Just a bit of fun

DJS

Well im new to Boards but i like what i see already. And iv been writing a blog for the past few months and i thought id put it on this aswel.

A lil about myself- im 20 years old and have been running for a good few years. I run for Tallaght Athletic Club.
Pbs:
400m - 56.1
800m - 2.05
1000m - 2.45
1500 - 4.24
1mile - 4.49

Nothing that sugests a great runner, but iv show on a few occasions that I have been in better shape then what iv ran in races. My coach at the min is the Legend Eamonn Coughlan and i Train with some of the better young runners in the country.
Anyways ill just give u the link to the website and ill try keep both as upto date as i can:

http://just-a-bit-of-fun.blogspot.com/

p3-fitz

that mile pb shuld be beaten shortly , in a race that is more anticipated then a bolt vs gay match up lol

ecoli

not a great comparison as it a three horse race more like Tergat Geb and Kenny B

DJS

Haha lads there are a few others in the race, A few dark horses could suprise. Im looking forward to it! Any predictions on time for it???

DJS

Ok after my steeple and 400m hurdles at the weekend my body hasnt reacted well. My hole right side of my leg has been hurting alot this week, my ankle,heel,knees,hips. But Besides that everything is great lol

Training last week went very well and this week it wasnt great i had to take a step back on the training. I planned to run the Dublib Senior 1500m but because of my injuries im just going to train through this weekend in preperations for the National u23s in Tullamore the week after.

So this week went as follows:
Week 1, day 1
40mins from the club with a bunch of the lads

Week 1, day 2
40mins from the club on my own, 2x200m(32,32)

Week 1, day 3
30min run on my own and Core work

Week 1, day 4
40min run with anto. Watched the club race

Week 1, day 5
8miles(6.45 pace) in the park with ecoli

So this week so far hasnt been anything to shout about. Ill be attempting a session tomorow with the lads on the tallaght track. And Sunday i will prob hook up with some of the lads for 8miles or so. 32mile so far this week so if i can go 45 ill be happy. Till the next time... Peace!!

DJS

Week 1, Day 6
45mins started with Peter but he went back after 10mins, after that i steadily picked it up. I dont run by pace i run to feel. Then did 4x200m on the Tallaght track in 31s. Happy enough with the weeks training considering i could bearly walk on monday after the steeple and 400m hurdles.
Im considering running the National u23s next weekend. Depending on how the weeks training will go. Im going to do 10x200 during the week off short rest. Any of the lads interested give me a shout.

Week 1, Day 7
Rest day, Iv ran all week so i took today off. Busy watching the athletics, two Tallaght boys running well with Grego running a sb 47.01, nicely done man!! And Sean Connelly running a very close 2nd in the 3k. Well done lads on getting promoted. Now its time to get you club promoted now:rolleyes:

http://just-a-bit-of-fun.blogspot.com/

Week 1 down off this, no sessions so next week will be interesting.

Woddle

Nice blog.
Out of curiousity is the Tallaght track complete yet and are there plans to open it up to the public during the day as it would be my nearest track. Currently heading out to UCD.

ecoli

Woddle wrote: »

Nice blog.
Out of curiousity is the Tallaght track complete yet and are there plans to open it up to the public during the day as it would be my nearest track. Currently heading out to UCD.

For the moment it is restricted to members only and looks to be that way for the forseeable future

DJS

Hey woodle, to answer your question. Yes its finished(bar Lanes)
And secondly im not sure about it being open to the public. But if u got onto the club about training they have let other athletes train on it who arent in the club. But for now its basically just for TAC members sorry dude. It is tho a nice track, a fast one aswel for distance runners. Very soft so sprinters wont wind it fast. Cant wait to race on it, sessions on it so far have gone well.

DJS

Week 2, Day 1
45mins easy with a few of the lads, I found this very hard it was very humid and i was feeling good until 30mins or so but then the heat hit me like i was running into a wall. I was running on my own after 20mins so that didnt help. Im not the best at pacing myself but i got through it and I did a few drills.

