The Hundred mile week dream.

sarsfieldsrock

Sun Long Run

Well it was a semi long run anyway and my longest since Barcelona. I went out to the Curragh and did a lap of that before heading home. There was a nasty enough headwind there at times but it is a lovely place to run.
It was nice and sunny for most of it today and I felt a bt too warm with my under armor top and tshirt.
I am doubtful of the ultra in Connemara now. I haven't the training done for it and it would be a painful experience. I might drop down to the marathon or defer it to next year yet.

RacoonQueen

Macanri wrote: »

A bit late to this one sfr, Nice to meet you over the weekend in Barca. Funny how a lot of the Barca heads have picked up colds or bugs in the week after the race.

Even those of us that didn't run! :mad:

sarsfieldsrock

But some of ye will always complain!

Monday 6

I will run the Conn Ultra, or that is what I think today but it may change, so I got out and did a bit of a warm down run today. It was difficult to keep the pace down but I would be delighted if my slow run pace was around the 9 minute mark now.

menoscemo

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

I will run the Conn Ultra, or that is what I think today but it may change,

You better. I need to collect that money off you straight after the race. I've built my whole last 6 months dreaming of you handing me over that €50 note.

sarsfieldsrock

menoscemo wrote: »

You better. I need to collect that money off you straight after the race. I've built my whole last 6 months dreaming of you handing me over that €50 note.

Oh I will be there all right but I might not be doing the Ultra. If I run the marathon it would only give you a target to chase so I might drop down to the half altogether as I have never ran it.
After 3 marathons and 3 ultras there it would be nice to run the half there.

menoscemo

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

Oh I will be there all right but I might not be doing the Ultra. If I run the marathon it would only give you a target to chase so I might drop down to the half altogether as I have never ran it.
After 3 marathons and 3 ultras there it would be nice to run the half there.

Best of luck. Will they let you switch at this late stage or is the deadline just for deferals?

shazkea

Finally got round to reading your report on Barca - well done again and best of luck with Conn, whichever one you do!

sarsfieldsrock

shazkea wrote: »

Finally got round to reading your report on Barca - well done again and best of luck with Conn, whichever one you do!

Thanks. It will be the Ultra. Even though I probably shouldn't I will.:rolleyes:
What are you up to next? You doing the Kildare half? I thought you said so but can't be sure.

Tuesday 7

I like this route and with the evenings starting to lengthen it is now safe to do again without being lit up like a Christmas tree.
I did a second loop of the main road out past the dog track and up by Hawkfield. That little lap is a handy 1.25 miles and has a nice tough hill and descent in it so it will be much run in the coming months. 5 laps of that and the rest of the course will make a nice testing 10 mile run when the evenings are brighter.
Not too quick tonight but I am off to the track tomorrow and wanted to keep a good reserve for that.

Aimman

Are you heading to Mallow for the 10M on the Sunday with the bunch on the train?

sarsfieldsrock

Aimman wrote: »

Are you heading to Mallow for the 10M on the Sunday with the bunch on the train?

No. I am heading to Parc Ui Chaoimh for the Tipp Cork game at 2:30.
I will be getting the 5:30 train from Cork back up to Dublin though.

Aimman

thats only down the road from Mallow, just keep running past the finish line to the Stadium.

menoscemo

Aimman wrote: »

Are you heading to Mallow for the 10M on the Sunday with the bunch on the train?

Are you getting the train in the end? If so I can send you our seat numbers so you can book beside us....

Brianderunner

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

No. I am heading to Parc Ui Chaoimh for the Tipp Cork game at 2:30.

Pfft, thats only a meaningless league game, wait for the real thing on May 29th in Thurles. You must be tempted to hop off the train in Mallow on Sunday morning?

sarsfieldsrock

I was looking at the race all right until I saw that it was on at 12:30 and that was about an hour too late for me to get into the match.
I have a few hurling season tickets that I need to get registered at the match if I am to be guaranteed my all ireland final tickets this year.
If we get there that is!

Wed Track

I was hoping for 3:30 per interval but couldn't quite manage it. Still it was nice to meet some of the other members of the club and there was quite a few people out.

Aimman

menoscemo wrote: »

Are you getting the train in the end? If so I can send you our seat numbers so you can book beside us....

Dont want to Hijack the thread, but driving down on the Saturday night and staying in Cork for a few days. I'll be working in Cork on Monday and Tuesday, so works out handy.

menoscemo

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

I was hoping for 3:30 per interval but couldn't quite manage it. Still it was nice to meet some of the other members of the club and there was quite a few people out.

