Magic Forum Joyous Journey.

[Tbae]

Sorry for posting so soon.🙈🤣

Just completed today run 9.1 of my repeat C25k and a third week attempt at Abi’s Spring Speed Challenge.

I left home after six am for the Penrhos Coastal Park and my chosen 1 km trail and 30 minute loop.

Received a post from Gary in Finland going out the door, Keep Trucking he said.

It’s all the little things coupled with the links, knowledge and experience on here, the Magic Forum that will get you there.Never doubt it, only believe it.

We are of course all uniquely different and with different needs but believe it’s on this forum your needs will be found, supported and met.

I have gone off again, left the house had in my mind 6-6:59 min/km band today,from a PR of 7:19 mins/km week 2 and off the IC with a week 1 8:08/ km.

I could not have believed I would post a PR of 4.44 mins/km.Hope it’s correct .🙈🤣.Going to see soon enough.Wk4&wk5 remaining.

I was galloping and using Dave’s steam train breathing technique on a 1,2 🙈🤣.

Surprisingingly and if Strava has this correct it feels possible for me to be in the next band.🤔

Steady Bob/Tbae I have just had the greatest day of my trotting life, don’t put the mockers on it.

Can’t wait to get back out there, next week, with a new pair of stalks for my eyeballs, meantime I will perhaps content myself with a trot / canter for my remaining 9.2 & 9.3, 30 min runs.

That is going to be difficult.🤔🔥

Thank you Magic Forum and Admins for my Joyous Journey.

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[Oldfloss Administrator]

I can only imagine a sub 5 minute 1K pace...Well done indeed, young man...

How did you achieve it..? I need to know the secret...!

[Tbae Metric Marathon in reply to Oldfloss]

You can do it Floss.👍💥🔥

I am a novice Floss as you know.

It’s just crazy and daft Floss.I hope it’s correct. 🙈🤣

For starters never had that number in my head.

You and I are pursuing the same strategy short distance and quickening pace.🤔 Leaving distance and stamina aside for the minute.

I think I am like you, got stamina in abundance and hoping to just gallop longer distances with improved pace over/in time.

So if I have picked up my gallop, I think it was mainly due to extra oxygen, as per your mantra about breathing , just do it, so I just mouth breathed to a galloping 1,2 gear not a 123,4 or more canter or trot.

Never had music, I am Dinasaur, no playlist, just Laura’s 3 podcasts which I cannot play alongside the C25k programme anyway as it over rides it.

5 min warm up walk and a very short 60-100meter trot and straight down a 8 meter gradient to wards the beach, mainly trail and plenty corners , not all straight,I think I could get an improved route , more level and on tarmac to get the bouce without the beauty and woodland interest.

Of course Floss after 15 months I carry with me and try and practise everything from the magic forum.

It’s funny Floss strangely I think I just chose to put my eyeballs on stalks.I have been holding back, afraid not confident,not believing,

It’s a mental block.🙈🤔

Gone off on a ramble, so 1) everything I have learned on the magic forum, 2) sufficient oxygen ( I breathe in and exhale as vigorously) not like a sprinter at all, they hardly breathe during a 100m,

and are gasping at their interview.🤔3) just opened up and ran,

and 4) support of the magic forum.

I know you will do it Floss because you know you can do it.

PS Floss Loads of sleep,walking around eating and chilling.Easy for us pensioners.🤔🤣

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[Bluebirdrunner]

No wonder you feel so elated Tbae...you took off and flew this morning! 💥🔥...

So pleased for you! Love the eyes on stalks image 👀....

Pinkaardvark would be very proud of you, as are we all on the Magic Forums!

Tbae you totally rocked it!😎xxxx

[Tbae Metric Marathon in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Oh Jan I had forgotten Mike 🙈

you are so right, remember he posted Get Fit in 6 mins, and he always said in order to run faster you first have to run fast, mitochondria stuff and the three types of slow, medium and fast twitch muscles, so much stuff from him and so many, many others.

I always smile about your introduction to us all in glute exercises and pinkaardvark had something to contribute on that to.🙈🤣

Where is the top man anyway.🤔

Eyes on stalks, thats Lordi / Gary.

Strangely Jan, and humbly it was not a struggle.Just think it was a present from the running gods to this magic forum.

