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Nothing this week, have had lots of kids duties to make up for being away last week.

Plus my lad had an under7's trial with Southampton last night - that's taken up any spare energy I had. Good lad - although at under 7'a seems ridiculous.

Currently have sunday pencilled in, hoping for a six miler.

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Foot getting gradually less troublesome, but not right yet. Wait til 100% then will be back on the road again!

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Merry Christmas to all you runners out there!

Good luck for next year!

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Merry Christmas and a many miled 2014 everyone!

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I'm aiming for 1000

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I'm aiming for 1000 miles in 2014.

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Re: My Running Challenge

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Week 15

1 4.90 miles, steady (37:53)
2 5.96k steady run, treadmill (30:00)
3 MK parkrun (21:10) PB
4 12.37k run (1:00:39)

Week 16

1 5.51 miles easy run (44:59)
2 5.70 miles steady run (46:33)
3 MK parkrun (23:08)
4 12.28k run (1:02:54)

Week 17

1 5.45 miles easy run (43:30)
2 5.67 miles steady run (46:28)
3 MK parkrun (22:46)
4 12k run (1:00:00)

Week 18

1 3 x 1 km treadmill, 2 mins rest (5:08; 4:11: 4:36)
2 6.19 km slow run (34:43)
3 13.1 miles race (1:42:42)
4 10k run (56:58)

Week 19

1 4.26 miles steady (35:21)
2 5k Milton Keynes 'Mo Run (25:17)

Week 20

3 MK Christmas Day parkrun (29:20)

Alternate route of around 6km. So good to be back on the road again, after an absence!

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Takeshi Kovacs wrote:I'm aiming for 1000 miles in 2014.
I've been averaging 80 - 90 miles per month since August - so I reckon I'll join you for the challenge

Caveat -,I'm a bit pissed right now

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Re: My Running Challenge

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Welcome aboard the 1000 mile club! :)

Any other takers?

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Can we do trips or quads? Does murf's dog miles count as well as his?

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Takeshi Kovacs wrote:Welcome aboard the 1000 mile club! :)

Any other takers?
Really will be a challenge - but am in!

Getting back on it today following heavy Christmas boozing for a week or two.

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Re: My Running Challenge

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Good man....will maybe set up a separate thread so we can monitor progress.

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Time to get back into it......

4:05 miles in 37:24 @ 9:14 pace.

Felt every mince pie and portion of cheese and biscuits that I've enjoyed in recent weeks!

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Re: My Running Challenge

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Week 15

1 4.90 miles, steady (37:53)
2 5.96k steady run, treadmill (30:00)
3 MK parkrun (21:10) PB
4 12.37k run (1:00:39)

Week 16

1 5.51 miles easy run (44:59)
2 5.70 miles steady run (46:33)
3 MK parkrun (23:08)
4 12.28k run (1:02:54)

Week 17

1 5.45 miles easy run (43:30)
2 5.67 miles steady run (46:28)
3 MK parkrun (22:46)
4 12k run (1:00:00)

Week 18

1 3 x 1 km treadmill, 2 mins rest (5:08; 4:11: 4:36)
2 6.19 km slow run (34:43)
3 13.1 miles race (1:42:42)
4 10k run (56:58)

Week 19

1 4.26 miles steady (35:21)
2 5k Milton Keynes 'Mo Run (25:17)

Week 20

1 MK Christmas Day 6km parkrun (29:20)
2 Steady run with Mrs TK 4.13 miles (35:26)
3 Steady random mainly off-road run 4.03 miles (32:02)

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4.18 miles in 42:16 at 10:07 pace.

Hangover. Headwind. Hellish.

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arsene doesn't know wrote:4.18 miles in 42:16 at 10:07 pace.

Hangover. Headwind. Hellish.
Just over 2 miles tonight. Topping and tailing it, I did 2 miles exactly in dead on 19 minutes, with a couple of short, restful uphill walks in there. No hangover, bit of wind, not so hellish but hilly enough.

Last run of the year - only 18-20 miles ran in Dec so I'll never join the 1000 mile (high) club!

Hope it stays dry so I do my ParkRun on New Year's morning. A bad forecast and I'll toast the bells properly instead!!

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Re: My Running Challenge

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murf - just set your own realistic target and join us with that?

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Takeshi Kovacs wrote:murf - just set your own realistic target and join us with that?
I don't/can't set a mileage target - it is not my focus.

Even doing just 2 short (2 and a bit mile) training runs in a week I can really feel it in my legs on Parkrun day so don't push it and never do 2 consecutive days. My body is past that :(

I also only run with my dog and I'm sure she doesn't want to run 10 miles in one go (even if I could) - and I don't want to devote the necessary hours (unless winning the lottery and retiring :lol: ).

My targets are therefore:
a) to keep it up!
b) steadily improve my Parkrun PB
c) stay in one piece so we can do some good walks in the Lake District in the summer.
That'll do for me.....

I admire you all/anybody doing significant miles, especially at my age plus, and wish I could. One of the things I should have done in life is run a marthon but I'll not be able to say that.

