What difference does a second make?

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-6-09|Holiday||||
2-6-09|Holiday||||
3-6-09|Holiday||||
4-6-09|Holiday||||
5-6-09|Holiday||||
6-6-09|Holiday||||
7-6-09|Holiday||||
8-6-09|3.14|7:21|158||
9-6-09|5ish|7:30ish|153ish|Battery died on Garmin halfway round|
10-6-09|6.03|7:45|161||
11-6-09|Rest||||
12-6-09|3.46|7:26|154||
13-6-09|5.60|7:02|166|Fast final 3 miles|
14-6-09|8.88 miles|8:11|161||
15-6-09|4.01|7:48|154|Early-morning run|
16-6-09|Rest||||
17-6-09|8.00|7:08|167|3@Tempo - 6:26; 6:29; 6:20|
18-6-09|6.19|7:52|152||
19-6-09|12.87|8:01|161|Ouch, this one hurt. Right leg felt dead and couldn't get the pace up|
20-6-09|4.01|8:08|153|Still struggling, at least I kept HR down!|
21-6-09|4.52|7:38|159|One of my favourite circuits - hilly Donegal trail|
22-6-09|Rest||||
23-6-09|9.13|7:17|168|3 mile warm-up; 4 mile tempo (6:31, 6:25, 6.25, 6.29); 2 mile cooldown|
24-6-09|5.06|8:05|147|Objective was to keep HRM close to 75%. Managed 77%|
25-6-09|10.04|7:22|159|Another HRM objective today - keep it below 85%. Pretty consistent on 83% all the way round|
26-6-09|||||
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28-6-09|||||
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30-6-09|||||

Peckham

asimonov wrote: »

Did you have any side effects from the tempo? Are you happy the 6:30 pace is the right one? If you've done an 85min half marathon we are bang on the same level i'd imagine.

If almost collapsing at the end counts as a side effect, then YES! Last week's tempo almost killed me, this week wasn't too bad. Can see some improvement comparing my run 48hrs after last week's tempo, to this evening's run which is 48hrs since this week's tempo.

Your 85min half is a lot more recent than mine! Mine was in August last year (Longford), so you're a notch or two above me.

Peckham

Great feeling on the run today. Kept HR and pace consistent all the way round (well, last mile and a half were a little quicker to bring my average pace below 7:30 :rolleyes:). Very happy with that, especially in that heat.

Weekly total of 45 miles. Rest day tomorrow and then hit for 50 miles next week.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-6-09|Holiday||||
2-6-09|Holiday||||
3-6-09|Holiday||||
4-6-09|Holiday||||
5-6-09|Holiday||||
6-6-09|Holiday||||
7-6-09|Holiday||||
8-6-09|3.14|7:21|158||
9-6-09|5ish|7:30ish|153ish|Battery died on Garmin halfway round|
10-6-09|6.03|7:45|161||
11-6-09|Rest||||
12-6-09|3.46|7:26|154||
13-6-09|5.60|7:02|166|Fast final 3 miles|
14-6-09|8.88 miles|8:11|161||
15-6-09|4.01|7:48|154|Early-morning run|
16-6-09|Rest||||
17-6-09|8.00|7:08|167|3@Tempo - 6:26; 6:29; 6:20|
18-6-09|6.19|7:52|152||
19-6-09|12.87|8:01|161|Ouch, this one hurt. Right leg felt dead and couldn't get the pace up|
20-6-09|4.01|8:08|153|Still struggling, at least I kept HR down!|
21-6-09|4.52|7:38|159|One of my favourite circuits - hilly Donegal trail|
22-6-09|Rest||||
23-6-09|9.13|7:17|168|3 mile warm-up; 4 mile tempo (6:31, 6:25, 6.25, 6.29); 2 mile cooldown|
24-6-09|5.06|8:05|147|Objective was to keep HRM close to 75%. Managed 77%|
25-6-09|10.04|7:22|159|Another HRM objective today - keep it below 85%. Pretty consistent on 83% all the way round|
26-6-09|5.12|8:00|150||
27-6-09|16.05|7:29|161|Consistent HR and pace in hot conditions|
28-6-09|Rest||||
29-6-09|||||
30-6-09|||||

