Can I give more? The answer is usually yes

denis b

It all clicked together today for you B. Congrats on a great run and hard earned pb.

jake1970

Well done B delighted for you, congrats on a super PB.

ultrapercy

Great run Barry well done.

tailgunner

Great going, well done.

Ososlo

Great report and really well run race B. Recover well! All looking very ģood indeed!!!

Darren 83

Great report B, congrats on the pb

Ferris B

That's a great result to have in the bag in advance of Barcelona. Sounds like plenty of digging deep was done. Well done B.

And of course well done on a nearly perfect pacing job by your very own Debbie McGee.:D

Kennyg71

Great report and super race, your in tip top shape by the sounds of it. Really well done.

aquinn

That's fantastic Barry, well done to yourself and FBOT.

Only 5 weeks, wow, that has flown. No need to bother with the Starbucks mug as I have a Barcelona one. Where's the next event after :P?

ThebitterLemon

Singer wrote: »

Great going B, you were pretty pleased and relaxed by the time I got to you!

You must have got to him this morning then

TbL

overpronator

Great run B, great to say hello again.

The Muppet

Brilliant, Congratulations on the Run and PB. Great report,

AuldManKing

Super performance - delighted its going so well for you. Long may it continue.

dazza21ie

Great going tang keep up the good work

tang1

Monday 6.2.17

Rest, oh sweet sweet rest!!! My quads were in bits, worse than i can ever remember after a race, they weren't this bad after Rotterdam last April.

Tuesday 7.2.17

6.10 miles Easy@8.47min/mile in 53min 36secs

Quads still sore and felt every step of this, apart from that i felt fine and the run was enjoyable. Normally recover quickly from races so hopefully effects won't last much longer.

Wednesday 8.2.17

12 mile Progression@8.07min/mile in1hr 37min 26secs

6E, 4ST, 2MP

8.46 8.48 8.47 8.44 8.47 8.44 7.33 7.33 7.33 7.32 7.13 7.12

I'd like to say this was a piece of pi$$ but i'd be telling lies, quads still sore, it was baltic out and it was a real mental battle with myself to get this done. I contemplated turned around after 2.5 miles and turning it into to 5 miles easy instead but ploughed on intent i was doing it. Questioned this decision more than once during the run, never have i taken so long to get over a race. I got through it with thickness and sheer bull headedness and at the end was glad i did.

Thursday 9.2.17

7 miles Easy@8.46min/mile in 61min 22secs

Felt much better on this, quads pain had more or less disappeared completely and was in much better humour for it from a mental point of view. I'm constantly hungry and tired lately but thats the effects of marathon training i suppose, i didn't even have a PB beer Sunday evening after the race:eek::eek::eek:.

Speaking of that, i'm a recent convert to Facetube, i threw up a photo and comment in relation to being the second fastest member of my family over 10 miles. I have an uncle in Germany who was a decent runner, well excellent runner to more be precise, my first cousin replied to my comment telling me i had to run 52min 20secs to beat her Dad's 10 mile PB. His other PB's include:

2.28.xx Marathon
30.42 10k

One can dream, but i'm happy i'm the second fastest one in the family cause no fear i'll ever be the fastest.

Wubble Wubble

tang1 wrote: »

Monday 6.2.17

Rest, oh sweet sweet rest!!! My quads were in bits, worse than i can ever remember after a race, they weren't this bad after Rotterdam last April.



One can dream, but i'm happy i'm the second fastest one in the family cause no fear i'll ever be the fastest.

Surely a good sign that you pushed yourself harder than before? And of course worth the effort as you got the rewards

tang1

Wubble Wubble wrote: »

Surely a good sign that you pushed yourself harder than before? And of course worth the effort as you got the rewards

Oh no doubt a good sign J, pushed to the limit Sunday that's for certain & delighted with the rewards in the middle of marathon training.

Annie get your Run

tang1 wrote: »

I have an uncle in Germany who was a decent runner, well excellent runner to more be precise, my first cousin replied to my comment telling me i had to run 52min 20secs to beat her Dad's 10 mile PB. His other PB's include:

2.28.xx Marathon
30.42 10k

One can dream, but i'm happy i'm the second fastest one in the family cause no fear i'll ever be the fastest.

