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Running Through The Wall
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Wow, just wow. What an incredible performance and a well executed plan. It's not everyone that is so in tune with their body and ability that they can foresee what strategy and nutrition may work for them. You're an inspiration and full of positivity. I'm sure your daughter is and will be very proud of what you've done in her honor.
What lovely words - thanks very much Neady - made my day
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Not sure what I can say that hasn't been said already. That was just epic. Massive congrats to you, your crew, supporters and of course the relay team. I can't visualise a 24 hour race without thinking of Stephen King's 'The Long Walk' :eek: I'm guessing you didn't read that before you signed up
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Bungy Girl wrote: »Not sure what I can say that hasn't been said already. That was just epic. Massive congrats to you, your crew, supporters and of course the relay team. I can't visualise a 24 hour race without thinking of Stephen King's 'The Long Walk' :eek: I'm guessing you didn't read that before you signed up ?
Thanks BG, and no, I didnt read it. I'm intrigued now!0 -
Got back into it with a bit more regularity over the course of the last week, with 6 miles home on Monday, 5 into work on Tuesday, 6 home on Weds and 5 in on Friday.
Followed that up with 7 miles including parkrun on Saturday. Hadn't intended on doing 7, but they were short on volunteers so I did a lap at the start and put out the arrows... I was wrecked after that!
Started off well and felt good for all of about 500 metres, where i was top 3-4, but first place was way ahead. FBOT tore past me at about 1.5k, and I knew I wouldnt be passing him again. He may not have known that though
Dropped back a few places, reckon I was in around 10th spot as I got to half way in 9:37 or so. Fairly wrecked at this stage, and was feeling that warm up lap in my legs. What felt like 5:30 per mile was more like 6:15/ 6:20 per mile. But that's probably to be expected...
Managed to pick off a few people over Lap 2 and shouted a warning to FBOT with about 500m to go that he better watch out as I was gaining on him. I haven't seen an injection of pace of that nature since he thought I was going to pass him with the buggy a few weeks ago. I hope he didnt pull a muscle or something. We're talking 100 metre runner out of the blocks here - a sight to behold.
Anyhow, caught another one on the hill, but FBOT was too far away to catch. I finished 6th in 19:03, a reasonable return to speed work after the 24.
29 miles for the week.0 -
Got back into it with a bit more regularity over the course of the last week, with 6 miles home on Monday, 5 into work on Tuesday, 6 home on Weds and 5 in on Friday.
Followed that up with 7 miles including parkrun on Saturday. Hadn't intended on doing 7, but they were short on volunteers so I did a lap at the start and put out the arrows... I was wrecked after that!
Started off well and felt good for all of about 500 metres, where i was top 3-4, but first place was way ahead. FBOT tore past me at about 1.5k, and I knew I wouldnt be passing him again. He may not have known that though Dropped back a few places, reckon I was in around 10th spot as I got to half way in 9:37 or so. Fairly wrecked at this stage, and was feeling that warm up lap in my legs. What felt like 5:30 per mile was more like 6:15/ 6:20 per mile. But that's probably to be expected...
Managed to pick off a few people over Lap 2 and shouted a warning to FBOT with about 500m to go that he better watch out as I was gaining on him. I haven't seen an injection of pace of that nature since he thought I was going to pass him with the buggy a few weeks ago. I hope he didnt pull a muscle or something. We're talking 100 metre runner out of the blocks here - a sight to behold.
Anyhow, caught another one on the hill, but FBOT was too far away to catch. I finished 6th in 19:03, a reasonable return to speed work after the 24.
29 miles for the week.
Yes it was some start from you alright. I had visions of you knocking out a sub 18 and leaving me for dead. I spent the next mile drafting an email to WADA in my head
Your fast start and sporting warning before the hill on the 2nd lap helped keep me focused and certainly made it a harder workout than it probably otherwise would have been. I don't think the guy I passed in last 300m would be too impressed if he knew I had pretty much settled on 5th and was happy to let him go until you woke me up with your shout. Cheers
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Yes it was some start from you alright. I had visions of you knocking out a sub 18 and leaving me for dead. I spent the next mile drafting an email to WADA in my head
Your fast start and sporting warning before the hill on the 2nd lap helped keep me focused and certainly made it a harder workout than it probably otherwise would have been. I don't think the guy I passed in last 300m would be too impressed if he knew I had pretty much settled on 5th and was happy to let him go until you woke me up with your shout. Cheers
Haha... The sporting warning was me being selfish... Meant there was no danger of me having to make that extra effort to try and catch you 0 -
Time to update the log again...