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-6-09|Holiday||||
2-6-09|Holiday||||
3-6-09|Holiday||||
4-6-09|Holiday||||
5-6-09|Holiday||||
6-6-09|Holiday||||
7-6-09|Holiday||||
8-6-09|3.14|7:21|158||
9-6-09|5ish|7:30ish|153ish|Battery died on Garmin halfway round|
10-6-09|6.03|7:45|161||
11-6-09|Rest||||
12-6-09|3.46|7:26|154||
13-6-09|5.60|7:02|166|Fast final 3 miles|
14-6-09|8.88 miles|8:11|161||
15-6-09|4.01|7:48|154|Early-morning run|
16-6-09|Rest||||
17-6-09|8.00|7:08|167|3@Tempo - 6:26; 6:29; 6:20|
18-6-09|6.19|7:52|152||
19-6-09|12.87|8:01|161|Ouch, this one hurt. Right leg felt dead and couldn't get the pace up|
20-6-09|4.01|8:08|153|Still struggling, at least I kept HR down!|
21-6-09|4.52|7:38|159|One of my favourite circuits - hilly Donegal trail|
22-6-09|Rest||||
23-6-09|9.13|7:17|168|3 mile warm-up; 4 mile tempo (6:31, 6:25, 6.25, 6.29); 2 mile cooldown|
24-6-09|5.06|8:05|147|Objective was to keep HRM close to 75%. Managed 77%|
25-6-09|10.04|7:22|159|Another HRM objective today - keep it below 85%. Pretty consistent on 83% all the way round|
26-6-09|5.12|8:00|150||
27-6-09|16.05|7:29|161|Consistent HR and pace in hot conditions|
28-6-09|Rest||||
29-6-09|7.08|7:35|153|Dropped the planned strides due to tired legs|
30-6-09|||||

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-6-09|Holiday||||
2-6-09|Holiday||||
3-6-09|Holiday||||
4-6-09|Holiday||||
5-6-09|Holiday||||
6-6-09|Holiday||||
7-6-09|Holiday||||
8-6-09|3.14|7:21|158||
9-6-09|5ish|7:30ish|153ish|Battery died on Garmin halfway round|
10-6-09|6.03|7:45|161||
11-6-09|Rest||||
12-6-09|3.46|7:26|154||
13-6-09|5.60|7:02|166|Fast final 3 miles|
14-6-09|8.88 miles|8:11|161||
15-6-09|4.01|7:48|154|Early-morning run|
16-6-09|Rest||||
17-6-09|8.00|7:08|167|3@Tempo - 6:26; 6:29; 6:20|
18-6-09|6.19|7:52|152||
19-6-09|12.87|8:01|161|Ouch, this one hurt. Right leg felt dead and couldn't get the pace up|
20-6-09|4.01|8:08|153|Still struggling, at least I kept HR down!|
21-6-09|4.52|7:38|159|One of my favourite circuits - hilly Donegal trail|
22-6-09|Rest||||
23-6-09|9.13|7:17|168|3 mile warm-up; 4 mile tempo (6:31, 6:25, 6.25, 6.29); 2 mile cooldown|
24-6-09|5.06|8:05|147|Objective was to keep HRM close to 75%. Managed 77%|
25-6-09|10.04|7:22|159|Another HRM objective today - keep it below 85%. Pretty consistent on 83% all the way round|
26-6-09|5.12|8:00|150||
27-6-09|16.05|7:29|161|Consistent HR and pace in hot conditions|
28-6-09|Rest||||
29-6-09|7.08|7:35|153|Dropped the planned strides due to tired legs|
30-6-09|Missed run||||

Peckham

Disappointed to miss my Tuesday run. Fell asleep on train on way home and just felt too sluggish when got home. Made up for it with 6 days running this week, and 50 miles.

Have four days running up until Thursday, then an enforced rest for a few days. Hope to get 30 miles done over next 4 days, with a focus on some speedwork.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-7-09|4.00|7:48|150||
2-7-09|11.02|7:32|157||
3-7-09|5.01|8:07|147||
4-7-09|18.01|7:34|159|Started feeling tight, but fast final miles|
5-7-09|4.93|7:58|152||
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Peckham

Not much mileage this week (25.1 miles), which was planned. Had some minor surgery yesterday, which although unrelated to running means I need to take a few days rest. Hope to be back on the road on Monday.

