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Really, I thought it was one of the worse books I have ever read. The man is an arse.

The man won the Tour de France after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, biggest ass I've seever seen

Winning Tour de France makes him a good athlete, having testicular cancer and surviving shows he can be considered a fighter, but being such an arrogrant prick means he is an arse.

Didn't REALLY think it needed to be justified but obviously so.

Half hour!? Maybe this time next year then haha!

I hadn't run any distance over a mile since leaving school am now in my 40's and was pretty unfit. This program got me into running and I could do half an hour after 7 weeks.

http://tinyurl.com/4gtmz

Looks like a good link, thanks mate

How much does it normally cost to race, and what do you pay for?

Depends on the race. The big charity-driven events that attract thousands of entrants (London Marathon, Great North Run, etc.) tend to be pricey - up to fifty quid (or more). These big ones (what a mate of mine calls "tarts' races") tend be oversubscribed and hard to get into anyway.

But local races (often 10Ks or similar) can be a tenner or less. Some of them have chip-timing (where you get a widget to tie onto your shoe and which measures your time as you cross the start and finish line), most will give you a (probably naff) souvenir for finishing, usually a T-shirt, sometimes a mug, etc. (we have given away bottles of beer at our club races!), and results tend to be up on a website somewhere within 24 hours. Discount for UKAA members is usually about 15-20%.

Club membership costs can vary wildly, but should work out cheaper than gym membership (ours is only 15 quid a year).

Oh I see. I'm gonna get some trainers and a watch get training upto a steady mile or two, and look into a club then I think, I'm some way before 'novice' still at the minute haha.

Sounds sensible. I'd contact your local club and ask them if they have any minimum ability required for entry. They probably vary; ours just asks that you be capable of running nonstop for half an hour - regardless of pace.

Half hour!? Maybe this time next year then haha!

How much does it normally cost to race, and what do you pay for?

Depends on the race. The big charity-driven events that attract thousands of entrants (London Marathon, Great North Run, etc.) tend to be pricey - up to fifty quid (or more). These big ones (what a mate of mine calls "tarts' races") tend be oversubscribed and hard to get into anyway.

But local races (often 10Ks or similar) can be a tenner or less. Some of them have chip-timing (where you get a widget to tie onto your shoe and which measures your time as you cross the start and finish line), most will give you a (probably naff) souvenir for finishing, usually a T-shirt, sometimes a mug, etc. (we have given away bottles of beer at our club races!), and results tend to be up on a website somewhere within 24 hours. Discount for UKAA members is usually about 15-20%.

Club membership costs can vary wildly, but should work out cheaper than gym membership (ours is only 15 quid a year).

Oh I see. I'm gonna get some trainers and a watch get training upto a steady mile or two, and look into a club then I think, I'm some way before 'novice' still at the minute haha.

How much does it normally cost to race, and what do you pay for?

Can't see it, but good luck to him. I read "It's Not About The Bike" and was impressed, but I guess the jury's still out on the doping question. I'll keep an open mind. But I'll certainly be watching with interest.

Really, I thought it was one of the worse books I have ever read. The man is an arse.

There is a club at the bottom of my road I think, I might look into this.

Thanks all.

Can we have an option that says 'I hope not, he's a dick'

Thanks

Thats what I'm doing at the minute, interval running. I started doing it because I wanted more of an 'explosive' pace for football, someone recommended to me sprinting a lamppost then walking/jogging a lamppost and it seems to be working so far (coupled with the occasional session on the weights), but its bit me on the arse now and I want to get into long distance stuff, which I'm struggling to do. I can't jog flat out for a mile, even going at a silly slow pace, but when I'm playing football I have no issue sprinting/stopping/sprinting again all game.

Thanks for the feedback all, much appreciated so far.

Report in the Daily Mirror/Sun today that a lorry driver is blaming Top Gear after losing control of his lorry. Apparently Top Gear gave a 'tip' that if you find your lorry snaking to accellerate to 65mph. He did this and crashed.

Surely if he drives lorrys he should know what to do if it starts snaking. What a f*ckin pleb.

No, JEFF BUCKLEY!! BUCKLEY FOR NUMBER ONE!

What's gait?

And how much should I pay for a good pair of shoes?

heart rate monitors are useful; in a typical weekly cycle some runs should be taken ‘easy’ others ‘harder’. A heart rate monitor will give you an idea how hard you are going; if you are going too hard the HRM will warn you.

I would recommend Asics myself and if you are serious and have any issues of pronation or supernation (sp) then orthothics will be essential and worth expense...

Someone else mentioned a HRM, said it changed the way they run completely.

Do you all carry stopwatches or get someone else to time you?

Is 10k a good race for a beginner to be training for?

Half marathons, I like the sound of that.

Jah Cure - What Will It Take You

i've done so small races

like the sutton fun run or wat ever it's called now

i find it a good way to just go and think some things through

Yeah man, time to focus.

Big company, work for a bank, so 70k ish, soon to be nearly doubled when we get taken over next year.

Who does it, how long for, where, why, what gear do you wear?

I started a few weeks ago (just before I stopped smoking) and I love it, I'm doing it so I'm in better shape for football, but bloody love it.

Who else is on this running tip?

At times he thinks of genuinely very funny things to say, but not often enough.

So Idiot for me.

Most recent one I have, Halloween... Just clarifying that in case you thought the horns were a permanent fixture.

I'd probably give you the time of day if you asked, but nothing more.

Posts deleted. You know why.

I was making a valid point, excuses are worthless vermin in life.

Why delete the posts?????

I'm disappointed, I thought you'd understand the point being made more so then anyone else as a fellow lefty and all...