Silvio Dante

Best of luck! Last time I did it I had to try and get round quite quick (for me) as start was at 7 and needed to pick daughter up from youth club at 8:15, which was a 20 minute drive away. Got round, got back to the car and made it to youth club in time. With race number still attached and still dripping in sweat. Daughter informed me I was “embarrassing”....

She’s Adele. God, I love that gag.

*Surprised* you can even spell it. Irony indeed...

Bath Half tends to be a sellout so you’ll probably need to get a charity place with designated minimum fundraise if aiming for this year. Find it a bit of a slog as it’s two laps which is psychologically tough (Although the one time I did it I beat Mark Ashton and LJ...) Like you, I like putting the headphones on and being in a bubble. You can still do that on the bigger races, what tends to happen is after the first k or so the field gets spread so you don’t have to worry about banging into other people. Even in the bubble though, there are real advantages to being in a large run - you can use the actual pacers or just use other runners for tempo. Most importantly, other people drag you through - I recall struggling in the final stages of the Bristol half a few years ago and the number of other runners encouraging and pushing you on was a real boost. It’s a strange sport - definitely prefer it solo but there is also a huge sense of community

Good skills. I’m trying to up it this year and have done 20k in a day but with a ten minute break at 12k (unintended but got an appointment I was running to cancelled so ran back....). Probably going to try and clock a HM this weekend - nice route you’ve got there, mine will be the wilds of Yate/Sodbury!

Managed to get out lunchtime today for a first round Bristol of the year. Beautiful day for it and even running up Park Street didn’t hurt (much...)

Just something to bring to everyone’s attention: The Westonbirt “Run for the Trees” goes on sale at 9am Weds. For any of you who want a 10k in a really nice location which is also flat, and contains a real mix of abilities, it’s a great course and one of my favourites I’ve done previously. The race is 7pm on Thursday 7th May and in prior years sold out within a couple of hours. Highly recommended.

For those of you that run regularly, I can recommend getting a decent sports masseuse. First time I had it done I was surprised at the number of knots I didn’t know I had and ran a million times better afterwards - now get it done monthly and it makes a real difference. The back pain might be something that they could help with @formerly known as ivan - other thing is I get that on occasions if I’m running uphill at the very start (first k) of a run before things have warmed up so could be that? As for 2020 targets, trying to hit 3000 km for the year. Agonisingly 85k short last year. Unexpectedly strong start to the year with 33k in the first two days but that will not last!

No handshake from Price there?

Quest I believe (home of sport)

Clearly things got to Sulovic tonight - he normally plays at a Priestly pace but seemed a fair bit quicker and that moving away from natural rhythm undoubtedly opened the door to Sherrock. But you’ve still got to kick it down. And she did that, spectacularly.

Then I’m stumped. I know the interfacing between NRC and Strava is poor to say the least, and all else isn’t perfect - ie I start Strava from my phone and not my fitbit. I’ll have an ask around other runners I know and shout if I get any joy

Strange. Question: Are you tagging the activity as anything? (Race, Long Run etc). If you tag it as a race, it’ll include all your time including stops, whereas untagged will only show your moving time and adjust splits accordingly. Examples of this below:

So, you signing up to join the band @Fordy62? Pace and distance don’t matter - inspiration does!

@mozo - that you this morning? Good pace!

Please don’t suggest a rota system...

Trust me, I paid for it yesterday ?? And I’m paying for those constantly ??

The great thing about the recent running explosion is that there are so many good runs locally which means if you want to do a 10k there’s no need to wait. On that distance, I’d really recommend the Westonbirt Run for the trees - fast, flat and scenic. Takes place in April I think. Also good is Two Tunnels 10k round Twerton - really bizarre running in blazing heat then a cool down through the tunnels for a couple of k. Not done a Marathon yet - keep applying to London but never successful. Done 1:38 for a half and 43mins for a 10k - not getting faster than that at early 40’s! Best invention ever is Strava - the tracking, segment achievements and badges get you out day after day - should hit just short of 3000k this year and it’s mainly due to challenging myself through that. And Brooks. More than worth it. Wore Adidas for years and the difference is insane as to how good Ghosts are.

Ah, thanks - BBC report originally just said £5.3m and didn’t indicate it was an instalment. Makes more sense now and indicates FIFA viewed Sala as Cardiff’s player

See the FIFA ruling is now in and Cardiff have been ordered to pay £5.3m to Nantes for Sala. Seems a bit of a fudge - if he was their player, then surely full fee payable. If not, surely nothing. Be interested to see the logic in 1/3 of agreed fee being the decision

Is it too early to say I think this is now a good first innings score when you consider the pitch, pressure and other scores at Taunton recently? Doesn’t make us clear favourites but very much in the hunt....

They’ve responded now: Yep. Potentially as big as Derby, Wolves, Boro and West Ham. That’s average attendance 55,000 West Ham. Jesus ****ing Christ they’re dense.

Possibly. I can see the target market

This might just be over...

Literally, two of the sixes clearing catchers by inches. Git.