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Micilín's Mucky Miles
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The view northwards from Benbaun towards Belcarra-land was the best of the day. From right to left: Mweelrea (highest point in Connaught), Corraun Peninsula (leading to Achill) in the far distance, Slievemore and Minaun (Achill) in the far distance, Clare Island to the left in front, Croaghan to the left again (Achill), trig pillar/cairn, Inishturk, Benbrack.
And finally a view of most of my route, taken from Diamond hill. From left to right: Maolán, ridge leading up to Benbrack, Knockbrack in the foreground, Benfree and Benbaun to the right behind Benbrack, Muiceanacht to the right of that. An Gleann Mór is the big bog in the foreground.
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Saturday
Running: Brandon Mountain Half Marathon
The soreness from Thursday's adventure was worse on Saturday morning. I started the race at the back of the pack as I was feeling very sluggish, some of it from the extra kit in my backpack (3.5kg or so). I also had a very dodgy stomach which kept me up since 5am :mad:. Nevertheless I started to loosen up and by 5km in on flattish road I was nicely warmed up and had passed most of the field.
By the start of the trail up Mount Brandon (The Pilgrim's Path via the Stations of the Cross), I started passing more people out. Most of them were participants of the full marathon so I reckon they were just keeping something in reserve. I maintained a decent cadence on the steepest sections with bursts of running on less steep sections. Not one person passed me all the way up to the summit (at 952 metres it's the highest peak in Ireland outside of the Magillycuddy Reeks
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The descent down the steeper side of Mount Brandon was mental. 6-foot drops down from boulders on to other boulders :eek:! I got passed by about 5 people here as obviously these other people had a death wish. I got lost with a few other runners at one point and lost about 5 minutes looking for the trail. The trail levelled off a bit and I got into a good rhythm.
Reaching the finish line in Cloghane I was feeling better than I was when I started the race :cool:. If I had some road shoes left at the finish line to change into, I was very likely to have gone on to finish the marathon!
Final position: 7th:D (out of 17 or so half-marathon participants 
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Time: 3:01:05.
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It was a strange race as it was mostly locals and ultra runners who were probably just out for their weekly marathon. I would do it again, but the 9-hour return to Dublin by public transport was not something I want to do ever again.0 -
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Taper week
Monday
Running: Rest
Cycling: 24km commuting
Tuesday
Cycling: 12km
Running: 11km General Aerobic
Wednesday
Running: 11.6km General Aerobic
Cycling: 12km
Thursday
Cycling: 12km
Running: 8km recovery, with 2km walk warm-up and cool-down either end.
Friday
Running: same as Thursday. Still quicker than the bus!
Some hydration in the evening
Saturday
Hydration
Sunday
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Breakfast: Half a bowl of porridge and blueberries. Felt nauseous, not from nerves though.
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Ran with Belcarra from the start. The pace felt easy enough. I noticed quite early on that my HR was high. I put it down to my super-duper running top which I picked up the previous day. It heats up when wet, which sounded great when I was buying it and thinking of my mountain runs, but not so good for today's weather. I used the time to plan a run with Belcarra for next Saturday.
10-21km
Still quite easy, apart from my neck getting sore from looking back to see if Belcarra was going to hurry up This was just after I mentioned to him my plan to do the race Tour de France-style with a King of the Hills section and a Sprint section.
21-32km
I pushed on a bit as I was feeling quite good now with the 22km warm-up Met some family members along this section. Fantastic support from the crowds in Terenure and Rathgar. Just after Rathgar I had nearly caught up with the 3:50 pacers as they were only about 20m ahead of me. I decided not to pass them and to be a bit conservative.
33km-finish
My pace slowed a bit on the road towards Clonskeagh despite feeling very strong. Just at the bottom of Heartbreak Hill I twisted my ankle on a water bottle :mad: I limped up my favourite part of the course and down the other side for a minute or two
By the bottom of Nutley Lane my calf seized up, probably because of the limping a few minutes beforehand. I stopped and stretched it with calf-raises on the kerb. A physio spectator came over and stretched it for me before I jogged on a little bit before resigning to a walk. Another few minutes later I jogged and felt it seize up again. This time an acupuncturist from Raheny Shamrocks came over and gave my calf and foot a massage. From here on I just did a run/walk strategy the rest of the way for damage limitation purposes, crossing the line in 4:04, still running
. A good result for a marathon I wasn't even targeting
Not too sure what I'm going to do next. My calf is still sore and tight and I don't fancy having even a week off running. Obviously my priority is to get that sorted, but will I bother with Art O'Neill? After January I won't have a chance to train properly for anything until next autumn so I've got a decision to make.
