general running thread

My park run has the same hill three times

Fromheretomaternity my park run has just started a walking group, so we have everything from 15 minute finishes to almost 2 hours.

You should come and give it a go sometime!

That's cruel Eau. My park run the hill is just at the 1km mark

My local parkrun has a hill like that, right in the last half a k- it's a total bastard!

Yeah eaurouge (love the name btw ) Mondays I usually do intervals. I go to where our park run. Only 30 mins but at maximum effort. I do hill sprints up THE hill (it's kind of in 2 stages but it's bloody steep) and then I do sprints set more by distance. Wed/Thursday I try and do a longer run then Saturday I do park run which I try to push myself at.

Inbetween all that is swimming and walking

Fromheretomaternity the parkrun I attended had 156 runners and they were young, old, children, disabled people and mums with buggies, of course we had very serious runners from athletic clubs but if you completed 5k in 40 minutes you still wouldn't have need last. Everyone helps and encourages other runners. I'm sure you'd love parkrun

31.30 is a really good time for a 5k. I'm sure you'll be able to improve your time before your 10k. Have you tried tempo runs or hill training or anything like that?

fromheretomaternity, they have tail runners at parkruns so you will never be last! I had finished C25K and I could run for 30 mins no problem, but the first parkrun I did was the first time I had run 5k. I did it in 34 mins and some seconds which was about what I was expecting. Give it a go, they are really friendly and great fun.

As for c25k I was able to run 5k without stopping right at the end. About week 9-10 and it took about 37 mins but the point was I was able to do it without walking

Yerr it was a 5k I have another race bank holiday Monday. Then three others between then n end of July. They r all 5ks. Then I'm braving a 10k in August. Furthest I've ever done was 8.5k last week n it took an hr

fromheretomatermity keep checking the results page n previous results cos there might just have been a low turnout that week. At my ParkRun the slowest is about 50 mins. But there's a really good community to it n no one minds. They will be there to cheer you on! I was almost last at ours when I first started (low turnout cos of the snow) and people who've finished join the ones at the back n help them through

Hi everyone - I'm partway through C25K (on week 5). At what point were you able to run a full 5k in a decent time? There is a parkrun near me, I'd like to plan to try it in the summer, but the slowest time is about 33 min and I don't want to be miles behind everyone else!

Well done mellie!

Got new trainers, and have tried them on wk3r1, great success. Shins not sore this time.

Well done on your first race mellie.

That's brilliant, well done! Was it a 5k?

I've started gradually increasing my distance, I did 5.5k this morning instead of my usual 5k (get me ). I'm doing a 5 miler at the start of July, I'd like to be able to run the whole thing without having to stop and walk- that's my goal, I have no idea about times or anything like that.

Just back from my first proper race. I had a number and everything. There were a lot of people there taking it verrrrrry seriously. I was a slow one but deffo not last! Got a PB of 31:30 (ish) and there were 2 bloomin hills. Gah

37 mins

Ok so I can't run on a treadmill. I don't know why think it may be boredom. Gonna stick to outside for now. But did 37 intervals n did 5k

Thanks for all your encouragement, I have until the last week in May to train for my 10k race. I did a 5k forest run today, I lost my shoe twice in the mud but had a great time, I love the forest. I ran a slow 5k (38 minutes) because I had to watch the ground in front of me. I'll definitely do it again

Twas supposed to be a 6 mile run, but the route I chose was a touch shorter than that. So, not really long enough, or fast enough, but it was a really enjoyable run - I reminded myself how lucky I am to be running in my 50s, on some beautiful country roads in Norn Irn, with a pawsome dog by my side.

Been out this morning for a very windy 3 miles! I'd love a sub 30 5k, a sub 60 10k (my pb is 62:33) and this year to complete the GNR in 2:20, last year I was 2:25 and the year before I was 2:47 so I'm hoping its possible!

PBs all round then! Well done everyone

How far are you running today, Melanie?

Oooooh, runners! Hello everybody peeps and bods!

I'm training for my first half-marathon in June. Got a new PB at my ParkRun yesterday - 30 mins 12 ! Soooo close to that magical 30 minute mark!

I'll be setting out on my Long Run later this morning, hope the rain stays off.

Have a good run Chaos . I sounds like we all had a good day yesterday with all these PBs . I'm thinking about new targets since I've done my 1st one which was to do a 10k

Good luck with your race today chaos

Well done Eau. I PB'd as well, but not as impressively as you!

Good luck, chaos, I'm sure you'll be fine if you just pace yourself. Have you got a phone app with a pace alarm? You can get one for free, I think RunDouble has one.

I finally got my ParkRun result and it's a full minute and a half quicker than I was aiming for! Not quite sub 30 mins but I'm getting closer.

Good luck today chaos. And agree, impressive of your mum to be running with you at 60!