AndyS

Last on at 1am, 20th Jan 2025
M60 Greater London
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About Me
Former blob man (150kg , 50 inch waist), now less so (but still fat).
Started Couch-to-5k on July 31st 2015, then went to parkrun in November 2015 - and got hooked. (A2002980)
Started doing longer distances - first 10k, then a half (loved it!), then trained for the 2018 London Marathon ... and the wheels totally came off. I hated the training. 4 months of getting slower and slower, and resenting running. Ran the 2018 VLM (6:04:13) - enjoyed the day immensely, but you won't ever see me training for another one (if I ever get a place, I can walk it in about 7 hours).
So still trying to recapture the enjoyment that running once brought to me, but nothing's working. Marathon training robbed me of all of the pace that I had (and I didn't have much to start with) - but worse, it's also taken away my endurance. Previously, I could go and plod out a half without too much trouble - now, I can't even run 5k without a walk break.
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Recent Blogs
What else can go wrong today? 21st Dec
Who am I? solved Dec 2024
Who Am I? - Solved! Dec 2023
The Big Half 2023. Sep 2023
RideLondon-Essex 100 miles 2023. May 2023
My parkrun
Mile End parkrun
Recent Training
19th Jan
Strength 0mi 17:02
19th Jan
Rowing - Indoor 1.3mi 12:57
19th Jan
General 0.4mi 8:42
19th Jan
General 0mi 25
19th Jan
General 3.4mi 24:38
Planned Races
Highbury Fields parkrun 25th Jan
February Virtual Mile 1st Feb
London Marathon 27th Apr
12 Month Benchmarks Run Bike
100m 2 4
200m 8 8
Mile 7:46 1:19
5k 33:13 5:05
5mi 57:52 8:23
10k 1:17:12 10:51
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Recent Threads
Today my RHR is....
The Music Game
parkrun Café
Things you want to say but can't
Who Squares Wins!
Mundane thread
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