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[Solo]

It is Sunday morning, I am ready to race, but cannot find a suitable run to enter. What do I do with my Sunday morning, rather than a traning run?

[Barefoot]

Solo, visit a friend if you have one, or perhaps you can try the CoolRunning site and look for a run for next week.

[Pabags]

You could try a time trial over 5 or 10k. Granted you are only racing against the clock and yourself but it may be an alternative. You would need to have somewhere where you know the distance is pretty close to the 5 or 10k, but it could be the next best thing to racing if there's not one available.

Pabags :)

[Grey beard]

One advantage of running is you can always try to beat your previous best. It doesn't really matter if it's on a measured course or just around the block near where you live. If you feel like going for it, do a time trial over a suitable distance and record the time for future reference.

I have a measured mile and a half circuit I use every now and then to test my VO2 max. It only takes 10 - 12 minutes, with a similar warm up and cool down. But it is great for showing me where I'm at with training.

[G.T.]

some sunday mornings i just like to watch rage and then video hits ,,drink some coffee and do nothing ,,i fully appreiate this cause i know next wek i may be busy :D

[42.195]

Watch the London Marathon DVD. Watch videos of the Great Ocean Road Marathon or the New York Marathon.
Wash and chamois your car.
But I'd go for a run.

[axa]

pretend you're in a race and run hard :-) but not to the point of total exhaustion. You can put in strong efforts on your own too!

[Colac]

Challenge several friends to a short race - invite them to lunch.

[miners]

Not exactly sure where Werrington actually is, but I'm presuming it's nowhere near the surf?

(gasher and vespa would have killed me if I didn't make this suggestion)

[Damon . H.]

I believe that all runners should have a time trial course around the suburb streets of their place, in case there isn’t anything on

I do. If I'm in the mood for a hard race pacing run and there's nothing on, I'll get out and run at "almost" race pace run.
I have this course out the back of Quakers Hill. I run from Richmond Rd to the great Western Highway and back (12.8km's). First run is always the test run, and then the next run should be at Race Pace Time Trial.
So every time I don't have a race to run I'll get out and run this course, that’s if I’m in the mood to do 12km’s.
I would say that I would run this course once a month, and every time I run this I try to bet my last time trial run.

Time Trial’s alone can be tough. You can go out hard and not realise it and suffer coming back, or you could go out to easy and realise that you could of gone faster.
So racing against yourself is an excellence way of knowing what your capable of doing without the help of other runners.

Remember that you could be in a race where you could be all alone…

[Obi-Wan]

Sit on the couch and settle in for the day in front of the box with lots of snacks and cold beer close by. ;)

[G.T.]

Solo i have a k lap around a local lake which i use for speed stuff so i can moniter how fast i am doing k s and then begin to know wat that pace feels like ,,it is not always flat out mite be something like 2ks at 80% effort with a small break ,,not full on racing but hard enough ..try something similar and i have a thinking racing alone can be really good cause it can be harder ,,no one to chase so u have to find your own motivation so wen u race against people it is easier :D paycheck is a great dvd to watch too or i always get a laugh from dumb and dumber

[Rockette]

Oh dear, sounds like running is taking control of your life. Its all about balance. Like some of the suggestions and if you can't go without a run do a quick 3km or 5km time trial, then go home and chill out, catch up with a friend, go for a nice lunch in the sunshine, go shopping, see a movie. There's a lot going on out there in the big wide world so get out there and enjoy it.