What difference does a second make?

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
9-8-09|Gym||||
10-8-09|Missed|||Too many of these creeping in|
11-8-09|5.06|7:28|||
12-8-09|8.02|7:10||incl 2 x 2 fast miles with 1 mile recovery in between (Fast miles=6:08;6:14;6:14;6:13)|
13-8-09|Rest||||
14-8-09|6.00|7:43|||
15-8-09|12.02|7:32|||
16-8-09|Rest||||
17-8-09|6.98|||Pyramid session - 2x400, 2x600, 1x800, 2x600, 2x400|
18-8-09|3.02|||Plus gym session|
19-8-09|Rest||||
20-8-09|5.38|7:48|||
21-8-09|10.50|??||Battery died on watch|
22-8-09|8.08|7:33|||
23-8-09|Rest||||
24-8-09|7.04|7:37|||
25-8-09|||||
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Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
9-8-09|Gym||||
10-8-09|Missed|||Too many of these creeping in|
11-8-09|5.06|7:28|||
12-8-09|8.02|7:10||incl 2 x 2 fast miles with 1 mile recovery in between (Fast miles=6:08;6:14;6:14;6:13)|
13-8-09|Rest||||
14-8-09|6.00|7:43|||
15-8-09|12.02|7:32|||
16-8-09|Rest||||
17-8-09|6.98|||Pyramid session - 2x400, 2x600, 1x800, 2x600, 2x400|
18-8-09|3.02|||Plus gym session|
19-8-09|Rest||||
20-8-09|5.38|7:48|||
21-8-09|10.50|??||Battery died on watch|
22-8-09|8.08|7:33|||
23-8-09|Rest||||
24-8-09|7.04|7:37|||
25-8-09|6.25|7:18||Pyramid session - 600-800-1000-1000-800-600|
26-8-09|||||
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Peckham

19 days running out of 31 days in August is really not good enough.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-8-09|13.10|6:45||Decided to have a blow-out and get the love back for running. A sub-90 half-marathon distance gives me that |
2-8-09|3.99|8:05|||
3-8-09|Missed||||
4-8-09|5.30|7:23||Nice jaunt around the grounds of Carton House|
5-8-09|Gym||||
6-8-09|8.00|7:30|||
7-8-09|7.12|7:51||10x400@82-85secs with 75secs recovery|
8-8-09|12.01|7:29||Bit drained after yesterday's session|
9-8-09|Gym||||
10-8-09|Missed|||Too many of these creeping in|
11-8-09|5.06|7:28|||
12-8-09|8.02|7:10||incl 2 x 2 fast miles with 1 mile recovery in between (Fast miles=6:08;6:14;6:14;6:13)|
13-8-09|Rest||||
14-8-09|6.00|7:43|||
15-8-09|12.02|7:32|||
16-8-09|Rest||||
17-8-09|6.98|||Pyramid session - 2x400, 2x600, 1x800, 2x600, 2x400|
18-8-09|3.02|||Plus gym session|
19-8-09|Rest||||
20-8-09|5.38|7:48|||
21-8-09|10.50|??||Battery died on watch|
22-8-09|8.08|7:33|||
23-8-09|Rest||||
24-8-09|7.04|7:37|||
25-8-09|6.25|7:18||Pyramid session - 600-800-1000-1000-800-600|
26-8-09|Rest||||
27-8-09|15.05|8:03||Ran home from work, all traffic lights were against me!|
28-8-09|On a stag||||
29-8-09|On a stag||||
30-8-09|On a stag||||
31-8-09|8.00|7:15|||

Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|||||
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Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|||||
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Peckham

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|3.08|8:10|152||
12-9-09|6.18|6:14|185|Pearl izumi 10k|
13-9-09|Rest||||
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18-9-09|||||
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Peckham

My first 10k race - hard to believe!

Wasn't feeling too great at the start. Being stuck in traffic on the M1 stressed me out a bit, with a 40 minute journey taking me an hour and twenty. Arrived at registration 5 minutes before the race was due to start. Fortunately I had texted Shels and he picked up my race number for me, and also start was delayed by 10 mins or so. This gave me time for some warm up and nice friendly chats with fellow boardsies before the start. This helped me put it all behind me when the gun went....

