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

Sub 1 hour 10k that should of said !

You're not slow Rhet ..didn't you say you PB for 10k was 57 mins or something?! I have a 10k a week before my half and am planning on 59min 59 seconds so I can say I have done sub10k

Am very pleased with my time earlier...although keep checking my Garmin to make sure it's not broken or something as I still don't believe I did that!

Will be watching the GNR tomorrow thinking of you all running!

Ah, so here you all are. Haven't been about for a few weeks as I've been busy with work and then we went on hols to Menorca last week. It was an ok holiday but I don't think Thompson family package hols are for us. Plus DS decided this was the best time to enter full blow toddlerdom - we seemed to be surrounded each evening by well behaved sweet German/Dutch toddlers whilst DS pulled half eaten food out of his mouth and threw it across the room

Anyway, managed a few runs whilst there, which was certainly different in the heat. I don't know how anyone manages races/running events in hot climes. I surprised myself however by how far I managed and it was lovely running along the coastal road looking out at the Med.

Good luck everyone for the GNR (Fanny and anyone else?) and other races for tomorrow. I have just planned my route for my big run tomorrow. 6 miles here I come!

Evening all! Just popping in to say good luck to everyone for the GNR tomorrow! Hope you all have a great run. I'll be thinking of you!

I've just checked the route of the 10k I'm doing tomorrow and it's pretty flat until the last 0.5km which is a monster uphill! How cruel is that?

tulip sorry your race was tough. What I try and do is work out what my pace needs to be per km/mile to get my target time - so for 10k I'm generally looking for 55mins (or as long as I'm under an hour at the moment!). I used to use my watch to get a rough handle on pace with the mile markers, but then got Nike+ on my iPod to be a bit more accurate. I've now got a Garmin so get instant feedback, although I can generally guess what pace I'm doing by how comfortable I feel. I'm sure it'll get easier the more you do. x

oh tulip sorry you found it tough. Have not got much advice, but at least you can id the problems and try and learn from them. Which hm are you doing? Usually after intial first k not so hard to get past people. Hopefully more room on your hm

Welcome Cote
Well done on the 3miles futurity

10k was today, I found running with others so much harder than on my own. I think I made a few rookie errors. Error no 1- I let everyone pass me at the beginning thinking that I would just pass them all when we got through the next 1k, however, track seemed to be so narrow I just couldn't get past them.
Error no 2- I wasted so much energy trying to get past people it just became stressful and I couldn't find 'my' pace. Error no 3- didn't speed up enough at the end as overestimated the miles left to go, couldn't believe it when I rounded the corner and the finish line appeared 5 minutes too soon.

Oh Lord, am now panicking about next weekends HM.
Advice anyone?

Fanny 'calm down, calm down'

This GNR excitement is obviously building. I feel quite . Good luck y'all. I hope you are running in pink Fanny. . I wonder if the GNR is equally exciting to the South Africans who rip me off give me my satellite TV? GNR or Rugby World Cup? It'd be a tough call for them.

I am now also adding Fanny Pack to the never ending list of running equipment needed. I also have small wrists, perhaps there a small wrist syndrome peculiar only to female MN runners?

My running this week has been stymied by homework. Dd has real homework for the first time in years and we she is finding it hard. Also late wine-fuelled nights school runs, football and pony riding drop offs and supermarkets are filling my running time.

15k today up the hill, in 1.27 I've now got a post-run headache.

Squix poor you, hope your ankle doesn't play up. Be careful on it, my wrist still not right and if I do anything strenuous I pay the price.

Debi great time for parkrun, I intend to do one in a couple of weeks. Thank god for DHs hey?! Rescuing you all from a pigeon! I'd have been the same - if the cats bring mice in, it's like a comedy with me running around house screaming! We are just on our way to hotel in Durham and was reading your post as we were pulling out onto our main road - when I read "sky plus GNR" I screeched!! DH had to turn around so I could go back and record it! He weren't happy... He can't wait for it to be over.

It was a pigeon! It fell right down & got stuck at the bottom of the chimney flapping away when we were all lying on the living room floor playing. None of us have ever moved so fast. The boys and I hid upstairs while dh rescued the daft thing.

Did parkrun this morning & found it tough. Think I ate too much breakfast and really struggled in the 2nd lap with a stitch and tummy ache. Did it in 27.05 which was 30 secs slower than last time.
Then I ran the 2 miles home then when I got in ds1 wanted to go for a run and I couldn't say no so off we went. He did 1.5miles in 18 mins which I thought was pretty good.

