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What’s your last few post heavy night 5K times?

darrenf 5y ago
I’m not sure times are really the point, and certainly not the most recent handful. I’ve never been objectively fast - I’m a big bloke, and have asthma severe enough that I’m on 4 drugs for it daily and was told to shield by my GP/consultant. Plus, I’ve run hundreds of 5kms so cherry picking the last few post-booze outings would say nothing evidential about my original statement, which is that many of my best times ever have been after a big night. I will offer that my PB was at 9am (Parkrun) after a night on which I drank at least 5 beers, likely more (it was a celebration).
- Spinnaker_ 5y ago
  Ok but 5 beers for a big guy isn't even close to what most people think of as a hangover. We're talking about trying to exercise after 15 beers and 4 hours of sleep.
  - darrenf 5y ago
    By big I mean overweight. I’m 5’9”/175cm. Lightest I’ve been as an adult is 90kg.
scruple 5y ago
I was hungover on my 40th birthday. Decided to go for a fast 5k and ran a 19:32. I don't normally run 100% for a 5k, so I'm not sure about the timing. I tend to do a fast 5k session once a month and aim for 85%. I wanted a sub 20 5k on my 40th, however, as a sort of goal that I thought I could clear without any extra training. I do wish I hadn't have drank the night before but I'm still happy with that result. edit/ I had a bourbon and then 6 IPAs that night. Which is a pretty big / unusual session for me. I'm 6'0" and at the time I weighed around 170 lbs. I also just recalled another "fast" run that I had on a hangover and wanted to share. I ran my half marathon PR hungover on maybe 3 hours of sleep. Stayed with a friend in Haight-Ashbury, who I hadn't seen in probably 5 years at the time, stayed up drinking til 3am, and then ran the first half of the SF marathon. I ran a 1:41 that day and I'm still not entirely sure how it happened. My normal half times are around 1:45-1:50.

I’m not sure times are really the point, and certainly not the most recent handful. I’ve never been objectively fast - I’m a big bloke, and have asthma severe enough that I’m on 4 drugs for it daily and was told to shield by my GP/consultant. Plus, I’ve run hundreds of 5kms so cherry picking the last few post-booze outings would say nothing evidential about my original statement, which is that many of my best times ever have been after a big night. I will offer that my PB was at 9am (Parkrun) after a night on which I drank at least 5 beers, likely more (it was a celebration).

Spinnaker_ 5y ago
Ok but 5 beers for a big guy isn't even close to what most people think of as a hangover. We're talking about trying to exercise after 15 beers and 4 hours of sleep.
- darrenf 5y ago
  By big I mean overweight. I’m 5’9”/175cm. Lightest I’ve been as an adult is 90kg.

scruple 5y ago

I was hungover on my 40th birthday. Decided to go for a fast 5k and ran a 19:32. I don't normally run 100% for a 5k, so I'm not sure about the timing. I tend to do a fast 5k session once a month and aim for 85%. I wanted a sub 20 5k on my 40th, however, as a sort of goal that I thought I could clear without any extra training. I do wish I hadn't have drank the night before but I'm still happy with that result. edit/ I had a bourbon and then 6 IPAs that night. Which is a pretty big / unusual session for me. I'm 6'0" and at the time I weighed around 170 lbs. I also just recalled another "fast" run that I had on a hangover and wanted to share. I ran my half marathon PR hungover on maybe 3 hours of sleep. Stayed with a friend in Haight-Ashbury, who I hadn't seen in probably 5 years at the time, stayed up drinking til 3am, and then ran the first half of the SF marathon. I ran a 1:41 that day and I'm still not entirely sure how it happened. My normal half times are around 1:45-1:50.