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Evangel M70

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Mileage

Training

Run4All

Races
33
Miles
9643
WAVA
70.93%
Mile
8:08
5k
23:26
5M
35:12
10k
40:37
Half
1:35:46
Mara
3:40:16

About Me

I first started running in 1983, when at 38 I realised that I was pretty unfit. I've nearly always trained alone. I did my first proper race in 1985 - a 10K. I've done a couple of Half-M's, and then the Dublin Marathon at age 50. Since then I've done very little regular running. At the end of 2007 I started running again on a small scale just before I became semi-retired. I'm now 71 - which sounds very old!
On 7th October 2010 I achieved 2 targets (PTL) - sub 24 minute 5k and a WAVA over 70%; in fact I did the 5k in 23:26 and got WAVA score 70.93%.

Update January 2013 - Since June 2011 I had a problem in left leg with acute pain at times; it was finally diagnosed as Spinal Stenosis, and after about 21 months of pain, Amitriptyline has made me virtually pain-free. I hope to achieve a 70% WAVA again, but it will take a long time to get back to where I was, as the Spinal Stenosis seemed to retard my pace considerably.
Update September 2016. I have got back a little of my former running fitness. On April 30th I recorded my best parkrun to date, 26:08 - WAVA score of 67.44%, which is the best WAVA for 5 or 6 years. This has been in part due to track sessions with Run4All at Neath.

Current Status

I first took up running about 1983. I'm now well into my seventies! My aim is to keep running for as many more years as possible, in order to stay relatively fit. I would also like to get back to 70% in the 5K, which I reached in October 2010.

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Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2020	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43
2019	41	0	12	47	70	69	76	78	56	74	86	93	700
2018	58	62	79	85	29	0	5	38	58	66	69	73	622
2017	104	88	116	104	109	41	16	30	54	31	15	44	750
2016	101	109	117	98	95	106	115	120	113	108	78	62	1220
2015	85	80	74	79	86	92	91	73	95	97	76	95	1021
2014	77	76	33	26	85	77	91	79	71	86	73	68	842
2013	47	52	73	55	80	92	77	87	81	87	29	18	778
2012	39	59	71	43	57	74	67	88	67	42	85	78	770
2011	131	142	166	206	55	80	70	22	0	4	61	37	974
2010	93	34	92	84	107	113	80	103	100	113	126	109	1156
2009	61	33	30	43	56	61	71	85	75	92	85	78	770