Bad news is i heard the club race is supposed to be tomorow! But peter and ecoli after going to run it and neither am I, as I am training for the Nationals at the weekend in Tullamore.
Tomorow ill be back doing what I do best, Speed sessions. Hooking up with Fitzington for this one. Hopefully i can keep them all under 45seconds!

http://just-a-bit-of-fun.blogspot.com/

Slogger Jogger

Very nice blog indeed. Good to see some structured training (well compared to what I do its structured)

DJS

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Very nice blog indeed. Good to see some structured training (well compared to what I do its structured)

Haha I wouldnt say its that " Structured" now, but im just getting back some of the fitness i lost because of injury. Hopefully ill be back on the track soon:)

ecoli

DJS wrote: »

Haha I wouldnt say its that " Structured" now, but im just getting back some of the fitness i lost because of injury. Hopefully ill be back on the track soon:)

ah dont worry too much about losing that much fitness i mean the injuries were only a minor blip byou will still come good for the season

DJS

Haha cheers man, but time is running out register some pbs by the end of the season. I think come august ill be in shape but races are over by then. Plan is to get pbs in 800 and 15 and try a 3k

Did u hear the club race on the track is tomoro??

ecoli

DJS wrote: »

Haha cheers man, but time is running out register some pbs by the end of the season. I think come august ill be in shape but races are over by then. Plan is to get pbs in 800 and 15 and try a 3k

Did u hear the club race on the track is tomoro??

there one or two mile races in the BHAA on track in august so might be a chance to hope in them?
Is it no way ah well guess that epic showdown you were talking about wont happen this time. to be honest i glad still bit early for an all out mile race for me

DJS

Week 2, Day 2
10min warm up, drills, strides
6x300m off 3mins recovery(44,45,42,43,42,45) and 2x200(28,29)
10min cool down

Ok so tonite was a HUGE disapointment!! I had planned to do this session last week. Fitzington was ment to do it with me. A few of the group had planned to do the club race on our new track. I said Id do it but when I was told it was this Tuesday I had to say no... Well that was untill I was challenged by Boberto over in the States(NOBODY CALLS ME A PUSSBAG) So I decided to run the mile race. So I was really disapointed when I got there and it wasnt for a few weeks time. So all the other lads pissed of to the club race leaving me to do my session on my own. Anyway it went quite well, running on my own isnt my strong point. The two 2s after were just to show a lil red **** who is boss!!! haha
All and all the session went well.. Im not where I want to be at in terms of fitness but still have some speed in these legs. Ill do 8miles now tomoro and the another session then on thursday. 10x200m on 1min rest the 2s are supposed to be in 30-32seconds to get my legs used to that sort of pace. Hopefully Fitzington will join me for this! Anyways thats all for today!:cool:

DJS

Week 2, day 3
45mins(6miles), ran with Rose-Anne Galligan, John coughlan and anto leighio tonite. The lads were just warming up but RA was doing a run. My legs are very sore after last nite. Very tight but when i started running they seemed ok I suppose. Going to run the 1500m this weekend so a pb or even a sb would be great(4.24 on a windy nite)
All and all im feeling like im starting to get back alot of my fitness after injury. I feel like the speed is a little down on what it should be but the strenght is there. Im going to race the 1500m this weekend and if im not doing anythin in the next round of the National League ill guest in the 800m just get have a pop at my 800m. And i might run 3k next wednesday but we will see how things go.
Tomoro will be a short session 10x200s in 30-32 off short rest just too get the legs moving again. Till then... Peace!

DJS

Week 2, Day 4
15min warm up, Drills,Strides
10x200m, recovery 200m job inbetween,Pace(30-31s)
15mins cool down, Stretches

The session went well.. was ment to run with Fitzington but he turned up late so I was on my own. So I got stuck into it, the idea of this session was just to get that sort of pace in my legs, with as lil effort as possible. As i went on getting 31s seemed pretty easy which was good. Im racing the 1500m on Sunday at nationals so some mite say why do a session so close to the race but iv lost alot of training cause of injury that i cant afford too lose a hole week of training so I decided to trainin through it as much as I could. I felt grand afterwards even though my legs are very sore before it they felt great afterwards. Then after the session we went out to our weekly club meeting in the plaza for a bit of a boogey and ice cream!!

Week 2, Day 5
30min easy run with anto, just to get the legs a bit lose. They were kinda of tired from the plaza but got through it. Im all set now for an attack on my pb and season bests. Wish me luck guys!! Ill need it

DJS

Week 2, day 7
75mins(12miles)6.30 pace
Was ment to run the nationals... But long story short I slept it out and missed my race. So when I got home I headin for a run on my own. It was lashing out but I kinda of enjoyed it. Thats the longest Iv ran nearly all year and I really have no idea why I ran so far. Just one of those days I guess.
Also did 10mins of plank, 500 sit ups, streching and hip work, and a Nice ice bath at the end of it.