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Monday
Cycling: 12km
Tuesday
Cycling: 24km
Wednesday
Cycling: 12km
Running: 9.73km. Supposed to be a recovery run, but I was late for my yoga class.
Yoga: 90-minute class.
Thursday
Running: 11.6km Recovery pace. No issues again
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A mental 7 days for me, hardly any running or any other exercise. Unexpectantly lost my job in Dublin last Friday, moved to Galway on Wednesday, did a few interviews, got a new job there yesterday starting this Monday :eek:
I ran 19km up to Fairy Castle last Saturday morning, my head reeling from the bad news the previous day. My heart rate was sky high so I took it relatively handy, walking the steeper sections. Perfect antidote to stress :pac:
Back in Dublin on Tuesday, did a 13km-run by headtorch with Belcarra on open mountain, trails and an army firing range, taking in Seefin, Seefingan, Corrig and Seehan. I tried out a pair of trail shoes I have hardly worn - I was very impressed with them. (Inov-8 Roclite 285) Not one ankle twist, except when we were safely back at the car
Will try and get a few runs in over the next few days. Unfortunately my new office is 25km away from home, and has no showering facilities. I'll have to work something out but it'll be messy.
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Micilin Muc wrote: »Back in Dublin on Tuesday, did a 13km-run by headtorch with Belcarra on open mountain, trails and an army firing range, taking in Seefin, Seefingan, Corrig and Seehan. I tried out a pair of trail shoes I have hardly worn - I was very impressed with them. (Inov-8 Roclite 285) Not one ankle twist, except when we were safely back at the car Still laughing at that!! 0
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Got registered for the Art O'Neill!
Monday
Running: 25km home from first day at work.
Tuesday
Cycling: 50km commuting
Wednesday
Cycling: 50km commuting
Running: 9.26km hill run by headtorch in Derroura Woods.
Thursday
Cycling: 50km commuting
Friday
Rest
Saturday
Running: 25.2km - Run the Line race. No race report, too far in the past. Suffice to say it was one hell of a race. Took days to recover!
Sunday
Rest
Monday
Cycling: 44km commuting
Tuesday
Cycling: 40km commuting
Running: 5.32km :eek: recovery
Wednesday
Cycling: 50km commuting
Running: 10.5km hill run by headtorch in New Village. Tough!
Thursday
Cycling: 50km commuting
Friday
Running: 15.47km exploring the area around my office.
Saturday
I moved the bulk of my stuff from Dublin to Galway. I walked and ran 30ft of stairs at least 20 times on Friday and Saturday and 40ft stairs around 15 times on Saturday. Works out at around 1200ft of climbing. It definitely counts!
Sunday
Rest
Monday
Cycling: 12.78km commuting
Running: 25km home from work. Felt awful.
Tuesday
Running: 10km recovery to work. Was the slowest run in years, no exaggeration.
Cycling: 8.37km commuting
Wednesday
Rest & Christmas party
Thursday
Cycling: 25km commutingRunning: 19km home from work. Felt great!!
Friday
Cycling: 30km home from work via hills.
Things are going well. Doing lots of cycling, but not much running until this week. Doing yoga every morning. Stress at work is very low
Routes for running aren't great. There's a footpath all the way out to my village, but no streetlights for the last 11km or so. The same road is nearly too busy and narrow for the bike, but I do it anyway. I found some backroads this evening which are so much quieter, hillier, better surface and more enjoyable, although it adds 20 minutes to the commute!
Preparation for Art O'Neill hasn't been the best, but another 2.5 weeks of training and I'll be right - I hope!0 -
Saturday
Chickened out of a long run due to the horrendous weather
Sunday
Running: 26.6km long run. Meant to do 32km, but got talked into going home for some food. Felt very tired and sore in the shoulders towards the end. I'm going to blame it on my crap diet the past two days.
A good week's training:
Cycling: 76km
Running: 80km over just four runs.
Next week's goal is 100km+ including two 25kms back-to-back, and a minimum 34km run next weekend.0 -
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Will 'explain myself' another day, just a log update for now.
Monday
Cycling: 25km to work
Running: 25km home from work
Tuesday
Cycling: 8km home from work
Wednesday
Rest
Thursday
Running: 18.8km to Galway city in the snow and howling winds, took a bus to work from the city and jumped off a mile from the office because of bad traffic. Caught up with the earlier bus :cool:
Cycling: 25km home from work. Found a fixed a puncture just before I left :mad: Only took me 20 minutes to fit a new tube etc.
Friday
Running: 14km to work. Had planned to run only as far as Knocknacarra and take a city bus service the rest of the way. Just missed the bus and chased it for another 2km before it sped away.
