A/R 5k TT 25th April ‘20.

Ah, Jaysus, we were giving 'Buckler grief for saying he was going to do it on Sunday, but the 25th is the 25th. "I would a done it but it's the afternoon now." Lol.

As for the Table. When it's updated with all the times we should add a new column. DH=Downhill. VF=Cheater shoes. SB= Sandbagger. What do people reckon?

Itziger wrote: »

Ah, Jaysus, we were giving 'Buckler grief for saying he was going to do it on Sunday, but the 25th is the 25th. "I would a done it but it's the afternoon now." Lol.

As for the Table. When it's updated with all the times we should add a new column. DH=Downhill. VF=Cheater shoes. SB= Sandbagger. What do people reckon?

What about an NA column? For those who went full wanker and abstained from the booze last night....or all week! :eek:

21:49 for me.

Well off PB but happy. Just on way back from injury and first 5k since last june.
Heat made it tough too and I was blowing very hard towards the end. 5ks are brutal!
Bottle of ice cold beer at the finish line was a nice touch
When we going again?

Annie get your Run wrote: »

Oi! How come I'm the only one getting ageist abuse??!!! Did your Ma not teach you to respect your elders :D

He's afraid of the real oul' ones !

Murph_D wrote: »

It is midnight alright. Out you go.

Well I’m back in so if that’s the case. 24:11 for me

Thanks for organising and great to take part. I managed a PB (17:42). It was great to have some sort of pre race nerves and to pull on a singlet. I considered sticking on a race number but the missus would have disowned me altogether. I dragged the whole family along for support and some free race photos. Beautiful weather was a bonus.

One thing I’ve learned since marathons have been put on ice is that I maybe should do some more races at 5k - never do them other than an occasional Parkrun training run - and that beer during a race week is ok.

Looking forward to the next one everyone.

Cheers.

How have so many people run PBs solo? Would have thought that was pretty impossible to be honest. Seriously impressive! This thread has been great, I've loved following along. Great idea B. How are you feeling now yourself?

Only catching up with boards now as had a busy day after this morning's fun.
I came home in 22:23, maybe a few seconds quicker but I let the watch run to 5:02KM just so Strava wouldn't play silly buggers with the two 180 degree turns I had to do in my route. I am happy enough with it as I said I'd give sub 22 a go as have never done that outside of a race or parkrun before.
In the last bit of prep I did a final easy run with some strides last night before making a late decision on the route I would race, I'd not fully measured the course out to have my bearings but I train a lot on the road and I knew my two turnabout points but not exactly where I would finish. I took my chances that I would not have to step into the ditch for a tractor or lorry and that turned out to be the case. Two cars enroute were not an issue though they did probably wonder who the tool in the Ireland singlet was and what he was flogging himself for.
The race starting at 10am sharp, race director had corralled all the runners into the starting area with a few minutes to go and after a 10 second countdown from when the clock hit 10am we were off. I took the lead early on and managed to keep onto it throughout. It would have been nice to have someone to chase or work with but I was all on my lonesome for this. Saying that I'd mentioned it in passing in a club Whatsapp group last night that I was doing a time trial at 10am today and around 10 more of them decided to do the same thing, they've given me credit for the great idea but no way (they are not on boards) so thanks a million for putting this together today B, recover well and fast. You may not realize the value of the endorphins you released for people through racing today so can imagine people are happier with their lot tonight than they have been in quite a while.

My splits of 4:12, 4:21, 4:31, 4:45, 4:26 show the struggles in the 3rd and 4th KM. Was starting to feel sorry for myself around half way but just thought 10 minutes or so hard running and it'll be done. Knowing others were out doing the same thing today was a huge help. I might not have got the sub 22 I was aiming for but it's the fastest time I've done a solo 5K in by easily 2-3mins I reckon. In fact it brings me back a bit to when I did my couch to 5K and hammering myself alone the canal in Sallins trying to get sub 30 (pulled a calf the first time I tried it to do that, my first running injury back in August 2013).
Donation made to little blue heroes and I'd made one as well to do it for dan too.

Some great times posted here and even if DCM goes ahead this year, this is the thread and race of the year.

Great thread, great idea 😊will hopefully get to do this over the next few weeks.

Lazare wrote:

So so jealous of you all today. Such a great race day buzz in here.

Plenty more to come. Reckon this is the way forward for the rest of the year

55 kudos on Strava! I think that's my record.
Oh, the vanity...

5 hours sleep, hungover and kids, ugh. When's my next run