....went off far too fast, and a sub 6 minute first mile meant that the glowing singlet of Stupid Private was not too far in front of me. Bad news, this meant I was going to pay a big price in the latter stages as my training wasn't up to this type of racing. However, a quick glance over my shoulder showed that christeb was not far off my shoulder, and wasn't going to allow him get in front of me as his training is better than mine and would probably stay in front of me if he overtook me! Got into a bit of a tussle with another runner and we were taking turns leading each other for a km each. Got into a nice flow and kept ticking off the miles at around 6:23ish pace. Dropped my pace helper at start of second circuit and coming round a corner spotted BeepBeep67, who I knew was above me in the handicapping so was a good target. Was closing him really quickly so guessed he was struggling and snuck past him at 6km. Just kept picking runners off from this point and felt good as no-one was getting past me. About 500m before the finish I snuck in behind a group of 3 runners, and with a bit of pace on the last corner I got around them and a strong finish kept me in front of them and gave me something to race for in the final couple of hundred metres.

Crossed the line in 38:34 to see a very relaxed looking Slogger Jogger waiting there. Automatic PB.

Great race - and a strong perforamce from KevinKilbane means I'm looking forward to defending my team title next year.

tisnotover

great running, well done!

kevinkilbane

well done peckham, great run. we both did really well. i got a PB myself. and my race went so similar to yours. i actually passed out woddle at 6km, i was shocked, but he stopped, and then eventually caught up with gerard65 about 8km. also, at the last turn, 300-400 metres to go, i was in a little group, so close at the line, sure myself and another guy finished with the exact same times.
delighted we won, i saw the pics of us with the trophy. looking forward to defending it!

Peckham

:eek: I've got swine flu! :eek:

Haven't been feeling great since Sunday, took Mon and Tues off work, and went back yesterday. Wasn't feeling too great all day, so went to the doctor yesterday evening, who is pretty certain it's swine flu.

Means no running until next Monday at the earliest....this doctor specialises in sports medicine (particularly cycling) and knows my running background quite well. His warning about training with a flu, had the words "potentially fatal" in it, so that's enough for me to hear!

Don't know where I picked it up, but there's a chance that it was at the Pearl Izumi race on Saturday. If anyone else at that race on Saturday isn't feeling great, it might be worth them getting it checked out.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|3.08|8:10|152||
12-9-09|6.18|6:14|185|Pearl izumi 10k|
13-9-09|Rest||||
14-9-09|Sick||||
15-9-09|Sick||||
16-9-09|Sick||||
17-9-09|Sick||||
18-9-09|Sick||||
19-9-09|Sick||||
20-9-09|Sick||||
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donothoponpop

That's rough Peckham, at least you know what you've got. Hope you get over it soon.

Krusty_Clown

Sorry to hear that. I hope it's not too uncomfortable and you have a speedy recovery. Time to catch up on a good book!

shels4ever

Get well soon,

MCOS

Yikes Peckham! Wishing you a speedy recovery from that

oh and well done on the 10k, nice one

racheljev

Oh that's tough, hope you feel better soon.

Slogger Jogger

swine flu and you still PBed. :rolleyes:

Rest easy and recover well.

Peckham

Have taken it easy this week given that I missed a week last week. Objective is to get to 30-33 miles for the week, with nothing too intense. Am running the half marathon on Saturday, but not going PB-hunting and will stick to a (relatively) comfortable pace.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|3.08|8:10|152||
12-9-09|6.18|6:14|185|Pearl izumi 10k|
13-9-09|Rest||||
14-9-09|Sick||||
15-9-09|Sick||||
16-9-09|Sick||||
17-9-09|Sick||||
18-9-09|Sick||||
19-9-09|Sick||||
20-9-09|Sick||||
21-9-09|3.06|7:42|154||
22-9-09|5.55|7:26|160||
23-9-09|6.13|7:05|160|Starting at 7:45 pace, aim was to do each mile faster than the previous. Final mile was 6:38|
24-9-09|4.00|7:40|151||
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kennyb3

Enjoy the relatively comfortable runout tomorrow. i ll be doing the same, going to use it as a 16mile run. let me know if you fancy a run monday or wednesday of next week.

Peckham

Thanks kennyb3. Hopefully see you tomorrow.

Weekends only really suit me for a trip to Malahide. How are you set for next weekend? Could maybe do something then.

kennyb3

No doubt doing a long run the sat morning i would imagine. dont want to hold you up on yours tho. maybe we can do at least half together, then you can speed up a bit and i can slow down a bit ha ha.

good luck tomorrow

edit:btw should have said i ve no problem travelling to lusk anytime to meet you either

Peckham

Dublin half marathon
Great event, very well organised, and a fantastic course.

