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Trail running
I just saw this today, it's taken a couple of weeks to edit, but it's a short video from an event I did two weeks ago. Not taken by me, I haven't yet got round to editing my footage. A 12 hour, a Marathon and a Half Marathon. Personally I only did a marathon on the 12 hour and then again the following day, but the furthest…
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Fitness tracker reliability
So contest to the received wisdom, not bad at measuring HR, but poor for calorie estimation. Fitness trackers out of step when measuring calories, research shows | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/24/fitness-trackers-out-of-step-when-measuring-calories-research-shows
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Road racing - London marathon
So apparently there is some kind of big road race up in that London today. Really low key event it seems... Anyway, anyone who's there will already been at the start line. But good luck nonetheless.
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What nobody tells you about ultra running
The people who cheer you on in a road marathon are the spectators – The people that do it in an ultra are your competitors http://angryjogger.com/10-things-they-dont-tell-you-when-you-go-from-road-running-to-ultra-marathons.html
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Downhill running
Just for fun, not mine, I just found it as I'm frustrated by still being unable to get out there after illness. https://youtu.be/8OW4d9CTCVI
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Runners - The years bling collection
So what's everyone collected over the last year? Here are mine, all trails as I don't do road racing: From top Left:* Larmer Tree Half Marathon (March), Giants Head Marathon (June), Bovington Half Marathon (December) * Bad Cow Half Marathon (August), East Farm Frolic - 12Hr Ultra (August), Ox Half Marathon (May) * Dark Ox…
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Reflection on runners
I stay in London a couple of nights per week due to work, and generally I use the opportunity to get my midweek runs in. It's good after a long, generally fairly intense, day to clear my head. Last night I was doing a fairly short session and was struck by the different people out there in the evening. Whilst London is a…
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Pre-marathon mileage
So my plan for my first marathon in March rather fell apart when I picked up an overuse injury in January which knocked me out for a month. The RD downgraded me from the marathon to the half, which was about right given the gap in training. Anyway, I'm now looking at my first being in June, it's trail so the distance is…
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Planning thoughts
So this years plan has gone a bit awry. I'd intent was a trail half in May, another in July, either half or marathon in August and marathon in October. Early in the year I picked up a chest infection that hammered my training, so slightly disappointing outcomes at a 10K and HM in May. I've got another HM in two weeks and…
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Race separation question
So I'm planning to use a marathon plan at the moment, aiming to finish it around the beginning of June, then broadly hold training volume through until October. In terms of planning I've got a trail marathon that I want to do in August. There's a trail half that lands three weeks before that, where it looks as if I'd…
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Opinions on Boardman frames?
I'm thinking about using the UK Cycle to Work scheme to upgrade my road bike this year. Much tax saving, and spread over a year, so it makes it reasonably attractive. The problem is that my employer has a strategic deal with Halfords, who're in the mediocre end of the supply market; casual users and kids. That limits the…
