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The "what the hell do I call my training log?" training log...
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29-01-2013 12:04am#1
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Arrived for this with close to an hour to spare. Parked near the sports centre, jogged down to check it out, back to the car to jettison the jacket (and make the difficult decision about how much or little to wear - settled on 2 t-shirts, shorts, hat, snood & gloves) and back down for a final pit stop.
Started meeting boardsies at this stage - The Rook was the first, followed by Blockic, DocJewel, Gavlor and the irrepressible Career_Move. Having the same target of 72min as CM, we started off together. By 2k I was starting to regret all the clothing - hat was off before 3k, closely followed by the gloves (which I thought I'd tucked together in a ball and then managed to mysteriously lose one - so I carried one frigging glove the whole way around:( They were a Christmas present from one of the kids too, so I'd hardly had a chance to use them). Congestion was pretty bad around this stage - 75min pace group were in front of us but we were running 72min pace.
DocJewel was with us too around this time but we were starting to fall quite a bit behind schedule. Had to do some squeezing past but got back on target by the first water station.
By about 7 or 8k, I was overheating so much that I was feeling physically sick so the snood came off too. Somewhere between losing the gloves and the snood, I also lost contact with CM & DocJewel so I was on my own from then. Kept going and decided I was going to keep on keeping going - but by God it wasn't easy. Hail shower at around 10k ish and memories of the 2012 Wexford half came back. But it didn't last long thankfully. The mile markers were passing pretty quickly. Was waiting for the 8m marker from which (I'd been reliably informed) the wind was going to be at our backs - well it was I guess but we were also going uphill for a chunk of it. I really wanted to push on to bring myself level with my Garmin pacer but I was flat out with tens of metres behind target. Could hear the announcer at the finish line and finally crossed in 72:07 - 7 sec outside target but as much as I could have expected. Was slightly woozy crossing the line and queuing for the goody bags but the banana & crisps helped. Met DocJewel, CM, Gavlor & Blockic then and walked back to the sports centre with CM & Blockic. Mighty feed but showers were cold by the time I got to them, so I ended up just changing into dry t-shirt and hitting the road.
All that aside, let's get to the data (me being a data geek). I'm calibrated in metric, so it's all km's for me. Therefore this was 16km (and a bit - I normally allow 1% extra distance when calculating my target pace 'cos I never follow the racing line. Neither do you, by the way;)) Calculated my target was 4:28/km.
Km splits were as follows:
4.28, 4.16, 4.39, 4.40, 4.16, 4.26, 4.40, 4.28, 4.24, 4.24, 4.26, 4.27, 4.31, 4.34, 4.26, 4.20 and 0.41 for the last 170m.
You can see what that looks like on Garmin Connect here. Obviously the HR was well up there most of the way, so I was under pressure. Happy enough with the consistency of the times - average pace was 4:28/km. Was absolutely annihilated with tiredness at the end but sure what do you do?
Need to formulate my training plan for the Great Limerick Run - tis only something like 15 weeks away now, so it's time to jump onto something and make a half-decent fist of it...0 -
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What time you thinking of for Limerick? Sub 3:30 on the cards surely?
I'm not sure yet - and don't call me Shirley
(Sorry - it's going to be one of those logs).
Was thinking 3:40 with 3:30 target for DCM. But 3x 10m would indicate 3:36 so I'm kinda between the two. If I were to achieve 3:38 it'd be 1:20 off my marathon time in less than 12 months, which (if you don't read the details) would be decent enough. I'll have to think about it but it'll be around there.0 -
I'm not sure yet - and don't call me Shirley (Sorry - it's going to be one of those logs).
:rolleyes:...this should be interesting so!
Was thinking 3:40 with 3:30 target for DCM. But 3x 10m would indicate 3:36 so I'm kinda between the two. If I were to achieve 3:38 it'd be 1:20 off my marathon time in less than 12 months, which (if you don't read the details) would be decent enough. I'll have to think about it but it'll be around there.[/QUOTE]
Fair enough I suppose, see how training goes but I wouldnt go ruling out 3:30 for Limerick yet.;)0 -
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Best of luck with the new log C! A sub 3:30 in Limerick will be no bother to you! I’m hoping for 3:30 in Cork and I’m waaaaaaaaay behind you in the speed stakes
In the immortal words of Journey “don’t stop believin’, hold on to that feeeeelin’” Bet you’ll be singing that all day now…. My work here is done :D:D 0 -
Arrived for this with close to an hour to spare. Parked near the sports centre, jogged down to check it out, back to the car to jettison the jacket (and make the difficult decision about how much or little to wear - settled on 2 t-shirts, shorts, hat, snood & gloves) and back down for a final pit stop.
Started meeting boardsies at this stage - The Rook was the first, followed by Blockic, DocJewel, Gavlor and the irrepressible Career_Move. Having the same target of 72min as CM, we started off together. By 2k I was starting to regret all the clothing - hat was off before 3k, closely followed by the gloves (which I thought I'd tucked together in a ball and then managed to mysteriously lose one - so I carried one frigging glove the whole way around:( They were a Christmas present from one of the kids too, so I'd hardly had a chance to use them). Congestion was pretty bad around this stage - 75min pace group were in front of us but we were running 72min pace. DocJewel was with us too around this time but we were starting to fall quite a bit behind schedule. Had to do some squeezing past but got back on target by the first water station.
By about 7 or 8k, I was overheating so much that I was feeling physically sick so the snood came off too. Somewhere between losing the gloves and the snood, I also lost contact with CM & DocJewel so I was on my own from then. Kept going and decided I was going to keep on keeping going - but by God it wasn't easy. Hail shower at around 10k ish and memories of the 2012 Wexford half came back. But it didn't last long thankfully. The mile markers were passing pretty quickly. Was waiting for the 8m marker from which (I'd been reliably informed) the wind was going to be at our backs - well it was I guess but we were also going uphill for a chunk of it. I really wanted to push on to bring myself level with my Garmin pacer but I was flat out with tens of metres behind target. Could hear the announcer at the finish line and finally crossed in 72:07 - 7 sec outside target but as much as I could have expected. Was slightly woozy crossing the line and queuing for the goody bags but the banana & crisps helped. Met DocJewel, CM, Gavlor & Blockic then and walked back to the sports centre with CM & Blockic. Mighty feed but showers were cold by the time I got to them, so I ended up just changing into dry t-shirt and hitting the road.
All that aside, let's get to the data (me being a data geek). I'm calibrated in metric, so it's all km's for me. Therefore this was 16km (and a bit - I normally allow 1% extra distance when calculating my target pace 'cos I never follow the racing line. Neither do you, by the way;)) Calculated my target was 4:28/km.
Km splits were as follows:
4.28, 4.16, 4.39, 4.40, 4.16, 4.26, 4.40, 4.28, 4.24, 4.24, 4.26, 4.27, 4.31, 4.34, 4.26, 4.20 and 0.41 for the last 170m.
You can see what that looks like on Garmin Connect here. Obviously the HR was well up there most of the way, so I was under pressure. Happy enough with the consistency of the times - average pace was 4:28/km. Was absolutely annihilated with tiredness at the end but sure what do you do?
Need to formulate my training plan for the Great Limerick Run - tis only something like 15 weeks away now, so it's time to jump onto something and make a half-decent fist of it...
Were you in the Boards AC top for this race? If so, I may have found my arch nemesis!
I think I was behind you, CM and DocJewel for the first two miles, lost ye doing a death defying overtaking routine down the narrow country road (with the briar marks to show for it!), been overtaken by you several times over the next few miles before passing you on the way down the hill around mile 8(?) and just about staying clear thereafter.
Basically, without the wardrobe malfunctions you'd have probably won that particular duel!
Best of luck with the log and with the races to come. And stick with km. It's the modern way!0 -
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Data here - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/267840621.
My plan to do the Enniscorthy 10k on Sunday week has been scuppered by the combination of my son running in Ferns and my daughter having a gymnastics competition in Arklow on the same day. Backup plan to do Duncannon 10k two weeks later also scuppered - son has music competition that day. Looks like my next race will be the county novice road race in Enniscorthy on 17th - it's only 6k but sure it'll be an experience.
In other news, I seem to have cultivated my first black toenail of my running career. Mrs. D says I'm a proper runner now.:rolleyes:
EDIT: And I've just entered for Limerick - 2742 0 -
Damn kids getting in the way of running!Data here - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/267840621.
My plan to do the Enniscorthy 10k on Sunday week has been scuppered by the combination of my son running in Ferns and my daughter having a gymnastics competition in Arklow on the same day. Backup plan to do Duncannon 10k two weeks later also scuppered - son has music competition that day. Looks like my next race will be the county novice road race in Enniscorthy on 17th - it's only 6k but sure it'll be an experience.
In other news, I seem to have cultivated my first black toenail of my running career. Mrs. D says I'm a proper runner now.:rolleyes:
EDIT: And I've just entered for Limerick - 2742
I see your black toenail and raise you my first toenail fell off this morning! Gross and fascinating at the same time:eek::o
I feel like such a proper runner now 0 -
Data here - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/267840621.
My plan to do the Enniscorthy 10k on Sunday week has been scuppered by the combination of my son running in Ferns and my daughter having a gymnastics competition in Arklow on the same day. Backup plan to do Duncannon 10k two weeks later also scuppered - son has music competition that day. Looks like my next race will be the county novice road race in Enniscorthy on 17th - it's only 6k but sure it'll be an experience.
In other news, I seem to have cultivated my first black toenail of my running career. Mrs. D says I'm a proper runner now.:rolleyes:
EDIT: And I've just entered for Limerick - 2742
Ah feck I was hoping you'd be there to keep me honest....next time.0 -
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career_move wrote: »Haha upthe19th is leading you astray????
Har har - I will not be moved. It's like 2 people talking in totally different languages - he says "that last mile was 8.25" and I'm there silently trying to figure out what that is in km.
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Har har - I will not be moved. It's like 2 people talking in totally different languages - he says "that last mile was 8.25" and I'm there silently trying to figure out what that is in km.
When you say 5:xx pace, I immediately want to slow down. When I say 8:xx pace , you speed up. Funny the way the brain works.
We may need a common ground, "Furlongs" maybe:).0 -
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