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Ain't nothing gonna break my stride....
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »This is a running forum, Dora the Explorer
TbL
This is my log Popeye .....
my log my rules
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Wednesday:
4m @ 8:56 + strides
It was dark when I was doing this. I had my head torch on and as I was running down the road the yield - right of way sign appeared to be moving towards me. How strange I thought and then realised it was actually a person with a high vis vest on. Holy crap. Why is there a person on my road at 5a.m? And where has he come from? And why is he carrying a guitar case? That could contain a gun or stuff for breaking into a house and then he could put all the stolen stuff into the guitar case and no one would ever know. Shoot my iPhone is on the kitchen table - hope he doesn't steal that. Oh well best get my run done!
I met a hedgehog as well. It's ages since I've seen a hedgehog. Well a live one anyway. They're kind of cute with their pointy little noses. And then when I was finished my strides I was just thinking to myself I haven't seen black cat for days and who should appear round the corner but black cat so I gave him some pork fat for his breakfast
My iPhone was still on the table where I left it so I guess it was just a guitar in the guitar case :rolleyes:0 -
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This the reason you are not supposed to get up in the middle of the night and go outside!career move wrote: »Wednesday:
4m @ 8:56 + strides
It was dark when I was doing this. I had my head torch on and as I was running down the road the yield - right of way sign appeared to be moving towards me. How strange I thought and then realised it was actually a person with a high vis vest on. Holy crap. Why is there a person on my road at 5a.m? And where has he come from? And why is he carrying a guitar case? That could contain a gun or stuff for breaking into a house and then he could put all the stolen stuff into the guitar case and no one would ever know. Shoot my iPhone is on the kitchen table - hope he doesn't steal that. Oh well best get my run done!
I met a hedgehog as well. It's ages since I've seen a hedgehog. Well a live one anyway. They're kind of cute with their pointy little noses. And then when I was finished my strides I was just thinking to myself I haven't seen black cat for days and who should appear round the corner but black cat so I gave him some pork fat for his breakfast
My iPhone was still on the table where I left it so I guess it was just a guitar in the guitar case :rolleyes:0 -
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Are you on the shrooms again?
That thought did cross my mind BUT then I thought what if he's a sneaky burglar and it's a double bluff??Note to cm: burglars don't wear hiviz....
You were going to say crazy lady weren't you but you thought better of it. Good decisionAuldManKing wrote: »I wonder if there's a Guitar forum somewhere, with a guy saying that he seen a strange sight of a lady with a head torch running towards him at 5am while he walked on by, carrying his guitar case.............
It's only the middle of the night if you're Blockic!SamforMayo wrote: »This the reason you are not supposed to get up in the middle of the night and go outside!ThebitterLemon wrote: »Dora,
You been eating the cats crocodile pate
TbL Shhh 0 -
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Thursday:
Bike: 51k in 2hr23
Beautiful out this morning. I enjoyed this. Just spinning along in a nice easy gear. When I finished I jumped off the bike and ran a lap of the house. My legs felt like they didn't even belong to me. It was pretty cool. Think I'll do it more often. Love it when I get in from a long session and I'm ravenous and there's leftovers in the fridge that I can pop in the microwave. Chicken stir fry and a smokey cheese toasted sandwich. Nom nom 0 -
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Friday:
5m @ 8:44
Had planned to do 4m + strides but I was feeling good so I said I'd do 5m + strides but then I thought I better make sure I can cope with 5 miles on it's own before I add in strides so that's what I did and it was a tiny bit faster than planned. I love it when I'm running and I look at my watch and I'm going too fast and I make a conscious effort to slow down but I'm still going too fast. It's a nice feeling 0 -
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What did you think of Ardgillan?
That's where our club do their winter/cross country training and there is also a Parkrun there every week. I didn't know it was used for Orienteering as well.
