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Done, going ok and felt twinge in calf at 4 miles so had to slow it down, just glad to finish. Well done everyone for getting out there. Hoping those who couldn't finish bit get back out again soon. Some brilliant times
 

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First 10k I’ve done in a couple of years, think I’d put fear in my mind for some bizarre reason, plus then knowing Heaton (thanks @inchy14) is a “difficult” course, but actually found it relatively easy. I’m in better shape than I thought. Splits show I had far more left in tank than I should have had as last 2k’s were my fastest, could have easily knocked a couple of mins off that time.

Anyway, thanks to Bluemoon, as I wouldn’t have got round to doing this 10k otherwise, really enjoyed it.

Well done to everyone who has been or is going out to do it!

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inchy14 said:
Sub 50!! Yes.... made up with that 49:45 won’t let me upload image for some reason.
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Nice one. It looks like I just pippwd
inchy14 said:
Sub 50!! Yes.... made up with that 49:45 won’t let me upload image for some reason.
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Nice one. It looks like I just pipped you to the post. 10.18 km in 49:52 for me with a time for 10 km of 49:02 apparently according to Strava. Does it take your fastest 10k within the total distance? Stu mentioned putting it on race mode but I could not find it. I set strava running as normal then faffed about putting phone in arm holder. After 1/4 mile it came loose and nearly flew off so stopped to pratt about and put it right. I thought a typical race disaster was looming and it would end up in canal !!

Anyway, all good and great to push myself for a change and suffer. Glad when it finished. Pleased with the time of sub 50.
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
Nice one. It looks like I just pippwd
Nice one. It looks like I just pipped you to the post. 10.18 km in 49:52 for me with a time for 10 km of 49:02 apparently according to Strava. Does it take your fastest 10k within the total distance? Stu mentioned putting it on race mode but I could not find it. I set strava running as normal then faffed about putting phone in arm holder. After 1/4 mile it came loose and nearly flew off so stopped to pratt about and put it right. I thought a typical race disaster was looming and it would end up in canal !!

Anyway, all good and great to push myself for a change and suffer. Glad when it finished. Pleased with the time of sub 50.
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Well done mate.
 
Rammy Blue said:
First 10k I’ve done in a couple of years, think I’d put fear in my mind for some bizarre reason, plus then knowing Heaton (thanks @inchy14) is a “difficult” course, but actually found it relatively easy. I’m in better shape than I thought. Splits show I had far more left in tank than I should have had as last 2k’s were my fastest, could have easily knocked a couple of mins off that time.

Anyway, thanks to Bluemoon, as I wouldn’t have got round to doing this 10k otherwise, really enjoyed it.

Well done to everyone who has been or is going out to do it!

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Great running mate!!
 
Rammy Blue said:
First 10k I’ve done in a couple of years, think I’d put fear in my mind for some bizarre reason, plus then knowing Heaton (thanks @inchy14) is a “difficult” course, but actually found it relatively easy. I’m in better shape than I thought. Splits show I had far more left in tank than I should have had as last 2k’s were my fastest, could have easily knocked a couple of mins off that time.

Anyway, thanks to Bluemoon, as I wouldn’t have got round to doing this 10k otherwise, really enjoyed it.

Well done to everyone who has been or is going out to do it!

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Sounds good. You could improve loads I think. Work out a faster course and get the pace right so it is hard and pushing yourself but ideally get a negative split.
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
Sounds good. You could improve loads I think. Work out a faster course and get the pace right so it is hard and pushing yourself but ideally get a negative split.
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I‘ve only ever done 3 x 10k‘s before today, all official ones - Bury, Cheshire and Tatton Park. Plus I’ve done one half marathon, the Great Manchester Run in 2019. I’ve probably done 500 x 5k’s over the last 5 years since I started running, so I’m so used to that distance.

My best 10k was the Cheshire which I did in 54 mins, but that is the flattest of flat runs, hence why I tried to play safe today as wasn’t overly sure of my current fitness levels as I’ve had various niggles that I’ve been continually running through. But happy enough with 58 mins as that’s the pace I intended going for, but just pleasantly surprised how easy I found it and then of course you just regret not pushing harder.

Really enjoyed it though which is main thing and I’ll make it a regular distance now, think I’ll plan to do it once a month.
 
Rammy Blue said:
I‘ve only ever done 3 x 10k‘s before today, all official ones - Bury, Cheshire and Tatton Park. Plus I’ve done one half marathon, the Great Manchester Run in 2019. I’ve probably done 500 x 5k’s over the last 5 years since I started running, so I’m so used to that distance.

My best 10k was the Cheshire which I did in 54 mins, but that is the flattest of flat runs, hence why I tried to play safe today as wasn’t overly sure of my current fitness levels as I’ve had various niggles that I’ve been continually running through. But happy enough with 58 mins as that’s the pace I intended going for, but just pleasantly surprised how easy I found it and then of course you just regret not pushing harder.

Really enjoyed it though which is main thing and I’ll make it a regular distance now, think I’ll plan to do it once a month.
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I do it once a week at least mate, think if I’m going out running I may as well do 50 minutes if I was going to do 30....
 
Well that didn’t quite go to plan. Took my little lad on the first 4K and said I’d drop him off back at home and then carry on with the last 6k. Went to pause my run to put my music on and hit end run rather than pause. Had to start the whole thing all over again. Oh well 14k for a Sunday is good for me. Well done everyone, some quality times. 4F16BBF8-076A-4B8A-BA8B-929FDF4A8CD5.jpeg
 
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I do it once a week at least mate, think if I’m going out running I may as well do 50 minutes if I was going to do 30....
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Once a month will do me, lol, I’m a bigger lump than you.

I‘ll also be back playing 6 a side again from the 29th, and I play 3 times a week. Get the gyms safely open so I can start doing spin again and I’ll be back where I want to be!
 
42:22 which was better than I expected. With no parkruns events, seems an age since I pushed myself so found it, mentally, quite tough going.

Well done everyone, some tremendous efforts and thanks @BlueHammer85 for organising.
 

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42:22 which was better than I expected. With no parkruns, events seems an age since I pushed myself so found it, mentally, quite tough going.

Well done everyone, some tremendous effort and thanks @BlueHammer85 for organising.
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Flying that mate, nice work, plus the scenery looks a little more glamorous than princess parkway on a dull sunday morning!!
 
gaz76 said:
Flying that mate, nice work, plus the scenery looks a little more glamorous than princess parkway on a dull sunday morning!!
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Cheers pal. Like I say was not really sure what I had in the tank until today, so pretty pleased with it. Still a long way to go to catch up with you, another tremendous time.

Yeah its ok, but not so great when you are travelling back from a night match, In winter, after a drab 1-0 defeat.
 
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I went through town and out up to Maine Rd then back down Oxford rd to Fountain st. nice long stretch to finish... like you say @franksinatra certainly has a more scenic route than us!!
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I would have broken down in tears doing that route, only been back once or twice, since the move, and always felt as depressed as hell.
 
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