Subj : Re: Weekend draws to a close...
To   : Black Panther
From : Vk3jed
Date : Tue Jun 04 2019 06:55 am

-=> On 06-03-19 13:12, Black Panther wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 BP> My daughter and her boyfriend signed up to run in a marathon this fall.
 BP> They've been running about 5-10 miles (8-16.1Km) every other day, so
 BP> they decided, 'what the heck'.

Fair enough, I did similar over 10 years ago.  Back then, I was doing a bit of
distance for a number of reasons, and I worked my way up to a half marathon in
2006.  After finishing that, I decided to run a marathon when I was 40, which
was only 2 years later, and in 2008, I stuck to my word and ran the Melbourne
marathon.

 BP> I'm just not sure I'd be able to run a marathon (26.1miles - 42Km). I
 BP> think I'd have to have something very large chasing me. ;)

I could, with the usual training, but I'm far better suited to shorter
distances.  And if I was chasing you, you wouldn't be running a marathon, I'd
have you within the first 100 metres, unless you had a huge head start. :D  I'd
cover that first 100 metres in around 13 seconds. :)  If I can sort out some
issues with acceleration and tweak my top speed a litte, that time is going to
go down significantly.  And that's without increasing my fitness at all, it's
all technical fixes to do that. :)

I won bronze in the 100 and 200m at the Victorian Masters in March this year,
and a month later, made the finals of the 60 and 200 metres at the Australian
Masters. :)

I'm guessing there's no takers for the Sysops sprint besides me? :D

Oh, but there is a challenge I'm doing tomorrow that anyone could try - the
Global Running Day virtual Mile.  It's basically a race over a mile.  Bit long
for me, but a good challenge and quite suitable for my off season. :)  And no,
I'm nowhere near the 4 minute mile - last year I ran 6:41.  However, the
official GPS time was 6:31, but as I ran at the track, I know I ran and timed
an exact mile.


.... But if the handwriting on the wall is a forgery?
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