Starting again

average_runner

58th session of New York Program -- Recovery Run

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Just 5 miles recovery around Lucan, didnt want pace to go below 9:30. Average pace was 9:30:rolleyes: and time was 47:31

Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|52.00|6
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1274.22|157

average_runner

59th session of New York Program -- Club session

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Session plan was 5 x 1 miles with 2:30 recovery.
Did 2 miles warm up.

Plan was to do these around 6:40 or so.
1)6:27
2)6:33
3)6:39
4)6:57

I then stopped. Wasnt gaining anything out of the session and was wrecked. 1 mile warm down home.

Feel crap this morning, run down, cold, etc. So will take it easy on my run tomorrow.

Total mileage 7 miles

Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|59.00|7
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1281.22|158

average_runner

60th session of New York Program -- LSR

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14 miles on sat at 9:11 pace. Time 2:07:xx. Wasnt a great run but all over now.

61st Session of New York Program -- Medium Run to work

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Taper begins:) 9.5 miles to work with average pace of 8:59.

Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|82.50|9
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1304.72|158

average_runner

62nd session of New York Program -- Track

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1 mile warm up to the track.

4 x 800 with 1:30 rest. Times were 3:11, 3:12, 3:09, 3:07.

1 mile warm down home then.

Total miles 4

Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|86.50|10
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1308.72|159

average_runner

The charity I am raising funds for is St Luke's in Rathgar. This place does amazing work for cancer patients around Ireland. My mum had nothing but praise for this place while she was there. So I am raising funds in her memory for this charity.

I know times are tough and loads of people are looking for sponsorship, but if you want to sponsor me the link is:

http://www.mycharity.ie/event/terry_meyler_new_york/


Many thanks
Terry

average_runner

63rd session of New York Program -- club session

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Missed Wednesdays recovery due to little one getting sick. Last night plan was a 40 min run where the following was the plan:

5 mins 65%
5 mins 75%
5 mins all out
5 mins recovery

And repeat.

Session was good and i held back a bit but enjoyed it loads.

Did .3 warm up and .3 warm down

5.4 miles in 40 mins average pace 7:45

Total miles 6
Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|92.50|11
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1314.72|160

average_runner

64th session of New York Program -- medium run

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12 miles aorund Lucan at 9:07 pace. A good easy run for a sat morning.

Total miles 12

Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|104.50|12
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1326.72|161

average_runner

65th session of New York Program -- 7 miles

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7 mile run last night. Wanted to put a little bit of steady running into it. Lashed rain for the whole run but still enjoyable.

Pace 8:26, time 59 mins. 7 miles

Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|111.50|13
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1333.72|162

average_runner

66th session of New York Program -- 5 miles

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5 miles easy last night in the rain. The wet weather making sure it gets before I finish this training.
Pace 8:50, time 44:50 mins. 5 miles

Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|116.50|14
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1338.72|163

average_runner

67th session of New York Program -- Club Session

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2 miles warm up.

Club session was 20 mins out and 20 mins back.
We would run at a normal pace but then add 1 mins/30 secs/40 sec/90 secs speed sessions. It was a session for people running the marathon where it was not a stress work out.

Covered 5.15 miles.

.5 warm down

Total miles 7.5
Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|124.00|15
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1346.22|164

average_runner

68th and 69th sessiom

Disaster of a weekend as got struck down with a cold aka man flu. Could only manage a bad 5 miles on sat and the 4.5 on Monday. Body really struggled with the 4.5 yesterday.

So thats all my sessions finished now for New York, need to try and get rid of this cold now as its in my chest also. Not sure how this will effect me come Sunday.

Total miles 9.5
Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|133.50|16
Nov|31.35|7
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1355.72|164

eliwallach

Best of luck.
Shake the cold and Burn up that course ( and maybe you can add the prefix "slightly above" to your username).

slowsteady

If cold is still there, adjust accordingly, but hopefully it will have cleared, make no net difference if it has.

Good luck next weekend, hope the weather is as kind as Dublin yesterday.

Tom Joad

Best of luck in New York, you have all the hard work done. Hope you've shaken the cold too.

Looking forward to race report .

average_runner

Tom Joad wrote: »

Best of luck in New York, you have all the hard work done. Hope you've shaken the cold too.

Looking forward to race report .

Cold seems to be gone.

Thanks a million. Will do the race report in a weeks time!!!:D

pistol_75

Best of luck the weekend T. Enjoy the experience.

menoscemo

Best of luck T!!

average_runner

pistol_75 wrote: »

Best of luck the weekend T. Enjoy the experience.

How did dublin go pete?

pistol_75

average_runner wrote: »

How did dublin go pete?

3:37. Went for 3:30 but the wheels came off around 19.5. Still enjoyed it and still to master the distance :-(

outforarun

Best of luck at the weekend. You've been putting in the miles. Enjoy the race and enjoy NY. Looking forward to reading all about it.

belcarra

outforarun wrote: »

Best of luck at the weekend. You've been putting in the miles. Enjoy the race and enjoy NY. Looking forward to reading all about it.

