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Down in the kingdom again this week which involves more running around football pitches, so I tend to do more speedwork and less mileage.
Lsr today of 18 miles, pace 8.40. Nothing to report really, it was grand. Am not liking these solo Lsr though
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Down in the kingdom again this week which involves more running around football pitches, so I tend to do more speedwork and less mileage.
Lsr today of 18 miles, pace 8.40. Nothing to report really, it was grand. Am not liking these solo Lsr though
Nice pace there boss, sub 3:30 for DCM?
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Down in the kingdom again this week which involves more running around football pitches, so I tend to do more speedwork and less mileage.
Lsr today of 18 miles, pace 8.40. Nothing to report really, it was grand. Am not liking these solo Lsr though
Nice pace there boss, sub 3:30 for DCM?
You know what I wrote on your log about you getting sense.....I take it back!0 -
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Should update this a little bit I guess.
Sunday was my debut pacing gig in Oylegate. Headed down with two of the most enthusiastic runners ever :rolleyes:. After about an hour of yawning in the car, they saw me off at 10am with my little yellow 2hr pacing balloon. I was in good company with Izoard and off we set originally with about 10 people. The field was small so we felt we would be happy if we had even a couple of people at the end. The weather was beautiful as was the scenery. I must say I was really enjoying myself, it's so nice to look around in a race and just take it all in. I was so rigid checking my garmin and my pace band... talk about being a control freak! We had no clue of the route but we knew there was a hill at mile 8. I think that the hill actually started at mile 7 and seemed to continue to mile 8! There were little inclines dotted all along the course, I'm not sure I'd like to race this one
We had heard that the course was 13.2miles so we decided better safe than sorry and to have some time in the bag should we need it. By the end we had 3 people in the group. One of the guys took off in the last quarter of a mile to get a PB. I ran to the finish line with another lady and Iozard had another pacee. I felt so bad for the people we had to leave behind, having been left for dead by pacing balloons a few times myself but was glad that the few people we brought in under the 2hrs were delighted with themselves.
Lovely atmosphere down there, nice grub afterwards. Met up with my co-passengers who were sunbathing by the finish line. They had both run the 10k. A giant 99 at the local gala was well and truly deserved.
Would definitely love to pace again.0 -
Monday
4.5 miles, 7.53 pace
Tuesday
Hill session with the club. Over 6 miles covered. Kept with the second group for this one. This was my first hill session at this location and while it was tough going I felt good afterwards. I managed all the reps and we ran back to the club HQ with a brisk 7.30 mile. I find that I am pushing myself at the club and feeling really positive after each session.
The kids training also started on Tuesday, so I brought along the little man with me. Talk about enthusiatic
Wed
Had a bit of time in the morning, so headed over to Marlay (3 miles), 2 laps there (4 miles) and then 3 home. It was very windy, so this was tough. Thankfully I kept the pace up although I was near a heart attack by the time I got to my front door. 10 miles, pace 8.19
Thursday
Club session again, 7 ish miles covered.
We did the Firhouse 10k race loops. I hate this loop. I fell in beside another lady as we would be of similar pace. We just seemed to be bombing along. I had no garmin so not sure of pace, but it was great. Good session.0 -
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