Challenge accepted. Kids want to be in the top 20 next year. The wife's knee is still problematic. My youngest told her that her challenge for next year was to not get beaten by a 5 yr old.
So there are 457,861 entries in the public ballot for the London marathon, of which 17,500ish will be given a place. So about 3.8% chance of getting in.
Not exactly that I imagine, as they do banding for expected finish times, no? I think you have to provide target time when entering. Real chance could be materially different.
I entered. If I don't get in I'm considering trying a half to see if I've any hope of a good for age. Rate calculator thing says in there or there abouts, but that's obviously different to actually doing it...
Stoph sent me his Garmin a while back, and I'll happily route it onwards as I've got a newer version since. His has a chest heart-rate thingy, not IR, to warn you - so it may not be quite what you're after?
Mine new one will count steps and do heartbeat indoors, but e.g. tracking how far you've run is not really a thing without GPS, so that's unlikely to work for squash, but fine for (outdoor) football. E.g. me at tennis earlier today lol: https://www.strava.com/activities/2385688888
I've been doing bits and bobs of other sorts, so not so much running. Off to Ireland for half term though, hoping to get a couple of longer runs in over there, assuming I can find sensible routes.
Nearly 6 miles today lads. About 2.5 miles in I ran past the village hall and got curious as to why many people were congregating in running gear. Before you know it I've just accidentally joined a running club o_O
I'm being ferociously strict with myself and not allowing myself to run, for now, and resisting the thought of 'Smash out a hard km'. Too much heartbreak with injury over the past 5 years so I'm determined to be super slow whilst building up my core.
Good training sesh tonight, not one I’ve done before as I don’t normally go on a Thursday (Thurs sessions tend to be a bit more varied and less intense than Tuesdays). Basically we ran a 5k route alternating between 1min fast and hard, then one slow and steady to recover.