Misty floyd Training Log

misty floyd

tunguska wrote: »

I was planning on arriving in Clane pretty early and going for an easy run. Why not tag along, we can have a pre-wedding chat.

Cheers but its all go in the morning I wouldn't be able.

misty floyd

Its been a while and its time to get the act together. This was my goal at the start of this log in november:

misty floyd wrote: »

Hello Comrades.
With DCM complete and a wedding this Feb, I need to keep a log to help maintain (and improve) fitness, get over an injury (nerve tension in right hamstring) and have a stab at a shorter race in January.

I'm also doing the marathontalk push up challenge. Goal is to get to 3x100 :eek:

How have I done: Nov - February:
- Got over injury
- 36:55 10km in Ballycarney
- Got up to 3x40 pushups

12th Feb - Now (not in order of acheivements)
- Handfull of runs (about 10 easy runs)
- A surprising 30.35 for a 5m race on Paddy's day.
- Chest infection
- Married
- 3 week Honeymoon (heres one of 3 runs)
- Added about 10lbs in weight
- Struggled to do 3x5 pushups last night

Goal- Long term is DCM. 2:55 is the goal for now. I've a lot to do to get back to where I was but shouldn't take that long hopefully. I'm going to be patient this time.
- I'd like to get a couple short (5m/10km) races in from now until around July.
- I'd love one or two mountain races just to feel some pain see what its like.

Wed 31st March
2.8m slow.
This was the first run since chest infection. Still clearing out the chest but delighted to get that done. Really nice day to get back into things.

Short term goal is the sportsworld 5m on the 15th May.

Speedy44

good to have you back Misty, a different man I'm sure now that your honest!

I tried to sign up for the Galway 5K series in May but couldn't get in, so may target the Sportsworld 5ml as my first race back after the marathon, so maybe I'll see you there.

misty floyd

Speedy44 wrote: »

good to have you back Misty, a different man I'm sure now that your honest!

I tried to sign up for the Galway 5K series in May but couldn't get in, so may target the Sportsworld 5ml as my first race back after the marathon, so maybe I'll see you there.

Ha ha yeah nothing has changed Speedy. Just more determined to get running again.......everyone is running from something. Hope she doesn't read that, just a joke.

Thats a pity about the 5k series I believe its great. Exciting times coming up Speedy, good luck with the taper.

Krusty_Clown

Congratulations Misty! Love that Garmin tracklog! Those hills will pale in insignificance once you hit the IMRA hills, but you won't have to worry too much about the heat. The IMRA Plod run in July is a super hill run, and the terrain is not too taxing, so a great one for those chasing marathons later in the year.

theboyblunder

welcome back misty - we might have similar targets in the autumn. You wont be settling on 2:55 for long

will be following the log

osnola ibax

Welcome back fella, congrats on the wedding

liamo123

As above...welcome back Misty...Now that uve got the small matter of getting married out of the way its time 2 get down to serious training before the little whipper snappers arrive:eek:... Best of luck

Woddle

Congrats on getting married and welcome back.

misty floyd

Jasus, thanks lads.

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Congratulations Misty! Love that Garmin tracklog! Those hills will pale in insignificance once you hit the IMRA hills, but you won't have to worry too much about the heat. The IMRA Plod run in July is a super hill run, and the terrain is not too taxing, so a great one for those chasing marathons later in the year.

Thanks Krusty that sounds great, I must check how that fits in with things but I might give it a go.

theboyblunder wrote: »

welcome back misty - we might have similar targets in the autumn. You wont be settling on 2:55 for long

Thanks tbb. Well done on Barca, I enjoyed the report.

osnola ivax wrote: »

Welcome back fella, congrats on the wedding

Cheers OI. Here, how do you like radioheads new album? I'm enjoying it anyway, I think its great.

liamo123 wrote: »

As above...welcome back Misty...Now that uve got the small matter of getting married out of the way its time 2 get down to serious training before the little whipper snappers arrive:eek:... Best of luck

Thanks Liamo If that ever happens that'll be the end of my running. All I need is an excuse. Well done in Barca Liam!

Woddle wrote: »

Congrats on getting married and welcome back.

