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12 May
7:22am, 12 May 2025
730 posts
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damo_HAC
Great running at MK OO61 and Chris. Ive been tempted in the past, but you've both convinced me never to run that race 😁
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12 May
7:24am, 12 May 2025
731 posts
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damo_HAC
G-Dawg, I've been battling back issues for the last couple of months, and finally coming out the other side. My one piece of advice is to stretch before any runs - it set me back a few weeks when I didn't before and easy 6k jog, only made it 1k and had to limp home.
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12 May
10:58am, 12 May 2025
1,171 posts
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OO61
Glad your back trouble is easing damo. Defo agree on the stretching, though I'm a fairly recent convert 👍
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12 May
3:54pm, 12 May 2025
1,845 posts
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Chris
G-DWAG thats great news, backs are a bugger to get right. Does that mean a potential autumn marathon.
Thanks Damo, glad we managed to put you off :D
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12 May
5:21pm, 12 May 2025
580 posts
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DT19
Damo, if one person is saved from MK as a result of our testimonies, then our work is done.
Tough day at the Bristol half yesterday. It was rather warm by the time we got going at 10am. Went off at what felt like a reasonable pace, going though 5k averaging 5.59mm. On the out part of the Portway there was a reasonable amount of shade on and off, however at the turn around at 4m the run back down it offered nothing. I immediately started feeling like I was overheating. Went though half way in 39.53, but by 8m I'd dropped to 6.10s which was chipping away at average pace. Didn't completely capitulate like many did but once sub 80 had gone the desire to fight faded.
I was also racing for England masters places and on an out and back at around 10m I could see the other lads in my AG were nowhere to be seen. Finished in 1.21.21.
Slowest half since 2020 but acceptable 2 weeks after a warm London and on another warm day. Finished 2nd of the names chasing masters qualification, 2 didn't turn up and 2 completely blew up running 1.29 and 1.31 have gone out at 1.24 and 1.20 pace respectively.
So ultimately the purpose of the trip was accomplished. Now going to spend the rest of May in a bit of a recovery month ad have bounced straight from Chicago to Tokyo to London then held things steady for Bristol yesterday. Need a bit of a blow out now.
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12 May
9:47pm, 12 May 2025
1,174 posts
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OO61
Yes heavy season so far DT. Hopefully you can let the mileage slip a bit- for a couple of weeks at least.
Damo we also visited our old house and town whilst around MK. It confirmed no regrets at all we moved back to the North East.
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14 May
10:24pm, 14 May 2025
732 posts
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damo_HAC
Didnt mean to start an MK bashing mob - really no love lost there.
Thats a very big Spring DT19 with Tokyo to London and a half - sounds like the battery needs a charge. You did get the master qualification, so well done.
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RW sub3/3.15
May 2025