runners united: the one with the time running with other people

I did my first run today. A Fun Run 5 km. It was so hot in London! My pb is under 31 minutes. Today I ran it in about 34 and a half minutes. So hard in the heat! No t- shirts for us. The goody bag was just water and a protein bar.

It was a fun day though. I chose this race to mark one year of getting thinner and fitter (90 lbs lost and mow a runner and a swimmer!) I ran with friends and picnicked with family and friends after so a good day overall!

Hope everyone else's runs went well.

debi that's a good time given the heat. And then you cycled too? Rock hard you are

Well done to all super sunday racers REally sounds like you all enjoyed your races, some great FB pic's too.

Eugh that was hard. It was too hot and I started too fast. 56:55 according to Garmin (pb 53 so not too good).
I started with a friend and another friend who we didn't know was doing it until we got there. We started off too fast (7:40 for the first mile!) and so I got too hot too quickly. Around 3-4k I was struggling and had to walk for 30 seconds or so. My stomach wasn't great but thankfully sorted itself out by about 5k. Up to about 7k was in full sun and I walked again at about 5k where the water station was. I wasn't sore or out of breath (had taken ibruprofen before so shins were ok), just felt tired. Then there was a big uphill which thankfully was in the shade then 1k downhill before the last 2. The km markers were all slightly wrong (I had my watch on miles so didn't notice until the last one) with the 9k one apparently 250m short! No wonder the last km felt long! It was really annoying as at the 9k marker I worked out I could get sub 55 but then it went on for ever!
My friend who last time was about 90 secs ahead of me was about the same in front too and also found it hard. So we both felt a bit better until we spotted someone else we knew and talked to her. She won it in 38 mins and got a pb!!

Home for lunch then out for a 17 mile cycle in preperation for the duathlon. Legs were a bit achey but I was happy with my speed. And going by the times today I might just about do it in sub 2hrs but don't hold me to that!

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bumply wicked first race, well done! I'll always remember my first one, what's next? Probably won't be as hot :D

I'm so impressed wiht everyone who ran in this heat today! Well done to all of you. fairy a half in this heat !

rhet would you mind posting that pace calculator again if you know where it is? I can only fit in one or two runs this week before next weekend's 10k and slightly worried I've trained for the past 20 weeks to run at HM pace and would still like to finish close to my pb.
I can go there thinking it's just for fun and recovery from HM and all that but I know as soon as I start running I'll want to compete with myself.

Meant to add this morning I measure my food in cups:
Morning is 30g oats with handful nuts and 1 poached egg.
Snacks: either a small sandwich & fruit, or a protein shake.
Lunch is 4oz protein and dinner is 3oz protein, both with 1x cup veggie and 2/3rd cup (cooked & wholemeal) carb
Vary the foods but keep within the food groups and stick measurements.

Doesn't sound or look like much each time but actually since you eat 5 times a day regularly you don't get hungry during the day, much easier to pass on cakes/biscuits then. The only time I feel hungry is when I wake up in the morning.

Re: potty training, went to toysrus today and some people whipped out a potty in the aisle so that their daughter could do a number 2 in there. I was a bit but I guess when they have to go they have to go?

Chip time in - 1 hour 53 seconds . I came 792 out of 1063

Well done to the others for times/ distance currently out of my league.

Official time 39m 37s, 381st out of 475.
Not bad for a first go. And I fit into a medium t-shirt!

Well done fairy ...a half...in this heat! I can't get my head round it is October.

Well done fairy that's a great result.

wheely that's exactly my attitude to potty training. I stressed so much with ds1 when he just wasn't ready, that when it came to ds2 we waited until he was nearly 3 then just went cold turkey - nappies off day and night. No accidents - not one.

Hoping the same policy applies with ds3, so far we've been rewarded with a poo and two wees in the potty and no accidents yet (crossed fingers).

this is such a busy thread! Wanted to wish the super-Sundayers good luck, but a bit late for that - well done Futurity, Bumply and Fairy, seems like you didn't let the heat hold you back!

Haven't been on because it's just been too nice to hang around indoors, but that's all over now - pissing down out there! It's just been glorious though, what a bonus :)

Crossposts fairy - Well done !! Getting round a HM in this heat is fantastic.

Well done bumply and futurity ! You did great !!

