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Runways stock Mizuno, picked up a pair of Wave Creations there during the week... Apparently they are good for wide feet.
Change of plan, not gonna be around for the Calcutta Run so gonna have to pass on that burger
I'm sure we'll do another Boards meetup after a race in the summer, always good to put faces to (knick)names 0 -
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Glad to hear the physio went well! good effort with the cross training, sure the spinning will keep u fit as a fiddle!
Looking forward to getting back on the rd myself..just not likely due to stupid virus... but hopefully next week! Anyway keep up the good work!!! need new shoes myself but have the opposite problem, narrow foot (have horrible claw like feet...!! ) gonna get gait analysis i think, sort out all my aches and pains! 0 -
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It's actually ridiculous! I could have done with dropping a kilo on each of the free weights alright but I grunted and groaned through on the same weights as I had last done but could not do the same amount of reps!
Good work on getting to 5miles and just keep with it. It's a lot easier with the (relatively) nice weather and the longer evenings. I promise it'll get more enjoyable as you keep with it. Take it from someone who's been there - I genuinely hated it!!!
Sunday 16th May
- 45minutes spinning class - it was TOUGH but brilliant!
- Upper body weights - again, they were tough but hopefully I can regain a bit of strength over the next few weeks.
Great to get a bit of physical activity in after a very quiet and lazy week. And my diet has been appalling!
In other news, the ankle is really strengthening up. I'm putting all of my weight on it and consciously giving a full range of movement with each step. Doing my physio exercises too which involves a version of what I imagine foam rolling must be, but with a tennis ball instead! All fingers crossed anyway.
Also found a 10% discount voucher for runways in my goodie bag from the Kildare half I'm so excited to get the gait analysed and purchase new runners! 0 -
hey! Hope the ankle feelin better today? Just remember , your still spinning and that does transfer! With regards to the diet, i have never had a worse week in my life, i think there must have been a full moon or something, im currently tucking into swiss roll...cant stop, its best to just go with it!
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I was eating a doughnut at that exact time...oops. And just had a huge slice of mum's sticky toffee birthday cake.. Sure feck it - could be doing far worse!! And I don't know aout you but I'm still burning calories since the 9th of May...ha!
Ankle is ok... still a bit sore and couldn't see myself running in the next few days.
I'm certainly not going to push it anyway, it wouldn't be worth it. Physio again tomorrow and hoping for good news. I've probably stopped resting it as much as I should but it's impossible to stay off it!
I get to stand at the finish line of the docklands fun run tonight and cheer on my runnning bud who I've been neglecting of late Hopefully I'll be back on track with her by the end of the month.
Tuesday 18th May
- 45 minutes spinning class
- 45 minutes core stability class (on a ball...entertaining is one word...let's just stay I need to work on my core stability!)0 -
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I AM GOING OUT OF MY MIND!! It was 2 weeks yesterday since the half i.e. since I've been for a run and I cannot see myself getting out this week again. So instead of enjoying a nice run in the sun yesterday, I got to sweat it out in the sauna of a spin studio!
Sunday 23rd May
- 60 minute spinning class
- 60 minute body pump class - yuck yuck yuck!!
I need to go for a run :mad::mad::mad:
Having to go to the gym for exercise is making me very lazy! That plus I'm REALLY missing it 0 -
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Tuesday 25th May
- 4mile walk - quite slow but definitely the most promising outing since the ankle turned evil. Nice to get some fresh air in too.
Wednesday 26th May
- 45 minute spinning class
- Upper Body weights program
Rest of week plan:
Thursday - Body Balance Class (need to work on my flexibility big time!!) / X trainer / Weights
Friday - Spinning / Weights
Sunday - Spinning or X trainer (depending on how wrecked I am after a weekend away on the booze.... 0 -
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Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th
- Was away for the weekend so plenty of wine and dirty food and zero physical activity.
