Silvio Dante

7 minutes ago, TMWANG50 said:

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!

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”....

1 minute ago, RedLionLad said:

How do you manage to finger your sister and type at the same time?

She’s Adele.

God, I love that gag.

1 minute ago, st andrews gas said:

IRONY...suprsed you can even spell it- don't go the uneducated route- if only you knew...

*Surprised* you can even spell it.

Irony indeed...

4 hours ago, !james said:

Good work everyone! Still going strong, averaging about 30k a week depending on work and weather!

I am tempted to sign up to a few organised 10ks or the Bath Half and raise some money for charity, how have people found running the mass events like that for the first time? I quite enjoy just putting my headphones in and being in my own space so not sure how I would find the big events like that

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 

4 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

Park St Is on my list. Did Bridge Valley Rd Saturday afternoon then up over the bridge and up through Begar Bush Lane and down thru the by then dark Ashton Court woods. 16k in total. 

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?

4 minutes ago, kevinmabbuttshair said:

In Hearns original offer he regonised what the BDO is good at, county darts etc. I believe he said he would wind up the BDO world champs etc and all players would become pdc players but have to go to q school like everyone else but let them continue to run all the local stuff as they have to knowledge. They passed. 

Are the BDO world champs even on TV? 

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

1 hour ago, BRISTOL86 said:

Does anyone know how to get Strava to record intervals properly? No matter what settings I choose (including auto-pause on my Apple Watch) it counts the rest time as running time and completely messes up my pace. 

Nike Run Club manages it ok on the watch but when you export it to Strava it shows a completely different average pace which factors in the rest time, so it’s showing say 8min/mi in NRC and 14min/mi in Strava?

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:

6 hours ago, Fordy62 said:

******* politics. I rarely come to the non football chat section any longer, but nice to see good threads like this one going.

I'm carrying a bit  - the result of being happily married, but I'm starting to fight back a bit. 

Did my first half earlier this year and had three targets;

1. Finish

2. Finish without having to walk

3. Run 13.2 sub ten minute miles.

Im pleased to say i managed all three, which, at probably the heaviest runner in the line up (16 and a half stone), I was quite pleased with.One thing that really impressed me were some of the old ladies, just gliding past me at the age of 70+, genuine a sight to behold.

Alas, it was in March and I've slackened off a bit, but been a few times in the past couple of weeks, and whereas a half is realistically too far for someone of my build to be going, I'm slowly getting back into regular running (and now tennis!).

Only problem is my achilles tendons. They don't half hurt a lot!

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

@mozo - that you this morning? Good pace!

1 hour ago, mozo said:

My turn to do a cheeky half before work next week then...

Please don’t suggest a rota system...

On 17/10/2019 at 08:47, One Team In Keynsham said:

That was Silvio putting us to shame.

Trust me, I paid for it yesterday

1 hour ago, mozo said:

And close to 1,500 miles for the year if my stalking is correct. Impressive.

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.

31 minutes ago, wayne allisons tongues said:

I think that’s the first instalment of 3.

Next one due Jan 2020 

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....

10 hours ago, RedLionLad said:

Would anyone really want to get married here?

Possibly. I can see the target market 

This might just be over...

1 minute ago, TomF said:

The finch ****** is slaying us 

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