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You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run.
Percy Cerutty, running coach
Wedensday 26th. Had mad session with personal trainer. Included was 90 single leg Bulgarian squats holding 2x 6kg kettlebells. About a million lunges, burpees and frog jumps for hour and 15 minutes.
legs were so jelly after it .
Thursday. 2 miles. couldnt manage any more. Legs completely trashed . Can hardly walk without them buckling.
Friday... DOMS worse. EEk Causeway Ultra tomorrow .:eek:
Causeway coast ultra
Legs still very stiff. not too bad to walk but still a struggle and hard to get out of car.
At least this will be super training for getting body used to running on tired stiff banjaxed legs. :rolleyes:
Finished in 8:32. Used garmin 305 for the first time and didnt know that when you get a low battery alert you have to acknowledge it otherwise it stops the clock. Missed about 2 miles before I copped so if I had known I was as close to 8:30 I woudnt have stayed at last fuel stop for as long.
There were steps at the end of the first mile or early in the second. I couldnt manage to get up them normally - still had to take one at a time and go sideways coming down . they stayed feeling the same for the entire day.
So glad they didnt deteriorate much further. A number of bridges and one real stinker that took me ages to get across. Very very pleased I even did that time. It will stand to me , I am sure. 0 -
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We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.
Hal Higdon, author and runner
Saturday 12.3 Miles 1:50 avg pace 8:54mm (157)
Couldnt decide what to do so did 5 M warm up and then 4 HM miles and then the last 4+ at an easier pace again. Felt like a big fat slug. Really need to stop overeating and make more effort with healthier eating
Wish I had a structured plan to follow. I find it hard to make it up as I go along. Too easy to skip runs and then do silly training when you do go out.0 -
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So confused with training right now. Am more aware of what I shouldn't be doing that I don't know what I should be at
Helpful to see other people training plans but when they are so much faster it almost seems to be irrelevant to me. Not sure whether I should abandon plans for big race and just enjoy running when I can.
Wheels coming off big time. Just about getting out 3 times a week, although I did a 19M run/walk/run on Saturday night to give left leg a run out after work done on it at an EP1 bodywork course . Can now for first time in ages reach below kneecaps when I bend forward with straight legs . YAY
:D:D
Awesome difference. Pain level dropped by about 70% and I was able to bring leg forward effortlessly without feeling it was being held back with a bungee. Am more aware now of similar issue on other leg and the tight calf but at least there is a change in progress:D
Personal note so I dont forget....
Calcification and adhesions of sciatic at ischial tuberosities
Spinal Balance in standing x3 left sacrum x1 right. + right C2 x3 plus unusual but added left C2 as (R) C2 was so tight.
thoracic tight L>R x3
rebalance 12th Rib/Navel with big correction.
ALL IN STANDING
SUPINE Ischial/popliteal release failed on right cos left so tight . repeat Ish Pop on Left leg x3 with big drop. Ditto then release on right. Slr Increased by about 70% on left. Slr on right about 40%
Residual pain on right leg needs ITB+ Achilles/calf release and Anterior tib combined with ???
repeated Isch pop in Standing x3. Also can be used as alternative and effective alone in standing.
SP balance also can be done sitting with feet on floor.
Walk it in .
Recheck Sp balance0 -
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Hadnt run since last Tuesday and wasn't feeling very confident so decided to stick with original plan of just doing a training run and not getting sucked into any kind of race stuff. Dithered between run/walk ratio and decided that it was easier to walk every time the clock got to 5,10,15 etc rather than trying to compute the numbers. Anyway that is the recommended for my pace on the website. I Put my garmin on "time of Day" for walk breaks and so I wouldnt be distracted by distance or time run.
Hate early morning starts as I am so stiff and inflexible I can barely put shoes on for the first hour or two but I tried to warm the hips and calves up and stretch the bad one on the stairs in the BnB.
Very nervous so was glad to get going. I ran the first mile to warm up and suss out the hill and roughly where I would end up walking. So from mile 2 I got stuck into it .... run 4 minutes, walk 50 paces ( perhaps not quite a full minute) and I stuck to this for hours. Only time I deviated was if I was on a downhill, I waited until I got to the level bit or some of the hill. I ran the hill if it didn't coincide with my walk break but usually I got some of it to walk.
Dont usually eat and drink much but wanted to practice this so had a sip almost every time I got over the mat and nibbled my way for many of them as well. Started spending too long here and a loo break so took my second walk break of the mile here usually.
