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rainbow kirby wrote: »DCM 4:28:10 gun time
That was the most painful, tiring, stressful, emotional rollercoaster I've ever done. I ****ing loved it, and I'll be back next year.
Bang on. Never said a truer word.0 -
I can relate to that, I felt quite emotional all the way round the course - I still am a bit really...rainbow kirby wrote: »That was the most painful, tiring, stressful, emotional rollercoaster I've ever done. I ****ing loved it, and I'll be back next year.0 -
rainbow kirby wrote: »Just to add - chip time 4:24:56...
Sub-4:25
Well done rainbow...enjoy the moment,you deserve it.0 -
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rainbow kirby wrote: »Hell yeah!
Today... everything hurts. I have to go down stairs sideways.
I hear ya. I'm on my laptop in bed, really not looking forward to going down stairs, let alone a transatlantic flight tomorrow!0 -
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Super big styleee well done from me. Fanbloodytastic on making your target. I think you only realise what a big deal it is when youre in the middle of mile 20 going holy god, 6 miles still to go.
Sorry I didnt get to meet ya (or any of the others) on the day.
And glad you seem to still have all your toenails!!0 -
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I have that mortons toe too, then. I just never knew what it was called. I wear my running shoes a size bigger than my regular shoes, but I still stub my toes sometimes. I never realised that losing toenails was a regular running thing till this year.
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Post-DCM navel gazing time...
So the big and blatantly obvious question is... What now?
Right now, the hard part is getting out of my chair... all the better for killing time online planning races
I'd like to be able to bounce off this and do well in some short stuff over the winter, possibly go for a 5k in December and the Raheny 5 in January. I *think* I can PB in both, my 5k PB (26:22) is one of my softest ones given that it was done back in March, just before my finals, while off my head on painkillers. I'd like to think I could get close to 25 minutes for 5k, given that the first 5k of the 5 mile race in the park was done in about 25:30. I'd love to go sub-40 at the Raheny 5, but somehow I don't think that will happen.
I really don't think there will be a spring marathon for me. If I had the money I'd consider it, but to be perfectly honest I'm probably better off doing some shorter stuff over the winter, building a good base (I'd like to be comfortably running 30-40 miles a week) and then starting a more intense program in June for Dublin 2010. Next year there will be more long runs, I'd like to get at least 2-3 20 milers in and another few in the 16-20 mile range. I'd like to set 4:10 as a hand-wavey target for next year. I think I can get that, maybe get close to 4 hours - yesterday was my first, I paced very evenly (2:11:50 for the first half, 2:13:06 for the second), and never walked, so I think that with more miles in the legs I can go a bit faster.
Which brings me to my next point... what am I best suited to? I have an inkling that I'm slightly better at going long than I am at the shorter races, and I think I enjoy that too - I preferred the steady burn of a sub-2 HM (or the OMGMAKEITSTOP burn of a sub-4:30 marathon!) than the OMGGONNAPUKE feeling of a fast 5k! My times don't really reflect a bias either way, as my half-marathon time predicts virtually everything shorter on McMillan, but is about 14 minutes off my marathon time (it predicts 4:11).
So if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to make them!
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