"The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night..."

rainbow kirby

ULstudent wrote: »

Brack with butter ftw!

So true... and so good with a nice cup of coffee

metamorphosis

Okay i'm not stalking you (despite the numerous posts on your log tonight) but just wanted to say i have just finished reading your log from the beginning and want to say that you are a ledge. You have had some year with the moving etc and have come through it ... and with great time gains in your running too.

RacoonQueen

ULstudent wrote: »

Oh and if i keep eating the way i am since monday ... well lets just say it will be an EEK situation!!!

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I think it's time to go on a diet until Christmas for me! So hard to resist the lure of leftover Halloween goodies though...

I tried to start eating healthy on Friday I failed. Started well yesterday with a bowl of porridge for brekkie, a egg white omlette when I got back from the gym...then the halloween goodies arrived and I had to make up the bags for the children. So I failed.

Well done on the weight loss both of you, thats really good going.

rainbow kirby

3 miles this evening (9.34/mile pace). Probably went out a little fast, but meh, it felt good.

Looking forward to being able to bring the mileage up again in a bit, 3 miles feels like I've barely left the house. Gotta ease my way back in though...

Alyosha

Just read the last 10 pages or so, fair play to you rk, 4:25 is a cracking time.

rainbow kirby

Got out this evening for 5 miles (10.18/mile pace), my longest run since regaining the ability to use my legs :pac:

Felt relatively comfortable, apart from the knot which appears to have taken up residence at the top of my right hamstring. Will have to make sure to stretch out my hamstrings properly, and keep an eye on this.

On an unrelated matter, I've discovered that the distance from my house to college is exactly 6.5 miles. On days when I don't need my laptop, a running commute might happen

I'm seriously considering entering either the Connemara full or half, accomodation is handy for that one because my friend lives in Galway city so there's always couch space for me and ****tylink will get me across relatively cheaply. I'd prefer a flatter race next April tbh, and if I had the money I'd probably head to Rotterdam, but I'd love to do Conn purely for the experience.

goofygirl

Connemara is brilliant. I did the half last year and think I'm going to do the full in the spring if I'm around (in Ireland that is, not still alive).

RoyMcC

+1 for Conn, though I've never been brave enough to face the full mara. But it would be a natural step up for you after Dublin. Get some hillwork in beforehand though

littlebug

+1 for Connemara. See you there. I registered for the half last night.

rainbow kirby

4 miles this evening (9.34/mile pace). Felt pretty damn good.

For some reason, I think my legs like cold evenings...

rainbow kirby

6 miles this evening (9.40/mile pace) - felt like I could have gone longer, and if it wasn't for a rather nasty case of runner's trots I probably would have stretched it out to 8-9 miles. Stupid digestive system.

I'm only 1.3 miles away from the mileage target I'd originally set for the year (800 miles - at 798.7 now), really could have had it tonight! Don't think I'll hit the 1,000 though.

metamorphosis

Gotta love those runners trots!

rainbow kirby

5 miles this morning (9.18/mile pace). Feeling a bit crappy now, hoping I'm not coming down with something... though I'm going to blame it for now on going for my run too soon after breakfast. Probably doesn't help too that I did my 2nd mile way too fast (8.17, quick enough for me to look at my watch and go "WTF??").

Not having to be in college until 3pm rocks \o/

metamorphosis

I feel a cough and sniffles coming on and i am about to go run in the run ... ohoh moment.

Here's hoping to no sickness

rainbow kirby

5 cold, wet, soggy, slow miles this evening (10.40/mile pace, puddle-jumping ftw!). Don't know how many times "HTFU" went through my head this evening, I know I'm a total pussy about running in the rain and it's something I need to deal with if I'm going to train for Connemara through the winter. Frustrating thing is that I missed a perfect night to run last night because I was finishing off the code for a college assignment which was due today :mad:

RacoonQueen

Once you get into the swing of things and get a routine going again running in the cold and wet will be a breeze.

rainbow kirby

6 miles this afternoon (9.24/mile). Had intended to go further (was planning 8-10) but just felt like absolute crap the whole way around. Bit frustrating when you don't run for a few days then get a really crap one! Still haven't gone more than 10km since DCM

rainbow kirby

4 miles this evening (9.34/mile pace). Felt pretty good, especially because I got a gale force wind behind me going downhill for the last 1km Better than yesterday anyway, that's for certain.

Still haven't signed up for Conn yet, I'm seriously undecided on whether to jump into another marathon this soon, or whether to have fun with some shorter races for the first half of 2010 (thinking the new year's day 5k, the Raheny 5, Great Ireland Run etc), build mileage and start a good intermediate program for Dublin 2010 come June. I can see benefits to both, but I need to decide soon before Conn sells out. With the timing of exams, neither Belfast or Cork would suit for a spring marathon, and I can't afford to travel abroad...

rainbow kirby

Football on TV and severe weather warnings out? What a night to run :pac:

4 miles - average pace 9.48/mile, but last km took only 5.10 due to having a gale force wind at my back!

Now to watch extra time...

rainbow kirby

Have decided I'm not doing Conn. It's too close to my semester 2 exams really, and would take too much out of me mentally (let alone physically) at that time. Given that this is my masters, I'd rather not **** it up! While I *could* do the half, I'd rather not pay €70 for one.

So the plan for 2010 is to focus on shorter stuff, and get a bit faster. I'd also like to build mileage to a point where I can start a good intermediate 18 week program for Dublin '10 at the appropriate time and hopefully go a bit faster than this year!

At the moment, the races I'm planning for next year are

Raheny 5 - late January
St Patrick's Day 5k
Great Ireland Run - April
Women's Mini-Marathon (or Cork relays, depends what way things go) - June bank holiday weekend
Clontarf half (maybe)
Adidas race series
Pearl Izumi 10k (purely because it's at my back door really!)
Dublin Marathon

I'll be starting a new log this weekend too, 12 pages at 40 posts to a page is quite enough!