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

bank_of_slate

Excellent, hope Becky's stomach was ok for this one
...Linda xx

becky_rtw

Yeah so I was struggling from about mile 4 - did 4 miles at a comfortable 9:15/mile pace - was about to starting speeding up a bit when starting feeling really rough - it didnt clear so I decided to treat the race as a training run and just try to get through it - bumped in Rich at mile 12.75 on 2:10 and decided not to run through the finish to record my pw of approx. 2:13 :eek:

Anyway - its all good - just the gremlins affecting performance and am happy that the 9:15 pace wasnt difficult at all

Roll on next week - when hopefully my gremlins will have been destroyed

RichOneday_2

Another couple of indicators of today's conditions are that

a) the winner's time was looking as though it wouldnt be much under 3 hours and

b) there was a young man, who looked reasonable fit, collapsed on the half marathon course - police and ambulance were responding as we went past.

tq16

Well the half is over, fairly comfortable at 9.56/mile (awaiting official result- my garmin made the route 13.25 miles. Mum and I chatted the whole route, being told off once by an official who stated that we were meant to be racing! but i'm pleased with that its a pb for me.
Sorry your runs didn't go quite to plan Becky and Rich- great that you are both taking positives from them- hope the ice cream was good :-) good luck for next week Becky :-)

1HANNAH

Welcome Mrsplinter & congrats on your first medal :j
Becky/Rich, sorry it didn't go to plan but enjoy the Mcflurry! ooo I want one !!

tq - sounds like you enjoyed!

Bj - hope that the Fridge incident is sorted and you get a good run, I too prefer morning runs! and a great run yesterday too!


Well done to everyone else too, I haven't got time to post anymore as I have a teething 13 month old chomping on my left thigh (thats one way to lose weight thought I guess!)

kmstuart

Cumberland Ale 10 mile

Didn't wake up til 9:30, 90 mins before the race. Up, brekkie, then retrieve cat from the front before the silly sod got run over. Change into running gear, its a local race, then off to the race. Collect number then head over to the race start and some loitering in the sun. Had intended to take it easy being i did 7 miles friday and 10 miles yesterday so the legs were tired already. Pleased with the time though.

Mile splits

9:27
9:21
9:51
9:15 steep drop down to river
10:38 lazy mile that updulates
9:03
10:20 climb back up from river
8:39
9:02
7:46 !!!! !!!!!! i wasn't pushing hard at all
0:18 for last 0.04 @ 7:46 pace

Total 1:33:46 for 10.04 miles @ 9:20 pace

Very interesting split time for mile 10 as although its pretty much downhill all the way (well there is a short uphill bit) i wasn't running that hard. Was merely following a couple of runners with no intention of speeding up. I knew i could of gone faster if i wanted but on a lot of mileage in the last few days couldn't be bothered.

Rich - Bad luck on the heat scuppering your race, twas rather hot out today wasn't it and my race never started till 11.

RichOneday_2

Uk - Another good 16 miles under the belt. Its certainly paying off getting out early, not normally something we have to consider in September.

KMS - Good solid pace there. Some of the variations in pace can easily be explained by inaccuracies in the GPS data so you may have been more consistent than the evidence suggests. Good 3 day mileage there.

Tq - tut, tut:p It takes some doing to get a telling off, was probably concerned about how much energy you were wasting.;) Congratulations on the PB - always a great feeling!:D:D

Ukevas

TBH... it was very cold all the way round this morning.

might even have to brake out the running tights soon.... that will be a treat for the world.

bank_of_slate

Ukevas wrote: »

TBH... it was very cold all the way round this morning.

might even have to brake out the running tights soon.... that will be a treat for the world.

Only if you throw in a few pirouettes on your way round the course!
...Linda xx

kmstuart

Rich - Er no this is Cumbria that variation is down to the ups and downs This race can only be described as fliping hilly (or at least similarly starting words )

http://www.fetcheveryone.com/showgalleryphoto.php?filename=6625_18751.jpg

Elevation chart from last years outing. A few bumps in it. +645/-651 foot for last years according to Sporttracks which is pretty accurate. Not bad for a 10 mile race. Loch Ness is +748/-1449 in comparison