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10 round numbers- How many of these can you run in 2014?

  • 02-01-2014 1:00am
    #1
    pconn062
    Registered Users Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭


    So here we are again with a new year, so the table is wiped and we start again! How many of these can you hit this year? Going to leave the marathons on the shelf and focus on the shorter distances for a while? This challenge is for both men and women who want to try and improve their performances with some arbitrary time goals.

    PLEASE give some info on the race/your training/how you felt/next target etc when posting your times, so we don't end up with a boring thread of tables.

    The times are:

    400m - 1 minute
    800m- 150 seconds
    1 mile - 5 mins
    3k - 10 mins
    5k - 20 mins
    5miles - 30 mins
    10k - 40 mins
    10miles - 1 hour
    Half Marathon - 90 mins
    Marathon - 3 hours.


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    NAME||||||||||


    Good luck!!


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  • #2
    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,694 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Bit confused. Is it 800m in 3 minutes or 1km in 3 minutes? Last year was 800m in 150 seconds. Why soften the standard or change the event?


  • #3
    ThePiedPiper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭ThePiedPiper


    Am I right in saying that Larry Trent is the only person to ever have completed the big 10? Or did that actually happen? I reckon I'm good for 7 out of 10 of these in 2014...

    Anybody think we should recognise the top 3 of this by years end?


  • #4
    pconn062
    Registered Users Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    Chivito550 wrote: »
    Bit confused. Is it 800m in 3 minutes or 1km in 3 minutes? Last year was 800m in 150 seconds. Why soften the standard or change the event?

    My bad, copied table from wrong thread, fixed.


  • #5
    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,694 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    RunForestRun wrote: »
    Am I right in saying that Larry Trent is the only person to ever have completed the big 10? Or did that actually happen? I reckon I'm good for 7 out of 10 of these in 2014...

    Anybody think we should recognise the top 3 of this by years end?

    Nah, he completed the Big 8, which was 1 mile to Marathon. It didn't include 400m and 800m back then (though if you can do a mile sub 5 then you can obviously run 800m sub 150 seconds).


  • #6
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,135 ✭✭✭rom


    pconn062 wrote: »
    This challenge is for both men and women

    why not create a separate women table and have it all in the same thread.

    e.g. 3 women under an hour in Ballycotton while 92 men were. And two of the women being 1st and 2nd in DCM 2013 :)


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  • #7
    ThePiedPiper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭ThePiedPiper


    Yeah in fairness the standards for the two sexes are totally out of sync.. mods, if you can create a table with a female version of males plus 10%, that's probably fair..


  • #8
    pconn062
    Registered Users Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    rom wrote: »
    why not create a separate women table and have it all in the same thread.

    e.g. 3 women under an hour in Ballycotton while 92 men were. And two of the women being 1st and 2nd in DCM 2013 :)

    There was a discussion about this before, the main problem was trying to come with a list of equivalent times for women. In fact there was a thread with times for woman now that I remember? (although this also caused some issues). I just don't want to put any ladies off the idea that these times are achieveable for them too, tough yes, but achieveable.


  • #9
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    rom wrote: »
    why not create a separate women table and have it all in the same thread.

    e.g. 3 women under an hour in Ballycotton while 92 men were. And two of the women being 1st and 2nd in DCM 2013 :)
    RunForestRun wrote: »
    Yeah in fairness the standards for the two sexes are totally out of sync.. mods, if you can create a table with a female version of males plus 10%, that's probably fair..
    pconn062 wrote: »
    There was a discussion about this before, the main problem was trying to come with a list of equivalent times for women. In fact there was a thread with times for woman now that I remember? (although this also caused some issues). I just don't want to put any ladies off the idea that these times are achieveable for them too, tough yes, but achieveable.

    Lads there is a seperate womens thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056894287
    I will set up a new one in a few days once the (many) ladies who have hit targets in the past few months fill in their 2013 times...


  • #10
    gaz200
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭gaz200


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||


    Ok 1st race of the year, munster indoors, senior 800m in nenagh today, really tough competition, despite a 5sec pb I still finished last but was good to get back racing and it was only my 2nd 800m. Didnt have the speed in the legs but I am currently training for a marathon in April so did a 16mile run Fri (thats my excuse anyway)


  • #11
    thewolf_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭thewolf_ie


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||


    The Heath Portlaoise. Great way to start the year with a PB.


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  • #12
    spurscormac
    Registered Users Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭spurscormac


    Can I throw out a suggestion to give the 5mile or 8k option for 30 minutes?
    It's generally easier to find officially measured 8k races than 5 milers.
    Also, anyone who does a 5-miler in sub-30, will have hit the 8k in the allocated time, as its 47m shorter.
    Having said all that, I'm unlikely to hit that time this year, but worth considering.


  • #13
    pa4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 617 ✭✭✭pa4


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||

    First race of the year. 3k in 9:24.


  • #14
    Gavlor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,172 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    The half marathon is a bit soft, should that not be changed to 80 mins?


