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28-06-2011 10:26pm#1Starting a new log, to see me through to DCM. Had a great experience with my old log, hope this one records as much enjoyment/pain/grief
2 goals:
- DCM 2011, anything under 4 hours (the biggie
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- Sub 1hr 50 for a half marathon
Started P&D 18/55 today. I’m currently digesting the book, seems ok, some of the lingo is a little confusing. I plan to enjoy as many races as I can fit in along the way, hope to do the DCM race series, the Midlands HM & the Dublin Mountain plod.
This week’s plan:
Day|Session
Mon|Pilates
Tue|Recovery 4m
Wed|General aerobic 9m
Thur|Rest/Xtrain
Fri|LT 8m with 4m @hm pace
Sat|Rest/Xtrain
Sun|Medium-long run 12m
June 27th: Pilates, a lot easier than last week, instructor a tad more forgiving
June 28th: Run day 1. Legs still a little tired after Enniscorthy so re-jigged week 1 to have the recovery run today. I haven’t yet worked out the correct pace for each run, but I think my recovery runs should be between 10:15 & 10:30. Tonight’s 4 mile recovery was @ 10:13 pace, almost slow enough but it felt like I was shuffling along. Really enjoyed it once I got going, nice & cool out with the late evening sunshine, came home completely relaxed and spirits lifted. Hope at least half of my runs over the next 18 weeks are as enjoyable as tonight’s.
MTD: 102.45
YTD: 488.317
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July 5th 8 miles @ 10:14 min/mile pace - Avg hr 144, Max hr 161
Started out in a nice drizzle, then the heavens opened after 10 minutes. Really heavy rain that lasted about 20 minutes, got soaked to the skin. It wasn’t a problem keeping the pace slow this evening, although I still didn’t keep it to the target pace.
Plus 6 x 100 strides. Was meant to do 10 but I was getting very cold at this stage and called it a day at 6.
Whatever gremlins were on Garmin Connect are gone, its back to English tonight, but for some reason I have a 40 minutes cycle in Austria on my list of recent activities
MTD: 28
YTD: 525.30 -
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7th July: 10 miles @ 10:06 min/mile pace - Avg hr 143, Max hr 159
Bit of an effort to keep it slowish tonight, a ok run, at least I somehow managed to miss the rain.
Tonight garmin connect has a 1.25 mile run in Brazil added to my activities. It was done at half 6 this morning when I was tucked up in my leaba :pac:Wow, you certainly get around
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17th July: Dublin Mountain Plod
Plan was to run this as my LSR so another early start and off to Marley Park. It was pretty windy, and looked like rain but it never got too bad. I started off easy enough and was in the last group leaving Marley Park. Got chatting to a couple of runners who were first-timers also. Up Tibraddden Road and onto Cruagh lane, the first couple of miles were ok if a bit breezy
Then into some woody bit, haven’t a clue where, a steep climb and mucky as hell. Slipped a few times but remained upright, I found the ground tough to run through. This was probably the worst part of the race for me, very hard to get into a rhythm but slogged through it.
After that it was ok, back onto some forest tracks, more climbing and then a lovely fast descent which felt great. I didn’t kill myself on any of the climbs and took a walk break whenever required. After the first water station, I took a gel on the next climb to give me a lift, and then it was upwards to Tibradden. I thought this would be worse actually, but the wind was at your back going up which was a great help. Lots of encouragement from the hillwalkers too.
The descent from Tribradden wasn’t fun, trying to keep your footing and lots of jumping over gaps in the path. I was tired at this stage and at times it felt more like hopscotch than running. The 2nd water stop was @ mile 10, and after that it was welcome downhill gravel road so the speed increased again. Exited at Kilmasoghue carpark, and back onto a lovely smooth road. I ran the next 2 miles too fast but I didn’t care, it was great to just run without thinking about stones jutting up and other such traps ready to send you tumbling. Last mile sent us back into marley to finsh
Did it in 2:22:24, avg pace 10:33 min/mile, avg hr 151. Overall, I really enjoyed it but found it very tough, I think I’ll stick to the roads for a while 0 -
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New log...sorry I missed that! Good luck with it. Well done on Sat and Sun but not sure I will ever be joining you on those hill runs. Nearly got blown off Djouce yesterday and I was only hiking it...I did hope you were a bit more sheltered in the Dub mnts. 0
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