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ONE THING I FORGOT........
Apr3020138:01 a.m.
....... to tell you about was the 5K fun run that my buddy Sarah and I organized for St Thoma's Church a couple of weeks ago. We've been talking about it for a couple of years, but always stopped short of settng a date, so this year we bit the bullet and decided on April 14th. I planned a 5K route around Elthorne Park in Hanwell. It was a 2 lap course and this meant that people could enter for the 2.5K run too. We advertised it locally and persuaded a few of the ladies from running club to sign up. We ordered medals and race numbers and then crossed our fingers that we'd have more than half a dozen entries! One of the most difficult things was finding marshalls. We needed 17, but with a lot of arm-twisting, we finally got our quota and borrowed high-viz jackets from Ealng and Southall Athletics club for them to wear.
And the result - well the day was warm and sunny. In the end we has 78 runners and walkers of all ages (from 6 to 75). It was a fantasitc day, everyone loved it and they all want to know the date of next years run!
So back to the play I was telling you about last week - Enron. I didn't really know what to expect, but I have to say it was excellent. Accomplished acting from all the cast and well produced.
And the running - well last weeks training finished with 8 X 3 mins at 10K pace with 90 seconds jogging recovery in between. Suprisingly hard! Yesterday, I started the week with 2 X 15 minutes at threshold pace. I was in the Ealing Common area, so its reasonably flat, but a lot of people to dodge. 8:33 and 8:25 were the paces for the thresholds. At running club, Charles got us to do the Cooper Test - run as far as possible in 12 minutes. This gives you a measure of VO2max. When we did this sort of session with Dom, it was based on the army fitness test and was how fast you could run 1.5 miles, so based on that, I was aiming for 6 laps of the track. I set off and quickly got into my threshold pace. I worked hard, but managed to keep each lap to 2 minutes. When the 12 minutes was up, I'd run a fraction more than 6 laps, so well pleased with that. According to the internet - my VO2max is 'superior'!!
After that, we ran 4 X 100 metre sprints and 4 X 80 metres with a minute to recover after each. So a good, varied session, but I think I'll take a rest today!
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Comments (10)
gaellebryant 'Brilliant news on the run organising front, well done. And fantastic running there too...I really wish I could find a running club where people meet during the day...I cannot do evenings...' added 30th Apr 2013
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Johnf 'Great news you've passed the entrance test Private!! The organised run sounds a great success, good turnout.' added 30th Apr 2013
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hollywooddave 'great work well done:)' added 30th Apr 2013
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runnerbarbie01 'Gosh Sue well done on organising a race - that's an awesome achievement. Great running training too - enjoy your rest! x' added 30th Apr 2013
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gloshawk 'Wow, you're superior for VO2. I, on the other hand, don't even know what it means! I like the sound of Enron, the play - I tell my students about the saga often enough!' added 30th Apr 2013
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kizzi10000 'the race sounds fab! Welld one :). And well done for the superior vo2 as well. The way my 5 miler went today I'm not sure I'm capable of threshold pace at the moment :-/' added 30th Apr 2013
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crooxi 'Yes, I think you deserve a rest day after that! - well done. Also on organizing a race. Great turnout - and so glad you had good weather for it too.' added 30th Apr 2013
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moose10 'very well done getting that race off the ground sue you must be very proud on that, I help out with our running club races and know just how much work is involved, good to see those track session are paying off' added 2nd May 2013
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kraftykat 'Wow, well done Sue with organising that race. And to have so many entries too,, that's great. If only I lived nearer, I would most certainly have been there to lend a helping hand!' added 5th May 2013
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Alaistair 'That's fantastic...to have organised and delivered such a successful event. Hopefully its something that will stay on the church calender.' added 11th May 2013
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