Dublin Marathon 2012 - 'Improvers' thread

jim0

No|Name|Plan|Week|Weekly Sessions|Miles/KM This Week| Total Miles/KM | Comments
1|liamog|HH Inter 1|9|0|0.0 km| 232.1 km | Fully fit again, dying to run on Tuesday
2|Micilín Muc|P&D:55-70|15|7|110 km|1507.93km|Taper arrived just on time. Haven't felt this tired yet. Goal is now 3:20. Now - the battle not to put on weight for the next three weeks!
3|RedRunner|HH Inter 1|16|4|30.36m|404.92m| Tired legs this week so skipped one midweek run but felt benefit of that at weekend.I can almost taste that pint in McGrattans already!
4|Mike D|HH Inter 1|16|4|25m|444.1m|Skipped Saturday run but LSR was good today, raring to go a this stage:)
5|beeduybe|P&D:33-55|16|5|42m|715m|Good 4 mile race and 16 mile run over the weekend. Taper madness not set in yet
6|Lizzy C|P&D -33-55|15|5|54.14m|594.04m|Struggled to get all runs done this week but got there. LSR of 22 with Young Anne and others went well, including a slog up the Kyber at mile 20. Now we'll be well able for the little hill at Clonskeagh:) So glad the taper begins now, as I'm tired.
7|Skidrow|HH inter1|16|5|32m|474m|Happy to get over week 16 with no major issues, except energy levels a bit low.:)
8|Younganne|Ecolis plan|16|3|12.25|461.10|:( Bad week for me, seem to have picked up a bit of a hip/back injury. Off to physio tonight to get sorted. |
9|run44|HH inter1||5|27m|62mm|Happy to get 5 in this week
10|D Chief|P&D -55|15|5|78.7km|1002.4km|Right foot/ankle niggle hasn't gone away but I got the 5 runs done, including my third 32k. I have run 1000k since the start of this P&D program. Is that 1 megametre?
11|Sideline warrior|HH Inter 1|5|5|28.5m|135.9m|Avg pace this week was 8.03 so am going to make concerted effort to slow down on the longer runs. Seems to be best practice. Am in France next week for 2 weeks and am concerned that due to heat it will be tough to get in runs especially LSRs. Will try early morning runs but am not an early runner!
13|doledude86|HH Inter 2|13|6|40m|386.70m|Havent updated properly in ages, last 20mile done yesterday!! End up doing 3!
14|irfrm|runners world|13|4|33 m|466m| Hamstring left leg a start of week, physio gave the all clear to train away, good at startvof week but missed out on long run yesterday. 2 weeks to go!!!
15|shels4ever|just run||9|50|50|Just lots of easy runs last week. Head not in the log runs jsut yet but hope to get to grips with them soon.
16|jester1980|HH IINT 1|14|4|65.5km|619|3 weeks to go yayyyyy
17|Van.Bosch|P&D - 55|14|5|52.21M|499M|Good Week, happy enough with progress. Got 17 Miles done @PMP
18|Mr.Wiggle|RunRepublic sub3.30|12|5|82km|743km| Got all runs in, but motivation levels have dropped. Need the next 3 weeks to fly by!!
19|RedB|Part P&D55 & now coach plan|14|6|70M|647M|Peak Week 2. Rest, Aero, Tempo, Recovery,Intervals, Recovery, 35km Long Run incl 12km PMP, 10km PMP-5%. Happy to make the big sessions as planned. Taper time
20|Trigger26 |Club coach sub 3.30|16|5|39M|544M|Good week, no dramas. Looking forward to wind down and build up!
21|Jim0 |P&D - 55|16|5|67.11km|1120.21km|Nothing unusual to report.
23|Runningking|Run Republic|12|5|53m|656m|Good tough running week. 12m tempo on Wed and 22 on Sat at 8:09ave pace - 7 around PMP - feeling confident

Early mornings and speedwork has me more tired during this "taper" than most of the earlier parts of the programme - and I still have a 19km to run next Sunday. Looking forward to 3-4 quiet days before the DCM - that's about the extent of it!