Ardgillan is fab. It was a lovely day too so that always helps but it's a really well kept park (and I saw a lot of it) Its a bit of a trek for me though 0 -
Friday p.m
Chin ups 2 x 10 reps. Last 2 of the second set were tough. I've got weak! Left hip was a bit uncomfortable in the evening. I presume it's from the running so I've had to jig around my training plan and give myself an extra run free day over the weekend. It means I'll only have done 3 run days and 12 miles this week but I'm prepared to be patient as long as I can keep a certain amount of consistency going. I was toying with the idea of doing a 4m trail race next week and a 5k or 10k at the end of September but I've scrapped that now and entered the Moxie 40k adventure race two weeks today. Looks deadly Chest muscles are a bit sore this morning and I'm currently procrastinating about getting stuck in to today's bike ride and considering the virtues of having another cup of tea 
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Saturday:
Bike to pool: 19.2k in 56min
Swim: my first swim set
2 x 50m w/u front crawl
4 x 25m fc
4 x 50m fc
4 x 25m fc
4 x 100m backstroke
2 x 50m c/d
Actually quite enjoyed this session. It feels like progress and I like progress This was all about trying to get a better breathing technique so my main goals were to try and breathe bilaterally, exhale fully in the water, keep my head down and don't lift my head too high when I turn to inhale, keep my toes pointed and my ankles flexed and flex my elbow. Some of it worked some of it needs more practice. I thought I'd find it harder to get the bilateral breathing going but I got into the rhythm quite easily so very happy with that and it seemed to have a positive effect on my form. Many thanks to Mr. Smooth Kurt Godel for his help and advice
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shotgunmcos wrote: »I've a feeling you are going to rock these shorter ARs!
Not sure how competitive I'll be especially on a MTB but we'll give it a lash anyway 0 -
Sunday:
Rest. I made cookies and I ate cookies Had the odd niggle from my hip so I did the exercises I'm supposed to be doing everyday :rolleyes: Wasn't convinced they were helping before. It takes a bit of willpower to get them done and I just didn't think they justified it. However I noticed a definite improvement after doing them yesterday so new rule for this coming week is NO EXERCISES NO RUNNING.
Monday:
5m @ 8:48 + strides + exercises
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Mon p.m:
Bike: 15k in 44min
Had to go to the shop and it's nearly quicker to go on the bike. One of the horses pulled off a shoe this afternoon when we were jumping the hurdles so I did about another mile later cycling round the field trying to find it cause all the nails are still in it. No joy
Tues a.m:
4m @ 7:54 + exercises
It was a perfect morning for a run and once I got into a rhythm it ended up being a bit faster than I had planned. Was aiming for steady pace (8:10 - 8:15). Legs are happy though so it's all good 0 -
Tues p.m
Yoga ~ 25 min. Was going to go for a swim after work but my legs were really tired from my 2 day running streak :rolleyes: and the exercises
Wednesday:
Exercises in the morning. They take a good half hour so I may need to start getting up earlier
Swim this afternoon:
1 x 100m warm up: front crawl had to stop a couple of times but bilateral breathing is easier
2 x 50m fc breathing every 2 strokes. I get on fine until I start trying to do too many things other than breathe like kick from the hip and I just end up swallowing water but when I concentrate just on breathing its good
1 x 400m backstroke. Love. Love. Love.
2 x 50m fc better after the break
1 x 100m cool down fc actually was more 4 x 25m but it did what it said on the tin
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shotgunmcos wrote: »400m backstroke :eek:
What? That's not far. It does make my front crawl seem more pathetic though 0 -
career move wrote: »What? That's not far. It does make my front crawl seem more pathetic though
What it does show in big screaming letters is that you're a strong swimmer, and can swim much further, once you can catch a breath. I'd tend to keep the FC stuff slow for the moment, and keep to a single purpose (ie focus on getting the breathing right). For the moment you can do kick drills with a board, and that should suffice. Plenty of time to do both, but for now keep practising your breathing.