Cheers Woddle. Hey is it you that mans the boards facebook page? naughty naughty. I clicked it too

Woddle

misty floyd wrote: »

Cheers Woddle. Hey is it you that mans the boards facebook page? naughty naughty. I clicked it too

Yeah its very annoying, fooled me too. I put up a message trying to warn people, not sure if its sorted yet.

seanynova

good stuff misty, good to be back id say....plenty time to get things going for DCM, will be nice training for it again this summer knowing you will achieve your goal.

take it handy and good luck with the running

osnola ibax

Loving the new Radiohead album, been listening to it non stop really. Morning Mr. Magpie is my current favourite and it was my least favourite when I first listened to the album. That's Radiohead for ya. Some of the ballads are awesome on it aswell - codex etc. Anyway I'm a self confessed fanatic so fairly biased.

Delighted for you on the ol' wedding front, might see a few mini floyds running around soon

misty floyd

seanynova wrote: »

good stuff misty, good to be back id say....plenty time to get things going for DCM, will be nice training for it again this summer knowing you will achieve your goal.

take it handy and good luck with the running

Hey Sean cheers. How are you getting on, how is the injury?

osnola ivax wrote: »

Delighted for you on the ol' wedding front, might see a few mini floyds running around soon

someone to carry the gels and water, never thought of that. I must check up your log see how your running is going. Hope you are getting into it again.

misty floyd

Thurs 31st March
I wasn't feeling the best. Didn't run, still coughing up crap but getting there.

Fri 1st April
5m @ 7.24m/mStarted with an 8.04m/m and picked it up a bit. Felt way harder than it should have but why would it feel easy at this stage.

Sat 2nd April
10m easy.
Lack of energy or something. Not into it but a great day for it. 5m in and I was going up a bit of a hill. No, turned around. Glad to get 10 in.

Sun 3rd April
The wee hills I avoided yesterday, I did today. 7m Total. Parked the car in Newcastle (near Celbridge) and jogged up the hills near there. It was ok but I had to stop a good few times to belch. Dinner. Forgot to stop the watch but average pace was prob 7.45m/m Link

Feel like a day off running tomorrow would be better than doing a few miles. Can't wait to get stuck in properly in a couple of weeks.

seanynova

misty floyd wrote: »

Hey Sean cheers. How are you getting on, how is the injury?

i could write a book on it at this stage....3months now!

GP - all clear
2x physio - all clear (no avulsion or obvious damage)
hip specialist - all clear(pelvis etc is aligned)
MRI - all clear

doing a bit of aqua running without any side effects last few weeks, but cant run/cycle or pain and tightness comes back

drop of holy water next id say!

not too worried anymore about it, kind of accepted it but its a pity as i prob wont do DCM this year

misty floyd

Thats a bummer Sean. Can you run at all on it?
Plenty of marathons to pick from next year and its a busy year for you anyway.

Mon 4th Apr
Rest day

Tues 5th Apr
2m warm up
8 x 400m with 100 jog recovery. 78/86/86/86/86/86/82/84 (I think).
2m cool down
Feck all reps and slow but that will improve. Just wanted to take it handy and not over do it first session back. No fear of that.

Brianderunner

Hey Misty, d'you plan on doing the Donore 5k in late May? I'm gonna give sub 18 a lash, probably be upsides you till the hill near the end.

misty floyd

Brianderunner wrote: »

Hey Misty, d'you plan on doing the Donore 5k in late May? I'm gonna give sub 18 a lash, probably be upsides you till the hill near the end.

Howdy, ah I'll be just back from the states that day. Great idea to work with someone for a short one like that. Pity. Good luck with it anyway.

misty floyd

Wed 6th Apr
4.5m easy on grass. 8m/m
Horrible run, feeling heavy.

Thurs 7th Apr
Lunch time run. 5m @ 6.50m/m
Had to work for this but I feel better than last week.
0.5m cool down.

weight weight weight!! thats what I need to sort out. Have to pay more attention to eating smaller meals more regularly and cutting out the crap.

misty floyd

Fri 8th Apr
6.2m @ 7.08m/m
Couple of 6.50miles.

Sat 9th Apr
Rest day although most of the day was spent on my feet.

Sun 10th Apr
12m LSR @ 8.05m/m
What a day for a run. Note to self: Don't eat scrambled eggs before these runs.

