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GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2023 13:06

Somehow ran 5 miles this morning, which given that I had food poisoning earlier in the week and haven't been running particularly consistently regardless, I'm going to call an absolute win.

Comfortably my longest run to date.

Jem · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:47

"Somehow" is rather underselling the smashing job you did of running 5 miles without stopping to walk and without seeming out of breath or particularly struggling!! :luv:

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38374

markg wrote:

Feels good afterwards, not so much at the time I don't find, not by the fourth one anyway.

I bought myself a waterrower and I love it. Quite spendy these things but I got it for cheap on ebay as it was all knackered and neglected when I picked it up from some footballers mansion house in Chester.

Should have taken some before pictures but I did a full repair shop on it. Stripped it down, sanded all the wood, a few coats of danish oil. Also the LCD and the buttons weren't working so took that all apart and fixed it, couple of new parts and now it's absolutely mint, so satisfying.

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Anyway been doing 5K on that every day and then a bit of running as and when, my knees feel better than they have for years.

Keep a towel close by...

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KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 16:19

GazChap wrote:

Somehow ran 5 miles this morning, which given that I had food poisoning earlier in the week and haven't been running particularly consistently regardless, I'm going to call an absolute win.

Comfortably my longest run to date.

That is awesome, well done fella..

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16517

DavPaz wrote:

markg wrote:

Feels good afterwards, not so much at the time I don't find, not by the fourth one anyway.

I bought myself a waterrower and I love it. Quite spendy these things but I got it for cheap on ebay as it was all knackered and neglected when I picked it up from some footballers mansion house in Chester.

Should have taken some before pictures but I did a full repair shop on it. Stripped it down, sanded all the wood, a few coats of danish oil. Also the LCD and the buttons weren't working so took that all apart and fixed it, couple of new parts and now it's absolutely mint, so satisfying.

Attachment:

PXL_20230929_134431825.jpg

Anyway been doing 5K on that every day and then a bit of running as and when, my knees feel better than they have for years.

Keep a towel close by...

https://www.reddit.com/r/maybemaybemayb ... &context=3

Having owned a rowing machine for over week now I think I can consider myself something of an expert on all matters related to rowing. His form was terrible and if he didn't cause that then he still deserved it.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2023 16:48

GazChap wrote:

Somehow ran 5 miles this morning, which given that I had food poisoning earlier in the week and haven't been running particularly consistently regardless, I'm going to call an absolute win.

Comfortably my longest run to date.

Excellent stuff!

5 miles is a solid, and not insignificant distance (as is 3). Well done!

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10026

I weigh as much as I did 4 years ago when I started with my personal trainer.

However back then I couldn't bench 60kg or deadlift 80kg and I definitely couldn't leg press 327kg once, never mind eight times.

Unfortunately my trainer has got a job in the theatre so on a bittersweet note we're *really* pushing in this last few hours of my 12 hour cycle as she packs it in; 2 weeks ago was 227kg spectacularly adding 100kg today, recovering from a poo year dropping back from 302kg last Christmas.

Bench press next week, deadlift the week after. Not enough time to hit 100kg on either, but she's going to talk to the other PTs to see if anyone can take me on.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:24

Bloody good job on that Water Rower! Although I’m trusting you that it was bad to begin with.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sat Nov 11, 2023 19:41

Ran (mostly) my first official 10K today, at Alton Towers!

Had to walk for most of the last 1.2 miles as my knee finally packed in just at the 8km marker. I really need to get it looked at, and I'll probably get a knee support strap thing as a temporary assist while waiting for appointments and such.

Anyway, official chip time was 1:12:01 -- 3 minutes slower than the 10K I ran with the group at Cottage, which is really irritating as that means without the walk at the end I probably would have smashed that to pieces.

Oh well, I've got Telford 10K in December, and then the London Winter Run in February, so plenty of opportunities.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3167

Well done! Never mind the time, given the knee (and yes, pay for a physio asap, says me with painful knees). But revel in it - bit of trouble with a crucial joint, finished it anyway!

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