irfrm

No|Name|Plan|Week|Weekly Sessions|Miles/KM This Week| Total Miles/KM | Comments
1|liamog|HH Inter 1|9|0|0.0 km| 232.1 km | Fully fit again, dying to run on Tuesday
2|Micilín Muc|P&D:55-70|15|7|110 km|1507.93km|Taper arrived just on time. Haven't felt this tired yet. Goal is now 3:20. Now - the battle not to put on weight for the next three weeks!
3|RedRunner|HH Inter 1|16|4|30.36m|404.92m| Tired legs this week so skipped one midweek run but felt benefit of that at weekend.I can almost taste that pint in McGrattans already!
4|Mike D|HH Inter 1|16|4|25m|444.1m|Skipped Saturday run but LSR was good today, raring to go a this stage:)
5|beeduybe|P&D:33-55|16|5|42m|715m|Good 4 mile race and 16 mile run over the weekend. Taper madness not set in yet
6|Lizzy C|P&D -33-55|15|5|54.14m|594.04m|Struggled to get all runs done this week but got there. LSR of 22 with Young Anne and others went well, including a slog up the Kyber at mile 20. Now we'll be well able for the little hill at Clonskeagh:) So glad the taper begins now, as I'm tired.
7|Skidrow|HH inter1|16|5|32m|474m|Happy to get over week 16 with no major issues, except energy levels a bit low.:)
8|Younganne|Ecolis plan|16|3|12.25|461.10|:( Bad week for me, seem to have picked up a bit of a hip/back injury. Off to physio tonight to get sorted. |
9|run44|HH inter1||5|27m|62mm|Happy to get 5 in this week
10|D Chief|P&D -55|15|5|78.7km|1002.4km|Right foot/ankle niggle hasn't gone away but I got the 5 runs done, including my third 32k. I have run 1000k since the start of this P&D program. Is that 1 megametre?
11|Sideline warrior|HH Inter 1|5|5|28.5m|135.9m|Avg pace this week was 8.03 so am going to make concerted effort to slow down on the longer runs. Seems to be best practice. Am in France next week for 2 weeks and am concerned that due to heat it will be tough to get in runs especially LSRs. Will try early morning runs but am not an early runner!
13|doledude86|HH Inter 2|13|6|40m|386.70m|Havent updated properly in ages, last 20mile done yesterday!! End up doing 3!
14|irfrm|runners world|14|5|31.5 m|497.5 m| Hamstring left leg a start of week, physio gave the all clear to train away, good at start of week but missed out on long run yesterday. 2 weeks to go!!!
15|shels4ever|just run||9|50|50|Just lots of easy runs last week. Head not in the log runs jsut yet but hope to get to grips with them soon.
16|jester1980|HH IINT 1|14|4|65.5km|619|3 weeks to go yayyyyy
17|Van.Bosch|P&D - 55|14|5|52.21M|499M|Good Week, happy enough with progress. Got 17 Miles done @PMP
18|Mr.Wiggle|RunRepublic sub3.30|12|5|82km|743km| Got all runs in, but motivation levels have dropped. Need the next 3 weeks to fly by!!
19|RedB|Part P&D55 & now coach plan|14|6|70M|647M|Peak Week 2. Rest, Aero, Tempo, Recovery,Intervals, Recovery, 35km Long Run incl 12km PMP, 10km PMP-5%. Happy to make the big sessions as planned. Taper time
20|Trigger26 |Club coach sub 3.30|16|5|39M|544M|Good week, no dramas. Looking forward to wind down and build up!
21|Jim0 |P&D - 55|16|5|67.11km|1120.21km|Nothing unusual to report.
23|Runningking|Run Republic|12|5|53m|656m|Good tough running week. 12m tempo on Wed and 22 on Sat at 8:09ave pace - 7 around PMP - feeling confident