Week 3, day 1
45mins(6miles) steady pace
Went down to the club and joined up with ecoli for a nice run, it was kinda of warm and it was a steady pace.
I then got back to the track put the spikes on and did a few strides
Jog 100m,Stride100m,Jog 100m,Stride 100m and did this twice.
Just a few strides before my race on wednesday.

Big question...
What Should I run, 1mile or 3000m???
Im not sure at all, I do think my better event is the mile, but I am really tempted to run a 3k just to get a marker for next year and it would set me up nicely for XC season if I cud put down a solid mark.

DJS

Week 3, day 2
30mins easy down at the club. Just nice and easy before the race tomoro. I watched the lads do there session and it was so hard to say no to joining them but Ill get in with some of there sessions soon enough. But it was time to race now, training is done. RACE TIME BABY!

Week 3, Day 3
RACE DAY!! 1mile
Ok tonite was a good nite, a bit of a weird one(ill explain now). The race tonite was at irishtown and was part of the Graded Meetings, earlier in the year I ran an ok-ish 4.24 in the 1500m but I havent really pushed on since then. So tonites race was hopefully me pushing on.
I put myself into Grade C, I really think all thats missing from my running is a bit of confidence so I went into this race hoping to be in the top 5 instead of holding on for dear life in grade B or A.
There were Huge fields in the Mile races and this was maninly because Tougher lads made the trip down from cork. Anyway more about the race.

First 200m I sloted myself just behing 2 tougher lads and a raheny lad. We went through in 68ish,feeling good.
Next lap I started to just pick off some of the other lads and I could feel I was makin a gap between me and the next guy. At 800m we went through in 2.18.
At this stage i was in 3rd and feeling good. I told myself ok just get through this next lap and keep some for the end. 600m left and my lace opened!!! I was goin mad, my spike had to come off. So I ran 400m with one spike!! I didnt catch the split but it was something like 3.30ish, I was so worried about my spike and not catching the guy in front. I moved into 2nd at the bell and never looked back, I didnt have a kick and I was glad to see the finish line!!
I crossed the line in:
4.42.65!!! 7 seconds better then my previous best!

I was the 17th fastest time of the day which was good and I bet a few of the lads in my group which is always an nice bonus but my time would have got me pretty high up in the other grade. I was only 2seconds off David Mc Carthey(lechile) which was a suprise! But yeah delighted with the race. Although my foot has a HUGE blister on it after but ill take it.

Ill tell ya there is nothing better then running a PB esp if its a big one like mine tonite. Ill just head for an easy run now tomoro about40-50mins and hopefully if the legs are good ill jump in with Peter and Fitzer for 4x600 on friday. Im goin to guest in the 800m at Santry in the National league but its not a big race so thats why im training through it. Anyways thats all for now! Finall got the ball rolling again!! Roll on the rest of the season

SUNGOD

great race and report DJS
you must be delighted with that that run, keep it up

ecoli

that a boy fair play on the PB good to see you gettin one

cfitz

Good work on the PB.

DJS

Thanks lads, yeah delighted with it I have to say. But I think I can go quicker aswel, If I run another mile sub 4.40 is on the cards for sure.

Running Bing

Nice race DJS. 7 second pb with 1 spike for 400m is pretty impressive (if you can manage to keep both of them on your feet you should be able for sub 4:40;)).

Think I spotted you (recognised from your blog) but did'nt want to go up to some randomer and say "are you DJS?":P

shels4ever

DJS wrote: »

Week 3, day 2
30mins easy down at the club. Just nice and easy before the race tomoro. I watched the lads do there session and it was so hard to say no to joining them but Ill get in with some of there sessions soon enough. But it was time to race now, training is done. RACE TIME BABY!

Week 3, Day 3
RACE DAY!! 1mile
Ok tonite was a good nite, a bit of a weird one(ill explain now). The race tonite was at irishtown and was part of the Graded Meetings, earlier in the year I ran an ok-ish 4.24 in the 1500m but I havent really pushed on since then. So tonites race was hopefully me pushing on.
I put myself into Grade C, I really think all thats missing from my running is a bit of confidence so I went into this race hoping to be in the top 5 instead of holding on for dear life in grade B or A.
There were Huge fields in the Mile races and this was maninly because Tougher lads made the trip down from cork. Anyway more about the race.

