James_lcfc

I can imagine - Body must be furious with you I ran 15:37, but that was 11 years ago now so it barely counts as a PB! Really trying to go under 16 minutes again at the moment as I haven't done that for 10 years. Had a go 2 weeks ago at parkrun but missed it by 12 seconds. I was on my own so maybe could have gone a bit quicker with some competition but not sure...I was fully on the pain train and hanging on for dear life after about 1k!

Cheers. I don't really have any accomplishments to speak of as other than the odd parkrun I don't race anymore! I have been training pretty hard recently so I might do the odd race this year. I'm quite a way off even being considered sub-elite though...absolutely miles off 'elite'! You must have some pretty special DOMS by today? I have so many little niggles that that sort of distance would absolutely ruin me...it's an impressive achievement.

Just saw this on the FT Strava - Phenomenal effort

What did we pay for him? £1 million? It's up there with the Mahrez and Vardy deals for me - Great servant and one of our best ever players.

My local Parkrun is pretty much completely shaded so the heat wasn’t too bad this morning. Out at 7 am latest for the next two days though!

Just nice at 6 AM this morning...don't fancy it any warmer! Got a hard effort planned at Parkrun tomorrow morning...not going to be fun.

Ouch - Those stress levels whilst sleeping are not ideal! I guess your HRV tanked as well? I'm a geek for the Garmin data aswell...can't help it!

Up to 21 degrees before 9 AM on Monday apparently. Bit warm!

Yeah great session - Short one but tough when you don't get 'proper' recoveries between the efforts.

The 'grabbed by the jeffries sessions' are the ones that really move the needle fitness-wise for me - Intervals of a km and below. Massive benefits to running form, economy and VO2max. Traditional 5km training would benefit any Marathon block IMO - Just make it a bit more miserable

3.59 marathon is brutal due to the sheer time on feet. I love running but can barely comprehend running for that length of time...horrible. The sub 20 would be more impressive in your example though, as I guess people with that 5k time would be ~3:15 in the marathon.

Agree with all this. I've never paid attention to the classification either - No idea what a 'Neutral' shoe is compared to others I just make sure they are pretty light and have decent energy return based on the reviews here - https://runrepeat.com/ If they wear quickly or cause blisters I never buy them again. For example, I've always been surprised people love the Novablasts so much - The pair I had felt pretty good underfoot, but had a hole in the upper after about 3 weeks...which is pretty rubbish! SL's are in a completely different league IMO, but everyone is different.

Yeah, good point. It's not something I've ever considered to be honest...been running daily for nearly 15 years and I have no idea what my 'style' is. Never bothered with a gait analysis or anything like that, but it's definitely something I'd consider if I was picking up a lot of injuries.

Just picked up a pair of Pro 4's for just under £150 ...to try to force myself into racing a bit more! Love the SL's so I'm expecting big things.

A couple of average at best performances and people are getting called out for being 'overly negative' if they dare be critical! Most accepting fan base in the country, surely!

It's 13 degrees today..pretty nice temperature as far as running goes! ...not quite a furnace anyway!

Horrendous cold on the 1st has pretty much ruined my February running-wise. Only missed 5 days but it's just been slow running since with higher than usual HR etc etc. Things been improving since last Wednesday so I'm going for a session today - 6 x 6 minutes at threshold. Genuinely nervous about it!

'Stupid baby' or not, the current squad will struggle in League One - We'll be in a relegation battle next year as well.

Drop 2015/16 Kante into this team and we'd win all the remaining games. Genuinely believe that.

Much better last night. That performance against Stoke though? Not sure even Faes or Vestergaard have ever been that bad!

Neither can defend either. Awful.

Can we please have one of those ‘new manager bounces’, feel like we never get one! Win the next 5 before we inevitably go to shit again would be nice.

Surely lots of managers who back themselves would take a deal until the end of the season with a decent survival bonus? Not sure that's even looking at it through blue-tinted glasses. Plus I don't think it would even hurt a manager's reputation that much if we did go down - Just chalk it up to us being too far gone. There are still upsides to us as well (I think!). Get lucky with Summer recruitment and getting players out and next season is a fresh start.

We’re still miles off rock bottom yet aren’t we… Proper mess.

Mark Davies is always the one that stands out for me. He was top level PL quality playing in League One - Great fun to watch.