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Pushing my boundaries and making my physio rich...
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On holidays, not run yet - tourist stuff and drinking...
Wanted to post note that I'm going to be kicking out my housemate when I get home (whole load of complaints from neibours since I left - series of wild parties).
So anyone want a room in large apartment in town pm me
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tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »On holidays, not run yet - tourist stuff and drinking...
Wanted to post note that I'm going to be kicking out my housemate when I get home (whole load of complaints from neibours since I left - series of wild parties).
So anyone want a room in large apartment in town pm me
Only if we can have big parties.:D
Ring the local Garda and ask them to call round. That might keep him some bit quiet until you get home.
Enjoy the hols Vagga0 -
That's good advice chinquetti - thanks
Did around 5 miles this morning, in 47 odd minutes (did not bring garmin, so rough guesstimate)
Along seafront, featuring all manner of beaches, including a nudist beach and many cool boats in different places - does not get much better for someone with a short attention span like me
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6 miles in just shy of 60 mins (no garmin here - so these numbers are educated guesses!)
Last day in barca - so at beach with whole gang, so did same beach route I did earlier in week.
That makes 15/16 miles for the 8 days of holiday - which is not too bad at all
Midlands half on Monday - being away and not doing much more than eat or drink for week and half is not ideal preperation - but plan to go with 1.45 pacers and try and hang on long as I can 0 -
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tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »Midlands half on Monday - being away and not doing much more than eat or drink for week and half is not ideal preperation - but plan to go with 1.45 pacers and try and hang on long as I can
Best of luck with the HM Vagga - sounds like the ideal taper to me!0 -
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chinguetti wrote: »Vagga, come on tell the truth - twas warm weather training you were doing, not drinking and eating boiled eggs:D
That's rich coming from you isnt it. Your the king of secret training
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Brianderunner wrote: »That's rich coming from you isnt it. Your the king of secret training
I'm getting that on a shirt for my next pacing gig;)0 -
Report for Midlands Half..
I got a freebie entry from Chinquetti, via Meno so I was using this race here to keep me honest and have a go at 1.45, and also to follow pacers for the first time, and use it as a learning experience in that regard.
In advance we were told there was a little hill between 5 and 6 miles and it was basically all downhill or flat from there. So the course did not seem too bad. The sun was belting down for large parts of the course. The field was small enough, less than 200 ran at end of day I would think. Many more would have, if it was on at other time of year I would think.
Went out and stuck with the two lads doing the 1.45 pacing, as per my plan. I was feeling great, so really had to hold back from pushing on here. But I stuck with it. But thank god I did
Around 3 miles we met the first hill, a slow drag upwards, nothing crazy. Then at 5 miles we start the upwards climb of the main hill, it went on for ages. The pacers told us in advance that we would slow down a bit going up there, and make the time up on the second half of the course. We saw a castle on a hill in the distance, seemingly huge elevation off the ground. I said I'm sure we are not going up there, or words to that effect. But we were, it was a hard run up there, steeper and much longer than the Kyber, and when we got to what we thought was the top, there was another really steep few hundred meters to go! :eek:
There followed a really sharp decline, and we resume climbing again! This was the nature of the course, long slow hills, and a sharp descent - so while it all may even up to being flat, it was really quite hard at the end of the day.
I found the second half of the course hard going and the longer we went I was thinking that if I was doing this on my own, or not as part of a group I would have slowed to 8.30/9 min miles for the last few and been happy doing a sub 1.50 but I stuck with it and kept with them.
I was thinking I was going to head off and run to the finish with a couple of miles to go, but I was doing all I could to keep up with them. Having the pacers encouraging us was excellent, the first time I have run in a group like that, so it was great.
In the end I "sprinted" home for the last couple of hundred meters - and was dead on my feet at the end. Crossing the line in a chip time of 1.44.12 - which Im very happy indeed with.