Stay healthy everybody :D

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Week 15

1 4.90 miles, steady (37:53)
2 5.96k steady run, treadmill (30:00)
3 MK parkrun (21:10) PB
4 12.37k run (1:00:39)

Week 16

1 5.51 miles easy run (44:59)
2 5.70 miles steady run (46:33)
3 MK parkrun (23:08)
4 12.28k run (1:02:54)

Week 17

1 5.45 miles easy run (43:30)
2 5.67 miles steady run (46:28)
3 MK parkrun (22:46)
4 12k run (1:00:00)

Week 18

1 3 x 1 km treadmill, 2 mins rest (5:08; 4:11: 4:36)
2 6.19 km slow run (34:43)
3 13.1 miles race (1:42:42)
4 10k run (56:58)

Week 19

1 4.26 miles steady (35:21)
2 5k Milton Keynes 'Mo Run (25:17)

Week 20

1 MK Christmas Day 6km parkrun (29:20)
2 Steady run with Mrs TK 4.13 miles (35:26)
3 Steady random mainly off-road run 4.03 miles (32:02)
4 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)

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Re: My Running Challenge

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Week 20

1 MK Christmas Day 6km parkrun (29:20)
2 Steady run with Mrs TK 4.13 miles (35:26)
3 Steady random mainly off-road run 4.03 miles (32:02)
4 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
5 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)

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Re: My Running Challenge

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Week 20

1 MK Christmas Day 6km parkrun (29:20)
2 Steady run with Mrs TK 4.13 miles (35:26)
3 Steady random mainly off-road run 4.03 miles (32:02)
4 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
5 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)
6 Marathon training session 9.63 miles (1:25:42)

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Kids have an in service day, so as I have day off for child care took them to grandparents and snuck out for a daylight run.

6.15 in 1:02:12 at 10:07 pace.

Furthest distance for a couple of months, and less than 8 weeks to Bath Half now. Plan is to increase long run by mile or two each week.

Have left it a little late so just want to make sure I get round in reasonable nick rather than look for a pb.

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Week 20

1 MK Christmas Day 6km parkrun (29:20)
2 Steady run with Mrs TK 4.13 miles (35:26)
3 Steady random mainly off-road run 4.03 miles (32:02)
4 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
5 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)
6 Marathon training session 9.63 miles (1:25:42)

7 30 minute lunchtime treadmill run 6.21km (30:00)

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Re: My Running Challenge

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2014 Training

Week 1

1 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
2 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)
3 Marathon training session 9.63 miles (1:25:42)
4 30 minute lunchtime treadmill run 6.21km (30:00)

Week 2

1 5.13 miles London lunchtime & 4.14 miles evening run with Mrs TK (80:00)

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Re: My Running Challenge

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2014 Training

Week 1

1 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
2 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)
3 Marathon training session 9.63 miles (1:25:42)
4 30 minute lunchtime treadmill run 6.21km (30:00)

Week 2

1 5.13 miles London lunchtime & 4.14 miles evening run with Mrs TK (80:00)
2 4.06 miles canal to Mile end (32:24)

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Thurs night - 5.38 miles in 53:12 at 9:53 pace.

This morning - 7.21 miles in 1:14:27 at 10:20 pace.

Plodding along and feeling every mile at the mo! Few shorter runs this week before an eight miler later in week/weekend.

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Re: My Running Challenge

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2014 Training

Week 1

1 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
2 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)
3 Marathon training session 9.63 miles (1:25:42)
4 30 minute lunchtime treadmill run 6.21km (30:00)

Week 2

1 5.13 miles London lunchtime & 4.14 miles evening run with Mrs TK (80:00)
2 4.06 miles canal to Mile end (32:24)
3 5.62 miles easy run (51:03)

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Re: My Running Challenge

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2014 Training

Week 1

1 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
2 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)
3 Marathon training session 9.63 miles (1:25:42)
4 30 minute lunchtime treadmill run 6.21km (30:00)

Week 2

1 5.13 miles London lunchtime & 4.14 miles evening run with Mrs TK (80:00)
2 4.06 miles canal to Mile end (32:24)
3 5.62 miles easy run (51:03)
4 10.34 mile Sunday marathon training run (1:38:19)

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Re: My Running Challenge

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2014 Training

Week 1

1 Slowish canalside run 10.25km (56:55)
2 MK parkrun 3.66 miles (27:05)
3 Marathon training session 9.63 miles (1:25:42)
4 30 minute lunchtime treadmill run 6.21km (30:00)

Week 2

1 5.13 miles London lunchtime & 4.14 miles evening run with Mrs TK (80:00)
2 4.06 miles canal to Mile end (32:24)
3 5.62 miles easy run (51:03)
4 10.34 mile Sunday marathon training run (1:38:19)

Week 5

1 5k slow recovery run on treadmill (28:14)

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Yesterday

4.73 in 46:08 at 9:45 pace

Today

4.74 in 47:17 at 9:59 pace

Weirdly felt I was going faster today so was slightly disappointed when saw time. Never mind. Day of rest and recovery for me tomorrow.

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8.26 miles in 1:25:12 at 10:19 pace tonight. Slow steady plod this evening! But miles building up.

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