morning in 2h39:13.

Your bared :rotfl::rotfl:

nice runnin

willstewart

Add about 45 mins to that and you've got my average marathon performance! Just can't seem to run at a comfortable steady pace at all and end up far slower than I should be.

Simplycynical

RichOneday wrote: »

Week 18/21 (Fleetwood)

Sat22/8 10K 1:03:57 (10:18/mile)

Hangover cure run completed.:D:D

That was controlled Rich; I didn't know you could run that slow Did you find it difficult or did the hangover help?

Good running willstewart - nice to see that you're keeping Uk on his toes. :rotfl:

Well done 1HANNAH - you've achieved the 'magic' 4 miles - there'll be no stopping you now. :D

bank_of_slate

Right you seasoned runners, bearing in mind that the farthest I've run is 8 miles, I need some top tips to help me prepare for the Great North Run in 4 weeks time
...Linda xx

bank_of_slate

AND.....
Take a look at this for inspiration!
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/21/95-year-old-competitive-runner/

...Linda xx

krider2010

Good running 1Hannah, willstewart, and tq! Improbably slow rich I thought I'd read the numbers wrong! Though how you run with a headache...!

Pleased (and tired) to report some new milestones :j 14.1 miles done this morning in 2:21:32 (10:01/mile). A new longest distance. A much improved pace on my previous runs over 11.5 miles. And a new high weekly total. Took it steady and it felt nice until about 10 miles. The last four were harder work and the pace dropped a bit for those. Basically any hills slowed me down as my legs were protesting but I wasn't going to give up - not having done the previous miles!

Total for the week = 32.65

Apologies bank - I have no words of wisdom to offer for the GNR.

Enjoy your runs those of you still to head out!