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Thanks for the nice messages folks, really appreciate it. Getting verrry nervous now...
Did my last run this morning. It was supposed to be tomorrow but I wanted 2 clear rest days so today it was. Did a trial run of my gear for Monday as well - shorts, tshirt, socks, the whole kit and kaboodle. And holy crap, it was freezing. Did 3.1 miles in 25:50 (last mile 7:56 :eek:) because I was so cold and I just wanted to get home. Taper madness came nicely to a point during the miles. Example: Felt a twinge in my thigh - normal me said, ah that's ok, it's just because I jumped up the kerb. Taper me said, AAAAH! it's a strain, I'm f***ed! I sneezed 3 times in a row - normal me said, I'm snuffly because it's very cold today. Taper me said, AAAAH! It's the flu, I'm f***ed! I saw about 4 magpies during the run - each time normal me said, there's a magpie. Taper me said, AAAAH! Quick, salute them or it's bad luck, or else make them fly because one in flight is better than two in sight! Honestly taper me is really wrecking my head
So if anyone was in the Marino/Fairview area this morning and saw a freezing cold female runner, muttering to herself while apparently saluting dead air, it was me 
I've completely wrecked my own head about times and paces for Monday. I looked back a few pages on this log and read about when I entered for the marathon and I was all "oh I don't care what time i do, it'll be grand, I'll just be having a nice long run on the bank holiday" Ha, I wish I'd stayed like that. The sub4 question has me driven demented. I keep muttering to myself, "9:09 miles will bring me in at 3:59, but only if I run 26.2 exactly, so that's not going to help, I need to print a pace band for 3:57, which would be 9:04 miles, but is that enough, etc etc etc". I really need to persuade my head that my legs can run these times. The sooner the better Monday actually arrives and I can give it a go.
Off to the expo tomorrow to collect my number and no doubt be suckered in to buy things I don't need at prices I can't afford - can't wait
In the meantime, I'm readyish. Clothes ready, gels ready, immodium ready, all sorted. I probably won't be on here too much in the next day or so in case it makes me worse than I already am. So hopefully, see you all Monday with nice shiny pb's in our back pockets. Good luck everyone! 0 -
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The very, very best to you Rachel!! I'll be pulling like mad for you to get your sub 4 that you so deserve...but if you for some reason you don't get that sub 4, then we'll blame the pacers. We'll need their names so we can shame them publicly. 0
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I have a pace band printed at 9 min miles. Works out as 3:56.
I've also calculated that even if the garmin goes to 26.7, the 9min miles will still get me in under 4 hours. :cool:
...so 9 mins all the way (hopefully)
Best of luck. Might see you Monday?0 -
I have a pace band printed at 9 min miles. Works out as 3:56.
I've also calculated that even if the garmin goes to 26.7, the 9min miles will still get me in under 4 hours. :cool:
...so 9 mins all the way (hopefully)
Best of luck. Might see you Monday?
Emer,Great minds think alike;)0 -
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Headed into Merrion Square early this morning - was in there just after 7:30. Loads of time to use the bathroom twice or ten times
Met up with Emer and Krusty just after 8, and Emer and I headed up towards the start area. We were confident (well Emer was) but nervous (well I was ). Met Younganne and Lizzie C at the start line as well, Boards heaven out there.
Got started in wave 2, took just over a minute to get over the start line. First mile was completely chocabloc, took ages to get moving. Miles 2 & 3 were slightly better. Emer and I were fairly calm at this point, we knew we had a bit of time to make up but we were going to do it a bit at a time. My gang were on Parnell Square which gave me an early boost. Mam & Dad were further up North Circular Road, sister and brother in law up there as well - my family were very well represented in the early miles. We hit the park and all was going well...Until... disaster. Emer felt something go in her calf. We stopped, she tried to stretch but she couldn't put her foot on the ground. She told me to go, I said no, we waited another bit, she told me to GO. So I did - and felt like a total cow for the rest of the race. For the next mile or so, I kept looking over my shoulder to see if she was trying to catch up, I even went into the toilet at the water stop for 30 secs to waste some time. But I couldn't see her.
