Danwichmann

Our lockdown starts at midnight. This morning I've seen 7* different buses going to different weddings, plus various cars and jeeps, because obviously today it's totally safe to have massive parties, with guaranteed zero social distancing and masks almost certainly coming off for photos, dancing and after a few drinks. It's hard not to feel a lot of Nepal's problems are not self-inflicted. *I've only been outside twice, once to buy water and once for groceries (I can't carry both at the same time), probably for no more than 25 minutes in total. How many more buses have there been the rest of the morning?

Just take your time. Go back the last week in C25K that has something around 15 minutes as the longest run and start from there. It's frustrating but it's normal. Through the last 2 months I've lost loads of running, to 2 lots of food poisoning and severe pollution. I've always gone backwards after these but I just run what I can afterwards and the fitness comes back quickly enough. Now I've got lockdown and I'm not sure outdoor running will be allowed, so loads of indoor strength work, cardio and maybe try some yoga for me.

Nepal. Not a nationwide one but in my district.

Back into lockdown from Friday for me. I know it's totally needed and I was first in line to complain when the authorities were doing nothing, but that doesn't make me dread it any less. Edit: the news I read was incomplete, it's only a partial lockdown. I can still escape the house for my runs and keep my sanity.

It's not just the numbers but the serious lack of health infrastructure. There are also issues now about access to and availability of testing, so actual cases are likely much higher. I'm next door in Nepal, 40km away from the open border and feeling very nervous right now.

I don't remember where I heard this so it could be BS but I think it's to do with packing in the delivery truck in the most efficient way. Basically picking the right Tetris piece.

Yet when you report a blatantly sexist or racist post Facebook always comes back with 'did not violate our acceptable use policy'. Utterly useless.

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Couldn't help associating Kaley Cuoco with the Big Bang Theory but this is very much not that. Looking forward to a second series.

Wash your hands!

Yeah, it's got a few trails in the tourist areas but nothing near me. But I've been exploring here for 3 years so I know the trails pretty well and the general area well enough to explore with reasonable confidence. Only been scarily lost once so far!

There are, although Strava doesn't help me find them as I'm about the only person using it locally. At least I'm top of all the segments I've created around here

If you are using something like Garmin you won't get really get anything different from Strava in terms of run data. The main thing would be seeing where you are in leader boards by age, weight etc instead of just overall. I think the routes has additional features as well if you are looking for new places to run, but it depends if there is much in your area. My strava ID https://www.strava.com/athletes/5078002

No reason to be gutted. 20 minutes is huge from where you started a few short weeks ago. If you are really unhappy with it, repeat the week again next week. I struggled my way through C25K 11 years ago, repeated loads of weeks and failed loads of runs. Now I'm running marathons and ultras. Missing your 25 minutes by a small margin is nothing in the grand scheme of it and all part of the process.

Yep, I've come to the conclusion that the occasional DNF is a good thing for training. Congrats on a great result!

Had my first DNF back in Feb. Nothing you can do sometimes, in my case a dodgy stomach (3 toilet stops inside 10k, including one in the woods ) stopped play. But next run back I took my than two hours of my best 50k time, albeit on an easier trail. I think a DNF is great motivation for better training.

I've pretty much lost my interest in football so no checked this site too often, but still very much running. On track to hit 3000k by the end of the year. Ran (or least ran, walked and hiked) 50km at Annapurna 100 race at the end of October. Seriously tough but the views, wow. Next race not until February though:( Watch I use Garmin Forerunner 30. Pretty cheap and does the job for 99.9% of my runs, although the battery isn't enough for the ultras. Shoes are the one thing I spend a lot of money on. I used to think they didn't make a lot of difference but changed my view after getting properly assessed and into the right pair of shoes. Currently Saucony Ride 10 for the road and either Saucony Perrigne 8 or Salomon Elevate XA for the trails. Got a pair of On Cloudflash on the way that I'm seriously excited for as I loved my Cloudventure Peaks until the tread started falling off.

Another marathon in Seoul for me yesterday. Seriously hot so I've got some interesting tan (well, burn) lines today. Really struggled in the last 10km but just about managed to hold on and finish in under 4 hours.

Dawson and Foster fined for refusing to go on tour. Sounds like the sort of toxicity we had when we went down, not a good sign for them! BBC

Squeeze him into the goal. Tell him it's a gate or something something......

That picture was taken shortly after I reached the bottom of hill and before turning around. I looked a lot less fresh by the time I reached the top! The last 2k was tough, but on tarmac is wasn't too much to keep a steady 5:30per/km pace. Would have been walking if it was trail!

A lot of posters seem to think Tuanzebe will be a good option at CB. I saw very little of him last season as I only managed to watch a handful of games (9 hour time difference), and that little was not impressive. So I'm genuinely curious, what attributes does he possess to make so many people think he's a good option?

For me, all of those managers got squads promoted that on paper probably didn't look good enough for promotion. They made teams more than the sum of their parts. Bruce has done the opposite, he's taken a squad that looks great on paper and a shoo-in for promotion but most games they look far less than the sum of parts. Credit for sorting out morale and no question for me the single biggest issue that needed sorting out was the toxic atmosphere. He's done that and deserves enormous credit for it, but I struggle to see him taking us any further, especially with less resources.

There is no question that he is in the decline stage of his career and will almost certainly play less games each season that he continues. That doesn't mean he wouldn't be good enough for us next season, but each season the risk to his club increases. If we had have signed Terry again, we would have needed more cover than we will signing a younger center back which in our financial situation has got to count against us making him an offer.

Congrats on the win! Trail running is tough but I'm getting into it now. Didn't realise there were such flat trails about, the ones i find are normally between 2000 and 4000 meters elevation for Marathon. This weekend was just 7km King of the Mountain in Seoul. On the road but 260 meters climb. Think i came in 13th overall.

Certainly doesn't help!