First 200m I sloted myself just behing 2 tougher lads and a raheny lad. We went through in 68ish,feeling good.
Next lap I started to just pick off some of the other lads and I could feel I was makin a gap between me and the next guy. At 800m we went through in 2.18.
At this stage i was in 3rd and feeling good. I told myself ok just get through this next lap and keep some for the end. 600m left and my lace opened!!! I was goin mad, my spike had to come off. So I ran 400m with one spike!! I didnt catch the split but it was something like 3.30ish, I was so worried about my spike and not catching the guy in front. I moved into 2nd at the bell and never looked back, I didnt have a kick and I was glad to see the finish line!!
I crossed the line in:
4.42.65!!! 7 seconds better then my previous best!

I was the 17th fastest time of the day which was good and I bet a few of the lads in my group which is always an nice bonus but my time would have got me pretty high up in the other grade. I was only 2seconds off David Mc Carthey(lechile) which was a suprise! But yeah delighted with the race. Although my foot has a HUGE blister on it after but ill take it.

Ill tell ya there is nothing better then running a PB esp if its a big one like mine tonite. Ill just head for an easy run now tomoro about40-50mins and hopefully if the legs are good ill jump in with Peter and Fitzer for 4x600 on friday. Im goin to guest in the 800m at Santry in the National league but its not a big race so thats why im training through it. Anyways thats all for now! Finall got the ball rolling again!! Roll on the rest of the season

well done on the pb great running.

DJS

Cheers man, you should have come over. I dont bite:D
Ha cheers man the plan is to finish my next race with both spikes intack. Im racing in santry on sunday in an 800m so pb is under treat again. But I wud be suprised if I do go quicker cause I havent done much speed work.

Did u run last nite yourself?

Seres

well done on the new pb !

DJS

Week 3,Day 4 & 5
15mins-INJURED!
After my race during the i got a huge blister. Which hampered my training. But Id take it, id rather have a blister and have a PB lol. After walking down to the club, running 15mins, walkin back home my ankle was in a bad. So I had to cancel the weekly nite out with the crew and spent the night icing my ankle as it got pretty bruised.
I said id take friday off and just rest it and hopefully it will be ok for sunday. I only found out on friday that they want me to do the triple and long jump so much for taking it easy on the ankle anyway. I still want to guest the 800m. I mean ill try get a good jumps on my first jump and if there ok ill just leave it at that and stay as fresh as I can for the 800m cause at the end of the day thats what im training for.

Next week I have a good weeks training planned out with the lads peter fitzer and maybe luke will pop in for some sessions. It looks like the next graded meeting is an 800m and that will possibly be my last 800m of the outdoors so if i can come away with a pb there ill be delighted. It looks like all four of the lads will be running so a bit of competiton should be a great night of racing.

Week 3, Day 6
30mins steady(4miles)-Ankle seems fine
After taking the days rest my blister and ankle seem to be ok, and it was too nice of a day to just sit in and do nothing. So I went out and headed for a nice run, after 10mins I felt great. The race during the week is after giving me my confidence back which is all I think I was missinng this year.. So everything seems to be fitting into place, the goal is to get at least a SB in the 800m tomoro(sb: 2.08) then go for a pb in the next graded and for the last graded go all out for a new 1500m pb(4.24=pb) If i can get pbs in those races the year will be a success, after a few injury problems I still mite achive my goal of getting pbs in the 800m and 1500m. Till next time, Peace!

DJS

Week 3, Day 7
National League Rd. 2

So after my slight injury problem it seems to have healed, just in time for me to help out my club as much as I can. There were a few drop outs so it was going to be an uphill battle to try get to the final. But we all pitched together and everyone who ran today gave it there all.
I was one of the first events of the day, Long Jump. I havent actually jumped in at least 2years, but nobody else was there so I jumped at the chance.
When I was younger ecoli and I actually jumped the same pb in the schools it was 4.6x so I was hoping for just an improvement on that and id be happy. But I totally didnt take in account my ankle was still very sore and I had done it in years. SO the first jump I bated down the run way and jumped 4.81, miles behind the board but after 2 more jumps I didnt get any better so left it at that.
While I was watching some of the other events I was told im running the 4x100m relay, just the fact that my name was entered just shows how short we where. We ended up in 4th anyway but we did our best.
My day stll wasnt done I had to do the triple jump, being the cocky dope as I am I choose to jump off the 9m board. Considering iv only ever jump 10.9x and i was doing a bit of training for it then.
First jump was 9.20 so i was so close to not even making the pit haha
2nd jump was even closer I thought I was goin to fall and Jumped 9.03 haha

All and all we had some excellent performers, and everyone really gave it there all. And our big runners did the buisness getting a few wins in the 5k, shot 56lb distance. And we got a few 2nds from anto in 400m, tom fitz 800m. After everything that happened we ended on 90points and finished 4th in our pool for the 2nd round. Our total points was 181.5 and by my calculation I think we may have got in. If we did, were really going to have to sort a few things out. Get all our big runners back and give it a go bash. But what ever happens congratulations to all the lads for getting as many points as they could.

