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That's good going! Have you done a 5km/parkrun...? If so, what sort of time can you do? 20mins?

You can get 'Nytol' type tablets from boots/chemist without a prescription. They are (I assume) not quite as strong as prescribed tablets, but if you are not used to medication, they would likely do the trick. Often you find after one or two good nights sleep, your body will get back into the...

You were/are obviously a decent runner then... We are doing 800m reps next week, but we do them with decreasing rest time between each rep. For example after the first rep we’ll have 2 mins rest, and decrease by 10 seconds each time. So between 7th and 8th rep I think we are down to a minute...

Last night was another club session. 5 x 1 mile reps with 90 seconds rest. Our team manager, who was one of the top runners in the country in the 80's, swears by these "long" rep sessions for improving your ability to hold your speed over5km/10km/HM distance. But they are very tough to pace...

Raced for Godiva today in the midland league, over by Wolves training ground. First up was the steeplechase. I was rather nervous about this, having only gone over about 15 hurdles in training at a very gentle pace, and never even attempted a water jump until I came face-to-face with it in the...

Was a very tough race. By the first top, the top 6 were well away and I was in 7th, with another half dozen or so chasing me down. I duffed up my descent and ended up in vegetation which was over my head, fell down a few holes etc. By the time I regained the best route I was in 11th or 12th...

Brecon Beacons. Storey Arms to be precise, on the road between Brecon and Merthyr. 12 miles across 4 mountains. Anyone even vaguely serious about improving their running, I’d heartily recommend joining a club. The cost is low (my membership to Godiva for the year is less than £90, which when...

We did a rep session on Tuesday night... 10 x 400 metres. It was hot work. I’m missing the club session tonight, but not due to the heat.... but because have a big Fell Race on Saturday and need to take it easy. Hottest place I’ve ran was Bangkok in Thailand. We had to get up at 6am to get...

Whilst I am a passionate and dedicated runner, I have absolutely zero interest in the 100metres/200metres, (or any field/throw/jump event for that matter) Probably because now I understand more about it, it is just so different in terms of physiology/training from the stuff I do. Also F1...

The only way to put a stop to it is for everybody in the UK to boycott Sky Sports for a couple of seasons. To a much lesser extent, a total boycott of Premier League grounds by their fans, although it’s the tv revenue that does it. It amazes me the way armchair fans talk in wonderment about the...

I’ve often heard that an issue with some Fitbit type watches is that they (obviously) measure the moment distance of the arm, and unless this has been calibrated against the actual person, then this can grossly overestimate the actual distance travelled by a person. 1200 calories is basically 4...

250 calories for 28mins at that pace sounds about right... equates to around 560-570 calories per hour. I’d be very surprised if a 22min 5km worked out at over 500 calories (nearly 1500 cal/hour). Of course I may be wrong, I’m only going on the calorie readings on the gym equipment, but even...

Bedworth Parkrun is off as there is a mini music festival type event going on. There are Parkruns in Solihull (which is reputed as one of the fastest in the country) and at Kingsbury Water Park. My next track event is going to be a 3000m steeplechase and I got some practice in tonight. Having...

Everyone has a different frame... I’m probably one of the heaviest in my group at Godiva, but I conversely also possibly have one of the lowest body fat ratios.... just a question of body composition. But generally, if you’ve got less weight to carry, you’ll be more efficient...

Purple Bin your method sounds quite similar to the “couch-to-5km” programmes/apps that you can find online. Not had any experience of them myself but I believe you aim to run slightly further each time/week, interspersed with brisk walking. You’re certainly not too big to run.... at my biggest...

Northbrook is known amongst our club as one of the toughest local 10km races (I expect I’d find it too flat to suit my strengths though, having only ever done two road 10kms). Just a note for anyone that Bedworth Parkrun is not on this weekend...

I went to Sphinx away with Bedworth United in the fa cup... when the “wall fell down” and there was the pitch invasion. Pretty much to be expected with Bedworth’s away lot... The game after was the notorious York City away match...

My latest escapade was on the Long Mynd Hills last weekend.... the 5 mile Callow race. A measure of the difficulty is that 5 miles took me 1hr18 and I was far nearer the leaders than the back-markers..... (even the winner couldn’t break the hour mark). In the entire 5 miles there was perhaps...

Definitely smashing it at someone with the intent of hurting them is a bit suspect, can’t disagree with that. But in a “net battle”, a ball close into the body is very difficult to deal with.

To be fair, on the rare occasions I’ve played tennis (same applies to badminton where I reached a reasonable level), aiming into the body at close range is a decent tactic, as the opponent cannot manoeuvre their arms to return it...