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Race List

Sun 10 Feb- Manchester Area XC - Woodbank - BB, NI, RB
Sun 17 Feb - Wrexham Village Bakery Half - Daz, BB, mort, GBM, RB
Sat 23 Feb - National XC champs - NI, RB
Sun 03 Mar - High Legh 10k - RB, BB
Sat 09 Mar - Grindleford Gallop - ES, GBM, BB, Jonah, FOAR, TB, MH, Kwaka!
Sat 09 Mar - Haworth Hobble - Daz
Sat 09 Mar - Dambuster Euro qualifier Duathlon - SARQ
Sun 10 Mar - Trafford 10k ??? NI, BHB
Sun 10 Mar - Cambridge Half - RC
Sun 17 Mar - Oulton Park Euro qualifier Duathlon - SARQ
Sun 17 Mar - Wolf's Pit FR (Shatton, nr Bamford) - Daz
Sun 24 Mar - Wilmslow Half Marathon - BB, NI, FOAR, RB, BHB, Kwaka!
Sun 24 Mar - Edale Skyline - Daz
Sat 30 Mar - Rivington Pike - ES
Sat 06 Apr - Pendle Hill - ES
Sun 14 Apr - Kinder Downfall - Daz
Mon 15 Apr - Boston Marathon - Jonah, FOAR, BB
Sun 21 Apr - London Marathon - GBM, FOAR, MH, RB, RC, Kwaka, ST, TB
Sun 28 Apr - Manchester Marathon - Jonah, mort, Kwaka, ST, UB
Sun 05 May - Richmond Park Marathon - NI
Wed 08 May - Rainow - ES, Daz, GBM
Sun 12 May - Chester Half - Mttb
Wed 15 May - Shining Tor - ES, GBM
Fri/Sat 17/18 May - Daz's BG - Daz, GBM, UB, PPP
Sun 19 May - Cardiff Ultra - NI
Sun 26 May - Bupa Great Manchester Run - ES, RC, BHB
Wed 29 May - Kettleshulme - ES, GBM
Sat 01 Jun - Notts world qualifier Tri - SARQ
Sun 23 Jun - Kinder Trog - ES, NI, GBM
Sat 29 Jun - Llandudno world qualifier Tri - SARQ
Sat 29 Jun - Buttermere Horseshoe FR - Daz
Tue 09 July thru Sat 13 July - Coast to Coast Run (140 miles) - ES
Sat 27 Jul - Old Crown Round - Daz
Sun 04 Aug --Dovedale Dipper - GBM, TB
Sat 07 Sep - Bullock Smithy Hike - UB, GBM,Jonah, ES, FOAR, TB
Sun 15 Sep - Great North Run - FOAR
Sun 29 Sep - Berlin Marathon - Mttb
Sun 20 Oct - Yorkshire Marathon - UB, Jonah, RC

eric - just noticed your coast to coast, do you want any vehicle support?

Mort - thanks for the offer a little tst is coming over for a couple of days and going to take her for a test run, will see how that goes.

Thanks TST. Sorted thanks - booked a one way hire car, dropping stuff off at stopovers and family at the end to bring me home! I am 'the man with the plan'!

Weather permitting I will be doing 6 x800 at the track on Thursday, could do with some company.

Jonah - now that I am just about over my plantar fasciitis, I hurt my piriformus/top of ham on a hilly long run 10 days ago. And it didn't help that I tried to run, not very well, most days last week. I am resting for 7-10 days and when it has been sorted, I'll join up with you on Thursdays.

Jonah8--I'll join you. See you Thursday. 

J8-what pace on Thursday?
ES-best laid plans etc.
BB-i've e-mailed JW, watch those hills at your age.

Something wrong here...J8 is doing 6*800s and training for a marathon.  I am doing 10 mile tempo runs and traning for 5ks and 10ks. 

 

BHB- It's the next stage of my training schedule, adding faster( or slower in my case) sessions building up to the marathon

TB- Around 3mins per 800.

GBM- Cheers, see you tomorrow.

Tempo run for me tomorrow and I'm running a marathon. Looks like I've got my training bob on!

