2021 Fretboard Running Club

joneve

26.2 said:

Progress update for April so far: 18 runs, 183K 

Christ!! Great distance.

Im slowly coming to the realisation that getting to 1000 miles this year, whilst juggling home life, work and trying not to push too much to steer clear of injuries, is going to be very, very difficult to achieve. And it’s taking the joy out of actually running. 

So I’m basically giving up, setting myself a target of 3/4 runs a week with at least one longer one (7 miles or more) and will see what happens. 

Birthday tomorrow which means I finally get to use my new ON Cloudflyers! 

Iamnobody

26.2 said:

That’s great work. Sounds like you approached it in exactly the right way - aim for a realistic pace and keep it consistent. Surprisingly hard to get right! Well done! 

monquixote said:

Brilliant, well done chap!

BahHumbug said:

Wow.  Well done.  My experience of halfs is always that I’m struggling at the end and really have to push just to keep moving.  You must have a really good base established.

Thanks all - @BahHumbug I think any good base I have comes mainly from other training. I’ve done a fair bit of rowing and in the last year or so boxing training. I have also established a good 3 runs a week habit; usually a couple of 5s and a 7 over the last few months. 

chrisj1602

Got two 10km runs in this week, Tuesday and tonight.

My aim is to start doing 3 x 10km a week.

26.2

chrisj1602 said:

Got two 10km runs in this week, Tuesday and tonight.

My aim is to start doing 3 x 10km a week.

Nice work. Are you training for anything or just building a solid base?

ive got a the Kew Gdns 10 in 2 weeks. Should’ve been a marathon but the council pulled the rug on it. They’ve rescheduled to the same day as Brighton marathon in Sept which I’m already doing, so I’m gutted to miss the Richmond marathon after doing the last 3 (2017-19). But a weekend in Brighton with a bit of guitar shopping is too good to miss so I’ve deferred to 2022. I’m going to do Richmond Park marathon in late June, which is hilly and likely to be hot as well! All good fun. 

chrisj1602

@26.2 not really training for anything, just trying to be active. I’m
signed up for the Manchester 10k in September so I’d like to be in good shape for that, and I’d like to do a half marathon at some point but I’ve not run that far yet!

26.2

chrisj1602 said:

@26.2 not really training for anything, just trying to be active. I’m
signed up for the Manchester 10k in September so I’d like to be in good shape for that, and I’d like to do a half marathon at some point but I’ve not run that far yet!

Great - go for the half! 

26.2

Well that’s April done! 

Total: 223K, 22 runs 
 4 runs of half marathon distance or above. Longest 27K. 

Endurance is improving and I’m getting my heart rate down into the fat burning zone on the longer ones which should help with not hitting the wall quite so early on the 30K plus runs. I need some faster work for the next couple of weeks before my 10K race. 

Hope everyone else has had a good month. Keep trundling! 

PolarityMan

April summary

Total distance: 60.5k

Total runs: 10

Highlight: new 5k PB 28:03

Feel like I need to get some longer runs in to improve as pushing my speed is proving really difficult ..just need to work out how to actually fit that in. 

Bidley

Managed my first 10km last Saturday, while smashing my 5km PB.

Felt alright but the joints were getting sore!

PolarityMan

Bidley said:

Managed my first 10km last Saturday, while smashing my 5km PB.

Felt alright but the joints were getting sore!

nice one

djspecialist

April summary

Total distance: 163km
Total runs: 15
Highlight: my longest run ever (27.5km)

chrisj1602

My April...

51.2km
8 runs

Slow start but happy to finish with two 10km runs this week.

joneve

April Summary;

Total Distance: 50 miles (30 short of my original target ) 
Total runs: 11
Highlight: was aiming for my first sub 40 min 5miler of the year but just missed it, but still pleased with under 41 mins as felt strong for a lot of the run. 

feel less stressed now I've adjusted my yearly target to something more realistic with the number of runs I'd like to do a week vs distance to try and prevent injury. 

26.2

Great work everyone! 

BahHumbug

April summary:

84k over 12 runs

Quite pleased to have racked up this distance while trying to be careful about the achilles problem that started last month.  Also quite pleased that the achilles problem has progressively improved and has pretty much gone.

I also think I might have discovered endorphins.  Not that I get any kind of euphoria when running, but I have started getting a bit down when I don't run

Todays run:  It looked rather grey out.  The weather forecast said "You'll be alright".  I got drenched.  That'll be one of those low confidence forecasts then

26.2

How’s everyone going? 

I had a decent week last week - 3 x 10K, a half and a 5K. Dropping the distance down this week in favour of intervals and I have a 10K race on Sunday.
Struggling for any sort of speed at the moment, but probably just need a rest. 

GavRichList

Just about getting back on the wagon after taking a bunch of time off through injury, house move then laziness. Fitness was shot to shit, but just about back to a decent 5k pace again where I don’t feel awful. Aim to be back to 10k’s before the month is out. 

chrisj1602

I have done 34km in 4 runs so far this month, quite happy with the start I’ve made as it’s much better than my previous months. Aiming for 100km this month and concentrating on distance rather than time for now.

joneve

26.2 said:

How’s everyone going? 

I had a decent week last week - 3 x 10K, a half and a 5K. Dropping the distance down this week in favour of intervals and I have a 10K race on Sunday.
Struggling for any sort of speed at the moment, but probably just need a rest. 

Absolutely fucking terrible. Only 4 miles so far this month. Need to find my mojo again. 

BahHumbug

It’s going ok for me.  I’ve been achieving my goal of 25k each week for the last 3 or 4 weeks.  If I can stay injury free, I’m hoping for 100k in May.