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Nice thread! I've only just starting running just for general fitness, I only ever used a treadmill but now started some routes outside near where I live around 5km but gradually hoping to increase this. 

As someone else said I use the free version of Strava which is really good for recording times and intervals and makes you want to go back out there and beat those. 

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7 minutes ago, !james said:

Nice thread! I've only just starting running just for general fitness, I only ever used a treadmill but now started some routes outside near where I live around 5km but gradually hoping to increase this. 

As someone else said I use the free version of Strava which is really good for recording times and intervals and makes you want to go back out there and beat those. 

Well maybe we can keep the thread alive with updates. I'll be interested to hear how @formerly known as ivan@CyderInACanget on working towards running a half marathon and @Up The City! towards the Marathon next year.

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44 minutes ago, mozo said:

Sounds like you're well on the way to your first Half. It'll be a sweet feeling when you cross the line for that one.

I've actually started listening to podcasts when I run. I even sometimes listen to running podcasts when running!

Have you considered joining a running club? Isn't there a Southville one? I was initially dead against running with other people but since joining one last year I've learnt a lot and enjoy the bants.

Yes, Southville Running Club (aka the scourge of the pavements) is just down on Dean Lane - never really wanted to run with other people though, I like the solitude! But - I have signed up to their newsletter to see what gives. 

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5 minutes ago, mozo said:

Well maybe we can keep the thread alive with updates. I'll be interested to hear how @formerly known as ivan@CyderInACanget on working towards running a half marathon and @Up The City! towards the Marathon next year.

Nice one. Happy to share my progress on here every now & then. If I  up the ante a bit for the remainder of 2019 I might be able to clock up 1000k for the year. That will really be an achievement for me. 

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13 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

Nice one. Happy to share my progress on here every now & then. If I  up the ante a bit for the remainder of 2019 I might be able to clock up 1000k for the year. That will really be an achievement for me. 

Yeah please do. Okay so you've just set yourself a 1k challenge for 2020. 83km per month. 19km per week, circa 12 miles. So basically a half marathon a week and you're there!

Edit: just re-read your post and you meant you've nearly got to 1000km.

So...your challenge for 2020 is 1000 miles!

 

 

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I run for fitness. Do Parkruns regularly and have done 10ks onow and then.

I'm an utterly terrible runner - I've got a heart condition and an impairment that affects my coordination so I'm never going to be fast but I do manage to keep going. Furthest I've ever done in non-racing is about 13km. Quite fancy trying a half marathon at one point but not anywhere near it at the moment. But I find running good for me physically and psychologically and, having always been absolute last in any running event in school, it's actually quite confidence building to have finished a 10k about two thirds through the pack...

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9 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

I run for fitness. Do Parkruns regularly and have done 10ks onow and then.

I'm an utterly terrible runner - I've got a heart condition and an impairment that affects my coordination so I'm never going to be fast but I do manage to keep going. Furthest I've ever done in non-racing is about 13km. Quite fancy trying a half marathon at one point but not anywhere near it at the moment. But I find running good for me physically and psychologically and, having always been absolute last in any running event in school, it's actually quite confidence building to have finished a 10k about two thirds through the pack...

Yeah and lots of people couldn't run for a bus, let alone a 10k. Maybe a half marathon in 2020...

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27 minutes ago, mozo said:

Yeah please do. Okay so you've just set yourself a 1k challenge for 2020. 83km per month. 19km per week, circa 12 miles. So basically a half marathon a week and you're there!

Edit: just re-read your post and you meant you've nearly got to 1000km.

So...your challenge for 2020 is 1000 miles!

The target I set myself at the start of the year was to do 50k a month - and that included the summer which, traditionally, is where it has all tailed off. So if I can get to the 1000k for the year I will be pretty bloody chuffed (and knackered . . . ) but I will be trying my hardest. Basically 30k a week on average from now will do it 

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6 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

The target I set myself at the start of the year was to do 50k a month - and that included the summer which, traditionally, is where it has all tailed off. So if I can get to the 1000k for the year I will be pretty bloody chuffed (and knackered . . . ) but I will be trying my hardest. Basically 30k a week on average from now will do it 

That's a tough weekly target with the weather changing, but that'll just make it all the more satisfying if you get there.

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3 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

Jeeeeez some of you guys are serious runners! I'm aiming for the Bristol Half next year having done the 10k for the last 5yrs.

Since starting from literally zero running  & then doing the Couch to 5k program I have pretty much every year worked towards the 10k in May and then given myself a break. Most years that break has been until about 2 months before the next year's 10k! This year, however, I decided I would start to take it more seriously and I have continued running throughout the year having kicked off on New Year's Day with a few kilometres around Greville Smyth Park. 

As someone who'd never really taken it too seriously I set myself a target to run per month and am pleased to say I have met or exceeded it every month since. 

I certainly notice the positive impact is has had on my mental, as well as my physical, health. And it's a great way to get to listen to your music more often than you might otherwise have chance to! There's some decent spotify playlists I use but any recommendations welcomed. Oh, and I prefer New Balance running shoes! 

I rarely listen to music when training and never when racing. Even on solo 20 miles in the dark I don't stick headphones on: makes for some fairly dour hours alone with your own thoughts.

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5 hours ago, Up The City! said:

I hate running with a passion but enjoy taking part in events. 

I've done 3 halfs and a 10k.

I'm always near the back but for me the achievement is finishing the race, for me it's all about the bling and that sheer adrenaline rush of crossing that finishing line.

I am signed up to do the Dublin Marathon this year, my first marathon, however I am pulling out. I started my training well and did the Bristol 10k, I then switched to the gym and the treadmill to continue my training for convenience reasons, I did the Swansea half and had real trouble completing it due to having extreme pain in my calves. I think it was all the pounding the treadmill that did them in.

