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The Good Mood Cookbook
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I was supposed to run today, but it was DRY out and I couldn't waste a day with no rain. I haven't done a road cycle in a few weeks and it was great to be out on the storck again. Chose my route based on the wind direction, so it was into the wind for 40k but woo hoo I had it to my back all the way home. It felt like the bike had a motor
The halfway point was hook head, where the waves had covered the road with foam that looked like piles of snow. My bike got destroyed going through it but it was worth it for tea and taytos at the lighthouse cafe.
83.5k in god knows what ride time. I worked hard, that's all I care.0 -
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Rest day yesterday. I dont know if these are beneficial, because by the end of the day, I would have fought with my fingernails.
Grumpy don't describe it! Went to bed early to avoid anyone setting off my touchpaper.
Short run this morning, out in the frost where the only sign of yesterdays storm was that quite a few trees were horizontal instead of vertical. Otherwise a cool, calm day. Just like me after a good nights rest.
6.95k easy with a set of strides in the middle to wake up my legs.0 -
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I had been told that donadea was a great race and noone was kidding. My lack of training and the fact that this was a non critical race meant I rolled up today pretty relaxed, I had nothing to prove. Met a few familiar faces at the start, they all seemed pretty chilled too!
I was cold so I hid in my coat till just before race start when I headed up the trail with the rest of the all smiling field. No fuss, no bother, a quick line up, a siren, and off we went.
No sooner had I set off than who pulled alongside only Izoard. I was glad of the company! We ran together and chewed the fat for a few miles and I couldn't help noticing our pace was just a squeak over what we both were aiming for. But what the hey, I felt okay. Though as the miles clocked up my fellow boardsie got quieter and quieter... until we got to a hill and he was gone. We didn't even say goodbye
So I kept going, keeping an eye on the pace and staying relaxed. Had a few other chats along the way to pass the time. Its the most sociable race I've ever done. It rained, hard, twice, but considering the weather weve had, today was a gift. Someone musta paid off the weather fairies.
The toughest lap mentally was 7, because youre neither here nor there, and the last one was a struggle to hold pace. But all in all the time flew. I didn't really feel the distance at all. Splits were 27, then 6 @ 26 and the last three 27 again. 4:28:40 got me fifth placed woman. If only I knew 4th place was less than a minute ahead... Ah well. Next time!
Thank you Anto for inspiring me to race this. It was just what the doctor ordered. 0 -
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"Why are you running faster? Come back, what have I done?!"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/12544811883/0 -
RacoonQueen wrote: »"Why are you running faster? Come back, what have I done?!"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/12544811883/
Full of Bravado on Lap 2 - my picture on Lap 8 looked a lot different - I'd Imagine Oryx was still running with her eyes closed round about then...:)0 -
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Will/may be gettin some from the Irish runner guy dat wAs there ..another set on from fkickr (trampas) on the fb pageI can't find any later ones and I'd like to see how we deteriorate But I would particularly like a finish line pic cos my son ran in with me. If anyone knows where they might be?0 -
Will/may be gettin some from the Irish runner guy dat wAs there ..another set on from fkickr (trampas) on the fb pageI can't find any later ones and I'd like to see how we deteriorate But I would particularly like a finish line pic cos my son ran in with me. If anyone knows where they might be?0 -
I went back to kettlebells tonight for the first time in about 6 weeks. I had to go very easy. But I wore my newest tee shirt and got a few 'what the..' looks. Silly, but I got a kick out of it.
I kept it all pretty light but squats were still hard. My quads complained 0 -
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