Bus stops are further apart in Galway
Also, interesting to see Bus Éireann wishing their customers "Merry Christmas your sh1t" in Irish on the real-time displays.
Saturday to Tuesday: rest
St. Stephen's Day:
Running: 19km up to Fairy Castle and back. Trails were busy! A good bit of ice up there.
Just ran a Garmin Connect report on my running mileage for the year. 1,548km as of today. Needless to say, I have a new challenge for the rest of the year!0 -
Friday
Stiff from yesterday's jaunt up to Fairy Castle, I opted to spend the day resting and eating. Logged into My Fitness Pal for the first time in a while - was disgusted by the ridiculuous number of calories consumed having had two pints of Bulmers and half a tub of Pringles. That was a good kick up the ass!
Running:13.9km slow run.
Ran into (Dublin) city centre and back. I kept the pace at the slower end of the heart rate scale for recovery runs (P&D). I am way too slow these days. Just below 10 minutes/mile.
One idea for next year - focus on consistency and routine. This year has been a real hotch potch of training, too many peaks and troughs. I'll probably focus on my half marathon time until April, take a month off around my honeymoon, and then start doing something else again. Just a few thoughts for my next manifesto 0 -
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Back home now in Galway for the next few weeks.
Sunday
Mountain Biking: 1.5 hours and 17km around Derroura, nice and easy.
Monday
Running: 10km up the local bog road and back. A bit faster than the past few runs. Ran too soon after eating though, got three debilitating cramps in my stomach, couldn't even walk until they passed.
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Tuesday
Running: 25.1km home from work, bringing my yearly mileage to 1000.70 miles, 4.5 hours before the deadline :cool:
A different (better) headtorch and a pair of earphones made a big difference to the run, was in great form. A rest from running tomorrow, maybe a spin on the road bike would be good, but weather isn't looking promising.
Not my best year's running, but a few surprises nonetheless - a fast-ish 8km back in April, a nice day out on the Wicklow Way with the boards crew in July, another great day out on my own in the Twelve Pins in October, a decent (by my standards) marathon in Dublin without the best preparation, and an extremely enjoyable Run the Line being the highlights. I'm not in too bad shape either. Good times 0 -
Wednesday
Rest
Thursday
Cycling: 21km to work. Was doing record time until I got a puncture. Luckily I was in the city and only 4km from work.
Friday
No cycling. Lots of storm damage caused to the road out of my village, so the only way by car to the city was by a long detour on back roads, guided by my knowledge from long runs in the area Who says running is a waste of time?!
8.30am
8.30pm
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Sunday
Running: 10km up the bog road in the rain. Nice and easy, felt good.
Monday - Friday
Cycling: 250km commuting. Getting faster and fitter.
Saturday
Cycling: 80km back to Ros a' Mhíl and up through Seanadh Phéistín to Oughterard, Moycullen and Spiddal. Have been wanting to go up that road through Seanadh Phéistín for a while now. It's a very remote area, any hermit worth his salt would want to spend some time there!
Strava Link
Cardiovascular Test
I was offered a Cardio test during the week - simply wearing a heart-rate monitor for 24 hours. The long and short is that I have a "cardiovascular age" of 22. I have problems with my sleep though, I quite possibly have sleep apnoea which is affecting my energy levels.
Change in training
I've lost a good bit of weight in the past week with all this cycling. My resting heart rate was down to 46bpm this morning, the lowest I've ever seen it. I reckon I'll continue with bike commuting twice a day for the next while, with a few 10km runs during the week. This should keep me going until the summer when I'll start doing running-specific training.
I've been reading The Cyclist's Training Bible too - one thing I'll implement in my log from now on is a measurement of each activity - running and cycling - with a Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale with the aim of becoming more in tune with my fitness. I'll also log my weekly, monthly and yearly total distances 0 -
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »I dont do any trail running at all, I'm a road hog.
I've run the whole route into Oughterard a couple of times but never in the dark.
The furthest I've run with a head torch is 20 miles an out and back 10 miler.
I do a lot of shorter runs in the dark up there.
Are you mainly a trail guy?
TbL
Definitely a trail guy, but road running is a neccessary evil at times I would probably do more training at the moment, but my excuse of no street lights is pathetic considering your 20 miler by headtorch!
If you're interested in trail running in the evenings there is an email thread I can add you to. We run mostly in the Oughterard area - Doon, New Village and Derroura.0 -
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Thanks I'd be interested in doing some trail especially if the surface isn't too uneven.
A good head torch and spare batteries and you're good to go.
I'm up around that road most evenings, sure it almost a trail run
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