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Berlin or bust...
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Thursday
Late for the club run so just did a few miles on my own-e-oh. Threw in some strides at the end, just to shake u the legs a bit.
3.8 miles
Friday Rest day
Saturday
20 miles in the plan and I'd arranged to meet 3 of the club girls who were doing 16. I brought a 250ml bottle of water with me and packed a gel and a half bag of sports beans. Nice early start again for this as I had a wedding in the afternoon and had to get back to get the hair done before that. Oh the pressure :rolleyes:
Warm one out there too. We headed towards Cabinteely via the back route and we were all planning on using the facilities in the park, but when we got there we noticed the new toilets they've built are all coin operated! :eek: And who carries 20c coins when they're out for a run?! Doh! So onwards to the shopping centre for the loos there. I'm sure we looked a sight walking through the shop, but needs must
On again and around the 12 mile mark I took a gel and was chatting along with one of the girls when, out of nowhere, she got violently and unexpectedly attacked by a lamp post. Boom! and she was flat out on the ground. I know it sounds like a joke, but she got a right bang and we were all a bit worried. We called her hubbie to come get her and walked her up to the corner where he was going to meet us, while she repeatedly told us to go ahead...
- she's fine now, a bit bruised but OK -
...resuming the run, we had an incident with an old dear trying to mow us down at a crossroads (sheesh!) but kept going and got back to home base in one piece and with 16 on the clock for the girls. I headed on for the last 4 on my own, after getting my water bottle refilled by one of the girls. Needed that!
The last few were not pretty (and of course that's when I get a shout out from a work colleague :rolleyes:). I got to the house with 19.58 on the watch, but with the walk earlier (about .5 mile) and the run over to the meet the girls (not on the watch) I was happy enough to call that 20.
Only one more of these before the taper. Woo hoo!
Hopefully the next one will be less exciting!
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Sunday
Woke up sneezing! And sneezed for most of the day... at which point I thought my head was going to fall off. Even my teeth were sore
So I didn't go for a run. But I did join the crew for some top rope climbing and bouldering in the afternoon. I was still sneezing but managed to hold it off for long enough to get some climbing done.
Monday
Still feeling like sh1te I supped on lemsip for the day and didn't do anything strenuous at all.
Tuesday
I did go to the lunchtime Pilates - with a handful of tissues in tow - and managed to survive it. Feeling a bit better but still took a rest day from the running. Don't want to go pushing myself at this stage and be out for a fortnight later?!0 -
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Saturday
Nice early start (again) to do some of the Dublin route with a few running mates. We only went wrong once - which wasn't bad, considering we hadn't a clue where we were and were taking our directions from the written out road names in my (soggy) back pocket
All was going great and then an old injury made a reappearance for one of the girls and she was doing a bit of walk-running for a mile or so before calling it a day. We left her with some taxi money and headed on, in through Terenure, Rathfarnham, Clonskeagh and finishing up on Fosters Avenue, with 'Heartbreak Hill' conquered (Ah sure it's only a wee thing! What's all the fuss about?)
I had turned off my watch when we stopped and didn't notice it was still off until about 2 miles later, so the Garmin track, time and average pace is a bit off, but according to the others, it was about 15.5 miles covered.
A good run. And all finished and home by 11:30. 0 -
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...and then went to the climbing centre with the family for a few hours just to finish off the day. A spot of bouldering, some really good top rope climbs and I even managed to do two full chin ups, all by myself (whoop whoop!)
Today was a good day.:cool:0 -
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Thursday
Club run day. Easy enough today. We had some juveniles joining us for this, and with the 10K race last sunday for some, and a cross country race this coming sunday for others, it was nothing too strenuous. Some intervals of 30s, 45s, 1min, 2, min, 3 min, 4 min and a few others thrown in too... I wasn't really paying too much attention.
So just shy of 4 miles covered in total.
Post running I headed over to Awesome Walls for an hour and a half of fun bouldering. Hands are in bits now - but it's all good
I even did a few chin ups in the training room - all by myself:cool:
I guess the weedy girly arm muscles are getting stronger
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Friday
Rest day.
Saturday
Last long one. 20 miles done and dusted. Really early again, but as the day wore on the sun got brighter and stronger, so I was very happy to be finished and home by 11am. What is up with the weather? Bright, sunny and 18c on a Saturday in October - in Ireland?!