Plan for today was to go out and enjoy myself, trying to keep on around 90 min pace. Was nice and relaxed at the start and didn't get caught up in the mad gallop from the gun. Think that served me well as pace through the first mile was 6:40 so only about 10 secs quicker than target (normally for me, and many of us, first mile is about 30secs faster than it should be). Settled into a nice routine, meeting up with christeb at around the first mile marker, and sticking near him up to about 6 mile point.

A pretty non-eventful race, as I just kept churning out the miles at a pretty consistent pace. Only mild-drama was missing the final water station as someone cut in between me and the people handing out the water, meaning I couldn't stretch to get a cup (he got two cups :mad:). Was feeling very strong towards the end and gave me the opportunity to put in a bit of a surge towards the end. About a mile and a half out, I saw a former clubmate and jlang about 20 metres ahead of me and made both of them my targets (;)), passing both of them at the same time, and clocking a 6:15 final mile. Crossed the line in 1:28.

Roll on Novice XC in two weeks......

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|3.08|8:10|152||
12-9-09|6.18|6:14|185|Pearl izumi 10k|
13-9-09|Rest||||
14-9-09|Sick||||
15-9-09|Sick||||
16-9-09|Sick||||
17-9-09|Sick||||
18-9-09|Sick||||
19-9-09|Sick||||
20-9-09|Sick||||
21-9-09|3.06|7:42|154||
22-9-09|5.55|7:26|160||
23-9-09|6.13|7:05|160|Starting at 7:45 pace, aim was to do each mile faster than the previous. Final mile was 6:38|
24-9-09|4.00|7:40|151||
25-9-09|Rest||||
26-9-09|13.17|6:42|174||
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kennyb3

great running, nice to be able to do that time comfortably. savage final mile. nice to meet you after and put a face to the name!

Abhainn

Good seeing you the start Peckham. Solid run as you were expecting.
Winter training starts now for an assult on a spring marathon???

RacoonQueen

Good going Peckham. Especially after the flu.

Sosa

Good running Peckham,well done

tisnotover

some last mile there!

great running lad, well done!

Peckham

Abhainn wrote: »

Good seeing you the start Peckham. Solid run as you were expecting.
Winter training starts now for an assult on a spring marathon???

Good to meet you too....although I'll admit now to not being able to hear you over the race announcer when you said who you were! Glad that clears it up.

Will focus on XC and short races up until Christmas, then it's an assault on London in April.

Peckham

Steady week, nothing spectacular (although it's my first week going over 40 miles in quite a while - 41.5 to be exact). Legs were a little tired at start of week from the half marathon.

Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-9-09|12.03|7:30|155||
2-9-09|4.00|8:00|||
3-9-09|Rest||||
4-9-09|5.93|8:56|148||
5-9-09|Rest||||
6-9-09|Rest||||
7-9-09|5.79|7:29|157|incl. 2 miles at 10k pace (6:25)|
8-9-09|12.03|7:22|157||
9-9-09|3.89|7:49|152||
10-9-09|6.48|7:43|154||
11-9-09|3.08|8:10|152||
12-9-09|6.18|6:14|185|Pearl izumi 10k|
13-9-09|Rest||||
14-9-09|Sick||||
15-9-09|Sick||||
16-9-09|Sick||||
17-9-09|Sick||||
18-9-09|Sick||||
19-9-09|Sick||||
20-9-09|Sick||||
21-9-09|3.06|7:42|154||
22-9-09|5.55|7:26|160||
23-9-09|6.13|7:05|160|Starting at 7:45 pace, aim was to do each mile faster than the previous. Final mile was 6:38|
24-9-09|4.00|7:40|151||
25-9-09|Rest||||
26-9-09|13.17|6:42|174||
27-9-09|Rest||||
28-9-09|3.13|7:57|141||
29-9-09|8.27|7:37|153||
30-9-09|3.13|??|??||


Date|Miles|Ave pace|Ave HR|Comments
1-10-09|8.03|7:10|163|2 mile warmup, followed by 3xfast miles, with one slow mile between each (each around the 6:00 mark)|
2-10-09|3.96|8:19|150||
3-10-09|Unplanned rest||||
4-10-09|15.01|7:34|161||
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christeb

Have we announced a target for DCM Mr Peckham? sub 3 I hope!

Peckham

Not doing DCM this year. Any sub-3 attempt will have to wait until London next April, but a long time to go before planning starts for that.