I can hear you whistling it & next you'll be trying to name 'em all & you'll get to six & be pulling your hair out - I'll start you off with Yul Bryner !!
Now you're wondering what's that nutter banging on about ?!!
The 7 in question is the 7 hours I was running over the weekend :)
After a PB on Saturday I headed out to one of my favourite marathons, The Robin Hood in Nottingham & again the event failed to dissapoint. Fantastic organisation, great support & many of the Usual Suspects were there, although "Kaiser Sauzee Rumbles" had fled the country leaping over Hadrian's Wall !!
I was joined out there by Manic, Naomi P, Anna, Gymfreak, Dirt Monkey, Gary, club mate & chauffeur Michelle (many thanks for the lift) & Stevie "Wonder" to name but a few.
But the star of the show was Simon illingworth coming back from Cancer & earning an MBE along the way the "super postie" completed marathon number 100 (& in under 3 hours 30 mins!!) thus completing a 20 odd year journey from marathon number one (not the original one from Marathon,Greece but almost as far back - LOL !!) . Many congratulations to a true gentleman.
My intention after running myself into the ground Saturday was to see if somehow I could drag myself round in under 4 hours as my previous 3 Robin hoods had all been sub 4's. I started steadily & after 3 miles was 30 seconds behind schedule but as the race unfolded I got into it & those 9 min miles became 8.30's by half way & become 8's by mile 18 & became 7.45's in the last 3, there was lots of mental maths as i went round & my goals changed a few times & with 6 to go my aim was to complete 2 marathons in 2 days in under 7 hours & I made it with over 3 mins to spare. Lovely bling medal with Lincoln green ribbon (obviously !)
After a few tough times through the summer I'm now back & loving my running :)
No way could I possibly blog today without a big shout out to a very special lady "Super Mel Johnstone" who on Sunday took Moray by storm finishing her 100th marathon & in doing so becoming the youngest female ever to achieve the feat - much respect to her amazing achievements.
On the subject of milestones my buddy Dave Ross notched up number 150, I've been honoured to accompany him on 31 of those :)
Have you worked out all seven yet or did you have to Google it ?!!!
Ok I'll give you Steve Mcqueen too !!
keep on Running
foxy !!
Monday, 14 September 2009
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Fox on the Run !!
What a fantastic day at the 3togo marathon :)
I knew it was going to be a good day when I saw a fox in central London at 7.15 am whilst trying to grab a cab - as my alter ego is Foxy Davy it seemed a good Omen & so it was :)
I took the train out to St Margrets in Herts meeting a few friendly faces on the way & shared
a few laughs with a few fetch buddies before a quick race brief & we were off, heading for Hackney Marshes, through the Lea Valley along the canal.
Having run the course in 2008 I knew it had PB potential as it's very flat & many sections along the canal are very straight.
The course was marked every 5km so as I'm old skool & run Garmin less I could only gauge my time every 5km, I went through the first 5km in 23.30 & decided I would try & do that for every 5km & pretty much did, by 15km I was going past runners on a regular basis & just kept going.
my friend James Adams was out on the course marshalling & said as I went by I was "right up there", I had figured I must be in the top 10, but at 35km a marshall informed me I was 4th to which Ii responded "you're joking" i couldn't believe it, I've never been so far up the field, a km later & i saw a runner on the horizon & so figured it had to be the guy in 3rd, I set off after him & finally hauled him in at 41km & held him off by almost a minute to finish 3rd in a PB of 3.18.51 & even managed to finish with the trademark aeroplane :) & for the first time in my 71 races I got to be present at a presentation & got my prize from the mayor (not sure who's mayor - wasn't Boris !!)
I checked the results & was great to see Milton Keynes Lakeside appear without having to scroll down or search :)
"Fox on the run" by sweet just beat out "Life in the Fast lane" by the Eagles & Fantastic day by Haircut 100 for today's title & to celebrate my day I'm gonna do it all again tommorrow at the Robin Hood marathon (although won't be so quick that's for sure !!) i won't be wearing the Lincoln green tights !!!
I knew it was going to be a good day when I saw a fox in central London at 7.15 am whilst trying to grab a cab - as my alter ego is Foxy Davy it seemed a good Omen & so it was :)
I took the train out to St Margrets in Herts meeting a few friendly faces on the way & shared
a few laughs with a few fetch buddies before a quick race brief & we were off, heading for Hackney Marshes, through the Lea Valley along the canal.
Having run the course in 2008 I knew it had PB potential as it's very flat & many sections along the canal are very straight.
The course was marked every 5km so as I'm old skool & run Garmin less I could only gauge my time every 5km, I went through the first 5km in 23.30 & decided I would try & do that for every 5km & pretty much did, by 15km I was going past runners on a regular basis & just kept going.
my friend James Adams was out on the course marshalling & said as I went by I was "right up there", I had figured I must be in the top 10, but at 35km a marshall informed me I was 4th to which Ii responded "you're joking" i couldn't believe it, I've never been so far up the field, a km later & i saw a runner on the horizon & so figured it had to be the guy in 3rd, I set off after him & finally hauled him in at 41km & held him off by almost a minute to finish 3rd in a PB of 3.18.51 & even managed to finish with the trademark aeroplane :) & for the first time in my 71 races I got to be present at a presentation & got my prize from the mayor (not sure who's mayor - wasn't Boris !!)
I checked the results & was great to see Milton Keynes Lakeside appear without having to scroll down or search :)
"Fox on the run" by sweet just beat out "Life in the Fast lane" by the Eagles & Fantastic day by Haircut 100 for today's title & to celebrate my day I'm gonna do it all again tommorrow at the Robin Hood marathon (although won't be so quick that's for sure !!) i won't be wearing the Lincoln green tights !!!
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