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But there was nothing wrong with the European format before the champions league.... the European Cup was the top competition for the true champions.... the UEFA Cup was a fantastically tough competition and could be argued to be as tough, if not tougher, than the European Cup. The ECWC could...

It’s small margins though... and after all they’re cup competitions... but for the width of a post and a howling miss in the first leg, Barcelona and Ajax could easily be two sides in the final. Prime example is England at the last World Cup.... Colombia ahead in the shoot-out... had that...

Serie A is having a monstrous battle for the champions league places, with down to 8th being in contention. Granted Juventus are way ahead this year, but last season it was the only of the elite leagues to even resemble a title race, right up until the final few games. Germany having a similar...

Yeah it will be absolutely roasting...! up there with Rhodes as the hottest place I’ve been (south-east Asia excepted). Sliema if I remember is very built up but good facilities, and Valletta is just round the bay, which is stunning (but will be rammed). Local buses are entertaining if a...

Had a week in Skye already.... 8 or 9 days in Tenerife in June, although this is primarily for a race in the middle of the hol... Also been doing roughly a weekend away each month (lakes, snowdonia), but again primarily revolving around racing. ..

I can’t really comment on the exact pace... but I’d recommend starting the first rep slower rather than faster... you can always make the decision to speed up on the next one... but if you start too fast and have to slow down, it’s going to get incredibly hard as the reps go on... as you...

Great stuff.... Yes all feels fine, then suddenly the legs go from under you...! Looking at that graph, you hit almost 3:20/km top speed, which is 80secs per lap pace on a track.... By way of comparison, i look to complete 400m reps in 78secs or less on a good day. So perhaps you went off a...

That’s the one... regularly managed to lose drinks/mates/girls in there when a little inebriated...

We spent the weekend in Blackpool for this one. It was absolutely freezing and wet/icy in Blackpool if I remember correctly. After a pretty raucous Friday night we ended up back in the pub about 11am on the Saturday. Staggered up the road just in time for kickoff, to witness the most abject...

Good luck... Just be a little careful about cramming too much 'high intensity' work into a 'low' weekly mileage... To an extent, you do need the cardio base from a steady weekly mileage, before you start putting in too much real hard effort, otherwise it can just lead to injuries... Don't be...

400mtr walk would probably take you between 4 and 5 minutes.... I'd suggest walking round close to your finish point for your rest period, and running the next rep in the opposite direction, to return you back to the start.... By all means jog your rest period if you can.... We are an...

I'm hesitant to give out specific advice as I am by no means qualified to... However, my very honest advice would be to do all you can to fit in a steady but regular run each week, even if it is something like 5/6/7 miles... Fast pace on this one doesn't necessarily matter, just the increase...

i don’t know anything about your current training, but if you’re not doing regular miles per week, a simple increase in miles can work up to a point... The fact that you’re already at around 24mins would suggest that you’re already doing a reasonable amount of regular running. As above, the...

Nice one... it’ll soon come back to you... The chap who came 1st is a clubmate, he turned up in the middle of a 16 mile training run, ran round on the shoulder of the Sphinx guy, and then took him in the final few hundred yards. I was well behind them, over a minute, they just turned on the...

Yes basically.... but it’s a little bit harder and narrower, and has handles so you can exert more force... looks like a knobbly rolling-pin! Can pick them up in places like decathlon or TK Maxx for around a tenner. Same as a foam roller effectively.

No... I do use one of those massage stick things on myself... and have got one of those machines with the footpads which sends electric pulses up into your calves... but a case of knowing when to have a rest day or easy day seem to be the key to avoiding injuries... Footcare is hard work...

Did the Bedworth Parkrun this morning... didn’t feel particularly speedy (I did train last night) but recent training has left me feeling quite strong in the legs. Managed 18:34.... I’ll have to get to Cov for the next one... a slightly faster course, and on fresher legs, I may be able to...

Did the South Wales Mountain Trial last weekend. Basically we assembled at the start, a remote pass in the Brecon Beacons.... at our individual start times, we handed a map. Until then we didn’t know where we were going. The map had 7 checkpoints which we have to visit in order, and return to...

To be fair, "our stadium" is named after a photocopier... I don't think we're in any position to mock...

Yeah... no disrespect to people who want to improve their lifestyle or fitness.... but you see people wearing "finisher" t-shirts from wolf runs etc, and they are having to walk a 5k Parkrun. Certainly not the "toughest challenge ever" as the marketing hype would have you believe...