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2010 Dublin Marathon Novices/Sub-4:30 Mentored Thread
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Welcome to taper! Hard work is done now, time to start easing back and make your final race preparations. 22 days to DCM, and you can now say "So, I'm running a marathon this month".
Plan for this week is as follows:
Week 16
Monday | Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday
rest|5 m|8 m|4 m|rest|12 m|cross
We're obviously easing back a bit this week, but still maintaining a bit of volume. You're probably going to feel quite tired this week after the exertions of week 15, so take things easy now. Slow it down anyway, swap some easy cycling or swimming for a shorter run if you want to. Also, please resist the urge to do another very long or hard run. At this stage - what we have, we hold (even if you're not entirely happy with what you've done to this point).
Really focus on getting yourself healthy for race day. Any niggles - go get them checked out. Might be worth getting a sports massage this week anyway just to loosen things out after the heavy volume. Try and avoid picking up the usual bugs that are going around too - might be worth taking a multivitamin, a tonic or Berocca around about now too.
Another thing I'll mention now is taper madness. Over the next 3 weeks, you're going to second-guess yourself more than you've ever done in your life. You're going to think that every single thing is going to put you out of the marathon. You're probably going to drive everyone close to you absolutely nuts with talk of the marathon, and you're probably going to turn into a one-(wo)man eating machine. All of this is normal, especially as we get closer to the marathon! :eek:0 -
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rainbow kirby wrote: »Another thing I'll mention now is taper madness. Over the next 3 weeks, you're going to second-guess yourself more than you've ever done in your life. You're going to think that every single thing is going to put you out of the marathon. You're probably going to drive everyone close to you absolutely nuts with talk of the marathon, and you're probably going to turn into a one-(wo)man eating machine. All of this is normal, especially as we get closer to the marathon! :eek:
You just described my afternoon 0 -
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Name|Sessions Completed|Total Miles This Week|Total Mileage To Date|Comments
William72|||260.2||
The Wexican|||288||
rofno1|||251||
boccy23|3|30|343|20 mile LSR was split by the massive showers yesterday but finished it off eventually. Missed a session due to work as well.|
brophya2007|3|35|379.4|Feeling sluggish this week.|
beamgirl|||274||
michellemuncher|||234||
RayCun|4|39|467.1|Last 20 down, it's taper time|
littlebug| 4|40|373.2|very happy with 20 miler and equally happy to be into taper time!|
meathcountysec|||506.23||
DigiJem|4|39|314|Good week, very happy to get the 20 done|
D Chief|||283||
digger2d2|4|36|428|Was stiff (easy JEmily) after the 20 mile yesterday but fine today....|
Curl52|||401||
ilovetorun |||267||
James Howlett|||377||
RallyRunner|||346.1||
corked| | |273.65| |
Milosh|||352||
RubyK|||444.64||
The_Dazzler|||||
JEmily|||218||
Mrslow|3|33|278.8|Roll on taper, can't believe it's only three weeks to go|
marrona|||393.49||
Agent J|||139| |
mprop|||||
nachoqueen|||||
Lad GAGA|4|40|c466|Last of the long runs, we're nearly there (yet)|
BrokenMan| ||542.89||
Perkina3||| c. 270?| |
Roll on the taper.
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Our run didn't work out for the lightening fast Mr Howlett so we parted ways early on. Hope to catch you on marathon day, at your pace you'll be on round
three as we roll in.
He's just being nice. I arrived a little late and told the "Splitters" to go ahead and I would catch-up. I then took our group name a little too seriously as I took a wrong turn at the first cross-roads
and got lost.
It was great when we did cross paths, running with company sure makes the day easier.
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Name|Sessions Completed|Total Miles This Week|Total Mileage To Date|Comments
William72|||260.2||
The Wexican|||288||
rofno1|||251||
boccy23|3|30|343|20 mile LSR was split by the massive showers yesterday but finished it off eventually. Missed a session due to work as well.|
brophya2007|3|35|379.4|Feeling sluggish this week.|
beamgirl|||274||
michellemuncher|||234||
RayCun|4|39|467.1|Last 20 down, it's taper time|
littlebug| 4|40|373.2|very happy with 20 miler and equally happy to be into taper time!|
meathcountysec|||506.23||
DigiJem|4|39|314|Good week, very happy to get the 20 done|
D Chief|||283||
digger2d2|4|36|428|Was stiff (easy JEmily) after the 20 mile yesterday but fine today....|
Curl52|||401||
ilovetorun |4|36|340|Delighted to have the last 20m done,cant believe we're all nearly there. Roll on the taper!|
James Howlett|||377||
RallyRunner|||346.1||
corked| | |273.65| |
Milosh|||352||
RubyK|5|28.9|473.54|A bad week for me, with no LSR done. I'm not ready to taper :eek:|
The_Dazzler|||||
JEmily||27|245|I'm back and am feeling very good. Only thing about a week off is my taper will seem like work, so happy days for me, the rest of you are going to go mad:p|
Mrslow|3|33|278.8|Roll on taper, can't believe it's only three weeks to go|
marrona|||393.49||
Agent J|||139| |
mprop|||||
nachoqueen|||||
Lad GAGA|4|40|c466|Last of the long runs, we're nearly there (yet)|
BrokenMan| ||542.89||
Perkina3||| c. 270?| |
What am I going to talk/obsess about after the marathon??!!
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Just posted on my training log about my 20miler (well, 19.7 miler) on Saturday. Stuggled to keep up with the boys at 17 miles and just stopped. Total exhaustion. I managed to walk/run the last 3 miles or so and was happy to arrive home uninjured, while being a bit deflated.
Thanks to the guys for such a great run (well up to mile 14 or so), Meno, ladGAGA, Grimbergen, Ray, Brian & digger.
Brian, apologies I was so zombie-like when you were talking to me. I was concentrating so much on just keeping going. Sorry about that.
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Just posted on my training log about my 20miler (well, 19.7 miler) on Saturday. Stuggled to keep up with the boys at 17 miles and just stopped. Total exhaustion. I managed to walk/run the last 3 miles or so and was happy to arrive home uninjured, while being a bit deflated.
Thanks to the guys for such a great run (well up to mile 14 or so), Meno, ladGAGA, Grimbergen, Ray, Brian & digger.
Brian, apologies I was so zombie-like when you were talking to me. I was concentrating so much on just keeping going. Sorry about that.
And digger, regardless of what MrSlow says about you, you are a gentleman. Thanks again.
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