Got through the park ok but time was down a bit with the stop and toilet break. Tried to make it up a little bit at a time. I thought about trying to catch the 4 hr pacers - I could see the flags ahead, but I reckoned it'd take too much out of me to get up to them, so decided to make my own way instead. When we came out of the park I saw another friend who gave me a big shout out and another boost. Saw RQ not long after and tried to tell her Emer should be behind me. The two hills around here were slightly tougher than I thought they were going to be, but I was still doing ok. I was trying a gel every 5 or so miles - lost one right at the start so I was a bit restricted. But still doing ok.
Fairly uneventful from here till halfway - felt ok, pace ok, but still slightly off 4 hour pace. Hit halfway around 2:02 and thought it might be a struggle to make up time in the second half. And it was :rolleyes:
Around mile 12 my stomach started to roll. It was still under the radar in terms of disturbance but I was noticing it. Saw RayCun about 15 miles I think and told him I was f**ked (apologies Ray for using bad language in front of your lovely children) At mile 16, wheels fell off. Had to stop twice to be violently ill, threw up everything inside me and it wasn't pretty. I was stopped for about 90 secs in total. Now, this has happened to me before and I gave up. This time, I decided I wasn't going to give up. In fact I took one of the isogels that was given out at 17.5/18 to try to get something back inside me. Time was slowly slipping away because stomach was still rolling but I was coping with it by walking briskly every now and again for 20 secs so I could breathe deeply. Got past Clonskeagh Road and Roebuck Road - which wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be - finally, something good! I started to feel better and just kept moving. Got to Stillorgan road and knew that I was going to be ok. Up and over the UCD flyover was really cool, loved it. So many people were cheering and roaring, the atmosphere was fantastic.
Down by RTE and around Beggars Bush, still feeling fairly ok. Past the RDS. Stomach rolling a little bit but doing ok. I had an idea the gang would be around Grand Canal so I made sure I'd have a smile on my face and a spring in my step when I passed them - and I did
The last few miles were just brilliant, the crowd were awesome, I honestly had a smile on my face for the last bit. Got to Pearse Street and felt nice and strong. Pushed it as much as I could for the last bit to try and break 4:10. As I got into the last few hundred metres I could see the clock and the wave 2 clock was reading 4:08. I knew there was about a minute on it when I started so I knew 4:07 was there. Finished in 4:07:23
My moving time according to the Garmin was 4:04 so 3 mins were used trying to see if Emer was ok, using the loo and puking my guts up. So I could have broken 4:05. But honestly, I'm really very happy with my day. Even with the puking, I didn't have the mini-breakdown I've had in previous marathons. I didn't give up and drop my head when I hit half way and guessed I wouldn't break 4 hours. And I took 13 mins off my previous pb and almost an hour off my last DCM time (but in mitigation, when I did DCM in 2009 I was less than a week over the flu :rolleyes:) I'm a little bit disappointed that I didn't break 4 but I'll get over it. All in all, a great day - I can honestly say I enjoyed my marathon today (except for the vomit)
A few days rest ahead and then I'll do Hal Higdon's marathon recovery program. Not sure what's next, will wait and see 0 -
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Fair fecks to you missus! Made of steel!
It's funny you feeling bad when I was telling you to plug on - I felt terrible for holding you back and causing you to worry! Hopefully next time we can both finish unscathed! :rolleyes:
...next time...
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After finishing on Monday and walking from Merrion Square to the top of Parnell Square back to the car, I was knackered and everything hurt. So not a tap was done all week (I say, not a tap, but of course I was up early on Tuesday to bring Middle Child to gym camp, and then had to do the household shopping - the trolley was the only thing holding me up...) Legs were grand and DOMS gone by Thursday. Waited until Saturday for a run, just to make sure all was ok. Did a handy enough 3.6 miles, just around the block. Legs felt quite heavy and could still feel the miles in them. Went out on Sunday for a slightly longer few miles,making sure to keep the pace nice and sloooow - 6 miles in 58 mins. This one felt better than the previous day's one but legs still quite tired.
So next on the agenda is the Jingle Bells 5k. It comes right at the end of Hal's marathon recovery plan so that's perfect. After that I reckon it'll probably be the Aware 10k, the New Year's day 5k and Raheny 5 in January. OH is already scoping out spring marathons for me to do (and him to get a weekend away :rolleyes:) The possibilities that were mentioned are Barcelona in March or Milan in April - of course it all depends on flights and costs, because apparently the children are coming this time (or so they've told me) Will have to wait and see.... 0 -
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