DJS

Ok sorry I havent wrote on thiis since sunday, Im still paying for it to this day. But we got to the final, and by a good bit after our team was pretty much 10people in the 2nd round and everyone had to double or even triple in some events it was all worth it to make the final and also an added bonus is that its on my birthday so if we win there will be HUGE celebrations after haha
Anyways this week peter and fitzington had decided to train together this week, as this is our new training group. So far there is 3 in it with the possiblity that ecoli will hop in a few sessions. The way we are looking at it between me peter and ecoli are 15 pbs are all pretty much the same so were hoping to hit a pb by the seasn runs out and then next year were all going to put the foot down and really give next year xc,indoors,roads and most importantly track are real go.

Week 4, Day 1
60mins,(9miles)
So after sundays madness I attempted to go for a run, It was like somebody had beaten me up I felt so bad, It actually wasnt that bad untill the last 20mins of the run. Me and peter headed for a run a bit earlier because he had work so afterwards I went down to the club house to discuss yesturdays victory of making the final. Everyone was so upbeat after it and it really ment alot to the athletes, we were all sore but my good you couldnt get the smile of our faces:D

Week 4, Day 2
Session 8x400m(68s) off 2min rec
Ok it had been two days and still my legs were feeling like ****, But with a the 800m next wednesday we wanted to trainin right through it. Joining me tonite for this session was peter and fitzington. Peter is starting to come into some shape and fitzer has his all irelands coming up this weekend so he didnt want to push it too hard tonite.
We got down a bit early because of the club race was on. Headed out for 10min warm up, a few stretches and straight into the session.
We switched taking the lead after every 4, but once we got past 4 me and peter decided to take the pace just in case it dropped. I never felt great through out this session. I ran the first 4 as easy as I could so I would have some left for the last 2 just in case they were to get faster. But it seems that after the weekend my legs still arent fully rested. I only managed to get 7 in, no point pushing myself too hard with a hole week of training. I was pretty disapointed with it but hey thats running, you win some you lose some.

Week 4, Day 3
50mins(7miles)
So after the session yesturday a nice easy recovery run was on the cards today. Legs still not feeling great but they feel better then they did last nite. We cut the run down a bit so that we are fresh for tomorows session which we will be doing more my kinda of stuff supposly says peter. He still thinks im an 800m guy but those days are over my friend and so is my speed. But I do enjoy this sort of session and it will be good to get some speed in the legs before the 800m race next wednesday. But we got through today and thats all that matters, Im happy that im in shape(I think) and ready to run pbs, tomorow will be interesting too see were I am speed wise, I know im hell of a lot stronger then normal so hopefully another pb is on the cards. Till next time, peace!!

DJS

Week 4, Day 4
Session 8x200m with pe3try

So tonite i was joined by peter, and we decided today was the day to do a speed work session ahead of a duel next wednesday in the 800m. The aim is pbs for both of us, he is a longer distance runner so running a good 800m will bring his 3k times down hopefully as a result. Me on the other hand used to train just for 800m but never really had the speed to really compete with the faster runners, so now I train for 15s but running a good 800m is vital for my training. This year I have done alot more miles then I would normally do but I think that the miles have made me alot stronger but as a result I feel like i have no speed in my legs. So hopefully a session or two of speed work will wake my legs up. Todays session was as follows:

8x200m, recover 1min after first one but rec goes up 30s every rep
We had said that we will start off easy and work into it. Our first one was 28seconds, peter prob ran a bit quicker on a few of the first ones as he started a bit back on me and then got on my shoulder. but the times were reasonable enough:

28
29
28
29
28
28
27
26

Although my last two were fast, One the first few I was holding back and prob should have pushed it. I felt grand running at that pace, and there seems to be a bit of speed in these legs of mine. As always I come away from a session thinkin, awh if only I could do that one over. But sure its over, ill take it and move on. We will just run now till monday, do a flat out 300m and then rest up till the race

