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Wow. I loved it when I did it, but I was around late 20s / early 30s at the time, and a lot of water has passed under my bridge since then. 3:17 for 1000m and 8:50 for 2500m were my PBs back then. The 2500m one was gruelling. Can remember almost collapsing with exhaustion on occasions when you grinding out the last few hundred meters despite being almost done in.
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joci im 50 plus now, fat, and unable to walk 3 months ago, few weeks ago did 3.29 1000m and yesterday 7.28 2000,, so anyone can do it again, my pb around 8 years ago 6.50 2000, so your time for 2500 excellent, ill beat youre 1000 in few months
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You're spurring me on! 3:29 takes some doing.
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Is 2000m the race distance nowadays rather than 2500m?
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Yeah - 2,000m
That 3.29 for 1k is impressive ellis. I'll see you at the champs next March and might even be in the same age category! |
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yes 50/54 category for me, and im going to start my lad as well noticed its 2 mins races for them in champs isnt it?
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Depending on the date, I might qualify for the 50-54 category.
My 50th's on March 27th! |
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Spurred on by others here I gave 1000m a shot this lunchtime and managed 3:30.6 which I was really pleased with first time back.
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christ joci, thats fantastic time, especially if itwas youre first time in ages . what age cat you in joci
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rog, started your training regime this morning, 4 x 1000 under race pace, my 1st was 1.53/ 500, 2nd 1.50/ 500, 3rd 1.53/500 and 4th was 1. 52/500 pace . what i want to know is the rest between sets i took around 2/3 mins.
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2-3 minutes looks about right for that sort of pace and where you are at in your training cycle.
Checkout the BIRC website as they have interactive training plans on there, based on number of weeks pre-competition you are at and how many days a week you can train. I found it a little conservative for me (prefer the 'balls out session, every session' approach!) but worth a look. |
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elisjohn 29 May 12 07:27
christ joci, thats fantastic time, especially if itwas youre first time in ages . what age cat you in joci 45-49 |
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personal update, diet not doing fantastic down to 104 kg, but should by now be under 90, too much wine on a bottle a night now, might have a wee problem
, anyway still going to the gym, did my best 1000m time the other day 3 min 20secs, im frankel , youre excalibration joci  , but still struggling to get that 20m 5000m, there is a challenge in sport centre at the moment, bronze, silver, gold, plat awards , plat is hardest 10k rowing followed by 20k bike then 10k run, i completerd this took me approx 2 hours, cant recall the splits but i did the rower in 44 mins. and yesterday tried the 2 min challenge did 630 meters, and would have bettered that but for slipping off couple of times. |
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80% diet
20% fitness |
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rogthebutler, i bottled it today, did 4000 m in 15.45, and didnt carry on for that 1st sub 20m 5000, it was in the bag, of course felt tough but i know could have done it with some balls .
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I've got some Man Up pills I can let you have!
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update, ive been working last few weeks , so not much chance of gym , but my weight is down to 103 7 kilos , lost approx 4 stones feel better, trousers much looser on me, but wouldnt say my body shape is any better, and still no sign of a six pack
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waw just come across this , how is everyone since near 8 years
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