Never say Never..... you're always banging on about how young you are, there are runners here who ran 2:4X in their 50's, no reason to limit yourself tangfastic

tang1

Annie get your Run wrote: »

Never say Never..... you're always banging on about how young you are, there are runners here who ran 2:4X in their 50's, no reason to limit yourself tangfastic

Never say how young I am, just tell you how old you are!!!! And TbL's 100m PB has little to do with my Marathon aspirations..........

tang1

Friday 10.2.17

5 miles Easy@8.47min/mile in 43min 55secs

Shorter day that expected on the gravy train which meant I got this done a lot earlier than I was expecting to. Fatigue in the quads had gone completely and all was hunky dory in the world of tang1 running again.

Saturday 11.2.17

2E, 4x8min@HMP off 3mins, 2E

Having once more marshalled at the wonderful spectacle that is the Donadea 50k early in the morning witnessing some great running by YoungAnne, Murph_D and belcarra just to mention a few and meet up with the excellant DNS Boards supporting crew of MrsMc, annapr, FBOT1 who was more interested at first in sniffing out food, man has priorities I suppose, and FerrisB. And of course not to mention FD who fed me FBOT's portion of fruit cake before he arrived!!! A frozen me high tailed it home to de-frost first before Mrs tang1 got home to do this.

Got out at 7pm to start and was still frozen solid, it was going through the motions stuff to be honest but the faster stuff was and absolute doddle, gliding, floating, call it what you like it felt like easy pace. HMP reps as follows:

6.40, 6.39, 6.42, 6.38

10 miles all told for the evening and I had thawed out by runs end.

Sunday 12.2.17

18 miles Easy@8.36min/miles in 2hr 34mins 53secs

Must get some of those reading glasses off FD that I was slagging her about!!! Plan said 16 but I seen 18 so I did 18, faster than my normal long runs but I was under pressure to get it done before daylight went as it was just gone 3pm by time I got out what with herself working early this morning

Don't want to call it a character building run cause that's just horsesh1t but it definitely told me one thing, I'm in good nick, the first 5-6 miles were sore enough what with the HMP stuff taking some effect from day before but after that it was a great day to be running even in the subzero winds blowing a gale and rain falling like blocks of ice they bothered me squat.

Great run to have in the legs, shade over 58 miles for the week & 4 weeks to the day and date to D-Day!!!!!

Annie get your Run

tang1 wrote: »

Friday 9.2.17

5 miles Easy@8.47min/mile in 43min 55secs

Shorter day that expected on the gravy train which meant I got this done a lot earlier than I was expecting to. Fatigue in the quads had gone comp

The what now? Do we need to get our crystal balls out to figure out the rest of that sentence??!

tang1

Annie get your Run wrote: »

The what now? Do we need to get your* crystal balls out to figure out the rest of that sentence??!

Wooooah, leave my crystal balls out of it please!!!!

Annie get your Run

tang1 wrote: »

Wooooah, leave my crystal balls out of it please!!!!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

annapr

Two great runs there this weekend B, sounds like you are in great shape!

Good to see you yesterday.

tang1

annapr wrote: »

Two great runs there this weekend B, sounds like you are in great shape!

Good to see you yesterday.

Right back at you Anna, for what it's worth I thought D could have slowed down for his drink, he was only showboating for the crowd!!!

Annie get your Run

Nice work ! You can borrow my glasses anytime

Will grudgingly admit to having great fun helping you Marshall yesterday - now where's my T-shirt!!!

Younganne

Ah love the gravy train!!:D

Sounds like your were running along side that gravy train at those speeds. Great training. I was worried about you after all the standing yesterday but you're made of strong stuff

Thanks again for the lift & support yesterday, really appreciate it and for letting me gab away in the car!! It helped me forget about the body shaking with nerves!!:eek:

tang1

Younganne wrote: »

Ah love the gravy train!!:D

Sounds like your were running along side that gravy train at those speeds. Great training. I was worried about you after all the standing yesterday but you're made of strong stuff

Thanks again for the lift & support yesterday, really appreciate it and for letting me gab away in the car!! It helped me forget about the body shaking with nerves!!:eek:

Lift there for you anytime, savage stuff again yesterday. Your made of harder stuff than me, 50k is for crazy people and hard nuts!!!

annapr

tang1 wrote: »

Right back at you Anna, for what it's worth I thought D could have slowed down for his drink, he was only showboating for the crowd!!!

I owe you for that

Murph_D

tang1 wrote: »

Right back at you Anna, for what it's worth I thought D could have slowed down for his drink, he was only showboating for the crowd!!!

Actually that occurred to me too, but by then it was too late.