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Last on at 1am, 30th Apr 2025

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Athletics Nelson

Races
60
Miles
10687
Miles
10161
Miles
296
WAVA
81.49%
5k
18:59
5M
35:49
10k
42:53
Half
1:26:58
Mara
3:07:55

About Me
I'd been a body abusing, clubber for so many years until my wife inspired me to start running. I used to run well at school but stopped on leaving, took up smoking full time and didn't put any running shoes on again until 2008. Didn't really take it too seriously (just over 500 miles across three years) until 2011, when I entered my wife and I in to our first marathon. The mileage went up and so has the addiction. Personal goals � I’ve gone way over where I ever thought possible. So now it’s just a case of keeping at a level and as long as I am enjoying, I’ll just keep on putting in the effort. Show More...

About Me

I'd been a body abusing, clubber for so many years until my wife inspired me to start running. I used to run well at school but stopped on leaving, took up smoking full time and didn't put any running shoes on again until 2008. Didn't really take it too seriously (just over 500 miles across three years) until 2011, when I entered my wife and I in to our first marathon. The mileage went up and so has the addiction. Personal goals � I’ve gone way over where I ever thought possible. So now it’s just a case of keeping at a level and as long as I am enjoying, I’ll just keep on putting in the effort.

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How do you pick yourself up when you need to? Think of my wife and how blessed my life is.

Recent Blogs
Christchurch Marathon 13.04.2025 – Race Report.	14th Apr
Stuff wot I is learned today - Snippets picked up from using a coach. Item 9 - Marathon race strategy based on % of Threshold HR. Evidenced by data.	10th Apr
Stuff wot I is learned today - Snippets picked up from using a coach. Item 8 - End of my 4-month trial, do I continue using an online coach?	Feb 2025
Stuff wot I is learned (been reminded of) today - Snippets picked up from using a coach. Item 7 - O2 Deficit, easy runs and length of long runs in a marathon bl	Jan 2025
Stuff wot I is learned today - Snippets picked up from using a coach. Item 6 - "Activate lactate shuttling" as part of your warmup prep for shorter races.	Jan 2025

My parkrun
Neale Park parkrun

Recent Training
29th Apr	Commuting	3mi	17:24
29th Apr	Stretching	0mi	8:00
29th Apr	Strides	5.1mi	40:47
29th Apr	Stretching	0mi	2:45
28th Apr	Commuting	3mi	20:13

Planned Races
Monaco midwinter marathon	13th Jul
Chicago Marathon	12th Oct
The Nelson Half	2nd Nov

12 Month Benchmarks	Run	Bike
Mile	5:41	2:53
5k	19:17	10:18
5mi	31:52	18:25
10k	39:46	23:42
10mi	1:04:47	39:26
Half	1:30:10	3:06:12
20mi	2:20:02	0
Mara	3:05:22	0

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2025 Targets	Set your targets
Bike 1000 Run 2000

Recent Threads
Mundane thread
Fungus fungi all the way!
Days in a Row watch - have you got Days in a Row?
Today my RHR is....
100 miles a month in 2025
The Sub 3:15 Marathon Thread

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Best WAVA

Dist	Races	2008	2009	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2018	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025	PB	WB
4km	1						19:22 57.87								19:22 7:48/mi	57.87
5km	25			21:17 65.49	20:27 68.16		23:52 59.31	23:30 60.70					18:59 81.49	19:30 79.33	18:59 6:07/mi	81.49
5mi	3			42:59 52.75	35:49 63.30	43:16 53.24									35:49 7:10/mi	63.30
9.5km	2							40:15 68.91							40:15 6:49/mi	68.91
10km	7	53:26 51.68	48:13 57.72		42:53 65.94	53:30 53.72				51:53 58.75					42:53 6:54/mi	65.94
13km	1											1:14:50 54.56			1:14:50 9:16/mi	54.56
15km	1							1:11:37 61.75							1:11:37 7:41/mi	61.75
13.1mi	16		1:46:06 57.12	1:42:21 60.21	1:45:00 58.69	1:58:21 52.95	2:10:26 48.05	1:44:29 61.01	1:48:36 60.26		1:52:04 60.54	1:34:31 72.45	1:26:58 79.47		1:26:58 6:38/mi	79.47
26.2mi	4			3:42:25 57.30				4:14:51 51.80					3:12:24 73.93	3:07:55 76.43	3:07:55 7:10/mi	76.43

