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Read a few recently. Going through Pulitzer prize winning books that I'd not read before. Read Underground Railroad (superb) and Nickel Boys (good) by Colson Whitehead. Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (great but not sure it needed to be 800 pages). Currently about 30 pages into The Sympathiser...

12th place at Torbay Parkrun this morning, 18.41 PB by 1 second 😅. Ran in last seasons home top. PUSB 💙

That sounds a tough workout...i will give it a go. I've recovered from Covid and gonna have a Parkrun PB attempt in the morning

Ran a different Parkrun this morning, - Parke - which is on National Trust grounds in Bovey Tracey on the edge of Dartmoor. Its a fantastic undulating woodland 5k with a couple of extremely steep climbs. Still feeling chesty after Covid so still not quite at it but worked hard to finish 3rd, in...

8.5 miles this morning including 6x800m efforts on a quiet, flat, and straight pavement section near me. Love to do my efforts.along the seawall near me but so busy with tourists it makes it impossible. Did 39 miles on the bike yesterday too but still not feeling totally recovered from Covid a...

Well done. Was that in a race or just out for a run?

Fair play, 10k on the track does sound grim. We're you lapped? I once did a 3k track race and was lapped by the leader, twice! To be fair I think he lapped everyone upto 3rd place and found out after he was on the British Olympic team for 3k steeplechase. Still pretty demoralising when they're...

Good session. I've been out of action for a week with Covid but back into it gently from tomorrow hopefully. What time are you going for in 10k?

Reckon that 400m double set session the other night had a positive effect on me.... 3rd place at Teignmouth Parkrun this morning with a PB time 18.42 🙂

Wow, sounds a grueller Were the uphills sprints? I do plenty of hill running but I tend to avoid hill sprints. I know they're meant to be great for building strength but I just don't like them

Gave this session a go tonight. I don't have a track nearby so did it on flat smooth tarmac (the sea wall at Dawlish Warren). Warmed up with an 11 mile bike ride home from work, then an easy mile jog down to the Warren. Set times were... 85, 80 82, 79 81, 79 82, 83 86, 82 It's a tough...

Gonna give this session a go this week, though it won't quite be at your pace and it won't be on a track either

Re marathon training i agree with previous comments about increasing your mileage slowly and steadily. I generally run about 30 miles per week in the summer but when I start marathon training in the Autumn I up it by maybe a mile a week until I'm in the low 50s. I try and get 50 miles plus in...

Haha no I probably won't its a bit too far to travel for a Parkrun. I know some ex Longford lads living in Weymouth now but doubt they do any Parkruns. 328 parkruns is impressive, think I've done about 85 over 15 years!

5th place at a very warm Teignmouth parkrun this morning, 18.50. Ran in last seasons home top. Having a break from parkrun to do a trail 10k race next Saturday

I aint a runner then 😀

Isn't that just a case of it being more popular making the mean average slower? My club has a hell of a lot of middle aged slower runners who've joined over the last few years but the best are still as fast as anyone who came before them I wouldve thought

12th position at a humid Teignmouth Parkrun this morning in a time of 18.52 which was 12 seconds better than last week. Ran it in the white 'Return to the Ricoh' Hummel top from a few seasons ago

It sounds a good session, I will try it soon

Jeez that's a workout. How long recovery between sets?