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Ah there you are. Did you think it was safe to re-appear once Sam was decided?
Ah, this is what I miss about Boards :rolleyes:RacoonQueen wrote: »Had literally just been thinking about mailing you and Shaz over the last few days and then the two of you pop up out of nowhere today.
Good to see you're still ticking away. Will you be doing XC?RacoonQueen wrote: »Woah...let's not go mad now! :P
Nothing has changed with you missus, compliments and insults all rolled into one! :rolleyes::D
And to answer your question, yes I plan on doing some xc. Apparently last year didn't didn't scar me enough!
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Monday Oct 7th
Met up with my Monday running buddy and off we set on a tour of Knocklyon and Templeogue. The miles just fly by in company and the pace was pretty steady throughout. We were facing a strong wind on the last mile, mile and a half and I'm always telling myself that it will stand to me in training and in races. Definitely earned my cuppa/biscuits when I got home
6.3 miles 8:28 pace
Tuesday Oct 8th
2 mile warm up over to Stocking lane. Coach keeps coming up with various hill training sessions for here, like any of them could dull the pain! :rolleyes:
It was an up, down, turnaround, up, down route from roundabout to roundabout, with 200m recoveries. The key for this one is all about pacing it right as the last hill is a hiller. Ending up running with 2 others and I have to say I found it all pretty okay, even managed the last hill without falling into the ditch.
Now that I have the splits on the garmin, it will be interesting to see if I can knock any time how much time I will knock off these throughout the Winter (positive thinking
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Over 7 miles covered for the evening.
Thursday Oct 10th
Club training session. 400s x12
Was really looking forward to these, I'm not a fan of running on grass which we have been doing all Summer & feel I'm that bit better doing these reps on paths. Ran them all with one of the faster club guys (he was running slower than he could but it was nice to think that I was keeping pace with him).
The splits averaged 1:36 going one way and 1:39 the opposite way. Felt really good, did tire on the last two but held it together and kept the pace going.0 -
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theboyblunder wrote: »gave you a beep on sat morning along Taylors lane, you were moving too well to notice.
I heard something alright, but unless you do the PV wave/beep/roar while hanging your head out of the car window, then it's just not up to standard!
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Tuesday Oct 15th
Wednesday Oct 16th
I know this should have been a recovery run, but with Thursday's club session cancelled due to our mega fundraising quiz I decided to go a bit crazy and do a semi tempo run. The splits are estimates, can only remember them from checking the watch after each mile but it was something like 8:30, 7:15, 7:15, 8 and 8.
On my 2 fast miles I did have the wind behind me which was nice, but this felt really good.
Think you should have gone for a run instead of the quiz...seriously let down by your shabby team who didn't appear to have any lights on 0 -
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banner_phoenix wrote: »Think you should have gone for a run instead of the quiz...seriously let down by your shabby team who didn't appear to have any lights on
Well that's the last time you get invited to the south side :rolleyes:.0 -
Saturday October 19
The club are organising an internal weekend run from Knocklyon up to the masts at the Three Rock next month, so when a trial 'run' of some of the route was suggested for Saturday, I was super enthusiastic (bear in mind I had never run this route before!). Coach, WBY (aka my sidekick) and I started at the back car park of Marlay and headed up to Kilmashogue. This included about 1k of a steep climb and I'm thinking to myself 'what have I let myself in for, what if I can't keep up or even keep going?' Nearly made it all the way to the car park at Kilmashogue but not quite, had to catch my breath before I came to the top.
The next part was fine, a semi flat trail maybe a mile long. Then the fun started, tough climb #2. I had to stop, start, shuffle my way up, WBY ran most of the way while coach ran all the way while probably singing :rolleyes:. Thing is, even though I walked the most, I wasn't that far behind time wise - it goes to show to steep it actually is when running isn't that much faster than walking!
On to another nice trail which brought us on to the main road just below the masts, a nice tough-ish climb up to the masts and a half a mile beyond where we turned back for the gorgeous downhill.
8.5miles in 1:17. Loved it!
Sunday Oct 20
Joined WBY for a LSR on Sunday morning - both of us a bit creaky from the mountain run, also him after a late night of partying and me after a nice meal out, complete with giant chocolate fudge brownie dessert. After a few miles, I was pretty comfortable and started trying to map out some sort of 12 mile route for myself. Headed past Marlay, down to Dundrum, up to Churchtown, over to Terenure and on to home.
12 miles in the bag, pace 8:14. Not too shabby in spite of the giant brownie.
