whats the weather like where you are? (Page 23 of 33)

Same here, sunshine and 18 degrees. I feel like getting gay with turntables after work

Slap Me on the Ass and call Me Hanzz 

This was yesterday - I hope today's sun will make some of the slush disappear

Yesterday I did some running (Marathon practice) in Stockholm.

Spring is slowly replacing the hard winter we've had this year.

View from the bridge "Västerbron" (the tower just right of the middle is Stockholm City Hall)
As you can see we still have plenty of Ice.

I think the temperature was a couple of degrees C above zero and it was a bit rainy.

At Strandvägen I saw this guy defying the cold weather, wearing shorts and flip-flops (no socks):

It appeared as he was going for quite a long walk and his friends were more wrapped-up in winter clothes.

yesterday = summery and yellow
today = rainy and brown
tomorrow = snow forecast

fml

aye i was exactly the same, had to build it up, and still am. especially since i put on weight last year due to too much boozing + no exercise. (but i've lost 9 pounds so far since i've taken it up again!)

i can also only do a 30min then 45min run, then i need to take a days break as that's all my legs can handle. tried to do 2x45min ones in a row last week and failed miserably .

there's a 10k in may that a mate of mine is doing, but it's a woman only one, some breast cancer thing i think .

man, i totally have respect for anyone who can get fit enough to run a full marathon!

how long did you have to train for that? must have been seriously heavy duty...

what was your time? my dad once ran a full marathon, it took him over 3 hours...

well ideally I'd like to run 5 times a week, right now I'm doing 4 - 2in a row then another 2 leaving days between. but I guess I'm hijacking this thread a bit now, maybe we should start a health and fitness thread

totally gloomy over here, when will this rain end and summer start

Off and on topic:

Off:

Well, I have gradually extended the distance I run and the volume/month.
Some years ago I was happy to be able to run 5km without walking.
Then I wanted to run faster and also longer distances.
2004 I competed over 5km the first time.
2007 I did my first Half Marathon and last year my first Marathon.
When you can run half marathons "for fun" in your practice, It's time to aim for the Marathon.

It's also a matter of how much you do not train.
In Sweden it's a bit tricky to run outside in the winter.
But if I want to keep my level, I need to continue running during the winter too.
You need to learn your body (and mind) to get used to the increased training over a long time and avoid long breaks.

My first marathon included quite a bit of walking in the last third, I'm afraid.
It was in the summer and I was drinking a lot when available to avoid dehydration.
It's hard to drink and run so I walked. At the end of the race my "drinking walks" got longer and longer.

I finished the Marathon in 4 hours 15 minutes, but I think I can do at least 30 minutes better next time if I have a decent day. According to some (optimistic) conversion tables I should be able to run in about 3:25 but I lack some experience in long runs and I don't think I have the capacity for sub 3:30 (yet).

Under 4 hours is quite good, in my opinion. Sub 3 hours is really good.

Haile Gebrselassie's world record is 2:03:59 which is totally incredible.
That means he does every km in 2 minutes 56 seconds!    I cannot even run (only) 1km in 2:56.
Or he does every 100m (422 of them) in 17,6 seconds!
I don't know how quick I can run 100 meters (haven't tried in 25 years or so) but I guess I'm just about quicker than 17,6

Next one is in the beginning of June.
The last couple of years Stockholm Marathon has concided with one of the warmest days of the year (over 30 degrees C in the shade). I hope it will be a bit cooler this year.

As I said, at the end of my first Marathon I swore never to run another one. I actually decided to quit all kinds of running.
Perhaps start playing golf or something instead But I heard lot of Marathon debutants have thought the same thing.

On topic:
I've felt for some weeks spring is slowly coming to Stockholm but today was definitely a big step toward summer.
I did some runinng in my lunch break and it was pure joy.
Dry roads, birds singing, sunny and warm. Quite a contrast from the slush exactry a week ago.

But we're still only in March, so I expect some brief snowy setback before summer definitely kicks in.

rain, what else....

same here...

northern europe, innit