Over 60's training

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NZD 27 Sep 7:41pm, 27 Sep 2024 142 posts	0 NZD Possibly someone at parkrun may be interested in occasional training runs?
Torque Steer 27 Sep 8:14pm, 27 Sep 2024 92 posts	0 Torque Steer @alehouse hope that was only a mental collapse and not your hamstring collapsing on you Very good progress in the running stakes @Rosehip and @PeterFay - I was beginning to worry about the zimmer frame users catching me up so alone is definitely preferable. Good spell that Rosehip - you won't need that break shortly & time isn't important just now Did a 2 hour session this afternoon - work not run - and fell asleep over my laptop. Woke to a screen filled with nnnnnnnnnnn s Wordle in three
Torque Steer 27 Sep 8:16pm, 27 Sep 2024 93 posts	0 Torque Steer @NZD up late/early down there :-)?
Welshpoppy 27 Sep 8:19pm, 27 Sep 2024 4,563 posts	0 Welshpoppy I am another slow runner too slow for my running club. I rather run on my own. No run today my lips and nails turned blue and I was cold and not feeling the love. Wordle in Three.
NZD 27 Sep 8:27pm, 27 Sep 2024 143 posts	0 NZD @Torque Steer: Parkrun! Though probably not the smartest idea!
Canute 27 Sep 9:31pm, 27 Sep 2024 2,986 posts	0 Canute @Rosehip 2x30 minutes is very substantial progress. @alehouse it is encouraging to hear that your hamstring apparently coped with 1 Km run followed by 2x0.5 Km runs. This week I have continued with multiple repetitions of 4min jog/ 1 min walk. Next week I will increase the jog segments to 6 minutes. I am chafing at the bit to extend the duration of jogging. However, while I think my knee could probably cope with longer jog segments, I think there is more to be gained by building up the resilience of connective tissues by increasing total duration of sessions before placing continuous stress on the knee.
Rosehip 27 Sep 9:42pm, 27 Sep 2024 33,290 posts	0 Rosehip not a big parkrun fan to be honest, used to go and will join in a meet-up but not keen on driving just to run, especially not 5K on a Saturday morning
Rosehip 27 Sep 9:43pm, 27 Sep 2024 33,291 posts	0 Rosehip thanks @Canute - shows how much was just my head really! might go for the hour tomorrow if I can get out before Husband finds some DIYthat needs doing
NZD 27 Sep 11:40pm, 27 Sep 2024 144 posts	0 NZD Good progress @alehouse. @Canute. Yes, like alehouse, slow and steady seems the best option at this point. @Torque Steer 😁, yup, done that a few times with a variety of letters! Parkrun (25:11) a bit better than I feared but still a minute slower than 3 weeks ago ☹️. Wasn't sure if I was up to a parkrun. But ultimately decided I needed a hard kick start to stand any chance of a half decent 10k time in 3 weeks.
PeterFay 28 Sep 8:00am, 28 Sep 2024 10,779 posts	0 PeterFay @Torque Steer Hoy Half Matathon used to have trophies for V75F and V75M in form of a model Zimmer frame. [Sadly Hoy Half is no more]