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Post by Cullen on Apr 12, 2023 12:32:15 GMT
After doing my first 10k in Feb and then running 5k in 28 mins a few weeks later has actually killed my motivation to keep it up. It feels like I've completed running. I've just come off a 6 week period where I only did one run, but I managed to get out on Sunday (5k, 31 mins) and planning get back in the groove.
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Post by Cullen on Apr 12, 2023 12:33:11 GMT
And well done on the 20k Andy - that's very impressive! Are you working up to a full marathon? Ever ran one before?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 12, 2023 13:14:45 GMT
And well done on the 20k Andy - that's very impressive! Are you working up to a full marathon? Ever ran one before? Yes, Loch ness in October so plenty of time to get there. Did Stirling in 2018, awful took me 5 hours as I didn't get the training right and hit a wall partway through. |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2023 13:45:57 GMT
I have no personal interest in times or going at a certain speed when running. I run mostly because it is good for mental health and is helpful exercise now that I have a significantly more sedentary lifestyle from working at home.
After many years when a physical problem meant I couldn't, I have managed at least one run every week since the start of September 2021. It's become an embedded habit. Mostly 5-mile runs.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 12, 2023 15:58:04 GMT
I do like to look at my times and speed on these runs, purely because I am working up to the larger race distance, plus it's a good measure of how I feel my strength and conditioning is. However, been doing this long enough to know, there are days you will go out and it will be a slog to do no matter how much training and practice you have done.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2023 8:00:08 GMT
Conditioning? You wash your hair while running?
-Ralph
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Post by Cullen on Apr 13, 2023 8:22:32 GMT
Do you take two bottles into the shower?
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Post by Cullen on Apr 13, 2023 8:25:30 GMT
I have no personal interest in times or going at a certain speed when running. I run mostly because it is good for mental health and is helpful exercise now that I have a significantly more sedentary lifestyle from working at home. After many years when a physical problem meant I couldn't, I have managed at least one run every week since the start of September 2021. It's become an embedded habit. Mostly 5-mile runs. -Ralph This is the way. I think setting myself distance and speed goals has been slightly detrimental which I didn't expect. Much more important to get out often as my ultimate goal is to improve my health and loose weight. |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2023 19:20:19 GMT
2023 Run #32. About 5.6 miles.
I was betrayed by the music service shuffle feature. It lulled me into a false sense of security by kicking off with John Barry (good) then went into screaming Opera bollocks.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2023 18:17:03 GMT
2023 Run #33. About 5.42 miles.
Today was a struggle. Every step was a chore.
On my back a neighbour asked me if I could help train them to get into running. Um, ok.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 16, 2023 18:39:59 GMT
I expect it would be a struggle if your neighbour was on your back. Did you charge him?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2023 18:49:32 GMT
I will next time.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 16, 2023 19:32:43 GMT
Could be a money spinner if you're giving rides. I'd pay.
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Post by Benn on Apr 16, 2023 19:51:33 GMT
That's how I'm getting around next TFN.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2023 19:55:49 GMT
2023 Run #34. About 5.5 miles. Tough going again today. Came close to stopping several times. I seem to have hit a wall of late.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 18, 2023 20:25:02 GMT
I suggest you look where you're going.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2023 20:34:11 GMT
Vary the lengths of your run, if you aren't training for something, do the odd smaller one and maybe try to do it as quickly as possible. Change your routes up as well.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 20, 2023 19:19:01 GMT
2023 Run #35. About 7.02 miles in a different direction. Got lost at one point and may have accidentally discovered a dogging hotspot and had to escape over a railway.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 20, 2023 19:26:46 GMT
Hands up who had that on their Ralph Bingo Card today?
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 20, 2023 20:23:14 GMT
What evidence does he have for slandering the good people of Tameside?
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 20, 2023 20:49:19 GMT
Sorry, was this a run or a dream?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 20, 2023 21:22:12 GMT
I ran to a local town and decided to come back via a canal. After a while I realised that would mean going through the Tunnel of Doom (no lighting). I thought I would use a crossing across the canal to cut through a village but I took a wrong turn.
I ended up down dark wooded areas with no houses or dog walkers but cars parked in unusual locations. I went to turn back but another car had just 'parked' and the lights were on. I knew I must be in a dogging hotspot so legged it until I found some very step stairs to go over a railway line. I did not want involuntary spunk attacks.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 20, 2023 21:35:04 GMT
Goodness me.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 20, 2023 21:54:28 GMT
They might have been wanking their Beachcombers.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 20, 2023 22:08:02 GMT
Local police radio reports are coming in concerning a sweaty, hot, middle aged man running back and forth through a dogging area when new cars appear.
Subject appears to match suspect escorted from Santa's grotto, Smyths and local parks.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 23, 2023 17:58:03 GMT
2023 Run #36. About 5.18 miles. Dry all day so it started pissing down as I rounded the first corner.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 23, 2023 22:50:54 GMT
It is not 5+ miles to the first corner near your house! Why did you keep running??
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 24, 2023 7:57:47 GMT
Once I start, I keep going.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 24, 2023 8:54:23 GMT
.... such is your eagerness to find where the doggers have moved to since your last visit
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 24, 2023 10:05:46 GMT
I'm not going back there!!!
-Ralph
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