I'm with Mike though, 400m BS is pretty impressive!0 -
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Right in front of our eyes she's been taken by the hand and led to the dark side.... CM, stay away from the bad men... Run towards the light child, yes, run, not swim and/or bike... RUN! :eek::D
I think you're too lateDon't mind him K - you're obviously not another one-trick pony. Go where the fun is and multi-sport is the way.
It would be a bit of a relief, though, if you wouldn't insist on being so damn good at everything you turn your hand to.
I'm not really that good at anything. I'm just very fit and very determined (when I feel like it) 0 -
career move wrote: »I'm not really that good at anything. I'm just very fit and very determined (when I feel like it)
Depends on your standards...0 -
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Saturday:
Bike: 18.75k in 53min
Swim:
4 x 25m frontcrawl
4 x 50m fc
1 x 600m backstroke
4 x 50m fc
Bike: 18.75k in 57min
Legs were good but I'm going visiting friends tomorrow so I wanted to get my swim done today. Spent 3 hours this morning doing core work aka holding lambs while they were being clipped. Flipping knackered after it but at least with the weather being so good there's no excuse for being indoors. I would have liked to have done the swim earlier though because Saturday afternoons the pool is full of kids. They have 2 lanes roped off but there were people in them and I like being in the far over side of the pool especially when I'm doing backstroke because it's easier to know when I have to turn. Frontcrawl was fine. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. Swallow water. Concentrate. Breathe. Breathe. Stupid googles filling up with water. Breathe. I was going to do 2 x 300m backstroke but people stay out of my way more if I just keep going and it's kind of like the running in that once I'm in a rhythm I don't want to stop. I bashed into a few people but it was hardly my fault. I mean I'm right over at one side swimming continuously so you would assume that people would stay out of my way right?! But some people seem to fine it difficult to understand that there are other people who actually swim in a swimming pool. Anyway I just kept going and they seemed to get the message. Happy enough after and I'll get my run done early tomorrow 0 -
Sunday:
6m @ 8:30
Plan was for 5m easy and 1m @ MP but due to a combination of perfect running conditions and my right forearm being very sore when I tried to turn it to look at my watch, it turned into a progression run, with the last mile @ 5k pace (9:16, 9:03, 8:53, 8:41, 8:22, 6:47). Legs felt good enough
Happy with this week.
|Dist|Time|Sessions
Swim|1900mt|1hr20| 2
Bike|120k|6hr| 4
Run| 16m |2hr 15| 4
Core||3hr 30|70 -
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Wednesday:
Zilch. Too lazy to swim
Thursday:
1m easy: 8:45
1m steady: 8:08
1m ~ HMP: 7:32
1m ~ MP: 7:40
1m easy: 8:30
This was a bit of a silly run. Had planned 5m easy + strides but the 2nd mile was too fast for easy pace so then I said I'll just do 5m steady but then the 3rd mile was more HMP pace and I said whoops better kop on and finish with 2 easy miles but the fourth mile was more MP pace than easy and even the last mile I had to jog the last bit to slow the pace to 8:30. So ya funny kind of a run. In my defence my arm is still a bit sore when I rotate it inwards so I wasn't checking my watch too much but I must be more disciplined in future even though my legs are feeling good today0 -
Flying solo on this AR for the first time so I was a bundle of excitement and anxiety this morning. Blessington is such a fabulous place and this race was exceptionally well organised. The only small issue I had was when Dad and I were driving there we took a wrong turn and ended up following the race route back to Tulfarris hotel. Luckily that was really well signed! No issues registering or racking my bike. I did a small run to warm up, a few strides and some stretches and took my place in the pen for the race briefing and the start. The 40k was divided into 2 waves and I was in the second one.
