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DCM 2012 Graduates - the next step
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77:30 for me in Ballycotton 10 today (shameless plug alert) full race report in my log!
http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056804989&page=11
Great race, really well organised. Challenging course, especially the fact that it ends with a 2 mile hill
So I'm pleased enough with my time, but confident that I've a sub 75 10 mile in me. 0 -
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Just back from Ballycotton, unofficially clocked myself at 75:53, a 6 min pb for my 10 mile.
Marathon miles are definitely helping, felt very tired at the end, but after half a mars bar, I could happily have ambled up to another starting line. :P
Must have only just missed you,I was 76:17,well done on your run0 -
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77:30 for me in Ballycotton 10 todayOfficial chip time 1:16:17
Great running guys. I don't know how I missed you both, with such similar times.
Mind you, that last mile was torment. I was swearing at the 600m sign, and all subsequent ones. I barely recognised the finish line. 0 -
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Brilliant running by everyone today!! Its great to see all the work that everyone puts in ins paying off!!
Boards is on fire with activity today and tonight..I can't keep up!!
Race went very well for me today. Thanks for all your support.
Race report here.I ran 1:26 myself, so as off today he is officially barred from this thread... I better create another alias for myself and sneak on!! Or I'll just pop in but ignore your posts! :P;)You thought to well oh great one!!
He sure did!! He should follow his own plans!Another good night in the mentors lounge over brandy and cigars meno...take it easy on the rest of em;-)....great run by the way yourself.
At the rate I'm going, he'll have a free bar in Limerick!!0 -
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Bohermeen Half Marathon
PB 1:36:01
Previous best: 1:36:11
After a crappy nights sleep looking after a child with the vomiting bug I wasn't very well prepared when my friend came to pick me up for the drive to Bohermeen. But still, over the last few days my desire to get a PB had hardened so we discussed strategy on the way up and even got a glimpse of part of the course as we approach Bohermeen itself.
Conditions were perfect with no wind and cool temperatures. There was a good pre-race buzz about and I knew there were boards folks around but had failed to see if there were any arrangements to meet up due to attending to Sick Boy. Sorry to have missed you all, particularly as there were a good bunch of us in and around the 1'36 mark.
Our plan was to run 7:30's for 5/6 miles and then up the pace in order to come in around 1:36, however from the off - thanks to my running partner's pace setting - we were banking time all the way consistently coming in around the 7:20 required to hit 1:36 on a steady pace.
Miles 1 - 4: We started fairly close to the line so there wasn't too much traffic is spite of the narrow roads. After settling in for the first mile or so a guy sat in and ran directly behind us for the next five miles or so. He was breathing like he was running with a snorkel in his mouth and he stayed within inches of us for miles taking no part in any banter, just hanging on like a limpit. If he was playing a psychological game designed to annoy me, it worked
Thankfully, at the first sign of a hill he fell away never to be seen again.
Miles 5 - 9: we ran on maintaining a good pace and continuously gaining time. I felt good but also felt that I was running about as fast as I comfortably could, so I had a few moments of doubt during these miles, wondering if I was going to blow up and have to ease off. After a while we ended up running with two more people, a guy in a red shirt and a girl in purple. Without communicating we all ran together and steadily caught and passed several runners as the miles passed. Good times.
After a while the guy fell back and the girl ran on with us, I was impressed with her running and started to suspect she was going to put the foot down at some stage and burn us, which she eventually did when I slowed down slightly to take on a gel around mile 7.5.
Around mile nine I got my customary in-race stitch which made it difficult to keep the pace, but I just about managed to do so. Mentally the stitch concerned me as I had been starting to think the PB was looking good if we could continue to make ground. Thankfully it eased off after 10 minutes or so.
Miles 10 - 13.1: The good thing about a looped course is that you know what's coming up on the second loop and can plan accordingly. After the first loop my pal and I had decided we'd up the pace after the one significant hill on the course which occured at around miles 5.5 and 11.5.
As we passed the bridge over the M3 and the 11 mile mark I realised we had about 16 minutes to cover the last two and a bit miles and get a pb. It was just about on but it was going to be tight.
By this stage the purple girl was about 50 meters ahead, a lead she maintained as we hit the hill. To make matters worse, Mr Red Shirt had passed us again and put a bit of space between us. Still, things were under control and we got up the hill without difficulty.
It was time to make our move and we stepped it up a gear and started making ground on our previous running partners. I can't imagine either of them were best pleased when we passed them soon after the 12 mile mark. At this stage the end was almost in sight so we continued to up the speed taking out plenty of runners in the process.
All the while I was checking my watch. The time seemed to be ticking away faster than than the distance so I had about 30 seconds left to get finished up within pb territory as the final meters approached. It was all going to come down to how far the finish line was from the final turn into the Bohermeen grounds.
My running buddy was about 10 meters ahead of me as we rounded the corner for home. The distance was about 100 meters so I went all out for a sprint finish and crossed the line stopping my watch at 1:36:01, which turned out to be my exact chip time too. It was close but I'd managed a pb, as had my buddy who finished two seconds ahead.
Delighted with the PB we tucked into the wonderful food laid out by the race organisers in Bohermeen.
