The Fretboard Running Thread 2023

axisus · July 2023

Benm39 said:

Sweet, nice one, that's a super impressive time

Especially seeing as I'm 60!

djspecialist · August 2023

July summary: 135km total / 15 runs / longest 22km

Highlight: a few trots along the coast during a holiday in Crete. Necessarily fairly short (several were in >30C heat!) but beautiful.

Benm39 · August 2023

July summary, 12 runs, 94.3 miles, longest run, 32.1 miles (Serpent Trail Ultra).

stevebrum · August 2023

Yet another steady month for me, managed to get out 9 times for 42 and a bit miles.

Holiday running is great isn’t it @djspecialist - since I started running my kit has been taken away with me every time and I love exploring new places.

djspecialist · August 2023

Exactly @stevebrum - it's great that running requires minimal space in the suitcase, allows you to explore your destination, and is a great way to stave off jet-lag (not needed on my current trip, but has been very useful on others).

Bidley · August 2023

224km for me in July, doesn't feel like I've done that! Also a 5km PB.

26.2 · August 2023

200K for me in July. A 25K and a 30K in there.

It was a bit less than I had planned but I’m in decent shape for my next marathon on Sept 10.

Good running everyone - keep it up!

djspecialist · August 2023

August summary: 112km total / 10 runs / longest 20km

Highlight: semi-regular pilgrimage back to North Yorkshire, as always including a nice long run across the moors

Benm39 · August 2023

August 125.1 miles , 15 runs, longest 19miles.

Bidley · September 2023

August: 208km, 16 runs, longest 15 miles.

Pleased with that given I missed nearly a week with a virus.

stevebrum · September 2023

Good efforts all.

Only 39.4 miles for me from 8 runs.

Ticking over still (gym being the main focus) - I think I’ll look to target a late autumn event and a maybe a spring one, the mileage should then ramp up naturally.

26.2 · September 2023

144K for me in August - 12 runs including a 30K and 3 halves. Richmond marathon coming up on Sunday. It’s going to be hot, even with the 8 am start, so I think I’m just going to take it easy and try and get round steadily.

Bidley · September 2023

Very best of luck for today @26.2 - hope you manage the heat as best you can!

djspecialist · September 2023

Good luck @26.2 !

Benm39 · September 2023

Good luck @26.2 drink lots!

26.2 · September 2023

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26.2 · September 2023

It was sort of cancelled but not cancelled - emergency services declared it as an incident as people were dropping like flies. Someone needed to be defibrillated at the finish I heard, and I think they panicked massively. A lot of reports of not enough water, but I only found one station that was empty.

Although it was cancelled, most people on the course didn’t know and we just carried on. Marshals were shouting to tell us to walk to the finish from about 22 miles, but we didn’t really know what was going on. If you finished you still got a medal and shirt and an official time. In fact I didn’t even know it had been cancelled until later in the evening.

I think it was an impossible situation and they did their best in extreme conditions. It was up to 32C on parts of the course from about halfway, so pretty hard work. I was super conservative and then did a fair bit of walking towards the end as I was worried by some of the people I saw on the ground being treated. They said only 60-odd didn’t finish, but I simply don’t believe that. My time was 5.03, which is 30-45 mins more than I normally do. It was weird because even though it was so hot I didn’t really feel like I’d run more than 10K or so when I finished - I definitely played it super safe! Anyway, hopefully everyone was OK. Another one done!

Bidley · September 2023

Oh dear @26.2 that's bizarre. Glad you got around ok but the sight of other runners on the floor! must be sobering!

5:03 is incredible in those conditions - hats off!

26.2 · September 2023

Bidley said:

Oh dear @26.2 that's bizarre. Glad you got around ok but the sight of other runners on the floor! must be sobering!

5:03 is incredible in those conditions - hats off!

Thanks mate! And thanks for the messages of good luck yesterday from all - means a lot.

Benm39 · September 2023

Well done for persevering and sorry to hear it turned into such a strange scenario. Hope everyone was ok in the end. An impressive time for those conditions!

The Hampshire Hoppit this year was in similar conditions but they were really good about getting runners to drink plenty, including giving finishers their pint glasses half filled with water as each crossed the line.

axisus · September 2023

Another 5k Parkrun PB for me today!

21.32, with an age grade of 74.48% as I'm an old boy of 60.

Very happy with that

Benm39 · September 2023

Nice one!

djspecialist · September 2023

130km / 13 runs in September. Completed with 22km this morning - which also served to work off a medium-strength hangover.

Benm39 · October 2023

Clarendon Marathon today... nice conditions by looks of it so hoping to shave a bit off my trail marathon time...

Bidley · October 2023

Best of luck @Benm39 let us know how you get on!

175km for me in Sept, less than usual due to yet more illness. I did a Nuclear Blast race last weekend though which was fun.

monquixote · October 2023

Any tips for people who have massively fallen off the running wagon?

A year or so ago I was doing about 100km a month and a slow half marathon was not a stretch for me. A 10km would be absolutely nothing.

I've had a bit of a perfect storm of having the snip which took me out of running for a month and then for a number of weeks in a row which seemed to be a perfect storm where I was either sick, it was 30 degrees, work was nuts, or I was away from home.

As a result I've put on 2 stone and I can barely run 5km. I'm doing in general a 5km once a week at the moment and sometimes having to stop to get my breath back. I haven't been this for about 4-5 years and it makes me dread running rather than look forward to it.
I actually got to the point where none of my running shirts fit me a while back, but luckily I've managed to drop a few pounds since then and I don't look like a day glo sausage.

This happened to anyone else, and how did you get back into it?

stevebrum · October 2023

monquixote said:

Any tips for people who have massively fallen off the running wagon?

A year or so ago I was doing about 100km a month and a slow half marathon was not a stretch for me. A 10km would be absolutely nothing.

I've had a bit of a perfect storm of having the snip which took me out of running for a month and then for a number of weeks in a row which seemed to be a perfect storm where I was either sick, it was 30 degrees, work was nuts, or I was away from home.

As a result I've put on 2 stone and I can barely run 5km. I'm doing in general a 5km once a week at the moment and sometimes having to stop to get my breath back. I haven't been this for about 4-5 years and it makes me dread running rather than look forward to it.
I actually got to the point where none of my running shirts fit me a while back, but luckily I've managed to drop a few pounds since then and I don't look like a day glo sausage.

This happened to anyone else, and how did you get back into it?

It’s not happened to me @monquixote but it sounds like there’s some work to do on your eating habits. If the weight gain is purely from stopping running - then you most likely didn’t have the balance of food and exercise right.

I’d work on your overall calories, get some strength sessions in, persist with the 5ks - just go slower and build your aerobic base back up. You do lose it.

Are you trying to keep the same pace as when you were much fitter?

Some 11/12 min miles for a few weeks wouldn’t hurt - it’ll feel unnatural and slow but it’s miles in the bank and rebuilding.

Best of luck!

Bidley · October 2023

I don't speak from experience but thinking back to when I started running, the slow runs are what helped me. If you're getting out of breath and having to stop, you're going too fast.

Perhaps try Couch to 5k?

26.2 · October 2023

Good luck @Benm39 - hope you smashed it!

26.2 · October 2023

124K for me in Sept, including a marathon.

10K at Thruxton racetrack yesterday - bloody windy. Did 49:23.

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