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"If I'm not out there training, someone else is."
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He was probably busy plotting the downfall of the Swiss nation
I was busy working on this
http://www.thejournal.ie/switzerland-national-anthem-change-1221178-Dec2013/
I just need to find something that rhymes with "you are a shower of nazi gold hoarding bastards"0 -
Monday: 1 mile warm up, 17 miles steady, 1 mile cooldown
Splits 17 miles (6.35 min per mile)
(6.38, 6.38, 6.36, 6.35, 6.36, 6.36, 6.43, 6.34, 6.38, 6.28, 6.34, 6.30, 6.23, 6.29, 6.31, 6.40, 6.44)
I dunno why but I tend to dread these seeing these sessions on the page. They are not that bad to do but there is a bit of an irrational fear of running steady for long runs (perhaps more just a fear because I am not used to them). As a result I had been pushing this run back for the majority of the day (or maybe just the fact that I was being lazy
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Made the mistake of a bag of wine gums a few hours before this run which weren't sitting well so I just said I would start out easy and hopefully this would help with the aul digestion. It did and I was quickly into my running going nice and handy. Plan was the 2nd half of the DCM course and the couple of mile back from town which would pretty much give me bang on the distance. Tipping away and after 2-3 miles it became apparent that 6.40 was the bench mark for steady today. Pace was nice and handy initially but I knew coming to the end of the run I would be working for the 6.40s.
Tipped away nicely for the first few miles and they were flying by and even without the couple of thousand supporters as well as cheerleaders encouraging me up Heartbreak hill it was relatively handy (although they would have been appreciated:D)
Came to about 10 miles and popped a gel in, not out of necessity but more to help get the body used to taking them over the next few months. Unfortunately this did not go great (I think this exasperated the earlier wine gum issue). Coming into mile 11 and I was not feeling great and hit mile 12 bang on when I stopped and started blowing chunks in a scene that is befitting the exploits of Meno'froth and Projectilecoli in the beer mile
. The dinner, wine gums and gel were lost...... but not the session. A fleeting thought about hailing down a taxi and admitting defeat was short lived as I came to the realisation that I had only been stationary 2-3 mins max, this was nothing more that an extended traffic light stop so got going again and fell back into the pace with no ill effects thankfully following the Linda Blair style performance.
Coming up Georges Street and the bobbing and weaving skills shown would have rivalled Messi or Ronaldo to the point where I was so focused on not mowing down someone that the pace was forgotten about till I glanced down to see low 6s, balls to that slow it down. Last few miles were tough enough (didn't help that I had the wind head on at this point)
Actually happy to get that one in and eliminate that fear as I had built up that type of session way too much in my head.0 -
Monday: 1 mile warm up, 17 miles steady, 1 mile cooldown
Splits 17 miles (6.35 min per mile)
(6.38, 6.38, 6.36, 6.35, 6.36, 6.36, 6.43, 6.34, 6.38, 6.28, 6.34, 6.30, 6.23, 6.29, 6.31, 6.40, 6.44)
I dunno why but I tend to dread these seeing these sessions on the page. They are not that bad to do but there is a bit of an irrational fear of running steady for long runs (perhaps more just a fear because I am not used to them). As a result I had been pushing this run back for the majority of the day (or maybe just the fact that I was being lazy)
Made the mistake of a bag of wine gums a few hours before this run which weren't sitting well so I just said I would start out easy and hopefully this would help with the aul digestion. It did and I was quickly into my running going nice and handy. Plan was the 2nd half of the DCM course and the couple of mile back from town which would pretty much give me bang on the distance. Tipping away and after 2-3 miles it became apparent that 6.40 was the bench mark for steady today. Pace was nice and handy initially but I knew coming to the end of the run I would be working for the 6.40s.
Tipped away nicely for the first few miles and they were flying by and even without the couple of thousand supporters as well as cheerleaders encouraging me up Heartbreak hill it was relatively handy (although they would have been appreciated:D)
Came to about 10 miles and popped a gel in, not out of necessity but more to help get the body used to taking them over the next few months. Unfortunately this did not go great (I think this exasperated the earlier wine gum issue). Coming into mile 11 and I was not feeling great and hit mile 12 bang on when I stopped and started blowing chunks in a scene that is befitting the exploits of Meno'froth and Projectilecoli in the beer mile. The dinner, wine gums and gel were lost...... but not the session. A fleeting thought about hailing down a taxi and admitting defeat was short lived as I came to the realisation that I had only been stationary 2-3 mins max, this was nothing more that an extended traffic light stop so got going again and fell back into the pace with no ill effects thankfully following the Linda Blair style performance.
Coming up Georges Street and the bobbing and weaving skills shown would have rivalled Messi or Ronaldo to the point where I was so focused on not mowing down someone that the pace was forgotten about till I glanced down to see low 6s, balls to that slow it down. Last few miles were tough enough (didn't help that I had the wind head on at this point)
Actually happy to get that one in and eliminate that fear as I had built up that type of session way too much in my head.
Great stuff- 19 miles w/ 17 @ 6:35 is pretty sweet. I know I don' have to tll you this but make sure you really manage the recovery from that. Still loads of time before R'dam and the last thing you wanna do is overcook. Easy running for the next few days?0 -
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Wednesday AM 6 miles easy (7.17 min miles)
Handy one around UCD this morning. This started off with hamstrings a little fragile, calves a little tender and piriformis acting up but I think this was just my bodies way of trying to tell me it was not in the mood of running this morning but after a mile these subsided and felt good. Bumped into one of the old team mates from college and tipped along handy. Was great to have her there for the company. Body felt better after than it did before.
