Running thread

Cricket Blue said:
Hi all 3.56!
Got my sub 4 and raised £500 for Cancer Research
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Superb mate . I knew after the injury ravaged training schedule sub 4 was too much for me. I wanted sub 4:15 and got 4:14 So really chuffed . I was tempted with sub 4 but i knew deep down it was too much of a tall order . I got 4:51 last time so can’t be disappointed.
Well done everyone else, it’s a hard slog. !
 
gaz76 said:
8 pints in now lads, refreshments are key!! Yep went off too quick, but held the pace until around the 21 mile mark when for some unknown reason i decided a piss would be a great idea, not so much, was a struggle after that, but lessons learned, got the sub3 but can do better, huge congrats to all of you that smashed it today. In the meantime I shall now beat all these plastic paddys as drinkin guinness in mulligans!!!
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Excellent Top Gun. I knew you were capable of sub 3. Did you smash it and get the pacing to perfection this time?
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
Excellent Top Gun. I knew you were capable of sub 3. Did you smash it and get the pacing to perfection this time?
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No mate blew the pacing as usual, your big help to me always. Your tip to get pull up bar when i had covid helped so much, just a stepping stone again this one, thanks for all the advice
 
Got pain in both knees :(

Was a very good dancer in my younger years. Still decent when my knees hold up. Went to a wedding 2 weeks ago and dance for an hour.

Havent run in 2 weeks both knees are wrecked. I'm mean, my knees have always been creaky, but damn!

All I want to do is run 2 miles a day. Nothing intense or even.moderatelt arduous. just your most basic baseline of fitness running and my knees can't even tolerate that. A 10 minute a mile pace is painful these days :(

I'm just saddened about the whole thing..Wifey thinks I should consider surgery. But I have friends (2) who did and it wasn't very helpful :(
 
Also, considering sleeping with slabs of purple cabbage around my knees. Some have sworn by it.

At this point, any non too invasive remedies I'm willing to try.
 
Dax777 said:
Got pain in both knees :(

Was a very good dancer in my younger years. Still decent when my knees hold up. Went to a wedding 2 weeks ago and dance for an hour.

Havent run in 2 weeks both knees are wrecked. I'm mean, my knees have always been creaky, but damn!

All I want to do is run 2 miles a day. Nothing intense or even.moderatelt arduous. just your most basic baseline of fitness running and my knees can't even tolerate that. A 10 minute a mile pace is painful these days :(

I'm just saddened about the whole thing..Wifey thinks I should consider surgery. But I have friends (2) who did and it wasn't very helpful :(
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How about cycling?
 
Cricket Blue said:
Well done mate
I just about did it
3.56 but last 2 miles were absolutely hell
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I was 3.56 as well mate! Was hoping to be more around 3.45 but just wasn't feeling it at all. Abandoned that very early and just stuck to a steady sub-4 pace to bank a little bit of time. Managed to hold it until 5k out, gritting my teeth through Sale and up to Stretford!

Chuffed to bits though. Never felt such pain as when I stopped after the line though. Except for this morning when the Guinness and dehydration caught up with me.
 
supercity88 said:
I was 3.56 as well mate! Was hoping to be more around 3.45 but just wasn't feeling it at all. Abandoned that very early and just stuck to a steady sub-4 pace to bank a little bit of time. Managed to hold it until 5k out, gritting my teeth through Sale and up to Stretford!

Chuffed to bits though. Never felt such pain as when I stopped after the line though. Except for this morning when the Guinness and dehydration caught up with me.
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The bit around alty and timperley, then brooklands road was brutal.
Once I was through that I was OK.
 
Not sure this Adidas take over fits in with my "anything to do with utd" ethos, but saying that I'm still rough as toast from the after party from Sunday so entering another mara is far from a priority at the minute!!
 
Week 6 day 2 of HM training plan steady/tempo 5 miles. Not my furthest not my fastest but amazing run. This day 5 years ago I collapsed just about to enter Stamford bridge for city game and was rushed into hospital with perforated bowel. Had emergency surgery, coming out of theatre into HDU took collapsed lung. Once that cleared up got MRSA and in insolation room of HDU for almost 2 weeks with no visitors. Then on normal ward for week before being sent home. Couldn't walk to end of my road for over week. Eventually making it to coffee shop and sit reading for hour to get strength back to walk the couple hundred metres home again. Almost 3 months off work. If someone told me then I'd enjoy running so so much I'd have thought that they were crazy.
 

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Week 6 day 2 of HM training plan steady/tempo 5 miles. Not my furthest not my fastest but amazing run. This day 5 years ago I collapsed just about to enter Stamford bridge for city game and was rushed into hospital with perforated bowel. Had emergency surgery, coming out of theatre into HDU took collapsed lung. Once that cleared up got MRSA and in insolation room of HDU for almost 2 weeks with no visitors. Then on normal ward for week before being sent home. Couldn't walk to end of my road for over week. Eventually making it to coffee shop and sit reading for hour to get strength back to walk the couple hundred metres home again. Almost 3 months off work. If someone told me then I'd enjoy running so so much I'd have that they were crazy.
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Very inspiring stuff. Keep up the great work.
 
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Week 6 day 2 of HM training plan steady/tempo 5 miles. Not my furthest not my fastest but amazing run. This day 5 years ago I collapsed just about to enter Stamford bridge for city game and was rushed into hospital with perforated bowel. Had emergency surgery, coming out of theatre into HDU took collapsed lung. Once that cleared up got MRSA and in insolation room of HDU for almost 2 weeks with no visitors. Then on normal ward for week before being sent home. Couldn't walk to end of my road for over week. Eventually making it to coffee shop and sit reading for hour to get strength back to walk the couple hundred metres home again. Almost 3 months off work. If someone told me then I'd enjoy running so so much I'd have thought that they were crazy.
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Amazing stuff mate, keep it up. The human body is a pretty remarkable thing, but so much is in the mindset and if you keep telling yourself how far you've come there will be no stopping you!
 
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