Running thread

[inchy14]

Far from a stedhead anyway, pal!!

:)

;0)

 

[SWP's back]

No mate, there’s a fitness thread but that gets clogged up with all the stedheads.....

Only joking @SWP's back and @Bigga

I wish I could be mistaken for one. Lock down is destroying 14 months of solid and clean gains.

I'm going to come out of this looking like a bean pole. :-(

 

[inchy14]

I wish I could be mistaken for one. Lock down is destroying 14 months of solid and clean gains.

I'm going to come out of this looking like a bean pole. :-(

Not something I’ll ever be capable of looking like at 5’6”!!

Just done my stair session again, 2 mile warm up to begin followed by 90 stairs run up 5 times single stair, 5 times double stair then 3 times 3 step tuck jumps!! Nearly sick on the 3 set!!!

1 mile cool down and fucked now!!

 

[SWP's back]

Not something I’ll ever be capable of looking like at 5’6”!!

Just done my stair session again, 2 mile warm up to begin followed by 90 stairs run up 5 times single stair, 5 times double stair then 3 times 3 step tuck jumps!! Nearly sick on the 3 set!!!

1 mile cool down and fucked now!!

Sounds horrible mate, well done.

 

[inchy14]

Sounds horrible mate, well done.

Thanks it’s tough but perversely enjoyable!!

 

[manchester blue]

I was running at the gym before all this. Was aiming for 10k as training for Manchester 10k. Since lockdown I’ve walked no less than 5 miles a day. Did 14 miles to town and back Monday and 8 today. Enjoy it much more than running at my age.

Going to Cheetham tomorrow, another 14 miles. All part of training for a 20 mile a day, 60 day walk in 2021 or 2022 hopefully.

Feeling fitter and dropped a stone and a bit in three months.

 

[SWP's back]

I was running at the gym before all this. Was aiming for 10k as training for Manchester 10k. Since lockdown I’ve walked no less than 5 miles a day. Did 14 miles to town and back Monday and 8 today. Enjoy it much more than running at my age.

Going to Cheetham tomorrow, another 14 miles. All part of training for a 20 mile a day, 60 day walk in 2021 or 2022 hopefully.

Feeling fitter and dropped a stone and a bit in three months.

Great work mate.

 

[SWP's back]

Just back in from a 5k. Worked my bollocks off and came in 26:30. It’s just too fucking hot, even at 7:30am. Fuck this lock down, I much prefer just lifting weights and shouting “outfft” as I do it. I don’t usually feel as if I’m about to keel over at least.

 

[Paladin]

I was running at the gym before all this. Was aiming for 10k as training for Manchester 10k. Since lockdown I’ve walked no less than 5 miles a day. Did 14 miles to town and back Monday and 8 today. Enjoy it much more than running at my age.

Going to Cheetham tomorrow, another 14 miles. All part of training for a 20 mile a day, 60 day walk in 2021 or 2022 hopefully.

Feeling fitter and dropped a stone and a bit in three months.

Hope old are you? I read in a magazine that as you get older, the sprint capability of leg muscles reduces, and the endurance components of your leg muscles increases, making it easier to endure, but at a slower pace as you age.

At 58, I am running 10k and more fairly comfortably, at a 'conversational pace'. The thought of that stair thingy, that @inchy14 does, fills me with dread, however.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

So 5k wise my PB has been 33.58 on a park run course in Ashton.

well I tried a different route last night towards the village hotel in Ashton. and was 45 secs off my PB.

just wish I could stop having to stop start towards the end towards really achy legs

legs this morning gosh they hurt.

 

[inchy14]

Hope old are you? I read in a magazine that as you get older, the sprint capability of leg muscles reduces, and the endurance components of your leg muscles increases, making it easier to endure, but at a slower pace as you age.

At 58, I am running 10k and more fairly comfortably, at a 'conversational pace'. The thought of that stair thingy, that @inchy14 does, fills me with dread, however.

I never knew that about sprinting and endurance but it’s good to know when the younger members of our running group are spouting off about how quick they are!!

I found the stair session on a running group Instagram page and started it last week for the first time so done 2 sessions now, used to do the odd running up stairs but nothing like the one I do now. Feel it in my lower abs today.

