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A week to go until my Half and tbh, the heat in the last 10 days has really had an impact on me. I was feeling fit as a fiddle 10 days ago but the miles have been a slog since then. Will do an easy and a tempo 5K during the week this week to keep the legs moving and then hope for the best.

Misplaced hope im afraid.

Misread

tin pot club aren't we. Like, properly tin pot.

Same. Fuming.

"I'm sure I booked the women for 3:45 so I didn't have to watch the second half"

Where's that then?

Fkin love the orange ones, just let them sit in my mouth while im running and let them turn to a crumbly mush. Perfection.

No point running in this unless you drink Electrolytes before you run, during your run, take SaltStick chewables (an absolute weapon of a product) during your run and drink electrolytes when you get back. The amount of people that Run and think plain water will sort them out is mental. If I'm not carrying fluids on a run (which tbf is most of the time) then Saltstick chews are the way forward. They are insanely good. If I'm struggling and I take those, with 5 mins I'm feeling feckin great. Has a far greater impact on me than taking gels etc.

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.