GFA - talent, quantity, quality, diet?
13 watchers
Apr 2012
12:34pm, 30 Apr 2012
14,624 posts
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Johnny Blaze
a 5 minute drop off in speed over 24 years. Hmmmm..... Basically they don't want a field which is 80% bald middle aged blokes... sends the wrong message  Just as well I am 23 with long flowing locks (see pic) and 7 min miling for me is a piece of piss... |
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Apr 2012
12:34pm, 30 Apr 2012
14,625 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Sorry, 35 years
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Apr 2012
12:38pm, 30 Apr 2012
16,701 posts
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KinkyS
Sub 4 at the age of 69 for a man seems quite tough too? Only 10 minutes slower than a sprightly 20-something lady... Sub 5 once you're 70 though
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Apr 2012
12:41pm, 30 Apr 2012
2,512 posts
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rf_fozzy
All the GFAs are soft. Mens U40 should be 3hrs. Then all the other age/gender based times should be on a comparable WAVA (which is more or less 70% I think). The women's GFA are ridiculously soft. Not meaning to demean anyone's achievements or aspirations, but the targets should be tough in my opinion. Good for age should mean what it says on the tin. Not "slightly better than the everyone else for your age" |
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Apr 2012
12:42pm, 30 Apr 2012
14,627 posts
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Johnny Blaze
3:30 at Boston, and that's a proper marathon, that is...
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Apr 2012
12:48pm, 30 Apr 2012
47,334 posts
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Gobi
fozzy - is that my quote from another thread ?
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Apr 2012
12:48pm, 30 Apr 2012
104 posts
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oneronaldo
It has taken me a couple of years to get GFA. It was done by a lot of hard work & some really good advice from the likes of Gobi. Listen & learn from more experienced runner.Its never to late to learn.
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Apr 2012
12:52pm, 30 Apr 2012
2,513 posts
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rf_fozzy
No it wasn't Gobi. But obviously great minds....
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Apr 2012
12:52pm, 30 Apr 2012
47,336 posts
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Gobi
Or fools seldom differ Fozzy :¬)
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Apr 2012
12:53pm, 30 Apr 2012
6,887 posts
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Caterpillar
I got some advice from Gobi too. It was excellent, and very succinct. He said (and I quote) "run faster!"
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