 

[inchy14]

So 5k wise my PB has been 33.58 on a park run course in Ashton.

well I tried a different route last night towards the village hotel in Ashton. and was 45 secs off my PB.

just wish I could stop having to stop start towards the end towards really achy legs

legs this morning gosh they hurt.

So 5k wise my PB has been 33.58 on a park run course in Ashton.

well I tried a different route last night towards the village hotel in Ashton. and was 45 secs off my PB.

just wish I could stop having to stop start towards the end towards really achy legs

legs this morning gosh they hurt.

You doing any stretches after mate? Highly recommend them even if it’s just a couple, do calfs, hamstrings then thighs, may help the next morning.

 

[GornikDaze]

I was running at the gym before all this. Was aiming for 10k as training for Manchester 10k. Since lockdown I’ve walked no less than 5 miles a day. Did 14 miles to town and back Monday and 8 today. Enjoy it much more than running at my age.

Going to Cheetham tomorrow, another 14 miles. All part of training for a 20 mile a day, 60 day walk in 2021 or 2022 hopefully.

Feeling fitter and dropped a stone and a bit in three months.

Good luck with the training for next year. Where are you planning to walk? I did my JOGLE last May to July over 61 days (1200 miles including the 3 Peaks on the way). My feet were battered for a few months after but it was an amazing experience and I raised £10k for McMillan. Still do a fair amount of walking and it’s easier than the several aborted attempts at running where I get the same recurring injury. Getting out and about, running, cycling, walking or whatever is great exercise both physically and mentally

 

[m32blue]

I'm working at home during lockdown so am getting the chance to run 4 or 5 times a week and am up to about 30 miles a week now.
Not been further than 10 miles this year though.
I have to say I'm missing parkrun having done them for 5 years.I enjoy camaraderie people pushing to get personal bests
Anyone take a guess when we think they might be back ? I'm hoping October but my local one at Stretford gets 5/600 down there

 

[inchy14]

I'm working at home during lockdown so am getting the chance to run 4 or 5 times a week and am up to about 30 miles a week now.
Not been further than 10 miles this year though.
I have to say I'm missing parkrun having done them for 5 years.I enjoy camaraderie people pushing to get personal bests
Anyone take a guess when we think they might be back ? I'm hoping October but my local one at Stretford gets 5/600 down there

I doubt we’ll see them this year mate, they’re large groups and in confined spaces at the start, plus they have no real economic value so I can’t see them being done.

 

[mcfc1996]

This is always the first thread I look for on here. I've been running for a few years when I decided I was too fat. I'd put a load of weight on after rupturing my Achilles playing football. I ballooned up to 18 and half stone at 45, but approaching 50 I'm just below 15 stone. I can quite easily manage 5k, 10k or even 15k but my times are always at a similar pace. My 5k times are rubbish compared to some of you but my 10k is pretty decent. To be honest I just run how I feel comfortable and don't do speed or hill training.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Run 499 today. Minimum run (15 mins)

before around a 20 miler tomorrow

 

[Rammy Blue]

I'm working at home during lockdown so am getting the chance to run 4 or 5 times a week and am up to about 30 miles a week now.
Not been further than 10 miles this year though.
I have to say I'm missing parkrun having done them for 5 years.I enjoy camaraderie people pushing to get personal bests
Anyone take a guess when we think they might be back ? I'm hoping October but my local one at Stretford gets 5/600 down there

As @inchy14 says, unlikely as they aren’t easy to control. We do Heaton Park and it’s been over a 1000 most weeks prior to lockdown, not a prayer it’s starting any time soon.

 

[manchester blue]

Good luck with the training for next year. Where are you planning to walk? I did my JOGLE last May to July over 61 days (1200 miles including the 3 Peaks on the way). My feet were battered for a few months after but it was an amazing experience and I raised £10k for McMillan. Still do a fair amount of walking and it’s easier than the several aborted attempts at running where I get the same recurring injury. Getting out and about, running, cycling, walking or whatever is great exercise both physically and mentally

Cheers and well done on your achievement.

Looking to do the Wales Coastal Path in one go. Got the first half planned with accommodation (mix of camping and B&B where there is that option). The path is way-marked and a mix of cliff walks, promenades, roads, fields and industry so looking forward to it. 870 miles over around 60 days.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

You doing any stretches after mate? Highly recommend them even if it’s just a couple, do calfs, hamstrings then thighs, may help the next morning.

I will give that a go, have to say i dont really stretch before or after...