34.2miles for the week.

misty floyd

Mon 11th Apr
4m easy. zzzzzzzzzz

Tues 12th Apr
Skiping club session tonight so I could get to see the Utd/Chelsea match so I decided to do a 6x1m interval session on 'the triangle' as I call it.....a handy loop just around the corner from my house. Its a pity you can't see what the current interval pace is when using the interval function but I would run this at what I thought 10km effort would be like. Link.

Intervals with 3.30 mins slow jog:
6.01 ok, a few glances at the watch to see how long was left
5.55 meh, thoughts of doing 3 intervals enter the head
6.06 can't wait to finish these, I'm not enjoying it, I'll do one more
6.16 about 20 glances at the watch. C'mon!!

I reckoned 2 more efforts no matter what the pace would be better than calling it a day.
6.25 & 6.15 I eyeballed the last two a bit. Happy to be done, 3.30 is a bit long for recovery but thats taken from Greg mcmillans 10km workouts that shels posted.
1m warm up/cool down. 10.26m total. I'll do this session again in a few weeks to check progress.

misty floyd

Wed 13th Apr
5m @ 7.25m/m

Thurs 14th Apr
Day off.

Fri 15th Apr
5.5m ~ 7.35m/m

Sat 16th Apr
I've cut some calories trying to loose weight impatiently. Last couple of runs were on empty. Feeling a bit run down and sh!t. Because of that and because I wasn't arsed, I took today off.

Sun 17th Apr
First ever mountain run plod today. Went with a clubmate to powerscourt and I've no idea of the names of the areas we went. I knew it would be tough but not that hard and major respect to anyone that runs on mountains. I had to walk a couple of times, hands on knees, I thought my heart was going to burst. Really enjoyed the downhills, it was a great buzz. Link. First time wearing the Inovate Mudroc, I thought they were great.

32.2 miles for the week. Thats a bit crap but I got 2 hard sessions in and I suppose today while not long was time on the feet 83minutes.

misty floyd

Mon 18th Apr
4.5m recovery. Legs sore from Sundays mountain plod

Tues 19th Apr
Forced recovery. DOMS. Walking like I did a marathon, very sore.

Wed 20th Apr
5m easy

Thurs 21st Apr
4 x 1m with 3.30min recovery. 6.5m total.
5.50/5.42/5.54/5.48
Did this with a mate. He bailed after 3 and we organised a long run on Sat so with that and a mountain run on Sunday I thought it best to be somewhat fresh for the weekend so dropped the last 2 reps. This was hard work all the same.
I'm actually really happy with that as I couldn't have done that last week. Cut short but feel some progress.

misty floyd

Fri 22nd Apr
4m recovery after a hard day of work.

Sat 23rd Apr
12.6m @ 7.29m/m. Enjoyed that.

Sun 24th Apr
More hills but easier this time. Met some friends from the club and went to Glendalough / turlough hill / Kevins? walk (I think). Link.
12m total ~ 2000 feet. Bonked for last 2 miles, even though it was down hill, I was pretty empty. This was a lot more enjoyable than last weeks climbing, I really enjoyed it and good craic too.

45.6m for the week.

seanynova

good stuff misty, get the hills in now, plenty of leg strength from them!

misty floyd

seanynova wrote: »

good stuff misty, get the hills in now, plenty of leg strength from them!

Yeah it was mad slow but all good.

How are you getting on with the injury Sean?

RacoonQueen

That's been a closely guarded secret for 3 months now by the way, so shhhhhh.... :pac:

misty floyd

Mon 25th Apr
Rest day.

Tues 26th Apr
10x400's on grass with 70s recovery.
These were around 76 - 78. A session to forget, felt sh1t, heavy legs, no speed in me at all and struggled. To top it off I had onions repeat on me the whole way through, even now, poxy things.
Might get back on the horse and do these again on Saturday. Only way to get good at something is to keep doing them I suppose.
~5m total

RacoonQueen wrote: »

That's been a closely guarded secret for 3 months now by the way, so shhhhhh.... :pac:

Can't believe you're a fan of Glee :pac:

misty floyd

Wed 27th Apr
8.3m easy (7.50m/m).
Lords lane/Ardclough/canal/Lords lane
Great day for it. Listened to a disappointing Marathon talk episode, still made the time go by quickly.