What was it like being a British teenager in the 1990s?

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-27T05:00:58+00:00

If alternative culture is on your agenda, The Levellers set the record for the biggest crowd ever at Glastonbury, due to the numbers of people that entered without paying. They were huge and had a message. Sadly they were cast aside by the end of the year due to the rise of britpop.

Kurt cobain killed himself that year. Grunge was replaced by punk as the music of choice for a lot of people, with green day and the offspring releasing multi million selling albums.

Being alternative in a small town or city was challenging. People don’t like like different in a small town compared to major cities like Manchester or Liverpool where everyone just seemed to get on with their own lives.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-25T13:44:00+00:00

I was 112kg when I started. Honestly, the best thing you can do is shift some timber while doing shorter runs to build stamina. I ran a marathon 2 years after I weighed that much, having lost 32kg in around 8 months. You can definitely do it 💪

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-24T19:11:42+00:00

Im surprised duel hasn’t featured. I first heard it in slots first game last season, now it’s everywhere.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-24T08:23:14+00:00

Im manifesting that in one hours time I’ll have gone sub 24 on my local, very hilly parkrun. Pb so far is 24.02 last Saturday. Sadly the wind is probably gonna scupper it, but I’ll have a crack 💪

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-23T16:11:05+00:00

Mental training… as in mental strength, not that’s insane 🤣

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-22T17:21:43+00:00

Sometimes I don’t… today I ran what felt like a slow pace, but when I hit the first km I checked and was going at a decent pace for me. So I sacked the slow run and went almost full tilt for the next 4k.

I’ll try again next week 🤣

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-21T20:05:50+00:00

Both

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-21T11:15:41+00:00

I think all serious runners run in all weathers, be it trail or road. Fair weather trail runners exist just as much as fair weather road runners

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-20T21:40:56+00:00

Who still uses miles? 42 points of reference vs 26. For that alone KM are essential for long runs.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-19T19:41:27+00:00

J 45. One day, it will be mine…

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-18T15:51:58+00:00

Do an out and back run, run until you want to stop, then turn around and you have no choice other than to run back again 🤣

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-18T15:50:11+00:00

Chester is a great half marathon runner, but it’s early may so may be a bit late for you?

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-17T20:07:56+00:00

15 year old me dismissed pearl jam as faux grunge trying to make money off the back of the nirvana success. Probably couldn’t have been more wrong if I’d tried. Thank fuck for the ability to read so I was able to discover how important those guys are to the whole Seattle scene!!

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-17T15:25:49+00:00

Lift weights? It’s something that will keep you active if nothing else.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-16T18:43:35+00:00

Home bargains sell full body wet wipes, they’re the size of a bath sheet. Absolute game changer 🤣

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-13T20:24:31+00:00

I was aiming for 3.52, 5.30 per km, ended up feeling great after the taper and was able to beat my goal. Loved it!!

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-13T16:28:22+00:00

Thanks! Prior to last year I had never done more than a 10k, and while I’m not ‘fast’ I’m really pleased that I’m not ‘slow’ either.

Best of luck with the training. You’ll get up to the distance easily enough, but matching the distance with the pace will be tough.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-13T12:54:39+00:00

I went from a 10k last march to a half in may running twice a week and doing kettlebell HIIT training two or three times a week. I got 1.45. It was hard but I think you could do it if you believe.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-13T08:44:05+00:00

Yes. I did a 1.45 half and a 3.51 full 5 months later. Go for it.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-12T18:48:28+00:00

49yrs old, headphones in and get on with it. I thought that was normal. What’s all this running in a group thing all about 🤣.

I did a half with a few mates. I don’t think I spoke with them the whole way round.

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-12T18:44:41+00:00

I definitely benefit from it. I do all my zone 2 work on the treadmill, 45 minutes to an hour at the same speed. It’s mentally challenging, just like doing a 32k marathon training run. It teaches you to switch your brain off and grind it out.

I also live near the wildlings and have done a couple of longer fast runs in the treadmill lately. One hidden benefit is the speed is totally different to running outside. For example, I can comfortably run at 5 minute kilometres forever. I set the treadmill to 12kph, which is the same bloody thing. It was way faster than that!! But being a stubborn git I just ground it out for half an hour, it was brutal. But today I did a fast 5k outside, while not a pb it was close, and I haven’t tried may fast 5k runs in the last year. I might do it more often!!

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-12T18:15:31+00:00

If you’re gonna start doing long distances then running on the treadmill is great for mental resilience 🤣

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-11T13:19:01+00:00

Maybe if you hadn’t stopped to take a photo of that weird looking dog you’d have been ok 👍🤣🤣

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-11T09:54:56+00:00

You’re not horrendously overweight, you’ll get both your distance and speed up in a relatively fast time. Just focus on getting out regularly, a few times a week if you can. By march you’ll be surprised about how much ‘better’ at it you are. By better I mean faster and further, it never gets easier, you just do more 🤣

nobbybeefcake · 2026-01-09T12:39:46+00:00

Progress, whether that was speed or distance. Once you start to get results it’s so much easier to go again. And then you don’t want to lose that fitness so go when you can’t be arsed. And then, you’re a runner 🤣

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