Forgot to update weekly runs/ mileage/miles run

D Chief

No|Name|Plan|Week|Weekly Sessions|Miles/KM This Week| Total Miles/KM | Comments
1|liamog|HH Inter 1|9|0|0.0 km| 232.1 km | Fully fit again, dying to run on Tuesday
2|Micilín Muc|P&D:55-70|15|7|110 km|1507.93km|Taper arrived just on time. Haven't felt this tired yet. Goal is now 3:20. Now - the battle not to put on weight for the next three weeks!
3|RedRunner|HH Inter 1|16|4|30.36m|404.92m| Tired legs this week so skipped one midweek run but felt benefit of that at weekend.I can almost taste that pint in McGrattans already!
4|Mike D|HH Inter 1|16|4|25m|444.1m|Skipped Saturday run but LSR was good today, raring to go a this stage:)
5|beeduybe|P&D:33-55|16|5|42m|715m|Good 4 mile race and 16 mile run over the weekend. Taper madness not set in yet
6|Lizzy C|P&D -33-55|15|5|54.14m|594.04m|Struggled to get all runs done this week but got there. LSR of 22 with Young Anne and others went well, including a slog up the Kyber at mile 20. Now we'll be well able for the little hill at Clonskeagh:) So glad the taper begins now, as I'm tired.
7|Skidrow|HH inter1|16|5|32m|474m|Happy to get over week 16 with no major issues, except energy levels a bit low.:)
8|Younganne|Ecolis plan|16|3|12.25|461.10|:( Bad week for me, seem to have picked up a bit of a hip/back injury. Off to physio tonight to get sorted. |
9|run44|HH inter1||5|27m|62mm|Happy to get 5 in this week
10|D Chief|P&D -55|16|7|86.2km|1088.6km|Pushed LSR out to Monday morning, so this was an 8-day week and I ran on 7 of them. 2 weeks to go and I can't stop thinking about DCM.
11|Sideline warrior|HH Inter 1|5|5|28.5m|135.9m|Avg pace this week was 8.03 so am going to make concerted effort to slow down on the longer runs. Seems to be best practice. Am in France next week for 2 weeks and am concerned that due to heat it will be tough to get in runs especially LSRs. Will try early morning runs but am not an early runner!
13|doledude86|HH Inter 2|13|6|40m|386.70m|Havent updated properly in ages, last 20mile done yesterday!! End up doing 3!
14|irfrm|runners world|14|5|31.5 m|497.5 m| Hamstring left leg a start of week, physio gave the all clear to train away, good at start of week but missed out on long run yesterday. 2 weeks to go!!!
15|shels4ever|just run||9|50|50|Just lots of easy runs last week. Head not in the log runs jsut yet but hope to get to grips with them soon.
16|jester1980|HH IINT 1|14|4|65.5km|619|3 weeks to go yayyyyy
17|Van.Bosch|P&D - 55|14|5|52.21M|499M|Good Week, happy enough with progress. Got 17 Miles done @PMP
18|Mr.Wiggle|RunRepublic sub3.30|12|5|82km|743km| Got all runs in, but motivation levels have dropped. Need the next 3 weeks to fly by!!
19|RedB|Part P&D55 & now coach plan|14|6|70M|647M|Peak Week 2. Rest, Aero, Tempo, Recovery,Intervals, Recovery, 35km Long Run incl 12km PMP, 10km PMP-5%. Happy to make the big sessions as planned. Taper time
20|Trigger26 |Club coach sub 3.30|16|5|39M|544M|Good week, no dramas. Looking forward to wind down and build up!
21|Jim0 |P&D - 55|16|5|67.11km|1120.21km|Nothing unusual to report.
23|Runningking|Run Republic|12|5|53m|656m|Good tough running week. 12m tempo on Wed and 22 on Sat at 8:09ave pace - 7 around PMP - feeling confident

RunningKing

Haven't ran since last wednesday.
Physio tonight. The good news was that there's no damage on my thigh. Just very tight and a lot of knots.

The bad news was he used his elbow to loosen my tight thigh to clear the knots.