Monday 31st
- Upper Body weights program
- 45 minute spinning
Tuesday 1st June
- X Trainer - 60 minute intervals - levels 6 / 10
Wednesday 2nd June
- Babysitting 1year old all day. No gymming but was totally wrecked so counting it as a full body workout! Kudos to all of you with children who manage to get everything done and still have the motivation to train for marathons...sheesh!!
Thursday 3rd June
- Upper Body weights program
- 45 minute spinning
Friday 4th June
- Upper Body weight program
- X Trainer - 60 minute intervals - levels 6 / 11
* Need to get a new weights program. I don't think I'm pushing myself hard enough.
* I think the ankle is good enough to get the gait done and get me some new runners so yaay!!
* That said I'm gonna keep up the cross training for another couple of weeks. No point in going hell for leather and hurting it again.
* ... which means I'll be walking the mini marathon on monday but there's a good group of friends and family walking so it should be a bit of craic.
That's all folks! Ha, I should really get a paper diary for my ramblings like those!0 -
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Cheers guys! Ah all the self pity and complaining was getting me nowhere - it was more exhausting than actually running! It's not like I'm a pro marathon runner who's lost their livelihood. Once I'm staying on top of it I figure it shouldn't be too difficult to get back into it. Aiming for a decent race series so fingers crossed I'll be well back on track by then.
Hopefully the rain will stay away for the hour or two (no idea how long it takes to walk 10k?? :rolleyes:) tomorrow anyway. It'll be a good charitable day out followed by a nice feed. And I don't have to stay off the bank holiday booze today now either...
Saturday 5th June
- 60 minute spinning
Sunday 6th June
- 60 minute Body Pump Class
- X Trainer - 30 minutes - level 5 (tried to keep it speedy enough!)0 -
Monday 7th June
- Walked the Mini Marathon in the lashings of rain. Well done to everyone who ran and walked with a smile on their face..I'm not so sure I did I was hungry and wet and cold and grumpy and I couldn't run! Ha. And I had to get over myself fairly quickly when I realised I wasn't the only one! It took us over an hour and a half (a nightmare for me but the walkers I was with had a ball). Anyway upon warm reflection, with my hot cup of tea and my bag of chips, it was a good day out for a good cause which I would otherwise have spent in front of the TV on my rear end!!
Tuesday 8th June
- X Trainer - 30 minutes - level 5 - a lot speedier than sunday
- Upper body weights program - a new improved taste of hell which had me sore and stiff before I even made it out the door of the gym. Good pain though. I may be turning into a sadist!
I'm almost* getting a good* 5k time on the X trainer these days!! * Loose use of the words almost and good!!0 -
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Well done on all your cross-training! I'm currently out injured and I can't do anything except some very gentle stretching - I'm getting more grumpy and depressed as the days go by. I need to take a leaf out of your book and stay more positive - I might hit the cross-trainer in the gym towards the end of the week if I feel up to it.
I know how you feel but I now think it's mind over matter. I was getting seriously annoyed and down with the injury; all I wanted to to was go for a run. But since I decided to hit the cross training and not aggravate it to get better quicker I've been feeling much better. I think I might try and run around the garden on the grass for 5 or 10 minutes tomorrow and see how that goes. It has been 5 weeks now :eek: but these things happen. I'll ease back in again over the next few weeks and hopefully you won't be too far behind me! PMA eh??
Thursday 10th June
- Day off Went bike shopping, bought a bike, collecting it tomorrow...
carrera-gryphon-v-spec-medium-performance-hybrid-bike-08.jpg Can't wait to give it a go, hope it's alright as I know very little about bikes..
Friday 11th June
- Upper Body Weights
- X trainer - 45 minutes - Intervals - Levels 6 / 11
Saturday 12th June
- 60 min Spinning0 -
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Sunday 14th June
- Rest. No bike - it won't be in until Friday. I was a little bit happy about that given the weather and my hangover yesterday
Monday 15th June
- Upper Body Weights
- 45 minute Spinning
Now I must turn off the internet and the phone and all access to the outside world and try and do some study. I am an almighty joke at the minute and exams in 2 weeks 0 -
Congrats! Keep it between the hedges!Thursday 10th June
- Day off Went bike shopping, bought a bike, collecting it tomorrow...
carrera-gryphon-v-spec-medium-performance-hybrid-bike-08.jpg Can't wait to give it a go, hope it's alright as I know very little about bikes..0 -
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Thta's great that you're back running after the injury and well done on the cross-training in between, seems like you're fitness has really improved with the spinning. May be a good thing to add into my training if it helps with the hills.
