Tie Your Runner Down - A Log

christeb · 09-10-2009 9:06am

Thanks Peckham. I feel pretty good today, hopefully the legs are in shape to give me ~5m to finish at PMP or faster....

christeb · 11-10-2009 10:07pm

christeb · 12-10-2009 9:37pm

Peckham · 13-10-2009 8:26am

If you have doubts about the flats, then don't use them. The last thing you need coming into the final few miles is doubts about your footwear!

Also, now is not really the time to be trying to change your form.

Stick with what you know and what works....

christeb · 14-10-2009 9:19am

stmochtas · 15-10-2009 8:39am

christeb wrote: »

Looking good on Mon evening, saw you between busaras and the dart bridge, I was on the bike, a bit slow to react!

Now that I think about it a person on a bike registered with me but I was thinking about the slog home. Training is going well for you at the moment not too long until the big one now. I have been taking it easy this month really as I had a few niggles I just needed to shift. Easy week this week as you seen

christeb · 17-10-2009 12:17am

christeb · 18-10-2009 11:42am

BeepBeep67 · 18-10-2009 12:01pm

Looks like it's all going to plan - how's the body holding up?

christeb · 18-10-2009 4:45pm

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Looks like it's all going to plan - how's the body holding up?

Not bad, I feel in good shape and I've been eating and resting well too. Fingers crossed I've done enough to get the sub 3'11, time will tell.....

christeb · 21-10-2009 10:09pm

stmochtas · 22-10-2009 8:32am

Good luck on Monday B. You deserve a good result after all the work you have put in.

kennyb3 · 22-10-2009 1:07pm

Best of luck on monday, enjoy the race and i hope you reach your goal.

christeb · 25-10-2009 12:17pm

christeb wrote: »

Week 18/18 DCM Plan
Day| Session | Pace | Comments
Monday| REST| t |
Tuesday| REST | |
Wednesday| 6.5m (inc 2m race) | 12.20 for the race | |
Thursday| REST | |
Friday| 4m | |
Saturday | REST | |
Sunday| REST | |
TOTAL 15

An easy 4m on Fri PM to wrap up the schedule. Drove the course this morning, let the visualisation begin. Many thoughts going through the head pre the off tomorrow, can't change anything now. Legs feel good, I've been eating and tapering well (can you taper well, it's not hard to lie there and do nothing!).

The strategy is set - "sightsee" @ 7.10 pace for the first 13, a couple of fast miles from 13-16 (Cromwellsfort to Terenure as these are pretty fast), survive til 20 and then give it socks from there on in.

I'll leave this blog now with the song which will be in my head tomorrow, on the way to a GLORIOUS BQ time ....Link

Best of luck to all, I hope to see plenty of BAC singlets!

Woddle · 25-10-2009 12:28pm

Best of luck, fantastic batch of training you've had, can't wait to see how you do and will you be wearing your trade mark shades :cool:

Krusty_Clown · 25-10-2009 12:40pm

Best of luck ChristieB. Hope you have a great race.

asimonov · 25-10-2009 1:07pm

best of luck tomorrow, i like the sound of your race plan. enjoy.

shels4ever · 25-10-2009 1:22pm

Best of luck tomorrow , your training has been great this year and your in super shape, just go and tear up the roads tomorrow. Will spot you around 9-10 miles.

gerard65 · 25-10-2009 3:00pm

I've followed your log, no need to wish you good luck, you won't need luck. 'Just do it';)

rigal · 25-10-2009 7:02pm

Have a great race Christeb!

christeb · 26-10-2009 4:26pm

3:35:13 - tired but elated. Went out far too fast (surprise!) but struggled home. Guess this means according to tunney I only jogged it!

Full report to come after I sleep

Well done to all today

shels4ever · 26-10-2009 4:29pm

christeb wrote: »

3:35:13 - tired but elated. Went out far too fast (surprise!) but struggled home. Guess this means according to tunney I only jogged it!

Full report to come after I sleep Well done to all today

Well done today, looked strong over the last half mile when i spotted you.

christeb · 27-10-2009 6:36am

1702 Brian Heron Christensen Den MS 595 00:44:59 01:35:23 02:24:08 03:35:13 03:35:01

Garmin

a 25 min positive split!!!! Well we went out with a game plan and stuck too it. First 13,1m down in 1:35:23, ,we were going well and enjoying proceedings. Then the marathon Gods decided to teach us a lessono. Greg lost me on mile 14 / 15 just appraoching the KCR, I slowed from 7.20 to 7.55 to 9.00 and never recovered. I easily switched from race mode to "high 5 kids, eat jellies and get the crowd going" mode, really trying to savour the atmosphere and take it all in. And I did. I think (or at least hope) I had a smile on my face the whole way around. I was doing the whole "hands up to my ears - I can't hear you" gesturing to the crowd at every crowded junction worked a treat.
1 lady helped me to get going on Foster's Ave by showing me how to take baby steps. I did, and in turn made it my mission to get lots of people going myself. In the end I helped about 10 people start running again, 1 came up and thanked me at the end which was really nice. Had lots of family and friends around the finish which was great, and there was a bit of a kick in the legs to get over the line. Pity I just missed out on sub 3:35. I was elated finishing, still very happy with the time and I'll be back again, with more in the tank this time!

Greg did 3:33:59, turns out he crashed pretty much the same time as me. His bro followed him around most of the 2nd half on a bike which was cool.

At the finish the pain was immense, I got dazed/startled too and couldn't see properly for a couple of mins, anyone know what that is?

Anyway I'll sign off on this log for now, I think the next proper goal is a sub 30 attempt at the Raheny 5, I may or may not do a Mara next year......

Thank you to all who supported, as many have said and I would like to echo, there is NO WAY I would have improved at the rate I did without this forum, that is a fact. So thank you one and all, and well done to all who raced yesterday.

Here are a couple of pics from when we were in better shape yesterday yesterday:

Pic1 (thanks Stupid Private) Pic2 Pic3 (thanks Woddle)

osnola ibax · 27-10-2009 7:29am

Great report christeb, and still a brilliant time, well done on getting people going again and for getting the crowd going. High fiving and crowd interaction is great fun. I really think the sun played a factor out there today. Well done, you have put in loads of tough training.

Sosa · 27-10-2009 8:33am

well done christeb,enjoy the rest now.

tisnotover · 27-10-2009 9:04am

great running christie, recover well...

christeb · 30-10-2009 9:59pm

Right lads, I'm going to close off this blog. I think it's taken me from a plodder to a respectable runner. I feel comfortable at speed and I'm looking forward to building on it through out the winter in preparation for next season. More shorter stuff awaits on the horizon, together with another attempt at the 26.2, possibly DCM again....

Thanks for all the support on here, I'll prob start a new blog to document my winter progress - I don't want to get lazy!

I'll bookend this with a link to the song that inspired the blog - Tie Your Mother Down by Queen. The only way to enjoy it - live!