Hvae you joined Newbridge?

sarsfieldsrock

Thurs Run

This was a bit of a tempo run with 3 fast miles in between warm up and down miles. I couldn't quite get the 2nd of the fast miles under the 8 min but that dd contain the Liffey Hall hill so thats okay.
I felt the affects running for the 5th day in a row for the first time in a long while and will enjoy the rest tomorrow.
I am off home so I don't know what I will get done but I hope to get 2 runs in. Hopefully the weather holds up for the weekend.
The training schedule will be upped between now and July as I prepare for the Port 100k. Any marathons from here on in are training marathons as I try to build up a good endurance base and up my long run speed up to 9 min mile pace.
I will still be doing a track session every Wednesday but the emphasis will be on long weekend runs from here on in. I will try to get to as many races as possible as well to break up the training slog.
I will have some idea of what shape I am in after the Conn Ultra.

sarsfieldsrock

18 miles on Saturday morning around the roads at home. I found the distance easy enough but I did find it tough enough to keep the pace steady around the 9 min per mile mark. I averaged around 8:50 and I was quite comfortable.
I did not get out for a run on Sunday morning and then when the garmin connect site keeps stuck on the uploading symbol when I try to upload it.
So I am looking forwards to the long bright evenings now that summer time is here.

LSR

shazkea

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

Thanks. It will be the Ultra. Even though I probably shouldn't I will.:rolleyes:
What are you up to next? You doing the Kildare half? I thought you said so but can't be sure.

Ultra, nice one. Any time in mind for it?

Taking it easy with the return myself but yep hoping to do the Kildare half - great race last year.

How was match yesterday? You should have gone to see a classier match like Clare v Westmeath :rolleyes:

Aimman

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

I did not get out for a run on Sunday morning and then when the garmin connect site keeps stuck on the uploading symbol when I try to upload it.

That was happening to me too yesterday, I thought i had a dodgey internet connection. I'll have to try it again now to upload my stats.

sarsfieldsrock

Mon Short Run

I was going to do a 6 to 8 miler but I got a call from the brother for a bit of help so I had to cut it short and run it a bit quicker than I wanted to.
Still it is nice that the evenings are lengthening and it not raining. This would be ideal weather for Connemara but it will probaby by too sunny again.

sarsfieldsrock

shazkea wrote: »

Ultra, nice one. Any time in mind for it?

Taking it easy with the return myself but yep hoping to do the Kildare half - great race last year.

How was match yesterday? You should have gone to see a classier match like Clare v Westmeath :rolleyes:

Turning the clock back there for Clare and Westmeath. That was a division 2 fixture when I was a youngster. The more things change the more they stay the same eh?:D
First half was poor and the second half was a bit better but neither team was close to what they will be in 8 weeks. Winner of that plays Clare so I'm sure that it will be flat out then.
I haven't done the training that I should have to run a good Ultra. So less than 7 hours would be good and anything less than 6:40 will be a PB.
Kildare was brilliantly organised last year so I am sure that it willb e as much fun this year. Starts and finishes in the Curragh this year as well.

sarsfieldsrock

Wed Speed Session?

Okay. It might be stretching it a bit to call it a speed session but I didn't get home until 7:40 and didn't get out until well after 8 so I couldn't use the Newbridge track. Its difficult to do long distance intervals on the footpaths and roads when it is dark. Running on roads with a light is too dangerous with unseen potholes and such and running on the footpaths means you have to swerver around pedestrians and stop for traffic.
So it wasn't that bad a session. Next week I will be home at 6 so I will be on the track in broad daylight which is always nice.

ronnie085

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

Wed Speed Session?

Okay. It might be stretching it a bit to call it a speed session but I didn't get home until 7:40 and didn't get out until well after 8 so I couldn't use the Newbridge track. Its difficult to do long distance intervals on the footpaths and roads when it is dark. Running on roads with a light is too dangerous with unseen potholes and such and running on the footpaths means you have to swerver around pedestrians and stop for traffic.
So it wasn't that bad a session. Next week I will be home at 6 so I will be on the track in broad daylight which is always nice.

I think I might have seen ye last night judging by the time you where out, orange high vis jacket? Flew past myself and the better half out for a walk if it was

sarsfieldsrock

ronnie085 wrote: »

I think I might have seen ye last night judging by the time you where out, orange high vis jacket? Flew past myself and the better half out for a walk if it was

Maybe. I had the orange Barca marathon tshirt on over a long sleeve underarmour shirt. All under what can only be called a big head of hair.

Thursday Run

As part of extending the milage I am going to try running on the Thursday night again. I did 9.5 miles tonight. I had meant to do 10 but by the time I got to the Curragh roundabout I decided to run to top of the field opposite the race track and turn back there. Theres a nice tarmac track up the middle of it and I just about hit 4.5 miles when I had reached the end of it. I was happy with the pace and was fine with it which is a good sign.
I won't be tapering for Conn so I have 20 miler planned for the weekend and hope to make this my first 50 mile + week for quite a while.
Thats 21.5 so far this week so a handy run on Sunday with a few miles tomorrow should do it.

