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I saw the other fellas time. Wow you boys don’t hang around.
I saw the other fellas time. Wow you boys don’t hang around.Had a good run out today with a mate from Nuneaton Harriers. Out along the canal from Bedworth, Bulkington, Shilton, Ansty Golf Course, and back via Cov Way through Barnacle. 14 miles, nearly all off road and very hard going.
I saw the other fellas time. Wow you boys don’t hang around.
He keeps running round my local Strava segments. Leaves me with no chance of topping them as I'm not quite on your guys level....yet.I don't know what pace we were doing, but given the distance and the underfoot conditions, it felt strenuous enough.
We are very closely matched and had some great battles in the cross-country over the last few years. In the National Cross Country last year we battled 12km over awful terrain, and i managed to win by 4 seconds! We did a 5km "time trial race" a couple of weeks back and were stride-for-stride for 4km, until he iced me by 15secs on the final km.
A good week of running for me last week. A last minute shout from a mate saw me do 5.5km on Tuesday, the brief was a steady run out. That was until we came upon a .8km long segment to which he challenged me to a race. Beat him by 4 seconds without getting into top gear, so I was happy with that.
Wednesday saw me head out on a perfect 5km route that someone I know had found. Having not put in a decent run since November I decided to push for a sub 25. Quite happy with a 24:31, especially given that you have to run from Pete's Chippy up to town (if you're Beduth you know this is one long incline approx 1km).
Sunday saw me head out on the same route again, effort but nowhere near to pushing it. Had a 30 second walk due to a twinge in my achilles 25:30.
I've decided to try and do 1 training session per week and at least 2 5kms. I've decided I must have a rest day between runs in an effort to avoid injury.
This week I have my crazy pyramid hill session planned, with another couple of decent pace 5ks. The ultimate aim being sub 25 comfortable (I was about there before I got ill in August) with one sub 20 on my parkrun record.
You can't be on Strava then as you'd have a fair share of segments around hereRich i am in Bedworth, although over the over side near Ash Green.
Good, stay off it. I like challenging for segment crownsNah i don't use Strava.
Nice one... 6:12 is fairly shifting.... in the theme of the posts above, would be interesting to see what time you got doing another mile shortly afterwards...
I’d have been lucky to break 10 mins!
Effectively that's rep training.
Yes it is very difficult to judge pace until you've done a lot of similar sessions.
Obviously it was something from within your training group... but if you enjoyed it i'd strongly suggest setting a number of reps before you start and doing them no matter what. Will learn how to pace them much faster, and the benefit you gain will shoot up. It's always worth starting a little slower and building into the session, until you have an idea of what times you can consistently hit.
Incidentally our club session which i did this morning was 800mtr reps, with 2 minute rest. Did 7...
6 x 1km with 1 minute rest.
3:30, 3:32, 3:32, 3:36, 3:37, 3:37
First time for a while that i've really cut the rest periods down, and it shows, started a little too fast and couldn't hold it.
Did Beduth parkrun this morning. Just under 25 minutes. Doing it without the crowds of Parkrun day, you realise it’s a brutal course.
Aye Sunday goes the opposite direction and it’s just 4 laps of the main route. Really boring.I've done several "Bedworth Parkruns" since this time last year... I do 4 laps of the upper loop, plus a little bit extra, gives 5km without doing the bottom section. Which i believe is the route they use on the "unofficial sunday 5km"
It's still quite tough though, even those twists and that hill up by the skate park.
Speed for fun.Another boring run alert, 3 loops, but a flat route and a 5km PB to match
Another boring run alert, 3 loops, but a flat route and a 5km PB to match
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