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Oct 2020
7:57pm, 16 Oct 2020
1,478 posts
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Shortcut Cam
Best thing I’ve gained from RW is Yasoo’s 16 week intermediate marathon training plan which has been followed several times over many years. A fairly simple plan that for me is good enough and kept injuries at bay. I had to unlike their BookFace announcements but I still read it electronically through my library. Takes only a few minutes to read.
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Oct 2020
9:35am, 18 Oct 2020
2,616 posts
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B Rubble
You’re right BigG & Cam, I shouldn’t be so cynical. They are by and large knowledgable, nice people. They also need to sell magazines so need those catchy titles.
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Oct 2020
9:49am, 18 Oct 2020
261 posts
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Big_G
B Rubble, yeah my experience from RW was really good, I have to say. One of the regular writers interviewed me over the phone (twice, if I recall correctly) and then then they sent two photographers down to Devon to get the pics. They had me running up and down the beach and posing on the steps etc, which was a bit odd as they had all the photography-related gear and I was getting some attention from the public! They gave me some shoes, bought me some food, and then let me have the pics they'd taken.
Changing the subject entirely, I had a similar experience with parkrun. About this time last year the Pro Direct guys (who supply the parkrun kit and are local to me) got a few local runners together running in the new kit, and we've been all over the parkrun publicity stuff on social media and their emails, certainly before lockdown, although it's been a bit quieter of late. We each got a new parkrun shirt, hoody and pair of shoes of our choice. That was great morning out too.
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Oct 2020
10:00am, 18 Oct 2020
2,617 posts
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B Rubble
I didn’t realise we had a celebrity on the thread BigG. We’re lucky that the running community is stacked with good people. We’ve even got nice journalists.
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Oct 2020
9:47am, 21 Oct 2020
4,843 posts
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Windsor Wool
It’s Baz’s birthday and yesterday was one year since THAT day which means it’s time for this one again 😀
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Oct 2020
9:53am, 21 Oct 2020
17,965 posts
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Bazoaxe
Lol
And who would have thought that I would be injury free and yet not raced since that actual day (excluding Parkrun’s)
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Oct 2020
10:13am, 21 Oct 2020
36,162 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
That was *such* a big celebration. And relief! That you'd (finally!!  ) done it. The longest, most dedicated quest in Fetch history, I think!
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Oct 2020
10:30am, 21 Oct 2020
17,966 posts
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Bazoaxe
I was reflecting on that when running last night.
First marathon 2006 aged 38
First sub 3:15 2008 aged 40
First sub 3:05 2009 aged 41
Wilderness years
First (and to date only) sub 3 2019 aged 51 and 364 days
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Oct 2020
10:59am, 21 Oct 2020
6,899 posts
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paul the builder
A year to get the 10 minutes to 3:05, 10 years to get 5 more minutes off. Just another 100 years to get to 2:57:30?
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Oct 2020
11:28am, 21 Oct 2020
36,163 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
What is 2:57:30 as a target for Bazo ptb? (apart from 7s quicker than my PB?!) G
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