Her body or yours you saucy git 0 -
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Was looking forward to this one. Weather not great but not as bad as the park run the previous week so was just gonna give it a lash. The day however could have started better waking to my alarm but for some reason I had it in my head when setting alarm I would have plenty of time yet when I woke I felt like I had lost an hour somewhere and was chasing the morning. This was followed up by a flat on the way out to the race. Talk about a great start to the day :rolleyes:
Bumped into one of the club mates when got out to the race and did a loop of the course as a warm up followed up by a few laxidazical drills and a chat with drquirky. Lined up to the start line to notice I had my shorts on backwards. Today was really not going my way but I was in good spirits and thought it might be good luck
Gun went and was off. Remembered why spikes are used on track rather than flats as I was having a tough time getting grip on the wet mondo surface. Took it nice and handy at the start as I knew the track start would get the best of a few and they would go off too hard. Came around 400m and looked at the watch for the first and only time in the race just to make sure I was not one of those people - 78, thats fine.
Left the stadium and at this stage noticed drquirky on my shoulder. I had a feeling this was gonna happen after parkrun the week before I knew I was gonna have a tough time of trying to get the better of him 2 weeks in a row. we both tucked in behind another TAC runner who was in a group coming back into Northwood.
From here there was a long drag into the wind so I knew here was good place to find a group to tuck in. Quirky sensibly tucked in behind two lads at this point with me about 5m back tucked in behind another group. This was short lived however as these guys were settling into a pace that was a little on the slow side so I made a call and put in a surge to push up on the next group about 10-15m ahead, drquirky following suit. This was definitely the right call as the lads were running at a decent clip. Bar going over on my ankle awkwardly (thankfully no damage done), and the hamstings not feeling great, things were going well.
Coming out of Northwood and I started to hear a clapping against the group - my chip being whipped against the ground repeatedly at the end of an opened shoe lace. Thoughts crossed my mind to stop and tie it or atleast pick up the chip but I was going well and didn't wanna botch it. Shortly after the dilemma ceased as I saw the chip fly across the road as I made a turn round corner out of the wind. The decision was now out of my hands.
At this point quirky and the group (4 or 5 atleasts) gained about 5-10m on me and I was not in the greatest of places so I was just hanging on to them. Didn't help that next came an almighty hail storm. I laughed to myself thinking "No Mike Clattenburg around to save you from a bit of hail so your just gonna have to run faster to get out of it". At this point strength was kicking in and I was slowly reeling the lads in and feeling pretty good. The earlier hamstring niggles seem to have dissipated and I was in full stride.
The group had split and the Clonliffe lads had broken away leaving a Civil Service guy, drquirky and me just on his shoulder. Hit the track and first thing that hit my mind is "Im, home" this is where I felt I would have quirky for a kick (CS guy had a few metres so wasn't looking at him too much). I was hurting though and from 300-200m I felt I wouldnt have a kick and just have to settle however I dug and and found an extra gear and passed quirky chasing down the CS guy. Coming off the bend and we were toe to toe. He responded well to me and I was tying up but heard one of the lads from the club shouting to relax the upperbody (was a bit of a surprise as he is in college in the US and I didn't know he was home). Dug in and managed to pip him to the line.
Looked at the clock with gleeful surprise and then at the watch to confirm (as I knew I wouldn't have a chip time)
Watch time: 16.46
Absolutely thrilled with that it was a solid effort and first time under 17 this year. Was also one of the quicker runs I have had over 5k in a while which given the conditions were not ideal (though admittedly not terrible overall)
Splits:
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woodchopper wrote: »I think Santa needs to bring you a pair of velcro running shoes for Christmas!
Or shin guards, felt like a jockey was lashing my legs to get me to speed up 0 -
woodchopper wrote: »I think Santa needs to bring you a pair of velcro running shoes for Christmas!
You beat me to it woody. Ill make sure one of the junevenile coaches accompanies you to your next race ecoli. Make sure your footwear is secure and they can also dress you to make sure your clothes are not inside out or back to front 0 -
You beat me to it woody. Ill make sure one of the junevenile coaches accompanies you to your next race ecoli. Make sure your footwear is secure and they can also dress you to make sure your clothes are not inside out or back to front
Sad thing is I qualify as one of these
Thankfully none of the kids I coach are on boards or I would never live it down.
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Monday Cross training (AKA Sweet Feck all)
1 hour x massage (upper body work)
5 x 1 hour Christmas shopping (upper body resistance work:()
3 x 1 hour club fundraiser bag pack (more upperbody work:p)
1 x 1 hour wrapping (speed development and coordination)
5 x 1 hour relation visits (pain tolerance development session)
Woke up with the glands a little on the tender side so I was apprehensive about getting sick after getting soaked and frozen to the bone. Being my only day I had time to do anything in the two weeks building up to Xmas this meant that I had to fit everything in to today. I knew there was a reason why I hated xmas shopping but got it all done.
Got home bout half twelve or one but decided to take the day off partly because I was fecked and partly because I still had the race in the legs from yesterday. Thank god Christmas only comes around once a year.0 -
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AuldManKing wrote: »A/R "Poster of the year" - well deserved, you give a lot of your time to this forum. Many thanks!
Translation: You need to get off the internet and get a life 0 -
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Tuesday 7.5 miles easy (7.07 min mile pace)
Got the surprising good news that the mother was getting released from hospital so kept this one relatively short for my last run of the year. Things should start returning to a bit more normality now. Also with the Garmin acting up I managed to acquire a pretty much unused 210 and glad to report no issues so I could have a new companion for 2014 0 -
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