Best of luck with the comeback. Have you signed up for the full then?0 -
Best of luck with the comeback. Have you signed up for the full then?
Cheers! Good god no, I wouldn't be able for it. Nor would the people I live / work / socialise with - I wouldn't be able to talk about anything else! haha. Maybe next year... :rolleyes: People in here are like an advocating devil on my shoulder putting ideas in my head.
So I was a bit of a brat this weekend. Did nothing Friday except go for ‘one’ drink to relax after a day of study. That entailed getting home in the bright hours of Saturday morning. Walked around Bray Head for the afternoon enjoying the sunshine as I wasn’t in any state to do much more. Sunday was rather more productive – got a good bit of study done, made it to the gym, collected my new bike, got my gait analysis done and gots me some new runners J and then went on to eat and drink everything that crossed my path at a BBQ for the evening. Happy days. What exams!!
The new runners are Saucony – it was between those a pair of Mizonu Wave Creations but the Saucony were a better fit for my high arches. I’m delighted with them and cannot believe the state of what I had been running in! Went for a 4 mile test run this afternoon and felt like I was wearing a pair of gloves and running on cushioned paths! The guys in Amphibian King were fantastic – I even learned loads and will definitely be going back there.
Also took the bike for a test drive – had to collect the car from the party house from yesterday. I really hadn’t planned on that glass of wine... owning a bike is brilliant! Ha.
Sunday 20th June
- Upper Body weights program
- 60 minute spinning
Monday 21st June
- 4 mile run – same loop as Thursday – 37mins. Don’t know if it was my new rocket fuelled runners or a bit of bravery on the ankle but it was a good one!
- 7 mile easy easy cycle – I don’t think it remotely counts as training given the speed I was going. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t terrifying motorists all around me due to my loose cannon style of cycling!0 -
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Tuesday 22nd June
- A good study day - only left the desk to eat, make coffee and use the bathroom. And an hour of tv before bed to melt the brain cells and anything that may have been absorbed.
Wednesday 23rd June
- 6 miles - 55.30 - quite tough but enjoyable. Good to be back.
Also a BAD study day. I've read about 100 pages and I severely doubt anything has gone in. My eyes are glazing over and I cannot concentrate. Thought the run earlier might have helped and while it cleared my head while I was out and gave me maybe an hour's concentration that has well and truly left me now. Now I'm just rambling...anything to not have to go back to those books.:mad: 0 -
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Thursday 23rd June
- Decided I didn't have time for any running / cycling / gym malark for a week so chained myself to the desk to aid the not-so-slow road to insanity that I'm on at the minute. Ugh.
Friday 24th June
Decided to screw the plan to stay chained to the desk - couldn't handle it!
- 4.2 miles - 36.25
Saturday 25th June
- 4.1 miles - 34.44
Holy crap it is hot out there these days. I'm now thinking the injury during the height of that good weather wasn't the worst thing...
I'm thinking I'll set a sub 40 goal for the Adidas 5 mile and concentrate on that for the minute... :rolleyes: I've discovered that studying is very conducive to making life plans!!
Sunday 27th June
- Today will continue to be a day of high degree cramming.. can't wait
I shouldn't even be on here right now - just wanted to wish all the Enniscorthy Half'ers the best of luck. I look forward to catching up on everyone's reports very soon. Can't believe I actually thought I'd be prepared enough to not have to study today and be able to go down for it. Pffft!!0 -
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Thanks South. I was sooo wrecked after it though!! If anything it was worth it to deserve a night out and a feed of pizza (and thai takeaway) on Sunday. I'm a food monster these days!!
