last time did it was wrong side of 6:45 and that quiet a few years back 
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Really well, thanks for asking. I had a good year last year and I’ve been able to carry that through the winter so far. I did have a few disrupted weeks during December and early January when I was really struggling to manage fatigue but I seem to have worked my way through it.
After the disappointing showing in Wales ‘23 I changed my approach quite radically and I’m definitely seeing some reward from that. I’ve managed to improve consistency which has led to some really satisfying improvements. Without question I’m stronger and fitter than I’ve ever been but it’s a never ending balancing act between progress and health. I’m also very focused on trying to resolve the issue I have with my body shutting down during the IM run. If I can improve that, especially at somewhere like Lanza, I’ll be exceptionally happy. Now I’ve said all that, I’ll likely crash n burn 
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this looks interesting for later in year
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That does look good.
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Local(ish) 10k.
The town has really tried hard to make it a big event. Closed roads, town centre start and finish.
Plodded round in 41:36. Would have taken that beforehand.
What’s interesting is the number of functional fitness athletes now on the start line. Genuinely seemed 20-30% of lads around me were from that background.
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That is 3 seconds faster than my 10km PB
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Some good jogging by fruity as well, and a significant temperature drop I’d guess!
It was out local half marathon, too much for me ATM and a bit disappointed as I like to support it. Plenty of PB’s and good times for some friends and clubmates.
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I saw that… impressive.
Must be the day for HMs, Strava feed seems full of them.
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Yeah, thanks gents, Taunton half marathon for me today. Been a weird 36h with travel and not much sleep, so was a bit pessimistic on the start line.
Decided to set off with the 1h30 pacer group and see how long I could stay with them. Felt ok, got to halfway realising I probably could go a bit faster.
So lifted the pace just a little & think ended up with my first ever negative split, 42 mins for the first 10km and 41 mins for the second 10km 
The last 5km felt pretty hard, there certainly wasn’t any more in the tank, so I guess just by dumb luck this possibly turned out to be a pretty optimal strategy today.
1h28m17, happy with that but the legs now feel every one of their combined 105 years 
Nice work @APM
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fantastic effort Fruity 
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That’s a mega effort Fruity.
After long haul travel, I can barely speak for a few days let alone run a sub 90 HM!
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Tidy 
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My training buddy came up and did the half marathon yesterday. He’s a few years older, but frustratingly is a better runner and finished in 1h24.
Anyway there was a short but nasty hill through a village about 17km in, with a bit of a crowd of spectators. As he was labouring up the hill, feeling pretty ragged by his own account, he was surprised to hear someone in the crowd shout “Great running mate, you’re looking really relaxed”
“Thanks” he wheezed
“I wasn’t talking to you” came back the reply!
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An M55 friend won his AG at the Boro half yesterday, and he must be getting closer to M60, went round in 1:22!
Good runner obviously!
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My friend was 4th M50 at Taunton.
1st M50 was 1h19, the racing snake.
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Promise this isn’t a my friend is better than yours game but another was pacing sub 80 and went round in about 79.
Sickening isn’t it!
Let me get fit and we’ll bloody well pace them up Bologna 
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M50 is really quite young.
You kids will come to appreciate this sooner than later
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Bloody kids 
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Haha
1st MV60 yesteday was 1h25, I thought this game was meant to get easier
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