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gaz76 said:
Slowly starting to get a bit of a mojo on the go again, have been mixing up run/bike/gym which hopefully will pay dividends later in the year/next year.
Cycled from didsbury to Rochdale yesterday for watergrove parkrun (a grueller of a parkrun that one for us flat earth south manchester folk) then took the scenic route home(via city's ground) about 43 miles in total. Very enjoyable
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Yeah, I saw that on Strava mate. Inspiring work!
 
gaz76 said:
Slowly starting to get a bit of a mojo on the go again, have been mixing up run/bike/gym which hopefully will pay dividends later in the year/next year.
Cycled from didsbury to Rochdale yesterday for watergrove parkrun (a grueller of a parkrun that one for us flat earth south manchester folk) then took the scenic route home(via city's ground) about 43 miles in total. Very enjoyable
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Great effort mate
 
gaz76 said:
You sure do a decent job of getting out and getting the miles in for someone who doesn't like it!!
I've gone down the no music route for the past month or so, I'm much slower than I was but feeling a lot calmer during a run. The mean streets of South Manchester(twinned with downtown Bangladesh) and its 15 million cars just seem a lot more chilled when I can hear who is trying to run me over
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I have never ran with earphones in as like to be aware of my surroundings
 
ob said:
I have never ran with earphones in as like to be aware of my surroundings
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I'm exactly the same. I like to use all my senses so I'm aware of faster runners and cyclists sneaking up on me, and to hear birdsong and the weird noises squirrels make amongst other things!
 
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staffsblue said:
I'm exactly the same. I like to use all my senses so I'm aware of faster runners and cyclists sneaking up on me, and to hear birdsong and the weird noises squirrels make amongst other things!
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Took me ages to work out what was making that noise lol. Also snarling barking dogs, had close encounter with dog earlier in week. Luckily on extended lead so got pulled up just shy of me but still out me off a bit
 
staffsblue said:
I'm exactly the same. I like to use all my senses so I'm aware of faster runners and cyclists sneaking up on me, and to hear birdsong and the weird noises squirrels make amongst other things!
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Weird noises squirrels make? I've seen hundreds of them this weekend and not heard a peep out of em mate, you sure it's not your shoes?
 
Kipchoge wins the berlin marathon again!! He flew out of the traps. First half in 60.12 couldn't keep it going though and missed the WR.
Big mara story of the day is the Ethiopian runner who smashed the women's WR by more than two minutes with a negative split.
She was wearing the new Adidas £400 jobbies that only last one race, even I'm not daft enough to be tempted by them at that price(ok maybe a little tempted!)
 
gaz76 said:
And so it became that my runs will now feature squirrel listening!!
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I thought the noise was coming from magpies or crows originally, but heard a squirrel above my head on a branch making that noise. Must have objected to my fluorescent yellow running vest!
 
Went out at dawn for a training run earlier, and got to say again how much easier it feels in cooler conditions. What a difference a couple of weeks makes!
If anyone is considering starting couch to 5k, this time of year or late winter is the time to start!
Don't wait until January with the rest of the New Year's resolution Muppets. You are doomed to fail as it will be all start / stop with icy and snowy conditions, and you'll have little motivation to get out there in crap weather and on dark mornings and evenings.
I'm lucky enough to be retired and able to adjust my run times around daylight and ideal temperatures around the year, but I appreciate the "economically active" don't have that option.
 
staffsblue said:
Went out at dawn for a training run earlier, and got to say again how much easier it feels in cooler conditions. What a difference a couple of weeks makes!
If anyone is considering starting couch to 5k, this time of year or late winter is the time to start!
Don't wait until January with the rest of the New Year's resolution Muppets. You are doomed to fail as it will be all start / stop with icy and snowy conditions, and you'll have little motivation to get out there in crap weather and on dark mornings and evenings.
I'm lucky enough to be retired and able to adjust my run times around daylight and ideal temperatures around the year, but I appreciate the "economically active" don't have that option.
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This This and This again!! Morning running at this time of year is where the good stuff is
 
franksinatra said:
Great effort mate, I did a trail 10k this week, which admittedly was way down on this time last year, but, still a few mins quicker than my effort a month ago. Hopefully the legs are getting a bit of speed back.
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Good work!

Intervals are the way to go to improve speed. Hill sprints are great for trail running.

A few years ago I was training for a trail half marathon with a seasoned hill runner - trying to keep up with him on Rivington Pike/Winters Hill was something nightmares are made of :’)
 
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