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Apologies for the hijack RK, but at least the over-analysing has stopped.....;)
J, Mr Stew's sister is married to a fine upstanding Mayo man like yourself, they are living near the Dort in Dalkey and naturally have their cars festooned with Mayo flags, one of the neighbours was passing the other day and asked why they had so many Portugal flags up:D0 -
RunningKing wrote: »will you be eating prawn sandwiches or watching on the telebox?
At the moment I can't get a ticket so probably the telebox. However based on past experiences I'm still holding out on a ticket. 2 years ago I hadn't a sniff of a ticket until Saturday evening. I think lads promise them to people but then get stuck with them when their mates get tickets elsewhere. Well that's my hope this year again
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I love this. Us humble Dubs are continuously called cocky by our country cousins, yet for the last month all I've heard from Mayo folk is how they are going to win the all Ireland and wipe the floor with the Dubs.
Lets just all be happy ye took care of Kerry in the Semi Final!
Dublin v Mayo games always seem to be great matches and hopefully this will be no different!
Great - I'm still looking for a ticket so hopefully someone will give me a dig out!RunningKing wrote: »I'll join you so, but may let slip to the crowd that we have a Mayo man in attendance. I wont be responsible for their actions.
I'm planning to get about 3-4 miles in beforehand and then about the same afterwards before meeting Meno et al in the pub afterwards for a drink or two.RunningKing wrote: »Going to do 7m beforehand as it'll be easier to get the 20m in without too much stop/starting.0 -
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At the moment I can't get a ticket so probably the telebox. However based on past experiences I'm still holding out on a ticket. 2 years ago I hadn't a sniff of a ticket until Saturday evening. I think lads promise them to people but then get stuck with them when their mates get tickets elsewhere. Well that's my hope this year again
I was in a pub on Dorset St when Mayo and Kerry were parading in the 2006 final when I got a ticket. By the time I got into the Cusack Stand 8 mins had passed and we were 2-2 to 0-0 down. I had to sit there for the remainder of the game knowing we had no chance of winning and still had to pay €70 for the privilege of being humiliated.:(0 -
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Friday 20 Sept: Rest day.
Saturday 21st Sept: 20m LSR inc Phoenix Park Half Marathon
Drove down to Whites Gate (Farmleigh) and set off on an initial 6-7 miles before the Dublin Half.
1st 6 miles were uneventful enough - stopped to stretch for 2-3 mins after 2 miles.
6 miles at 7:55 pace and I was in the 1:40 pen with BeepBeep, Belcarra & Mr Stew with 4 mins to spare.
We set off and being at the top of wave 2 meant that there was not much congestion around the Khyber.
Nice to see the 3 lads shouting encouragement - Mr Stew was very into it and generated a lot of enthusiasm.
I think Belcarra was trying to think up excuses in advance of Sundays match.........
At mile 4-5 (my 10-11) I was really enjoying it - the pace felt good (a lot of 7:30'ish miles though lads!) - I mentioned to beepbeep that its really good to just run a race every now and then rather than race it - you enjoy it more and really notice the crowds.
Funny moment when (at the top of chesterfield) Mr Stew informed the group of our route to the bottom of chesterfield) - only to be advised that we we were going through Farmleigh.......got a good laugh.
Going through Farmleigh and then back onto chesterfield - things seemed to turn a bit. A fair few people in our group dropped out of the race, towards the end of Chesterfield there were 2 runners prone on the ground - 1 seemed ok, the other had medics with him and had that silver stuff around him.
By the end of Chesterfield (my mile 16) - I decided to back off the pace - no point pushing with the 1:40's for the sake of it and risking injury (or even worse - the wrath of Boards.ie )- it was just a LSR afterall.
All 3 pacers done a great job - great to see them working with the crowd & each other - nice job lads.
Coming back into the park there was a water station - great to see bottles being available (& lucozade, earlier) - made a great difference, again, many people walking up Military Road. At the top, I noticed a Garda friend of mine attending to a terrible scene with a runner on the ground getting CPR. RIP.
Coming back down the S-Bends was a welcome break - then it was onto the Upper Glen Road - again plenty of walkers and a couple more on the ground getting treatment. Felt tired at this stage - last weeks race and Thursdays session coming back to me - but I seen it out.
Met with Statss at this point and for some reason, I felt sick!! (wasn't you buddy!!) - stopped for about 10 secs and it passed - (not too sure what it was - went as quickly as it came).
Came around with about 1000m to go - yet more people lying in the recovery position, stopped for 1 bloke, but he was ok - told me to go on - plenty of people around me commenting on the amount of people in difficulty today.
Seen Stass just ahead of me and was going to try to sprint past him - - but it was a LSR and not a race for both of us.
Came home in 1:42:xx
Mile 1-6: 7:55
Mile 7-16: 7:36
Mile 17:19: 8:15
Still had a mile to do - so grabbed my goodie bag & T-Shirt, met a friend of mine who came in just behind me and jogged to the car with him.
- nice to get that run done - I do think I'd have struggled with the pace today if it wasn't for the race conditions.
Total: 20.05 miles @ 7:49 pace (ave HR 159)
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It must be catching.....you'll have Blocky at it nextRunningKing wrote: »Mon 23rd Sept.
7.7 miles at 6:30am (8:15 pace / HR 135) - my earliest run ever. Great to see the PP with the mist rising, a few other runners out as well.
Might do more of these early morning runs.
Physio today - delighted that he thinks I can keep running - but some modifications to this weeks schedule required.
Maybe even Gavlor. Although that could be a bridge too far 0 -
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career_move wrote: »It must be catching.....you'll have Blocky at it next Maybe even Gavlor. Although that could be a bridge too far
That's more than a bridge. More chance of you not running for a week 0
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