Splits and HR tell me you could have gone quicker, you know it 
Left yourself too much to do
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Nope, not in my current condition. Iāve just getting over three weeks of a sick stomach, so going balls out wasnāt an option during that time. My first road run in a while.
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PS my HR tends to be low. Was giving it welly going up to the mast on the bike yesterday (550 metres up or so) and was only pushing 155ish out of the saddle
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Ah itās a very good wrong, donāt get me wrong.
If it was me looking at that Iād be disappointed that I was able to run the last k 30 seconds or so faster that the first 5.
Good run.
Outstanding @Fat_Pox, Iād say sub 40 is there for you soon enough if you stick with it, what age are you? (If you donāt mind me asking 
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I sprinted the last minute or so. My km pace for the start of my 11th km was 3:03/km 
. Hit a few more obstacles going out (road crossings , lights etc.). Coming back was a straight line, and two easy turns. A few pedestrians to negotiate but not badā¦
It usually takes me a while to get going. I canāt go out hard (e.g. 4ā40 for me) and hold on for 10.
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PS so happy with the earphones.
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Thatās what she saidā¦
Great time mate. And on a flat course too which is honourable and commendable. Senior B updated, youāll be safe Iād say and running against Fenners for the Half.
This includes scrambling up a motorway embankment, moving a fence and pulling some barbed wire out of a gap and chatting briefly to a neighbor.
Thatās my effort. Iām working tomorrow too early, cycling Friday, hill running Saturday and cycling Sunday.
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Glad to hear it, mind the clip like gold, itās a pain in the arse when you lose it, I lost my last one a few days ago.
Strava is saying 50:34 for 10k, you okay with that mate?
What is done is done so I will see how the table looks at end of campaign.
If Iām to be honest lads, I struggled with motivation for this round and was gonna declare myself as a DNS at the start of week but respect the integrity of the competition and felt I had to register some time.
I might do my half marathon off road. Iāll see. When is that for @Locke?
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The clip is the job
38 in a fortnight.
Struggled to break 46mins when we did the 10k challenge last Aug/July. I trained properly this time with intervals, fartleg, slow runs. I surprised myself. Iām def going to enter a few races to see can running in a crowd improve me further.
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Iāll be passing the baton of administration onto the next person mate, Iām happy to fulfill my one-month contractual obligation but respectfully pass it onto another esteemed colleague on the committee.
cc @Mac
Yep. We actually ran it sub 48 according to the watches š¤·
Careful now, youāre only a step or 2 away from the donkey derby in Tramore
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I would have assumed the next would be 10 miles rather than half? And itās a fair jump up either way so a month might be a bit tight given a lot of lads seem to have some niggles.
Would 10 miles before June bank holiday weekend and half marathon before August bank holiday weekend be fairer? With an auld vertical challenge thrown in for good measure (cc @caulifloweredneanderthal)
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All sounds good to me @Mac
Iād go for the full 1000 metres in a single run for the vertical challenge to set a marker.
I think youāll do a great job as administrator.
Check your watch settings. Might be on autopause so if you stop to chat to someone , take a slash or go at an incredibly slow pace for a few seconds, itāll recognise it as you not moving. My bike setting does it. I was going slow cycling up a hill yesterday that it happened. I had to get off the bike to go up this section in the end (basically through forestry and a field) and I was walking faster with the bike than Cycling