70% WAVA

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bonners Nov 2020 1:38am, 29 Nov 2020 1,748 posts	0 bonners Well done Dave 👍
Looby Loo Nov 2020 6:21pm, 29 Nov 2020 557 posts	0 Looby Loo I managed a 65:54 today which is my highest. Think I just need to maintain until my next big birthday in 20 months 🤣
Goofee Nov 2020 8:22am, 30 Nov 2020 3,407 posts	0 Goofee Good work, Looby Loo!
Kieren Dec 2020 8:03pm, 12 Dec 2020 4,072 posts	0 Kieren Hello All, Im new to this thread so it's now on the watch list and I will be catching up on the posts and journeys. I've been running a 5K virtual hanidcap race set up my club over lockdown. So, it's a solo run and I chose 1.5 laps around a local lake. The first 500m are flat, then 800m at about 2% climb. When on the limit I tend to blow up at 2.5KM and do think the reverse route would be faster but am committed to the direction I set. WAVA over 5 KM 61.6% in June (22:24) 67.9% in Oct & Dec I need 19:47 to hit 70%. No idea how long that will take - maybe 6 months, maybe 12, maybe never.
Goofee Dec 2020 8:11pm, 12 Dec 2020 3,461 posts	0 Goofee Good to have you here, Kieren! Excellent progress so far, keep us updated with how things go
Ally-C Dec 2020 9:29pm, 12 Dec 2020 1,050 posts	0 Ally-C 69.48 for me for my 21:54 5k earlier, eight more days to my birthday though, so if I can do that again I’ll be 70+ 😂
SteveC amid the winters snow Dec 2020 10:11pm, 12 Dec 2020 272 posts	0 SteveC amid the winters snow 69.8 for me today on my fake parkrun entry. I found it rather motivating and will do more of them. Haven't really done speedwork since september when I hit 73 so I'm pleased with that. Will do some 5s and 10 kms over xmas.
Funky Chicken Dec 2020 10:42pm, 12 Dec 2020 583 posts	0 Funky Chicken Evening all. Returning to running after a few years out, and currently managing a 5k tempo run of 21:45 (65%). PB from 2016 is 20:12 (which was then 67%) - if I can beat it by 3 seconds it’ll get me 70% so that’s one of my aims going into 2021. Sub-20 would be great too, so those aims kind of go hand-in-hand. I never really focused on 5k specifically before now, preferring to alternate a variety of race distances up to marathon, but this time around I’ve built in a weekly tempo run (which would be a parkrun in different circumstances, to gee me on a bit) over the same route each week. It’s slightly downhill, so I’ll reverse the route at some point to make it a bit tougher, but for now I’ve run 2 and plan to run 6-8 before reviewing how I’m getting on and tweaking things if necessary. Will keep an eye on this thread, and wish all others eying that 70% target success in achieving it!
Kieren Dec 2020 12:12am, 13 Dec 2020 4,073 posts	0 Kieren Wow. So many of you are right on the cusp. Hopefully no more world records in the mean time
Looby Loo Dec 2020 5:48pm, 13 Dec 2020 614 posts	0 Looby Loo Welcome Kieran I’m fairly new too as only just getting to mid 60’s need to try harder or just maintain while I’m getting older 🤣

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A thread started and structured by Goofee. For those attempting to achieve 70% age grading at a single event, as a Fetch standard or at several distances.

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riggys99 - 5k, 10k, mile, half marathon
5km_is_plenty - 5k
Ally-C - 3k, 5k, 10k
Bowman - 5k, 10k, 20 miles, marathon, mile
quimby - 5k, 5 miles, 10k
Mark J - mile, 5k, marathon, half marathon
DocM - 5k, half marathon, 10k
tipsku - 10k
SJA - half marathon
chunkywizard - 5k, 10 miles, 10k, 1500m, 3k
Velociraptor - 5k, 10k, 4k, half marathon, metric marathon, 10 miles
Autumnleaves- 5 miles, 10k, 5k, 10 miles, mile, 3k
larkim - 5k, half marathon, 4.4 miles, 4.66 miles, 5.75 miles, 5000m, 3000m
Fenners-Reborn - 5k
Mrs larkim - 5k, 3000m
hillstrider - 5k
Charlesvdw - 5k, half marathon
auburnette - 5000m
HappyG(rrr) - 4k
Goofee - 5k

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