The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner

[kinboshi]

Good work fella. Yeah, the weather forecast was more promising last week, but now isn't as pleasant:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/alrewas/de13-7/daily-weather-forecast/717482?day=9

Craig, have you seen the email I sent with the proposed schedule?  How does it look?

Wowsers, that has changed from the first one. Guess it is the luck of the draw.

If everybody else is happy then so am I.

It's work in progress, so can still change it.  What about your times - do they look about right?

[craigbetts]

Good work fella. Yeah, the weather forecast was more promising last week, but now isn't as pleasant:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/alrewas/de13-7/daily-weather-forecast/717482?day=9

Craig, have you seen the email I sent with the proposed schedule?  How does it look?

Wowsers, that has changed from the first one. Guess it is the luck of the draw.

If everybody else is happy then so am I.

It's work in progress, so can still change it.  What about your times - do they look about right?

Yeah, some good predictions there.

[kinboshi]

Good work fella. Yeah, the weather forecast was more promising last week, but now isn't as pleasant:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/alrewas/de13-7/daily-weather-forecast/717482?day=9

Craig, have you seen the email I sent with the proposed schedule?  How does it look?

Wowsers, that has changed from the first one. Guess it is the luck of the draw.

If everybody else is happy then so am I.

It's work in progress, so can still change it.  What about your times - do they look about right?

Yeah, some good predictions there.

[Honeybadger]

Update on my Couch to 10k project. I have fallen a little behind schedule, but am still going for it. I just completed Week 3, Day 3 (for those who don't know, there are 3 running days per week so this means I am on week 4 next time I run). I 'should' have just completed week 4, day 2 if I had not lost a few days through illness/personal stuff. No big deal though, I am still really proud of myself so far.

Week 3 was two repetitions of the following: 90 secs running, 90 secs walking, 3 mins running, 3 mins walking. I found it tough. Week 4 is going to be much tougher I think. I just looked ahead and it is two repetitions of the following: run for 3 mins, walk for 90 secs, run for 5 mins, walk for 2.5 mins. Seems a big step up from week 3, but I did not expect this thing to be easy. And I am fine with it fucking with me.

As far as I am concerned, there is not a chance of me failing to do this. Barring injury I am getting to 10k no matter how hard it is. Sometimes being a stubborn mofo is the only way forward!

[kinboshi]

Being a stubborn sod is an essential attribute for a runner.

[Jon MW]

I hit my target of an hour, and it was pretty easy. If I hadn't been taking photo's I could have done exactly the same effort and saved at least 5 minutes without trying.

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It's a 5k next - if 5 miles in an hour is easy, what's a decent target for 5k do you reckon? (anyone?)

[kinboshi]

I hit my target of an hour, and it was pretty easy. If I hadn't been taking photo's I could have done exactly the same effort and saved at least 5 minutes without trying.

Click to see full-size image.

It's a 5k next - if 5 miles in an hour is easy, what's a decent target for 5k do you reckon? (anyone?)

5 miles in an hour at an easy pace means you could have possibly done 6.2miles (10K) close to an hour if you were trying a bit harder?  If so, then you could definitely look at doing a 25-minute 5K.  Depends how much you had to spare.

[kinboshi]

By the way, this time next week I will be sitting here knackered, but with a stack of beer in front of me that will have been hard-earned.

If only the Thunder Run had been this weekend instead of next.  Yesterday wasn't too warm, and this morning it was cloudy with a lovely light drizzle that would have been perfect to run in (if not a little bit warm).

[Jon MW]

The weather's forecast to break this week so it might be perfect weather - fingers crossed for it anyway.

Damn, I was hoping you were going to say 30 minutes because that was the time I was going to set myself   (in context the fastest 5km split I've done was within this 5m and it was 35 minutes)

My target now is 25-30 minutes then

[kinboshi]

Aim for 30 minutes, and then anything below that is a bonus!  30 minutes is a good target.

[Claw75]

I'd aim for sub 30 as a start Jon - I've just started running 5ks (have previously run a few sub 60 min 10ks - last year when I was fitter) and initial aim was sub 30 mins. Did my last two in 29:14 and 28:41.  Sub 28 is the next target - 25 mins still seems a fair way off to me atm.

[kinboshi]

Under 3 days now!! This shit is getting real again.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/national-memorial-arboretum-alrewas#?tab=fiveDay&fcTime=1374879600

Weather report not too bad for Saturday and Sunday, and certainly more conducive to running than it has been.  Could do with lots of light showers and another 5 or 10 degrees knocking off those temperatures though...

[Claw75]

Under 3 days now!! This shit is getting real again.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/national-memorial-arboretum-alrewas#?tab=fiveDay&fcTime=1374879600

Weather report not too bad for Saturday and Sunday, and certainly more conducive to running than it has been.  Could do with lots of light showers and another 5 or 10 degrees knocking off those temperatures though...

22 degrees should be perfect - much better running weather than you guys were expecting, but still nice for those of us that will be sunbathing spectating

[kinboshi]

2 degrees would be much better! You can wear a coat

[Honeybadger]

Just finished Day 1, Week 4 of the Couch to 10k. It was not easy at all, and I have still not stopped sweating.

Gonna do this thing though!!!