Two quality sessions this week - good tempo session on Monday, which felt pretty comfortable, and did a "quarter-marathon" at PMP on Thursday. Good confidence booster to hold the pace over rolling hills.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-7-09|4.00|7:48|150||
2-7-09|11.02|7:32|157||
3-7-09|5.01|8:07|147||
4-7-09|18.01|7:34|159|Started feeling tight, but fast final miles|
5-7-09|4.93|7:58|152||
6-7-09|8.00|7:06|166|5@tempo - 6:38;6:32;6:28;6:31;6:28|
7-7-09|5:08|8:24|145||
8-7-09|Rest||||
9-7-09|12.02|7:10|161|6.55@6:48 - i.e. a quarter-marathon at PMP!|
10-7-09|Rest||||
11-7-09|Rest||||
12-7-09|Rest||||
13-7-09|||||
14-7-09|||||
15-7-09|||||
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Peckham

Well, the after-effects of that surgery have kept me off the road for the past 10 days, and only back running today. Have reconsidered my marathon plans and have decided to give Berlin a miss, and wait until London next April for my sub-3 attempt. Realistically, Berlin was a big ask this year as training as it's a very busy year, and am way behind where I need to be to have a decent stab at Berlin. Will focus on shorter stuff for the rest of the year and hopefully be in a strong position in January to have a decent attempt at London.

The more I think about a few months of shorter events, the more I'm looking forward to it.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-7-09|4.00|7:48|150||
2-7-09|11.02|7:32|157||
3-7-09|5.01|8:07|147||
4-7-09|18.01|7:34|159|Started feeling tight, but fast final miles|
5-7-09|4.93|7:58|152||
6-7-09|8.00|7:06|166|5@tempo - 6:38;6:32;6:28;6:31;6:28|
7-7-09|5:08|8:24|145||
8-7-09|Rest||||
9-7-09|12.02|7:10|161|6.55@6:48 - i.e. a quarter-marathon at PMP!|
10-7-09|Missed||||
11-7-09|Missed||||
12-7-09|Missed||||
13-7-09|Missed||||
14-7-09|Missed||||
15-7-09|Missed||||
16-7-09|Missed||||
17-7-09|Missed||||
18-7-09|Missed||||
19-7-09|Missed||||
20-7-09|4.06|7:34|152||
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Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-7-09|4.00|7:48|150||
2-7-09|11.02|7:32|157||
3-7-09|5.01|8:07|147||
4-7-09|18.01|7:34|159|Started feeling tight, but fast final miles|
5-7-09|4.93|7:58|152||
6-7-09|8.00|7:06|166|5@tempo - 6:38;6:32;6:28;6:31;6:28|
7-7-09|5:08|8:24|145||
8-7-09|Rest||||
9-7-09|12.02|7:10|161|6.55@6:48 - i.e. a quarter-marathon at PMP!|
10-7-09|Missed||||
11-7-09|Missed||||
12-7-09|Missed||||
13-7-09|Missed||||
14-7-09|Missed||||
15-7-09|Missed||||
16-7-09|Missed||||
17-7-09|Missed||||
18-7-09|Missed||||
19-7-09|Missed||||
20-7-09|4.06|7:34|152||
21-7-09|6.23|7:22|||
22-7-09|Gym||||
23-7-09|Rest - strain from gym!||||
24-7-09|Rest - strain from gym!||||
25-7-09|8.28|7:55|||
26-7-09|Bad day - too lazy||||
27-7-09|8.00|7:22|||
28-7-09|6.02|7:31||6x400 85;90;82;87;85;88 with 65sec recovery|
29-7-09|||||
30-7-09|||||
31-7-09|||||

