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Sorry, I thought you said get faster before the 100th Marathon
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Rumours of my fleeing the country before the 10in10 have been greatly exaggerated. (OK, I did try to get out of the country, but was deported back before I could even crack open the bottle of Duty Free)
Suffered a major taper illness known as LOWLAH (You might remember the Kinks sang a song about it).Basically from Thursday to Saturday LOWLAH kicked in (Lots Of Work, Lazy And Hungover) The Friday Night late night Drinking session playing the game ‘Try to Get the Home brew wine into the Bottle and Cork it Before It Gets into Someone’s Glass’ Went down a treat, but ended up an a rather late night, early morning before heading to the Curragh for the Dubai Derby. But what the heck. I have two 100+ mile weeks ahead of me now, so a couple of days off the running radar was gladly needed.
Sunday – 5M in 46:0 (9:12pace Avg 76% Max HR)
The three days off worked atreat. Legs were as fresh as a Loaf of Brennan’s Bread (But not as soft when you squeeze them)
Three days to go and looking forward to it (although that thought is subject to change on a daily basis. Enthusiasm may fall as well as rise. Terms and Conditions Apply, Always read the label carefully) I have the supplies all ready to be packed and my Fancy Dress outfit for the Monday Marathon is all sorted but will be kept under wraps till the day
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Tuesday - Another chance to rest up the legs
Wednesday - 3M run out to Lidl and back, only to be nearly lifted out of it by a car pulling out of a shop car park and not bothered to look left for pedestrians. That would have been the cherry on the cake before tomorrow.
Right, that's as much as I can do. I feel like I've got the leaving cert tomorrow and 10 exams to complete. Feeling in great condition for this and don't think anything extra would have made any significant difference for the races. Mental attitude is the key for the next 10 days because as long as there's no injuries, the legs will carry through the distance regardless of the speed, once the brain says it's ok.
Looking through the logs, I have clocked up 1258 miles this year to get to this point. By Saturday week, I will have added a couple hundered more to it.
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Must be Dave Brady!!
Someone once said that if there was a marathon in someone's back garden, Dave would be running it!!
Good luck Aimman. I expect a PB on day 10
I expect a pulse on day 10!
Dave Brady is the official reference point in Ireland for a marathon. If you're at the start line and Dave Brady is not there, its a scam. I'll be sharing the house with Dave for the next ten days, so I think these races are legit! 0 -
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I expect a pulse on day 10!
Dave Brady is the official reference point in Ireland for a marathon. If you're at the start line and Dave Brady is not there, its a scam. I'll be sharing the house with Dave for the next ten days, so I think these races are legit!
Surely you mean the champ eamonn0 -
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The run up to the race was generally slothing around doing as little as possible. Stretched the legs to gauge their condition by taking a walk around a sunny Bunratty. By the time the other lads peeled themselves out of their beds, we headed next door to the pub for a bloody lovely seafood chowder.
Feck that, This isn't the Holiday Show and I'm no Craig Doyle, back to the main stuff
Registration area was a lot more relaxed today. Eight people decided to opt for the 3pm start through injuriesand probably wanting to spend Friday night in the boozerbut there were a few new faces joining us for the Friday run.
Graham Whittiker joined us for the second of his back to back runs which was No. 24 and getting ready for No. 25 in Belfast 12h new week. A very calm looking Belcarra sauntered in at the last minute for a pre WWW (Wicklow Way Warm Up) and the legendary Dave Brady was lining up for his 300th marathon..... yes! 300 :eek::eek::eek::eek:
After yesterday's 4:40, the plan was to take it easy again. Yesterday, I took a bottle of water at every 3M water stop and a SIS isotonic gel at 9M, 19M and 22M (didn't really need the last one, but just passed the time for a few seconds). I wanted to run all the first half, then as I'd enter the large 10M loop for the 2nd time, walk the hilly bits to keep the effort on the legs to a minimum. It was too difficult trying to keep the HR in the recovery zone because it was all over the place. Dont know if it was a connection thing or just the body was trying to cope with day 2 halfway to repairing all the damage from Day 1.
It was a warm day, so hydration was key. The only significant things about the first 16M is that I took a gel at mile 9 and picked up a Lucozade Sport at the halfway point. so I'll fast forward to 16M like you'd skip through the ads watching Star Trek Next Generation on Sky Plus.
At the 16M water station I had met up with the Real 300, Dave Brady (Sorry Gerard Butler, you needed CGI to look like a warrior, Dave ran at least 7860 marathon mile to earn it) We walk/Ran for a mile or so just for a bit of a chat but I was still full of beans and didn't want to walk until the hills appeared so I pushed on and cranked up the MP3 player.
My apologies to anyone in the 5M vicinity. There's a saying, 'If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?' Well, in Clare, although there was on one to hear it, when I started singing, I was making all sorts of noises that no one ever heard before!
Today was a good day and I was running a lot stronger than I was planning, averaging 10:04 pace which would bring me in just over 4:20. I didn't realise until a good bit into the race that I wasn't slowing down for the hills. At the 19M water station, I ditched the Lucozade I finished sipping but declined the need to take a gel, just didn't feel like I needed it.
Shortly afterwards, I caught up with RunningCoach who took the 3pm start becuse of an injury and despite walking, was in a very positive mental frame of mind. I walked with him for a bit for a chat and then pushed on.
At the 22M water station, the cupboard was bare but ten feet after I passed it, a jeep pulled up and handed me a bottle and stocked up the table, great timing. I thought about taking the 2nd gel but still didn't feel like I needed it, anyway, there was only 4M left.
with 2M to go, I could feel things starting to slow down a bit, but at that point, I don't think taking a gel would make much difference by the time it kicked in but in the distance, I seen one of the housemates, Steve Gibson and the boiler inside was lit again (not in a Brokeback Mountain kind of way). At the 25M mark I went past him and but the time I got to 26M I had done my fastest mile of the race, 9:00 and kept going to finish 4:25
Both days, the route came in at 26:4M.
After a protein shake and massage, it was time to head back to the house for one of Johnny's famous lasagne and a couple of weissbiers as part of the extended recovery plan
Day 2 - 26.4M in 4:25 (9:58 pace)
We've already had one pull out from the 10in10. Conor had a bad day 1 race with just a couple of miles to go, and when I met him at mile 7 on Day 2, he was walking with a leg injury and didn't fancy the next 20M ahead of him. Now we are 22 contestants.
Day 3 is going to be a warmer one, particularly with the weekend start time of 2pm. Salts are going to be the one to watch on the day.0
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