Started running for the first time in my life last Saturday. Ran 5km and it took about 40 minutes with a lot of walking in between but I'm determined to get good. I've already signed up for the Great North Run 2015.
Congrats! Won't this be your second or am I mis-remembering? I got rejected 4 years in a row and forgot to enter this year :'(
You're mis remembering. This is the second time I've entered though. Going to have to defer though - having some health issues which is making running difficult.
Has anyone run the day after a flu jab? I was stupid enough to book mine the day before the Plymouth 10k.
About a minute slower than last week (which was probably a fluke tbh ) at 27:37 ish. I am nursing a pretty bad cold though, and my legs had basically gone by halfway, so couldn't up the pace at the end like I normally do. Still managed to do the last 1km in 5'11" though, so not too bad!
Need to break sub-27 again! At the moment, I'm aiming to stay under 28, which I managed to do, so I'm not too disappointed, especially since I've only been under 28 minutes 3 times now.
Hopefully next week I'll be cold-free and raring to go!
First parkrun today! Did it in between 22-23 minutes (need to wait for official results as forgot to stop my watch -.-) need to make sure I start more towards the front next week, got held up to begin with before there were spaces to overtake!
Me! First time I've entered the ballot so I had prepared myself for a no. I'm scared now that it's a yes but at least it will keep me running over the winter!
15.53 km in 1hr 39:05 very happy, potentially my favourite run I've ever done. Going to run that route a few more times and work on getting my time down before I up the distance again, I'm really feeling determined to try and be under the 2hr mark for my half marathon next May- even if it is by a second!