Date	Planned Races			Distance
2 Nov	The Nelson Half Confirmed			13.1mi
12 Oct	Chicago Marathon Confirmed			26.2mi
13 Jul	Monaco midwinter marathon			13.1mi
2025		Result	WAVA	Distance
13 Apr	Christchurch Marathon PB	3:07:55	76.43	26.2mi
18 Jan	Neale Park parkrun SB	19:30	79.33	5km
2024		Result	WAVA	Distance
14 Dec	The Spectacle - 5k Road Race PB	18:59	81.49	5km
23 Nov	Nelson Parkrun	20:53	74.08	5km
3 Nov	The Nelson Half PB	1:26:58	79.47	13.1mi
17 Jul	Sprig & Fern Tahuna Winter 5km	19:35	78.99	5km
6 Jul	Monaco midwinter marathon	1:29:17	77.41	13.1mi
21 Apr	Christchurch Marathon SB	3:12:24	73.93	26.2mi
2023		Result	WAVA	Distance
5 Nov	The Nelson Half SB	1:34:31	72.45	13.1mi
7 Oct	Aoraki Mount Cook Half Marathon	1:36:18	71.11	13.1mi
13 May	Saint Clair Vinyard Half	1:39:39	68.72	13.1mi
18 Mar	Centre of New Zealand Trail - The Aramex Kiwi Walk & Run Series PB	1:14:50	54.56	13km
2022		Result	WAVA	Distance
6 Nov	The Nelson Half SB	1:52:04	60.54	13.1mi
2020		Result	WAVA	Distance
1 Nov	The Nelson 10k SB	51:53	58.75	10km
2018		Result	WAVA	Distance
4 Nov	The Nelson Half SB	1:48:36	60.26	13.1mi
2015		Result	WAVA	Distance
21 Nov	Queenstown International Marathon SB	4:14:51	51.80	26.2mi
8 Nov	Lay Associates 21.1km Half Marathon SB	1:44:29	61.01	13.1mi
3 Oct	Takahe to Akaroa Relay - Lap 7 PB	40:15	68.91	9.5km
31 May	Christchurch Marathon (Half)	1:44:42	60.88	13.1mi
11 Apr	New Balance 15k Road Race PB	1:11:37	61.75	15km
3 Feb	Port Hills 5k Series SB	23:30	60.70	5km
13 Jan	Port Hills 5k Series	23:35	60.49	5km
2014		Result	WAVA	Distance
3 May	Hanmer Springs Half Marathon SB	2:10:26	48.05	13.1mi
26 Apr	Hagley Memorial Relay PB	19:22	57.87	4km
28 Jan	Port Hills 5k Series	24:54	56.84	5km
21 Jan	Port Hills 5k Series	24:50	57.00	5km
14 Jan	Port Hills 5k Series	23:59	59.02	5km
7 Jan	Port Hills 5k Series SB	23:52	59.31	5km
2013		Result	WAVA	Distance
15 Dec	Sri Chinmoy Christmas Dash SB	53:30	53.72	10km
21 Jul	The National Lottery Anniversary Run SB	43:16	53.24	5mi
26 May	Royal Windsor Half Marathon SB	1:58:21	52.95	13.1mi
2012		Result	WAVA	Distance
21 Apr	Cambridge parkrun SB	20:27	68.16	5km
15 Apr	Cambridge Cambourne 10k PB	42:53	65.94	10km
31 Mar	The National Lottery - Olympic Park Run PB	35:49	63.30	5mi
17 Mar	Harrogate Park run	22:26	62.13	5km
10 Mar	Cambridge parkrun	24:14	57.52	5km
4 Mar	Cambridge Boundary Run Half SB	1:45:00	58.69	13.1mi
11 Feb	Cambridge parkrun	24:56	55.90	5km
28 Jan	Harrogate Park run	25:30	54.66	5km
2011		Result	WAVA	Distance
26 Nov	Cambridge parkrun	22:45	61.27	5km
19 Nov	Cambridge parkrun	21:21	65.29	5km
13 Nov	Athens Classic Marathon SB	3:42:25	57.30	26.2mi
29 Oct	Cambridge parkrun SB	21:17	65.49	5km
9 Oct	Great Eastern Run SB	1:42:21	60.21	13.1mi
2 Oct	Abington 10k	45:33	58.94	9.5km
11 Sep	Amaudo 10k	51:41	54.71	10km
3 Sep	Cambridge parkrun	23:24	59.57	5km
13 Aug	Cambridge parkrun	25:19	55.06	5km
16 Jul	Cambridge parkrun	23:25	59.52	5km
9 Jul	Cambridge parkrun	23:21	59.69	5km
2 Jul	Cambridge parkrun	25:30	54.66	5km
11 Jun	Cambridge parkrun	24:58	55.83	5km
24 May	The Tilty Hilly 5 SB	42:59	52.75	5mi
14 May	South Manchester parkrun	26:32	52.53	5km
2009		Result	WAVA	Distance
11 Oct	Great Eastern Run SB	1:46:06	57.12	13.1mi
4 Oct	Abington 10K SB	48:13	57.72	10km
13 Sep	Grunty Fen Half Marathon	1:52:22	53.94	13.1mi
29 Mar	Thorney 10k	53:03	52.05	10km
1 Mar	Cambridge Boundary Run Half	2:24:35	41.58	13.1mi
2008		Result	WAVA	Distance
5 Oct	Abington 10K SB	53:26	51.68	10km