Main updates - starting to get a bit of speed back up again.
2 x parkruns over the past two Saturdays:
19:55 last week and 19:36 this week. Good times when you consider they were at the end of longer runs (miles 10-12 of a 13 miler last week; and miles 7-9 of a 10 miler this week), each with the double buggy. Happy to have got some decent pace back in again, and have now completed 41 parkruns which is cool.
I'm pacing 1:30 at the Rock n Roll Half this coming Sunday so I needed to get that pace back pronto
Signed up for Dublin Half and Full Marathons too. So it's all go 0 -
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Yes it was - and in the exact same spot I saw you last time! You politely waved back anyhow, even though you werent sure (a) who was beeping or (b) if they were beeping at you!
I was about 99% sure it was you so I chanced the wave despite being glasses-less I do run more than just on that road! 0 -
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Reasonably good running week just gone past as we get closer to Dublin Half and Full marathons.
6 miles home on Monday, followed by 7 in on Tuesday. I now drop the kids off to creche each morning, which is 0.75 miles away from home, so I run them over in the buggy, out with them, fold up the buggy and leave it at the creche, and continue on my run. Working well... so far
Another 6 on Tuesday lunchtime.
Then did some CPR training with a few of the run directors from St. Anne's on Tues night, followed by a couple of sociables. Up then at 6am for 14 miles into work. Felt like falling asleep in work that day...
Nothing on Thursday, then 7 miles on Friday morning again.
6.5 miles Sunday afternoon including 8 x approx 100-150m at full pelt just for the fun of it.
Feeling the speed starting to return, but still a long way to go to make a decent impact at DCM.0 -
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GT 5k
Nice evening for a run. Went out targeting 3:20/km pace to see how long I could hang on, with the aim of getting under 17 mins. Held 3:20 for the first km, slipped back to 3:22 average pace by the the second km marker, and was at 3:24 by 3km. Was really hurting at this stage and lack of speed training was causing me problems. People starting to pass me. Was then averaging 3:25 by 4km and just hoping I could even hang on to that to get a low 17, but still at the back of my mind knowing I had a good sprint finish in me. Held that pace and came round the last bend with the clock in sight and just gave it everything to try get in under the 17 mins. Which I did. 16:54, good for 54th place and helping our team to 2nd overall in the Mixed Category and another piece of crystal from this event (following 5th place in the Mens last year - top 5 teams in M, F and Mixed get prizes). Delighted to have gone under 17 again - for the third time. With the questions around the length of this course last year, where I did 16:41, this 16:54 is arguably now my PB (16:58 being my other sub 17 performance).
Another of our BOI teams got 5th place in the mixed too so, good night all round. We had something like 180 runners from Bank of Ireland which is just brilliant to see.
Thanks to the marshals for the shout outs, even if I did have to wake them up first aquinn, marthastew and bungy girl that I recognised... though I heard other people shout my name at different times too! Great to see a good few familiar faces out and about including HelenAnne who ran a great time. 0 -
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Well done Jamie. You can treat yourself to some pb pancakes in St Anne's this Saturday now. FBOT has volunteered to pay
Must have been a fair standard if that time only got you 54th. Glad I didn't show up :P
It was the cheering that did it and so would probably have missed you like at FD.
Oh and a PB. Fantastic Jamie.0 -
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Cheers AMK. I clocked 4.97 which is fair enough for a 5k I think , considering the buildings etc. There's no doubt the turnaround point was further away vs. last year... checked it out on the warm-up too. I know someone else who clocked 4.92 so again, hard to trust the Garmin and I would wager that the bit around grand canal dock would have played havoc with it.
My watch was in miles and had 3.08, which, like you, I think is close enough a measurement for a 5k.
I only thought it was short because I was so fast (for me) that I thought it MUST be wrong, but then I went home and checked my splits from last year and I was 12 secs per mile faster this year, so maybe my speed sessions are finally paying off.
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