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Dont have garmin with me but did about 11km. Did 5:1 again. Went well.
Sunday Went on my holidays
When I finally got settled into my accommodation I put the old runners on and went for a shuffle along the seafront. Passed a few runners heading the other direction but didnt get much reaction from my little wave and nod. I plan to do a parkrun here on Saturday , so perhaps I might see some of them again. There arent a lot of runners around , that I have seen so far.
When I turned around the wind nearly sliced layers off my face. The wind chill is breathtaking. Should have worn my buff. Did 10.6km
Monday, lent continues
So i made my way to the local outdoor pool at 7.30am . Naturally heated with geothermal energy it was awesome to be under the sky in warm water plugging away. I managed 52 lengths this time and when I finished i soaked in one of four smaller pools of varying temperatures. 36-38 degrees , 38-40 x2 and 42-44 being the hottest . Then sitting outside with the snow falling and the sun coming up to cool down and then back into the hot pool again. Stayed there until I became a total prune and hot to my core.
The swimming instructors were dressed like yetis , standing on the pool side as if they were preparing to climb Everest. While the little kids were running around in their togs.
There were steam rooms as well but havent gone into that area yet.
So, walked about a thousand miles later that day . Or at least it felt like it . Temperatures werent so bad 2-4 degrees but the wind made it feel colder. Everyone dressed appropriately for the weather - even the teens so there wasnt anyone freezing in hoodies but had lovely warm weather trendy gear. Wish it was like that at home.
Tuesday, Back to the pool again at 7.30am This time the ould wans , not a day under 70 were doing an aerobics class pool side and doing stretching and stuff while I plodded out another 28 laps. The tour I planned on doing today has been postponed so have had a day off unexpectedly. I should run , and want to , but the snow has just started to come down heavily into lovely big clumps. Last few days the snow was more like rain. this is now like Irish snow. Big fat fluffy clumps of it . I used to love running around in it last year with my mouth wide open catching them. I must have looked like a total spastic running down the road, with my head back zig zagging like an escapee from a detention centre.:eek:
Wont get to run til Saturday? So perhaps I should man up and get changed and go out in it now . Am away for next 2 days and then I will be diving on Friday , so no running after diving.
Feet are tired after walking around in hiking boots for another 3 hours today but want to keep consistency up. Might just do a 5k or something ..
Right ...better get doing it so .:D0 -
Ok. havent been logging but have been jogging
Still doing run/walk for longer runs and can do continuous running for shorter distances 3-5 miles.
Doing 4:1 or 5:1 for longer runs. Did 19 miles this morning. Got lost , so ended up going farther than expected. Legs fine though . tired at end but after feed and rest , as good as new. Much more confident that I will make it back .
Big feed post lent. Yum:D0 -
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hot to trot wrote: »Part of me says to be patient and leave it until End of May or June. Dont really know what to do .:(
Will check marathon club website to see if there is a small one I could try first.
What do you think?
I'm sure taking it slowly would be the ideal approach so maybe limerick would not be sensible. Besides Aimman told me about your experience with that bridge last year
What about Cork? Gives you an extra month to get ready.0 -
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More runs including a hilly 21k last weekend. Then three days ago I Had a friend bring me around the Keenagh loop - a 12 k hillwalk . First time off road so now that I know it , I can put on my trail shoes and practice doing a few sections of it on a run.
Did Ballina Half marathon yesterday. Was sooo unbelievably nervous. More than any race ever ( except from very first race). But like an angel Dave Brady appeared out of the small crowd at the start and settled me right down.
Couldnt decide whether to just jog it out the back or see how leg/fitness was getting on . Hadnt had any leg issues for weeks so reckoned I wasnt risking anything here.
Went out faster than expected but stuck with plan of 1 minute walk every mile. Had difficutly holding back and by mile 5 my heart rate ( found the strap this week ) was up to late 170's and early 180's. My total max is about 192ish.
Thought I would crash and burn but the one minute walk breaks helped the recovery well. Im sure people must have been wondering what the hell I was doing as I passed them and they passed me .If it wasnt for having to stop 3 times near the end to get stone out of my shoe, I woulndnt have been passed much at the end. Pace was pretty good for run portions, so this was like a training session with 13x 1 miles tempo intervals
Overall time was 1:56 I think. Heart rate was at max for last few minutes and puked coming over finish line. Am not used to bottles and drinking at set intervals. Definitely will go back to old system of carrying my own on a belt and sipping as I want.
Funnily enough I think this might be my second fastest half. Perhaps I might start doing speedwork now again.
And why did I take walk breaks when I could have run the whole lot continuously?,,,,, not sure I am up to that much continuous running yet. Will get a few run/walk marathons out of the way before i try it .
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Hi Woody,
Delighted to make contact with another runner down here
. If you know any other runs that might help me on my "mission possible" feel free to contact me . Just trying to dip toes into off road stuff to prepare for some off road races. still slow, but am keen 0 -
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No running yet but progress is being made. Came down stairs facing forwards today. Hope to be able to do it tomorrow without holding on to bannisters.