Next stop pb-ville

DJS

Weel 4, Day 6
50mins(7miles)

Friday me and peter decided to take a nice and well deserved day off just to let the legs recover from thursdays session. Peter hasnt done anything like that in almost forever so his legs needed the rest. As for me my legs felt good today and im confident going into my next few races that if we keep plugging along the times will drop very fast. We decided just to do a shorter run and then tomorow head up to the mountains for a run. The plan is to just drive up and run I havent a clue were we mite be going but sure its a change of secenary and it will be a good work out. Thats all for now

RJM22

Nice log - pretty solid 8x200m session there, nice stuff - hope u break some more pbs...I'll have to come down and gatecrash this new track too!

DJS

Week 4, Day 7
LSR- 60mins(8miles of hills)

Ok so today yet again I joined up with my training partner peter. Over the last few weeks we have really pulled each other on in the last few weeks. I enjoy running with this dude as he makes the runs more enjoyable. He is a longer distance runner so its good to have that to train off. Im more of a shorter distance runner so we both feed of each other. Anyways back to the run.

We decided to head up to the dublin mountains. Peter drove up to aylesbury chruch parked his car and off we went. After a shaky start were I had to do a stop off, we got into a nice pace. Nothing that put me under pressure. We hit kiltiper and there is two climbs, one is a steep hill which was grand, then its about half a mile down the road is the second hill and its gradual and very windey. Its a great sight when you get to the top but we kept going. After that is a very steep hill that we bombed down but we ran then on the tallaght by pass up for a bit and there is no path so we nearly got our elbows wacked off by the passing cars and then we turned around and headed back the same route that included that hill that we bombed down. That was by far the hardest part of the run, once that was done it was all down hill from there lol. We got in 59mins so it was around 8miles or so but very very comfortable, and as always enjoyable. Tomorow has me doing a nice 45min run and a flat out 300m and then just 30mins on Tuesday and then RACE TIME. Anyways ill keep you all posted on tomorows run and session.

DJS

Week 5, Day 1
40mins(6miles) 4x200m(30s)

So today was an easy run, not too long with the race on wednesday. With peter in work tonite I joined up with ecoli for this run. We were going pretty steady and it turned out to be a nice day to run, even tho I was wearing wet gear and absolutly sweating by the time I got in from the run. I was ment to do a flat out 300m today but I would have had to do it on my own, and my legs werent feeling great so I did a few 2s pretty steady in my spikes. Legs felt good doing the 2s but nots so good during the run. Prob still a bit tired from the run. Anyways tomorow ill hook up with peter for a nice 20-30min run, till then so far so good. Wish me good luck for wednesday:D

DJS

Week 5, Day 2
20mins + drills and stretching

Tonight me peter and fitzington just did an easy 20mins on the track. Feeling good for tomorow. It should be a good day, there is a few of the lads from the club running. Myself, ecoli, peter and fitzington and also sean connolly and eoin dunne also so it will be good. Its turning out to be one of the most exciting graded meeting and im glad that they added the Morton mile in instead of havin a seperate meeting. It adds to the atmosphere of the graded. Hopefully there will be some good races and hopefully we all come away with pbs. I think we all know what the race of the nite/year is going to be.

DJS vs P3try
pbs:
2.05 vs 2.11*(2years ago will destroy this)
4.24 vs 4.19i(indoors)

I think this will be a very close race and im really looking forward to racing him as last time we had a race it went right down to the wire in a club race!

Anyways ill let ya all know how I got on tomorow. Must try and get some sleep:D

DJS

Week 5, Day 3
RACE 800m 2nd(2.07.42)

So tonight was the race night. I had been looking forward to the race now for soon time. I was feeling confident that I could go for a pb. The day itself was a crazy one and ill tell you why.
We met up in peters gaf and just chilled playing xbox(ur mine next time peter) Till we had to go, there was four of us in the car with ecoli driving.
It had been raining for awhile before we left. We were driving along the M50 when a car pulled infront of us, only a few seconds later the fella infront of the car that pulled in slammed on his brakes and we skidded into the back of the car infront of us hitting it pretty hard and nearly skidding into the next lane, thankfully ecoli was able to stear us back into our own lane and everyone was ok, it so could have been worse.
So we got to santry anyway after everythin, the car was in pretty bad shape. All of us were kidda shaken after this. But we decided to focus on our races. There was 300 athletes in this graded meeting. So the fields were packed, the morton mile and the 800m grade A were by far the favourites the mile won in 4.01 and 800m won in 1.50 but had a slight twist.

