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watford half marathon on Sunday?

wrong distance and a totally different part of town. but never mind.

Anyone else do the Southern XC Champs on Sat? The Parly Hill Passchendaele was in full effect, muddiest race of the year as usual. And on the last lap, that thunderstorm hit. Feel sorry for the slowest guys, who bore the brunt of it.

I got round v slowly, had to finish as needed to pick up some points for the club, but am not popular with my back. More downtime beckons. le sigh

I was out there. My first cross country; loved it although I have a pretty sore ankle today. Fortunately I was getting changed before the storm arrived; still got soaked on the walk to the pub.

Then on my recovery run yesterday I ended up calling the emergency services when a car hit a lamppost in forest hill. An interesting weekends running.

I'm just back from the top of one of the hills. The race is a lot of fun, I did it twice when I was a student. But I imagine without local knowledge, it would be tough. I saw a lot of people go the wrong* way. Do you know the city well?

*Or at least different from what I thought the quickest way was.

I know the city reasonably but not brilliantly. Am planning at least one recce weekend once marathon training is out of the way.

Anyone else running Parliament Hill this afternoon?

If you're in Edinburgh, yeah sure! I'm doing London

may well be in Edinburgh at some point; I want to do the seven hills of edinburgh race/run.

looks like your London training is shaping up well. WIll be out there to cheer you on. :)

Looks like LFGSS AC is going quite well. My legs were shattered for my lunchtime jog, but it was worth it for the hilly 18 miles yesterday, averaging a shade under 7:30 miles. Marathon training is finally starting to click :)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/432403561

we should run together.... http://www.strava.com/activities/107380510

which marathon are you doing?

I did get up just before 2pm (got to bed at 3.30am) so I'd only been up for a bit and not active all day and I took on a couple of hundred calories before the run which should be more than enough for 4 miles so I'm just a little surprised as I wasn't running hard at all.

How did today's long run go? Apart from being cold.

Is anyone doing the Manchester marathon in April?

Heh, not very far- I've run two 10k's, which puts me on 12.4 miles.

plenty of time though.

You are 0.4 miles ahead of me. You cannot afford to take tomorrow off.

What distance are you on at the moment?

rwn: Will be running in Div 1. Thames Hare & Hounds (i think that's their name) that group.

Good hills in Scotland. TIme to dust off those fell trainers.

Surrey League XC, next one is in January.

and having joined a club, at your suggestion, i should be there.

training on a track seems to be destroying my calves at the moment. any suggestions for how to reduce the damage?

Its too early to really worry, IMO.

I'm on the hunt for another (big) city marathon, very early season, not very far from UK if at all, and this time I'd be aiming for GFA times. Probably, if I can take it seriously.

Manchester is the one I am looking at for next spring. GFA there and London in 2015.

rhb: is it possible to run the xc races without being attached to a club?

Red Bull Steeplechase - 21 miles, 1400m ascent. 3hr20+ 19th.

Do it, it's a cracker.

Is anyone interested in an Amsterdam Marathon bib?
I registered but it's very likely I won't be able to make it so I can transfer.

If it was a week later I would be.

No London marathon place for me either.

@hatbeard, unfortunately there is no substitute for running, lots.

1:22:44?? Holy crap that's quick. Well done dude!

Thanks. Quite a lot of training behind it...

Ooh, lummy, the Great North Run is hilly, isn't it?

Still, a woman gave me an ice cream on the route. Then another gave me a biscuit. Top notch.

I saw women handing out ice-pops. waaaay too cold for them.

It ended up being much much better than I remember it being, particularly the support, the bands and the general atmosphere, even in the drizzle and rain.

Managed to start near the front so not too much dodging of slow runners. Got a 1:22:44 pb.

Definitely going to enter next year now.

I'm doing the Great North Run this weekend but if I get within 15 minutes of my PB I'll be amazed.

See you up there. Got roped into doing it at a BBQ the other week. not massively looking forward to it.

I have the Great North Run in a week and a bit and I'm a bit annoyed at myself for being out of shape for it. Going to plod it and try to have a laugh.

I wouldn't worry about it. There are so many people on the GNR that pretty much all you can do is plod.

Good running. Were you with a club? Hermitage Harriers took over a big chunk the campsite we were at.

I've done the 14miler 3 times, first time over the old 14.75 course (2h17 with bad cramps) then a 1h41 and a 1h52 so beaten train just the once on the long'un.

Prefer the 10km as it gives rest of day to drink plus it's the tougher half of the course, and training isn't essential (even tho it helps).

£28 as late entry. Would begrudge that for a road 10k but this is worth every penny every time.

No, I am an unattached at the moment. Probably going to look for a club to join this autumn though.

I definitely wouldn't fancy that final 10k with no training.

What other races do you do?

I finished 30th in Tywyn so was one of just 38 from an entry of 300+ to beat the train over an - as ever - tough 10km first 8km off road.

No run specific fitness or conditioning as training had dropped right off to nought since June, so really happy to have ran so well, paced it almost perfect just flagged in the last 200m losing 1 place there. My legs are in tatters today.

Saw some of the leaders finish in the 14miler - all strong fell runner treetrunk leg types, chapeau to them and all who finished as the rain & wind hit hard in the afternoon.

Our paths must have crossed.

I did the 14 miler, beat the train and came 58th. the return was pretty challenging, particularly the hill up to mile 11. It felt like I was going backwards in the last 3 miles.

You should do the full one next year. :)

Entered Race the Train. see you there.

P.s. Considering entering the Race The Train 10km in August.

I am giving active consideration to this as well. Probably the longer race.

Did the South Downs marathon on Saturday, my first marathon in a pleasing 3:25:26 and am looking for the next event.

That looks pretty wild.

Snow in 4 out of the last 10 years.

I signed up to the red bull steeplechase the other day. Anyone know anyone who has done it?

these have now gone. thanks for the interest.

Have upgraded the wheels on my bike and have two spares for sale.

They are factory fitted wheels for specialized langster. Still run true.
Rear wheel has a flip-flop hub.

Rims:Alex Race 32, aluminium, sleeve joint, CNC machined sidewallsFront Hub:Track, bolt-on w/ track axle nuts, 32HRear Hub:Track, bolt-on w/ track axle nuts, 32HSpokes:Stainless 14g

Am based in South London and can deliver within zone 2 .

Get in contact with any reasonable offer.

i have to be in Warwick for 10:30 on 17th so I am out and my place on the coach is available. not sure what the procedure is?