The Fretboard Running Thread 2023

Benm39

Fantastic effort @Bidley and a great stoic run for you too @26.2 by sounds of it! Hope you both get to enjoy a bit of downtime before whatever's next! 

26.2

russpm said:

Well done @26.2 , amazing that you held it together with a hammy injury. Superb effort mate.

Thanks Russ that really means a lot! Cheers!

Bod

So, ran my tenth Parkrun yesterday and managed 28:38 - a new PB. Really pleased as I'd been aiming for sub-30.  Will concentrate on consistency and stamina now.

I wandered out to observe the Leicester Abbey Park 10k race today.  It was a lovely atmosphere and has given me another target - run a 10k! 

Bod

26.2 said:

Early on I always try to remember: ‘if it doesn’t feel like you’re going too slow, you’re going too fast’. 

I like that - sage advice!

Bidley

Yes @Bod ! Sounds like you're making great strides. Get that 10k in the bag.

My first run since the marathon today. I've been struck with a horrible lurgy that's put me on my arse for two weeks. The longest I've gone without running since I started over 2 years ago. Felt like utter shit but I feel so much better for getting out there again!

axisus

Parkrun today my best 5k in years - 22.53. Not bad seeing as I am 60 in the next week. 

Iamnobody

axisus said:

Parkrun today my best 5k in years - 22.53. Not bad seeing as I am 60 in the next week. 

Brilliant - congrats. Not sure I’ll be hitting those numbers at 60 but I’d like to!

djspecialist

April total: 89km / 8 runs

Highlight: a run around the Colosseum during a trip to Rome

Lowlight: two weeks off running due to plantar fasciitis

26.2

April total 107K. 11 runs, longest run 42.5K. 

Highlight: Brighton Marathon
Lowlight: 2 weeks off with a sore hamstring. 

roundthebend

I've had a set back. I've been trying to find motivation to get a habit formed. But a recent run revealed a niggling pain in my right knee so I only did a mile. Left it a week and thought it was fine, so went to the gym and did a few weights. Next day it was swollen and stiff. Went to the doctor and the diagnosis is Bursitis which isn't too bad but advised not to run for 8-12 weeks.

I've got a programme of strengthening exercises to follow as that's what caused it, he reckons - one cap has slipped down and is chaffing on the tissue underneath.

He's also said I can swim and do gentle cycling.

Benm39

April totals  136miles, 16 runs, longest 18miles.

Bidley

April

123km, 10 runs, longest 42.5km

Highlight: Brighton Marathon

Lowlight: 2 weeks off with some kind of plague

Iamnobody

Just 7 runs and 34 miles in April for me. Concentrated on more gym work, and a bit of hill walking including a 24 mile hike around the 3 Yorkshire peaks. 

Benm39

Yorkshire three peaks is something I'd love to do one day, nice one!

russpm

I’ve been helping a mate train for the Yorkshire 3 Peaks 24 mile run. I figured I may as well do something with the fitness so entered the Blackpool half marathon a couple of weeks back. I am so please to say I smashed my PB and got round in 1 hour 28 mins and 4 seconds. So chuffed

26.2

russpm said:

I’ve been helping a mate train for the Yorkshire 3 Peaks 24 mile run. I figured I may as well do something with the fitness so entered the Blackpool half marathon a couple of weeks back. I am so please to say I smashed my PB and got round in 1 hour 28 mins and 4 seconds. So chuffed

Terrific work - well done!!

djspecialist

russpm said:

I’ve been helping a mate train for the Yorkshire 3 Peaks 24 mile run. I figured I may as well do something with the fitness so entered the Blackpool half marathon a couple of weeks back. I am so please to say I smashed my PB and got round in 1 hour 28 mins and 4 seconds. So chuffed

I did the Yorkshire Three Peaks (walking) a couple of years back, raising money for the hospice which cared for a friend taken way too early by cancer. Despite the day delivering persistent horizontal rain, I absolutely loved it (I'll admit to being something of a masochist ... although perhaps one day I'll do it again and hopefully get to enjoy the views a bit more!)

Respect for anyone who has / will run it - that's a proper challenging course!

Iamnobody

djspecialist said:

russpm said:

I’ve been helping a mate train for the Yorkshire 3 Peaks 24 mile run. I figured I may as well do something with the fitness so entered the Blackpool half marathon a couple of weeks back. I am so please to say I smashed my PB and got round in 1 hour 28 mins and 4 seconds. So chuffed

I did the Yorkshire Three Peaks (walking) a couple of years back, raising money for the hospice which cared for a friend taken way too early by cancer. Despite the day delivering persistent horizontal rain, I absolutely loved it (I'll admit to being something of a masochist ... although perhaps one day I'll do it again and hopefully get to enjoy the views a bit more!)

Respect for anyone who has / will run it - that's a proper challenging course!

Great time @russpm - best of luck to your mate as well. Having walked it recently I’d love to try and run it. Maybe one day! 

We had dry weather @djspecialst but it was very windy. Could barely stand up at times and did get blown to the side a few times - particularly bad summiting Whernside. 

One of our party ran it the day before, had a session in the boozer and was up at 6am to walk it the next day with us. 

Go for it @Benm39 - I doubt you’d be disappointed.

djspecialist

Iamnobody said:

One of our party ran it the day before, had a session in the boozer and was up at 6am to walk it the next day with us. 

  

axisus

axisus said:

Parkrun today my best 5k in years - 22.53. Not bad seeing as I am 60 in the next week. 

So .... I turned 60 and this week got another big improvement - Today's 5K Parkrun - 22.19! 

Technically that is my best ever Parkrun in terms of age grading - 71.84%