Just had a look at the results for Penrith.... getting close to 20
Just had a look at the results for Penrith.... getting close to 20
I ran 19.27 at Roberts park back in January. I had that down as slower than Penrith. A guy there was telling me about Keswick parkrun, its an out and back along the old railway tracks to threlkeld, slightly downhill on the return so you're ideally going for a -ve split run.
A return visit to Woodhouse moor after 7 years. Caught the bus there using my bus pass (one of the benefits of being an old fart). They had changed the direction and route of the run since last time. Great way to celebrate pr's 20th anniversary along with760+ others. A steady 27 min run (My pr PB is a scorching 21.30 at Woodhouse Moor) as I then ran footpaths home to Otley on a convoluted route that gave me 22 miles of Marathon Eryri training. My last long run before the event - just regular hill running now. Gorgeous day!
I'm back up stainmore way so looking at Keswick parkrun tomorrow if I get up for it. There are no big names in the results, so obviously the ginger stepchild of the Keswick events, the Keswick lot obviously go to whinlatter. Just an out and back with one turn, so looking for a sub 20 again. I'm expecting parking to be a joke.
Hope it went well MrB
I'll be doing Keswick Parkrun in December, but at the back end of a week of long hill days... and i'll do something like 8 x 1 minute hills on Latrigg straight after the Parkrun.
It has a couple of hills in it that won't have been there when the trains were running, probably cost me 30s. 19.49 for the session and a much stronger field this week including Sam Stead, who was comfortably under 17m. My calves died on me with about 2k to go as well.
I remember some geezer with a double buggy full of kids at the start literally on the start line. I overtook him thinking he would slow a bit, but he passed me a minute or so later and buggered off. I remember looking ahead later on and couldn't see anything of him, he'd gone, until he passed me on his way back sitting in about sixth.
Nobody turns up for this until about 8.35. i was there for 8 and spent ages wandering about looking for everyone.
On the rare occasions when I do parkrun, I don't usually turn up until about 8.50. Long enough to take off any unwanted clothing and change from cycling shoes to running shoes, and jog to the start.Originally Posted by mr brightside
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
I'm a longer warmup type of guy.
Like to start warming up at least 45mins before a race (perhaps 30mins before a parkrun, if i haven't ran there already). A couple of very easy miles, then some drills.... change into spikes if its XC.... then some strides.
Not a fan of a rushed or inadequate warmup.
My behaviour at races is very much in contrast to parkrun. Particularly when I am travelling a long way, I tend to arrive early because I have allowed extra time in case of travel hold-ups. Twice this year I have been the first competitor to arrive at a race venue; which has the advantage that there is no queue for the toilets!
I would typically start warming up about 20 minutes before the start of the race; just some easy running, followed by some strides.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
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