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Elsie Too
Elsie Too
16 Feb
2:44pm, 16 Feb 2025
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I’m finally bettable for a mile and a 5km.
I’ll let you know when I’m going for it.
Big_G
Big_G
17 Feb
7:33pm, 17 Feb 2025
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First time I’m putting myself forward, but I’ve got Seville Marathon this weekend.

It is possible I’ll beat my 10M, Half and Full benchmarks. I’ll be going out at around 8min/miles (3hr30 pace) so if I don’t beat my Half benchmark (1hr56) I’ll be very disappointed, and if I don’t beat my marathon benchmark (4hr46) something will have gone very wrong. :)

5M and 10K much tighter, so I’ve not turned those gold. Really the 10M should be improved as well (currently 1:21:06) and I’m wondering whether to turn that gold too, but I haven’t yet.

For context, the marathon that is part of my current benchmark was a very hilly, trail marathon, whereas Seville is flat road. The other benchmarks are from training.

As always, anything can happen, but the above is the plan :)
Runningbauble21
Runningbauble21
17 Feb
7:56pm, 17 Feb 2025
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Good luck @Big_G I'll put some money on you for encouragement 😊
Night-owl
Night-owl
17 Feb
8:00pm, 17 Feb 2025
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All the best too @Big_G I'll give you some encouragement too
Snail
Snail
17 Feb
8:56pm, 17 Feb 2025
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This weekend will be exciting. 1st time that I will be able to support a horse for real, as we will also be in Seville, supporting our son. Will you have a recognisable shirt @Big_G ?
Big_G
Big_G
17 Feb
9:19pm, 17 Feb 2025
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@Snail , I’ll be in club kit. I run for Teignbridge Trotters, but there are a few of us going, so if you see one of us it may not be me :) Pic at the top of this page is what the kit looks like though.

teignbridgetrotters.co.uk
clare1976
clare1976
17 Feb
9:39pm, 17 Feb 2025
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I'm entered for a 10k on Sunday which is a good course for a decent time so ordinarily I'd have said my 5m and 10k benchmarks would be worth a punt.

However, weather forecast currently looks like strong winds (black circles of doom as I call them) - if it still looks like that on Thursday, I'll be taking the organisers up on their offer to sell them back my entry to transfer on to somebody on their waiting list. It's pretty much an hour each way to travel to, and I'm not desperate enough to do it in weather like that, it's not my main target.

So I'll update here towards the end of the week and turn the cells gold if I'm definitely doing it!!
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
17 Feb
11:25pm, 17 Feb 2025
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My mile, 5k, 5 mile, 10k and 10 mile times have become (just) reachable again because the fast 10 mile race I ran in November has fallen out of the 90 day window. Await further updates.
Tomasz
Tomasz
19 Feb
3:48am, 19 Feb 2025
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Sunday: 26.2k @ marathon pace
Expected improvements: 4-5min at half, 1-2min at 10 miles (correction to the previous prognosis, it won't be 3-4 min improvement for 10 miles because I beat that time accidentally last week)
tipsku
tipsku
19 Feb
12:28pm, 19 Feb 2025
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I'm going to try and run a fast mile on the track today. The previous benchmark is 6:39 that I would like to beat. I don't think it will be by a lot, maybe a few seconds, so don't break the bank for it.

I can't guarantee that I'll make it - in a 10k or half I feel more confident about judging my abilities but the mile is always a leap into the unknown.

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