Monday 19th July
- Day off
Tuesday 20th July
- Upper Body weights - first time in exactly a month so it was pretty tough. Didn't drop the weights but had to drop the reps. Ah well, we'll get it back! I look forward to the pain tomorrow!!
- 45 min spinning - great class, felt strong and full of beans now! One observation: 45 minutes spinning is so much sweatier than 2 hours cycling...my god!!0 -
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Wednesday 21st July
- c. 7.5 miles - c. 1hr15 - this was a preemptive LSR as it looks like I have an eventful weekend ahead Nice and handy run around with a friend; we managed to keep a conversation going mostly the whole time which was enjoyable and a huge change since last December when we could barely walk 500m and breathe never mind chat!! We were expecting rain so the matching rain jackets came out but typical Irish weather gave us no rain and about 17degrees of clammy yuckiness. Nice. Nothing too exciting to report otherwise. 0 -
Thursday 22nd July
- Didn’t get anything done as a result of getting out of work late followed by late night shopping. Was pretty wrecked after Wednesday’s run anyway so I didn’t mind too much.
Friday 23rd July
- 4.9miles / 7.9k – 43.18 – Firstly it was such a nice morning for a run; it was so quiet and peaceful even on the main roads. Lovely stuff. Legs felt very heavy at the start and I considered shortening the distance to the 3 mile loop I do along this route. Then I decided to man up and just do it hoping that I’d loosen and lighten up. No such luck. Found myself absolutely shattered at the bottom of Newtownpark Avenue after 20mins with only one way to go….up! I managed to keep going but it was tough. I wasn’t looking at the watch as I normally would for this route (getting this run down to 40 mins is my ultimate goal; it may take a year or two but I’ll get there!) but I got home in 43.18 which was good enough considering the tiredness. Now for a weekend of fun! 0 -
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Haha. Glad you agree - wait until pay day and you’ll see cross training efforts soar like you never thought possible!
Saturday 24th July
- As expected the only physical exertion was hauling hungover ass out of bed to head into the comedy festival in town which was nice and beery!
Sunday 25th July
- The result of shaking on a ‘brilliant idea to cycle up to Johnnie Fox’s!!’ on Friday night saw a few of us from work trotting off on our merry way for a ‘leisurely Sunday cycle’…not!! Well it was fun at the top and on the way down so for that alone I’d probably consider putting myself through the torture again. It was about a 25k round trip for me so not too far but pretty darn tough. And definitely not speedy on the ascent! A fun day out nonetheless
Monday 26th July
- Upper Body Weights
- Corework
- 35 mins Spinning
Tuesday 27th July
- 9.3k cycle – 25mins ish
- 4k – 20mins ish
First attempt at mashing the running and the cycling together… cycled into work and then just ran 10 mins along the canal and 10 mins back. It wasn’t a race against time or anything like it! It was more just to make sure I won’t pass out next week. My legs were pretty tired but I blame spinning last night for that. I certainly won’t be winning anything anytime soon but I may be capable of crossing the finish line on two legs so that’s reassuring. Mildly… Now where can I find someone to drag me home by a piece of rope tonight…:rolleyes:0 -
Tuesday 27th July PM
- 9.3k / 5.7miles cycle home
Wednesday 28th July
- Stomach got a workout with the pick'n'mix at the cinema Inception... Interesting..
Thursday 29th July
- 7.59k / 4.72miles - 39.37 - great run last night. Really enjoyed and the legs felt really strong. I've been good this week for getting my sleep in - early to bed, early to rise actually does work wonders...who'd have thought Mammy words were worth listening to...
Friday 30th July AM
- 9.3k / 5.7miles cycle - decided I'm not going to time the cycling - not in the rain and traffic. I'm neither confident nor competent enough to be trying to race against the watch yet. And the badly surfaced cycle track still terrified me at speed!
Friday 30th July PM - I'm putting this in now because It has to be done so hopefully I won't have to edit!
- 9.3k/5.7miles cycle home
- Upper body weights
- Corework0 -
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