Constant Motion

RubyK

rainbow kirby wrote: »

170.5 miles for the month, which is by far my highest mileage month ever (best previous was September 2009, which had about 125-130). 2 more good strong weeks and then we're tapering.

Great milage there rainbow kirby, you must be feeling very confident now for Barca! Great stuff

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Btw, any advice on how to handle the 5 weeks (training-wise) between Barcelona and Connemara are greatly appreciated...

Are you doing the full in Connemara too? :eek:

rainbow kirby

RubyK wrote: »

Are you doing the full in Connemara too? :eek:

Yup! *gulp*

No time goal though, just finish, have fun, and have a few drinks back in Galway afterwards!

RubyK

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Yup! *gulp*

No time goal though, just finish, have fun, and have a few drinks back in Galway afterwards!

Some woman! No bother to you :pac: You'll have earned yourself a right good session in Galway

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Yup! *gulp*

No time goal though, just finish, have fun, and have a few drinks back in Galway afterwards!

Sub4 defo!

rainbow kirby

mrslow wrote: »

Sub4 defo!

Barcelona is the sub-4 attempt :pac:

claralara

RubyK wrote: »

Are you doing the full in Connemara too? :eek:

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Yup! *gulp*

No time goal though, just finish, have fun, and have a few drinks back in Galway afterwards!

Would you accept money and/or a lifetime supply of tiffin (which, by the way, I think is just a fancy way of saying chocolate biscuit cake… posho!;)) in return for mentoring me to cross the finish line in one physical and emotional piece?! It’ll be like a sweet babysitting deal! I know a typical babysitter likes to sit on the couch and eat for 4.5-5 hours but this won’t be no typical gig! :eek:

Mr Slow

claralara wrote: »

Would you accept money and/or a lifetime supply of tiffin (which, by the way, I think is just a fancy way of saying chocolate biscuit cake… posho!;)) in return for mentoring me to cross the finish line in one physical and emotional piece?! It’ll be like a sweet babysitting deal! I know a typical babysitter likes to sit on the couch and eat for 4.5-5 hours but this won’t be no typical gig! :eek:

You've several coaches already missy!

rainbow kirby

claralara wrote: »

Would you accept money and/or a lifetime supply of tiffin (which, by the way, I think is just a fancy way of saying chocolate biscuit cake… posho!;)) in return for mentoring me to cross the finish line in one physical and emotional piece?! It’ll be like a sweet babysitting deal! I know a typical babysitter likes to sit on the couch and eat for 4.5-5 hours but this won’t be no typical gig! :eek:

I was sold at the lifetime supply of tiffin :pac:

Will do what I can to help ya - but you will be fine, no matter what you're thinking now!

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I was sold at the lifetime supply of tiffin :pac:

Will do what I can to help ya - but you will be fine, no matter what you're thinking now!

Taper madness is gonna be fun!

rainbow kirby

mrslow wrote: »

Taper madness is gonna be fun!

It always is! :pac:

(even more fun around Dublin time when there's over 100 posts a day worth of taper madness on the novices thread...)

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

It always is! :pac:

(even more fun around Dublin time when there's over 100 posts a day worth of taper madness on the novices thread...)

What are you getting at?:rolleyes:

rainbow kirby

mrslow wrote: »

What are you getting at?:rolleyes:

Oh nothing :pac:

claralara

mrslow wrote: »

You've several coaches already missy!

I have yet to find their weak spots by which I can bribe them though!

Mr Slow

claralara wrote: »

I have yet to find their weak spots by which I can bribe them though!

I am incorruptible! :rolleyes:

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Oh nothing :pac:

I was fine*!


*Translation - terrified and spent the final week running around in circles flaying my hands wildly through the air screaming like a little girl covered in my own snot bubbles

rainbow kirby

I dislike kerbs. Stepped down off one less than 1km into my run tonight, and instantly realised when I hit the deck that it was higher than I thought. :eek: Like a trooper, I kept going with said run, but only got 6 miles (9.30/mile average pace) done rather than the planned 10 miles with a few at PMP after I realised that my knees looked like a scene from a horror movie and badly needed to be cleaned up. I seem to skin my knees more often than the average 7 year old...

Will try and get 8-9 miles in tomorrow to make up for that.

Emer911

Ooooh! I feel your pain. :P
My personal nemesis is shadows that disguise kerbs, dips, potholes, grills, etc. Come a cropper on more than one occasion... :rolleyes:

rainbow kirby

I seem to have done something with my ankle too, woke up this morning and my right ankle was very painful just below the bone. Gonna have to get that checked out :mad:

digger2d2

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I seem to have done something with my ankle too, woke up this morning and my right ankle was very painful just below the bone. Gonna have to get that checked out :mad:

Sh1te...Hope it's ok!

jcsmum

oh crikey, hope you're all right.
But as Super-runner, don't you have special powers or something?

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I seem to have done something with my ankle too, woke up this morning and my right ankle was very painful just below the bone. Gonna have to get that checked out :mad:

Sorry to hear that missus, hope it's trivial.

RayCun

good luck!

rainbow kirby

Mild ankle sprain. 5 days no running. :eek:

menoscemo

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Mild ankle sprain. 5 days no running. :eek:

dammit. You'll just have to leave the 22 miler to the following week.

rainbow kirby

menoscemo wrote: »

dammit. You'll just have to leave the 22 miler to the following week.

Pretty much what I was thinking :pac:

Gonna try and get a bit of swimming done over the weekend anyway just to keep things ticking over.

racheljev

mrslow wrote: »

I was fine*!


*Translation - terrified and spent the final week running around in circles flaying my hands wildly through the air screaming like a little girl covered in my own snot bubbles

Best taper madness description ever
Hope the ankle is ok RK, hopefully you'll be back next week - rest might even be good at this point.

digger2d2

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Mild ankle sprain. 5 days no running. :eek:

Jaybas....That's about 150 miles you'll miss out on

Mr Slow

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Mild ankle sprain. 5 days no running. :eek:

Ah Sh1te missus, sorry to hear that.

RayCun

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Mild ankle sprain. 5 days no running. :eek:

5 days off will do you no harm at all. Trust the training you've already done.

(I'm sure I could look back in the novice thread and find you saying the exact same thing somewhere!)

jcsmum

ah crap! But as the others said, don't panic, you definitely need the rest.

For the next 5 days the roads of Firhouse/Knocklyon are mine, all mine...... well not really, cos I'm kinda lazy. Too windy.