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50K update, it was bloomin hot, a canal tow path is very tricky to run on when its this dry, I survived, not sure I can face that distance again...?

Yeah I think you have two be running at least twice a week to maintain a level of running fitness any less and you start to drop off a bit..sounds like you are doing a decent job at getting back on track though Alex

Blimey thats good going I thought 50k was a long way!

Good stuff. I've got a 50k race in 3 weeks so Westonbirt isn't deal preparation but both have been carried over from last year so I am giving it a go. I think this is my third attempt not been up there for it since 2016 though so hope I'm still as quick

I wasn't aware of this sounds like a good idea. Are any of the South Glos runners doing the Westonbirt 10k this weekend?

The Bears need a major overhaul (a bit like a certain football club not too many miles away) I can only imagine what idiotic trade up they have lined up for the 10th best quarter back when we have two already! It will be worth staying up for though ? Date for for your diary - full schedule released on May 12th should get further info on the UK games at the same time.

I'm set a bit back from Chase Lane down a track but there are about 40 houses on Inglestone Common but quite a few are not actually on the main road, lovely location but not great for deliveries or broadband :laugh:! King Lane is one of my usual routes, when I was marathon training I used to be run 9k to Chipping Sodbury parkrun then run home again usually into a head wind on Sodbury Common! I do a lot with a group from Wotton-U-Edge these days (surprisingly brutal hills on every run) so actually run less on my own doorstep, but it you see anyone walking two dogs on Chase Lane that will be me...

Good to see this post still going strong you've all given me the bug to do more. Weird to see the mentions of Chase Lane as I actually live on it! There are two routes up to Hawkesbury the one past the monument is brutal the other past Hawkesbury church is a little easier but feels longer. One day I will be able to get up either running the whole way :laugh:. Keep up the good work!

Like the sound of a OTIB 10k, Yate Town do one in May possibly an option covid permitting?

Compare this to the Bristol City Council approach to any stadium development confirmation of what we always knew...?

Cheltenham Twitter feed called him Tim Nichols, that's broke the internet for me today....?

Not heard of that will look into it. The trouble I've got is youth football always seems to be the same time on a Saturday so might have to wait until the summer!

My local parkrun is a bit brutal at the moment bit like running in an icey deep peat bog, managed to get around with two youngsters then went on my @rse on the ice in the car park much to their delight!

If its not on Strava it doesn't count.... ?

I'm in for this one will be my third time, sold out in an hour people obviously looking forward to the bank holiday Friday the day after!

Doesn't help but Strava gives me a different time on a run compared to my Polar watch which is very annoying!

I'll just leave this here for any browsing Gaschat subscribers... "Rovers made the quarter-finals of the Cup in 2008 (Yes they tell us all the time!) but have lost in round one in eight of the 11 seasons since and suffered defeats to non-league trio Barnet, Barrow and Chesham in that time".

This thread got me looking at high end marathons $358 to run NYC marathon in 2019, urm no thanks...

I started running 7 years ago my sons school had a 5k fun run and I though why not. Someone then mentioned just after to me about Little Stoke parkrun and I've been running ever since on and off although need a race to keep me really motivated. Done 170 parkruns, load of 10k's, 5 half marathons and 2 full including London. I'm a bit of a boring runner never been into that race buzz to me its just another race although to be fair who can argue with the atmosphere at London. I'd love to run abroad but its difficult when you try and plan something when you have a family and family holidays. I'm probably about average 1h44 half 3h57 for London marathon. I think anybody can do it if they put their mind to it health issues permitting, the key with a marathon to me was the training put the miles in and its not as daunting on the day as it could be. My advice to any newbies, give up your gym membership get off the treadmill and run anywhere. If you haven't got a parkrun near you there are loads of social groups on Facebook (such as Lonely Goat) and the like springing up so you don't need to join a club. I now run every Thursday with a few people who live near me who set up a Facebook running group no fees and turn up when you want nobody judges anybody its great. Strava is another good free tool to keep the spirits up and getting the right footwear is a massive boost as is developing some exercises for your core its now all about your legs! Good luck to everyone going forward with their running..

Anybody else think these two WAG's just made this whole thing up between them to play a bit of social media tennis, get some likes, retweets, virtual hugs etc. and both get massive newspaper coverage and bucks from the outfall its fake news at its absolute best Donald Trump would be proud of them. Its still a fascinating read though off to google pringles now....?

They've got it on a season long loan from Wycombe, Wael was very happy with the deal..

He's obviously got too big an ego to do what Gary Johnson did and set his sights a bit lower like he did when taking the Torquay job.

The Gas missed out on the other Bury lad Mayor they were biging up on their forum he went to Plymouth yesterday probably offered him more money than the Sheikh.

Another Gas player released, however the Newport manager is saying its a coup they signed him and beat off lots of competition??

He played for Salisbury when Clarke was there so obviously prefers him to the Irish Saviour