dpb

His legs must be going round at nearly twice the speed!

SJ_Skyline

I know, but when he also has one hell of a sprint finish. Completely demoralises adults blasting past them in the last 200

paulr

Become his coach, then you have a good excuse.

dpb

Yeh, but she is bit of a cry baby.


You strike me as a 6 minute mile kind of a guy Paul ..

Come on, out with it

dpb

Down to 50 min now

Still not 8 min mile pace. Only 4th time iv attempted 10k though and swam mile this morning


My god , Bekele runs at twice my pace. Haha

SJ_Skyline

Top effort Dunc

I got a bollocking last weekend from our team coach... I ran my first km in 3:45 and promptly imploded at 4.2km...

Matteeboy

Best official (hilly) road 10k was 40m07s but GPSd twice at 38 mins, done a sub 18m 5k, won the dad's race at sports day last week (and the 3.5 mile Fun Run last year; averaged 5m54s/mile). But I hardly ever run on road ; almost always coast runs.
Aged 39, greying, balding.

dpb

I reckon your coastal uphill runs are tougher than most Mattee, would kill me anyway

hodgy0_2

I ran yesterday wearing my Wife's Garmin, thought I was "pushing" it (only a short run)and was really really happy to see the 6.30/Mile pace show on the Garmin

until my wife said she had calibrated it in KM,s (she is organising a 10k this weekend) - deflated, but deep down knew I was kidding myself

dpb

These gps devices mainly seem to be about sharing ( bragging ) to anybody who cares over the net about how many seconds you've taken off your run that particular day..?

Hanley

I took up running last year to lose a bit of weight.

I ran the Silversotne half marathon in March and finished in 1:55, an average of around 8 minutes 40 per mile.

For normal running at home I tend to do about 8:45 to 9:00 per mile over a longer distance and 8:30 if I'm doing a quicker run.

Matteeboy

Mine (Garmin 910 XT) is about bragging about where I get to run/swim/cycle ;-)

Swum three miles in the sea this week (not all at once), kayaked about four, run about five. Never mind the times, it's been stunning weather!

SJ_Skyline

Very nice!

I have the older 310xt (all the gear and no idea!)

dpb

I couldn't justify that kind of expenditure I don't think

Matteeboy

Only £240 from Handtec. I use it loads!

dpb

23 for 5k, felt quite ok after 12 mile on the bike

and mile in the pool (this morning )

Matteeboy

Are you doing a tri soon?

dpb

Yep , first standard ( int ) tri , July 6.

Matteeboy

Good luck!

I might do one or two but the swim has to be open water; which is a bit limiting!

SJ_Skyline

Totally owned the Dad's race at school sports day, crushing 2nd place by a good 10 yards in an 80 yard sprint

I forgot how much fun sprinting was!

dpb

Haha good for you.

Looks like my sea swim Saturday may well be canceled, if windguru is correct anyway

Matteeboy

I did the same a few weeks ago; it was one of those "pretend you don't care" races where Dads surruptiscously stretched behind trees and cars...

I haven't sprint raced since I was about 16; my start was rubbish but luckily I powered through.

Nice swim across the Bay today. No wetsuit needed.

gpssti4

iTrader: (6)

I've not run for many years but when I did it was not so much through choice but more so being ' volunteered' in the RN. I did the fist Lisbon half marathon in 1991(?) in about 1.35 but had to walk the first 10 minutes due to the crowd. I ran the Gibraltar Rock Race in something like 23 minutes (again I was volunteered!). I represented the RN under 20's back in 1989 and ran 2.08 for 800m - beaten into 3rd place in the inter-services championships by the Army. I never trained for running as I found it boring - I'm a cyclist (rather was!) more than runner, but the fitness carried over, to a point.

Bubba po

52 next month, 13st 12lb weight, 10k on road about 58 minutes, on treadmill about 52 mins.

andy97

iTrader: (1)

Hopefully this scoobynet up swell of fitness is an indication of the UK population trying to get fit☺

dpb

Well I looked on t'internet and a walk average seems be 3.5mph, a jog anywhere up to 6mph

So I'm officially a runner, 7.35. ( on a good day )

Mark10sti

iTrader: (2)

I have made a pb of 32 minutes on a 10k I felt very ill after never attempted that speed since and now I've retired from running

Matteeboy

My word, that is VERY quick! You must have been a pretty high level athlete?

I can do 38m and am fairly nippy.

SJ_Skyline

5 minutes over wr pace?

It's either or

Mark10sti

iTrader: (2)

Yeah I was elite at shorter distance got slower slightly when the distance grew and as I said only achieved that once to see how much I could push myself, and it hurt really hurt