Rain was lashing down and any thoughts of being indulgent when I spend 35 quid on a warm running top and 50 quid on a pair of thermal winter running leggings was quickly quashed as I stayed cosy throughout. I was really enjoying this. the support was great.
Meno kept calling out my splits and half marathon and full marathon times and where other people were but I told him I didnt care I was sticking to my own plan and didnt care what others were doing. So far so good. (Marathon split was 4.20.- good time for me this year)
Almost everyone was lapping me and it was nice to see the speedy ones fly past as they always said hello and gave encouragement. Was great to see Deirdre Finn on the road as well. Such a lovely runner.
No problems so far and felt fresh apart from pain on outside of right knee from turning sharply to the left at the bottom of the hill. took a couple of paracetamol which I never do, slowed down and walked the corner and it disappeared. Happy days.:)
I thought I had 11 laps to go as for some reason I thought it was a 54 mile race so when it finally dawned on me that it was 52 , I only had 7 laps to go . Cheered me up no end and I battled on.Curious to see time wise how I would finish.
I didnt start to feel any leg aches until about 45 miles in . Calf muscles were a bit tight/crampy on one hill so I walked an extra few metres but fine again. Didn't even know I had hamstrings or any other muscles as they were all so comfortable. At this stage I was passing quite a few people which is always nice and I was still feeling good.
Aimann seemed to be having trouble with his left knee. Couldn't see his hip with his jacket. It was doing a little shift every time the weight went on it. He had such a great run last year and a fast Dublin recently so I hoped he was going to be able to finish as well as last year.
With 3 laps left the clock was 8.31ish. I wondered if I could get inside the 9 hours? I kept going but still put in the walk breaks. Should have skipped one :rolleyes: but I was afraid I would slow down altogether without it . Didnt think it was possible so I didn't bother . By the time it got to the last mile there was 8:51 on the clock. Could I make it in 9 minutes? Hadn't so far. Thought I would see how close I would get so legged it out of the aid station . NO more walk breaks for the last mile , almost . I Walked 30 seconds on the hill and once I got to the top I charged as hard as I could towards the finish. I saw Anto closing in at the turn for the mat and I booted as hard as I could. Teeth clenched I was closing in fast. Was just about to throw myself across the line when out shoots Antos arm to high 5 the MC at the mat. I thought he was going to knock me out as him being tall and me being short it was just about across my face and I was going fast.
I could see Meno watching us aware what was going on, wondering would I steal it on the line and Anto oblivious to it all. Was hilarious.:D
9:00:35 each :cool:
Very happy to finish and finish so comfortably although I was a bit wheezy on the finish line from such a fast spurt at the end. Doubly and quadruply thrilled to find the other girl still wasn't in . She had placed 6th In Dingle 50M so I had expected her to win. So yet again , I pick up a prize by virtue of being the only surviving woman on the course.:P LOL There wont be any other way, for me .
Went to change out of wet clothes and was alarmed when I saw a bruise just above my sock. Nothing hurt and I didn't think I had banged it , but by the time I got home it was quite extensive on the back of my leg and today its very swollen and stiff. Its definitely not as bad as last time when I couldn't even put it on the ground and am hopeful it wont keep me out long. But I am limping still so will give it loads of treatment and see how it goes.
All in all I had a great day out . Next day I didnt have an ache anywhere except stomach muscles and right calf. Happy Days 0 -
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hot to trot wrote: »Very happy to finish and finish so comfortably although I was a bit wheezy on the finish line from such a fast spurt at the end. Doubly and quadruply thrilled to find the other girl still wasn't in . She had placed 6th In Dingle 50M so I had expected her to win. So yet again , I pick up a prize by virtue of being the only surviving woman on the course.:P LOL There wont be any other way, for me .
As usual you are doing yourself a disservice
Aoife ran 9:20 in the dingle 50 and you were 20 minutes faster on Sunday on a longer course in tougher conditions. Like everyone else, she was slowing badly in the second half and I am pretty sure you were already ahead of her by the time she was stopped.
I said it on the day, but you ran the smartest race of all the people out there. Your run-walk strategy really paid off as while everyone else slowed badly in the second half you were still able to maintain the same pace and strategy. The fact that you were able to keep going constantly meant you kept the cold off too.
Well done again on the win :cool:0
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