speedie87
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There’s a 10k at draycote water week on Sunday morning , which I’m doing
I’m running a brand new race this Sunday: Garrondon Gallop 10k. It’s the inaugural event, so I’m quite looking forward to it.
I was going to aim for a PB, but with it being the first game of the season the day before, I don’t think that’s going to happen.....!
I can’t find a race anywhere local (within an hour or so from Coventry) for the following weekend. Does anyone know of any?
I remember doing 6 x 800m and trying to keep them 2m 30sec with the same time in between each one. Knackered
Were young and skinnyYou 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 rest...
I won’t be doing them in 2:30 though... more like 2:45-2:50....
This thread inspired me to try some interval training.
Just finished my 800m x 6 reps. 2 min 50 seconds reps, with 2 min rest in between. Averaged 2 min 53. So pretty pleased. Knackered now though
That's good going! Have you done a 5km/parkrun...? If so, what sort of time can you do? 20mins?
Decent. My pb is 18:34 (Bedworth) but I've also not been able to get under 18:40 yet at Cov.
I'm planning a few Cov parkruns during august as part of marathon training. Either a 6 or 9 mile run to the memorial park, depending on the route I take, knock out a reasonable parkrun (certainly not pb pace), and then 6 or 9 miles back.
You're mad!!
Assuming you are not running around a track, how do you measure/estimate the distance you've gone?
Is there some app for your mobile phone or a device you can strap onto your leg?
Hopefully it would work for walking as well as running since that's mostly what I do.
If you’re are new to “racing” I’d heartily recommend just finding your best constant pace that you can manage... and if you feel good, then give it some hammer in the last few miles.
Wouldn’t recommend any tactical running at this stage. Main improvements are made in training, and race tactics are just “fine tuning” (in my humble opinion).
marathon training run for me this morning. 20 miles up and down the scenic splendour of the Cov Canal.
marathon training run for me this morning. 20 miles up and down the scenic splendour of the Cov Canal.
What time are you aiming for?
Well I’m actually doing the Snowdonia Marathon in October which has something over 3000ft of climbing, and part of it is off road. I think it has equivalent flat mileage of 29.3 miles.
Given that, and it’s my first ever “road” race over 10km, I’m hoping to hit around 3 and a half hours. If I can achieve this then it would give me some indication that I could go sub 3 hours in a flat marathon with some dedicated training.
Thank you. As I say, knocked out 20 miles at the weekend, at a fairly constant 3:24 marathon pace, although that was just going out and starting without a warmup or anything... and wearing a rucksack with a litre of water in it... oh yeah and (getting all my excuses in here) wearing very ungrippy road shoes down an often very slippery canal towpath!
So I need to speed up somewhat to take into account the climbing... I’ve undoubtedly got the legs to get round, no problem, but perhaps not enough specific road work to do myself justice with a faster time.
No Cov Parkrun today...
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