The running thread!

There's nothing wrong with beach running but it is a whole lot more difficult than running on the road. Your muscles will be given a far harder workout as masses of your energy and effort is absorbed in the sand rather than forward motion.

Originally Posted by thedonal

Good lord! 2.5 hours after a break. I can barely manage 20 minutes at the moment!!

I reckon that sand is probably better for you than the road/treadmill. Not only is it softer (even when wet) than concrete/tarmac and therefore lessens the strain on your joints, but the extra effort you have to put in must train your muscles better.

But I was done in by the end ! Trying to start my legs moving after stopping to cross the road was almost impossible. And I was running very slowly, plus Holland is pretty flat

British Military 10k

Did it Saturday with my wife - One word - SUPERB.

This is the best event I have ever done and really appealed to the child inside. Although we did it at a slower pace as I wanted to do it with my wife I loved every minute of it. She doesn't get time to train as much as me.

A saturday morning on a 4X4 course up to you waist in mud at places, freezing cold, soaking wet and no showers absolutely fantastic. It really put the fun back into running and that has been missing for quite some time now.

The marshalling was fantastic and supportive and the event was full of people having fun, whilst in pain. I have never seen so many smiling people during a 10k. There were people of all abilities and there was a real buzz and camaraderie about the race.

I will be doing it again in March as I loved it so much. It has also prompted me to find a pair of decent shoes as my road shoes weren't up to the job.

Then I'm going to run XC/Trail through winter.

If you have lost your love of running go do this and you will regain it within the first 1k guaranteed!!!

10k of sheer pain and challenges.........absolutely brilliant.

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That sounds lots of fun.....is it like a 10k assualt course or something?

Not really an assault course so much as there isn't too much climbing over things, it is just a super hilly 4x4 course with mud, water hazards, fallen trees etc.

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Originally Posted by krhall

A saturday morning on a 4X4 course up to you waist in mud at places, freezing cold, soaking wet and no showers absolutely fantastic. It really put the fun back into running and that has been missing for quite some time now.

A proper run, well done and glad you enjoyed it. I have one on friday as a fitness test...

DD - I don't for a moment imagine it is anything like you forces guys get up too, but it was nice to get off-road and have a challenge. IMO everyone should do it.

If anyone fancies an offroad run & assault course type race try Tough Guys, great fun, I've done it in both summer and winter, you can even enter as a team.

Someone else was talking about that here last week, not sure I have the stamina for that to tell you the truth! Plus I couldn't get on their website this morning to sign up!

Originally Posted by krhall

DD - I don't for a moment imagine it is anything like you forces guys get up too, but it was nice to get off-road and have a challenge. IMO everyone should do it.

What you did was an amazing challenge, you should be proud of yourself! That is a tough old thing to do mate, well done.

I got a 8k run, followed by the assault course and then a 1k swim.... all this depending if I pass my Psych test on Thursday.