Sub 3h15

P&D - well worth adding to the Christmas List.  It's so good that some runners own both the first and second editions

12 for me today but kilometers rather than miles ().  No snow but a first appearance of the tracksters and thermal vest - I think Winter Training is about to start ..

It seems like you have to enter your Spring races earlier and earlier.  I had fancied running Brighton HM in February but registrations have already closed and Wokingham is filling fast ...

You have come to the right place LB70. Many of us broke our 3:15 or 3 hour targets with good advce from this thread.

Congrats on the parkrun victory poacher. My only victory was in the summer when all the good runners was on holiday, but they all count.

Good blast in the mud Joolska.

Well the Derwentwater 10 today was sunny, cool with a slight breeze.Still waiting for the results but my time of 61:30 was 20 secs down on last year, However I think I scraped a top 20 finish in a good field, and am waiting to hear if I get a Vets prize.

Lovely w/end in Keswick including seeing Skyfall at the quaint Keswick cinema with all the family. 

I've already entered Wokingham, Bramley (20M option), Bath and Reading as marathon pace/tune up races, plus the local 5M series in Weston.  Stick in a few XC races and parkruns and I think that's enough tempo work!

Dylan Man: I woke up at 7am, saw the rain which had big flakes of snow mixed in (but not enough that they were settling) and decided I was prepared to wait until 10am for things to clear, as that's what the forecast was suggesting would happen.  For once, they were right (almost to the minute!). You did well to tough out 10M in those conditions -  brrrr.

Impressive Admin Jools.

I've been pretty fustrated not to have been able to run the past week, but I certainly timed it right weather wise. I've spent my off time wisely though. Ignored the HARD CORE exercise link posted the other day and instead browsed ebay and have come away with a running machine.  Dry but monotonous mornings await!

Well done on all who braved the conditions today.

Running machine?    Good luck with that 

OO - nice time on what can't be a particularly flat course. The Alhambra is a real gem. Is the film any good?

Careful now Scooby!

Lorenzo... we need to see a team pic of the Discos in their spandex and legwarmers

Welcome delurkers.  LB you have the speed to go well under 3.15, prob just need a bit more training and really believe in yourself over the last few miles on race day.

Interesting that so many now use P&D. Is anyone actually using the old RW schedules? Or any other plan.  

Not a great fan of Bond films poacher but definately watchable.

Yep it's a 3rd V45 vet prize

Hello to the Newbies!!

Poacher - I used the RW sub 3.15 plan last year for VLM but put in a couple more 20+ runs as it is light in that dept. It did what it said it would. Nice result btw.

Nice result too OO

Hope you are feeling better Minni

I am reading P&D presently - I have managed to get a pdf version of it and have it on a usb stick on my key ring so it is never far away.

9 miles of bimble around the 8.30 mm for me nice n early today -it was quite warm up here, still in shorts and no gloves or hat.

Thanks Minni.

If anyone wants a copy of the PDF version (clearly as protection for the hard copy you have already purchased) pm me. It is 23mb mind.

Just finished my 24 week P&D training planner (I am a 1st and 2nd edition girl, so have the 24 week option), but it will be 'P&D plus' because of various races.  I race a bit more than they think you should...

Congratulations OO on the Vet placing at Derwentwater.

Jools - thats some list of races you have lined up. I see what you mean by "I race a bit more than they think you should..."

Hello delurkers.

First real week back to running next week. Did just over 15 this week, less than I did on the indoor rower.

9 this morning in the freezing rain. Had to stop a mile from home as I felt a recurrence of my recent injury - I think the cold/rainy weather wasn't helping   I'm reckoning on several weeks before I use the word Tempo or Speed.

Not decided on a marathon plan yey. I had a look to see how close I was to P&D 55-70 from the last campaign. Midweek my mileage was a little lower, although I did similar medium long runs. I seemed to have gone nuts at the weekends as there were 10 weeks out of 16 where I ran 20+. Half a dozen 20's next time for me maximum.

Very organised Jools - looks a good series of races. Amazing to have snow where you are - I studied in Bristol for 3 years and I don't think we ever got any. Won't be long before I dust off my copy of P&D.

Get well soon Minni - sounds like you've had better weather in your neck of the woods. Elder Lorenzito's rugby match was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Poacher - no pictures I'm afraid. We lost 3 sets to 1, but at least that's one set better than our last outing. I'm more knackered from all the jumping around than I am after a 20 miler so might make tomorrow a rest day.

Think I might have to go and see Skyfall next weekend - I've heard loads of good reviews about it.