Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Gaz said: I was reading that yesterday. 12:51. That's fucking mental stuff. My fastest ever is like 21 minutes. How come Wikipedia says it's 12:37? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 That's unreal. That's sprinting like a fucking gazelle for the whole distance. I'm blowing out my arse when trying to get below 24 or 25 after a week off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Weather permitting il be doing my first parkrun in months on Saturday. Let’s see how close I get to that record 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ark loyal Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: How come Wikipedia says it's 12:37? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression That's the track record. Road records are separate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: How come Wikipedia says it's 12:37? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression Track / road 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 21 hours ago, Slacker said: Cheers but booking a suitcase costs pretty much the same as my flight, so I thought f**k that and will be turning up to the airport like this. No room for running shoes. Pff, no excuse. Just go along the beach - running barefoot is good for you. Failing that, make sure you go to Mercardo Central and the Oceanographic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 On 17/02/2020 at 21:04, Stu said: Turia Gardens in Valencia is good for running. There's a 10k route marked out with a path that's aimed at runners, which I did one morning before it got too hot. You'd be able to do half of that and it's pretty much flat. Netherhall 10 mile race for me on Sunday. Lost some of my pace since the end of last year for whatever reason but can just blame that on the shit weather. So Netherhall was fun. Had been told the first couple of miles were uphill, which they were, and there was another horrible but about mile 7 or 8 but after that it was downhill. That's how it panned out - except the final 2/3 miles downhill were straight into a horrendous wind and that made it bloody impossible. Funny how you never get the same benefit when the wind is behind you! Despite that, I was only a minute slower than my 10 mile PB at Brampton last year and I'd probably have beaten it had it not been for that wind. I was 12th out of about 150 and second in the V35 category -typically there was only a prize for the winner! The main thing though was this was the first club grand prix race of the season and for the first, and almost certainly last, time I was first club runner home. As a result, for three weeks I will proudly sit atop the standings - a bit like when St Mirren win both their first games of the season and top the Premiership, fully in the knowledge we'll be nowhere near that position come May. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Day 60 of my attempted Leap Year 366 completed, a nice wee 8km in 38 minutes 30 seconds. Legs are feeling fine and that's after 6 miles yesterday afternoon as well. I think I've done 55 of the runs outside with 5 being on a treadmill due to the weather. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ark loyal Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I done Ballloch to Clydebank half marathon today. I'd recommend it for anyone looking for a fast half time. I ran 1:32:13 taking more than 5 minutes off my old PB. 5 out of the 6 others I knew running all got PBs too. Flat course with a good chance of a tail wind and it's the DAAA championship race so quite a strong field. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 All races off. My running club has stopped the regular runs. Yet, for the moment, parkruns are still on in the UK! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Completely irresponsible, they need to shut them down for a few weeks at least. Saying that, I'm still going out early in the morning. Yesterday was glorious sunshine and nobody around! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Park run has been cancelled 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I’m still planning on running fairly regularly myself, there’s no issue with this is there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: I’m still planning on running fairly regularly myself, there’s no issue with this is there? Can't imagine why unless shit get's even more serious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Can't imagine why unless shit get's even more serious. That's what I thought unless we go down the Italian route. I've already binned the gym but don't like the idea of working from home and no real exercise at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 No issue with running solo, avoid running in groups. With the Edinburgh Half canned I've sacked the half-marathon training. Now back to doing mostly weights. Still keeping up my daily runs though - up to day 77/366 yesterday, 5km in 23:20. Having to use the treadmill at work more and more, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: That's what I thought unless we go down the Italian route. I've already binned the gym but don't like the idea of working from home and no real exercise at all. Running friend in this neck of town is now doing their daily 5k round Victoria Park at 5.30am just before sunrise. Fairly sound strategy IMO. Wonder how many idiots will try and do unofficial parkruns now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Scorge said: Running friend in this neck of town is now doing their daily 5k round Victoria Park at 5.30am just before sunrise. Fairly sound strategy IMO. Wonder how many idiots will try and do unofficial parkruns now? If by 'unofficial Parkrun' you mean 'go and run a 5k around a Parkrun route' there's nothing much wrong with that IMO. Unless you mean 'gather in crowds and do a Parkrun' then, yes, that is stupid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, Gaz said: No issue with running solo, avoid running in groups. No problems there, I hate running with other people! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Stellaboz said: Completely irresponsible, they need to shut them down for a few weeks at least. Saying that, I'm still going out early in the morning. Yesterday was glorious sunshine and nobody around! Yeah, I was out this morning and am still planning on going out myself - especially as the weather has finally improved! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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