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5k- 19:28
5 mile - 34:23
10k- 42:35
10 mile - 1:09:47
Half- 1:31:31
Marathon - 3:28:52 🏃‍♂️

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All I can do now is pray this wind dies down before race day and hope I can execute my plan 🏃‍♂️

There hasn’t been many ‘A’ goal races that I’ve actually nailed before, I always seem to nail races in the lead up to the main one and then something goes wrong on the main race, hopefully I can stop that trend on Friday 🙏

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2 days ago

Race week so it’s all about trying to shed some fatigue from the legs, no more speed work just an easy run today and another tomorrow with some strides thrown in at the end 🏃‍♂️

Then, we rest and recover before Friday night 👻

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3 days ago

Just like that another week is done ✅

A week with less elevation to let the legs recover a bit, some great speed work in there and just controlled easy running.

All the work is done, bring on the last 5k race of the year this Friday coming @galloperthompson5k. Weather looking decent so far for it, hoping for a strong race 💪

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5 days ago

Junk miles for parkrun 👀 and an out of focus picture

23 minute parkrun in the junk miles zone 3, certainly didn’t feel like junk mileage to me anyway.

Another week done ✅ with next Friday bringing my final 5km race of the year 🙏

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6 days ago

Think less, run more.

We are all guilty of over complicating running from time to time. Sometimes the best thing to do is to just get out there and run, run without looking at pace or checking heart rate. Just run for the love of running 🏃‍♂️

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8 days ago

Back on the track with the club for some good work.

Winter definitely feels like it’s creeping in, I think we are in for a truly awful winter, gonna be the wettest, windiest, coldest one in recent years. Make the most of this weather while it’s still here 🥶

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8 days ago

Still doing my workouts in plateless super trainers, today was the fantastic Qiaodan Leili 2 GT, what a shoe 🤩 🏃‍♂️

3 X 10 minutes sub threshold today with 90s active recovery, very controlled to begin and stepped up through the gears as the reps went on, that felt good 💪

Repping another new Li-Ning T-shirt, China producing amazing running shoes and running clothing too 👏

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11 days ago

Stack week on week, month after month, year after year and the results will come, guaranteed ✅

When I first started running I remember struggling round my first 5km in 28:38, I then discovered Parkrun and my goal became sub 25 minutes.

I nearly vomited in my month and got exactly 25:00 after getting some consistency in my running.

A couple years later and after stacking run after run my new goal is now sub 19 and I can feel it getting closer 💪.

Running doesn’t have to be too complicated, as @lionscull likes to say lately ‘Think less - Just run’ and I’ve been adopting that attitude a lot lately to my running and the results are coming.

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12 days ago

Unexpected PB ‼️

First time at Stormont Parkrun and left with a juicy 10 second PB. It’s a shame the GPS ran short but we go by official Parkrun time 👀

The road to sub 19 is tough, but I feel it getting closer 💪

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13 days ago

Sound on for that @runsifly squeak 😍, there’s nothing quite like that sound.

Happy to see Runsifly getting more recognition in this part of the world, I’ve been using their shoe and clothes since the start of the year and I could tell right away that this would be a fantastic marathon option for me 🏃‍♂️. Their half tights, socks and vests are all fantastic, a company that appeared out of nowhere and knocked it out of the park 👏.

I cannot wait to see what the next shoe in their lineup brings, I expect good things again.

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14 days ago

The importance of steady running 🤔

I really feel like my overall general fitness has improved a lot lately by introducing steady runs into my week.

These runs are still easy but not a 1/10 effort easy run, more like a 3-4/10 with my heart rate staying around the middle on Zone 2 even with the elevation.

Sure, this may create a bit more fatigue than a run at 5:35-5:45/km but currently I’m feeling like the benefit outweighs the negative.

Took out the Qiaodan Leili 2.0 GT for a spin, probably the perfect choice for this run. Responsive, stable, bouncy, nimble, comfortable. Everything you could want in a shoe, an all round fantastic super trainer. Can cruise along happily at 5:20/km going up the hill and can do just as great dropping down to 4:20/km going down.

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15 days ago

Tempo hills are something I’m introducing more into my training. Longer sustained efforts uphill, it’s a real weakness of mine so needs work.

This session was 2 X 2 mile with just over 50m elevation gain on each effort.

Big 5km race coming up that starts with 2.5km of uphill work and I wanna give myself the best possible chance of getting to the top feeling good so I can open the legs up on the downhill.

Was only my 2nd run in the 361 Mega 3 Pros, can see why a few have said it’s a late contender for shoe of the year. It’s so so good.

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17 days ago