Running thread

Fazz28 said:
around 4 years ago I stopped running as I got out of habit, however ive regained my love for it and I have been working hard on the treadmill, got my 5k time to 30 minutes.. is now the time to switch to Road runs, or should I stick to the treadmill for a while longer?
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Trying Parkrun is a definite.
 
Rammy Blue said:
Trying Parkrun is a definite.
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Absolutely do this. It really does set your weekend up brilliantly. I'm home and showered in time for Saturday Kitchen and coffee.
I'm on 75 there now...missed a few months for a vairety of reasons but once I went back I realised how much I missed them (social aspect also). Marshalling there is fun too.
 
somapop said:
Absolutely do this. It really does set your weekend up brilliantly. I'm home and showered in time for Saturday Kitchen and coffee.
I'm on 75 there now...missed a few months for a vairety of reasons but once I went back I realised how much I missed them (social aspect also). Marshalling there is fun too.
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I do Heaton, where do you go? I’m closing in on 200 now, feel like a veteran although someone at Heaton passed 500 the other week, or 550, can’t remember which.
 
Rammy Blue said:
I do Heaton, where do you go? I’m closing in on 200 now, feel like a veteran although someone at Heaton passed 500 the other week, or 550, can’t remember which.
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200! blimey

i'm late to the game

i'm on my 47th this weekend, close to my first clap :)
 
Stretford or (lately) Burnage along the river Mersey. Funny course but you get to know the regulars and that's part of the reason you do it.
If I'm after a new PB I'll be back at Stretford. Current PB is 20:39...would love to go below 20 mins but since joining the gym I think I bulked up a little which may have slowedme down.
 
Rammy Blue said:
I do Heaton, where do you go? I’m closing in on 200 now, feel like a veteran although someone at Heaton passed 500 the other week, or 550, can’t remember which.
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Soz Rammy - reply above....
Wow - 200! That's some dedication mate.
 
Fazz28 said:
around 4 years ago I stopped running as I got out of habit, however ive regained my love for it and I have been working hard on the treadmill, got my 5k time to 30 minutes.. is now the time to switch to Road runs, or should I stick to the treadmill for a while longer?
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It's always the time to switch to road runs.
 
inchy14 said:
Conwy half in the morning, closing in on 1000 miles for the year. Hoping to go low 1:40’s in the morning but it’s got the Great Orme in the middle so we’ll see.
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Good luck with the run. I've fond memories of Llandudno. My grandparents had a guest house there in the sixties. My grandmother got a house up the Orme in the seventies, and we'd spend every summer on holiday there.

I sincerely hope you are running around the Orme and not up it! I'd love to run around it one day.
 
Paladin said:
Good luck with the run. I've fond memories of Llandudno. My grandparents had a guest house there in the sixties. My grandmother got a house up the Orme in the seventies, and we'd spend every summer on holiday there.

I sincerely hope you are running around the Orme and not up it! I'd love to run around it one day.
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Up and down it mate. Did it last year but had an injury so struggled, hoping to enjoy it more this time round.
 
I find the endorphins I get from a good run is the best high in the world (and I have tried, ehem, other means) it really is amazing.

I've just downloaded the Nike Running Club app and clocked up 3km on my first run using it. Going to try for 5k before the end of the week, I find the mental clarity it gives me just as good as the high.
 
Citizen Green said:
I find the endorphins I get from a good run is the best high in the world (and I have tried, ehem, other means) it really is amazing.

I've just downloaded the Nike Running Club app and clocked up 3km on my first run using it. Going to try for 5k before the end of the week, I find the mental clarity it gives me just as good as the high.
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Agreed, I often get runners high although the intensity varies quite a lot. Best one was at the Preston guild marathon in 2012. I've run 5 marathons and usually suffered having hit the wall at the 22 mile mark. At Preston though I went through 23 miles feeling good and waiting for the expected crash which did not happen. It was pissing with rain, cold, my nipples were bleeding but the last 3 miles were incredible, felt like floating and running faster and faster. Finished just outside the good for age time of 3.15. Biggest buzz ever, apart from Augeroooooo the same year!
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
Agreed, I often get runners high although the intensity varies quite a lot. Best one was at the Preston guild marathon in 2012. I've run 5 marathons and usually suffered having hit the wall at the 22 mile mark. At Preston though I went through 23 miles feeling good and waiting for the expected crash which did not happen. It was pissing with rain, cold, my nipples were bleeding but the last 3 miles were incredible, felt like floating and running faster and faster. Finished just outside the good for age time of 3.15. Biggest buzz ever, apart from Augeroooooo the same year!
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Wow - I know what you mean about that high. Most times, for me, the highs are the next day or the few hours after exercise (why doing a Park Run on Saturday morning lifts your day). But I've had those floating highs whilst exercising/running too. Actually, I get them a lot doing Kettle Bell swings believe it or not...this incredible lightness of being. Imagine being 'high' like this and not feeling awful (quite the opposite) the next day.
 
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