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Running MoJo: Different things to do!

AuldManKing

Was thinking of ways to keep the mojo high in the coming weeks months, while we wait to start into race specific work.

For me, I'm going to develop a 7-10 day running challenge to keep me occupied - rather than running my usual 7m loop.

The challenge is to do things I haven't done in a while or at all in the past.

As an example - so far I've thought about;

* Run the circumference of the Phoenix Park (but dont go into it)
* 3 miles worth of Kenyan Hills.
* Run 4 miles at 9 min miles. (Real recovery run)
* Run twice per day once in the timeframe.
* Do an 'alteration pace' run.
* Do a Long Run in a different location.
* Hill Reps on the Khyber 3x(30/60/90 sec)
* Do my usual 7m run in the opposite direction.
* Run on the canal to Leixlip/Maynooth & back.

Any more ideas out there to spice up the running?

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healy1835

skyblue46 wrote: »

No need...there are perfect age/gender grading tables that could be used. AMK would be hard beaten but that's the challenge for ye whippersnappers :pac:

I think a handicap system is better S....those tables might automatically put a few posters out of the running?

skyblue46

healy1835 wrote: »

I think a handicap system is better S....those tables might automatically put a few posters out of the running?

Softie! :pac:

AuldManKing

skyblue46 wrote: »

No need...there are perfect age/gender grading tables that could be used. AMK would be hard beaten but that's the challenge for ye whippersnappers :pac:

Do yis not forget that I haven't beaten Healy & MY in a race since God was a very bold boy. I think Healy has 10 years on me and MY must have at least 20 (jaysus, he could be my son...........)

Any Age grading would want to be very beneficial for me.

Then again - Murph must be close to 100 by now?? :pac:

Murph_D

AuldManKing wrote: »

Do yis not forget that I haven't beaten Healy & MY in a race since God was a very bold boy. I think Healy has 10 years on me and MY must have at least 20 (jaysus, he could be my son...........)

Any Age grading would want to be very beneficial for me.

Then again - Murph must be close to 100 by now?? :pac:

Ferris beat me in the Bohermeen age grade handicap stakes, although we both beat that whippersnapper mister paul.

skyblue46

AuldManKing wrote: »

Do yis not forget that I haven't beaten Healy & MY in a race since God was a very bold boy. I think Healy has 10 years on me and MY must have at least 20 (jaysus, he could be my son...........)

Any Age grading would want to be very beneficial for me.

Then again - Murph must be close to 100 by now?? :pac:

Not sure of any of your ages but I'll run with this to see if you think it might be beneficial or not :pac:

If a 45 year old man ran a 17:20 5k the comparable times are as follows....

35M : 15:45
40M : 16:40
50M : 18:03
55M : 18:46
60M : 19:36

and for someone who might be interested....42F : 18:55

Murph_D

This could be a bigger can of worms than the virus threads. :eek:

Swashbuckler

skyblue46 wrote:

If a 45 year old man ran a 17:20 5k the comparable times are as follows....

Yikes. No thanks.

skyblue46

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Yikes. No thanks.

What? :pac:

Laineyfrecks

skyblue46 wrote: »

Not sure of any of your ages but I'll run with this to see if you think it might be beneficial or not :pac:

If a 45 year old man ran a 17:20 5k the comparable times are as follows....

35M : 15:45
40M : 16:40
50M : 18:03
55M : 18:46
60M : 19:36

and for someone who might be interested....42F : 18:55

Ahem...41:eek:

skyblue46

Laineyfrecks wrote: »

Ahem...41:eek:

By the time this is sorted out you won't be...:) But that's ok...10 seconds faster if you are still 41 :pac:

Murph_D

skyblue46 wrote: »

Not sure of any of your ages but I'll run with this to see if you think it might be beneficial or not :pac:

If a 45 year old man ran a 17:20 5k the comparable times are as follows....

35M : 15:45
40M : 16:40
50M : 18:03
55M : 18:46
60M : 19:36

and for someone who might be interested....42F : 18:55

While you’re on this particular roll, wot about the rest of the wimmin?

skyblue46

Murph_D wrote: »

While you’re on this particular roll, wot about the rest of the wimmin?