Nearly had me in tears, but he's top notch and was also our Marathon runner in the London Olympics, so he understands us runners!. Nice guy too, despite the evil elbows........... Back to running on Tuesday.

mr.wiggle

No|Name|Plan|Week|Weekly Sessions|Miles/KM This Week| Total Miles/KM | Comments
1|liamog|HH Inter 1|9|0|0.0 km| 232.1 km | Fully fit again, dying to run on Tuesday
2|Micilín Muc|P&D:55-70|15|7|110 km|1507.93km|Taper arrived just on time. Haven't felt this tired yet. Goal is now 3:20. Now - the battle not to put on weight for the next three weeks!
3|RedRunner|HH Inter 1|16|4|30.36m|404.92m| Tired legs this week so skipped one midweek run but felt benefit of that at weekend.I can almost taste that pint in McGrattans already!
4|Mike D|HH Inter 1|16|4|25m|444.1m|Skipped Saturday run but LSR was good today, raring to go a this stage:)
5|beeduybe|P&D:33-55|16|5|42m|715m|Good 4 mile race and 16 mile run over the weekend. Taper madness not set in yet
6|Lizzy C|P&D -33-55|15|5|54.14m|594.04m|Struggled to get all runs done this week but got there. LSR of 22 with Young Anne and others went well, including a slog up the Kyber at mile 20. Now we'll be well able for the little hill at Clonskeagh:) So glad the taper begins now, as I'm tired.
7|Skidrow|HH inter1|16|5|32m|474m|Happy to get over week 16 with no major issues, except energy levels a bit low.:)
8|Younganne|Ecolis plan|16|3|12.25|461.10|:( Bad week for me, seem to have picked up a bit of a hip/back injury. Off to physio tonight to get sorted. |
9|run44|HH inter1||5|27m|62mm|Happy to get 5 in this week
10|D Chief|P&D -55|16|7|86.2km|1088.6km|Pushed LSR out to Monday morning, so this was an 8-day week and I ran on 7 of them. 2 weeks to go and I can't stop thinking about DCM.
11|Sideline warrior|HH Inter 1|5|5|28.5m|135.9m|Avg pace this week was 8.03 so am going to make concerted effort to slow down on the longer runs. Seems to be best practice. Am in France next week for 2 weeks and am concerned that due to heat it will be tough to get in runs especially LSRs. Will try early morning runs but am not an early runner!
13|doledude86|HH Inter 2|13|6|40m|386.70m|Havent updated properly in ages, last 20mile done yesterday!! End up doing 3!
14|irfrm|runners world|14|5|31.5 m|497.5 m| Hamstring left leg a start of week, physio gave the all clear to train away, good at start of week but missed out on long run yesterday. 2 weeks to go!!!
15|shels4ever|just run||9|50|50|Just lots of easy runs last week. Head not in the log runs jsut yet but hope to get to grips with them soon.
16|jester1980|HH IINT 1|14|4|65.5km|619|3 weeks to go yayyyyy
17|Van.Bosch|P&D - 55|14|5|52.21M|499M|Good Week, happy enough with progress. Got 17 Miles done @PMP
18|Mr.Wiggle|RunRepublic sub3.30|13|5|94km|837km| Another tough week with tight glute. Pulled up 2 miles short on Sundays 18m LSR. Physio today and back again thursday. Easy does it now till weekend.
19|RedB|Part P&D55 & now coach plan|14|6|70M|647M|Peak Week 2. Rest, Aero, Tempo, Recovery,Intervals, Recovery, 35km Long Run incl 12km PMP, 10km PMP-5%. Happy to make the big sessions as planned. Taper time
20|Trigger26 |Club coach sub 3.30|16|5|39M|544M|Good week, no dramas. Looking forward to wind down and build up!
21|Jim0 |P&D - 55|16|5|67.11km|1120.21km|Nothing unusual to report.
23|Runningking|Run Republic|12|5|53m|656m|Good tough running week. 12m tempo on Wed and 22 on Sat at 8:09ave pace - 7 around PMP - feeling confident

