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Training log for DCM
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So, met up with the non-splitters digger, meno, grimbergen, Ladgaga, with RayCun and Brianderunner joining later on on Saturday morning.
Was all set for doing 20. All was going well until mile 14. The pace might have been a little bit quicker than if I was doing a 20 miler on my own, but I was comfortable until then.
Then I hit the wall, I reversed and crashed into it again. For 3 miles I struggled big time. I had a stitch on either side of my ribs, the deep breathing helped for a while, but I was concentrating so much on my breathing, that I was getting a bit anxious. So many times, I so wanted to give up and start walking. I had no pain as such, but it was like my whole body wanted to lie down on the grass and go to sleep.
At mile 17 I fell off the back of the group and I had to stop. I walked a little bit and was about to turn around and head back to the car which would have probably brought me to 18.5 miles when I looked up - digger had come back to 'mind' me. I so appreciated that, it's one thing to mess up your own LSR, but not somebody else's. So on we plodded for another bit but twice more I had to stop and walk. I did run the last bit and did 19.7 miles total.
I sat into the car and was like a zombie, I couldn't move and was close to tears.
When I arrived home, I was barely able to function, I had a very s-l-o-w shower and fell into bed - slept for an hour, something I NEVER do in the middle of the day.
Looking back, i'm not sure if there is anything I could have done differently, I think it was just my body's exhaustion that got in the way on Saturday. I don't think I did anything wrong as such & thankfully I've no aches and pains and no injury.
I was determined to go for a recovery run yesterday, just to make sure I hadn't lost confidence - did 4 nice miles in 37:57. Very happy with that.
Onwards and upwards0 -
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Looking back, i'm not sure if there is anything I could have done differently, I think it was just my body's exhaustion that got in the way on Saturday. I don't think I did anything wrong as such & thankfully I've no aches and pains and no injury.
I was determined to go for a recovery run yesterday, just to make sure I hadn't lost confidence - did 4 nice miles in 37:57. Very happy with that.
Onwards and upwards
We had averaged 9:46 pace up until about mile 17 so as RayCun says that's fast enough based on your pmp I guess....As I said to you on Saturday (but you may not have heard me whilst in your 'Zen-like' state
) I had exactly the same experience last year on one of my long runs...Just fell apart and couldn't put my finger on why - Some of the more experienced runners told me it happens to everyone, we can all have bad days...You've had yours so you're now safe for DCM day!!....You will be fine, just concentrate on good nutrition and lots of sleep (Jack permitting ) 0 -
JC......I had a similar experience on my 20 miler the week before last...... I was at mile 18 and it felt like an 18 wheeller had just smashed into me....I felt weak and thought I was going to keel over...I pushed out another mile but was pissed I had to stop then...However, I learned a number of key things you should bare in mind.....
*Nutrition - You gotta eat big... porridge, fruit, toast the works!!!!! Cuz thats ur initial fuel that will get you to mile 10 or 12.... I didn eat proper and I paid the price for it
*Sleep - Before each of my LSR until the weekend I had been out (soberly, but still out) till 4 in the morning and was averaging bout 4/5 hours sleep before hitting my run (Lesson: saturday jus gone did 15 miles with 8/9 hours sleep.... and felt a lot fresher and cut more than 5 mins off my 15 mile PB.... even had a sprint finish with my mate! :P)
*Injuries and illness - Look after urself and don't do anything that u think might even injure u at this stage.....U did ur 20 miles...thats an achievement that few ppl can say they have done....so don't beat urself up over it....Thats impressive that u 20 miles at ur PMP pace
@Digger - - - Fair play to you!!! 0 -
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I know. I just haven't grasped the knack of knowing what & when to eat/drink & I hate having to carry stuff. I'm not loving the gels either.
I did have a few powerbar gel sweets throughout the run on Saturday, and you're right I had my first drink after 10.5 miles. (that is me being stubborn because I didn't want to carry anything!)
Will definitely have to revise my strategy.
The good news is that in DCM they hand you bottles of water every 3 miles
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*Nutrition - You gotta eat big... porridge, fruit, toast the works!!!!! Cuz thats ur initial fuel that will get you to mile 10 or 12.... I didn eat proper and I paid the price for it
@Digger - - - Fair play to you!!!
I second the above, you HAVE TO EAT well and plentiful. I found mile 15 of my lsr yesterday my stomach was rumbling. Never happened before but because i was out of the habit (due to injury) of carbing up the day before LSR's (Saturday) i felt hungry during the run. Being serious if you don't eat up your going to die hard on the day...i now carb up especially the day before a long run and morning of it plenty of good food.
I hit something like you did a good while back, our first 10 miler (which seems such small mileage now) and my diet was so small, sure no wonder i'd no energy...
I think you'll be fine from now and good point above about sleep and water/gels.0 -
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Nice running jcsmum.
I wonder am I the only one who has found that nearly everyone presumes its the womens mini-marathon I'm doing. Someone yesterday asked me if I was walking or running :pac:
I got a string of questions ... the marathon? the Dublin marathon? the one that's on this month? are you training for it? how many miles are you doing a week? are you a runner?
All questions followed by this face :eek:
And I'm like 'whatevah, jeez get over it, I'm a runner, deal with it' :cool:
Well actually I didn't say that part (but I was thinking it):D 0 -
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I got a string of questions ... the marathon? the Dublin marathon? the one that's on this month? are you training for it? how many miles are you doing a week? are you a runner?
All questions followed by this face :eek:
And I'm like 'whatevah, jeez get over it, I'm a runner, deal with it' :cool:
Well actually I didn't say that part (but I was thinking it):D
Yeah I the love the are you training for it question, my uncle asked me the same thing a few weeks back.
Nah just decided Id run it, sure whats 26.2 miles? Training is for losers! 0 -
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I love the - "so how many miles is that?" question...I got a string of questions ... the marathon? the Dublin marathon? the one that's on this month? are you training for it? how many miles are you doing a week? are you a runner?
All questions followed by this face :eek:
And I'm like 'whatevah, jeez get over it, I'm a runner, deal with it' :cool:
Well actually I didn't say that part (but I was thinking it):D
And the face when you tell them it's 26.2...
Priceless!
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At my son's party last week I was talking to a few of my wife's friends about the race when this one walked past, (I should point out this wagon has been in my house a dozen times and doesn't talk to me - for no reason) " 26 miles?" she says, " That's a marathon, the long one", I replied 'yes' she says "are you running it?, In Dublin?, in a few weeks?" - 'Yes' to which she replied "Oh" - What a citag (predictive text)
I either get the shocked faces or the 'are you nuts?' faces. Not that I could care less mind.
At the moment I'm a bundle of nerves and excitement - it varies from hour to hour! 0 -
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