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theboyblunder wrote: »good luck tomorrow tno. im no. 376 - wearing all black. say hello if you see me.
Cheers lad, best of luck yourself...I'm #381, Eagle AC black singlet, black shorts and blue racers!
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tisnotover wrote: »62:11 in Dungarvan. Very happy as worked hard for it in 2nd half. Was at half-way in 31:00 with theboyblunder but hit rough patch then, came back well and finished with a 6:00 last mile. that's a minute faster than my time in Ballycotton last year!
Will put up more of a report tomorrow, I'm wrecked!
Congrats Tis on a really good time! Its nice when all the training/effort is rewarded with a time like that
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Miles 1-5: 6:09, 6:10, 6:14, 6:11, 6:18
Miles 6-10: 6:20, 6:17, 6:14, 6:21, 6:00
Half way in 31:00.
1:02:11 (my watch), 1:02:13 (official)
12miles total.
A bit nervous going into this one, while I had ran a couple of races in last week or so (tempo last Sunday and 3k Tues nite), I still had question marks as to what pace to go for. The tempo I had ran in 6:15 so was gonna aim for that, that would be a 62:30, which I’d have bitten the hand off ya for at the start line yesterday.
A one mile warm-up to loosen the legs, and decision on wearing gloves was made, though I left the hat behind for once
The pace at start was fast enough, a lot of good runners I said to myself here today, and looking at how many finished ahead of me verifies that! Through the first mile in 6:09, ok, a little faster than what I would have liked, but lets see how the next mile goes, again a steady 6:10. I was making a bed for myself here now with the 6:10 splits, but I couldn’t really settle into a group to run with, people were still trying to settle into a pace I guess.
Third mile saw me lose a bit of pace, but it was inside 6:15, so I allowed that and the fourth mile I was back in range with a 6:11. Feeling ok now through the four miles, and I started doing some sums in my head to see what time I was looking at now. But the fifth mile I found tough enough, just started to feel a bit sluggish and not sure why. A guy in a neon vest ran alongside me and asked was I on boards.ie, it was theboyblunder! Sorry I couldn’t chat to ya a bit more but I was in a rough patch and wasn't sure what was around the corner. We went through 5miles in 31:00 dead, but I felt I was slipping in terms of pace.
The sixth mile, I couldn’t keep with theboyblunder and saw the pace slip for the first half of it. But I did rally well to get a 6:20 split. I was working hard though I felt and wasn’t sure how long I could keep the effort up. My thoughts were to get to 8miles now and see how far off 50minutes I’d be. 6:17 for the next mile, again working hard, but I found myself playing a game of cat and mouse with a few runners as they passed me and I passed them, if I was in no-mans land, then I’m nearly certain I’d have backed off. I remember in Ballycotton last year that is exactly what happened me when I went through a rough patch.
Through 8miles in 49:48 or thereabouts and hearing that spurred me on. I knew what the last two miles were going to be like, the climb on the main road and the nice finish in the last mile. I wasn’t worried about losing pace on the climb as I knew I’d have it in me to finish strong. I ran steady up the climb, and 6:20 for the mile split was good enough. Another 6:20 mile split would have given me 62:30 and I could have settled for that, but I felt stronger as I got into the last mile and I could feel the pick-up in the legs.
Some runners passed me, but not too many (BeepBeep was one of em!), the last 0.5 mile I was in pain but I kept thinking how it was like when your on the last mile/2km repeat at the track and you feel like ****e, but you keep it going. A 6:00 mile split was very nice to finish with yesterday.
Very happy with my running yesterday, I worked hard through the middle miles, I could have easily backed off and jogged to the finish, but I didn’t and got my PB. Good to meet seanynova (on crutches) after as well as BeepBeep (I won’t let you pass me next time!) and well done to theboyblunder on getting that time yesterday, very nice negative split!
Dungarvan I’ll see you again next year...for the goodie bag alone ! 0 -
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tisnotover wrote: »Haven't been on here in a while, had a lot on last wk with work and at the wknd. After the track last Tues I did a 3.5mile recovery run on Wed evening, legs very tired so opted to take a rest day on Thurs. Was at a stag then last wknd in Clonakillty, so no running there either!
Started back into some bit of reality this week.
Monday: 3.5miles easy paced on grass.
Tuesday: 7miles with 4*1mile repeats at 93s/lap target in Lane 3 of CIT.
Hard session cos the wind was a bitch each lap, was backing out after 3, but myself and another lad ran the 4th, tho my legs were hanging half way through it. Reckon the wind was worth about 2s/lap.
Splits: [6:22, 6:18,6:16,6:26], so average of 6:21, or 6:09 in Lane 1.
The compression tights are on today, recovery run later.
windy out there last night! didnt really see ya till you were gone past last night, i was just hobbling away on the outside lane
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