Monday Oct 21
Had resigned myself to the fact that I wouldn't get running yesterday due to a ladies M&T meeting over at Donore, but the meeting was wrapped up pretty sharpish so rushed home, changed and was out the door just after 9pm. This run was going to be recovery and as the heavens opened half way around I found myself enjoying it more and more. There is just something about running through puddles.......:D
5 miles at 8:30 pace0 -
Well that's the last time you get invited to the south side :rolleyes:.
Oh that's just lovely that is, here am I bravely admitting to being a dumbass on Thur night and letting your team down and all I get is a ban from the Southside. No sympathy, no nothing except a ban
...nice :pac:
Does that mean the ban starts on Monday and I get a lie in rather than southside marshalling duties:D
Nice going on the trail run btw, IMRA watch out!0 -
Tuesday October 22
Off on our weekly torture session to Stocking lane. On tonight's menu we were doing half hill reps, supposed to be 250m long, but somebody's measuring skills were below par so they were actually 240m :rolleyes: (maybe that's just as well!)
I thought these would be easier than a set of long hill reps. How wrong was I. I have never felt so bad, in other words 'good' after a session. Managed 9 and kept even pace throughout (about a minute each one). 9 minutes of absolute torture.
Wednesday Oct 23
Took a night off from coaching duties at Little Athletics so as the little lady was at 'training', JC and I decided to go for a run/cycle. I picked a 2+mile loop near the house, one with few roads to cross for my little cyclist. I really enjoyed this, I kept telling him what a great cyclist he was and turns out I'm a 'great runner'. We did 2 and a half loops, so 5 miles total (and yes I had to tell him every few hundred meters how far we'd gone!) Pace was 8:23
Thursday Oct 24
Ray must have been 'stalking' me as the club had a few training options and the one that suited me was.....the very same loop I had done with JC
1 mile w/u and we were to do 3 miles at whatever pace you wanted.
The group was low in numbers due to our tapering marathoners, but we have a new boardsie member (welcome Ger!) and we were joined by our Indoor 400 national champion Shauna Cannon! :cool:
2.91m in 20:59, pace 7:12. With w/u & c/d 5 miles covered0 -
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Saturday Oct 26
Mountain run take 2 - a slightly different take on the run this week, Knocklyon to Ticknock and home. Thought I would be better this week, but it was not to be, or at least that's the way it felt. Looking at the garmin splits, it wasn't too bad, but I still want to run more and walk less. Practice will make perfect I guess! My two co-runners ran it all, so I am in good company for getting better. A really enjoyable run. 13miles, average pace 8:59
Sunday Oct 27
An evening solo run locally was the order of the day. It was dark and windy and I was feeling so bad for all those signed up for DCM having to run the following day. Luckily I was doing recovery pace and it was something of a challenge. It wasn't a challenge for TBB as he bounded towards me in a hurry! Really enjoyed this one again.
8 miles @ 8:52 pace.
Monday Oct 28
Was marshalling on Nassau Street for DCM. What an amazing experience, it was so emotional at times, especially seeing all my club mates heading for the finish line. My feet were itching to run. So many amazing performances from club people, friends and boardsies! I've never been shot so many dagger looks though. I was only trying to be encouraging:) Then again I know what it's like in the last mile or so of a marathon and having to focus really hard on putting one foot in front of the other - I won't take it personally!
Tuesday Oct 29
Stocking lane club session - the roundabout session. Set off in a group of about 7 or 8. The key again for this one is to pace it properly so that you don't collapse on the last big hill. We sprint from roundabout to roundabout (uphills and downhills), varying distances from 300-500 meters with a 100 meter recovery. Probably 30 minutes total. Despite a decent performance, I felt I was a bit 'absent' during the session, didn't feel I was as engaged as I should/could have been. With w/u and c/d 7 miles covered.
Wednesday Oct 30
Met up with my running bud for this one. I had two miles done by the time I met him and we headed over towards Marlay turning around after the church in Ballinteer. At this stage I had 5.5 miles down and I was feeling tired. Luckily it was mostly downhill to home and despite the wind in our faces, I kept the pace going. A few times I felt like asking him to slow the pace down a bit, but pride is a terrible thing! :rolleyes: Happy I didn't because I really didn't need to. My last mile, solo one home was my fastest!
9 miles 8:27 pace.0 -
I've never been shot so many dagger looks though. I was only trying to be encouraging:) Then again I know what it's like in the last mile or so of a marathon and having to focus really hard on putting one foot in front of the other - I won't take it personally!
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At least you got a high 5 from The Officer.... That should have made your day!:D 0 -
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