On reflection today I'm pleased with the race. I think it's the first time I've run a race consistently at a pace which was about as fast as I could manage, as such it was my hardest won pb. Roll on Paris.
Here are the splits.
1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|.1
07:20.4 | 07:13.0 | 07:21.3 | 07:19.4 | 07:24.8 | 07:18.3 | 07:22.0 | 07:15.1 | 07:19.6 | 07:15.1 | 07:26.1 | 07:16.2 | 06:54.0 | 01:16.2
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Bohermeen Half Marathon
PB 1:36:01
Previous best: 1:36:11
After a crappy nights sleep looking after a child with the vomiting bug I wasn't very well prepared when my friend came to pick me up for the drive to Bohermeen. But still, over the last few days my desire to get a PB had hardened so we discussed strategy on the way up and even got a glimpse of part of the course as we approach Bohermeen itself.
Conditions were perfect with no wind and cool temperatures. There was a good pre-race buzz about and I knew there were boards folks around but had failed to see if there were any arrangements to meet up due to attending to Sick Boy. Sorry to have missed you all, particularly as there were a good bunch of us in and around the 1'36 mark.
Our plan was to run 7:30's for 5/6 miles and then up the pace in order to come in around 1:36, however from the off - thanks to my running partner's pace setting - we were banking time all the way consistently coming in around the 7:20 required to hit 1:36 on a steady pace.
Miles 1 - 4: We started fairly close to the line so there wasn't too much traffic is spite of the narrow roads. After settling in for the first mile or so a guy sat in and ran directly behind us for the next five miles or so. He was breathing like he was running with a snorkel in his mouth and he stayed within inches of us for miles taking no part in any banter, just hanging on like a limpit. If he was playing a psychological game designed to annoy me, it worked Thankfully, at the first sign of a hill he fell away never to be seen again.
Miles 5 - 9: we ran on maintaining a good pace and continuously gaining time. I felt good but also felt that I was running about as fast as I comfortably could, so I had a few moments of doubt during these miles, wondering if I was going to blow up and have to ease off. After a while we ended up running with two more people, a guy in a red shirt and a girl in purple. Without communicating we all ran together and steadily caught and passed several runners as the miles passed. Good times.
After a while the guy fell back and the girl ran on with us, I was impressed with her running and started to suspect she was going to put the foot down at some stage and burn us, which she eventually did when I slowed down slightly to take on a gel around mile 7.5.
Around mile nine I got my customary in-race stitch which made it difficult to keep the pace, but I just about managed to do so. Mentally the stitch concerned me as I had been starting to think the PB was looking good if we could continue to make ground. Thankfully it eased off after 10 minutes or so.
Miles 10 - 13.1: The good thing about a looped course is that you know what's coming up on the second loop and can plan accordingly. After the first loop my pal and I had decided we'd up the pace after the one significant hill on the course which occured at around miles 5.5 and 11.5.
As we passed the bridge over the M3 and the 11 mile mark I realised we had about 16 minutes to cover the last two and a bit miles and get a pb. It was just about on but it was going to be tight.
By this stage the purple girl was about 50 meters ahead, a lead she maintained as we hit the hill. To make matters worse, Mr Red Shirt had passed us again and put a bit of space between us. Still, things were under control and we got up the hill without difficulty.
It was time to make our move and we stepped it up a gear and started making ground on our previous running partners. I can't imagine either of them were best pleased when we passed them soon after the 12 mile mark. At this stage the end was almost in sight so we continued to up the speed taking out plenty of runners in the process.
All the while I was checking my watch. The time seemed to be ticking away faster than than the distance so I had about 30 seconds left to get finished up within pb territory as the final meters approached. It was all going to come down to how far the finish line was from the final turn into the Bohermeen grounds.
My running buddy was about 10 meters ahead of me as we rounded the corner for home. The distance was about 100 meters so I went all out for a sprint finish and crossed the line stopping my watch at 1:36:01, which turned out to be my exact chip time too. It was close but I'd managed a pb, as had my buddy who finished two seconds ahead.
Delighted with the PB we tucked into the wonderful food laid out by the race organisers in Bohermeen.
On reflection today I'm pleased with the race. I think it's the first time I've run a race consistently at a pace which was about as fast as I could manage, as such it was my hardest won pb. Roll on Paris.
Here are the splits.
1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|.1
07:20.4 | 07:13.0 | 07:21.3 | 07:19.4 | 07:24.8 | 07:18.3 | 07:22.0 | 07:15.1 | 07:19.6 | 07:15.1 | 07:26.1 | 07:16.2 | 06:54.0 | 01:16.2
That was a good report. i liked that.0 -
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Great Island 10 would be an ideal warm up race for Cork but that weekend at the moment is out for me,maybe the Bandon Half Marathon which is 3 weeks before Cork,other that hope to do a few extra 5 mile or even 10k races this year,once family commitments allow;)
I really enjoyed both of those last year, but I wasn't training for CCM then! I'm probably going to do one of the two of them, but I'm undecided as yet which one to do. At least at €18 and €20, they're not going to break the bank.
Good luck with getting signed up for CCM, that's the main one. 0 -
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