2nd Place (Women) in our local Segment - Bridge to 10K

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2nd Place (Women) in our local Segment

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Having found a short segment (1.5K) along our route completely by accidentally taking 3rd place a few weeks ago, I've tried it a couple of times since. Despite my best efforts I was still 9 seconds behind 2nd place and 22 seconds behind 1st. (Of the women challengers!)

I gave up at that deciding out wasn't worth killing myself over.

However...

I was reading someone else's post on which pinkaardvark commented that our pace for 5K should not be the same as 10K. That all made sense but on checking I saw that my pace was actually better for 9K than my last few consecutive 5's.

I realised this was because of dropped back and used the shorts as easy recovery runs, stopped chasing the segment and intervals weren't really working, in the sense that my recovery between intervals evened the pace back out.

So tonight I thought I'd just up the pace once my legs were warm and see about that segment! πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ’¨πŸ’¨πŸ’¨

Beaming 😁 when I took the women's 2nd πŸ₯ˆplace!

So, massive thanks to Pinkaardvark for his advice, even though it was unbeknown to him πŸ˜†

Now, about that first place πŸ₯‡ She's still got 12 seconds on me...🀣

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Ripcurlrana71 profile image
Ripcurlrana71Graduate10

Fantastic Hidden !! πŸ’ͺ🏼πŸ₯‡πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ Xx

β€’ in reply toRipcurlrana71

Cheers run-buddy! Doing it for the team. 😁

Ripcurlrana71 profile image
Ripcurlrana71Graduate10β€’ in reply to

You certainly are! The rest of the team are on a rest day. 😬😬 xx

Tbae profile image
Tbae

Brillant.Your flying.πŸ’₯πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ’₯

Michael is the man.πŸ’₯πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’₯

Don’t start saying as he does, that your only shuffling along with everyone else. He he.

πŸ€”πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Go you.πŸ’₯

His other great one is, in order to run faster , you have first got to run fast. How profound is that.πŸ’₯πŸ’₯πŸ‘πŸ‘

β€’ in reply toTbae

I totally get that! Improve stamina and lungs, the latter of which were fighting me tonight! 😀

Tbae profile image
Tbaeβ€’ in reply to

Yes and also,the shorter the run the longer the warm up including a warmup run ,and the longer the run the shorter the warm up.πŸ€”πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ’₯πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ’₯

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10

It's all you πŸ‘

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Thank you! And thanks for your hand-me-down advice, lol! We all inspire each other around here, whether intentional or not, and I was inspired by you on this occasion πŸ˜ƒ

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_SimonT_

Sutsha you are running like the wind! I hear Chariots of Fire music! Well done! πŸ˜€

Tbae profile image
Tbaeβ€’ in reply to_SimonT_

And your Storm Simon.πŸ’₯πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’₯

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Cheers _SimonT_ 😊 I'm sute6 the residents were looking behind me expecting to see the police, or a mugger!! πŸ˜‚

BethMay profile image
BethMay

Smashing it!!! πŸ…πŸƒπŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ’ͺ🏼

β€’ in reply toBethMay

I'm definitely a trier! πŸ€œπŸ€›β˜Ί

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David_G

Great work Sutsha! I don’t know how you do it, but you manage to inspire yourself and everyone else. πŸ™‚

We can even have a victory in running segments and that’s enough to keep us all going πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

It just shows too how important it is to make sure all our muscles are warmed up before attempting to do too much 😊

Good luck with your next run! πŸ˜€πŸ‘

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Thank you David. 😊 If I can inspire just one person on this forum, just once, by simply doing "my thing", I'll be very happy! 😁

We are inspire each other around here and lately I've be hugely inspired by my run-buddy, Ripcurlrana71 , her partner-in-crime, HoagyM , the inspiration for today's post of course, pinkaardvark as well as ju-ju- who just does her own thing inspiring everyone she touches.

As for warming our muscles, I don't get going until about 4K! That's even with a warm up pre-run.

Good luck with your next one out too! 😊

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Ripcurlrana71Graduate10β€’ in reply to

You’re absolutely right that we are inspired by learnings and achievements of others. You are outstanding at taking on a challenge and smashing it! I’ll just plod on with building on my mileage. Xx

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Gotta love a challenge! 😁

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Jay66UKGraduate10

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Thank you kind Sir! πŸ‘β˜Ί

Empem profile image
EmpemGraduate10

Congratulations on coming second.I love all your replies too but I didn't understand a word of it??!!!!!

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If you use Strava, there are Segments created by runners up and down the UK. If you come across one you'll get a personal best on it, which you can then improve on. Additionally, the top runners are placed on a leaderboard so you can compete against them. The list has a separate women's leaderboard and that's the one I aim to crack! One day!!!

Hope that makes more sense.

I've been watching your progress with great interest, see you popping up more regularly now - how are you finding this week's runs? 😊

Empem profile image
EmpemGraduate10β€’ in reply to

Ooh thanks , so these segments are recognised sections of map in the Strava system. I get it now.Definately for the competitors out there!