sarsfieldsrock

Sunday Long Run

This felt good. I didn't go out too fast and was comfortable at a pace of around 9 min so I think that I will go out at that pace next Sunday. Mind you there was one long break after 3.5 miles as I had to stand in for a group photo.
I expect to blow up at some stage but hopefully I can get to Leenane in around 4:00 to 4:05 and then see what happens for the last third.
The one thing I don't want next Sunday is the sun. I have never ran well when it is warm.
Should I retire the Tipp jersey and switch to a singlet or a technical shirt?
It didn't help in Barca when the temperature went up.
And the Galway folk might think that I was winding them up after todays result.:D

sarsfieldsrock

Mon Recovery

This was a nice run. I got caught at the lights at the bridge on the first mile but after that I was able to keep the pace at just under the 9 min mark.
I don't know if I will taper or just run a normal week for the next few nights. I think I will just rest on Friday and Saturday and do a run for the next 3 nights.

sarsfieldsrock

Tuesday Roseberry Loop

A lovely evening for a run. I felt a bit stiff starting off but that was gone after the first mile. I ran a bit quicker than I should. My long term goal is to get my easy pace up to 9 min miling over the next few months.

Aimman

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

Mon Recovery

This was a nice run. I got caught at the lights at the bridge on the first mile but after that I was able to keep the pace at just under the 9 min mark.
I don't know if I will taper or just run a normal week for the next few nights. I think I will just rest on Friday and Saturday and do a run for the next 3 nights.

A bit of company for me along the road so, until you do one of your mad power walks up the hills

sarsfieldsrock

I think that you are well past me now in terms of pace and endurance. I expect to trail in your wake this Sunday.

Aimman

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

I think that you are well past me now in terms of pace and endurance. I expect to trail in your wake this Sunday.

I'm planning to go out at 9 min miles in the hope I'll have the pace still in the legs when the hills start at 26M, Not planning on going out too fast again this year. :rolleyes:

sarsfieldsrock

Wed Track Session

I did 6x400m with a target of 1:40 per 400m with about a 250m jog RI.
Not too hard and a bit of warm down of a few laps and a few breaks to chat with other runners.
I might get out for a 5 mile run tomorrow but I might just leave it at that for now too and just pack the bag for the weekend.
I just checked the weather for Galway for the weekend and it is looking ideal. Nice and cool but then we were promised something similar for Barcelona and it hit 21 degrees there.

menoscemo

I'm reading all kinds of reports for Galway weather from heatwave to rain. Guess I'll just have to pack everything.....

tHE vAGGABOND

Do you have to pay for extra baggage on the train, like on ryanair

shazkea

Best of luck on Sun - I expect a good report after!

sarsfieldsrock

shazkea wrote: »

Best of luck on Sun - I expect a good report after!

Well I am very good at talking about my running and it will be long as well.
Whether this makes for a good race report is a different matter which others can judge.

I am just overpacking for the race now. I always end up with a tonne of unused gear at races in Ireland whereas on the foreign trips I am able to make do with just the one carry on bag of luggage.

pgmcpq

Good luck on Sunday

Oisin11178

sarsfieldsrock wrote: »

Well I am very good at talking about my running and it will be long as well.
Whether this makes for a good race report is a different matter which others can judge.

I am just overpacking for the race now. I always end up with a tonne of unused gear at races in Ireland whereas on the foreign trips I am able to make do with just the one carry on bag of luggage.

Yeah im packing double what i usually pack for the foreign races. Its nice to have a choice of running gear or even casual gear to go around in. Good luck Sunday:D

tHE vAGGABOND

yup same here, ridiculous amount of gear being packed

Aimman

As some of you already know, Sarsefieldrock (Eddie) who brilliantly complete the Connemara Ultra on Sunday had a serious accident on the Sunday night and is in a very critical condition in the Galway ICU.

I think it would be appropriate for all his friends and running comerades to give him some encouragement and support here and I will be able to get the messages to his bedside and read out to him. I know he'll appreciate them

Come On Eddie, you tackled some of the toughest races and challenges in the last few years. You can get through this!!!

Krusty_Clown

Have met up with Eddie a few times, during races and after races for a few scoops. A true gent among men. Get well soon Eddie, there are more miles and more scoops to be enjoyed real soon now... Hurry up.. We're waiting..

Woddle

Can't keep a good Tipp man down, come on Eddie you can do it.

Oisin11178

Get well soon Eddie. See you at the starting line soon mate.

Macanri

+1 to all the above. Get well soon eddie, that Tipperary top is getting cobwebs on it!

All the best, Mac

rainbow kirby

Get well soon Eddie - there's a lot of miles to run and Tipp hurling to watch!

menoscemo

Get well soon Eddie. You have to win that €50 back from me at some future race.

ThePiedPiper

Get well soon Eddie. Many more races to come in the future for you.

RayCun

Best wishes Eddie, we need to see that Tipp top out again

BeepBeep67

Strange I was chatting to someone last night about them getting their training to 100 miles per week, I remembered this log which I haven't read in a while - shocked to hear about the accident when I logged in.
Get well soon Eddie.

dermCu

Get well soon Eddie, you'll be in Tipp Top shape before you know it (sorry couldn't resist the pun)