Fair play, great running. The thoughts of sustaining 5:11/km for even 7km or 8km is daunting for me, I donāt know how Iāll get to 10km. But weāll figure it out as we go along hopefully.
I had fallen into doing the same, grim enough Howth Road/Malahide Road 3.4km loop most mornings and was in a bit of rut, plodding away at 6:00/km.
But this challenge has been very enjoyable for me. I know 26 minutes isnāt fast or anything, but itās been nice to chip away and improve over the month.
Itās also been inspiring to see lads plan a course and actually climb up to the top of a mountain and/or drive to a starting point where they can run in a straight line with a gale behind them. This has motivated me to get back to St Anneās Park for weekday runs and youād be in great form for the day ahead after running in those surroundings.
Thanks again @caulifloweredneanderthal for organising and well done everybody for taking part. Thanks to my background team led by @fenwaypark for all the advice and encouragement too.
Nah Iām done palā¦ I probably shouldnāt have attempted a run today really. I went for a leisurely family walk around the park there and could feel every incline on the hamstring. Iāll just have to take my last place, dust myself down and go againā¦ And donāt worry, thereās no words or taunts you can fire in my direction that will sting more than being passed out by fat old wans this morning as I walked back the running track this morning a broken man.
3km added to my PB distance in the month of February and thereafter 3 minutes knocked off the 5k time. Thereās no limit to what you can achieve when you start off a very very low base after sitting on your arse for a year
Well done on this mornings achievement - the sub 25 is within your grasp. That post, when it happens, will leave having children, beating cancer and Hamish Mc Jockstrap in the haāpenny place. I love the negativity and cynicism on here as much as the next fella, but itās great to have one genuine thread thatās just lads trying to run a bit faster, and hopefully faster than some random fella on the INTERNET.
Iāve gone out and bettered my previously posted time - but only just. A bit like Martin Brundle or David Coulthard coming out for a hot lap at the end of a qualifying session when the big dogs are out and marginally improving his time, but still finishing 8th.
I went for a lovely run this morning. Half eight or so a lovely 5-6k including a nice bit of malahide castle. Having broken @Bandage and @Thomas_Brady mentally earlier in the week I was under no pressure at all and decided to run it as an easy run in just over 27mins. Finished with a smile on my face as opposed to in a messy heap as of late.
February has been fantastic for me. Back running and way faster than I thought I would go. Iād like to thank all the lads in the intermediate section for making it so enjoyable (except @TheUlteriorMotive the fucking ringer). Role on the 10k in March.
I noticed that myself on a run last weekend. I just carry my phone now in my hand to track my time instead. Youād expect the Fitbit versa 2 to be better at tracking distance than it actually is.
If you use Strava, go into the mobile site and in your run on the top right youāll have options like this. Click on āDistance (?)ā and then on āCorrect Distanceā like below
I went out with Mrs Mac earlier and she was using a Garmin. After a part of the route where my Fitbit regularly loses GPS she was tracking about 100-150m ahead of me. I stopped when my watch hit 5k which was about 150m up the road from where her watch gave her 5km.
Iām gonna switch back to Garmin anyway as the lack of a target pace option is annoying me.
Ya, well done again, highlight for me was @Biff_Eganās ballsy efforts and his slow push to run 5k non stop, @Bandage with a PR on the last day was glorious.
I wonder is there anything we can do to get a few new runners on board? Thereās not many lads would have a valid excuse not to be able to run 5k
Iād have thought @Funtime would get involved but itās possible heās wearing an ankle tag at this moment and canāt leave a very small area around his house.
