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DCM 2012 Graduates - the next step
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career_move wrote: »Gold - 41:xx
Silver - 42:xx
Bronze - 43:xx
:D:D
Good luck tomorrow. My goal is pretty similar.0 -
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Good stuff. I'll keep an eye out for you....I'm leaving the garmin at homedavemcmahon wrote: »Good luck tomorrow. My goal is pretty similar. 0 -
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career_move wrote: »42:50:D:D
Congratulations on your Silver Medal;)
That's a great run.Well done.0 -
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A lazy copy and paste from my own log - apologies to those who have to read my long winded nonsense twice!
Wexford HM race report - AKA Tough day at the office - AKA 'you call this flat!!!'
Alarm went off at 6:30 this morning
and I reluctantly dragged myself out of bed to be greeted with pouring rain. I knew it was due to clear later so I wasn't too worried. Took us two hours to drive to Wexford so was registered at just after 9. Registration was a breeze I must say, pooched around for a bit and went for a warm up jog. Met StephenRooney in his Boards top, and did a short warm up with him. Was aiming for 1:40 as you know which I felt was a tough but achievable challenge. We walked over to the start and met the Boards cheerleaders there (Dilbert and Upthe19th - he really is on crutches the poor thing, I thought he was messing!). The start was really well done and it started bang on time after a minutes silence for Boston. It didn't feel like there was as many people running as there was, so well done to the organisers for that. The sun decided to come out just as we started.
The first couple of miles were fine, I felt there was a quite an uphill drag at mile 3, you would hardly notice it in a car, but I could definitely feel it deadening the legs (I think I just invented a word
) It seemed to go on for ever. The Boards cheerleaders were at the first water station to say hello which was nice. The portion of the race through the castle grounds was nice, although it doubled back on itself a fair bit and there was a fair few tight turns and gravel to deal with. At this stage I was holding 7:30 miles fairly consistently, I had got ahead of Stephen as he had to stop and stretch but he had caught up at this stage (and was soon to leave me for dust 
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It was at this stage (mile 7) that I began to struggle. The heat was starting to get to me (sorry blockic, I'm sure you're doing a
as you read that!) but the sun was beating down, and I honestly can't remember the last time I ran without a jacket was - never mind had sun on my face! Felt sorry for the folks that had baselayers and gloves on (didn't slow that Stephen fella down though!) I was beginning to slow down and my 7:30's were becoming 8:00 (I think I even had a 8:16 in there ) I knew a 1:40 was dead in the water, but was just concentrating on keeping ahead of the 1:45 pacers and I figured a 1:42/43 was most likely. I really struggled through the last 3 miles, I was composing a strongly worded email to the organisers about this so called 'flat' course in my head! I heard someone call it 'undulating' well, maybe it was just me, but it seemed to undulate up a lot more than it undulated down! I was even finding the 8:00 pace tough at this stage. I tried to finish strong, but i'm not going to lie, I felt totally spent. Was pretty disappointed to cross the line in 1:43. Was lovely to meet Dilbert, Upthe19th (minus the promised fig rolls) Guining (sp) who finished in something fantastic like 1:30, Stephen who got a mighty impressive 1:38 with injury! and of course Mr thread of the year - Blockic 
Could I have done better on a flatter course? Maybe. But I am pretty good on hills, I have quite a few hills on my regular route. I don't think I was tired from Thursday, the legs felt pretty rested. I think I have to concede that 3:30 in Cork is pie in the sky at this stage. Even the optimistic Mr McMillan has me at 3:37 for the full. I think a better aim at this stage would be a strong 3:40, get a GFA for London and have a sub 3:30 as my next goal. I think if I go for a 3:30, I risk having a real blow out and not enjoying the race. maybe that's me taking the lazy way out and not pushing myself enough, but I am a bit of a cautious soul, I think i'd rather have an attainable goal and smash it rather than an optimistic goal and fail. If i'd gone out today looking for a 1:45, i'd have been delighted with my time. Same result, different emotions.
Positives for the day, saw some of Wexford and New Ross, have never been in Wexford before and it is a stunning place, will definitely be back to explore more now I know it's not far away. Got to meet lots of lovely Boardsies, who make excellent cheerleaders - with or without the pom poms. I got a 5 minute PB - I suppose a PB is a PB, but my last half was in August and 5 mins doesn't feel like much reward for all those miles run, all that running in the dark, rain and wind.
Gosh, sorry for the long post, should have a warning in the title! It was a good day all in all and the race was well organised (if a bit falsly marketed!) I don't think i'd do it again as I didn't feel it was value for money, but I did enjoy the day and it was great meeting the lads. Positive head back on and onwards and upwards 0 -
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I ran this 10km in Belfast today. I ran it last year too, and that was my first race and the very start of my running career so I was keen to get back and see if I've improved! Last year I ran it in 54:xx so was pleased with myself today to come in with a chip time of 48:08 My 10km PB before today was 52.48 so a decent PB and a good day at the office.
However, I realised that I really need to start getting my pacing right. As always I started out too fast and got gradually slower, 6 mile splits were 7.11, 7.24, 7.40, 7.51, 7.53 and 7.58. I didn't actually look at the Garmin (read c_m's log from yesterday and thought I'd give that a go!) so had no idea what my pace was but just knew by feel that it was too fast at the start. So here dawns the start of my new running mantra...in races from here on I'm starting conservative. I really want to know what it feels like to finish strong :rolleyes:
Compared to the same run last year I definitely felt a lot more comfortable. Yes, I felt uncomfortable at times but I didn't push myself in to the really unbearable stuff so think I need to work on this also, basically stop being a sissy and dig deeper
Sunday racing means LSR pushed to tomorrow...16 miles in the evening will be so weird but even I won't attempt to get that one under the belt first thing :eek:0
not good! 
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