You lot started me thinking about doing McClane for Halloween and the turkey trot, but don’t think the Santa hat would discourage SO19 from taking the kill shot.
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Entered the Leeds Abbey Dash 10K in late November, It’ll be at least 3 weeks since I’d previously raced 
see if I can do the sub 42!
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I’m in Reims next weekend. A friend and I always said we would do a tour at Verve Clicquout . I may have timed it badly as we are in for the Champagne 10km on the Sunday ( tour is on Saturday) it may be my slowest 10km on record…
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and the fact I have not run hard and fast in years…
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Best hangover cure
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Supposed to be doing Peterborough half on Sunday, flat course and conditions were looking good a few days ago. But, as per the injury thread my groin twanged a bit yesterday in the gym. It’s been quite sore today, not off the charts or anything though so pretty nervous.
The course itself is a kind of rectangular out & back so other than around 5K there aren’t many bailout options without a lot of walking, even 5K would mean 5K back just about!
I’ve got other races so don’t want to set myself back massively even though this was a target race. I’m planning on an easy parkrun tomorrow to see how it feels.
If all is good I’ll probably go out with the 90 minute pacer, fairly sure I can hold that to around 14k if the leg holds up but not sure afterwards!
Pretty frustrated with myself but didn’t expect that doing some weights!
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I’d been considering Challenge Vieux Boucau today but decided on Belgrade instead 
Looks like they’ve had an excellent day and a decent race going on the media clips.
Instead I’m sat in Starbucks by the A1 near Grantham 
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Not sure this is going to happen, in my mind I know it isn’t a good idea and would be unlikely to be running at race pace but so I’ll see in the morning, got too many races coming up despite it looking like a flat course and excellent conditions.
Leg doesn’t feel worse from the parkrun but 5K at an easy pace is somewhat different.
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Sucked up the DNF this morning to avoid aggravating the groin too much, and knee
Started with the 1:40 pacers to see how it felt and although it wasn’t painful I could feel it and don’t want to end up not running until Italy. So I followed them until 5k then pulled off the road with a very easy jog most of the way back.
Must admit the first few K felt like a bit of a struggle but probably because I didn’t do a warmup, started feeling a bit better.
Annoying given the conditions were so good but I think I’d have struggled to get under 93 going on the start. Nearly 600 people broke 90 minutes so a quick course if anyone is looking for one.
Hoping it will continue to settle down, doesn’t appear to have got worse but the tight knee is also niggling 
probably seeing a very good physio friend on Thursday.
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Newsflash it wasn’t my slowest on record . Was very sensible the day before. Now full of a cold and taking it easy ( read bedridden !). We went on Eurostar which was fine, but was a lot of faffing - I can see why flying is just easier.
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We’re on the Eurostar next week. It’s usually fine but I’m curious to see how much faff the EES will be in its first few days 
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Yes we just avoided it - they were setting it up as we were coming through..
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Have fun! Be interested to hear how you get on.
I’m waiting to see if I get checked in Naples next month. It isn’t fully operational in a lot of places I think but I’d rather register quickly to save hassle in the future. A small flight from Manchester and with a bit of luck there’ll be quite a few that are exempt with EU passports.
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French and bureaucracy. I’m sure it’ll be quick n easy
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Another Brexit bonus eh?? 
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Many many years ago when I registered my biometrics in the US, the customs officer threatened to shoot me. I’m hoping the French will be a little less aggressive 
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But I can use my blue passport and we’ve stopped the boats
Anyway, that thread is elsewhere, back to races 
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Not me but a friend did a swim event in @fatbuddha’s neck of the woods the other day - the ‘Hurly Burly Swim’. A 10k (rather tidal!) swim. It took him 1 hour 17 mins. Hurly Burly 2026 — Level Water: The Power of Swimming
They say the swim normally takes between 1 and 2 hours depending on ability. I’ve done one tidal swim before (3.8k and you start just after the tide starts increasing - so the slower you are the faster the tide gets as you are in the water longer).
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Standard swim in any US based race
Like California where I swam about 53 minutes
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