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Not sure how to post video links here, but that Les Mills video I did is up on Facebook - scroll down and it's one of the first posts. Look for Les Mills New Zealand on Facebook if the link doesn't work. Also on Instagram.
3,000m: 9:07.7 (Nov-21) | 5,000m: 15:39 (Dec-19) | 10,000m: 32:34 (Mar-20)
10km: 33:15 (Sep-19) | HM: 1:09:41 (May-21)* | FM: 2:41:41 (Oct-20)
* Net downhill course
Last race: Maraetai HM, 10 Mar, DNF
Up next: Waterfront HM, 7 Apr
"CONSISTENCY IS KING"
5 months til Masters
Nice Mark!!!!
2023 Goals
Marathon Sub 2:37 (CIM) 2:41:18
10k Sub 35:00 (Victory 10k 34:19)
5k Sub 16:00 (Hot Dash 5k in March (16:48), Brian Kraft in May (16:20), Twilight 5000 in July and August (16:20/16:25 Both heat index 102-103F)
Sub 1:16 Half Marathon City of Lakes Half Marathon 1:15:47)
Sub 56:30 in 10 mile (Twin Cities 10 mile, Canceled due to weather, 56:35 as a workout)
2024 Goals
Sub 2:37 Marathon
Sub 1:15 Half
Sub 34 10k
Sub 16 5k
Intl. correspondent
Mark - that video is awesome!
It's nice to put an accent to your face so to speak.
And we know your game at this point. You'll say 2h40 the run 2h30, just like that half that was a 1h15 and that 10k that was 34 minutes
Jmac - it sounds like you're taking running too seriously. I'm guilty of that too so I can relate. Maybe pace someone in a race while in a Gaga costume?
Keen/dps - big weeks guys, I'm looking forward to massive progress from you guys.
Piwi - it's fine, so long as you drop some bad jokes every once in a while.
MickJogger - where u at? Stop eating all that fondue
PRs: 1500 4:54.1 2019 - 5K 17:53 2023 - 10K 37:55 2023 - HM 1:21:59 2021
Up next: no idea
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RIP Milkman
Mark - cool video. As Flavio said, good to put an accent to a face. We should just have a video of all of us speaking. We would have an interesting mix here. Flavio I have absolutely no idea what your accent even remotely sounds like, and Mikkey is a weird mix of Irish/English I think? Then I have a boring American accent, not too much of the new yoooooork accent. I have no idea of DPS and Keen, not sure if they properly represent their areas of the country. Then there's MJ, Marco. It's quite a zoo in here.
Flavio - I'm too competitive with myself. I think half of this board is in the same boat. You're right about Mark, we all know his game of sandbagging. The biggest thing for him will be mileage. If he can get his mileage into the 70+ range, he's looking at shooting for a 2:35. If he can go 80+, he can go for sub 2:30.
5K: 16:37 (11/20) | 10K: 34:49 (10/19) | HM: 1:14:57 (5/22) | FM: 2:36:31 (12/19)
Ope. Ya. You betcha. Little bit of an accent there.
Well, this morning my legs are continuing to protest the return to 55+mpw so the idea of 80+ or even 70+ seems a little way off haha.
Recover to crush it in the future.
Once a runner quote about training like a spiral...building momentum for next surge upward.
Mark, that is such a cool video Do they let you practice there for free? Plus: you look pretty nerdy with those glasses!!!
Now I am too old to know this. But is this called advertisement or influencing?
Jmac: I think I saw a video of Flavio once, it wqs on his youtube page where he spoke about his coding skills in java etc. Its really just an average foreigner english accent
Flavio: I forgot to mention this last week but you did look like you lost a ton of weight! Where are you at in terms of kg and % of goal weight?
Best,
MJ
HM: 1:47 (9/20) I FM: 3:53:11 (9/23)
2024 Goals: run a FM & HM + stay healthy!
Mark nice video !
Jmac our Prime Minister was in New York yesterday. Would have been a good chance for you to push your case to try and get into New Zealand
Schumacher your very slow 7.40 pace is making me feel very slow.
Flavio fondue yum and pastries after
55+ PBs 5k 18:36 June 3rd TT
" If you don't use it you lose it, but if you use it, it wears out.
Somewhere in between is about right "
JMac - put me down for Waterfront 5k Series, 8 October. Aim 19:15.
PRs: 5km 18:43 (Dec 2015), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:26:16 (Sep 2016), full 3:09:28 (Jun 2015)
40+ PRs: 5km 19:31 (Oct 2020), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:29:39 (Jun 2018), full 3:13:55 (Sep 2022)
2023 PRs (hope to beat in 2024): 5km 20:34, 10km 41:37, half 1:32:32, full 3:21:05
2024 PRs: 5km 20:25
Nice video Mark!
PR's
1m 5:38 (2018)
5k 19:59 (2019)
HM 1:33:56 (2018)
FM 3:23:07 (2018)
This is the quote I was thinking of... "“People conceptualize conditioning in different ways,” he said. “Some think it’s a ladder straight up. Others see plateaus, blockages, ceilings. I see it as a geometric spiraling upward, with each spin of the circle taking you a different distance upward. Some spins may even take you downward, just gathering momentum for the next upswing. Sometimes you will work your fanny off and see very little gain; other times you will amaze yourself and not really know why. Training is training, it all seems to blend together after a while. What is going on inside is just a big puzzle. But my little spiral theory kind of gives it a perspective, don’t you think?”"
DPS - Nice quote, who was it from?
I always think you have to look at training as a bigger picture because everyone has days where they feel crap or a workout sucked. You can't beat yourself up from one bad day or one failed workout. I mean, if you feel like trash for a week or more something probably needs to change, but not every day is going to go perfectly and as long as you're putting in the work and doing it in a sustainable way, then the spiral will go up overall.
Anyway I had a pretty solid workout today despite extremely strong winds. Fingers crossed my legs are over their initial protestations at getting back to higher volume training! My 365-day rolling mileage just hit 4,000km for the first time ever which was kind of cool too.
MJ - I meant to say, I actually won some prize money at the Dunedin Half Marathon! When I got the envelope, the first thing I thought was 'hey I gotta tell MJ about this'. It was like NZ$150, not a whole lot, but definitely helped with the costs of the trip.
(PS I wear glasses most of the time at work, I prefer 'geek' to 'nerd' though. I wear contacts for running or during summer.)
That shows what you know. He's Bruce Denton- the famous American clock cleaner.
It is all from a classic American novel about running that every distance runner reads about 700x in high school. "Once a Runner"
That shows what you know. He's Bruce Denton- the famous American clock cleaner. It is all from a classic American novel about running that every distance runner reads about 700x in high school. "Once a Runner"
Haha, I certainly wasn't a runner in high school, if I had been I think the New Zealand way of doing things would've been just to bus everyone up to the Waitakere Ranges and let them loose, Lydiard style.