The Running Thread (formerly How fast can you run a 5k?)

[stretch1965]

Ran 18m on Saturday as a part of my Lanzerote marathon training in Dec. Started at jubilee Park near Miller and carter up to Blaby then picked up the great Central path to Leicester cutting back at woodgate, Can't believe how developed that now is along the canal!

Up to the high Street, clock Tower then over to New walk up to vicky Park for 9am and did the park run before heading back via the KP where I asked Vichai to sort it out!

21 next week then start to taper with the benidorm half on the 22nd Nov.

[waddadamadda]

London training was meant to start tomorrow however I’m rocking a nice blue cast on my wrist after finally having the fracture confirmed. Feel quite deflated to be honest as I’ve been really fighting to get out for a run just recently 

[VLC86]

3 hours ago, waddadamadda said:

London training was meant to start tomorrow however I’m rocking a nice blue cast on my wrist after finally having the fracture confirmed. Feel quite deflated to be honest as I’ve been really fighting to get out for a run just recently 

Might be me being naive having never broken my wrist, but could you get out on a run and take it easy? I guess if it was that simple you’d have done it.

[VLC86]

Just watching a Running Channel YouTube video of a marathon in Sweden which is in a mine 1000m underground. Looks absolutely horrific 😂

[stretch1965]

15 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

Just watching a Running Channel YouTube video of a marathon in Sweden which is in a mine 1000m underground. Looks absolutely horrific 😂

If we get promoted I'll do it 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Went back out for the first time in 9 weeks after busting my ankle. 

 

Brutal, it's quite litteraly a long, long road back. 

[Ric Flair]

Anyone bother with a Runna subscription for training plans?

[VLC86]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Anyone bother with a Runna subscription for training plans?

My mate was talking about it so I downloaded it before my marathon, decided against it and wrote my own plan rather than paying the money to be honest.

 

Looks decent but I think you’ll have enough knowledge about what you need to do than pay it is my personal opinion. That said, I got injured with 2 weeks to go and probably ended up relying on pure will power and raw fitness to power through and maybe I wouldn’t have had I had them do my plan.

 

Happy to share any hits and tips to you or anyone else if they need it/are stupid enough to listen to an idiot like me.

[Ric Flair]

8 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

My mate was talking about it so I downloaded it before my marathon, decided against it and wrote my own plan rather than paying the money to be honest.

 

Looks decent but I think you’ll have enough knowledge about what you need to do than pay it is my personal opinion. That said, I got injured with 2 weeks to go and probably ended up relying on pure will power and raw fitness to power through and maybe I wouldn’t have had I had them do my plan.

 

Happy to share any hits and tips to you or anyone else if they need it/are stupid enough to listen to an idiot like me.

Appreciate that pal thanks.

 

I was particularly interested in just how good the data side of it was to then keep tailoring the running plan for the target. They advertise it like it's groundbreaking and is why it's so beneficial but as you say there's enough information out there to sensibly plan.

[VLC86]

14 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Appreciate that pal thanks.

 

I was particularly interested in just how good the data side of it was to then keep tailoring the running plan for the target. They advertise it like it's groundbreaking and is why it's so beneficial but as you say there's enough information out there to sensibly plan.

Ah fair enough, yeah I can’t help you there. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Anyone bother with a Runna subscription for training plans?

 

[Ric Flair]

13 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

 

Cheers mate, I have done some playing about with ChatGPT already and it looks pretty impressive. I asked if it could do me a plan for a marathon only running 2-3 times a week. It did not like that 😂😂😂😂

[CosbehFox]

16 hours ago, VLC86 said:

Just watching a Running Channel YouTube video of a marathon in Sweden which is in a mine 1000m underground. Looks absolutely horrific 😂

Bath Two Tunnels, nowhere near as bad but a very disorientating experience it's' been said. 

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Bath Two Tunnels, nowhere near as bad but a very disorientating experience it's' been said. 

Just searched for it and i struggle to think of anything worse. I need some visual stimulation to make sure I’m not doing repetitive things like counting my steps and genuinely think I’d struggle to get a half done doing laps of something like that.

[Ric Flair]

2 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

Bath Two Tunnels, nowhere near as bad but a very disorientating experience it's' been said. 

I was booked in to run that last February but was ill. Aiming to do it in 2026 as brother and sister-in-law live there. I like the sound of it 😂

[waddadamadda]

7 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Anyone bother with a Runna subscription for training plans?

Yup and I swear by it. 

[waddadamadda]

20 hours ago, VLC86 said:

Might be me being naive having never broken my wrist, but could you get out on a run and take it easy? I guess if it was that simple you’d have done it.

I’ve been told I can but it’s so painful at the moment. The cast is also surprisingly heavy so worried about the balance side of things considering I fractured it by falling on a run 

[Ric Flair]

Got a London marathon charity spot, so that's my 2026 now finalised.

 

50km mothers day in March in memory of my mum

London Marathon 26th April.

 

Marathon training starts in two weeks.

[VLC86]

3 hours ago, waddadamadda said:

I’ve been told I can but it’s so painful at the moment. The cast is also surprisingly heavy so worried about the balance side of things considering I fractured it by falling on a run 

Do the other one to even it out mate.

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a London marathon charity spot, so that's my 2026 now finalised.

 

50km mothers day in March in memory of my mum

London Marathon 26th April.

 

Marathon training starts in two weeks.

London will be class, would love to get a spot but I’ve done the fundraising thing before and it’s a slog.

 

Looks like you’ve got a second half of the year gap, do Eryri it’s lovely mate.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

22 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Went back out for the first time in 9 weeks after busting my ankle. 

 

Brutal, it's quite litteraly a long, long road back. 

 

I'm back out today for the first time in 5 after knackering my back man, dreading it

[BeardyFox]

13 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a London marathon charity spot, so that's my 2026 now finalised.

 

50km mothers day in March in memory of my mum

London Marathon 26th April.

 

Marathon training starts in two weeks.

Doing London with a charity too.

Planning on starting training in a couple of weeks but not nailed down the exact plan as yet.

[fox_up_north]

I considered applying for London but marathon training eats so much time. Think I might only do one every 3-4 years. 

 

Defo piled on a couple kilos the last month as well so running is harder. Aiming to get back to sub 11 stone by the end of November. 

[VLC86]

First 10 miler in a few weeks done in the gym earlier. Hats off to anyone running outside over the past few days, even looking out of the window is mentally putting me back in the trenches in Wales.

[Unabomber]

1 hour ago, VLC86 said:

First 10 miler in a few weeks done in the gym earlier. Hats off to anyone running outside over the past few days, even looking out of the window is mentally putting me back in the trenches in Wales.

Did 15km today nearly hit the deck three times