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-7-09|4.00|7:48|150||
2-7-09|11.02|7:32|157||
3-7-09|5.01|8:07|147||
4-7-09|18.01|7:34|159|Started feeling tight, but fast final miles|
5-7-09|4.93|7:58|152||
6-7-09|8.00|7:06|166|5@tempo - 6:38;6:32;6:28;6:31;6:28|
7-7-09|5:08|8:24|145||
8-7-09|Rest||||
9-7-09|12.02|7:10|161|6.55@6:48 - i.e. a quarter-marathon at PMP!|
10-7-09|Missed||||
11-7-09|Missed||||
12-7-09|Missed||||
13-7-09|Missed||||
14-7-09|Missed||||
15-7-09|Missed||||
16-7-09|Missed||||
17-7-09|Missed||||
18-7-09|Missed||||
19-7-09|Missed||||
20-7-09|4.06|7:34|152||
21-7-09|6.23|7:22|||
22-7-09|Gym||||
23-7-09|Rest - strain from gym!||||
24-7-09|Rest - strain from gym!||||
25-7-09|8.28|7:55|||
26-7-09|Bad day - too lazy||||
27-7-09|8.00|7:22|||
28-7-09|6.02|7:31||6x400 85;90;82;87;85;88 with 65sec recovery|
29-7-09|Rest - gym||||
30-7-09|4.82|7:36|||
31-7-09|Missed||||

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.1|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
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Slogger Jogger

Nice one!

Bobby04

Did you run that pace alone Peckham? Damn fine performance either way.

shels4ever

was that part of a plan or jsut one of those days that you just run hard and love ever second of the run? You must be in fairly good shape at the moment whats you half mara pb?

christeb

that is a fine run for someone who us disillusioned with their September Marathon preparation

Peckham

Thanks for the comments.

Bobby04 wrote: »

Did you run that pace alone Peckham? Damn fine performance either way.

Yes, was a solo effort.

shels4ever wrote: »

was that part of a plan or jsut one of those days that you just run hard and love ever second of the run? You must be in fairly good shape at the moment whats you half mara pb?

Went out for a 13 or 14 miler this morning. Was one of those runs where I ran hard and loved every second of it (well, maybe last 2 miles were tough!). HRM has stopped working, so didn't have that slowing me down.

Half mara PB is 84 and a bit (Longford last year), so was 4 mins outside that.

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
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shels4ever

how did you find the 400's?

Peckham

shels4ever wrote: »

how did you find the 400's?

Grand. Intervals are not my preferred type of session, but can stick through them once I get started. Probably did them a bit too fast, and will consider developing it more towards a pyramid session (up to 1200/1600) as that will probably give me more benefit.

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
9-8-09|Gym||||
10-8-09|Missed|||Too many of these creeping in|
11-8-09|5.06|7:28|||
12-8-09|8.02|7:10||incl 2 x 2 fast miles with 1 mile recovery in between (Fast miles=6:08;6:14;6:14;6:13)|
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Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
9-8-09|Gym||||
10-8-09|Missed|||Too many of these creeping in|
11-8-09|5.06|7:28|||
12-8-09|8.02|7:10||incl 2 x 2 fast miles with 1 mile recovery in between (Fast miles=6:08;6:14;6:14;6:13)|
13-8-09|Rest||||
14-8-09|6.00|7:43|||
15-8-09|12.02|7:32|||
16-8-09|Rest||||
17-8-09|6.98|||Pyramid session - 2x400, 2x600, 1x800, 2x600, 2x400|
18-8-09|3.02|||Plus gym session|
19-8-09|Rest||||
20-8-09|5.38|7:48|||
21-8-09|10.50|??||Battery died on watch|
22-8-09|8.08|7:33|||
23-8-09|Rest||||
24-8-09|7.04|7:37|||
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Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
9-8-09|Gym||||
10-8-09|Missed|||Too many of these creeping in|
11-8-09|5.06|7:28|||
12-8-09|8.02|7:10||incl 2 x 2 fast miles with 1 mile recovery in between (Fast miles=6:08;6:14;6:14;6:13)|
13-8-09|Rest||||
14-8-09|6.00|7:43|||
15-8-09|12.02|7:32|||
16-8-09|Rest||||
17-8-09|6.98|||Pyramid session - 2x400, 2x600, 1x800, 2x600, 2x400|
18-8-09|3.02|||Plus gym session|
19-8-09|Rest||||
20-8-09|5.38|7:48|||
21-8-09|10.50|??||Battery died on watch|
22-8-09|8.08|7:33|||
23-8-09|Rest||||
24-8-09|7.04|7:37|||
25-8-09|6.25|7:18||Pyramid session - 600-800-1000-1000-800-600|
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19 days running out of 31 days in August is really not good enough.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
9-8-09|Gym||||
10-8-09|Missed|||Too many of these creeping in|
11-8-09|5.06|7:28|||
12-8-09|8.02|7:10||incl 2 x 2 fast miles with 1 mile recovery in between (Fast miles=6:08;6:14;6:14;6:13)|
13-8-09|Rest||||
14-8-09|6.00|7:43|||
15-8-09|12.02|7:32|||
16-8-09|Rest||||
17-8-09|6.98|||Pyramid session - 2x400, 2x600, 1x800, 2x600, 2x400|
18-8-09|3.02|||Plus gym session|
19-8-09|Rest||||
20-8-09|5.38|7:48|||
21-8-09|10.50|??||Battery died on watch|
22-8-09|8.08|7:33|||
23-8-09|Rest||||
24-8-09|7.04|7:37|||
25-8-09|6.25|7:18||Pyramid session - 600-800-1000-1000-800-600|
26-8-09|Rest||||
27-8-09|15.05|8:03||Ran home from work, all traffic lights were against me!|
28-8-09|On a stag||||
29-8-09|On a stag||||
30-8-09|On a stag||||
31-8-09|8.00|7:15|||