Not buckling as much on walking either.
If things go as well as this tomorrow might break out and try a 3 miler 0 -
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whistle goes at 4 o clock today two weeks:eek:hot to trot wrote: »Defintootly Ultraman. Walking less like a competition walker today
Just regular stiffness now so will definitley go for jog later. Can hardly wait. When are you off ?0 -
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Sneaks back to log
Well I kept at it and am progressing well.
Since May I managed ....
An accidental 98k at 12 hour in Bangor
Dervock Marathon
Killeigh Marathon
Salthill Marathon ran 30k with no walk breaks. First time this year.
Longford marathon 4:34?
Donegal Quadrathon 4:41, 4:31, 4:44 and 4:13 ( PB this year)
The 4 marathons one after the other made a huge difference to Achilles/Calf. Its like it melted/broke down scar tissue and repaired/stretched feeling much more like the other leg than it has for nearly 18 months.
Confidence that it isnt going to rupture any time soon is also high . IF it didnt come a cropper after all those huge hills in Donegal, its much stronger than it has been.Especially as it has been almost painfree since the day after the last marathon.
So , down to the business of trying to get faster again . Sigh, wasnt I here two years ago in this exact place
Sunday ran Sligo Half marathon route. Did 14 M 2:22
Tuesday did 8 or 9 miles( getting forgetful !!) with 7 at 8.13mm which is the fastest I have been able to run in yonks. Felt comfortably stressed. 5 of them were at 85% WHR/HRR. Last mile 9.40 ish
Have been running metric since summer but had to change garmin back to imperial to get used to it for pacing Sligo half marathon.
I have also started some gym/personal training. Have nearly torn the muscles off my shoulder trying to improve my flexibility and legs are like lead but will keep at it0 -
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Ah Woody, I still dont know who you are
In case you are thinking of it for again ....
First marathon Redcastle near Moville to Culdaff went up along the coast past Greencastle and then doubled back inland and took a turn right up Kinnego hill where I had come a cropper earlier in the year. We all took it handy on day 1 knowing we had 3 more days to follow. Everyone walked part of that hill and had slower than usual marathon times.
Next morning we were all a bit stiff but nothing too much so we legged it a bit faster,. Wind and rain started us off and going around the top of Inishowen at Malin head was a battle of wind versus legs. Then up across another switchback hill that went on and on . More walking for everyone. Times faster generally than day 1. Tired after Day 2
Day 3 we were all quite stiff and found it hard to warm up the legs and get started but we did get going . About half way we really had to battle hard against very strong winds and when we turned off to go up the Mamore gap, i was nearly on my hands and knees what with the wind, the incline and the length of the hill. All very tired and achey after finishing number 3 in Buncrana but glad to have the worst of it behind us. Slowest day for many of us .
Day 4. Shock, our legs were almost back to normal. hardly any stiffness compared with last 2 mornings. Still tired but not stiff or aching much . Todays run from Buncrana to Redcastle was mostly flat and I ended up running my fastest time for the year at 4.13. Never felt worried at any point about Achilles/Calf muscle. Was first lady home :-)
Next morning legs didnt even know I had been running at all. Managed an 8 miler with no problem at all. Would have loved to do another day5 to see what might have happened.
Would recommend this event for many reasons. I learned huge and significant things and it has changed my approach to training and races. WEll organised and a decent buffet of all you can eat soup, sandwiches and hot chicken pieces with hot drinks aftewards made a huge difference for instant refuelling at the end of the races.
For the Sligo half .....I allowed one extra minute for the hill but I think overall it took nearly 12.5 minutes for the mile that included the hill so I think that I will have to quicken up the first half of the race as it will be harder to make it up in the second half as its fairly undulating to the end and people will be getting tired in last 2-3 miles.0 -
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Saturday: Sligo Half marathon
Route apparently marked in kms so changed garmin to match pace and timing. Started off to bank a few seconds per km/mile to allow for hill. First marking I saw was on road about 6k. My garmin said 5.5 was wasnt sure what was going on . As things went on , road markings were strange..... eg 11.7km and later 20.5km !!!
It seemed I was about 5 minutes behind and almost a km at one stage. reckoned to hedge my bets and kept pace as steady as I could but gradually added a bit per km to follow the road markings. I felt that I had lost a lot of my group on the hill and gradually picked up a lot of strays from the 2 hour group.
Finished in 2:15 but course on garmin was 22.7k and 13.89 on another pacers watch so felt disappointed for some runnners who probably did their 13.1 within the time bracket or very close to it.
Scenic route and the hill was tough but if the road markings were sorted and they actually put up regular signs apart from the few road marks and at correct intervals , it could be a really enjoyable run to do .
Sunday: Ballina 10k.
Have only done a few 10ks' but seeing as legs seem to want to run faster since the 4/4 i thought id give it a lash instead of doing a lsr.
Came in at :47 mins/. Avg 7.35 mm. PB byt about 10 minutes
Dont think I was even able to run mile intervals at that pace before .
Again the ante is pushed up ...0 -
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