[OFF TOPIC] Your Own Excercise Thread

[heywoodu 16,465]

13 minutes ago, Agger said:

 

You cheater!

Didn't go for the New Years run today BTW, which felt like the right decision as my 5km yesterday felt way tougher than it should (damn you Christmas food).

Did however manage to do 10k just before christmas, so I guess I'll be ready in time for the 10km race I'm considering (jan 26)

 

The only other official race so far I'm considering is a 5 or 10 km in the next town over (15-20 minutes by bike). A certain Brazilian biathlete very much wants to run the 10k there and try and get a medal on Dutch soil, if I run as well I'll do the 5k only  

[Agger 1,841]

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

The only other official race so far I'm considering is a 5 or 10 km in the next town over (15-20 minutes by bike). A certain Brazilian biathlete very much wants to run the 10k there and try and get a medal on Dutch soil, if I run as well I'll do the 5k only  

 

Damn those Brazilians. All they want is to conquer the world?

 

I'm planning for that one and maybe another of the Winter Races (it's a series of 4) and most likely a 16km about a month before the half.

[Jinzha 703]

I ran 30km to close out the year with my running club last sunday. Great end of year tradition!

 

I was surprised at how well it went after not training as much as I'm used to the past few months.

[heywoodu 16,465]

@brunamoura utterly destroyed the competition in the 10k at the New Year's Run in the tiny next town over  

https://uitslagen.nl/uitslag?id=2020010450888

 

I ran the 5k and stayed a little above 26 minutes, which I'm happy with considering I had never run a significant distance on anything but asphalt before (and at least 3,5km of this lap was on pretty damp and sandy forest paths).

[Agger 1,841]

Did 6,5k (may be a few 100m shorter as my phone isn't the most precise on that point) in just about 33 minutes. Much better than the 5k that I did the 30th, but the 10k is still a bit away (even though today's pace was faster than what I would do for a 10k).

But a very satisfying test before the real training starts monday.

[Agger 1,841]

Managed to do my first half marathon this week... Well, three runs this week at 23,7km at total. Now I just have to be able to do it in one run

But generally things are moving on very well with my first 10km of the year tuesday and 8 km today. 

Next 10 coming up in a week where I've registered for my first race of the year.

[heywoodu 16,465]

15 minutes ago, Agger said:

Managed to do my first half marathon this week... Well, three runs this week at 23,7km at total. Now I just have to be able to do it in one run

But generally things are moving on very well with my first 10km of the year tuesday and 8 km today. 

Next 10 coming up in a week where I've registered for my first race of the year.

 

Awesome, I see you're on schedule for the half?

 

I was going for 9k in 54 minutes last Wednesday (increasing my 6:00/km endurance with 1km per week, then I'll end up with exactly the half marathon total on 4 April), but managed to push out 10km in a bit over 59 minutes  

 

Next Wednesday the challenge is 11k in 1:06, let's see.

[Agger 1,841]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

 

Awesome, I see you're on schedule for the half?

 

I was going for 9k in 54 minutes last Wednesday (increasing my 6:00/km endurance with 1km per week, then I'll end up with exactly the half marathon total on 4 April), but managed to push out 10km in a bit over 59 minutes  

 

Next Wednesday the challenge is 11k in 1:06, let's see.

 

Yup. So far the focus has been on getting to the 10km and next week will also be focusing on that race, but then it's about slowly putting on more distance.

I am considering going for a 5:30-pace sunday, but I'll make the decision after the next couple of runs (tuesday's 10km was 5:13-pace, but once again I don't trust the GPS completely).

[heywoodu 16,465]

1 hour ago, Agger said:

 

Yup. So far the focus has been on getting to the 10km and next week will also be focusing on that race, but then it's about slowly putting on more distance.

I am considering going for a 5:30-pace sunday, but I'll make the decision after the next couple of runs (tuesday's 10km was 5:13-pace, but once again I don't trust the GPS completely).

 

I feel like I'm slightly ahead of you in terms of distance, but you are definitely ahead in terms of pace. This is gonna be interesting  

[Olympian1010 8,301]

41 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

I feel like I'm slightly ahead of you in terms of distance, but you are definitely ahead in terms of pace. This is gonna be interesting  

I’m behind both of you by starting. I think I am going to start running again soon. I need to for my health.