Running Plans

It's been another brilliant week for Running Plans athletes!! Well done all!!
Only one 'race' today, where Danny ran an easy 10 miles pacing a friend to a HM PB before hitting the last 3 miles hard with about a 16-17 min final 5K!
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Lyndsey has done it again, another test, another massive improvement in just 7 weeks and all down to her 100% commitment to the plan :) #LetsGetBetterTogether

Big up to Lyndsey who took 34 seconds off her 1 mile time in 7 weeks of training ūüĎĆūüŹľ She does another test tomorrow, I‚Äôm looking forward to tracking her progress even more ūüėÉ #Letsgetbettertogether

I‚Äôm the happiest man in the Lake District at the moment! I set myself a goal of sub 10 hours which would give me 38+ mins off my previous course best, and just sneaked under with 6 mins to spare. But that‚Äôs the point of realistic goal setting ūüėú I went out hard from the beginning and stuck with it, and gave it everything I had, there was not a moment that I relented! And don‚Äôt my feet, legs & back know it now! That was mega hard, it is anyway; the Lake District is such a beau...tiful devil and it threw everything at us today and didn‚Äôt relent, but going as hard as I could from start to finish was a killer! It was mega reading all of your comments afterwards so thank you all ūüėÉ One thing is certain; after the past 8 weeks with (nearly) no booze, tea, coffee, biscuits or cake or anything else remotely interesting and getting up at 5am every morning to run up & down a hill for an hour, I‚Äôm changing my routine for a few days ūüėúūüėúūüėú Thank you everybody ūüėÉ
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He‚Äôs only gone and done it !! He‚Äôs achieved his goal of sub 10 hours coming in at 9 hours 53 mins, completing the Lakeland 50 before nightfall ūüí™ūüŹĽ awesome running Frank !! So proud ūüėĀ xx

Wow he‚Äôs got 3.5 miles to go ūüĎĆūüŹĽ come on Frank you‚Äôve got this baby ūüĎŹūüŹĽūüí™ūüŹĽWow he‚Äôs got 3.5 miles to go ūüĎĆūüŹĽ come on Frank you‚Äôve got this baby ūüĎŹūüŹĽūüí™ūüŹĽ

He‚Äôs just getting into Ambleside, about 34miles in ūüėĀūüėĀ looking great ūüĎĆūüŹĽ come on Frank only 16 miles to go !!! ūüí™ūüŹĽūüŹÉ‚Äć‚ôāÔłŹ

Frank checked into Mardale at 15.11 - 20 miles in !! He‚Äôs smashing it ūüí™ūüŹĽ Keep it going baby ūüĎĆūüŹĽūüŹÉ‚Äć‚ôāÔłŹFrank checked into Mardale at 15.11 - 20 miles in !! He‚Äôs smashing it ūüí™ūüŹĽ Keep it going baby ūüĎĆūüŹĽūüŹÉ‚Äć‚ôāÔłŹ

Frank has just gone through Pooley Bridge, about 6miles in ! He‚Äôs had a good start and looking strong ūüí™ūüŹĽ come on Frank ūüĎŹūüŹĽūüĎŹūüŹĽ

FINALLY it‚Äôs my turn to race! I‚Äôm hoping to get sub 10 hrs at the Lakeland 50 later today which is a big chunk off my course PB but I‚Äôm in the right shape to do it, just depends on my man-up-ness!! Photo was taken inside the tent because it‚Äôs been Peeing down all night!! ūüė≥ūüĒę You can track my hopefully half decent progress here http://track.sportident.co.uk/competitor_ leaderboard.php‚Ķ

We have 2 runners in the Lakeland 100 which just started at 6pm and goes on for the next 40 hours! Paul Rose & Mike Churchyard are ready to rock and have put in so many hours in the hills over the months ūüí™ūüŹľ Question: have you ever seen so many idiots in one place?!! ūü§™ #Letsgetbettertogether

A MASSIVE well done to Gemma who smashed her long term goal this weekend of completing the Jurassic Coast ultra marathon! Her target was to finish in under 24 hours, which she demolished with an 18:38:02 finish time ūüė≥ūüí™ūüŹľūüí™ūüŹľūüí™ūüŹľ
Out of 454 ladies she finished 16th ūüė≥ūüė≥
... I’ve seen her really develop over the past few months and she’s put in some mega hours & miles and done some serious tough races as stepping stones leading up to this weekend!
Well done Gemma I‚Äôm mega proud of you and chuffed for you, your commitment to your running has really paid of here ūüėÉūüėÉūüėÉ #Letsgetbettertogether
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Just catching up from the previous week's races and running as I spent a few days away. Well done to Clive who got a 5K & 10K PB on Sunday at Leeds 10K! Interestingly, when he told me after the race, he presumed he hadn’t got a PB because we’d changed tactics slightly for this race resulting in him being more tired than usual at the end! And that’s racing! Run to exhaustion at the end and get a PB! Julia got a 1K & 1 mile PB at the Cheadle 4 mile race, proof that our focus ...on hill work is worth the effort! And this morning, Derek got a 10K PB on a relatively easy training run! Well done everybody who has ran and worked hard in this beautifully tormenting weather! #LetsGetBetterTogether
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I haven‚Äôt heard off Brenda yet, I think she‚Äôs fallen asleep in the pub! But she had a great run at Endure with 100K clocked up. A great long aerobic run before the Lakeland 100 in 4 weeks ūüí™ūüŹľ #Letsgetbettertogether

Gemma has finished ūüėÉ 16 laps, 80 miles & joint 10th position ūüĎĆūüŹľūüí™ūüŹľ Well done Gemma ūüėÉ Now to enjoy an easier week and a bit of rest before her epic target race in 4 weeks time. #Letsgetbettertogether

Results so far at Endure 24 hr race are Brenda on 90+k and Gemma on 80+K after 11 hours. Brenda in 7th position & Gemma in 19th ūüôā Hopefully they took it relatively easy during the heat of the day and can push a bit more between now and sunrise. Current lap averages are Gemma 1:11 and Brenda 1:05 Keep working girls ūüí™ūüŹľūüí™ūüŹľ... And if you‚Äôre reading this GET OFF YOUR PHONE!! #Letsgetbettertogether
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Well done Tracy Wright ūüėÉ The first of the weekend‚Äôs results are Tracy‚Äôs after completing her first ever cycling sportive and loving it! Back to the running from Tuesday....got to do a proper sport as well as cycling after all ūüėú Well done Tracy #Letsgetbettertogether

Big up Derek ūüėÉ Yesterday he ran Wilmslow half and got a PB. On the way he also got a new 10K, 15K, 10 mile & 20K PB ūüĎĆūüŹľūüĎĆūüŹľūüĎĆūüŹľūüí™ūüŹľūüí™ūüŹľū üí™ūüŹľ #Letsgetbettertogether