No bother... To be in the same game as the 45 year old man running a 17:20 the wimmin would need to run

35: 18:15
40: 18:41
45: 19:24
50: 20:30
55: 21:50
60: 23:23

Swashbuckler

skyblue46 wrote:

What?

Puts me in sub 16.40 category

skyblue46

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Puts me in sub 16.40 category

Do we have a 17:20 45 year old? If so well then that is the benchmark for us all. Based on that I'd need 18:29.... I'm up for that this year :pac:

Murph_D

S is proposing something like an 82% standard there. Very tough, but why not aim high? If we survive the health and economic fallout from this thing we will be due a good blowout.

Swashbuckler

skyblue46 wrote:

Do we have a 17:20 45 year old? If so well then that is the benchmark for us all. Based on that I'd need 18:29.... I'm up for that this year

AMK? Hovering around 17.20/17.30 right?

OOnegative

16.40, can’t even run that fast in my dreams FFS!!

ReeReeG

skyblue46 wrote: »

No bother... To be in the same game as the 45 year old man running a 17:20 the wimmin would need to run

35: 18:15
40: 18:41
45: 19:24
50: 20:30
55: 21:50
60: 23:23

Jesus, thank god you've only included Masters Age Categories :pac:

skyblue46

Swashbuckler wrote: »

AMK? Hovering around 17.20/17.30 right?

I'm not sure but probably is....and now he has the new shoes too! The tables do put some level of perspective on people's times though.

skyblue46

OOnegative wrote: »

16.40, can’t even run that fast in my dreams FFS!!

I can't run 18:29 in my dreams either....:pac:

AuldManKing

skyblue46 wrote: »

Not sure of any of your ages but I'll run with this to see if you think it might be beneficial or not :pac:

If a 45 year old man ran a 17:20 5k the comparable times are as follows....

35M : 15:45
40M : 16:40
50M : 18:03
55M : 18:46
60M : 19:36

I could be interested :pac: - what about a 47 yr old man........asking for a friend.

skyblue46

AuldManKing wrote: »

I could be interested :pac: - what about a 47 yr old man........asking for a friend.

I thought you might be :pac: If your 47 year old friend could run 17:35 he would marginally beat all those times...;)

Unfortunately this superhuman challenge seems to have scared most pretenders away :eek:

healy1835

How about everyone runs a 5k or a 3k time trial. We take the fastest time and then everyone else's handicap is their percentage of the winners time, and we use that for the following 'event' and so on.

Eg. I run the fastest 5k in 20:00, AMK runs it in 21:00. AMK's time is 105% of the leading time, so for the next event he gets a 5% time handicap. Everyone can have a rattle then, and we don't need to worrying about 16:40's

KSU

Surprised no one has mentioned this but there is endless glory to be had

Strava Segments

skyblue46

KSU wrote: »

Surprised no one has mentioned this but there is endless glory to be had
Strava Segments

Quite a few running crowns in my area held by bikes and GPS glitches :pac: Getting a top 10 performance would be an achievement on most.

KSU

skyblue46 wrote: »

Quite a few running crowns in my area held by bikes and GPS glitches :pac: Getting a top 10 performance would be an achievement on most.

Flag them and claim your rightful place as King of the mountain

MY BAD

AuldManKing wrote: »

I could be interested :pac: - what about a 47 yr old man........asking for a friend.

AuldManKing wrote: »

me and MY must have at least 20 (jaysus, he could be my son...........)

9 years between me and your friend :pac:

AuldManKing

healy1835 wrote: »

How about everyone runs a 5k or a 3k time trial. We take the fastest time and then everyone else's handicap is their percentage of the winners time, and we use that for the following 'event' and so on.

Eg. I run the fastest 5k in 20:00, AMK runs it in 21:00. AMK's time is 105% of the leading time, so for the next event he gets a 5% time handicap. Everyone can have a rattle then, and we don't need to worrying about 16:40's

But if I ran 21:59 then in the next race, I'd have a better handicap :cool:

healy1835

AuldManKing wrote: »

But if I ran 21:59 then in the next race, I'd have a better handicap :cool:

Sandbaggers gonna sandbag I suppose

AuldManKing

Mellow Yellow 26.2 wrote: »

9 years between me and your friend :pac:

you wear it well!