Mr Slow: The Return

Mr Slow

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Can't lose what you never had...

You comin to Cork or wha?

Mr Slow

Contrary to very good advice I wanted to see if my legs could still run :rolleyes:

4.77 miles in 39:09, faster than PMP, but for my confidence a good run, I could have easily run 13 of these tonight, I wouldn't have said that this day last week, feeling much less crazy now and excitement is finally starting to creep in.

menoscemo

mrslow wrote: »

Contrary to very good advice I wanted to see if my legs could still run :rolleyes:

4.77 miles in 39:09, faster than PMP, but for my confidence a good run, I could have easily run 13 of these tonight, I wouldn't have said that this day last week, feeling much less crazy now and excitement is finally starting to creep in.

I told you to trust in P&D. Now you just have to avoid getting sick

chinguetti

menoscemo wrote: »

I told you to trust in P&D. Now you just have to avoid getting sick

The lad is on the edge, are you trying to put him over it?

tHE vAGGABOND

The lad is on the edge, are you trying to put him over it?

Meno - dont answer that until the pub on Monday afternoon :pac:

Mr Slow

There's a conspiracy afoot methinks, well ye can all go and sh1te :P

shazkea

mrslow wrote: »

There's a conspiracy afoot methinks, well ye can all go and sh1te :P

That's just charming that is and everybody on here just concerned about your well being.

BTW meant to ask have you planned your running apparel for Dunshaughlin - just reminding you coz pink socks don't go with everything and we wouldn't want to ruin the pictures

menoscemo

mrslow wrote: »

There's a conspiracy afoot methinks, well ye can all go and sh1te :P

Mr Slow just texted me to ask what is planned for him, seems he has got a bit paranoid. I have never seen taper madness reach these kind of levels before. I bet when he is driving from work he is sweating and thinking that helicopters are following him

Mr Slow

shazkea wrote: »

That's just charming that is and everybody on here just concerned about your well being.

BTW meant to ask have you planned your running apparel for Dunshaughlin - just reminding you coz pink socks don't go with everything and we wouldn't want to ruin the pictures

Aren't you funny?:P

menoscemo wrote: »

Mr Slow just texted me to ask what is planned for him, seems he has got a bit paranoid. I have never seen taper madness reach these kind of levels before. I bet when he is driving from work he is sweating and thinking that helicopters are following him

Inaccurate, I asked what the bet was, given you'd stake a week's wages on two flies in a window.

jcsmum

Don't mind all the slaggers! We're all rooting for you. Not that I want to see Digger in pink socks mind.

Nice run yesteday by the way.

Mr Slow

chinguetti wrote: »

The lad is on the edge, are you trying to put him over it?

jcsmum wrote: »

Don't mind all the slaggers! We're all rooting for you.

You two are good people!

I'm watching the rest of you though!!!:cool:

Perkina3

You know I am kinda half tempted to put an extra incentive here to both of them in that if one of them gets the marathon within a couple mins of 3.30 I will also wear Knee high pink socks for dunshaughlin...... HAHAHA

*Inserts legal loophole to get out of it just in case*

Mr Slow

Perkina3 wrote: »

You know I am kinda half tempted to put an extra incentive here to both of them in that if one of them gets the marathon within a couple mins of 3.30 I will also wear Knee high pink socks for dunshaughlin...... HAHAHA

*Inserts legal loophole to get out of it just in case*

What about if one of us gets 3:3x?

Perkina3

Well when you run the time and it's in the 3.3x region let me know and I will make a decision then but yeah could be a possibility....

Mr Slow

Perkina3 wrote: »

Well when you run the time and it's in the 3.3x region let me know and I will make a decision then but yeah could be a possibility....

Man up! There's no incentive if you decide after the fact and if you don't show in Dunshaughlin, you'll never be able to race in Dublin again because of the shame.

Perkina3

Ha well if I don't run DUNSHAUGHLIN I will wear them at the next race I do run in...Don't worry, I don't welsh on bets.

If you run a sub 3.33 I will wear them... there happy?

Mr Slow

Perkina3 wrote: »

Ha well if I don't run DUNSHAUGHLIN I will wear them at the next race I do run in...Don't worry, I don't welsh on bets.