Of course then I went out and had 5 pints on a near empty stomach with Meno and RK, so was utterly hammered and even got chips on way home - counter acting any good which had been done - but no one is perfect :cool:
1 00:07:54 1.00 07:54
2 00:08:09 1.00 08:09
3 00:08:07 1.00 08:07
4 00:08:03 1.00 08:03
5 00:08:23 1.00 08:23
6 00:07:57 1.00 07:57
7 00:07:46 1.00 07:46
8 00:07:48 1.00/ 07:48
9 00:07:39 1.00 07:39
10 00:07:42 1.00 07:42
11 00:07:47 1.00 07:47
12 00:07:58 1.00 07:57
13 00:07:47 1.00 07:47
14 00:01:05 0.16 06:47
Elevation Gain: 363 ft
Elevation Loss: 358 ft
Min Elevation: 289 ft
Max Elevation: 534 ft
/Next race for me is the 10 mile in a couple of weeks, aiming for 77/78 mis0 -
tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »Report for Midlands Half..
I got a freebie entry from Chinquetti, via Meno so I was using this race here to keep me honest and have a go at 1.45, and also to follow pacers for the first time, and use it as a learning experience in that regard.
In advance we were told there was a little hill between 5 and 6 miles and it was basically all downhill or flat from there. So the course did not seem too bad. The sun was belting down for large parts of the course. The field was small enough, less than 200 ran at end of day I would think. Many more would have, if it was on at other time of year I would think.
Went out and stuck with the two lads doing the 1.45 pacing, as per my plan. I was feeling great, so really had to hold back from pushing on here. But I stuck with it. But thank god I did
Around 3 miles we met the first hill, a slow drag upwards, nothing crazy. Then at 5 miles we start the upwards climb of the main hill, it went on for ages. The pacers told us in advance that we would slow down a bit going up there, and make the time up on the second half of the course. We saw a castle on a hill in the distance, seemingly huge elevation off the ground. I said I'm sure we are not going up there, or words to that effect. But we were, it was a hard run up there, steeper and much longer than the Kyber, and when we got to what we thought was the top, there was another really steep few hundred meters to go! :eek:
There followed a really sharp decline, and we resume climbing again! This was the nature of the course, long slow hills, and a sharp descent - so while it all may even up to being flat, it was really quite hard at the end of the day.
I found the second half of the course hard going and the longer we went I was thinking that if I was doing this on my own, or not as part of a group I would have slowed to 8.30/9 min miles for the last few and been happy doing a sub 1.50 but I stuck with it and kept with them.
I was thinking I was going to head off and run to the finish with a couple of miles to go, but I was doing all I could to keep up with them. Having the pacers encouraging us was excellent, the first time I have run in a group like that, so it was great.
In the end I "sprinted" home for the last couple of hundred meters - and was dead on my feet at the end. Crossing the line in a chip time of 1.44.12 - which Im very happy indeed with.
Of course then I went out and had 5 pints on a near empty stomach with Meno and RK, so was utterly hammered and even got chips on way home - counter acting any good which had been done - but no one is perfect :cool:
1 00:07:54 1.00 07:54
2 00:08:09 1.00 08:09
3 00:08:07 1.00 08:07
4 00:08:03 1.00 08:03
5 00:08:23 1.00 08:23
6 00:07:57 1.00 07:57
7 00:07:46 1.00 07:46
8 00:07:48 1.00/ 07:48
9 00:07:39 1.00 07:39
10 00:07:42 1.00 07:42
11 00:07:47 1.00 07:47
12 00:07:58 1.00 07:57
13 00:07:47 1.00 07:47
14 00:01:05 0.16 06:47
Elevation Gain: 363 ft
Elevation Loss: 358 ft
Min Elevation: 289 ft
Max Elevation: 534 ft
/Next race for me is the 10 mile in a couple of weeks, aiming for 77/78 mis
Well done 'Ger'!
I'm glad to hear the pacing helped but you were still the one who had to do the running, so congrats0 -
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lol - notice to quit has actually been served on party boy as it happens - what we do with his room is another question
Busy last night, so did not run.
Did 6.4 miles this morning in 56 minutes, so 8.52 min miles ; middle two miles at planned marathon pace
Still a small bit stiff from Monday, but using the grid and the stick to beat up my legs and its making a difference. Going to Physio later about a small issue, nipping it in bud :cool:0 -
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