Fitness for Glasto 2021

[Quark]

25 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

You would have cracked it if it you'd had some decent music...just saying 😎

So rude

[deebeedoobee]

6 minutes ago, Quark said:

So rude

😁 keeping it real 😗

[Quark]

Ha! Wasnt shooting for a time on this one, so it suited. Would be more carefully curated on a target run.

Loved running through cow smells again, reminded me of the farm 😭

[deebeedoobee]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

Ha! Wasnt shooting for a time on this one, so it suited. Would be more carefully curated on a target run.

Loved running through cow smells again, reminded me of the farm 😭

The farm is quite ripw at the moment too.

[Kalopsia]

I never run with music, I love the silence feels like the only time I can get some peace.

[Quark]

16 minutes ago, Kalopsia said:

I never run with music, I love the silence feels like the only time I can get some peace.

I used to do that more, but I've quite enjoyed using it as a chance to listen to albums. Might go back to mixing it up now you've reminded me.

[funkychick2007]

@Quarkand @ShakeyCrash run out of votes!! Well done on your runs today!! 👍🏻🌟👏🏻🥇

[John the Moth]

11 hours ago, Quark said:

Well that was fun. Just over 2 hrs for the half with a ton of hills, so pretty happy with that. Time to eat as much as humanly possible.

 

Nice one! My last (and only my second) half was 2.20+ with over 1,000ft of elevation. For context I’m 50 and only started training for actual events 6months ago.

I’m hoping to take at least 20 minutes off my next half, which with the name ‘Waterfront Half’ you’d be correct to assume is pretty much dead flat. Bust out 10 mile run this morning and it felt great, so I’m hopeful I’ll hit my goal. 

[steviewevie]

@Quark @ShakeyCrash  - well done!

Ran 13 mi this morning, found it hard work, few years ago would be running this sort of distance no problem, very easy to lose fitness, hard to get it back.

No music, but podcasts.

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

@Quark @ShakeyCrash  - well done!

Ran 13 mi this morning, found it hard work, few years ago would be running this sort of distance no problem, very easy to lose fitness, hard to get it back.

No music, but podcasts.

I can recommend a good one 😉

[Superscally]

On 3/14/2021 at 5:17 PM, deebeedoobee said:

Week end update. Almost half way through the month.  1800 in the bag and just £15 from my target. So if anyone would like to bung a couple of quid towards the charity (Royal Marsden cancer charity) I promise you will have good karma when ticket day arrives *

https://www.facebook.com/donate/172213441367321/?fundraiser_source=external_url

* the value of your karma may rise and fall throughout the year. The management accepts no responsibility for your investment 

Done! Been a bit absent recently, so it's great to check back in and see you're all smashing your goals/getting back on it. 

You're all boss.

[deebeedoobee]

14 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Done! Been a bit absent recently, so it's great to check back in and see you're all smashing your goals/getting back on it. 

You're all boss.

Thank you so much! It really is appreciated. I'll update everyone later today once ive got off my fat chuff and completed today's sit ups. But safe to say i should be completing around mid week. 

[Superscally]

3 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

Thank you so much! It really is appreciated. I'll update everyone later today once ive got off my fat chuff and completed today's sit ups. But safe to say i should be completing around mid week. 

💪💪💪X1000

[deebeedoobee]

Well it must have been your donation @Superscally but I have just smashed out 250 sit ups and finished !! 3,000 done and £340 donated.

Thank you to each and every one of you who have donated. 💕The collective money raised so far is just over £250,000!!!
Still 10 days to go. soooooo...I pledge to do 1,000 MORE sit ups if my donations get to £400. Only £60 to go....who's gonna help me get there? Chuck a fiver this way instead of a pint and I'll get the round in when we next meet.  ❤ If the money goes over £400 I’ll do a weighted sit up for each £1 over.

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, deebeedoobee said:

Well it must have been your donation @Superscally but I have just smashed out 250 sit ups and finished !! 3,000 done and £340 donated.