Thank you so much Jan.❤️

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[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Good news from you Tbae, just as a coincidence as I have been doing over the last few weeks since April 18, the day last year that I first ran run 1, week 1 of C25K, I have been rerunning some of those runs, this week its the turn of run 2 and 3 of week 9, I will run them on Wednesday and Friday morning, I'll have the C25K app with Laura, not speeding up just yet although some day next week when I run for 30 minutes, I will have Mapmyrun with me for pace and distance, I'll compare my pace with last year, I did compare my pace with last year's 20 minutes of W5R3, I was a little faster this year with that, I'll see how the 30 minute run goes. 😊 🏃

[Tbae Metric Marathon]

Coincidentally Alan we will be running these two together.

Atb on your runs and thank you for support and your lead on your pace Alan.

Often thought Alan and others can do it so get your eyes on stalks you highland whimp. ( me that is)🙈🤣

Keep on keeping on Alan.

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[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Tbae]

The difference is that you have reran all the runs exactly the same as the first time, 9 weeks in all, I started around the 18 April with 3.1 then 4.1 these run mostly on a Wednesday and Saturday, sometimes a Friday, next it was runs 1 and 2 of week 5 followed by 6.1, 6.2 and back to run 3 of week 5 which I ran almost a year ago around Linthgow Loch where I was today, but today I had a nice walk, it did bring back memories to me today, talking about memories, do you remember Sallenson?, he used to be a very regular contributer here on C25K, he just seems to have completely disappeared, anyway, enjoy your runs this week,, remember to run them slow and steady. 😊 🏃

[Tbae Metric Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

It’s a shame Alan when we just lose members from the magic forum.

It is all just a blink,other stuff takes over.

Can only hope everyone is healthy and happy.

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PS. Not so slow and steady Alan.

The sub 4 min/km beckons my friend.😱🙈🤣

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Tbae]

Looking back on my 'records' Tbae, I ONCE ran 1 kilometre in under 6 minutes, 5.53 to be precise, that was 10th October last year when altogether I had a PB for a 5K of 32.25, which was the third and last time I ran a 5K in 2018. A few weeks after I graduated from C25K I ran my first 5K in just under 35 minutes which I was happy about, so I'll see how it goes this year.

[Tbae Metric Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Yes that’s good Alan.

Have not achieved anything near that.Best is just sub 40 for 5k.(39mins something.)

Hope springs eternal however because today I have run sub 5 min km, 4:44 mins/km.Just to try and figure out how to string 5 together or even improve the all out eyeballs on stalks pace also.👊💥🏃‍♂️🌟👏👏☄️💫🔥

[AlMorr Half Marathon in reply to Tbae]

Hey Tbae, that's a great time for that would be 1Km, in 4.44 min/km. just looked at Strava pace calculator, if you could keep up that pace for a full 5k you would run it in 23.40. There was a lady at a recent parkrun who is in the 70 to 75-year-old age category who ran it in around 20 minutes.

[Lordi Marathon]

Nice one Bob! I just double-checked the Strava analysis on your run. You were flying there for the first 1500m!

[Tbae Metric Marathon]

Thanks Gary.I need to figure out how to change eyeballs on stocks on the move.🙈🤣

I am so chuffed with the possibilities now and thank you so much for your support on here.

Just want to keep trucking.☄️

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[Flyingred 10 Miles]

Congratulations on your newly-found speed! It's always a pleasure to read your entertaining posts here. Good luck with your progression to full fitness.

[Tbae Metric Marathon]

Thank you flyingred.👏👏

Hope all good for you.

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[C3PO Marathon]

Amazing! What an improvement.

[Tbae Metric Marathon]

Aww thanks C3PO.

Certainly the week 2 and the week 3 are both PR’s.I do not know where it came from C3PO.

I did feel for the first time I was galloping and I do hope my old iPhone is correct.🙈🤣

No pressure then but looking forward to eyes on stalks for week 4.😱

Enjoyed reading your Bergen post.👏👏

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[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Fantastic well done!😊x

[Tbae Metric Marathon in reply to aliboo70]

Awww thanks aliboo 70.

Still in shock.But I will see next week how real this is and after I complete my repeat C25k.

Go you and the magic forum.

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