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Went out at 7am, 15K leisurely at about 5:33 pace. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

This heatwave is starting to look like it could last a pretty long while... Regretting signing up for a half on 7th June.

Jesus fookin christ. Off to hospital with you lad

Mona Fartlek for me has been massive.

Hmm. Trouble is, to run a Sub 20 5k your are probably going full whack, hanging on for dear life and dying over the finish line. No way does it mean you can maintain anything close to that pace over a marathon. I run 21 minute 5Ks, will be looking to go Sub 20 in August, September between half marathons, I think I can do it, but I doubt I can run a 3:15 marathon. Ps. Im 39 and type 1 diabetic. Im comfortable with half marathons but the full is a different kettle of fish for a diabetic anyway.

Legends has been ****ing great

He was fookin shite to be fair. Had all the appeal of Jedward.

Some ****ing weirdos out there.

Jury's deaf and blind as usual. Malta? Really? Music taste in Europe is generally ****ing shocking though.

Thats ****ing hideous

Im with you there

Greece? Thats ****ing criminal

Moldova Romania Croatia Australia Poland Best of a really bad bunch this year.

Romania was decent tune to be fair

Never been in doubt tbh, not sure why the hate for her - clearly mainly media driven. As if I should give a fk what Coleen Rooney says anyway: took Shrek back after he was caught banging grannies - basically the definition of money grabber, let's be honest.

More runners than you could think possible over pronate, its ridiculously common. I do too very slightly. Easily treated with just a neutral shoe IMO. Shops will generally diagnose over pronation and then try and make you buy more expensive stability shoes. As for gait analysis, the big chains do it in house to A. Look like they know what they're talking about and B. To use it as an excuse to tell you you need X shoe (more expensive). A proper gait analysis done scientifically or by professionals is probably more useful, but the science behind it is out of date and gait analysis is more commonly than ever being dismissed by coaches, athletes and scientists who are now leaning more towards supporting a runners own unique physical traits and flaws rather than trying to correct it to something seen as being 'correct'. In any event, changing a running style is nigh on impossible in real world situations - sure if you're a professional athlete working on it with a coach for 6 hours a day its probably doable, but for the average runner, nah. Also nothing wrong with finding your shoe and sticking with it - if it works, it works, regardless of how mean and shiny a new or different pair may look in the ship window.

I've never bought into Gait analysis, that's for sure. Modern science and thinking says its a load of shit for starters, especially done by shoe shops rather than professionals (though I would trust the team at Leicester Running Shop). A better thing would be running style analysis, but doesn't exist in the truest sense of the word. Correcting 'style' and form is also proving to be mainly a bad idea. You run how you run, changing it often leads to issues elsewhere. Running shoes basically try them, make sure they are comfortable, see if they are right for you in terms of whether you run with a heel strike, mid-foot strike or forefoot-strike. Just my opinion though.

Spend £500 on pro 4s, you know you want to.

In all seriousness though mate, dont overdo it, you'll only regret it in the long run. You've done a lot of mile this year already!

100% all of this. My life without running in one way or another seems unimaginable now. Sure, there are occasional slumps, but even then once ive got back out there I suddenly remember why I love it so much. Slow, fast, casual, race. Doesn't matter. Running is a win for everyone able to do it.

How was the Bosworth Half @Ric Flair?

Steady 22.1km today, perfect weather. 4 weeks out from Leamington half and my only worry is its gunna be a scorcher...

I have both and have been loving running in the Evos, genuinely a fair bit quicker with the same perceived effort too. I liked the bouncyness of the Nova 5s a lot, but the foam has just totally died at 400K, maybe I just got a naff pair. EDIT: I think the evos are small in comparison to most running shoes tbf - my Saucony Azuras are akin to the Novablasts size wise, both being half an inch longer than the Evos.

Shite that

Thats cracking mileage. I loved my Novablast 5s but they died, like proper ****ing died at just 400k