  • #15
    pconn062
    Registered Users Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    spurscormac wrote: »
    Can I throw out a suggestion to give the 5mile or 8k option for 30 minutes?
    It's generally easier to find officially measured 8k races than 5 milers.
    Also, anyone who does a 5-miler in sub-30, will have hit the 8k in the allocated time, as its 47m shorter.
    Having said all that, I'm unlikely to hit that time this year, but worth considering.

    Sounds fair enough to me, we won't fall out over 47m! ;)
    Gavlor wrote: »
    The half marathon is a bit soft, should that not be changed to 80 mins?

    There's nothing to stop you running under 80 mins but the time stays as it is. These are the original times that Racing Flat came up with so won't mess with them.


  • #16
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Gavlor wrote: »
    The half marathon is a bit soft, should that not be changed to 80 mins?

    Equally the 5k and 5 mile are much easier than the 10k and 10 mile.
    They are not supposed to be equivalent performances.


  • #17
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,495 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||


    Just realized I have something to stick into the table after Saturday's Parkrun. Not a great time but I was aiming for position rather than a time. Hope to take more than a minute off of this over the next 5 months. Ambitious target, but hopefully 5 months of dedicated training will get me close.


  • #18
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,079 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||


    emo14.gif


  • #19
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    That's one of the tough ones Dom. With your track background you might just be the man to complete the set, especially given you did the 3k ( and mile??) last year.


  • #20
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,495 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    menoscemo wrote: »
    That's one of the tough ones Dom. With your track background you might just be the man to complete the set, especially given you did the 3k ( and mile??) last year.
    Dom's built for distance though, these days. If he could hit the sub 60 400, he'd be a shoe-in for the rest.


  • #21
    KielyUnusual
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭KielyUnusual


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||
    KielyUnusual||||||27.11||||


    It begins!!! A good start to the running year in Raheny. Not sure what the structure of my running year will be this year but hopefully I'll have a crack at all the distances. The competition is going to be fierce. I reckon we could have multiple completers this year.


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  • #22
    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,694 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||
    KielyUnusual||||||27.11||||
    Chivito550|55.59|||||||||



    May aswell get in on the act. First 400m race of 2014 which was run at the Victorian Country Championships at the weekend. Finished 9th overall, missing out on the final by a sickening 0.15 seconds. My second fastest run, and while over half a second off the PB, the wind down the home straight was pretty awful so probably an equivalent performance to the PB which was set in the most perfect conditions imaginable.


  • #23
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||
    KielyUnusual||||||27.11||||
    Chivito550|55.59|||||||||
    RayCun||||||29:50||||



    Not a great run, but ticked the box in Raheny


  • #24
    drquirky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭drquirky


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||
    KielyUnusual||||||27.11||||
    Chivito550|55.59|||||||||
    RayCun||||||29:50||||
    DrQuirky||||||27:39||||





    Happy enough- decent way to start the year (and this challenge!)


  • #25
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||
    KielyUnusual||||||27.11||||
    Chivito550|55.59|||||||||
    RayCun||||||29:50||||
    DrQuirky||||||27:39||||
    ecoli||||||27:45||||






    One down nine to go. Hope to come back and revise this time in the summer but it will depend as that is when I aim to knock out the first five off the list.
    Looking like I will have to give Frank Duffy or Stook a crack late in the year as it will hopefully be the last on the list at that stage


  • #26
    belcarra
    Registered Users Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭belcarra


    ecoli wrote: »
    Looking like I will have to give Frank Duffy or Stook a crack late in the year as it will hopefully be the last on the list at that stage

    Some man if you choose Stook as the one to complete the set!


  • #27
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    belcarra wrote: »
    Some man if you choose Stook as the one to complete the set!

    In terms of course I know but time wise in the year its probably the best opportunity, Would probably have to be in sub 57 shape to do so tbh but sure if I got it would cap off the challenge nicely :D


  • #28
    srunner
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭srunner


    Edit: incorrect table, sorry!


  • #29
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||
    KielyUnusual||||||27.11||||
    Chivito550|55.59|||||||||
    RayCun||||||29:50||||
    DrQuirky||||||27:39||||
    ecoli||||||27:45||||
    srunner||||9:43|17:08|28:22||||





    always quote the last table


  • #30
    srunner
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭srunner


    Name|400m<60 secs|800m<150 seconds|1 mile<5 min|3k<10min|5k<20min|5mile<30min|10k<40m|10miles<1hr|Half Marathon<90mins|Marathon<3hrs

    gaz200||2.15.77||||||||
    Thewolf_ie|||||||38.46|||
    pa4||||9:24||||||
    Krusty_clown|||||17:01|||||
    BeepBeep67||||||||59:45||
    KielyUnusual||||||27.11||||
    Chivito550|55.59|||||||||
    RayCun||||||29:50||||
    DrQuirky||||||27:39||||
    ecoli||||||27:45||||
    srunner|||||17:08|28:22||||






    Edit: woops!! The indoor 3k on December 18th is part of the 2014 indoor season but doesn't count as being run in the year 2014! :) I'll have to get it next time instead!


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  • #31
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,495 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Well done srunner and welcome to the forum. Care to elaborate on any of these performances? Where did you do them? Which was the most challenging? Any plans to knock out the rest of the items in the table? Which do you think will be the hardest for you?


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