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Sorry, I thought you said get faster before the 100th Marathon
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chinguetti wrote: »Aimman, loved the report and fair play for keeping at it. Did you ever think of writing a thriller?
So who would you like to play you in the movie of the film '50k zombie runner'?
Obv there is no need to cast for the zombie at the back
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My goal is to someday beat everybody!
:)
Good answer
Sunday - Had a great sleep last night, probably the longest in a long time. Weather looked good, couldn't miss an opportunity to stretch the legs. Did a 10 miles run, headed out at a hand pace, nothing strenuous, but legs felt great after yesterday's marathon.
Found a great long stretch of flat road between Clondalkin and Adamstown that's closed off, so would be a great spot for intervals in the next few weeks
After 9 miles, the average pace was a steady 9:30 per mile, so opened it up a bit for the last mile to 7:43 pace, felt good
Total for today, 10M in 1:33:25 (9:20 pace, avg 77% of Max )
Miles this week, 70M but feeling in much better condition then 70M weeks last year.0 -
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Friday
Met Menoscemo for a recovery run around Tymon
5M in 43:42 (8:44 pace)
Saturday Howth to Bray Run
Was great to see everybody show up in Howth for the run and that the rain was holding off for a while. Some people were doing shorter distances but stayed with us until they hit their target.
In all honestly, it was going well for the first 15M, but my pace was falling off gradually. Between getting stones out of my shoe, stopping off at Seapoint for the toilets, I was losing the group, only to catch up with them at the shops etc. At Dalkey, I told them to keep going and I’d see them in Bray, as I know the pace was suffering. The run from Dalkey was a lonely one, but since the weather was good, I was going to finish the 30M regardless. Ran up the Kiliney Hill (well, it was more of an ultra shuffle) I convinced myself that the rest of them were at the top of the hill waiting for me, and that kept me running, for fear of being caught walking up it.
Came into Bray in 5:02. Was a glad sight to see everybody in the Chipper tucking into chips, burgers and chicken.
Went home and put the feet up for the rest of the day.
30M in 5:02 (10:04 pace) Would have preferred an average pace of about 9:40, but it wasn’t to be on the day. The only consolation is that I spent more time on my feet then the rest of them
Sunday – Half Marathon
I had the intention of using this to just get me out of bed on the Sunday morning and drag my tired sore legs about. I reckoned that if I could get around in 2 hours, it would be a good day.
Right up until the walk up to the start line, the legs were feeling tired. I was trying to work out when fatigue would set in and the pace would drop off. Chatted to Vaggabond, Chenguetti, Nules, Shaz and Jcsmum at the start line. Bumped into Liamo123 who was also wearing the Donadea 50k top and did his 30M run on the Thursday.
The gun went off and I started out as a conservative pace, just running to what the legs were comfortable with. After the first mile, I was feeling great and looked at my watch, 8:11 for the first mile, I went out too fast, without realising it. Kept with the rhythm of the run and the second mile went by in 8:02. The recovery plan was well and truly out the window now, but I was still feeling comfortable and fresh. I decided to try and hang onto 8 minute miles for as long as I could. The hill back up to the clubhouse caused a bit of a problem both times around and that was the only point that I could feel the remnants from yesterday’s run and lost a bit of time on each ascent. For most of the race, there was a guy behind me determined to get past, and every time he came close to me, I was able to put the foot down and gain the gap again. He had the pace alerts on his Garmin and I could hear when he was speeding up and slowing down.
I was very surprised to find myself picking people off one by one and with 4 miles left, I spotted Vaggabond ahead of me and I was gaining on him, but only very gradually. For the last mile, we were treated to a heavy hail shower and the sunglasses I started the race with became handy eye protectors but I could have done with little windscreen wipers on them so I could see where I was going. At the last 100 yards, there was one person between me and him and I had enough power left to get past her, but finished a couple of seconds behind Vaggabond.
Needless to say, I was on a high for the rest of the day. I think 30M runs the night before might be the key to running a decent race, just missed the PB by a couple of minutes.
13.1M in 1:46:57 (8:06 pace)
Monday
Handy 3M recovery at lunchtime.0 -
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Not before it did 143 miles in three days knowing you
Digger, I found the perfect tissues for it too
Oisin11178 wrote: »Your letting me down Eamonn. Hand in your man card asap:-)
Frank, I found your tissues on line too, if you need to order a batch
Good to see you back out there this morning. I'd better make the most of my position above you in the 1000 mile table while I still can
Good to know I wasnt the only lunatic out running at that hour of the morning. I think I'm well down the list now. I'll check what's the difference in the milage and try to make it up before Connemara, I havent updated it since the 30M run anyway :rolleyes:0 -
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