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kit3

Emer911 wrote: »

Disaster!

Went to the park on Thursday with the young one cause she was joining the adults club for a training run. Easy running, no pressure and then POP :eek:
Don't know what I did but my left calf was not happy. A bit of a shuffle home, some ice and a calf compress, hoping I hadn't done anything serious.

Had an appointment for a sports massage today anyway (fortuitous?) and he gave it a good rub down, but I was advised to give it a day or two rest, so had to abandon my arrangement for a 20 miler tomorrow

Bummer! And over nothing! :mad:


Fingers crossed for a quick recovery

Emer, really sorry to hear this - been following your log for a while. Hopefully it will come right fairly quickly. Fingers crossed for you. C

Younganne

Emer sorry to hear that . rest it and ice it and you'll be fine for the taper. fingers are crossed for you!

Marthastew

Poor E:(, rest and ice and I'm sure it will be back even stronger next week. A couple of days off now will probably do you good.


As Mr Mainwaring in Dad's Army was told......

Don't Panic:D

(not sure why that popped into my head)

racheljev

No, no, no! REALLY hope it's okay. On the plus side, it's still 3 weeks out and you've loads of long runs done - maybe it's time for an early taper? And as Martha said

DON'T PANIC!
(sorry, just really wanted to type big )

Emer911

Ha ha ha ha! Thanks Guys. I'll try not to PANIC

It's actually feeling OK (well, much improved) today so I've been advised to try 5 tomorrow and see how it goes. If all is well, go for another 5, and another, up to the 20. If I do it in loops, I can beg off if I feel any pain. If I can't go more than 5 (safely) tomorrow, I'll get to work early Monday and leave early so hopefully fit it in in the evening. That's the plan anyway.

I really want to get one last good long one in. Otherwise my last 20 will have been 5 weeks before D-day, so that's not ideal. :eek:

RunningKing

Best of luck - hope it clears up - you deserve a good run on the 29th!

banner_phoenix

Emer911 wrote: »

Ha ha ha ha! Thanks Guys. I'll try not to PANIC

It's actually feeling OK (well, much improved) today so I've been advised to try 5 tomorrow and see how it goes. If all is well, go for another 5, and another, up to the 20. If I do it in loops, I can beg off if I feel any pain. If I can't go more than 5 (safely) tomorrow, I'll get to work early Monday and leave early so hopefully fit it in in the evening. That's the plan anyway.

I really want to get one last good long one in. Otherwise my last 20 will have been 5 weeks before D-day, so that's not ideal. :eek:

Crap I hope tomorrow goes well for you

Emer911

Sunday [LSR day?]

Up bright and early and off to the Wicklow Cross Country in Roundwood. No, I wasn't running (like that's ever going to happen :rolleyes:). One junior racer, one Senior. Nice bright morning at least. Home by lunch time so after a feed of pasta, it was my turn.

After my imposed rest day yesterday, I headed out to the grass in the park to try out the calf. The plan was to stick to the softer surface and see if there was any pain. I had arranged for the pit crew to meet me after an hour with a drink and some sports beans. So I did 6 miles. Calf felt okay, was tight but not enough to stop me. I took a break to stretch and picked up my drink and the jellies. Went for a second loop (7 miles this time). Still OK, so after I got my second drink from the guys I kept going for the last loop. And ya know what, I got to 20! Woo hoo!

20 miles in loops of the park! :cool:

Legs are pretty tight now, but glad to have it done. And it wasn't quite as mind numbing as I though it'd be. I guess having something to concentrate on (i.e. the calf) and breaking the run into sections really helped.

Summary 20.01 mi in 3:22:59
Avg Pace: 10:09 min/mi

Taper time

RunningKing

Excellent. Delighted for you.

racheljev

Brilliant! Delighted you came through ok. Enjoy the taper :-)

Marthastew

Well done on your run, delighted for you.....

Let the Taper Madness begin;)

RubyK

Delighted the calf is ok again Emer, and you got the 20m done

jcsmum

Phew! Well done Emer, glad everything is okay again.

Younganne

Emer, delighted that the calf is fine again and you got the 20m done.
I know it was essential psychologically for you to get this done as you had 2 x 20s already done so at least you can sit back (well kinda):o and enjoy the taper and see who the madness hits first!!!;)

Emer911

Shucks, thanks for all the support guys.
's funny, it doesn't feel like it should be taper time... weird!