Thank you to each and every one of you who have donated. 💕The collective money raised so far is just over £250,000!!!
Still 10 days to go. soooooo...I pledge to do 1,000 MORE sit ups if my donations get to £400. Only £60 to go....who's gonna help me get there? Chuck a fiver this way instead of a pint and I'll get the round in when we next meet.  ❤ If the money goes over £400 I’ll do a weighted sit up for each £1 over.

thought I'd better donate too.

Well done! V impressive.

[deebeedoobee]

25 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

thought I'd better donate too.

Well done! V impressive.

Cheers steviewevie. That is mint, thank you. Future ticket karma heading your way. I'm so humbled by the support I've had from you all. The Royal Marsden Hospital charity is going to do such great things with this money.

[Quark]

On 3/20/2021 at 9:17 PM, Kalopsia said:

I never run with music, I love the silence feels like the only time I can get some peace.

Back to no music tonight, just birds and a bit of traffic. Good call 🙂

[Kalopsia]

7 minutes ago, Quark said:

Back to no music tonight, just birds and a bit of traffic. Good call 🙂

Glad you enjoyed it, hope the run went well. 

[Homer]

I've just signed up for about five football matches next week.

My knee seems to be behaving, but I've not been for a jog since the gym closed to rest it. I've been exercising seven times a week, with three boxercise classes per week as my cardio (plus two core and two weights workouts). I have no doubt whatsoever that this is not going to cut it once I try and run after a football!

[Superscally]

2 hours ago, Quark said:

Back to no music tonight, just birds and a bit of traffic. Good call 🙂

👌

 

On 3/21/2021 at 2:23 PM, deebeedoobee said:

Well it must have been your donation @Superscally but I have just smashed out 250 sit ups and finished !! 3,000 done and £340 donated.

Thank you to each and every one of you who have donated. 💕The collective money raised so far is just over £250,000!!!
Still 10 days to go. soooooo...I pledge to do 1,000 MORE sit ups if my donations get to £400. Only £60 to go....who's gonna help me get there? Chuck a fiver this way instead of a pint and I'll get the round in when we next meet.  ❤ If the money goes over £400 I’ll do a weighted sit up for each £1 over.

Have it! 

Edited March 22, 2021 by Superscally

[Kalopsia]

Garmins race predictor does make me chuckle, absolutely bonkers predictions here. 

[JoeyT]

I’m convinced Public Service Broadcasting’s - Race for Space album is the best running music and I won’t be told otherwise.

[Quark]

Proper buzzing tonight! Smashed 2:42 off my 10km PB 🙂

So when I started running after we finished our covid quarantine in Jan, that was the start of the first remotely consistent cardio work I'd done since September.

That was 10 weeks ago and over the last 4 weeks, capped off tonight, that's the trinity of PBs for 5km, 10km and half marathon.

Proper happy with that. Not even a humblebrag! 😄

[Baggins7]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

Proper buzzing tonight! Smashed 2:42 off my 10km PB 🙂

So when I started running after we finished our covid quarantine in Jan, that was the start of the first remotely consistent cardio work I'd done since September.

That was 10 weeks ago and over the last 4 weeks, capped off tonight, that's the trinity of PBs for 5km, 10km and half marathon.

Proper happy with that. Not even a humblebrag! 😄

Great effort mate, love the feeling of shaving a few seconds off a PB but 2:42 has smashed it. Only trouble is it will be harder to beat the new PB! 
Beat my 10km PB last weekend by 15 seconds after starting out steady but just got into a good rhythm. Hoping to step up the frequency of runs now the mornings are getting lighter so few more PBs in my sights avoiding injury

[John the Moth]

4 hours ago, JoeyT said:

I’m convinced Public Service Broadcasting’s - Race for Space album is the best running music and I won’t be told otherwise.

Totally agree! For my last half marathon I made a playlist that was basically 3 Public Service Broadcasting albums strung together.