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Yea dude go for it!

I've been doing it for the last 3 months and it makes you feel so much better - at work, in the mornings / evenings, just more refreshed even a couple of days after a short run.

I also do a 3 mile loop (3 and a bit) at a similar pace to you, I can't be asked with jogging. Probably doing my joints no good but f*ck it! It's all about the speed yo! Although getting overtaken by young people is frustrating. Overtaking a cyclist on a hill is satisfying though!

I use the Runkeeper app, sounds very similar to what you're using tbh. Good for keeping track of everything.

I'm trying to get back to where I was 3 years ago (when the ex left me...it gave me motivation) I could do 10km at an average of 7m 15s miles. That seems like a long way off though, best I've managed so far is 7m 36s over half the distance!

LOL anything slower than 7 min mile pace is jogging for me, long legs FTW. My top pace is about 7:30min miles over 2.25 miles. Would love to be able to hold 7 min mile pace though. I'm trying to push myself up to a 4 mile loop as my normal run and keep it comfortably under half an hour before stepping up another jump in distance to the 6 mile sort of mark.

I know what you mean about overtaking people but for me its in the villages on the bike I'm overtaking cars and that puts a smile on my face. Got my road bike up into top gear today which is a good feeling. With that gear ratio and my normal peddling RPM it was probably over 30mph I was whacking along at up a slight hill. Flat out that gear would see me at just shy of 60mph

Thought about taking part in a Parkrun?

Google it, they do them most parts of the country, 5km run on a saturday morning.

I'm not sure thats my sort of thing, I like running on my own as I tend to shout encouragement at myself. That said the local one to me is in a nice bit of town and its free so I might give it a go.

I much prefer the running club by my best mate. 4 pubs all 2 miles apart, start at pub 1 finish at pub 4 so a 6 mile run (about 10km) at 10min/mile pace with 3 breaks and alot of beer. That's my sort of exercise. I need to be fitter to go and join them really.