“Your brand new 10K PB, Haile Gebrselassie”
So… what do we know about the 10K?
The A to Z of HMHB
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The A to Z of HMHB
There are 14 Half Man Half Biscuit albums, plus two roundup compilations, as well as 4 EPs and a handful of one-off songs. No 'Greatest Hits'. Indulge yourself by starting here.
In which we chose the nation's favourite Half Man Half Biscuit song. For the next four years, anyway.
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Tricky after 10 pints of Tuborg at Wetherspoons the curry night before.
1 November 2018
CARRIE ANNE
6.21371 on a mileage chart
2 November 2018
Bobbybottler
Twice as long as a parkrun, half as long as a ½ marathon.
I love 10k runs, even though I run them in very average times, because whilst doing them I can turn my brain off for a bit.
5 November 2018
EXXO
There’s still no excuse for ever wearing a t-shirt saying you have plodded, waddled or staggered just over six miles though.
6 November 2018
Third Rate Les
As a distance, one of the hardest to race. Longer distances (or cross-country, which is usually about 5.5 miles but over hills and mud) allow you periods of adjusting your pace and having brief periods of recovery, but a 10K hurts like hell right from the start, you feel sick after 90 seconds, and it never lets up.
Once won a real prize (i.e. a placing, not just finisher’s medal) in the BUPA Great Capital Run. I generally loathe races with sponsor names or indeed the word “Great” in the title, but was quite happy with that one, even if the prize turned out to be a crappy Nike sports bag, and I missed my podium moment because I was in the pub when they did the prizegiving.
7 November 2018
Intheshadowoflilly
I won a local 10k once, felt hard done by that I didn’t get a gin distillery tour as a prize, they’d handed those out to random recipients pre-race.
Did alright with a £50 off shoes voucher though.
I’m a bit of a parkrun obsessive as well as 10k runner, am trying to come up with a new challenge for my own amusement.
Which of these locations (https://www.parkrun.org.uk/results/attendancerecords/) are mentioned in HMHB songs? The obvious Delamere & Crewe and less-so Winchester for a start.
21 January 2020
Geoff Greensmith
Got a spare ticket for the Hull gig on Friday. Will post to a genuine fan free of charge as I cannot make it.
21 January 2020
FERencvaros fan
I was no more than a bog standard club runner but in 1996 set a PB for 10K at Bourton on the Water, then one month later for the half marathon at Worcester. Both places of course contain rivers that have been name-checked by HMHB, but running along the banks of the Windrush to a PB for 10K will do for me.
21 January 2020