Vote for Tony's onthebeach - Asicis Target 26.2

Hi Tony, voted for you buddy, all the best as you always love your running and have so much enthusiasm for it - wish I had the willpower you do as i'd be out there. Good Luck

Hi Sarah - sorry gig rowing or known Cornish Pilot Gig

Brief History The Cornish pilot gig is a six-oared rowing boat 

Really the first first shore-based lifeboats, but the original purpose of the Cornish pilot gig was as a general work boat, and took boat pilot out to incoming vessels off the Atlantic. The race would be the first gig to get their pilot on board a vessel (often those about to run aground on rocks) got the job, and hence the payment. the World championships are held on the Isles of Scilly in May

It is an amazing sport and can be very pressured as the other rowers canfeel how well or not so well you are doing, ever get the chance have a go!

Hi Lesley

Thank you for the vote please copy this link into your explorer address bar or if hyperlink works double clink scroll down the page and click on the button next to Tony

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/competitions/target-262-2013-good-for-age/494.html

Thank you again

Hi Wayne - Cheers for the support you never know - you changed your diet! remember as Scully says in Insights you just have to take that first step towards changing - pick a goal which is attainable but that will stretch you.  Mark did nail his Half Marathon at Windsor this year!!!

Sarah -  happy to be of service anytime, well just been out for a short and steady run cold snap coming to and end wind and rain due in Friday but 10 degrees

Morning Tony! Ready for the long wait ... and the gnawing of fingernails?

Tony, thanks for all your help and advice, you've been a star. Very best of luck to you.

Tony wishing you all the best - hope you are successful!!!!!

good luck Tony with whatever your next challenge turns out to be!

Thank you Jenf, you too and yes who knows if I don't get in it brings my Marathon a month earlier! on the 3rd March so time to waster did mile this morning and a further 5.5m, Kids Carol Service and got them to bed and just had tea so I think a rest day tomorrow apart from getting the kids to dancing!

What goals do you have apart from Paris?  

I'd like to get my 5k time down, so may spend a bit of time building speed n power, I'd really really love to win my age category in the summer local 5k series! Then transfer that speed into my next marathon.

That sounds like a really positive goal, interesting Steve Smythe said I needed to work on my speed, as I stepped off the track completing a 19:32 5K

The good thing about speed work it tends to be shorter and quicker although may hurt more at the time you potentially recover quicker.

I am currently doing a moring run of a mile with the dog which has a liitle incline but a nice gentle slop back.

We have 3 x 5 milers in the summer down here which are high octane runs which all the track runners come out for and the youngsters who are not allowed to distance and they are so fast.

I really enjoyed the 100m slow jog followed by the 400m at pace for the 5K, know there are lots of combinations it is getting a programme that will meet your needs

Of course improved speed over 5K will translate across all distances as you say through to marathon

Looking at races for me locally we have, now do not laugh the

1st Jan Brown Willy Run - good hang over cure running across the moor from Jamaica Inn

13 Jan Westward League Cross Country - very muddy

20 Jan Stormforce 10m - can be very windy and hail etc

Just as a few ideas but really need to get my speed back!

Evening Tony! - Good news! We'd LOVE you to join our sub-20 thread and would you consider mentoring us? Bad news - we're making you carry Bacon Steve when you run 5k to slow you down and give the rest of us a chance to catch up!

Just call me "the handicap"

Morning, well the choice is yours or we could do as they do in mountain climbing all linked together by a rope, I do know someone who does canicross being pulled along by his dog via a harness round his waste!

Not long now. . . . . .