Lunchtime Pilates today.
Legs were stiff after the long run yesterday and I was a wee bit tired.
I was actually that billoxed that I had to flop out of one of the sets - which got a good laugh :P And if I was billoxed before the session I was totally fooked after

kit3

Delighted to see you are back on track Emer

Emer911

Tuesday
A few easy miles around Bray while waiting for the junior training to finish. Getting very dark these evenings, and the route was not the best lit. I'll have to rethink that for next week.
Legs felt totally fine, and I didn't look at the pace at all, just kept it comfortable. Had a good stretch out after too.

Summary 4.24 mi in 40:46
Avg Pace: 9:36 min/mi

Emer911

Wednesday
5 miles on a grey drizzly evening, which matched how I felt. Heavy dead legs and everything felt drained and tired. But at least it's done, and no niggles, which is a plus.

Summary 5 miles in 48:35
Avg Pace: 9:42 min/mi

Dory Dory

Nearly there......:D:D:D

Emer911

Dory Dory wrote: »

Nearly there......:D:D:D

Ooooh! :eek:

Emer911

Friday
Took my rest day yesterday cause I was just not feeling it, so did my 8 miles with 5 x 1 mile at pmp today. And I'm glad I did. Really enjoyed this. The weather, though drizzly, was perfect for a run. Had to keep an eye on the pace to keep the pace miles at the pmp pace and not let it creep up to HM pace (and even heading towards 10k pace - oops!)
5 x 1 mi were 8:51/ 8:50/ 8:44 / 8:45 / 8:45
Felt comfortable the whole way and the mood was high. Lovely :cool:

Summary 8.00 mi in 1:13:17
Avg Pace: 9:10 min/mi

digger2d2

Emer911 wrote: »

Friday
Took my rest day yesterday cause I was just not feeling it, so did my 8 miles with 5 x 1 mile at pmp today. And I'm glad I did. Really enjoyed this. The weather, though drizzly, was perfect for a run. Had to keep an eye on the pace to keep the pace miles at the pmp pace and not let it creep up to HM pace (and even heading towards 10k pace - oops!)
5 x 1 mi were 8:51/ 8:50/ 8:44 / 8:45 / 8:45
Felt comfortable the whole way and the mood was high. Lovely :cool:

Summary 8.00 mi in 1:13:17
Avg Pace: 9:10 min/mi

And that's some pace

Emer911

Saturday
Easy 4 miles in the crisp autumn sunshine. Beautiful day for running! The park was a bit squelchy in spots, but it was a perfect morning and I really enjoyed this one. Pace was slightly too fast for Easy, but it felt too good

Summary 4.22 mi in 38:50
Avg Pace: 9:12 min/mi

Emer911

Sunday
Did 12 miles today with some pace miles. Warmup, then 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 at marathon pace, with 2 min recovery jog between. It was a bit windy out there today, and some of the pace miles were uphill in the wind, which was... ummm... interesting
All hit on pace, as required
4mi: 8:49/ 8:54/ 8:56/ 8:58
3mi: 8:59/ 8:50/ 8:58
2mi: 8:40/ 8:54
1mi: 8:41

I'm not saying it was easy - some of those were a bit of a struggle to keep below the 9:00 min/mi, but I was happy with it overall.

Sheesh. Only one more LSR before the big day! :eek:

Summary 12.50 mi in 1:56:58
Avg Pace: 9:22 min/mi

RunningKing

Love that session. Well done.

RayCun

10 miles at well under marathon pace - good session

jcsmum

Emer911 wrote: »

Sunday
Did 12 miles today with some pace miles. Warmup, then 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 at marathon pace, with 2 min recovery jog between. It was a bit windy out there today, and some of the pace miles were uphill in the wind, which was... ummm... interesting
All hit on pace, as required
4mi: 8:49/ 8:54/ 8:56/ 8:58
3mi: 8:59/ 8:50/ 8:58
2mi: 8:40/ 8:54
1mi: 8:41

I'm not saying it was easy - some of those were a bit of a struggle to keep below the 9:00 min/mi, but I was happy with it overall.

Sheesh. Only one more LSR before the big day! :eek:

Summary 12.50 mi in 1:56:58
Avg Pace: 9:22 min/mi

My thoughts exactly!

RacoonQueen

Ah Emer thats a savage run. Nice work, what are you doing next weekend?

Emer911

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Ah Emer thats a savage run. Nice work, what are you doing next weekend?

Thanks RQ.
One plan says 8 miles this weekend., the other has 14, so I might just go for the 8 (or maybe 10 if I'm feeling good ) Decisions, decisions...

Emer911

Monday
Lunchtime Pilates class. The usual. Lots of arm resistance and ab work today, but easy on the legs, which was just fine with me. I reckon my shoulders will be feeling it tomorrow though.:cool: