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Tuesday 14th Jan
Wednesday 15th Jan
Ran over to my girlfriend's place in the PM with a bag on my back but felt full of energy. Picked up the pace for a couple of miles in the middle hitting a 7:18 and 7:30 miles. Nothing too fast but given the pace I've been doing most of my runs lately,it felt like I was flying!! 4.8miles @ 7:51 pace
Thursday 16th Jan
Ran back from my girlfriend's in the AM but took a shorter route and kept the pace nice and slow. 3.2 miles @ 8:50 pace.
Good night so??
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Sunday 19th Jan - LSR
10 miles this morning around PP with two of the lads from the club. Pace was generally kept very slow but it picked up a bit in the last two miles, despite the heavy legs after yesterdays run. Very happy to get it done. 10 miles @ 8:36 pace.
Afterwards, we decided to head down to Bray and did the cliff walk to Greystones. I've never done it before, very nice indeed and the weather was perfect for it.
Third week in a row getting 28/29 miles on 5 days running. That's the kind of consistency I've been looking for. Starting to feel a lot more positive about my running again.
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AuldManKing wrote: »So you ran 3 times in one day and didn't even cover 5 miles
Digger would be proud.
That's pretty much it yeah. And to make it worse, I'm a little sore today:o
No more slagging you off about not having a job when I can find time to train (technically) four times in one day!!0 -
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Sunday 26 Jan - Raheny 5 mile
So this run was the short term focus since coming back from my ankle injury. I had said at the beginning of December that if I could come in under 32 mins with limited training, then I'd be happy and it would make running all the more enjoyable! The training has been ok. I've been doing as much as I feel I can but the injury has been pretty uncomfortable at times. Two parkrun's in the last few weeks have indicated that I should be in contention for a sub 32 so I was going into this run full of expectations.
Anyway, I got down to Raheny at 2 o'clock and met Marthastew and Mr Stew and was introduced to Career Move and a few more non boardies. After a few minutes chatting and generally hiding in the hall away from the wind outside, we eventually decided it was time for a warm up. It was windy out but it wasn't awful.
Before long, I was standing beside Mr Stew waiting for the gun to go off. He suggested that I move up a few places and I should have listened to him because the first half mile was a right pain. Weaving, slowing and speeding up again before I eventually got into a comfortable rhythm. I turned onto the Howth road and was immediately hit by the wind. This is going to be fun! Hit the first mile in 6:22 though. Absolutely perfect.
Then I realised both my laces were open! I had bent down in the pin to double knot both shoes before the race but somehow didn't tie either shoe properly and I knew it too because I remember starting to bend down to re tie them before just thinking that I was nervous and to relax. What a knob! Know I had two sets of laces slapping off the road and back against my shins. I thought about pulling over and tucking them into my shoes but knew they weren't going to open because as least they were double tied. Then I was nervous that someone would stand on them and I'd ruin both my race and at least one other person's race with a nasty fall on the concrete. Ah just forget about it Cleanman and concentrate! I don't know if it was this or the wind or race inexperience, but my second mile was a lot slower at 6:30.
Seeing the split woke me up a bit and I started motoring again. The third mile went without any hiccups and I felt much more in control. I remember looking at my watch at the 3 mile sign but don't remember the time but turns out I covered it in 6:21.
I was feeling strong in mile 4 with the wind behind me and ran alongside another runner and we were encouraging each other to keep working and try to catch the group ahead. It wasn't until we hit the corner and started climbing the hill that we caught them. The hill seemed to hit everyone really hard, including my companion, as I caught and immediately pushed on past about 5 or 6 runners. Mile 4 was a 6:13 but I didn't realise it at the time as I was just concentrating on working hard!
I met my girlfriend here and she gave me a huge roar of encouragement and I was feeling really strong. I was convinced I was going to push on. I did just that and passed a few more runners who seemed to be shattered after the hill. The strong feeling continued until I hit All Saints road with about 1k to go. And then, all of a sudden, I started to wilt. Negative thoughts started creeping in. You haven't worked hard enough, not enough speed work, not strong enough, the injury is holding you back etc etc! I had to try and banish those awful thoughts and just concentrate on keeping up to the Raheny lady directly in front of me. I don't remember much more until about 200 to go, just generally hanging on to the white and green singlet and wanting, no, begging, the finish line to come. Then a guy in blue passed me. I have nothing I thought! All of a sudden, it's almost like it was a revolutionary thought, I realised that if I sprinted, I'd be finished quicker
. So off I took, a full out sprint. Where did this come front?? Was passing runners at a rate of knots now. I must have gone past nearly 10 in the last 100 metres. Pump the arms man, pump them, lift those knees, come on.....nearly there. Oh maaaaannnn, thank god that's over.
I look down at my watch and it reads 31:59:99!!! Ha, thank god I had that sprint in me or it was a definite 32:0x run. But I'd have to wait for the official time to know if I had come in under the 32. (The official result was 32:00!!). I'm taking that as a sub 32 (due to rounding) and job done:D:D
Looking back, my last mile, despite the spontaneous and unexpected sprint, was only 6:27 so it shows how badly I was starting to suffer. I just can't understand why more runners didn't pass me here!
So job done for now. A light warm down followed by most of the contents of the lovely goody bag before heading out for a big steak dinner and a few well earned pints. 26 days without chocolate, alcohol or eating out and boy, didn't I enjoy all three!!
It was great to meet Marthastew, Mr Stew and CM. It was a pity I didn't get to meet other boardies but there'll be other days....0 -
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I can empathize with the laces (have done it in two of my last three races
). Fair play man and solid running. I know you are discouraged with your last mile split I know you aren't to happy but there is a simple reason why no one passed you despite it being a slow mile, that mile was a b!iatch starting with the climb up watermill road turning into the wind, was my slowest mile to by nearly 20 seconds.
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It must be all the multi tasking we have to do before a race. It messes with our ability to preform the simplest of tasks!career_move wrote: »Great report and race. Can't have been easy running with open laces - funny how that always happens to the men :rolleyes:
Nice meeting you and your girlfriend and thanks again for the lift
Cheers ecoli. CM told me about your mishap before the race. Hope you're ok after it. The last mile is very deceiving alright. At least you know Rotterdam doesn't have a final mile like that;)I can empathize with the laces (have done it in two of my last three races). Fair play man and solid running. I know you are discouraged with your last mile split I know you aren't to happy but there is a simple reason why no one passed you despite it being a slow mile, that mile was a b!iatch starting with the climb up watermill road turning into the wind, was my slowest mile to by nearly 20 seconds.
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Cheers ecoli. CM told me about your mishap before the race. Hope you're ok after it. The last mile is very deceiving alright. At least you know Rotterdam doesn't have a final mile like that;)
Ah yeah breathing still a little messed up but hopefully that is just swelling and nothing more. Have ran this race I think 6 times and that last mile always tough enough (mind you the wind the last two years has made it a complete nightmare). If Rotterdam was like that I would probably turn around the last mile and find myself the nearest pub 0 -
And I've only run it for the last 2 years so I can't wait to come back on a calm day:pAh yeah breathing still a little messed up but hopefully that is just swelling and nothing more. Have ran this race I think 6 times and that last mile always tough enough (mind you the wind the last two years has made it a complete nightmare). If Rotterdam was like that I would probably turn around the last mile and find myself the nearest pub0 -
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Thursday 30 Jan
A very tired 3.7 miles this morning at about 8:40 pace. Started off with a ridiculously slow first mile but the legs started to wake up after that.
So that's me done for January. Overall, a successfull month. My main aims for the month were to cover 115 miles, get sub 32 in Raheny and run a parkrun. I managed to hit the 115 miles, ran 31:59:99 in Raheny and did two parkruns (a 19:33 and 19:20). Happy overall. The injury has flared up from time to time and is particularly swollen this week since Raheny so I'm going to take a few days off. I'm going to London tomorrow and although I'll bring the runners, I won't do anything if I don't feel it's a good idea.
I've no particular aims for February yet. CM asked me on Sunday what my next race was and I actually couldn't tell her! I think I'll focus on the MSB 5k on Paddy's weekend. I love that race and I've done it for the last 3 years in a row, taking a huge chuck off my pb each time. No expectations on that front this time around but I'll stick down a target on paper after the weekend and see if I can hit it!0 -
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I've also been thinking of my goals over the next few weeks. MSB 5k is definitely on the cards. I'd be happy with a sub 19 there with a sub 18:45 run being a "gold medal" run.
I'm not going to put any pressure on myself in terms of miles and sessions until then. I'll see how everything feels and push a bit harder when I feel good and pull back when necessary. But I'm going to have to make sure I do a little more strengh and conditioning work to make up for times when I pull back! I'll probably do a parkrun (and maybe 2) between here and MSB.
I've also decided to look into surgery a little more. I've kind of ignored the idea over the last few months but I don't think that I can realistically keep up any kind of meaningful training without getting it done at some stage.
I seem to have been doing a lot of thinking in the pubs around London over the weekend
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