Please can someone who lives in the sticks (M6, TST etc) give a snow report. Is there enough for sledging?

JMC-No
BHB- you're training too slow, by doing longer runs, you should be doing something like 16x400m and 8x800m, for 5K and 3x2000m and 2x3000m for 10K

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Race List

Sun 17 Feb - Wrexham Village Bakery Half - Daz, BB, mort, GBM, RB
Sat 23 Feb - National XC champs - NI, RB
Sun 03 Mar - High Legh 10k - RB, BB
Sat 09 Mar - Grindleford Gallop - ES, GBM, BB, Jonah, FOAR, TB, MH, Kwaka!
Sat 09 Mar - Haworth Hobble - Daz
Sat 09 Mar - Dambuster Euro qualifier Duathlon - SARQ
Sun 10 Mar - Trafford 10k ??? NI, BHB
Sun 10 Mar - Cambridge Half - RC
Sun 17 Mar - Oulton Park Euro qualifier Duathlon - SARQ
Sun 17 Mar - Wolf's Pit FR (Shatton, nr Bamford) - Daz
Sun 24 Mar - Wilmslow Half Marathon - BB, NI, FOAR, RB, BHB, Kwaka!
Sun 24 Mar - Edale Skyline - Daz
Sat 30 Mar - Rivington Pike - ES
Sat 06 Apr - Pendle Hill - ES
Sun 14 Apr - Kinder Downfall - Daz
Mon 15 Apr - Boston Marathon - Jonah, FOAR, BB
Sun 21 Apr - London Marathon - GBM, FOAR, MH, RB, RC, Kwaka, ST, TB
Sun 28 Apr - Manchester Marathon - Jonah, Kwaka, ST, UB
Sun 05 May - Richmond Park Marathon - NI
Wed 08 May - Rainow - ES, Daz, GBM
Sun 12 May - Chester Half - Mttb
Wed 15 May - Shining Tor - ES, GBM
Fri/Sat 17/18 May - Daz's BG - Daz, GBM, UB, PPP
Sun 19 May - Cardiff Ultra - NI
Sun 26 May - Bupa Great Manchester Run - ES, RC, BHB
Wed 29 May - Kettleshulme - ES, GBM
Sat 01 Jun - Notts world qualifier Tri - SARQ
Sun 23 Jun - Kinder Trog - ES, NI, GBM
Sat 29 Jun - Llandudno world qualifier Tri - SARQ
Sat 29 Jun - Buttermere Horseshoe FR - Daz
Tue 09 July thru Sat 13 July - Coast to Coast Run (140 miles) - ES
Sat 27 Jul - Old Crown Round - Daz
Sun 04 Aug --Dovedale Dipper - GBM, TB
Sat 07 Sep - Bullock Smithy Hike - UB, GBM,Jonah, ES, FOAR, TB
Sun 15 Sep - Great North Run - FOAR
Sun 29 Sep - Berlin Marathon - Mttb
Sun 20 Oct - Yorkshire Marathon - UB, Jonah, RC

 

Stupid modern technology

You are probably right TB.  I think I'll start track sessions next week.  Did a parkrun last week and will probably start doing one a month or so.

BHB-6 weeks at the track (quality sessions) and you should get the odd PB
Mort-having problems?
BB-had a reply from JW, he's looking for a team manager for the day, he can't make it, you would be superb!

TB, I can't imagine that I will get any PBs now.  The only one that I think I could get is marathon as I have only run two, but I am not motivated to run another.  10k will be very difficult and 5k almost impossible. 

It's possible to knock a few seconds of your 5K PB, just by specific training i.e run speed sessions twice a week, say Monday/Thursday and every fourth week or so, go for a fast park run-not every week because you'll be disappointed. Also, do you do any strength training with weights? fit a couple of sessions in a week and you'll notice the difference. Also, after every longish run, say minimum of 5 miles, you should be doing 10x100m sprints (20m slower, 60m fast, 20m slower) to finish off with. All of this still helps to getting a good half-full marathon time.

TB--You're copying and pasting ability never fails to impress me!