I'm devastated to be pulling out as I feel like a failure but the Swansea half had really affected me as a runner I spent a little while running with during the race passed away before the finish line. That has made me realise just how dangerous competing is and it's put me off for the time being.

It took my calves a good 6-8 weeks for them to recover so I decided it would be wise to not do the Dublin Marathon and give myself a full year to prepare for it.

Was hoping to get a London place but again no luck in the ballot.

This year has been an incredibly tough year for me, I've had numerous bereavements, life has changed forever but doing the Bristol 10k and Swansea half really did help, it gave me something to focus on and for me it was a part of the grieving process. 

I did Dublin last year (my last marathon to date), very well organised race but a mix of scenery. The bits through Phoenix Park are lovely the last few miles down a dual carriageway less so.

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In true Bristolian / West Country / BCFC fashion, I just can't be arsed with running for hours on end. It's such a bloody effort! And requires so much enthusiasm. 

I much prefer my own take on high(ish) intensity interval training whereby you get much of the benefits of hours plodding the pavements in a much reduced amount of time (thereby freeing up time to then slouch on the sofa, eating cake and browsing otib, which requires much less effort and is more suited to the natural Bristolian / West Country disposition).

I like to get the old fast-twitch fibres firing and stoke the growth hormones with a quick dash up an incline, hill, set of stairs, escalators at shopping centre, vomitories at football stadium, or such like. The Lansdown Upper, Christmas Steps, Jacob's Ladder steps Falmouth (if it were on me doorstep), I do love a flight of steps.

My 14 year old early this year beat me in a short dash for the first time, so that's the end of that. I won't be quicker than him again. I might still be able to beat him over the long haul but I can't be bothered with that. He probably couldn't either.

So, it's short bursts of reasonably high intensity for me, followed by the all important "intervals" which are critically important, and longer in duration.

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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..

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Have run a fair bit over the past few years, never particularly quickly. Best ever 5k is about 22:30 - done several years ago when I was at my peak of martial arts fitness. 

Managed a 1:54 in the Bristol HM last year, which I was happy with. @One Team In Keynsham I've signed up for the Cayman half - expecting it to be bloody miserable given how hot it is out here.

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7 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Have run a fair bit over the past few years, never particularly quickly. Best ever 5k is about 22:30 - done several years ago when I was at my peak of martial arts fitness. 

Managed a 1:54 in the Bristol HM last year, which I was happy with. @One Team In Keynsham I've signed up for the Cayman half - expecting it to be bloody miserable given how hot it is out here.

I have run that one 3 or 4 times, won't be on island for this year's running. I can't recall which year it was, but pretty sure my half marathon PB was there. The 5am start makes it a bit easier. Enjoy!

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7 minutes ago, One Team In Keynsham said:

I have run that one 3 or 4 times, won't be on island for this year's running. I can't recall which year it was, but pretty sure my half marathon PB was there. The 5am start makes it a bit easier. Enjoy!

Yeh, for my longer training runs I've been lapping the North Sound golf course at 6am. Pretty dire tbh, is there anywhere else that's decent for long training runs?

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3 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Yeh, for my longer training runs I've been lapping the North Sound golf course at 6am. Pretty dire tbh, is there anywhere else that's decent for long training runs?

Exactly my normal 5 miles: Snug Harbour > Bypass > North Sound loop. Rinse and repeat until you want to kill yourself through monotony. When I was training with some friends we would do an out and back course and share water drops.

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4 hours ago, mozo said:

Well maybe we can keep the thread alive with updates. I'll be interested to hear how @formerly known as ivan@CyderInACanget on working towards running a half marathon and @Up The City! towards the Marathon next year.

Good shout. Next target is a PB in the 10k next year.

Anyone got any good recommendations for podcasts? Usually listen to music but it’s getting a bit boring now. Anything comedy/sports related would be awesome, cheers.

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1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Good shout. Next target is a PB in the 10k next year.

Anyone got any good recommendations for podcasts? Usually listen to music but it’s getting a bit boring now. Anything comedy/sports related would be awesome, cheers.

Running pod: Bad Boy Running

Football pods: Totally Football Show, Guardian Football Weekly and Football Ramble

Comedy pods: Adam Buxton, Off Menu, Gossipmongers, RHLSTP with Richard Herring

General interviews (US): Joe Rogan

Totally random: Mike Tyson has a pod where he smokes weed and co-interviews people. Really weird. 

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12 hours ago, mozo said:

Have you considered joining a running club? Isn't there a Southville one? I was initially dead against running with other people but since joining one last year I've learnt a lot and enjoy the bants.

 

12 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

Yes, Southville Running Club (aka the scourge of the pavements) is just down on Dean Lane - never really wanted to run with other people though, I like the solitude! But - I have signed up to their newsletter to see what gives. 

 

11 hours ago, LondonBristolian said:

I run for fitness. Do Parkruns regularly and have done 10ks onow and then.

I'm an utterly terrible runner - I've got a heart condition and an impairment that affects my coordination so I'm never going to be fast but I do manage to keep going. Furthest I've ever done in non-racing is about 13km. Quite fancy trying a half marathon at one point but not anywhere near it at the moment. But I find running good for me physically and psychologically and, having always been absolute last in any running event in school, it's actually quite confidence building to have finished a 10k about two thirds through the pack...

I suspect it is more of an ex-pat thing, but I found (many years ago) that Hash House Harriers was an excellent group for both socialising and fun running.

I daresay there is a local HHH group in or around Bristol.

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5 minutes ago, TMWANG50 said:

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

NYC is a steep financial ask, but it really is a superb marathon. The logistics of getting 50,000 runners, plus organisers and volunteers to Staten Island is ridiculous.

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