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The Good Mood Cookbook
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OH MY GOD!
I just got a call from Dory.
She's real!
And she's HERE!
Oh, I'm real.
interested wrote: »marathon in Dublin, everything including the kitchen sink ... but guess who forgot their runners ?
Do not believe everything this man has to say. !!!!! Kitchen sink, yes....runners, no. Meaning, I did not forget my runners, thank you very much! I even carried them on the plane with me instead of having them checked. I may be scattered, but I'm not THAT scattered!
Now that Dory is onsite, Im ready to partay. :P
Oh yeah, Barbie....let's get this thing going!!!
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griffin100 wrote: »Enjoy Monday and best of luck!! Don't forget to pack the wellies
I'm bringing my wetsuit, just in case!0 -
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Well that was great fun. I enjoyed the run but meeting a whole gang of boardsies was the best bit. And central to the whole thing was our Dory who is quite something. But more on that later. I was delighted to see her hit a target worthy of her (phenomenal) ability.
And thanks to jackyback whose last minute pep talk got inside my head and made me work for a new pb 3:32:49.
You just needed someone to give you a gentle kick up the backside.
Well done on the PB and great to meet you again. I was in heaven in McGrattans yesterday with my three favourite hoochie mamas 0 -
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Great stuff on your PB Oryx, well deserved. Great to meet you and the host of Boardies again. Isn't it just cool how a group of people who so rarely see each other can have such a bond?! The hoochie posse are performance machines and a hot troop to boot. Our corner of McGrattans was the cool corner by far IMO 0
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A few days before the marathon, I was talking to a clubmate doing DCM for the first time. He was aghast when I called my training the crisps and couch training plan and I said I was doing it for recreation, and not really as a serious aim. While I was only half joking, I did only take this on as an end of season blast, with no real ambition in terms of time. I just like the race, and of course, DD was going to be there so I couldnt miss out. Training began two weeks into September, and I think I managed 3 proper long runs, the longest of which was 20.5 miles. Not quite marathoning for nutters á la shotgun, but close.
So I look back on the time I achieved and think I probably didn't deserve it, and also, wtf could I do if I actually trained properly? Anyhoo... on to the report...
I travelled up the day before, which left time for a meet and greet with the infamous Virginia woman herself. It was all very polite and well behaved. The next morning, we coincidentally happened on each other in the endless queue for the portaloos, and when at quarter to nine the end was not in sight, there ensued a bonding session that I will let her explain in her log. Suffice to say, we are shameless hussies.
We made a mad dash through the crowd to get DD to her pacers, then I slunk back into the crowd lest I be tempted to try and stay on their heels. Not before JB told me I had the potential to stay with the 3:30 guys and to try. So I tucked in behind the 3 red flags, allowing that I would eventually let them go, but slowly. My plan was to hold a 5min km (sorry, I'm a triathlete, cant do them crazy miles) pace on my garmin, all the way around, if possible. That would give me 3:31, which I thought was a fair target. If the legs were good I could always up my game later on, (which I doubted would happen). I honestly thought I would blow towards the end, anyway, but I was going to give it a shot.
It was slow to start, very congested, but somehow, I held my desired pace. By the time I was heading up the north circular road I did wonder if I was being ambitious, it felt faster than was advisable, with a few dips into 4:4* territory. They say you cant bank time in a marathon, and I seemed to be trying. Though I kept it all relaxed, and felt okay, just not sure if I would still be okay at mile 20. I passed 10k in around 50 minutes which was spot on, and sure at that stage I was in the phoenix park and loving it. At one point, I ended up right in the middle of a gang of garda runners, and told them delightedly that I loved my garda escort. The next few miles my pace dipped up and down, sometimes inexplicably, slowing on what seemed like a downhill and vice versa. Maybe it was the winds influence I dont know. But in general I was holding close to my magic 5. Went through half in 1:45 or so, thinking sure its all downhill (metaphorically) from here.
By then I had settled into a groove, and the running was almost hypnotic. Just the odd glance at the watch to make sure I was doing okay. I took gels at 6, 12, 18 and 22, and felt no different either way. But a few wine gums from spectators were lovely. The mega hyped hill at Roebuck is nothing of the sort, its blink and you miss it short, and then you have the lovely drop down to the dual carriageway. That's around the 20 mile mark, which I hit at 2:41, and I remember thinking that I didn't just feel okay, I felt great, and only 10k to go. Lovely. I could tell from the time that I was a squeak shy of my target, but good and all as I felt, I knew I couldn't make much of dent in the remaining time. But the next 6 miles was so satisfying, because I passed people non stop, and that is so good for your head late in a race.
The last two miles were, as they always are, tough. Someone plays tricks with the route, making it longer, I think, at the end. But you've got to love the crowds and the atmosphere. I crossed the line at a sprint, on 3:32:49, a bit shy of what JB wanted me to do, but far faster than I had expected myself. I honestly don't think I had a sub 3:30 in me, I think attempting even that small difference could have gone badly wrong. It felt like I was right at the edge, and I'm glad I had a good race, without pushing too far. Maybe I was too conservative, but it didn't feel like it at the time, I was always aware of how little I had trained for this! This was after all, the crisps and couch plan....
Though if I come back again next year, it will be to attempt to follow Ms D's example, and go 3:20. I might even train for it.0 -
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Massive congrats on your time. I knew that time was there from your half times and how you were going in general.I am raging now after hearing the experiences(from you and others) that I couldnt make it so I drowned my injury sorrows with a weekend in Killarney.
Unfortunately I ate way too much and re kindled my on off relationship with Arthur Guiness. I also stumbled across the beautiful coarse for the Hardman Triathlon.;);)
off now to loose probably two stones of comfort eating/drinking. See you in the pool:).0 -
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Apart from 40 mins on the turbo yesterday, this week was a rest (complete rest!) week. Today though, when I woke up, it was pouring rain and blowing a gale, so what better to do than go out for a run?
As I set off, I had this song stuck in my head:
Oh, what a horrible morning!
Oh, what a horrible day!
I've got a horrible feeling,
The winds gonna blow me away.....
Apart from a hr spike about 5 mins into it (so bad it maxed out, that I had to stop to let it settle) this felt fine. Calves are a bit stiff, but no real tiredness in me. I kept an eye on hr and it never went over 140. 7k.
The only other thing that is different this week is my attempt to change my diet. I haven't been eating enough protein, or quality food. I'm struggling with the protein intake, 20 years of vegetarianism leaves a mark. And god, I'm sick of chicken. But Im trying to drop bf and improve my recovery, and this is the way to do it.0 -
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Diet schmiet. I've been shoveling mass quantities of food and consuming nothing but chocolate since Monday. Ugh!!!! Drnking some kind of delicious rhubarb cocktail at the moment and I realize I owe you a phone call. Give me a few more hours and I'll be great fun on the phone. Well done again on your marathon. I predict great things from you in 2014! 0
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