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Berlin or bust...
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Wednesday
My regular yoga instructor is away for 4 weeks but said there was a sub taking over. BUT when I checked the class schedule on the web, the sub was only doing 1 class, which was too early and was just for the level 1 category
... so no yoga for me this week 
Very unhappy!
Thursday
5 miles around the village and into the park. I haven't done that loop in quite a while, so it was nice for a change. Very humid out there today though. No intervals (coaches instructions) to save my leggies for the weekend. I ran this at a comfortable pace, and felt grand at the finish.
Thought it was funny when I heard myself refer to my run as a 'just a short one'. A five mile run was my long run not too long ago, and was a daunting prospect!?
Funny how things change.
Summary5 miles in 00:49:45
Avg Pace: 09:56 min/mi (going easy :cool:)0 -
Rest day Friday. Indian take away, nice bottle of beer and an early night. Boring, but very welcome!
Saturday
8 miles, but not at pmp today. Mr Higdons instructions were to take it at a comfortable pace, slower than the marathon pace, to conserve energy for tomorrows 18 miler :eek:
It was REALLY sunny so I slapped on the sunscreen before I left. Typically, I wasn't gone a mile when the heavens opened! But it was just a shower and by the time I'd done 2.5 miles, the sun was out again - scorching, lovely. Rained again when I was just about home. A bit of a mixed weather bag out there today.
I took it handy and finished the run feeling comfortable, as instructed
Roll on tomorrow :rolleyes:
Summary8 miles in 01:21:14
Avg Pace: 10:09 min/mi0 -
18 mile LSR
Longest Run Ever (again)
Porridge with seeds, raisins and honey, with coffee and half a bagel for breaky, accompanied with a couple of glasses of water / juice to hydrate.
After that had settled, I got kitted out in the gear, slapped on the sunscreen, strapped on the gel belt and headed out.
It was quite sunny but not too hot. Stopped 3 times for water, took a gel at mile 6 and just topped up on wine gums after that. I reckon I'll probably use a second gel for the 20 (and the marathon), but I did OK on the jelly sweets today.
I had to amend my planned route to fit in an emergency loo stop at 14miles:o, so I had to make it up as I went from there. I was glad to have the garmin!
Had to do a small out and back at the end to make it up to 18, but I can't give out.
The legs were really tired at the end. Got into a cold bath for 10 minutes, which seemed to help.
Summary18 miles in 03:15:23
Avg Pace: 10:51 min/mi0 -
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Thanks for all the support guys, much appreciated!
Here's the plan for the week to come.
Its a step back week with reduced mileage. The 4th in the plan. Total mileage last week was 39, this weeks plan calls for just 31, though I'll be running 5 days instead of 4 this week...
Monday | Rest/ Cross training
Tuesday | 5 mile recovery run
Wednesday | No yoga, so 5 miles "listen to your body" run
Thursday | 5 miles at a comfortable pace
Friday |Rest
Saturday | 8 miles @ pmp
Sunday | 13 mile LSR0 -
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Wednesday
Change to the plan (again) today. I got somehow talked into (or rather I talked myself into) the IMRA MOUNTAIN RESCUE BENEFIT RACE over Ticknock and Fairy Castle. It was billed as a 5k, but was actually about 4 miles (6.5K ish).
It was my inaugural mountain race, and boy was it an eye opener! Those mountain runners are NUTS!(meant in the nicest possible way)
It was a tough climb up the trail, especially over the section known as "the bone shaker" where the terrain had more in common with rock climbing than running trails!:eek:.
The way down was just as interesting, and I felt almost like I was playing hopscotch, the way I was leaping from rock to rock, desperately trying to stay upright! Fun!?
Anyway, it was an experience :rolleyes:
The atmosphere was great, and it was very well organised. Lots of fellow runners were very encouraging when they heard it was my first mountain race. And though I passed some of them on the uphill, their obvious experience saw them careering past me on the downhill. I was very envious. I guess the technique and the balls guts to go that fast over steep uneven ground like that comes with experience?
So all in all, an interesting evening. I don't think I'll be rushing back (did I mention it was tough?) but it didn't put me off, and I might attempt a few of the easier races next year, plans permitting.
And yeah, I know I didn't do the prescribed miles today, but I think the effort more than made up for it.
Summary4.05 miles in 00:51:17
Avg Pace: 12:39 min/mi (that terrain certainly took it's toll!)0 -
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Well done Emer. It appears we're as bad as each other! It was tough though wasn't it?! And I'm not even slap bang in the middle of marathon training. I was looking around for other newbies and half considering rubbing my number in the muck and creasing it up a bit to try and make myself look like a threat. Unfortunately the shiny white road runners meant I was a dead give away!! :cool:
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Well done Emer. It appears we're as bad as each other! It was tough though wasn't it?! And I'm not even slap bang in the middle of marathon training. I was looking around for other newbies and half considering rubbing my number in the muck and creasing it up a bit to try and make myself look like a threat. Unfortunately the shiny white road runners meant I was a dead give away!! :cool:
Good work
I though you might've been doing that alright. I was half thinking of shouting CLARALARA around the start to see if anyone would react, but I was too shy :rolleyes:
You seemed to have performed a bit better than I did. Congrats on that! Sure it was a bit of a lark for a wednesday evening... what else would be at?:P0 -
Thursday
5 easy / steady miles today. Was dropping the wee lad to football so decided to run the Cabinteely Park loop a few times, just for a change of scene. Took it handy, not pushing too much - well it is a step back week.
The legs were feeling a bit heavy today, I must admit. The hill run yesterday and Sunday's 18 miles were definitely making themselves felt! But I kept it going, taking it easy on the lovely up hill bits and letting it all go on the down hill sections. Everything loosened up after about a mile and a half and I got into my stride nicely.
The thighs and hips are a bit stiffer now I've cooled down and I think I'll be needing some quality time with the foam roller later (oh joy :rolleyes:)
Summary5 miles in 00:49:01
Avg Pace: 09:47 min/mi0 -
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