Me and peter warmed up together,
15mins jog, Stretches, Drills, Strides
RACE
15min jog cool down

The race itself for me wasnt that great, I had planned to go out in 62 but was hoping not to be leadin at the bell. And after 150m I knew I was going to have to take the race on, I fell asleep from 300m - 500m and it wasnt untill peter came on my shoulder that I woke up, he shocked me as he sprinted to get by me, I wasnt letting him get infront of me. So I kept him on my shoulder trying to hold him, we got to 150m to go and he was just slightly ahead but when we came into the home straight I just edged infront and tried to keep my form into the home straight. Felt like I had got a gap and was just looking at the clock as it displayed 2.03,2.04 and then I look over my shoulder and this guy from clonlife zoomed by me to take the win. I was so disapointed!!! Didnt win, didnt get a pb and had to lead the race for 780m. I was happy I was able to hold off peter but I really want to take a shot off going for 2.04/5 again.
All and all ill take it, move on and get ready for my next race. I enjoyed racing against peter and it brought back flash backs off our last duel! But thank god I didnt tie up as bad, Will have a video of the race later on tonight.

RJM22

Nice report...

pretty epic warm up - is that really necessary? could it have been detrimental, and was the stretching static? I'd say that episode on the m50 would definately have effected ur race too.

Congrats on leading for 780m!

DJS

RJM22 wrote: »

Nice report...

pretty epic warm up - is that really necessary? could it have been detrimental, and was the stretching static? I'd say that episode on the m50 would definately have effected ur race too.

Congrats on leading for 780m!

Nah I dont think its that epic, the 15mins is very important and yes its static stretching, I do a few dynamic stretching aswel and then my drills, just basic drills, high knees, kick backs x2 and the 2 strides in my runners and the 2 strides in my spikes but we were waiting a bit before the race so I just jogged around a bit.

Yeah it wasnt the best preperation before a race, but thankfully nobody was hurt and yeah leading for 780m was pretty solid, shud have ran quicker

DJS

Week 5, Day 4
55mins(7.5miles)
After yesterdays craziness of the race and the crash it was nice to get back to normal. Myself and my training partner peter who yday pushed me all the way in the 800m went off on a nice steady run, both our legs were feeling quite numb and weird I wasnt tired just kept ticking away at a nice steady pace. Discussing about ydays race was our main subject of discussion and setting our sights on our next race and our next battle. I will have the video of yday race later on, just waiting on ecoli to upload them to the net. He is currently over in santry trying to sort out his car. Fingers crossed everythin turns out well for him as he had such a disapointing day. But man not too worry too much just get the head down and try forget about yday.

Anyway did some plank and press-ups after my run. My core has got to jelly these days so got to get the 6 pack back

RJM22

Well I suppose 15mins is easier for you. Nevertheless - congrats, I'd be proud of that result - especially if you beat a mate!!

DJS

Well I run 50-60miles a week, and to be honest 15mins is a bit short. I used to do 20mins. Its good because by doing 15mins w/up and c/down im not losing alot of milege i still getting 4-5miles in on a race day so my weekly milege is still pretty heavy

And 15mins jogging for a sprinter is too long, I used to do a a hole warm up, when I was a sprinter.
2laps run,
Static stretching
hip rotations,arm rotations
Dynamic stretching
Drills(there was about 6 drills x2)
Strides x4

It took way too long but its what ya got to do, your warm up and cool down is very important to a sprinter

RJM22

Yeah I figured...I do the same as that except dynamic before training and static afterwards

DJS

Week 5, Day 6
Session 4x1ks*

So today was ment to be a session, I suggested that we do 1ks this saturday, thinking "Oh yeah they would be easy" and peter of course was very eager to this type of session because up to know he has been in my territory with 2s and 4s. SO the tables were turned as we did this session. The session had to be put back because peter was working so we did the session at 7, getting on the track was hard enough but in the end we got on it. And I wish we didnt, we warmed up for 10mins then got straight into it.
The pace was 72 second laps so that would be 3mins flat for 1k. I decided to take the first one, and I totally forgot what type of pace was needed for that as we did the 1st lap in 78, 6seconds slower the we were ment to go through in. So to salvage the session peter and I turned up the pace and did 68 second lap and finished in 36 for the last 200m. As a result I was IN BITS! No recovery was going to make the next few reps easier.
So the next rep and peter took this one, and he hit the target times like clock work, but I just lost it after 600m and just decided to cut this session short as the 1ks were far to long and fast, but fair play to peter he rocked the hell out of this session and recovered well from the 1st rep and hit, 303, 300, 258, 301. He is after getting himself into serious shape in short enough time. And he showed that this week by pushing me all the way in what you would call my sort of race. We will renew our battle in the last graded meeting over 1500m and something tells me that I will need to be at my very best to keep my winning run over him. So this is what I ended up doing today