500m run, 1.5k Kayak, 500m run
Felt good. Was second overall and first woman after the 500m run to the kayaks. The guy in front of me had his own kayak and I was debating in my head should I jump into a single or wait for someone for the double when a foreign sounding guy with really good English ran up and asked me to go in the double with him. Sound. The kayak course was in the shape of an inverted triangle and there was a bit of a current dragging the boat to the right heading towards the first buoy. We fell into a rhythm pretty quickly and managed to keep the boat on a pretty good line and raced in second position. Even though we got a nice turn around the buoy we were still passed shortly after by another double and we stayed in third position to the end. 5th/6th in our wave and 2nd woman. Lost no time racking up the kayak and pulled my life jacket off on the go. My legs were surprisingly heavy though on the run back up to the bikes and I was well out of breath but I was very fast in the bike transition (32sec), picked up my helmet and camelbak and hit the road in 2nd place.
Kayak: 21:31
Bike 11k:
Was pedalling furiously all the way on this one. Up hill, down hill, around corners but I was passed by a good few people. They didn't hang around either when they passed. In fact nobody was really working together at all. It was very much a case of every man, woman and mountain biker to themselves. The lady who was in front of me in the kayaks passed by. She was slower in transition because she had to change into cycling shoes whereas I just had my trail shoes on all the way. Nice bike course but it was tough work. I only drank water because I wasn't feeling low in energy but I was happy to see the marshals at the next transition which meant onto the run
Bike: 29:37
Run 8k
Left my camelbak, food and water with my bike. I was hoping I wasn't going to regret that decision but it was cloudy and it was only 8k so I reckoned I should be ok. The first part of the run was up a mountain over quite rough terrain on a very narrow path. There was lots of rocks, heather, marshy bits, drains, boulders and at one stage a narrow pass by the side of a waterfall to be negotiated. I walked most of this as I still hadn't got my breath back from the kayak and it was pretty difficult. Once we started levelling off I started a run/walk strategy which eventually evolved into a slow run all the way. The air up at the top was so clean and crisp. I felt like I was breathing pure oxygen up there and for the first time in the race I was no longer out of breath. We started descending then. It was still quite rough in places and even though I was being careful I still went over on my right ankle which made me limp for a stride or two. I could hear a lad behind me on the descent and I asked him if he wanted to go my but he said he was quite happy pacing off me! We went down a very short sharp downhill and hit the road and had about 250m run to the bridge that we needed to go under. The water was lovely and cool and I would have loved to have dipped my head into it to cool me down. About a 20m run through the stream and then we hit the cruellest part or the course - about 1km of a run along the beach. My pacer was still behind me and we were passing a few people now that were doing the mini moxie (27k). I stayed as near to the shoreline as I could mostly to avoid the really deep sand but I was well happy when we hit the road again. Until I saw the final steep climb to the bikes. Yuck. I started to walk but my pacer friend had caught up with me and encouraged me back into a jog again and finally we reached the bike transition.
Run: 1:01:37
Bike 19k
I have never been so happy to park my little ass on my bike and stuff my mouth full of glucose tabs. These are brilliant by the way. I got them in the chemist. Just pure glucose and I took them out of their wrapping and put them in a food bag for easy access. Think I might use these for the marathon instead of gels. On the subject of gels, I noticed a good few gel wrappers randomly discarded around the course :mad: Got a good pick up from the water and glucose and kept up a good effort on the bike home. Passed out a few road bikes going uphill and a few more towards the end of the bike. Turning into Tulfarris for the finish I spotted my Dad and that put a big smile on my face. I racked my bike and managed a good run to the finish line.
Bike: 47:03
Finish time: 2:39:40
Finished 3rd woman in my wave and fifth woman overall. Not too bad. My run was poor and my run fitness is not where it needs to be but hopefully that'll improve once I can up my mileage a bit. Think my kayak buddy finished 8th overall. My legs are tired but happy now and my ankle doesn't seem too bad but I get the odd twinge if I rotate it too much so I'll keep an eye on it. Loved this race. Love the countryside and the lake and the mountains. The marshals were fantastic. So friendly and encouraging and it was superbly organised. Definitely one for my calendar 0 -
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ankle sprain taking forever :mad: 65k in 3 hours on the MTB is good going 
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