The girls were doing 22 (:eek:) so the plan was for me join them after 2. But I was late out and they'd done 3 by the time I met them, so ended up doing the last mile solo. Ah well.
An uneventful run this week, thankfully. Aside from a loo stop after 10 or so, it was steady and pleasant enough. Still a bit knackered now but that's to be expected.
23 days to D-Day.
Let the taper (madness) begin 0 -
Sunday
Out for a few recovery miles and I bumped into some of my 'long run' pals who couldn't make it yesterday, so joined them for a bit of a chat and ended up doing a mile or so more than I'd planned. 5 slow ones in total. Boy it was warm out there too. Glad I got my long one out of the way yesterday.
Followed this up with a couple of hours bouldering with mini-me. Got some good climbing in, and even managed to finish a route that has defeated me up to now. Nice feeling to finally conquer my 'nemisis' 0 -
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Saturday
Long Run Day
So this is really the last long(ish) run before the big day. :eek: 16 miles done and dusted this morning with some of the club girls. There was a good gang of us for this one and we caused quite a stir with our array of colourful luminous attire on the back roads of south Dublin.
The legs were feeling very tired this morning and my hamstrings and calf muscles felt tight and stiff. Lets just say I was not feeling the love. They didn't bother me when we got going (except for the tiredness) and I'm going to book a massage for later this week to give myself a bit of a treat (or maybe a torture session would be a better description?).
We did some miles on the grass in the park to start and then headed out on the backroads towards Kilteernan, Carrickmines, Cornlescourt and back along the N11. It's a challenging route with some nice drags and steep bits (both up and down!) but I was happy to see that our last 3 miles were all at around marathon pace. So even though we had a reasonably hard day, on tired legs, we could all up the pace for the last few. Nice to know. :cool:
So some R&R this evening.
16 sleeps to go.0 -
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Monday
Missed the climbing on Sunday so went today instead. Some really good (new) routes on the walls so we had a blast. 2 good hours of top rope climbing and some a good bit more difficult that I thought I'd be able for, so felt really proud of myself for getting them done (though I was SOOO slow and probably made it look SOOO much harder than it was:P)
Tuesday
Pilates at lunchtime and I was wrecked for the afternoon - jelly legs and everything.
Wednesday
6 mile run in the plan. Steady one and decided to do it around the pmp. First one slightly slower, next one slightly faster, and repeat... Found it tough to dial in the correct paces but think I started to feel it towards the end.
I had to do this one later that expected and boy was it dark! At least the rain had stopped though. Looks like the winter is closing in :rolleyes:0 -
Thursday
Club Run. Doing hills - well, mini-hill, but it was good. 6 reps with jog back recovery. Felt good - bit of a blast.
Friday rest day
Saturday
The last LSR before D-day (or should I say M-day?) Nice day for it, and the chat was flowing. Everyone was in good spirits and we finished our 12 miles feeling well up for the big one - NOT! I think the old 'taper madness' sickness has set in, cause we were all doubting ourselves and our planned paces. Sniffles, sore throats, headaches, upset tummies - they were all hitting one or other of us at some stage this week... total phantoms of course! I think we're a crowd of hypochondriacs :P
Sure we'll be grand :rolleyes:
Went top-rope climbing with the OH (we were abandoned by the other pair) and the centre was jammed. There was a juvenile climbing competition on (wow! some very very impressive kids and teenagers out there:eek:) and lots of groups doing tasters. We managed to get some good (new) routes in and I even attempted (badly) a higher level climb - though I had to bail out of it pretty early - but at least I tried it! :cool:0 -
If you and the Clown tear up DCM (and I'm sure you both will!!!), bouldering locations may become mysteriously packed with endurance runners!!!
Looking forward to meeting you and the hubby over happy endurance refreshments. 0 -
If you and the Clown tear up DCM (and I'm sure you both will!!!), bouldering locations may become mysteriously packed with endurance runners!!! Looking forward to meeting you and the hubby over happy endurance refreshments.
Ha Ha - that would be 'new thing' then, would it:D?
Don't think I'll be tearing anything up, but an uneventful, smooth run, unaffected by random injury or freak weather would be nice (for a change;))
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