Training Run Times

[El Guapo]

I accept my fate. I can also confirm my new nemesis is a male trail runner from Newmarket.

Makes sense. that place is like Iten,

Born at Altitude, Lives on a weird conmeal Porridgey stuff

He probably never got a birth cert till he was 7 or 8 so he could easily be 90.

Has to run 6 miles a day to the well to draw water

 

[Carmona]

Ah, TRAIL runner, I believe you may be saved by the infamous "Trail Runner Loophole". Ya lucky bugger.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Ah, TRAIL runner, I believe you may be saved by the infamous "Trail Runner Loophole". Ya lucky bugger.

I’m not so sure.. I think it’s a typo and Marky meant FRAIL runner

 

[markyboy]

I’m not so sure.. I think it’s a typo and Marky meant FRAIL runner

It’s been a humbling 24 hours

 

[Carmona]

Tell ya what though lads, that is an impressive run by an 80 year old. As a fella who'll be 60 next year I'm well impressed, not to say inspired.
My knee pain is making a bit of a comeback. I'll have to start up the exercises again. Yes, I know I shouldn't have stopped 'em. I'd absolutely love to be still running at 80, jeez.

(Full disclosure: when I was typing that out it first read "...... by an 800 year old." but I thought I'd better correct it for Marky's sake)

 

[Carmona]

Lads, lads, lads!!!! I was on the results page of the 5k race. Forget your UK Election, forget our recognising Palestine.... there's real news breaking here today. The ould fella ran THIRTY seven minutes odd. Not twenty. FFS, Marky.

Now don't get me wrong. It's still fairly impressive when you think about it. But it is 2 mins a km slower than reported. And Marky beat him.

 

[markyboy]

Found him!

https://www.the42.ie/ted-feehan-mountain-running-2150566-Jun2015/

As Carmona said, inspirational stuff.

 

[elwood blues]

Lads, lads, lads!!!! I was on the results page of the 5k race. Forget your UK Election, forget our recognising Palestine.... there's real news breaking here today. The ould fella ran THIRTY seven minutes odd. Not twenty. FFS, Marky.

Now don't get me wrong. It's still fairly impressive when you think about it. But it is 2 mins a km slower than reported. And Marky beat him.

As another heading into the O60 category this year I also analysed the results.
18 O65 broke 30 minutes for the 5k and 5 of those were female.
First male O65 was 20.18, first female O65 was 23.04
5 O70 broke 30 minutes first was 23.06
5 O75 broke 30 minutes first was 24.30

I'm having second thoughts about this return to running
I'd be more than happy to break 30 minutes.

 

[Crankycorner]

Best of luck to all doing the marathon, half and 10k today.

 

[Carmona]

Have a good one, lads.
Edit: Just checked weather........... A tad warm and of course looks like the warmest day of the next 5 or 6. Typical.