10min w/up

1000m* - 3.03(78,68,36)
600m - (1.45)
600m - (1.45)
400m - (67)

5min cool down

Anyway, not too worry about today. Ill head for a LSR tomorow with peter, and get the head down next week. I may have to run my sessions next week on my lonesome as I am going to start focusing on the National Senior 800m and he will start to up the sessions to the longer stuff. Anyways thats it for today

DJS

Week 7, Day 1
50mins(7miles)

Me peter ecoli and anto headed for a nice steady run, after missing yday run it was good to get back into the swing of things. We started to really pick it up at some stages! But all and all good run, Tomorow ill be doing a session of 4x400, 4x300, 4x200 so hopefully i can hit 62s, 45s, 28s so thats the goal. Till next time:D

DJS

Week 7, Day 2
Session - 4x400(62s) 4x200(30s)

Well its getting to that stage of the year where I want to head on my break now and my legs are screaming it at me, but iv still a few races so im just keeping up the training but not over doing it. It has been a long year and one that iv come on alot so I will enjoy my break.
As a result of this, being very tired now I decided to cut my session back and drop the 3s cause it was very windy and this sort of session takes for ever!

Anyways I joined up with my mate Eoin Dunne for this as he was doin 6x4 and 4x2 but the recovery he wanted was a min less then I wanted.. I agreed to it but I knew it was goin to be painful!

It was a lovely day all but the wind was perfect, we hit the times on the head

10min warm up
400m - 62,63,63,62 (off 2mins)
2 laps jog inbetween
200m - 30,29,30,30 (jog 200m)
5min cool down

I felt ok, eoin is a 8.38 3k runner so he is very strong and this showed come the 2s, I had the speed just the recovery was a killer. Anyways it another session down and im relitivly pleased with it.

The video of my last 800m race is online now, so here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0acMqgYilRs&feature=channelm

DJS

Weel 7, Day 3
Not feeling great!
30mins

Today I wasnt feeling great at all after the session last nite. I put off a run till as late as I could but when it got to about 8pm I said to hell with this. I headed out for a run, after 20mins I felt like I was dead! So turned back, No need to over due things at this stage of the year. Its coming to the end of the season and thats why id say I felt so bad today.

Tomorow ill do a run followed by a few strides, nothing to hectic!!

DJS

Week 7, Day 4
30mins + 4x150m strides

After not feeling great yday I thought id just take it nice and easy, a nice jog was on the cards and a few strides just to keep the speed up for this 800m at the Nationals in a week. Im reconsidering doing the 1500ms in the last graded meeting. I dont think iv the strenght to run close to my pb. And i might try run the 400m instead in order to get on the 4x4 relay for the league final. Anyways tomorow should be an easy run. We have planned to do a session on sunday of 5x300m

DJS

Week 7, Day 5
60mins(8miles)

With the lads running the club race i headed for a run with eoin dunne today. Just a nice steady run, eoin does his runs at a nice steady pace which i like. Then we headed down to the clubhouse after the run for a good oul night of FREE DRINK! awh it was a good night in the club house and its what being in a club is all about. Having the crack with the gang!

DJS

Week 7, Day 6
45mins(7miles)

After last nite exploits I put this run off as long as I could. But headed eventually for a run at 6pm with anto. The last while i was thinking that "God im getting really tired" which I was, but the last few days I feel like Im after waking up nearly and I feel as fit as ever. Me and Anto really started picking it up on this run, It was mostly my fault but he was well able for it even if he is just getting back running after his break. Im sure now I can still end this season on a High! Starting now with the 800m next weekend at the national seniors. Hopefully I can be dragged around for a fast time and I dont get laped lol
I will be doing some fast 300s tomorow with the gang. I feel like the speed I thought I was lacking a few months ago is starting to come back(better late then never I guess) So this shud be interesting, Im doing it with peter fitzington and I few others depending, its a session right up my alley so Im looking forward to blasting a few fast times tomorow and start tapering down for next saturday. Till next time....:cool: