Thread: Running genre?

IronGirl wrote: Would love to do more fell running but I live in the wrong place. I'm sure there are some fell races in Staffs.

good luck Duke!!!

ultra_whippet wrote: It's all speedwork and 5Ks for me at the moment. It's not something I plan to do for ever, but I know I've got to stick with it for a good few months to get any real improvement. looking forward to see the results!! good luck!!

andyO wrote: IronGirl wrote: Would love to do more fell running but I live in the wrong place. I'm sure there are some fell races in Staffs. Yeah I think my closest ones would be in Shropshire around Titterstone Clee. One day I'll make the effort to travel to a few. The Yorkshire Three Peaks is on my wish list of races to do, but there are other things on the agenda at the moment.

...and then he comes in and spreads mud and peat all over the house...

I *just* started running a year ago, almost to the day. I dont' really love it yet, but I'm not hating it like I used to. I run with the purpose of doing well in olympic distance triathlons, so 10k races. It doesn't feel that long. I need to work on speed. I can't break 6mins per mile pace even when I run 1/4 miles.

Its a mix for me. I enjoy getting out and exploring the moors, but can be found enjoying 10 repeats of the same piece of road. I run to enjoy it, and I run with events and times at the forefront of my mind - which makes me train when I'm not particularly looking forward to it. And I run because I'm finally competing competitively in something measurable and doing reasonably well, which never really happened before.

I'm running for my own enjoyment on road and trail. I try to prefer trails but I usually don't have enough time to go that far. Also, I'm trying to able to run 10K under hour, not much but at least it's a start.

I am usually focused on running in tris and I prefer the longer stuff, but in winter I really enjoy the mountain running season and I have that as my primary running aim. These races are usually anywhere from 1 to 4hr kinda things. I think I'd be happiest running on the trails in the hills all of the time, but I like the tris too much!

It's all speedwork and 5Ks for me at the moment. It's not something I plan to do for ever, but I know I've got to stick with it for a good few months to get any real improvement.