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In 2015, Richard quit the gym after 4 intense years and after running his 5th London Marathon in 5 years in 2016, Richard was worn out and decided to take a rest from the Marathon, which lead to an unplanned whole year of inactivity from competitive running. In the same year Richard announced he was to quit competitive football, however made a u-turn in that decision. This video contains some clips and highlights of Richard's fitness training comeback year in the gym in 2017 aged 32 - getting prepared for the London Marathon 2018 and other sports events. FOLLOW MY SPORTS, FITNESS & SPIRITUAL JOURNEY:
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On Sunday 17th September, my running club Kirkstall Harriers hosted our annual races, which are set around the senior race - the Kirkstall Abbey 7 aka KA7. We host a 'Mad Monk Meander' fun run and a high quality junior race then we finish off with the main senior race, which also includes a 'beat the Mad Monk challenge' and 'Nun on the Run'. Our race limit was 450 runners and for the third year running we reached full capacity in pre-race entries and our race was sold out, a huge success for our running club. There was a lot of effort and organisation that went into organising and marshalling our event. We like to get as many club members out as possible to help getting set up and marshalling all the races, for that reason, our club members are not allowed to enter the races, with the exception of the 'Mad Monk' and 'Nun on the Run' fancy dress mascot runners. CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL RACE PHOTOS BY SHEVONNE OF Kirkstall Harriers MY 'MAD MONK' KA7 RUN: 7 miles CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS OF SENIOR RACE CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS OF JUNIOR RACE CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS OF MAD MONK MEANDER FUN RUN CLICK HERE FOR RACE VIDEO BY ADAM I ran the KA7 on 17th September dressed as the 'Mad Monk' for the fifth time and for the fifth time in six years (last year I had to pull out due to illness - neuro virus). The idea of me dressing up as a monk and running in the race is to give the runners in our race, a little bit of a fun challenge, to try and beat someone dressed up as a monk. We also have another race mascot called 'Nun On The Run', this year the senior race was run by Louise from our running club. I've always finished in and around the top 20, here are my previous results: 2015: 6.5 miles 22nd position out of 361 runners Time: 42:59 2014: 6.5 miles 14th position of 270 runners Time: 42:42 2013: 6.5 miles 17th position of 241 runners Time: 42:55 2012: 6.5 miles 41st position of 202 runners Time: 45:37 MY RESULT & RACE: No official result: This year, the race was a full 7 miles as there has been some changes to the start of the course around the Kirkstall Abbey to make the distance a full 7 miles. Usually, although the race is called Kirkstall Abbey 7, it is only 6.5-6.6 miles. This was also the first year the race has been chip timed. Due to this, me (Monk) and Nun (Louise) were not running chip timed so that means we never got an official result. MY RACE PERFORMANCE: I am used to finishing in and around the top 20 dressed as the 'Monk' and usually really happy with my usual placing, my best finish is 14th position in 2014. This year I have been off running for most of the year due to an Achilles problem called Achilles tendiopathy, it's an overuse injury which is caused by micro tears in the Achilles' tendon. It's a painful injury at times and also a frustrating injury as it is quite hard to fully recover from as you are constantly using your Achilles in every day to day life. Due to this annoying niggling injury, I have not done any running since the Leeds Half Marathon in May. I have literally just began training again properly out running on the roads over the last 2 weeks during a 6 weeks training camp I am currently doing. The injury first arrived after 3 weeks of training for my 11th Leeds Half Marathon and due to that, I had to cut my half marathon training short and I (stupidly) ran the Leeds Half Marathon which was painful and made it worse, however this was never going to stop me running as it is my long term ambition to run 20 Leeds Half Marathon's in a row, 11 so far so I'm now over half way. I do take pride in my running times and results and although I know I am no where near the 36-38 minute 10k times I was 2 years ago, I wanted to make a good account of myself dressed as the 'Monk' for Kirkstall Harriers. I have been training every other day using the Hyde Park 5k Parkrun route. I have been alternating between 5k and 10k, then I have been adding some hill runs in too. I feel I am getting back to really good fitness really quick but I'm some way off running fit to my standards, that's something that will come with time and consistency. In my training camp I am doing a lot of work on strength, conditioning and cardio. Weight training, rowing machine, core strength, Bulgarian Bag work, boxing, bike and on-demand virtual fitness classes - you name it - I'm doing a lot and I feel really fit now but being running fit is a different kettle of fish. My running training over the last 2 weeks has been going good but from almost no running to running almost every day, including conditioning work on my legs in the gym, my legs have felt pretty tired last few days - especially after an intense hill session two days before the KA7. My preparation the night before the race wasn't the best, as I set my alarm for 3:30am so I could get up and watch the Canelo-Golovkin fight. I then went back to sleep for an hour and a half then back up for the KA7 - so I did feel super tired. I wanted to get a decent placing and give a good account of myself as the 'Monk' for Kirkstall Harriers. I ran the whole race really consistent to be honest, I didn't push myself to my limits (which is not normal for me), I wanted to make sure I didn't burn out later on so I wasn't overly bothered to see some runners pass me down the canal. Once we got back on the main road in Kirkstall towards the finish I had quite a bit left in the tank so I upped the pace and overtook 3 or 4 runners with only one guy overtaking me. At the finish I was pretty much on my own so there was no race at the end but I did put on a sprint finish. As I didn't wear a watch I didn't have a time to fully judge my performance and compare to other years but I worked out I finished in about 35th-40th place, which isn't too bad considering it was only my 2nd official race for a year and a half after some time off and then the recent niggling Achilles injury, which lead my to stop both running and football. I have to say though, it does not get any easier as you get older running the KA7 in that heavy monk outfit - haha. CLICK HERE FOR FOOTAGE OF ME RUNNING KA7 FROM INSTAGRAM CLICK HERE FOF FOOTAGE OF THE START FILMED BY MALCOM After the London Marathon 2016, where I qualified for 'Good For Age' again with a time of 3:04:44, I ran the Leeds Half Marathon in a then disappointing for me 1:29:00 and I decided to have a bit of a rest from running as my legs were just worn out from the last 5 years of intense running. Due to other things going on in my life, my break from running ended up been much longer than planned. I won't ever be at the stage of dedication I was a few years ago, but I do want to get back close to the performance levels I was at a couple of years ago.
I am officially running the London Marathon 2018 next year, which will be my 6th London Marathon and probably my last, so I want to get another 'Good For Age' time and finish that race on a high - so that is my next challenge in running. Thank-you for reading and look out for my 6 Weeks Training Camp blog which will be released in the coming weeks. FOLLOW MY SPORTS, FITNESS & SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: INSTAGRAM: @joycinho TWITTER: @rjsports1 @joycinho @rjrugbyleague SPIRITUAL TWITTER: @JoyceParanormal |
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