Sat 21st Dec Dec 21	Sun 22nd Dec Dec 22	Mon 23rd Dec Dec 23	Tue 24th Dec Dec 24	Wed 25th Dec Dec 25	Thu 26th Dec Dec 26	Fri 27th Dec Dec 27
4.5mi, 52:14 Running - Intervals Along cycleway at Garnant; after pt. w/u with Pat, continued w/u, then 8x1min.(+1min. 30sec. v. slow jog RBI), then steady w/d; av. pace up 4:51.5/km; av. pace down 4:15; av. pace overall 4:31/km; felt quite good. Add a comment	-	5mi, 58:28 Running - Hill Work Run from home, initially very easy pace via footpath & railway, then hill sprints 6x120m.+ on lower path across common, then steady pace to edge of Tairgwaith, then return home at more brisk pace;hill reps pace 5:19 (last) to 6:30/km; felt quite good. 28th Dec 2019, 10:25pm Columba wrote: Hill sprints, that's impressive 28th Dec 2019, 11:18pm Evangel wrote: Maybe it sounds impressive, but the hill wasn't particularly steep, and the jog recoveries were VERY slow! Thank you though for your encouraging comment. 29th Dec 2019, 6:18pm Columba wrote: I used to do hill sprints when I was training for something specific. 30 seconds up a not-too-steep hill, slow jog back down. 5 of those, then 2 mins rest, then another 5... 4x5 altogether. Add a comment	4mi, 45:47 Running - General Easy paced run from home via bungalows, footpath & railway to Tairgwaith and return; felt fine. Add a comment	-	7mi, 1:23:19 Running - Long Run Run from home, first 2.38ml. with Pat at a leisurely pace, then a little faster to the end; towards Ponty to end of pavement, then back down via footpath and railway line to Tairgwaith as far as cattle grid, then round usual route and back home via bungalows; felt quite well. Add a comment	-
Sat 28th Dec Dec 28	Sun 29th Dec Dec 29	Mon 30th Dec Dec 30	Tue 31st Dec Dec 31	Wed 1st Jan Jan 1	Thu 2nd Jan Jan 2	Fri 3rd Jan Jan 3
5mi, 55:35 Running - General Easy~steady paced run on cycleway at Garnant, towards Ammanford & return; first 2 miles with OH, then remainder alone; conditions pleasant, and felt fine. [There were many groups of people walking or dog-walking, as well as a number of runners & cyclists.] Add a comment	-	5mi, 52:46 Running - Intervals At Ammanford Track; after w/u did 4x1km.(+300m. jog RBI) in times of 5:35.4, 5:31.4, 5:27.3 & 5:13.4; felt encouraged esp. with last one; felt stiff at first but by end of w/u felt much better. Add a comment	5mi, 58:33 Running - General Run from home up past school for a while & return, down to GCG and up Brynamman Road to Barry Road, then across the common, towards Tairgwaith for about 0.25 ml., then return home via railway, footpath and bungalows; at first it was hard-going, after yesterday's tough track session, but felt OK. Add a comment	-	6mi, 1:14:24 Running - Medium Long Run Slow run from home - first half with Pat, remainder alone - via footpath & railway line to New Road, then across the common and along Barry Road, then up main road and across common via other path, then on to Tairgwaith along School Road as far as the end, then back home via footpath & bungalows; felt quite good. Add a comment	-
Sat 4th Jan Jan 4	Sun 5th Jan Jan 5	Mon 6th Jan Jan 6	Tue 7th Jan Jan 7	Wed 8th Jan Jan 8	Thu 9th Jan Jan 9	Fri 10th Jan Jan 10
0.7mi, 8:14 Running - Warm Down W/D after Brynamman parkrun; felt quite good. Add a comment 3.1mi, 27:58 Running - parkrun Brynamman Parkrun; did 1st half at almost max effort in pace of 5:15/km; then just tried to hang in for the uphill half; quite pleased with result but need to run more strongly on uphill. 4th Jan 2020, 5:21pm Columba wrote: Plenty of hills in Wales for practising on! 4th Jan 2020, 5:40pm Evangel wrote: Yes, Columba. We can't even go out of the door without a hill. Our garden slopes in 2 directions. Hills have already helped me build up strength. 4th Jan 2020, 6:27pm Columba wrote: When you're used to hills, it's very satisfying to overtake people who have given up on an upslope and are walking. I live on a hill, too. Near the top. 5th Jan 2020, 8:19am Ebb wrote: A great time for a hilly Parkrun. Add a comment 1.2mi, 14:09 Running - Warm Up W/U before parkrun; felt fine. Add a comment	-	4.5mi, 53:34 Running - General An easy-paced run with Pat along the cycleway from Lwr. Brynaman to Garnant & return; felt fine. Add a comment	-	7mi, 1:21:05 Running - Long Run Easy paced run along road to GCG, then down to Lwr. Brynaman, along cycleway for a short distance, and return; felt OK. Add a comment	-	4mi, 44:30 Running - Intervals At Neath 'gravel track'; it was to have been a series of 600s, but there were areas of mud and surface water on the track which necessitated doing shorter reps.; so the intervals were 477m. at 5:17 /km., 504m at 4:57 pace, 501m. in 5:05 pace, 300m in 5:11 pace, 493m. in 4:58 pace; quite pleased with the session. Add a comment
Sat 11th Jan Jan 11	Sun 12th Jan Jan 12	Mon 13th Jan Jan 13	Tue 14th Jan Jan 14	Wed 15th Jan Jan 15	Thu 16th Jan Jan 16	Fri 17th Jan Jan 17
-	-	5mi, 53:41 Running - General A brisk run along the cycleway at Garnant towards Ammanford - 2.50 mls out & return; first 2 miles at easy pace, and then increased the speed; last 6 laps (0.50ml) at pace of 10:18, 10:24, 9:50, 10:44, 10:12 & 9:48; most of these were upstream! I felt quite good, although stiff to begin with (after long car journey yesterday). Add a comment	-	7mi, 1:19:43 Running - Long Run A run along the prom/coastal path at Mumbles towards Swansea & return (twice!), first 3 miles with Pat, the remainder alone. I felt rather stiff for the first 2 miles, but better afterwards; otherwise no problems. Add a comment	4mi, 46:47 Running - General Easy paced run from home via Upper Colbren Road & railway line to Tairgwaith & return; a strong wind blowing; my legs felt quite stiff, although that improved gradually; otherwise felt OK. Add a comment	-

