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Chucky ár Lá... DigDig's gonna get you!

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    #1322
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,687 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    Great time - great work.

    I want what drugs both of them are clearly taking :pac:

    Looks like we will have our own 3.30 bus in Berlin - awesome :cool:


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    #1323
    showit
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    "was a very competitive and combatitive sportsman in years gone by... In fact, maybe a little too Roy Keane for my own good""

    WHAT?

    You are close to morphing into Keppel :D


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    #1324
    digger2d2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭digger2d2


    showit wrote: »
    "was a very competitive and combatitive sportsman in years gone by... In fact, maybe a little too Roy Keane for my own good""

    WHAT?

    You are close to morphing into Keppel :D

    Awwwww...... ;)


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    #1325
    digger2d2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭digger2d2


    tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »
    Great time - great work.

    I want what drugs both of them are clearly taking :pac:

    Looks like we will have our own 3.30 bus in Berlin - awesome :cool:

    Cheers Vagga...

    CL keeps her potion under lock and key but I suspect it's Kenyan Haemoglobin.

    My potion resides within me, it's called talent :D;)


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    #1326
    digger2d2
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    Krusty gave CL an idea for a 10 mile run this weekend so thanks to that I had to drag myself out following quite a few cans last night, popcorn, peanuts, Hula Hoops... You get the picture ;)

    Sunday - 10 Miles - 4 at 9:04 pace, 2 at 7:22 and the last 4 at 7:09. This was a great run but tough on the legs after the couple of midweek sessions. All finished now, showered, changed and we're heading out to watch the match.:D


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    #1327
    claralara
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    digger2d2 wrote: »
    Krusty gave CL an idea for a 10 mile run this weekend so thanks to that I had to drag myself out following quite a few cans last night, popcorn, peanuts, Hula Hoops... You get the picture ;)

    Sunday - 10 Miles - 4 at 9:04 pace, 2 at 7:22 and the last 4 at 7:09. This was a great run but tough on the legs after the couple of midweek sessions. All finished now, showered, changed and we're heading out to watch the match.:D

    Thanks! I know you only did that for my benefit seeing as you already have your HM PB sorted... Though I'm wondering why you're encouraging the competition...?! Unless it's reverse-pschology sabotage such that I'm going to be absolutely shattered come race day...hmmm:rolleyes::mad:


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    #1328
    pistol_75
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    claralara wrote: »
    Thanks! I know you only did that for my benefit seeing as you already have your HM PB sorted... Though I'm wondering why you're encouraging the competition...?! Unless it's reverse-pschology sabotage such that I'm going to be absolutely shattered come race day...hmmm:rolleyes::mad:

    Is it Kildare your both doing?


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    #1329
    digger2d2
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    pistol_75 wrote: »
    Is it Kildare your both doing?

    CL's doing Kildare, I'm supporting my club by doing the Sportsworld 5 Mile ;)


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    #1330
    menoscemo
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    digger2d2 wrote: »
    CL's doing Kildare, I'm supporting my club by doing the Sportsworld 5 Mile ;)

    Should you not be suporting your club by volunteering to marshall it? :p


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    #1331
    digger2d2
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    menoscemo wrote: »
    Should you not be suporting your club by volunteering to marshall it? :p

    I'll be making tea afterwards ;)


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    #1332
    jcsmum
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    digger2d2 wrote: »
    menoscemo wrote: »
    Should you not be suporting your club by volunteering to marshall it? :p

    I'll be making tea afterwards ;)

    First time for everything ;)


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    #1333
    Brianderunner
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    digger2d2 wrote: »
    menoscemo wrote: »
    Should you not be suporting your club by volunteering to marshall it? :p

    I'll be making tea afterwards ;)

    That means everyones gonna have to wait for you to finish. That could take a while ;):p


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    #1334
    chinguetti
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    Ah he'll be making tea 40 minutes after its starts and if he's clever, he have the kettle boiled before he starts:D


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    #1335
    digger2d2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭digger2d2


    Brianderunner wrote: »
    That means everyones gonna have to wait for you to finish. That could take a while ;):p
    chinguetti wrote: »
    Ah he'll be making tea 40 minutes after its starts and if he's clever, he have the kettle boiled before he starts:D

    No, it's all good smartarses ;)... Meno is gonna get stuck into chicken balls the night before (lucky chicken :D) and throw up at the 2.5 mile mark and head back and sort the tea out


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    #1336
    menoscemo
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    digger2d2 wrote: »
    No, it's all good smartarses ;)... Meno is gonna get stuck into chicken balls the night before (lucky chicken :D) and throw up at the 2.5 mile mark and head back and sort the tea out

    I'm gonna head back from Kildare? :confused:

    Still don't think I'll get back in time to make the tea :rolleyes:


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    #1337
    digger2d2
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    menoscemo wrote: »
    I'm gonna head back from Kildare? :confused:

    Still don't think I'll get back in time to make the tea :rolleyes:

    Damn, forgot you were pacing Kildare, the Terenure Chamber Of Commerce will be relieved that they won't have to steam clean a wall on the route :D


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    #1338
    digger2d2
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    Tuesday - Club session - absolutely pi55ing it down.

