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by Ian Bee
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Name that tune
Replies: 5844
Views: 348046

Re: Name that tune

Thanks Jill.

My wife selected:
And I got a lump in my throat
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
by Ian Bee
Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:56 am
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Name that tune
Replies: 5844
Views: 348046

Re: Name that tune

My wife and I were singing along to it in the kitchen 😁
by Ian Bee
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:33 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Name that tune
Replies: 5844
Views: 348046

Re: Name that tune

Mad World (either Tears for Fears or Gary Jules)?
by Ian Bee
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

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I approached this one with some trepidation - top tier and the promise of heavy fatigue. In the end, it probably showed that my 5k time is a little soft as the natural pace on this one was under target. Oh no #-o
by Ian Bee
Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

A variation with sharp teeth there Spider =D>

Simple 30 minute, r20. Following the rubric and keeping it relatively gentle:
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by Ian Bee
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Back to the 5k plan and in the land of awesome Mat times. First time through for me so a bit of feeling around for whether the target pace is realistic: ReactNative-snapshot-image3550935672912817338~2.jpg ReactNative-snapshot-image3550935672912817338~3.jpg Target was 1:53.5, so probably pushed a lit...
by Ian Bee
Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Anyone had any PBs recently?
Replies: 12517
Views: 474761

Re: Anyone had any PBs recently?

Apparently I hadn't done a decent hour since 2019....
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About 170m improvement.
by Ian Bee
Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:10 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Officially -1 around these parts....

Very impressive control Spider ^O^ ^O^

Negative split HM for me:
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by Ian Bee
Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Millionaires club - 2023/2024 season
Replies: 92
Views: 12339

Re: Millionaires club - 2023/2024 season

Thanks Peter - definitely a weekends worth of training to remember.
by Ian Bee
Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: November ctc - a simple 10k!
Replies: 27
Views: 2683

Re: November ctc - a simple 10k!

Well done and thanks Colin.

Dave - hope our paths will cross in Brum and second all Colin said.
by Ian Bee
Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:33 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Currently, I just rely mainly on a varied cycle of workouts and never particularly focus on what's coming next to try and push through periods of lower motivation (and when life overwhelms). That said, concur with Spider that I was not enthusiastic about the temperature this morning and went the ent...
by Ian Bee
Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Nice training Spider - particularly after various injections!!!

I've popped my note recent exploits in the pb thread and CTC.
by Ian Bee
Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: November ctc - a simple 10k!
Replies: 27
Views: 2683

Re: November ctc - a simple 10k!

Thanks both.

I think I only knew sub 39 (ha! - every tenth counts 😉 ) was a possibility in the last 500m so form went out the window for that last few minutes. I was hoping for low 39s when I started....
by Ian Bee
Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Anyone had any PBs recently?
Replies: 12517
Views: 474761

Re: Anyone had any PBs recently?

Well. Apparently my optimum prep for a pb is to row a pb (see the CTC thread):
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Handful of seconds off my 10k and HM over a few days. After the fact, I noticed my 10k pace was inside my 30 minute pace too #-o
by Ian Bee
Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: LADIES banter/training/motivation thread ??
Replies: 1385
Views: 107404

Re: LADIES banter/training/motivation thread ??

There may be mention of where I saw Alan Titchmarshes 'Gotcha' if that were to.occur 😉
by Ian Bee
Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: November ctc - a simple 10k!
Replies: 27
Views: 2683

Re: November ctc - a simple 10k!

With the motivation from Claudius, two objectives:

1: sneak ahead of Wolfie
2: try to bundle my way into boat 1

Here it is:
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Which turned out to be a PB.
by Ian Bee
Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: BRIC 2023 Birmingham
Replies: 17
Views: 1934

Re: BRIC 2023 Birmingham

Looking forward to cheering you on!
by Ian Bee
Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:46 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Low rate doesn't work for me either Rob:
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I approached this as recovery, and I suppose it vaguely fell into that but it required considerably more focus to hold 20 spm that I expected.
by Ian Bee
Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:20 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Tough session Spider - I'm not comfortable for any length of time at high rates =D> Very impressive Mat ^O^ IMG_20231108_094206.jpg IMG_20231108_094139.jpg Felt good and controlled on this one, and will have to look back at my reaction from January to know if I was slacking. This worked out as 2k +8...
by Ian Bee
Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

^O^ ^O^ ^O^ Slides or not, very impressive Claudius ^O^ ^O^ ^O^

By comparison, a pedestrian session:
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Nice ready start to the week though no HR comparison for this as it failed last time through.
by Ian Bee
Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Thought I'd responded here - but glad to see you back Spider and hope the back is holding up/improving.
by Ian Bee
Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: November ctc - a simple 10k!
Replies: 27
Views: 2683

Re: November ctc - a simple 10k!

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Circuit training was cancelled, so I had an early run at this.

Remembered why I don't do it very often about half way through.
by Ian Bee
Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

Very impressive as ever Claudius - rating that high for that long =D> ^O^ Meanwhile: IMG_20231101_092927.jpg IMG_20231101_092910.jpg Novel feeling for this session - I'm limited by lack of power so it was not tiring per se but I had very little extra to give by the end. It curious looking at preciou...
by Ian Bee
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:51 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

5k training. Straight forward start to the week:
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Marked as a miss tier session, but it's right on the cusp of being taxing for me at least.
by Ian Bee
Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
Replies: 9225
Views: 376568

Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?

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I'd like to think this is good prep for the next CTC [-o<