Micilin Muc

No|Name|Plan|Week|Weekly Sessions|Miles/KM This Week| Total Miles/KM | Comments
1|liamog|HH Inter 1|9|0|0.0 km| 232.1 km | Fully fit again, dying to run on Tuesday
2|Micilín Muc|P&D:55-70|16|6|83.17 km|1591.10km|Good start to taper. Got a PB in my last tune-up race - 10km in 42:09. Legs are really sore after race and Monday evening's 17-miler. Still need more sleep!
3|RedRunner|HH Inter 1|16|4|30.36m|404.92m| Tired legs this week so skipped one midweek run but felt benefit of that at weekend.I can almost taste that pint in McGrattans already!
4|Mike D|HH Inter 1|16|4|25m|444.1m|Skipped Saturday run but LSR was good today, raring to go a this stage:)
5|beeduybe|P&D:33-55|16|5|42m|715m|Good 4 mile race and 16 mile run over the weekend. Taper madness not set in yet
6|Lizzy C|P&D -33-55|15|5|54.14m|594.04m|Struggled to get all runs done this week but got there. LSR of 22 with Young Anne and others went well, including a slog up the Kyber at mile 20. Now we'll be well able for the little hill at Clonskeagh:) So glad the taper begins now, as I'm tired.
7|Skidrow|HH inter1|16|5|32m|474m|Happy to get over week 16 with no major issues, except energy levels a bit low.:)
8|Younganne|Ecolis plan|16|3|12.25|461.10|:( Bad week for me, seem to have picked up a bit of a hip/back injury. Off to physio tonight to get sorted. |
9|run44|HH inter1||5|27m|62mm|Happy to get 5 in this week
10|D Chief|P&D -55|16|7|86.2km|1088.6km|Pushed LSR out to Monday morning, so this was an 8-day week and I ran on 7 of them. 2 weeks to go and I can't stop thinking about DCM.
11|Sideline warrior|HH Inter 1|5|5|28.5m|135.9m|Avg pace this week was 8.03 so am going to make concerted effort to slow down on the longer runs. Seems to be best practice. Am in France next week for 2 weeks and am concerned that due to heat it will be tough to get in runs especially LSRs. Will try early morning runs but am not an early runner!
13|doledude86|HH Inter 2|13|6|40m|386.70m|Havent updated properly in ages, last 20mile done yesterday!! End up doing 3!
14|irfrm|runners world|14|5|31.5 m|497.5 m| Hamstring left leg a start of week, physio gave the all clear to train away, good at start of week but missed out on long run yesterday. 2 weeks to go!!!
15|shels4ever|just run||9|50|50|Just lots of easy runs last week. Head not in the log runs jsut yet but hope to get to grips with them soon.
16|jester1980|HH IINT 1|14|4|65.5km|619|3 weeks to go yayyyyy
17|Van.Bosch|P&D - 55|14|5|52.21M|499M|Good Week, happy enough with progress. Got 17 Miles done @PMP
18|Mr.Wiggle|RunRepublic sub3.30|13|5|94km|837km| Another tough week with tight glute. Pulled up 2 miles short on Sundays 18m LSR. Physio today and back again thursday. Easy does it now till weekend.
19|RedB|Part P&D55 & now coach plan|14|6|70M|647M|Peak Week 2. Rest, Aero, Tempo, Recovery,Intervals, Recovery, 35km Long Run incl 12km PMP, 10km PMP-5%. Happy to make the big sessions as planned. Taper time
20|Trigger26 |Club coach sub 3.30|16|5|39M|544M|Good week, no dramas. Looking forward to wind down and build up!
21|Jim0 |P&D - 55|16|5|67.11km|1120.21km|Nothing unusual to report.
23|Runningking|Run Republic|12|5|53m|656m|Good tough running week. 12m tempo on Wed and 22 on Sat at 8:09ave pace - 7 around PMP - feeling confident

Good start to taper. Got a PB in my last tune-up race - 10km in 42:09. Legs are really sore after race and Monday evening's 17-miler. Still need more sleep!

Micilin Muc

jim0 wrote: »

Early mornings and speedwork has me more tired during this "taper" than most of the earlier parts of the programme - and I still have a 19km to run next Sunday. Looking forward to 3-4 quiet days before the DCM - that's about the extent of it!

Have faith in P&D 55! I too felt sore at the end of Week 17 when I did this plan in the spring.

kit3

RunningKing wrote: »

Haven't ran since last wednesday.
Physio tonight. The good news was that there's no damage on my thigh. Just very tight and a lot of knots.

The bad news was he used his elbow to loosen my tight thigh to clear the knots.

