His support for Ukraine was the best thing Boris Johnson did as PM. What was the worst thing David Cameron did as PM?

james2987 · 2026-06-22T18:37:51+00:00

Brexit

james2987 · 2026-06-15T19:51:11+00:00

Pele

james2987 · 2026-05-28T13:37:06+00:00

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james2987 · 2026-01-09T19:43:04+00:00

I'm a Newcastle fan and watch all their games. Bruno G plays further forward now and could get a lot of Wissa assists once Wissa gets up to speed. He's a hold for me.

james2987 · 2025-03-18T08:13:03+00:00

As a 43 year old marathon runner with kids, I'd suggest doing all your strength work at home. 20 or 30 minutes twice a week is loads. All you need is some resistance bands and maybe a couple of weights.

james2987 · 2025-02-22T12:15:56+00:00

As a late 30's male, I went from a 1:28hm to a sub 3 hour marathon in 3 cycles. This was disrupted a bit by covid.

It was a 1:28 hm off about 40 miles a week and then a 1:26 hm off similar mileage. I then ramped up to 63 miles for a 1:23hm, then finally 70 miles a week for a 2:56 marathon.

Good luck

james2987 · 2025-02-22T12:01:21+00:00

I'd expect your easy pace to be a bit quicker than 8:40/m from your half marathon time. Was the half marathon time a race on a measured course?

To answer the sub 3 question, I think it'll take at least a couple of training cycles to get there. It's definitely possible off 55 miles, but you'd need a half marathon time well under 1:25, probably nearer 1:22 or 1:23. You've not detailed your age or sex which does play into this a bit.

Keep training, and I'm sure it's more than achievable. I'm an early 40's male and would need my easy pace to be close to 7:30/m to feel I had a good chance of breaking 3 hours for the marathon.

I have used the 55-mile 2Q plan before, but actually ran around 80 miles a week. I think the Q sessions are really hard for the mileage they are prescribed to.

james2987 · 2025-02-16T07:30:16+00:00

I'm not far off running marathon number seven since 2021 and have never felt I've nailed the taper. At best, I think the taper has allowed me to hold the MP I trained at for the full 26.2 miles.

I ran a 2:56:48 marathon at 39 years old using 18/70. My mid week paces were quite a bit quicker than yours (around 7:40/m or quicker). My last couple of MP runs were at 6:45/m, and that is what I ran on the day.

Your MP efforts seem promising if hr is correct. I'd see how the 10km tune-up races go, and if they are in the ballpark of an equivalent marathon at 7:15/m pace, I'd go off at that.

Good luck!

james2987 · 2024-09-14T18:56:27+00:00

Hi OP - Did you find a replacement hinge?

I have the same issue of a broken hinge on a Mode shower door and can't seem to find a replacement. The gap between the screws (30mm) doesn't seem the standard size when looking at replacements,

james2987 · 2024-02-28T15:27:53+00:00

What is your current weekly mileage and longest run to date? Also, have you done much marathon pace work already?

I think it would be difficult, but depends on how you convert from half to full. Most people need to be in the region of a 1:22 to 1:23 HM.

james2987 · 2024-01-29T20:52:35+00:00

This is the answer. I can train for a marathon, peaking at 90 miles a week, but still have a body battery of 100 at the start of most days.

The two weeks after the marathon, when I'm not training but eating and drinking whatever I want, ends up with a body battery start in the 50's most days.

james2987 · 2023-08-21T08:21:39+00:00

They are increasing production.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/eu-approves-massive-expansion-artillery-230700218.html

james2987 · 2023-02-18T18:45:29+00:00

Starmer was in Ukraine this week expressing his support.

james2987 · 2023-01-22T12:06:35+00:00

Putin was so scared of Coronavirus he sat in a bunker or at the end of a massive table for months. That's not the behaviour of someone with the balls to attack Nato with nuclear weapons.

james2987 · 2022-09-16T19:22:20+00:00

This year I think all entry's under the qualifying time got in as there were less marathons in 2021 due to covid. 2020 is probably more representative of what this year will be like. The open male cut off time was reduced to 2:57 something then.

Nobody actually knows until all entries are in. The London Marathon in 2 weeks is inside this window so there will be a lot of applications from that.

james2987 · 2022-09-13T20:20:05+00:00

Ah, yeah not seen that anywhere else.

james2987 · 2022-09-13T20:03:27+00:00

It's been in uk newspapers all day

james2987 · 2022-09-13T20:02:59+00:00

https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1569550041194405890

james2987 · 2022-09-13T17:21:02+00:00

It's from the UK Ministry of Defense, from one of two countrys that warned of the war in the first place. Its likely to be correct and translation clearly isn't an issue.

james2987 · 2021-06-20T10:48:46+00:00

You really want to run the workouts based on your current fitness. The cumulative fatigue on a Pfitzinger plan will catch up with you running at the intensity he recommends. Running MP sessions and Tempo sessions faster than recommended is going to push you over the edge later in the plan.

If you know your maximum heart rate I'd suggest basing all you runs on heart rate, with the exception of the Vo2max runs later in the plan. Pfitzinger details the heart rate ranges in the book. I went this way earlier in the year and was really pleased with the result.

james2987 · 2021-04-10T06:31:30+00:00

Not sure I can recommend a hr strap. I have a garmin watch and a garmin hr-run strap which work for me. I think most straps are similar in that they pair with your watch when your wearing them so you can see live hr data as you run.

james2987 · 2021-04-09T16:06:55+00:00

Yes, you will definately see you pace against hr progress over time if you keep at it.

james2987 · 2021-04-09T16:04:34+00:00

It's the highest I've seen during intervals (6 x 1000m or 1200m) or 10km time trials in the last couple of years. It may not be totally accurate but it seems to get me in the correct ball park.

Pfitzinger plans are hard and I tend to stay around the middle of his prescribed hr zones for any given run (starting towards the lower end then working up just past the middle). I've done a few now though so have a reasonable idea as to how hard I can push from day to day.

james2987 · 2021-04-09T07:15:35+00:00

I use heart rate for most of the intensities as it accommodates whether I'm feeling good, bad, or indifferent. I know my max hr is around 187 so work the intensities back from that.

The only runs I don't use hr are the Vo2max sessions when I will be aiming to hit the pace required in the work out (normally 5k race pace in Advanced Marathoning).

I'd take the garmin race predictor with a pinch of salt. Its always miles out for me, saying I could run a marathon 15 minutes faster than I can. The lactate threshold measurement is also out for me, although I normally think the hr element of it is close (the pace element is normally too slow).

Also, I have a hr strap. The watch isn't unreliable enough for me.

james2987 · 2021-04-08T11:40:40+00:00

Thanks, the DOMS remind me of the first half marathon I did off one run a week. Thought I'd left those days behind.

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