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New parkrun pb today - 23:44.

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Rutland Water, it's our closest one. It's a really nice, scenic run, an out and back 2.5K each way. It does get a bit congested for the first kilometre, which can be annoying, as most people don't keep to the "stay left" requests. I've only been doing them (with my daughter) since the first week of Jan this year, so this weekend will be number 8, all done there. Once we get to ten, we're going to get going on the tourism, and will do the ones closest to here first, ie Market Harborough, Kettering and Peterborough. I'm up to 62% on the age grading now (50-54) but am getting to the point where I'm pretty well flat out, so any gains from now on will be small if at all. Like you, I've found the )half) marathon training really beneficial. My daughter (18) has as well, she's knocked 30 seconds off her PB every single week so far!

Great time that fella, well done. I'm aiming to get 23 something this weekend, whether I do or not remains to be seen! Which parkrun was that if you don't mind me asking?

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Bedford, the county town of Bedfordshire, has an 'MK' Milton Keynes postcode, a town in Buckinghamshire.

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Yes, it can be tricky to fit them into a programme. We're following one for our first half marathon too. We really enjoy the parkruns though, as running with hundreds of other people is quite inspiring, so don't like to miss it. Our rule is if we go all out on the 5K, we'll do the long run on Monday, or if we do it at easy pace, we'll run it on Sunday.

I almost don't want to mention it for fear of the Villa curse striking him down, but his fitness and lack of injuries is absolutely sensational.

Clearly the main reason he isn't playing more regularly, is that he's absolutely shite.

Nice one! I can't speak for anybody else, but personally I find running outside ten times easier than on a treadmill, so if you've got used to the absolute monotonous drudgery of treadmill running, you'll love running outside and will find it really liberating! There are advantages to treadmill running, ie you can do it in any weather, you can control your pace more easily, and it's relatively easy on the joints. You can also keep a bottle of water on the machine so you don't have to cart anything around. However as I said, I just find it boring beyond belief, and struggle to do more than 2K before I'm ready to kill myself. Having the coordination of a pissed giraffe on ice, I also find it takes a bit of concentration, and if I look away for a few seconds I start to lose my balance and feel disoriented. I much prefer the fresh air of outdoor running, and the feeling you're actually going somewhere rather than staring at the same screen. Me and my daughter did a 14K long run round Rutland Water today. A lovely spring day, albeit with a bugger of a wind. It was nice to do it around some beautiful scenery and to see other runners out doing the same. We live in the middle of nowhere as well, where I wouldn't run at night due to the dark, narrow country lanes, and dickhead farmers speeding round in their pickups. So instead we bought a couple of head torches and ran around the nearest town which we drove to in the evening. Have you got an official parkrun near where you live? They're every Saturday morning at 9am, and there are hundreds all over the country. Free to race, and a really good atmosphere where there will be people at the same level as you who you can run alongside. (Just realised I said that abovem but it bears repeating. parkruns are ace.

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Sorry to hear that mate, they're a bastard. Only thing I found that helped was to have a break for a couple of weeks (not great if you're training for something specific) and then make sure you stretched really well before going out, and then slowing your speed down. In terms of stretches I found walking on my tiptoes, and then on my heels backwards and forwards works well. Also doing some general leg strength work a couple of times a week, eg lunges and squats holding something heavy.

Well done CV, that's excellent mate. What race are you training for? Excellent, well done. When you first get into running, the couch to 5K bit is the hardest thing you'll do. I remember starting it a few years ago, and almost feeling sick when I looked ahead in the plan a few weeks and saw I'd have to run for 20 minutes straight at week 7 or whtever it was. I just couldn't imagine being able to do it. Once you've finished it though, the move from 5K to 10K (and even longer) is a whole lot easier. If you haven't already, have a look at your local parkrun. 5K every Saturday at 9am, most places with a few hundred runners of all ages, with times from the people finishing first at 15 minutes, to people walking and taking an hour, and everything in-between. It's a really good way to keep your running going, and motivate yourself to try to get a bit quicker/fitter every week. Just stick at it, and there will come a time, a bit like learning to drive, when everything just clicks into place. I'm currently training for the London Landmarks Half Marathon in April, which I'll be running with my 18 year old daughter. We're following a training plan, which at the moment looks comething like this: Monday - long run - currently up to 14K Wednesday - intervals. Usually something like a 1K warm up, then 4 x 1K at 4:40 pace with a minute cool down, and then a 1K cool down to finish. Thursday - an easy 5/6/7K run Saturday - 5K parkrun. My current pb for this (according to them) is 24:22. According to my watch it was 23:55. Ho hum.

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Yep. Organises an in house interview in which the bloke asking the questions starts with “the fans are excited about the North Stand development, what can you tell us about it?” (not verbatim) To which he replies he’s cancelling it. Bellend.

Wordle 971 6/6* Grrrrrrrr.

FTFY.

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Are they sore as in rubbing, or just aching from the phyical effort? If the latter than maybe get some ultra-cushioned running shoes. Always worth going to a proper running shop for good advice and/or gait analysis.

If you're that upset Nicolo, maybe take it up with Unai at training.

Agreed, our defending of set pices has been dismal of late. Kamara on Slabhead on Sunday was a total mismatch which they did nothing to correct in game.

Completely agree. Probably exacerbated by the fact that he knows he's not getting a permanent signing now and he can't be arsed.