Nearly had me in tears, but he's top notch and was also our Marathon runner in the London Olympics, so he understands us runners!. Nice guy too, despite the evil elbows........... Back to running on Tuesday.

Good for you - hope the run went well today and you are back on track.

nerraw1111

Feeling sore and tired myself.

I've picked a really sore calf (not an injured bovine) from yesterday's run. Can feel it pulling while walking. Like someone is grabbing it. Not stressing too much, hopefully it'll clear in a day or two.

trigger26

nerraw1111 wrote: »

Feeling sore and tired myself.

I've picked a really sore calf (not an injured bovine) from yesterday's run. Can feel it pulling while walking. Like someone is grabbing it. Not stressing too much, hopefully it'll clear in a day or two.

Got that myself a couple of weeks ago and got a massage, your man said me calf was just too tight and he worked it out, all grand after 2 days, hope it's the same for you.

RunningKing

5m run today. 1st one in a week.

During the 1st two miles I had runners knee, ITB, shin splints, groin strain, in growing toe nails, flu and a kidney infection.

The last 3 miles were great, once I warmed the muscles and gave my self a few metaphorical slaps!

RedRunner

Did 4 miles tonight. Wasn't feeling great earlier today.Not sure if it was down to tiredness or just this cold I've been trying to shake for last few weeks unsuccessfully. Went out for run anyway and was feeling ok during and after it.

I've booked myself into the Doctor tomorrow night to get myself checked as the cold I mentioned has got into my chest and I'm afraid it may turn into a chest infection.Its been like that a week or so now but hasn't shifted so now I'm taking no chances and seeing the doc to make sure it doesnt get any worse. I'm not usually one for going to the Doctor for something like this. Only for DCM I wouldn't be bothering! Maybe its the "madness" but I'm not going to risk being sick next week due to lack of action this week:)

RedRunner

RedRunner wrote: »

......I've booked myself into the Doctor tomorrow night to get myself checked as the cold I mentioned has got into my chest and I'm afraid it may turn into a chest infection....

Back from Docs....low grade infection. 7 day course of antibiotics..glad I went now..nipped it in the bud before it has a chance to get worse...otherwise fit and well.

Missed my run tonight because of it but not too bothered considering the downpour outside (in Dublin)

PaulieC

It's a dirty night alright. On the plus side, it made it easy to run fast to get home as soon as possible

RunningKing

7 slow miles tonight, managed to avoid the rain believe it or not.

RedRunner

cambo_gueno wrote: »

It's a dirty night alright. On the plus side, it made it easy to run fast to get home as soon as possible

For sure...so long as you don't end up on your ear because of wet leaves!

Micilin Muc

I have developed a cold from running in the rain on Monday evening. I hope nobody else here makes that mistake - it's not worth the risk!

D Chief

Micilin Muc wrote: »

I have developed a cold from running in the rain on Monday evening. I hope nobody else here makes that mistake - it's not worth the risk!

There is no risk. The idea that you catch a cold from being out in the cold and/or the rain, or from going out with wet hair, is an old wives tale. You catch a cold by coming in contact with a virus.

I ran in the rain this afternoon and enjoyed it. I did the P&D 3x1600 session in the rain, and through the puddles, and I was really happy with it.

jim0

D Chief wrote: »

I ran in the rain this afternoon and enjoyed it. I did the P&D 3x1600 session in the rain, and through the puddles, and I was really happy with it.

It was a slightly dodgier proposition after dark, but not a bad session in a masochistic kind of way. Weather was horrendous for a couple of weeks before last year's DCM too - including at least one drowning. Could be worse I suppose...

PaulieC

RedRunner wrote: »

For sure...so long as you don't end up on your ear because of wet leaves!

Going down Merrion Road was like running on wet carpet. I got a full body shower too courtesy of a passing motorist and a large puddle. Thankfully I was already fully soaked by then

mr.wiggle

Getting worried now about missing my 3.15 target. Been to physio twice this week due to sore glute. Missing a few of last weeks and this weeks training runs. Will see how Sundays Lsr goes. It really can be described as a pain in the @ss!

JJJJNR

So what mileage should I be looking at doing this weekend, I've done 4 x 20 miles for the past four weekends, so was thinking of doing a 13miler or something this sunday, taper madness has kicked in yo!