Good luck Paws with the potty training.... Oh and I meant to say before rhet - if your dd is stubborn leave it until she decides. I've probably said before but DD1 was v. stubborn about it but once she decided to do it, she did it in a day and didn't have accidents. she was 2 yrs 8/9 months by then but was dry and clean both day and night. Now DD2 is perhaps more stubborn than DD1 so am adopting the same approach and just hoping she'll decide sometime soon. She knows exactly what to do so is purely a case of not wanting to. She's currently 2 yrs 6 months so I'll worry about it after christmas if she hasn't done it by then !

I'll join in the few extra pound sheddding. have about 5/6 I want to lose. Thanks for the advice june although I find it a difficult concept when diets restrict fruit. I understand the logic (sugar) but want to eat my 5 a day. Suppose i could just eat carrots instead.

So, having experimented with the gels last week on long ruyn, and having had a bad week running and having to do a long run tomorrow in the heat .... I find DH stole the last gel for his run this morning. Grrr.. trailed our rubbish high st this morning to no avail. Then on way back remembered my gym has them in the vending machine so we're just off out and we'll have to call in on the way back.

hope everyone else has got on ok on super sunday !!!

Just a quick post to say I did it and lived to tell the tale despite the 25 degree heat! Time around 2:42 but what the hell - I'm happy with that for my first HM especially in the heat. Full report later. Off for a shower as boy, do I need one [clothes peg over nose emoticon].

Oh and bumply I also suffer from the rain/specs issue. Have you tried using a visor? I dont like hats as my head gets sweaty but a visor is ok for sun and rain.

Well done futurity and bumply! Man, it's hot here. You did well to keep going in this heat.

DH has taken ds1 and 2 to their swimming lesson while I tackle Potty Training Day 1 with ds3. Oh what fun!!

Off for a leisurely 6 miles later - will be taking it easy with one week to go.

Currently in a nice hot bath warming up again. Definitely not an Indian summer in Edinburgh! Drizzling rain and about 13 degrees. Still full of cold so I was very pleased to a) make it at a jog the whole way round and b) iPhone app says I did it on 38 mins 20 sec which is a PB.

Haha to this being my first rave.

Good atmosphere despite the rain and ds not coming to watch.

Strange running with other people got overtaken a lot, but there were a lot of walkers by the time I hit 3-4 km Mark. People alternating running and walking were faster than me, but just tuned them out. Enjoyed passing 20 ish year olds.

I could have done with windscreen wipers on my glasses, don't remember seeing much in the way of anything let alone scenery
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Hi runningallday - welcome, I just joined this thread last week so I'm still a newbie too.

bonkers20 and rhet, I'll join you in the quest to shift a few pounds too. I've managed to lose 7lbs since the children went back to school, which is pretty much what I put on over the holidays, but I could do with losing another stone or so (I've never quite managed to shift the weight I put on with DS3) and I'm pretty sure it would help me to run faster! I've done it by following WW (not entirely religiously ) and running a bit more often.

Anyway, I hope everyone had a good run today on Super Sunday. I had a glorious run this morning, it really made me remember why I like running. Having had a sore hip since my HM last weekend this is the first time I've been out, and although it niggled, nothing could detract from it this morning. I got up early and went to our local country park and did a 4 miler through the woods, across the heathland and by the river with the dog. It was so beautiful: we saw deer,squirrels, more rabbits, pheasants and partridge than you could count. There was even a field full of turkeys, luckily on the other side of the river from the dog!

The sun was coming up, the mist was rising and at one point I came out of the trees and the sun had given the mist a golden orange tinge and I ran with my face in the mist and my feet in the clear air. There was heavy dew and every cobweb looked like lace. Plus there was that lovely smell of autumn - gently decaying leaves and damp ground. Sorry for rhapsodising but it was so gorgeous it made me fall in love with running all over again!

Bet I won't be saying that next time its chucking down with rain, cold and dark...

Did it! Man it was hot. Watch time 1 hour 55 seconds so PB in a race but didn't get my sub 1 hour but to be honest I was just glad to finish and not walk at all. Saw lots of people needing medical attention....grim!

Thankyou all - you're very welcoming. Yes, peachsmuggler, it is by the Eden Project - hilly, ugh...

Good luck to all today's runners!!

Good Luck super Sunday runners:)

Ohhh and good luck everyone else running