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
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Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
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Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|3.08|8:10|152||
12-9-09|6.18|6:14|185|Pearl izumi 10k|
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Peckham

My first 10k race - hard to believe!

Wasn't feeling too great at the start. Being stuck in traffic on the M1 stressed me out a bit, with a 40 minute journey taking me an hour and twenty. Arrived at registration 5 minutes before the race was due to start. Fortunately I had texted Shels and he picked up my race number for me, and also start was delayed by 10 mins or so. This gave me time for some warm up and nice friendly chats with fellow boardsies before the start. This helped me put it all behind me when the gun went....

....went off far too fast, and a sub 6 minute first mile meant that the glowing singlet of Stupid Private was not too far in front of me. Bad news, this meant I was going to pay a big price in the latter stages as my training wasn't up to this type of racing. However, a quick glance over my shoulder showed that christeb was not far off my shoulder, and wasn't going to allow him get in front of me as his training is better than mine and would probably stay in front of me if he overtook me! Got into a bit of a tussle with another runner and we were taking turns leading each other for a km each. Got into a nice flow and kept ticking off the miles at around 6:23ish pace. Dropped my pace helper at start of second circuit and coming round a corner spotted BeepBeep67, who I knew was above me in the handicapping so was a good target. Was closing him really quickly so guessed he was struggling and snuck past him at 6km. Just kept picking runners off from this point and felt good as no-one was getting past me. About 500m before the finish I snuck in behind a group of 3 runners, and with a bit of pace on the last corner I got around them and a strong finish kept me in front of them and gave me something to race for in the final couple of hundred metres.

Crossed the line in 38:34 to see a very relaxed looking Slogger Jogger waiting there. Automatic PB.

Great race - and a strong perforamce from KevinKilbane means I'm looking forward to defending my team title next year.

tisnotover

great running, well done!

kevinkilbane

well done peckham, great run. we both did really well. i got a PB myself. and my race went so similar to yours. i actually passed out woddle at 6km, i was shocked, but he stopped, and then eventually caught up with gerard65 about 8km. also, at the last turn, 300-400 metres to go, i was in a little group, so close at the line, sure myself and another guy finished with the exact same times.
delighted we won, i saw the pics of us with the trophy. looking forward to defending it!

Peckham

:eek: I've got swine flu! :eek:

Haven't been feeling great since Sunday, took Mon and Tues off work, and went back yesterday. Wasn't feeling too great all day, so went to the doctor yesterday evening, who is pretty certain it's swine flu.

Means no running until next Monday at the earliest....this doctor specialises in sports medicine (particularly cycling) and knows my running background quite well. His warning about training with a flu, had the words "potentially fatal" in it, so that's enough for me to hear!

Don't know where I picked it up, but there's a chance that it was at the Pearl Izumi race on Saturday. If anyone else at that race on Saturday isn't feeling great, it might be worth them getting it checked out.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|3.08|8:10|152||
12-9-09|6.18|6:14|185|Pearl izumi 10k|
13-9-09|Rest||||
14-9-09|Sick||||
15-9-09|Sick||||
16-9-09|Sick||||
17-9-09|Sick||||
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