Maximus Decimus

I'm going to do the half and then see whether I think it's achievable. I watch quite a lot of stuff from the Running Channel and the presenter Sarah completed her first marathon and it was much like you explained. However, she had to stop at one point. I'm totally not judging, but for me doing a marathon would involve running the whole way. Is this something you were able to do?

Bit annoyed to find that Sky changed the scheduled game from the Jets-Patriots to the Vikings-Chargers. Then I realised they might be doing a favour looking at Jets offense in the first half...

Believe me we're not talking that

So much of the PB thing is mental I think. For a while I saw a 25 minute 5k as unachievable but I can beat it quite easy now. My PB is 23:46 and I look at 22 minutes as impossible but I know it's probably in my head. If I trained right and lost another stone, I probably could make it easy enough. I do still have a thing left over from the previous target where I feel like anything under 5:00 a km is really pushing it. It doesn't make much sense as I've done a 10k at an average of 4:55. Ultimately, I'll move onto a half-marathon without a time goal, probably mid next year. Did you find them challenging and have you ever gone full marathon?

Zhang made Joyce look like the boxer everybody has always said he is. Once you take away the idea of the unstoppable Joyce, there really wasn't much left. Don't get me wrong, his style would still be horrible for many of the top boxers unable to KO him but it turns out the big hitters would have always had his number.

Everton finally managed to get a win, and a very well deserved one. I don't know their circumstances, and maybe Everton just played like Man City, but Brentford looked truly dreadful and devoid of any threat at home against a team with one point from 5 games.

I didn't start again with that aim. My missus suddenly decided she wanted to have ran a 10k in her life, so I helped her get through one albeit very slowly. My plan was to build up to a first half-marathon, with a view to seeing whether a full marathon is something I could do. Following the slow 10k, I signed up to run one separately and it was only after I used the Runna app plan that I realised I'm doing quite well speed wise for me. As I've recently turned 40, I quite like the idea of making PBs as an older man. If I don't get close, I'm not gonna keep trying because PB hunting can be quite draining. The last time I beat my 10k, I had like 4 failed attempts.

That's handy. Saturday mornings are the lad's football matches sadly. I've got a 10k a week Sunday that I've been preparing quite seriously for for me. Signed up to something called Runna and found it very useful, and something that has given me structure and made sure I'm being challenged. Got an outside chance of a PB, but not going to put pressure on myself.

That's handy. Saturday mornings are the lad's football matches sadly. I've got a 10k a week Sunday that I've been preparing quite seriously for for me. Signed up to something called Runna and found it very useful, and something that has given me structure and made sure I'm being challenged. Got an outside chance of a PB, but not going to put pressure on myself.

I started running again about 5 months ago after 2 and a half years off. I'd ran for nearly 3 years before that. What prompted my stopping was because I got ill and didn't run for 2 weeks. The amount I lost in that time was demoralising. I went from a 49 minute 10k to 55 minutes and not improving. Eventually, after about 3 months I took a break that turned into a long time!

The Cowboys looked very good last night.

Whilst teams might have won it from 0-2, apparently only 13% of teams make the playoffs from that point. Not a great stat for the Vikings. It goes down to 3% for 0-3.

I really hoped it was just a strain or something. The Jets did well to win but there was one point where Wilson literally ran back about 30 yards before finally throwing it into touch. Was enough to convince me he won't have some magical heroic leap-forward to rescue the Jets from this disaster. I watched the Bears game first and they seem to have a similar problem at QB, with someone who is afraid to let go of the ball almost. The Packers on the other hand seemed to look OK in their post-Rodgers era.

I thought I'd start a general thread to complement the tipping threads. I'd love to do that but unfortunately I'm terrible at keeping things up! The first week was really good and the stand out performance was probably the Cowboys vs the Giants. As a Jets fan, this morning was certainly a bittersweet victory. Rodgers is out for the season and possibly forever after just 4 snaps. Not only is it gutting, but it's pretty embarrassing too after the off-season hype. Beating the Bill's can never be scoffed at, but I didn't see anything to suggest that Wilson has made leaps and bounds over the off-season.

Southgate has never been a darling of fans on social media. However, people have very very short memories. The idea that another group would be wasted is ludicrous. His results far outdo any manager aside from and maybe including Ramsey.