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Racing log 2009 -2010
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shels4ever wrote: »Well after a 2 week period that I was finding it hard to run 9 min miles So I basically decided to jsut do easy runs all week. Started to feel a little better on Thursday , Friday and Sat so was happy enough to race this weekend. I know that I'm not in great shape at the moment but havent races in so long.
Got to the course early and had a quick luck around, at this point their were 5 swans swimming on the course so that basically tells you all you need to know about conditions.
Warm up was a little shorter then I'd usually do maybe about 1 mile followed by some strides, but this was partly due to my race plan too. I was planning on starting slow and grow into the race if possible.
Race started and by the looks of it a smaller crowd then the Dublin Novice but that didnt matter at all. Gun went and the field ran away from me and I was right at the back, the first 400m were slowish then I started to get into it.
There was very little grass left on the course and most of it was mud, So didnt bother trying to look for good ground just run the best racing line I could see, this involved some nice sections of cold water and mud.
Lap 1 finished and I think I was 2 from last at this point so started to run a little harder and close the gap to the gorup in front, I think I may have over cooked it at this point as I caught 1 or 2 people but wasnt feeling great. Lap 3 was a real slog jsut tired to hold onto a group of people but drifted back, lap 4 was the same was working hard, legs were tired but left it a bit late to catch the guy in front of me, Think I finished second last today but very happy to have run this race and its something to build on next year.
Well done to all the Boards AC runners who ran today was a hard race.
Total distance 5.38 miles , its a long 8k
Well done Shels, you did really well the conditions looked so tough. I hope to be involved in these races next year, fingers crossed. Hopefully meet soon for a session although I have been so busy and just running when life lets me. Good luck at the weekend too, Coleraine is a cold spot brrr!.0 -
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Todays run was ok not great but ok .
Plan was for 8/9 miles first 4 easy then a 4/5 mile tempo @7:30 pace.
Was very tired after 3 miles (maybe a little too fast but didnt feel too bad to start with. ) so called it a day there, Will build back upto 5 over the next few week. But feeling a lot better then two weeks ago.
Need to build up my long runs over the next couple of week and have an 8 week training plan done up now..;)0 -
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easy 4 miles today after work, didnt have much time today as had orders to come right home after work and no running so a sneeky shower in work and its a perfect crime ...
Ran with a guy form work so pace was a bit slower then planned but no harm down. Picking up new pair of runners tomorrow 0 -
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thirstywork wrote: »you gota use the bodyglide
Yep usually would have, but forgot to pack it yesterday morning.0 -
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Day|AM|PM|Comments
Monday|6 miles @ 8:35 pace|3 miles easy 9:20 pace|Double day , running with someone from work maybe junk miles but been social too.
Tuesday|5 miles easy@ 8:30 pace|Core |Lunch time run
Wed|6 miles 3 mile @tempo||7:16,6:53,7:28
Thursday|8 miles easy (ish) 8:17 pace|||
Friday |Rest|Core||I dont rest well, I want to run|
Sat|4 X 1500m 8 miles total|||
Sunday|6 miles recovery|||
Not going to do the session tomorrow as I'll be doing some sort of a race on Sunday so need to change the week around a bit. Should be fun 0
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