    W/up - then 4 sets of 1 x 800m & 1 x 600m with 60 & 90 sec recovery respectively - then W/down.

    I found this session tough, times were between 5.50 and 6.20 per mile but I got stronger toward the end and my last 600m was the quickest although I was out on my feet in the last 100ms.


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    #1339
    digger2d2
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    No 5 mile for me next week as I'm on marshalling duties....I will however be cheering all boardsies on..

    Thursday - Beautiful evening, 7 Miles at 8:21


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    #1340
    Mr Slow
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    digger2d2 wrote: »
    No 5 mile for me next week as I'm on marshalling duties....I will however be cheering all boardsies on..

    Thursday - Beautiful evening, 7 Miles at 8:21

    Poacher turned gamekeeper!;)


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    #1341
    Oisin11178
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    Well done bud, you gotta be targeting 3.15 in berlin now. Dont mind this 3.30 nonsense:D


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    #1342
    digger2d2
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    Oisin11178 wrote: »
    Well done bud, you gotta be targeting 3.15 in berlin now. Dont mind this 3.30 nonsense:D

    Cheers Frank, thanks


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    #1343
    TheRoadRunner
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    Nice meeting you today and well done. You looked far too relaxed for a man running a 5k PB and the lack of spittle on your face and your ability to talk a couple of minutes after the finish tells me there is another massive chunk to come off that in the next few weeks. 5ks are different to the longer races in that you need to do a bunch of them in a short period of time so that you get the racing intensity right.


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    #1344
    digger2d2
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    Saturday - Le Cheile 5km Road race in Leixlip with cakes 'n' stuff...

    So, nice and easy trot around Leixlip today. Started along side CL but burned her off in the first 5 metres ;). Slight downhill for the first few hundered metres so had an average of 3.45/Km on my watch at that point to give me some room as I headed up and over the Railway track (is that what it was?).... Kept to a pretty strict pace and was slightly perturbed to see Woddle move past me at the 1.5 - 2 km point but one thing that the Ultra has taught me is that real men are in it for the long run :D;)...

    Anyway, felt pretty strong in the last 2km and just concentrated on good form, got a few shouts with 400m to go from the Boardsies (they missed their chance to shout straight after for CL and wind me up that she was a second or two behind me;)) to come over the line in 19:34.... Officially a sub 20 (following my disputed Clonliffe 4.88km :D) so happy with that.... Even happier to see CL break 20 mins with a 19:57.... I'm not meant to say but we are both targetting sub 19 in the next one...:D;)


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    #1345
    digger2d2
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    TheRoadRunner wrote: »
    Nice meeting you today and well done. You looked far too relaxed for a man running a 5k PB and the lack of spittle on your face and your ability to talk a couple of minutes after the finish tells me there is another massive chunk to come off that in the next few weeks. 5ks are different to the longer races in that you need to do a bunch of them in a short period of time so that you get the racing intensity right.

    I'm a giver, not a taker;):D

    Good to meet you too! No doubt the recent training has made a big difference and I'm looking forward to see what it brings as things move forward!


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    #1346
    TheRoadRunner
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    digger2d2 wrote: »
    I'm a giver, not a taker;):D
    Jaysus, that's put some awful mental imagery into my head. If you are up to that sort of carry on in races you'll take minutes off your time :)


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    #1347
    digger2d2
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    TheRoadRunner wrote: »
    Jaysus, that's put some awful mental imagery into my head. If you are up to that sort of carry on in races you'll take minutes off your time :)

    :D


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    #1348
    digger2d2
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    Was in Vienna with CL and the outlaws for a few days so the routine changed a bit....

    Sunday - 3 Miles easy - 9:15 pace (recovery from Saturday's 5k Race)

    Monday - Found a 600 metre hill and did as follows - 3 x 600m repeats with slow jog back between each one followed by 3 x 100m sprints followed by 3 x 50m sprints. I found this quite tough on the legs, I pushed it very hard and the incline was pretty taxing.

    Tuesday- Rest day as did quite a lot of walking and had a couple of afternoon beers alongside the Danube :)

    Wednesday - Back in Dublin to the greyness and rain, was feeling a little out of sorts so decided to have a rest day prior to Thursday's club session.


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    #1349
    digger2d2
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    Thursday - Club session - The plan was for 12 x 200m repeats - I did a w/up of a mile or so and then headed off behind the fast guys for what I thought were strides prior to the 200's... It turned out to be Fartlek so I thought the 200's had been abandoned due to slippy conditions. After a lap (1.5 miles) of Fartlek I retured to see the Intermediate group doing the 200's... Doh! Anyway I joined in for the last 5.

    1.5 mile w/up and w/down
    1.5 mile Fartlek
    5 x 200 m repeats with 60 second recovery.


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    #1350
    showit
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    good running man - might do the sportsworld this weekend - hope weather is better than last years wind swept course


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    #1351
    digger2d2
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    showit wrote: »
    good running man - might do the sportsworld this weekend - hope weather is better than last years wind swept course

    Did you do it in the end? I didn't see you but I only saw 1 out of the 3 boardsies that I knew were doing it.

    When you saw me the other night I was dropping leaflets in to advise residents about that race... I was full sure you'd be on slagging me about doing a nixer delivering Pizza flyers:D


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