Monthly Archives: February 2016

Stamford 30k

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As of 15 February I have 7 races recorded on the Power of 10, for 2016, the one which has taken the most out of me was the Stamford 30k (18.96 miles) which was on the 14 February.

My plan was to run a Marathon Pace run (which is defined as a run with most of the miles at your goal marathon pace) – the basis behind these is to provide the precise physiological benefit of allowing you to practice the pace, form and so on of the big race, and they give confidence.

I programmed my watch to keep me in the following pace zones (I did not know you could do this until the day before):

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I ran:

  • 2 miles at 6:59 pace (down hill so hard to hold back)
  • 14 miles at 6:35 pace (the race was hilly and windy)
  • 2.5 miles at 7:02 pace (tough to keep at this)

My finishing time was 2:04:53 (this was a 2 and a half minute PB on this race I think).  Previous times on the course (when I raced it) were 2:11:09 and 2:07:17.  Unfortunately I need to go back next year and run 2:04:22.

Race Stats

2016 V35 Doncaster
Event Perf Pos Venue Meeting Date
parkrun 20:30 1 1 Doncaster Sandall Park Doncaster parkrun # 125 13 Feb 16
10K 37:25 37:22 21 3 Cleethorpes Cleethorpes New Year’s Day 10K 1 Jan 16
10.4KXC 46:47 131 Ripon Yorkshire County Championships 9 Jan 16
12KXC 61:55 368 Blackburn Northern Championships 30 Jan 16
10M 62:15 62:12 33 7 Skidby Ferriby 10 24 Jan 16
HM 81:17 81:14 88 27 York Brass Monkey Half Marathon 17 Jan 16
30K 2:04:58 2:04:53 43 5 Stamford St Valentines 30K 14 Feb 16

 

Current Kit List

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Garmin Fenix 3

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Feature packed multisport watch, brilliant in almost all regards.  Does everything the new Garmin 630 does but if I had the choice I would probably go for the 630 over the Fenix 3.  Garmin have replaced my Fenix 3 due to GPS issues, the current one is working well enough and I am pleased to say Garmin have been excellent at updating the software on the watch.  I purchased it from Go Out Doors.

Salomon Pack

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This is an amazing back pack with drink bottles in the front shoulder straps and lots of secure pockets.  I have run 3 ultra marathons with it (all in the rain), its very comfortable and practical.

I purchased this from Accelerate in Sheffield specifically for the Druids Way Challenge which I blogged about earlier.

 

 

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I was lucky enough to be selected by Intersport to trial some new running shoes which are exclusive to Intersport.

So far I have done 2 runs in them, a steady recovery run and a tempo run.

I have found them to be very grippy which is great, they have “contagrip”.  I usually run in size 10 shoes but I did find these quite fitting so I went for a UK 10.5.

I usually run in Mizuno Wave Inspire which I love and Saucony Omni.  The Salomon are more rigid and I enjoyed wearing them.  I believe people should cycle through different running shoes through the week to reduce the risk of repetitive strain type injuries.  I look forward to taking them out for more runs soon.

Fujifilm X-M1

I can not afford to spend thousands on a camera so I opted for a budget solution, I have been pleased with the results which can be found on my flickr account.  I have uploaded over thirty thousand photos of runners mainly in Doncaster for people to enjoy.

I think the camera is great and quite rugged, I will never use most of the settings but I have been pleased with the results.

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January Racing part 2

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January continued to be a busy month for racing:

17 January was the Brass Monkey Half Marathon, last year I ran this race with a cold so I paced DAC Runner Marie Louise Taylor to a PB (this year she smashed it with an 8 minute PB).  This year I was feeling good so wanted to run to the best of my ability.  Perfect conditions (freezing cold) and 9 DAC runners were off smashing some massive PB’s and winning age group categories.

I did not run the time I was aiming for but I ran over a 1 minute PB finishing with a12486012_10153156548402084_4491731520497858047_o time of 1:21:14.  I ran the first 13.1 miles at the East Hull 20 last year in 1:20:30 so I know I have got more to come.  Perhaps the Brass monkey is too flat for me.

Special mention to George Laing (who is very generous in driving us to lots of races) who last ran a half marathon 10 years ago, just before a traffic accident which forced him to stop running.  10 years ago George ran 1:40.  Last year George came back to the club and after finding his love of running an amazing 1:35:56!

The amazing run by Caroline Wheelhouse (1st V55 lady) will rank her 1st V55 lady in the country with her time for Half Marathon.

PB’s for Martin James, David Watts, George Laing, Marie-Louise Taylor, Janet Kerry (despite illness the day before), Phill Whitehead (who had to endure shin pain), and Martyn Walter.  Glynn was pleased to run his best half since 2014.

Special mention to Nicola Devine who came to support our runners.

24 January was the Ferriby 10 Mile, woke up feeling ill (that silly head cold), could feel it in my legs so had no idea how fast to run.  Lots of people got ill around that John-Rainsforth-2time and several DAC runners missed the race as a result.  Travelled with Rose and Ben Elliot (both of whom ran PB’s).

After a short warm up (run from the school and then ran the finishing hill once, spotting a few more DAC Vests) removed some layers and we were off.  I know this race well having raced it about 7 times.  Would this be the day I broke 60?  No, got to be feeling 100% to get PB’s but to finish with a time of 62:12.  If I am running that sort of time when feeling a little unwell that great, bring on Snake Lane!

Nice to see my club mates and also nice to see Kevin Dawson (Ex Soils lol, this will mean nothing to 100% of you) and Ruth Wilson giving support.

30 January was the Northern Cross Country Championships at blackburn, who needs tough mudder, this was possibly the toughest race I have 12615607_10156738397455227_870507698337264805_oever done, horrible conditions underfoot, non of the course was runnable for a normal club runner (obviously the amazing lads who were lapping us don’t sink in as far I guess?), hail storms, freezing cold.  And 12km of the bloody thing.

4 lap course, I finished about mid field pleased to see Wayne Martison running a bit better than me and Peter Simpson had a great last lap and nearly caught me.  8:45 minute miles or something like that, shocking lol.

 

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