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2013; Eat my dust Meno!
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That was the M60 winner!
RacoonQueen wrote: »Yeah scarlet for ya' :pac:
Some photoshopping though, you'd never tell digdig was pushing 60
Ok... I think it's time I launched some sort of Chris Crocker type "leave Dig Dig alone" viral video....
This has nothing to do with the fact that I am older than digger:)0 -
Marthastew wrote: »Ok... I think it's time I launched some sort of Chris Crocker type "leave Dig Dig alone" viral video....
This has nothing to do with the fact that I am older than digger:)
They're just jealous that Officer Dig Dig is far better looking and faster than they are... MS, that's called 'scraping the barrel' for insults
By the way, have I told you recently how well you look? Not a day over 29 IMO!!0 -
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Just dropped the fit magazine to come along and say :wow!Well done.
Haha thanks! I hope you dropped it right into the recycling bin never to be seen again!Saw the article in work yesterday, well done again! Lovely pic of the two of you
It's certainly not as bad as it could have been. Although I don't think Assets will be knocking on my door anytime soon...
And moving on from the 15 minutes of fame and back to training reality... Have ticked over nicely this week.
Monday 27th August (4 miles recovery)
4.2 @ 9:26
All great, bit tired and tender but nowhere near as bad as I would have been expecting after the HM.
Tuesday 28th August (4-6 miles recovery)
6 @ 9:03
We went down to the club session and just ran easy with a couple of guys who had raced on Saturday. Felt grand and easy; no niggles or other complaints.
Wednesday 29th August (6-8 miles easy 8:15ish)
8 @ 8:13
This was pain in the ar5e run to be quite honest. I just wasn't feeling the love. No niggles or anything. Just a bit tired and creaky and would have far rathered to be sitting down with a dvd and a bottle of wine. I could have run 10 or 12 or 14 miles had that been on the plan so I know the body was holding up half ok, but my head just wanted a lazy day off. (P.s. I felt great afterwards and was delighted to have got it done, so we got the bottle of wine and the dvd in... Mmmmm!:D)
Thursday 30th August (8 miles easy or Club session/Fartlek or 5 miles at MP) (Coach gave us a free pass to do whatever we wanted depending on how the body felt - who'd have known he had a heart?!)
8.15 @ 7:43 (total overall average)
I decided I wanted to do something a little speedier as the legs felt good so planned 2 easy, 4 hard, 2 easy. Headed over to Marlay with Digs. Did 2 easy miles which got us almost to the gate of Marlay (8:24 & 8:26). Then I headed off to do what I wanted to do (Digger had his own plans) and I ran a couple of laps for my harder miles (7:20, 7:16, 7:18, 7:11). It's difficult to keep the pace and effort steady in Marlay, with the ascent on one side of the park and the descent on the other. I was happy with it though. The first warm down mile was probably a bit too fast (7:45) but I think that happens when easing off the faster stuff. Last mile and a bit were at 8:15 pace and felt good. Really happy with this run and the effort after Sunday (effort was probably a little harder than it should have been for this run but that's to be expected).
Friday 31st August (Rest)
Friday "rest" day - has now become Friday "sit on your bum eating and drinking whatever you want in advance of Saturday LSR" day and I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it...;) Haha.0 -
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I hear ya, I think loops of marlay are on my loathe list.
Your races and training continue to astound. We all expect great things in Berlin. No pressure mind
Thanks! I'm in a bubble ignoring goal times, paces, races etc. Every mile at a time and hopefully a bit of luck on the day will result in a satisfying performance.
I actually had to go up to Marlay last week for a recovery run just so I could trot around, enjoy the park and get the love back - for a while it was like shock therapy and the thoughts of the place meant pain!!0 -
Well done CL - amazing running and a phenomenal improvement in such a short length of time. Have been following your story with interest. Looking forward to seeing where you go from here. As a matter of interest - was just browsing the Dublin marathon site having eventually registered for this year - you are very near the marathon mission qualifying time - I have no doubt you will reach that too soon (just saying like...)
Well done and best of luck in Berlin0 -
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Well done CL - amazing running and a phenomenal improvement in such a short length of time. Have been following your story with interest. Looking forward to seeing where you go from here. As a matter of interest - was just browsing the Dublin marathon site having eventually registered for this year - you are very near the marathon mission qualifying time - I have no doubt you will reach that too soon (just saying like...)
Well done and best of luck in Berlin
I had to go and look that up after reading your post... I then ha to laugh in shock and disbelief.. there's some amount of work to be done before I could even dream of marathon mission! Thanks for the vote of confidence though
Saturday 1st September (22 miles @ 8:10-20)
22 @ 8:10
This is/was the longest LSR of the training plan and I basically just ignored its approach all week. Even when I was running, it was a mile-by-mile exercise. It was pretty warm and windy in the park this morning so it didn't make for the easiest of runs. Nothing overly exciting to report. Took a gel at mile 6, 12 & 18 as this was a dress rehearsal of sorts. Was thirsty for the gel at 18 but didn't feel I needed it for energy. Ran with Digs for about 11 miles before we went our separate ways (he was only doing 15 in the end). Oh I did get a stitch at about 18.5 miles but I just taken the gel and then hit a fast downhill section. The abs were pretty knotted for the last few miles but it was hard workout pain as opposed to something of concern. Was well pooped by the time I finished (new 22 mile PB of 2:59!. Delighted that this went as well as could be expected after the past week. Legs wrecked now but only in a tough LSR way.
Time for a late afternoon fry-up 0 -
I was looking at the female half marathon qualifying time - sub 85 minutes. Am I right in thinking that you are less than 3 mins away from that (hope the maths are right now :rolleyes:).?I had to go and look that up after reading your post... I then ha to laugh in shock and disbelief.. there's some amount of work to be done before I could even dream of marathon mission! Thanks for the vote of confidence though
Saturday 1st September (22 miles @ 8:10-20)
22 @ 8:10
This is/was the longest LSR of the training plan and I basically just ignored its approach all week. Even when I was running, it was a mile-by-mile exercise. It was pretty warm and windy in the park this morning so it didn't make for the easiest of runs. Nothing overly exciting to report. Took a gel at mile 6, 12 & 18 as this was a dress rehearsal of sorts. Was thirsty for the gel at 18 but didn't feel I needed it for energy. Ran with Digs for about 11 miles before we went our separate ways (he was only doing 15 in the end). Oh I did get a stitch at about 18.5 miles but I just taken the gel and then hit a fast downhill section. The abs were pretty knotted for the last few miles but it was hard workout pain as opposed to something of concern. Was well pooped by the time I finished (new 22 mile PB of 2:59!. Delighted that this went as well as could be expected after the past week. Legs wrecked now but only in a tough LSR way.
Time for a late afternoon fry-up0 -
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Oh Jesus! Surely loads of people make that standard?!
Anyway I'll focus on getting to, through, and home from, Berlin in one piece first! 0
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