Run Totals

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Bike Totals

Walk Totals

Cross Totals

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2025	12	8	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
2025	164	218	247	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	745
2025	126	102	85	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	394
2024	24	17	3	0	4	5	2	0	2	8	5	16	89
2024	134	171	225	145	153	177	130	176	216	237	118	128	2010
2024	125	75	101	65	130	128	137	104	89	68	127	102	1251
2023	8	11	6	0	4	3	0	0	0	6	6	0	44
2023	105	116	109	159	76	103	151	195	170	177	63	129	1552
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	81	107	106	72	85	111	88	79	68	62	118	14	991
2022	3	7	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	8	5	0	35
2022	9	34	16	14	38	10	50	20	37	75	74	42	418
2022	81	89	146	82	80	52	24	28	80	71	106	96	936
2021	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	6	6	0	0	3	24
2021	14	18	11	9	36	66	64	56	104	56	33	42	510
2021	151	20	80	50	38	77	52	27	108	104	157	74	938
2020	58	24	15	48	18	6	6	17	12	47	9	49	312
2020	234	140	124	11	92	81	98	104	215	192	86	123	1500
2019	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
2019	49	54	15	29	3	25	34	3	49	3	32	10	305
2019	155	144	170	125	61	0	147	131	156	126	132	130	1476
2018	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
2018	67	75	75	104	93	66	63	88	96	63	39	51	879
2018	47	192	178	171	163	96	127	167	162	143	167	116	1729
2017	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	24	27	81
2017	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33	6	56
2016	20	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	39
2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	29
2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2015	37	77	93	113	83	46	75	21	134	120	73	127	1001
2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	76	45	144	290
2014	35	27	19	75	59	66	139	47	6	0	0	3	476
2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	17
2013	35	19	0	44	60	13	19	8	0	6	0	35	239
2012	0	0	13	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
2012	27	104	139	119	42	123	102	103	16	14	51	0	839
2012	0	15	66	26	0	9	4	152	23	0	0	0	295
2011	2	0	0	13	42	65	91	128	120	143	101	23	729
2011	0	0	0	0	44	60	43	27	22	55	7	0	259
2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	0	0	0	0	22
2009	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
2009	20	21	69	23	15	42	43	56	71	38	0	0	398
2008	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	56	52	6	0	0	133