If you run a sub 3.33 I will wear them... there happy?

You may aswell say 2.33, be a man, give me a shot - 3:3x?

Perkina3

Alright!.... (See I can be reasonable sometimes)

But if you get a 3.39.xx .... I will not be a happy camper :rolleyes:

Oisin11178

whats your goal?
3.30 sounds nice eh:D

Mr Slow

Perkina3 wrote: »

Alright!.... (See I can be reasonable sometimes)

But if you get a 3.39.xx .... I will not be a happy camper :rolleyes:

Good man, if I get 3:38 will you sing 'I'm a little teapot' and do all the actions in front of the start line in your compression socks?

Oisin11178 wrote: »

whats your goal?
3.30 sounds nice eh:D

Sub 3:40!.....now;)

Woddle

mrslow wrote: »

Sub 3:40!.....now;)

Hi Mrslow I've only being following your log the last 2 months or so, so sorry if you've already answered the following.
Is this your first marathon?

I know the bet was sub 4 so was that the original target but training has gone well which has you thinking sub 3'40?
cause there's a bit of a difference between the two but I'd say your looking good for the latter but if it is your first I'd be wary.

BTW fair play to you on the consistency and sticking to the schedule, model student

Mr Slow

Woddle wrote: »

Hi Mrslow I've only being following your log the last 2 months or so, so sorry if you've already answered the following.
Is this your first marathon?

I know the bet was sub 4 so was that the original target but training has gone well which has you thinking sub 3'40?
cause there's a bit of a difference between the two but I'd say your looking good for the latter but if it is your first I'd be wary.

BTW fair play to you on the consistency and sticking to the schedule, model student

Thanks Woddle,

I ran DCM last year in 4:15 on the back of about 300 miles in total running, not just training, that's every mile I had ever run, so this year I have a base and since Jan 1st have clocked up 600 miles so my goal at the start of training was 3:45. I'm going out at 8:30 for the first half which is targetting 3:42 and I hope to shave a few mins off in the second half to come in under 3:40.

Mcmillan gives me 3:24 BTW;) so I hope I'm being conservative!

Woddle

mrslow wrote: »

Thanks Woddle,

I ran DCM last year in 4:15 on the back of about 300 miles in total running, not just training, that's every mile I had ever run, so this year I have a base and since Jan 1st have clocked up 600 miles so my goal at the start of training was 3:45. I'm going out at 8:30 for the first half which is targetting 3:42 and I hope to shave a few mins off in the second half to come in under 3:40.

Mcmillan gives me 3:24 BTW;) so I hope I'm being conservative!

I'm just trying to put you off beating my PB

menoscemo

This is Mr Slow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTXbXXPzE8

opus

mrslow wrote: »

I ran DCM last year in 4:15 on the back of about 300 miles in total running, not just training, that's every mile I had ever run, so this year I have a base and since Jan 1st have clocked up 600 miles so my goal at the start of training was 3:45. I'm going out at 8:30 for the first half which is targetting 3:42 and I hope to shave a few mins off in the second half to come in under 3:40.

Best of luck with the target for Monday, it's looking like it will be a pretty good day for CCM this year.

RubyK

Best of luck for Monday mrslow, think you'll well on for sub 3.40 with all the consistant hard training you've put in! Enjoy the celebrations

Perkina3

Hold on a second here....

You are being told 3.24 and you were saying I was being unreasonable saying 3.33.....hmmmmmm......

An no I draw the line at pink compression socks... Digger said he would though if you beat him

Mr Slow

Perkina3 wrote: »

Hold on a second here....

You are being told 3.24 and you were saying I was being unreasonable saying 3.33.....hmmmmmm......

An no I draw the line at pink compression socks... Digger said he would though if you beat him

That's the bet and you've publicly accepted it!

BrokenMan

Best of luck, looks like the day will be perfect weather wise.

Taking ove half an hour off your pb will be some achievement but you definitely have the groundwork in for it. Stick to you plan whatever you do and dont get tempted to go out too fast, thats just a path to pain.

nachoqueen

best of luck out there!