Velociraptor

Last on at 2am, 27th Jul 2024
F60 Cumbria
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STATUS Statistically speaking, those who say they have â€done their own research†about something are least likely to have conducted or read actual peer-reviewed research about anything. Mark Young

About Me
Harmless and perennially unaccomplished old woman, mostly minding my manners because I'm just a paying guest here. Sometimes I forget. NHS workforce survivor. Prone to toxic optimism, but not deluded enough to believe that anyone can do anything if they set their mind to it or that age is just a number. Quite nice in real life.
I took up running in 2001 to do just one marathon for charity, and here I still am. I have little talent for it, but once every few years I have a brief flash of mediocrity and then burn out. Realistically, I'm more likely to become a casualty than a beneficiary of age-related attrition in the sport, but I'm not going to sit around waiting for it to happen.
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Describe your ideal run, ride or swim.
Gently undulating tarmac (not for swimming, obvs., swimming is just an essential skill to reduce my risk of being drowned fatally to death). Not too much wind or traffic. Everything else is negotiable.
Recent Blogs
A fitting end to an unillustrious career 26th Jul
Getting THE THING done before anything can sabotage it 25th Jul
I enjoyed running behind you 24th Jul
The joy of Fetch games :) 24th Jul
My parkrun
Workington parkrun
Recent Training
26th Jul
Gardening 0mi 1:40:00
26th Jul
General 8.7mi 1:35:26
25th Jul
Gardening 0mi 1:10:00
25th Jul
General 6.4mi 1:10:00
24th Jul
Race 3.1mi 25:33
Planned Races Show more
Netherhall 10k 27th Jul
Tamworth Castle Grounds parkrun 3rd Aug
Workington Summer 5k Series Race 4 21st Aug
Doonhamer 10k 25th Aug
Vale of York Half Marathon 8th Sep
12 Month Benchmarks Run Bike
100m 20 5
200m 50 11
Mile 7:30 1:53
5k 24:15 7:29
5mi 40:09 13:16
10k 50:28 16:41
10mi 1:29:57 29:05
Half 2:06:21 40:10
20mi 3:14:56 1:07:24
Mara 4:21:48 1:34:46
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2024 Targets Set your targets
Recent Threads
Mundane thread
100 miles a month in 2024
The Retirement Thread
The vaporfly thread
70% WAVA
Dinner tonight shall be...
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