The best years of my life, well kinda

DigiJem

Struggled to get Strength & Stretch done all week so tried it tonight.

Reverse crunches: 20,20,20
Dumbbell side bends: 10,10,10,10
Calf raises: 20,20,20
Tricep dips: 20, 20, 20
Bicep Curls: 10, 10 (Increased weight, couldnt do 3rd set)
CrunchFu : 46,36,34,32,50
SquatFu : 38,30,26,24 ...couldn't finish it.
PushupFu...couldn't even start it, gave up, time to watch the Masters instead!

On a more positive note, went for a run after work with 2 friends who were doing day 1 of C25k..a good laugh with them, they did well, hope they keep it going!

Tomorrows plan is for 60 minutes of cross, a cycle in the sun hopefully.

DigiJem

Great sunny day, did a cycle for a hour on the mountain bike. Hopefully will have road bike by next weekend

Tomorrow is long run day, 4.5 miles

DigiJem

First time I gave up a Sunday lie-in to go for a run, wierd that I'm now looking forward to Sundays as "long-run day"

Really warm but nice run, ran 4.5 miles in 40:59

DigiJem

Plan for week 6 of program, changed slightly to allow for race on 18th

12th Strength & Stretch
13th 3 mile
14th 60 min cross training
15th 2 mile fast
16th 40 min cross
17th Rest
18th walk 1 mile, run remainder of Great Ireland run 10k

RayCun

What is your longest run so far? You could probably run all of the GIR

DigiJem

My longest so far is 4.5 miles. I've being building up by a half-mile each week. If I feel good next Sunday, I'll probably try to run all of it.

If not, my first planned 10k is 2 weeks afterwards in Castlebar, on May 2nd.

dolliemix

DigiJem wrote: »

Plan for week 6 of program, changed slightly to allow for race on 18th

12th Strength & Stretch
13th 3 mile
14th 60 min cross training
15th 2 mile fast
16th 40 min cross
17th Rest
18th walk 1 mile, run remainder of Great Ireland run 10k

Wow you're nearly there!!

DigiJem

Strength & Stretch this evening, about 10 minutes of stretches plus...

Dumbbell side bends: 10,10,10,10
Calf raises: 20,20,20
Overhead pulls: 15, 15, 15
Bicep Curls: 10, 10,10, 10
CrunchFu : 46,36,34,32,50
Swissball Glute bridges: 15, 15, 15
Swissball leg curls: 10,10,10
Knee Pushups: 5,5,5,5

Weigh-in tomorrow, hope hard work pays off. 3 mile run tomorrow

DigiJem

3 mile run tonight, in 29:22. Lots of people out running and walking, must be the weather.

DigiJem

Missed yesterdays cycle, life stuff got in the way.

2 mile fast run this evening, away from my usual route so just ran for 15 minutes. Not sure if it was the full 2 miles but must have been close. Didn't feel great, hoping to get back into the swing of things tomorrow.

DigiJem

Good cycle today, almost 14 miles, took 1hr 18 mins

Rest day tomorrow, then GIR on Sunday, looking forward to it.

dolliemix

Good luck on Sunday!

DigiJem

Sat 17th: Rest day
Sun 18th: GIR 10k, took 57:29

Brill day, the first 5k flew by, struggled between 7k and 9k, but overall not too bad. Roll on Castlebar in 2 weeks

dolliemix

Under an hour! Thats fantastic!

asimonov

DigiJem wrote: »

Sat 17th: Rest day
Sun 18th: GIR 10k, took 57:29

Brill day, the first 5k flew by, struggled between 7k and 9k, but overall not too bad. Roll on Castlebar in 2 weeks

good doing digijem - i think everyone suffered for those k's. Hopefully castlebar will be a little more gentle. well done

DigiJem

Thanks asimonov & dolliemix.

A little stiff today from the race, only managed about 20 minutes of gentle stretching this evening.

Into 2nd last week of training, plan for remainder of week is:
20th 3 mile run
21st 45 mins cross
22nd 2 mile fast, plus Stretch & Strength
23rd Rest day
24th 65 minutes cross
25th LSR 5.5 miles

DigiJem

3 mile run this evening. Nice to get back to flat midland roads Felt good and tried to push a bit harder, took 26:58.

DigiJem

Yesterday bike ride, just over 10 miles in 45 mins
Today, a 15 minute fast run, about 2 miles. Plus a unplanned 30 minutes cycle

Skipped todays Strength & Stretch session again, maybe tomorrow! I always seem to find a reason to skip this

DigiJem

65 minutes cross, a 16 mile cycle on the new road bike. Very glad I invested in padded cycle shorts. Long run tomorrow.

DigiJem

Only managed 4.7 miles in 44 minutes. Short of the planned 5.5 miles, but felt tired and not great... no great disaster I guess.

DigiJem

Sunday night review of the previous week, and it's is a mixed bag. Cross training going well, as were the runs apart from LSR today...S&S went completly astray though.

Anyway, moving onto last week of HH Novice 10k program, already wondering where I go after this.

Mon - Strength & Stretch
Tues - 3 mile
wed - 30 min cross
Thur - 2 mile fast plus Strength
Fri/Sat - Rest
Sun Last day, 10k race in Castlebar

littlebug

DigiJem you're flying. Great result in the GIR. I might be in Castlebar on Sunday myself. I've been running for over a year and I bet you'll beat me :P The first half looks suspiciously uphill to me!

dolliemix

DigiJem wrote: »

Anyway, moving onto last week of HH Novice 10k program, already wondering where I go after this.

Well done!

I'll be watching with interest to see what you do next....! I'm on Week 4 at the mo:D

DigiJem

littlebug wrote: »

DigiJem you're flying. Great result in the GIR. I might be in Castlebar on Sunday myself. I've been running for over a year and I bet you'll beat me :P The first half looks suspiciously uphill to me!

Thanks littlebug, I'm passing through Castlebar during the week, I might have a drive around the route to see how hilly it is. Although maybe I'm better off not knowing until I hit them!

DigiJem

26th - did about 45 minutes of stretching, light weights and other exercises
27th - a 3 mile run tonight, in 27:58

DigiJem

28th - 30 mins cross. A walk with a mate's dog instead of planned cycle. Nice for a change.
29th - fast 2 mile, no idea of the time, rushed out for run without the watch. Felt good to stretch the legs after a long day in the car. Skipping Strenght & stretch, have to watch the Pool on telly, much more important :rolleyes:

DigiJem

After a couple of rest day, ran the 10k in Castlebar. This was the end race in my training following Hal Higdons 10 novice program so I was determined to give it everything. The first 5k was very tough, and that hill in the first k just leaving town nearly had me running back to the car. Anyway kept pushing and the last 5 k was not so bad, and the wind seemed to disappear.

Ran it in 51:44, which I'm very happy with. Think I could shave a bit more off that in the future on a flatter course.

So big thanks to Hal, his program got me here in the end

littlebug

Wow Digigem what an improvement in a few weeks ! Brilliant running on a tough course. I predict great running times from you in the future MsGem!

rainbow kirby

Congrats! Any chance of sharing some of that speed? :eek:

dolliemix

Fantastic! Well done

Great time!!