+1.
You'll have a great time over there for sure!

pgmcpq

Good luck Sunday - supposed to be windy so keep the head down and tuck in on the bridges and the long avenues once you reach Manhattan - they can form a bit of wind tunnel. And beware - the clocks go back at 2am on Sunday !!

slowsteady

pgmcpq wrote: »

Good luck Sunday - And beware - the clocks go back at 2am on Sunday !!

Good luck. Sure, if you forget, start early:p

RacoonQueen

Looks like it was a toughie out there today T. Hope you enjoyed it.

average_runner

Yeah a real toughie. Never recovered from earlier in the week.
Was never going to pull out. Knew at 5 miles I wasn't right but kept it going to 14.
Started coughing badly then and calf got very sore.
But what an experience and ain't too bothered about time.
Officially retired now from marathons.

average_runner

New York Marathon Race Report

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Ok, this has taken its time, plenty of time to think about it and recover.

The week of the marathon I was struggling with a chest infection and nasty cough, the Monday before I only managed 3 miles out of 5. By Thursday the house had my disease:eek:.

Flew out Friday morning, trying to convince myself it was just taper. Got a call that night saying our 11 month old had croup back in Dublin, this was going to be fun.

Went to the Expo Friday afternoon, jaysus New York traffic is crazy. Good expo though and got a pair of Ghost 6 for 75 euro, S5 racer for 55 euro and new Garmin 220 for 200 euro. Spent the night coughing, blamed the plane, I was ok surely.

Sat day we took it easy, i sat in a jewellers for 3 hours coughing (but i am well!!) whiie wife was ring shopping.

So race day came, I felt good, got on the bus and reached the headquarters at 8am, so not much waiting about. Got into the corral at 8:50 and we were pushed to the bridge at 9:10. At 9:30, the starter said "On your marks" and a cannon went off without warning, a few thousand jumped!!!

First 2 miles was over the bridge and at this stage I had a fleece on, a hat and gloves. It was freezing. Pace was 8:30 ish but wasnt concentrating on pace for the first 3 miles. After the bridge i took off the fleece, gloves and the hat.

Started to settle into a good rhythm, around 8:10 pace. This was always the plan as was the way i ran Athlone. After 8 miles it was becoming an effort and the coughing started. At mile 13 i knew i was in real trouble but made the decision I will finish no matter what it takes.

Mile 15 we hit the bridge and my calf was in bits, coughing getting worst and I had to stop. Walked for 1/2 mile and then ran again up to mile 18, enjoying the amazing crowds. Told the wife at mile 17, i was switching to a run/walk strategy.

From Mile 18 it was walk 1/2 mile, run a 1/2 mile but it gradually turned into more a walk than a run, still coughing and calf killing me. Central Park I ran a bit more but probably more of a shuffle:eek:. Came across finish line in 4:11.

I thought i would be furious with myself when i crossed the line, but I think when i was walking i realised it wasn't my day and there is worst things out there.


The crowds were brilliant and even though I didn't achieve what I wanted, it was still a great day and in a funny way my best achievement in a marathon, in that it was my toughest ever and I stuck at it.


My recovery for the marathon was 8 hour shopping trip around Woodbury Common. But in fairness to my wife, she ran and got the tickets while I queued at the bus station:D

Hindsight

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I trained hard this year, gave it everything, got a PB in all the races I did bar the marathon, knocking chunks from my times. I wasn't 100% on the day and that's just a part of running.

Future Plans

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This was my last marathon, plan is to concentrate on the 10k, 5k, 10 miles races next year. Maybe within 3 years i might break 40 for a 10k.


Running Distance Table
Month|2012|No. of Runs|2013|No. of Runs
Jan|122.35|20|133.3|22
Feb|95.08|15|146.70|21
Mar|91. 25|15|122.5|16
Apr|71.46|13|153.78|20
May|91.80|15|86.68|13
Jun|96.80|13|59.20|8
Jul |78.61|11|193.20|22
Aug|171.00|20|150.20|14
Sep|172.50|15|171.06|17
Oct|128.4|13|133.50|16
Nov|31.35|07|26.2|1
Dec|27.60|6
Total |1182.93|155|1381.92|164

Tom Joad

Serious respect for keeping going and finishing under the circumstances - a lot of people would have quit so kudos for finishing.

Have you got a next race in mind next?

average_runner

Tom Joad wrote: »

Serious respect for keeping going and finishing under the circumstances - a lot of people would have quit so kudos for finishing.

Have you got a next race in mind next?

A few club races in December, then after that it might be Raheny. Planning to drop to 3 sessions a week till xmas, just as a nice step back program but keeping base fitness.

outforarun

average_runner wrote: »

, plan is to concentrate on the 10k, 5k, 10 miles races next year. Maybe within 3 years i might break 40 for a 10k.

Well done on not DNFing. If you keep up the mileage close to what you're currently logging and shift the focus to shorter distances I think you'll be inside 40 minutes before the end of 2014.

AuldManKing

Great experience and major kudos for seeing it through.
There's many people who'd bite your hand off for that time.