Yes really enjoying the plan thank you.So I've been taking 2/3 days between runs and will try to up my game / tempo a tad for 5k this week having done the 7k so very steadily. Getting the hang of trying to keep some records now , with Runkeeper, as I go.Keep inspiring us!

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I'll certainly try! 😘

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SaartjieGraduate10

Well done you...no stopping you now!

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My next challenge is graduating πŸ”ŸK. From there getting back on track after a break. Then...πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

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SaartjieGraduate10β€’ in reply to

The world is your oyster!

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LorijayGraduate10

Brilliant Sharon!! I am sure you will hunt her down in time :) :)

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Haha! It's as well we don't know each other eh! I could pass her in the street and not even know it! 😬

Fantastic Hidden , I could only dream of that sort of thing, that's such an achievement. I'm sure you'll make up the difference very soon, hopefully before your adversary does :P

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Thank you! I'll put it to one side again as I do think my improvement has come as a result of more miles on my legs. So, for now I'll keep working on stamina. 😊

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That makes a lot of sense. I'm currently working up to my 10k (soon I hope!) but after that, yes, back to working on speed possibly. Or maybe I'll just have a long rest and rejoin couch to 5k in about 5 years time. Or maybe a half marathon. Oh, the possibilities!!!

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I'm sure you'll capture that 10K very soon!

Hoping you don't take a long rest. It's a lot of hard work, but challenges and PB's aside, the health benefits of this programme are fantastic!

😊

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They certainly are. I still can’t believe that it’s less than a year since I started running, and I feel so much better for it!

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HoagyMGraduate10

Good going Sharon - similar thoughts here too, in that I noticed on Strava that my PB for 1k looks eminently beatable, have never really tried to do a fast km.... and I’m due a short run tomorrow. We’ll see πŸ˜€

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Great plan Ian! Challenge extended πŸ˜‰

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Langley-LoperGraduate10

I am stuck at second or third on a couple of segments near me where those above me have clearly been in a car or on a bike when they recorded their times. They were faster than Usain Bolt!

A couple of us runners even left messages asking them politely to edit their runs and were told to mind our own business and stop looking at their personal data. So rude! I reminded them they could always change their Strava privacy settings...

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Hadn't thought of that. You'd think Strava would have a way of ignoring unrealistic and untrue recordings. Also, what a blooming cheek! I'd seriously consider publicly naming and shaming them into doing something about it. Thus running lark is hard enough and we're so proud of our achievements that it shouldn't be shadowed by this nonsense!

🀞 you get it sorted. In the meantime, enjoy your next run! 😁

Sqkr profile image
Sqkr

My pal has accidentally done this recentlyβ€”her fitbit GPS went mad and recorded her as running a segment in a few seconds, but the amount of awful aggression she got from people the second she finished her evening run, she ended up just leaving it to wind them up. (edited to say I'm not accusing anyone here of aggression of course! 🀣) She's not a particularly speedy runner on the whole and they were very nasty and quite personal. People seem so terribly competitive in Edinburgh, I'm not sure what it is, maybe it's a capital city thing or just something in the water. Most of my segments are part of local running club routes and race courses, I'm probably an average speed runner but looking at my segments you'd think I was the proverbial tortoise. There's no way I'll be any where near the leader board any time soon. So enjoy the glory, and chase down that top spot for all of us! πŸ‘‘

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Langley-LoperGraduate10β€’ in reply toSqkr

See my comments just above! Would suggest you ask her politely to edit or remove her run as us runners don't always like being wound up...!!

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Sqkrβ€’ in reply toLangley-Loper

Well, with all due respect, she didn't much like being told she was a fat cow (amongst other things that are not for publication on a forum) and that she should just stop running and die, first one only ten seconds after her run uploaded and before she'd even seen it herself. She cried for a bit, then she felt angry. There are hundreds of segments in the area, maybe if they channelled their vile aggression into going a bit faster twenty metres down the way they'd break a record and not a fellow runner's spirit. She is private now, I never thought to ask why but I suppose that's probably the reason. So slow hand clap for the 'runners' who gave her all the abuse for a genuine mistake, and for not fitting their mould. πŸ‘

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Langley-LoperGraduate10β€’ in reply toSqkr

Oh my word! That's truly horrible. I was much more polite in my request. One lady admitted she had driven the route in her car just to measure the distances. Then told me to stop looking at her data as she didn't even know who I was. And there was me hoping to find a local running buddy to wave at as we passed.

Hope your friend hasn't been put off and not tarred us all with the same brush.

Sqkr profile image
Sqkrβ€’ in reply toLangley-Loper

It was pretty bad, I'm sure it's not the usual response but she had a pretty tumultuous few minutes of thinking she'd finished a good run, being told she was top of a segment, realising it was a mistake and then getting a barrelload of venom. Talk about an emotional rollercoaster..! Luckily (?) she was in the angry phase by the time she told me, and anger is a good motivatorβ€”so hopefully one day she'll push whomever it was off their pedestal simply by running faster than them 😁

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