BishyTON Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Congrats on the sub-18min 5k. What does your core training consist of? Thanks mate. Nothing special - just loads of situps, leg raises and bicycles (with three second hold in position on each one). Do them in between my weights in the gym - 4 sets of 30 (3 sec hold) bicycles, 4 sets of 35 leg raises and about 70-80 situps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) Excellent time, Bishy, super speedy! I feel utterly broken at the moment. I did a bit of hillwalking on Friday and my hips and thighs are really suffering for it. I also have a bit of a sore back. Someone really ought to just put me down... Edited April 20, 2014 by Reina 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Oh, London Marathon ballot opens at midnight tonight, I believe. I'm not sure of the link though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 You're a terrible person. HTH. Grrr, beat me to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ran 10k with a workout on the outdoor gym on Monday & Tuesday last week for the first time in about 4 months.........was aching Wednesday & Thursday! Diet has gone well over the winter months so just need to step up the running back up to 4-6 times a week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Did 8k yesterday, slowly working distance back up. Time per k is coming down but got stuck at traffic for 30secs yestrday! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishyTON Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Did 8k yesterday, slowly working distance back up. Time per k is coming down but got stuck at traffic for 30secs yestrday! Good stuff Rowan - keep it up! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Did 8k yesterday, slowly working distance back up. Time per k is coming down but got stuck at traffic for 30secs yestrday! One of my pet hates when out. Not crossing roads generally, but that scenario where you're coming along towards a side road you'll need to cross, and you see a car signalling to either enter that side road, or you see a car that is going to leave the side road. You can see that you and the car are going to hit the junction at the same time, so if you have it in the tank, you speed up and get across, no problem. If not, however, you slow down to try to keep the rhythm going, and then, at the last minute, usually when you've just about (or actually have) stopped altogether, the bugger waves or flashes you across before them. Thanks for being polite, but could you not have let me know you were going to let me go first 5 or 10 seconds ago, before I chopped and changed my stride pattern? My hatred towards this scenario increases in proportion to how far into the run and knackered I am, peaking at that point you get to where ANY change of pace or even a mild change of direction seems monumentally difficult. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 2015 London Marathon ballot now open. http://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 It's closed now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 It's closed now. Got to be quick! Dont think it will make much difference as I doubt I'll get a ballot place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Did 10k last night and worked out on the outdoor gym......feel great today! Must have got all the ring rust out the system last week 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Managed to enter the Ballot on the way to work on the train. At 06.59am It's getting ridiculous trying to get a place in this race. They are reducing the qualifying times to limit the number of folk earning a place through performance (not that I need to worry about that). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Seemingly the lowest minimum for charity is £1600. That's a lot of cash. Suppose the charity places are big business. I couldn't cope with the stress of trying to raise that. It was stressful enough with no target when I did my 5k in January!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Have people paid their entry up front? I have it in my head you get extra places in the ballot if you do, but I didn't bother last year. Missed it altogether this time round, but my mate coughed up the entry. The charity thing is crazy. I've no issue with people raising money for a cause they're passionate about, but I also wouldn't mind if charities took up fewer spots in return for lower sponsorship amounts. It's not like there are a shortage of people willing to run the thing. I'm sure I've read it's only really the UK that has this charity culture when it comes to running... I'm sounding like a right grouch here! Considering attempting to get a Good For Age time at Loch Ness, but the qualifying time's probably a bit too fast. Ah well, plenty other runs about these days. Incidentally, about 13-14k tonight; really easy pace as was out with other people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZOR Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 6.8 miles at the jogscotland club last night. Hoping to smash my 23.19 PB at Parkrun this weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neefie Noodle Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Thanks mate. Nothing special - just loads of situps, leg raises and bicycles (with three second hold in position on each one). Do them in between my weights in the gym - 4 sets of 30 (3 sec hold) bicycles, 4 sets of 35 leg raises and about 70-80 situps. You can also include planks and side planks into that. Throw in some body weight exercises like press ups, pull ups and leg raises (like Jane Fonda did). I also do hurdle drills that help too, but I'd like to be Ashton Eaton! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishyTON Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 You can also include planks and side planks into that. Throw in some body weight exercises like press ups, pull ups and leg raises (like Jane Fonda did). I also do hurdle drills that help too, but I'd like to be Ashton Eaton! Yeah agree with all of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) My first week of training seriously Distance - 31.61 km Time - 193 mins Pace - 5.89m/h Speed - 10.28 km/h I think I'm probably a bit faster than that - I did six runs, two of which were after work which involves running after a 12 hour shift, carrying a backpack and climbing over a couple of fences Still targetting the Black Rock 5. Edited April 24, 2014 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Going to do the Parkrun in my hometown of Bangor this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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