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Marathon Finish Line...Scene 1; Take 2 - Location: Barcelona
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Bitterly disappointed with that run yesterday. I completely died on the last few miles and had nothing in the tank. Fuel was def the problem and some good tips from Meno and RK afterwards for me to think about.
Didn't hop into cold bath after coz I was freezing and my legs are in bits today. So some time on the bike this evening to get rid of that! LSR's are such a learning curve and I did think how in the name of god can I do 10 more miles!!
Don't be silly - you did great! It's probably time to experiment with the gels and really start thinking about nutrition etc now that you're up to those higher miles (not that I really know much!). I tried out a gel at 8.5miles (not necessary but just to see how it went down) and I'd say it did light a spark to get me around the last couple of miles. Great to meet you - sorry for running away, I got all caught up in talks of triathlons :rolleyes: (I don't know where I'm going the get the time to fulfil all these grand ideas...)!! See you again soon and keep up the good work
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Hey shaz, well done on the 16 miler! Don't be disappointed, that was great going. As you said, it's all a learning curve when it comes to fueling up. Personally, I found glucose sweets and jellies great for LSR's. Keep up the good work
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Which reminds me I need to check out where the sports ground is as I have no idea of Waterford!
The RSC sports centre is on the Cork Road.
When you come into Waterford, go over the bridge in the left hand lane then turn onto the quay. Move into the right hand lane and head on down the quay, passing through traffic lights at the clock tower and another set at the Tower Hotel (still staying in the right lane), go straight ahead down Parnell Street, and on for about a mile eventually passing Woodies and a McDonalds. You'll then come to a roundabout (Ashe Road roundabout), go straight through that and the sports field is about 150 metres on the left hand side.
HTH (im not the best with driving directions, someone else might explain it better
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PS. hope you have a great race tomorrow!0 -
The RSC sports centre is on the Cork Road.
When you come into Waterford, go over the bridge in the left hand lane then turn onto the quay. Move into the right hand lane and head on down the quay, passing through traffic lights at the clock tower and another set at the Tower Hotel (still staying in the right lane), go straight ahead down Parnell Street, and on for about a mile eventually passing Woodies and a McDonalds. You'll then come to a roundabout (Ashe Road roundabout), go straight through that and the sports field is about 150 metres on the left hand side.
HTH (im not the best with driving directions, someone else might explain it better)
PS. hope you have a great race tomorrow!
Thanks Ruby, that's great. I'll let you know how good they are tomorrow evening You coming in to watch the race? 0 -
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I didn't have high ambitions for this run yesterday and aim was to finish it in one piece! Getting out of the car to collect the number at the SRC, I thought I've def lost it as the wind almost blew me away.
But got to the start line and off we went (in my borrowed rain jacket - tks DD!!). So strategy was just to treat it as a slow LSR and finish it comfortably. But as we ran out legs were feeling ok so I thought well lets use this as a PMP run and see if I can maintain this for Barca. Still undecided on PMP but it's between 10:00 - 10:18 (4:20 - 4:30 hours). So planned finish time was 2:12 - 2:15.
Then we hit the wind and rain and the fun began. I love running in the rain but that wind was awful in places so I just put head down and got into a rhythm. I ended up sliding in behind 2 runners at about the 5 mile mark who seemed to be running similar pace. So first half we spent running into the wind, rain and uphill including that little fecker of a side road towards the half way point. BTW did anyone notice the ould fella cheering us on with a smithwicks can in hand near the garage 
Got chatting to my unofficial pacers and turns out they were aiming for a sub 2:10 so again my strategy changed and thought yep that sounds good, I'm game. So pretty much spent second half chatting away with them and enjoying the wind at our backs.
I enjoyed this run and it was extremley comfortable except for maybe the last half mile where we picked up the pace even more. So the stats for my second half....(crap) PB was 2:23 in Kildare
Distance: 13.14
Time: 2:07:59 (Chip time - although my garmin is 2:07:50)
Pace: 9:46
Happy with this as its a PB by over 15 mins and tbh I wasn't pushing myself - this was a comfortable run. I def have a sub 2 in me this year.
Down side shin splints back with a vengance but tennis ball and tiger balm will sort that out!!
Missed meeting up with the crew after as I left phone in Dub :rolleyes: but really enjoyed those cookies....yummy! Great race and very well organised; I'll be back next year.0 -
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