Micilin Muc

D Chief wrote: »

There is no risk. The idea that you catch a cold from being out in the cold and/or the rain, or from going out with wet hair, is an old wives tale. You catch a cold by coming in contact with a virus.

So said the pharmacist to me today - a bit of a revelation TBH! So much for health awareness!

D Chief

I am going to do 19km on Sunday. My plan is to run part of the second half of the DCM course. I'm going to start around KCR, or maybe Terenure, and run the DCM course to Fosters Avenue, maybe go back and do Roebuck Rd a second time, then loop back to my start point. The idea is to familiarise myself with that part of the course and to run it when I'm not so wrecked, to hopefully take away some of the fear of those hills at Milltown and Roebuck. I remember last year going along Roebuck Rd and thinking I was near the end of it, but it just seemed to go on and on. I hope to have a good look at it this Sunday morning.

KielyUnusual

D Chief wrote: »

There is no risk. The idea that you catch a cold from being out in the cold and/or the rain, or from going out with wet hair, is an old wives tale. You catch a cold by coming in contact with a virus.

I ran in the rain this afternoon and enjoyed it. I did the P&D 3x1600 session in the rain, and through the puddles, and I was really happy with it.

I think the idea is that if you're cold and your body is using much of its resources to keep you warm, then you're defences aren't quite what they could be and you are more susceptible to catching a cold. If you're running in the rain, you're going to be generating a lot of heat so it shouldn't be too much of an issue as long as you get dry shortly after stopping running.

RunningKing

mr.wiggle wrote: »

Getting worried now about missing my 3.15 target. Been to physio twice this week due to sore glute. Missing a few of last weeks and this weeks training runs. Will see how Sundays Lsr goes. It really can be described as a pain in the @ss!

I feel your pain! I've missed most of last week and only done a few slow miles this week to keep ticking over.
Frustrating that I can go through so many miles and sessions injury free, but then pick something up on the 1st day of taper??
I really want to do an interval session to get the legs fired up again, but cant risk it.

Physio last Monday seemed to help, but still not 100%.
Off to sports massage this morning - hopefully she can work wonders!

nerraw1111

mr.wiggle wrote: »

Getting worried now about missing my 3.15 target. Been to physio twice this week due to sore glute. Missing a few of last weeks and this weeks training runs. Will see how Sundays Lsr goes. It really can be described as a pain in the @ss!

Not asking for medical advice.

I've the same issue. I've been recommended to do quad stretches, hip flexing, core and bridge exercises. I'll be seeing them next week.

What are you doing to resolve the issue? Is seeing the physio have any effect or just stretching and rest?

neilc

RunningKing wrote: »

I feel your pain! I've missed most of last week and only done a few slow miles this week to keep ticking over.
Frustrating that I can go through so many miles and sessions injury free, but then pick something up on the 1st day of taper??
I really want to do an interval session to get the legs fired up again, but cant risk it.

Physio last Monday seemed to help, but still not 100%.
Off to sports massage this morning - hopefully she can work wonders!

Same situation here, starting to pull my hair out now!

RunningKing

went for a sports massage this morning in Castleknock.

She immediately identified the problem was my back, and set about loosening up my extremley tight back.
Worked on my hamstrings and then on other leg muscles.

Feel tender from her 'going at me' - but the 'dead' feeling in my leg is gone. Going back to her on Tuesday for a final session, but feeling good right now.
Planning a small recovery run on Sat (3-4miles) and then my 12m on Sunday.

Younganne

thats good news Running king. I had dryneedling in my hip on Monday and went for a test run last night 5.6 on threadmill and it was ok, but I can still feel the bruising (internally) from the treatment but not from the injury, which is good.

I just did my session for the week, 2m warm up, 2 x 2@ MP with 4min rec, 2m cool down and thankfully not a peep out of it.(8.53 total, so the two runs this week was more than my total for last week:eek:)

The plan is for 4m easy tomorrow and 14 for sunday...looking good for me reaching the 1000m during the marathon!!!:D

Hopefully we'll all get sorted in the next few days....isn't that the reason we have a Taper!!!