Dist	Races	PB	WB	1984	1985	1994	1995	2008	2009	2010	2011	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
1mi	1	8:08 8:08/mi	64.88													8:08 64.88
5km	20	23:26 7:33/mi	70.93					25:14 64.67	24:12 68.06	23:26 70.93		26:42 64.60	26:50 64.95	26:08 67.44	27:00 66.08		28:36 65.15	27:58 66.63
4mi	1	34:10 8:33/mi	62.07						34:10 62.07
5mi	4	35:12 7:02/mi	67.90	35:12 63.16						40:28 67.90		44:48 64.30
10km	3	40:37 6:32/mi	69.43		40:37 69.43					50:55 67.95				58:41 62.51
13.1mi	2	1:35:46 7:19/mi	68.75			1:35:46 68.75				1:59:03 63.87
26.2mi	2	3:40:16 8:24/mi	62.76				3:40:16 62.76				4:42:06 57.11

2020	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Brynaman parkrun	5km	4 Jan	27:58	66.63%
2019	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Brynaman parkrun	5km	30 Nov	28:36	65.15%
Brynaman parkrun	5km	16 Nov	30:07	61.87%
2018	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Big Fetch Mile - Cardiff	1mi	3 Nov	8:08	64.88%
2017	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Woodley Parkrun	5km	13 May	27:00	66.08%
2016	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Llyn Llech Owain parkrun	5km	3 Sep	29:35	59.58%
Sospan Llanelli 10k	10km	2 Jul	58:41	62.51%
Whitstable parkrun	5km	21 May	28:01	62.91%
Swansea Bay parkrun	5km	30 Apr	26:08	67.44%
2015	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Run4All Santa Run	5km	5 Dec	33:36	52.46%
Swansea Bay Parkrun	5km	31 Oct	26:50	64.95%
Woodley parkrun	5km	17 Oct	27:00	64.55%
Porthcawl parkrun	5km	3 Oct	27:40	62.99%
Porthcawl parkrun	5km	25 Jul	26:52	64.87%
Porthcawl parkrun	5km	7 Mar	27:49	62.65%
2014	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Glynneath 5	5mi	26 Dec	44:48	64.30%
Run4All Santa Run	5km	6 Dec	27:06	64.31%
Porthcawl Parkrun	5km	9 Aug	26:42	64.60%
Llyn Llech Owain Parkrun	5km	1 Feb	29:17	58.90%
2011	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Orpington Marafun	26.2mi	14 May	4:42:06	57.11%
2010	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
The Burnham Esplanade 5k	5km	7 Oct	23:26	70.93%
Swanage Half Marathon	13.1mi	17 Jul	1:59:03	63.87%
Shinfield 10K	10km	3 May	50:55	67.95%
Weston Prom Run 8/9	5mi	15 Apr	40:28	67.90%
Weston Prom Run 7/9	5mi	18 Mar	41:31	66.18%
2009	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Yeovilton 5k (Race 6)	5km	9 Sep	24:12	68.06%
Yeovilton 5K (Race 5)	5km	12 Aug	24:41	66.73%
Crymych Fun Run	4mi	10 Jul	34:10	62.07%
2008	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Summer 5km Series Race 6	5km	10 Sep	25:14	64.67%
1995	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Dublin Golden Pages Marathon	26.2mi	30 Oct	3:40:16	62.76%
1994	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Cispotel Half Marathon	13.1mi	1 Oct	1:35:46	68.75%
1985	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Shinfield 10K	10km	6 May	40:37	69.43%
1984	Distance	Date	Result	WAVA
Whitchurch 5	5mi	23 Jun	35:12	63.16%

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