This aft we went to a park and ds1 learned to ride his bike without stabilisers so a good day for him

Dh was slagging me off for setting sky+ to record GNR and didn't believe me when I said it was a bigger race than VLM.

Good luck to everyone in the GNR tomorrow...another lot of race reports to look forward to.

I've pretty much had a week off running this week - I went out for my celeb filled run on Monday and then tripped on Tuesday and twisted my ankle. It was sore and swollen for a couple of days and I tried an easy 3 miles today - it seemed ok a wee bit stiff at the start and end but I iced it and it seems fine now. Will try a bit longer and a bit faster tomorrow, if for no other reason than I am incredibly grumpy with not being able to get out,

rhet glad DD behaved . You'll get out for your run soon and you'll really enjoy it. I have weeks like that were life is just too busy.

Cote haven't looked at your link as on my iPhone - will have a nose later however the intervals are similar to how I started and the only way to get your speed up - you will build your stamina naturally every time you run. Sounds like you've got it in the bag!

Fanny - I'm doing a training program here which is basically 20 sessions with a fantastic personal trainer, during which you are also followed by a dietician and a sports doctor. I did this two years ago where they took me from zero 2-3 km. Now, they are taking me beyond 5k with loads of cardio & interval training. Last time I was doing 2 mins on 10 km/hr and recuperating at 1 min at 8 km/ hr which is still a run but obviously slower. The time before was 30 seconds at 11 km/hr and recuperating 1 min at 8 km/hr. I'm not sure how much all this is helping but will see tomorrow when I go outside for a long run on my own and see how far I've gone.

Sticky - Weather in Nice should be fairly mild in January - sunny but fresh enough to run comfortably without sweating profusely. It is a lovely 5 km stretch of road on the seaside called "Promenade des Anglais"

Fanny yep, just chuck it at the side of the road and it will be collected by the good elves who do all that clearing up and send the stuff off to charity.

No, I can say that looking at the clock, noticing it was 9:15 and thinking "normally I'd be halfway round the parkrun now" was a lovely feeling. And the girls were playing happily so I just put my ipod on and closed me eyes again. Lovely!

I'm very of you not being up long sticky! 6am during the week and a huge lie in until 7.20am this morning! However I always feel very disorganised when I'm up later than 7, can get so much done in that hour between 6 and 7.

Oh yes, very excited and nervous. Just getting running kit together, thrown my cap in as if it's raining then think it'll be handy. Weather forecast is light rain isn't it? Found an old fleece to put on for start which I can leave. Do you just throw it over the railings? God I must be boring everyone shitless with my incessant GNR questions - apologies everyone.

Well done futurity on knocking off that much!

Ibby why was park run not good?

well done futurity! 35 seconds is a significant amount off... and great not to be chunderous also!

Once tomorrow is over, I'm wanting to get my 5k time better. It will be a nice change from thinking about 13 miles all the time (although I have noticed that the beginner plan for marathons from BUPA is much like the intermediate HM plan with some more tacked on the end. Hmmm).

Fanny I'm so pleased you are also slightly insanely excited - it makes me feel like less of a nutter . It's pasta with bacon for the Fingers Family tonight. We got up so late I'm not sure lunch is going to be required

Cote that looks fantastic! What should the weather be like then? What a beautiful place to run

Very happy with my run this morning..3 miles in 27min 45seconds..a whole 35 seconds faster than last week..and I didn't feel like throwing up this time..always a bonus!

Looking forward to GNR on tv tomorrow...apparently there is athletics on at 1pm today and triathlon highlights later on ...happy slobbing in front of tv day !

Fanny smoothie sounds good, try to make sure you drink enough water today as well...not excessive, but don't go without...

Yes, you do seem to be a little excited....feeling really envious!

sfx going to have a smoothie shortly.

Ibby you're right - I'll do my crab linguine as I'm used to that and it's quite plain.

Ohhhh getting excited!! (can't you tell!)

Fanny - what about a familiar pasta dish for dinner ie no experimenting with new recipes!

How are all the GNRers today?

Must go - just back from parkrun (not good) - Tour of Britain cycle race is passing fairly close to us in a few hours and need to get showered, and installed in good viewing spot.