Thu 3rd Apr Apr 3	Fri 4th Apr Apr 4	Sat 5th Apr Apr 5	Sun 6th Apr Apr 6	Mon 7th Apr Apr 7	Tue 8th Apr Apr 8	Wed 9th Apr Apr 9
0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 8.1mi, 59:36 Run - Intervals 0mi, 4:41 Cross - Stretching	0mi, 33:57 Cross - Strength 0mi, 5:30 Cross - Mobility 0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 5mi, 37:39 Run - Easy 0mi, 4:38 Cross - Stretching	3.6mi, 17:51 Bike - General	0mi, 5:30 Cross - Mobility 2.3mi, 20:42 Bike - Mountain Biking 0mi, 7:34 Cross - Stretching 11.2mi, 1:19:53 Run - Tempo 0mi, 4:35 Cross - Stretching	0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 5.1mi, 40:06 Run - Easy 0mi, 4:38 Cross - Stretching 2.6mi, 16:08 Bike - Commuting	0mi, 15:09 Cross - Strength 0mi, 5:30 Cross - Mobility 1.9mi, 14:51 Run - Easy 0mi, 4:41 Cross - Stretching 2.6mi, 16:03 Bike - Commuting	2.6mi, 13:30 Bike - Commuting 0mi, 20:13 Cross - Strength 0mi, 5:30 Cross - Mobility 0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 7.2mi, 57:56 Run - Strides 0mi, 4:43 Cross - Strength 3.2mi, 14:52 Bike - Commuting
Thu 10th Apr Apr 10	Fri 11th Apr Apr 11	Sat 12th Apr Apr 12	Sun 13th Apr Apr 13	Mon 14th Apr Apr 14	Tue 15th Apr Apr 15	Wed 16th Apr Apr 16
-	2.3mi, 10:11 Bike - Commuting 2.4mi, 9:00 Bike - Commuting	0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 3.1mi, 24:56 Run - Intervals 0mi, 4:52 Cross - Stretching	0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 26.2mi, 3:07:55 Run - Race 0mi, 4:21 Cross - Stretching	2.9mi, 1:09:30 Walk - General	3mi, 1:07:35 Walk - General	3mi, 55:30 Walk - General
Thu 17th Apr Apr 17	Fri 18th Apr Apr 18	Sat 19th Apr Apr 19	Sun 20th Apr Apr 20	Mon 21st Apr Apr 21	Tue 22nd Apr Apr 22	Wed 23rd Apr Apr 23
-	0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 3.1mi, 27:01 Run - Easy 0mi, 4:36 Cross - Stretching 3.4mi, 1:21:27 Walk - General	-	2.8mi, 1:05:05 Walk - General	0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 6.3mi, 56:35 Run - Recovery Run 0mi, 4:37 Cross - Stretching	2.3mi, 9:16 Bike - Commuting 2.4mi, 10:45 Bike - Commuting	2.3mi, 10:27 Bike - Commuting 0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 5.1mi, 41:44 Run - Recovery Run 0mi, 4:36 Cross - Stretching 10.1mi, 37:04 Bike - Commuting
Thu 24th Apr Apr 24	Fri 25th Apr Apr 25	Sat 26th Apr Apr 26	Sun 27th Apr Apr 27	Mon 28th Apr Apr 28	Tue 29th Apr Apr 29	Wed 30th Apr Apr 30
3.3mi, 16:17 Bike - Commuting 0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 7.7mi, 1:02:31 Run - Recovery Run 0mi, 4:46 Cross - Stretching 2.3mi, 9:09 Bike - Commuting	10.8mi, 1:16:14 Bike - Mountain Biking	0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 2.2mi, 18:52 Run - Warm Down 3.1mi, 19:20 Run - parkrun 2.2mi, 17:04 Run - Warm Up 0mi, 4:49 Cross - Stretching	4.8mi, 24:16 Bike - General 2.8mi, 27:39 Bike - Mountain Biking	3mi, 20:13 Bike - Commuting 0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 5mi, 40:18 Run - Easy 0mi, 4:44 Cross - Stretching 2.3mi, 10:00 Bike - Commuting	3mi, 17:24 Bike - Commuting 0mi, 8:00 Cross - Stretching 5.1mi, 40:47 Run - Strides 0mi, 2:45 Cross - Stretching	-

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