Rookie's diary part two

tunney

BennyMul wrote: »

Hey hope you don't mind me asking
you mentioned "engaging glutes, hamstrings and hip flexors" do you have any documentation or suggestions on how this is done correctly ?

cheers.

This might help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfkwW4GgAiU

tunney

BennyMul wrote: »

Hey hope you don't mind me asking
you mentioned "engaging glutes, hamstrings and hip flexors" do you have any documentation or suggestions on how this is done correctly ?

cheers.

Prose running, chi running, strip away the bullsh1t and they are the same.

Its a hard one to write down, let me see can I think how to articulate it.

BennyMul

tunney wrote: »

This might help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfkwW4GgAiU

thanks so clear now,

tunney wrote: »

Prose running, chi running, strip away the bullsh1t and they are the same.

Its a hard one to write down, let me see can I think how to articulate it.

but seriously thanks

MojoMaker

tunney wrote: »

This might help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfkwW4GgAiU

And thank you from me too

tunney

So I decided to let myself go the last two night. The last few weeks have seen my "let myself go" change from a bottle of red, a bag of jellies and two bags of crisps. Now just a bag of crisps. Chuffed then that still the weight is coming off. I forgot how much I love running everyday.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

You wont be wanting any scones or cakes when you call up the weekend so

tunney

Ares Unsightly Sprawl wrote: »

You wont be wanting any scones or cakes when you call up the weekend so

I'll be on holidays, so feck off, I'll scoff them!

tunney

tunney wrote: »

I'll be on holidays, so feck off, I'll scoff them!

Although my appetite is way down

pgibbo

tunney wrote: »

Although my appetite is way down

I assume that's because you've cut out the junk food and you're no longer craving it?

tunney

pgibbo wrote: »

I assume that's because you've cut out the junk food and you're no longer craving it?

But also portion sized consistently made smaller so now used to that.

tunney

As an aside. I have thrown out the box for the 920xt. Says alot about where I feel the build quality is.

sconhome

Still covered under warranty #justsaying #notneeded

tunney

Any running races you would add to this? Not going to do them all just want to get a list of potentials. What a fast 5km and 10km on there.

22/02/15 Adare 10km
07/03/15 Kinvara half
15/03/15 St Patricks day 5km
11/04/15 Great Dublin run (10km)
26/04/15 Samsung Night run 10km
03/05/15 Tallaght AC 5km
25/05/15 RTE Five miler
27/06/15 DCM 5 miler
19/07/15 DCM 10km
22/08/15 DCM 10 miler
18/09/15 DCM Half
26/10/15 DCM

sconhome

From what I understand I wouldn't bother with the Samsung unless just for fun. Tight course, lot of turns, kerbs and busy roads.

tunney

AKW wrote: »

From what I understand I wouldn't bother with the Samsung unless just for fun. Tight course, lot of turns, kerbs and busy roads.

Cheers, exactly the type of comments I am looking for

BTH

Paddys day 5k is fast alright, rathfarnham 5k supposed to be damn fast too.

sconhome

tunney wrote: »

Cheers, exactly the type of comments I am looking for

Don't want to encourage it but the odd visit now and again is good for fact finding http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88335302.

2 years of poor reviews.

joey100

Pretty sure the Dunshaughlin 10km is fast. Think it's on around mid-June. Few club mates PB'ed there last year.

RacoonQueen

tunney wrote: »

Any running races you would add to this? Not going to do them all just want to get a list of potentials. What a fast 5km and 10km on there.

22/02/15 Adare 10km
07/03/15 Kinvara half
15/03/15 St Patricks day 5km
11/04/15 Great Dublin run (10km)
26/04/15 Samsung Night run 10km
03/05/15 Tallaght AC 5km
25/05/15 RTE Five miler
27/06/15 DCM 5 miler
19/07/15 DCM 10km
22/08/15 DCM 10 miler
18/09/15 DCM Half
26/10/15 DCM

As has been mentioned, wouldn't bother with Samsung. Crap city centre course. The Great Dublin Run is a **** course and jam packed. Not worth your while uniess you're AAI affiliated and get to start in the club runners pen.
Lots of great evening 5K's on in May and June as part of the Meath summer race series, keep an eye out for all the Meath races. They're al good.
Leixlip 5k in May is a good race and fast course, Lucan also in May, a good 5K course (bit boring though and a couple of crap turns in the park onto bridges)

Dunshaughlin 10K is around the same time as DCM 5 miler, could be the week before it.

Maybe check out k-club 10K too.

tunney

RacoonQueen wrote: »

The Great Dublin Run is a **** course and jam packed. Not worth your while uniess you're AAI affiliated and get to start in the club runners pen.

Cr@p thats why I used to like it, only did it before as part of Rathfarnham.

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Leixlip 5k in May is a good race and fast course

Did this one before was nice, any links?

menoscemo

Scratch the night run and the great Ireland run. They are both over priced, overcrowded crap. Do the BHAA Kclub 10k instead. It's always on around the same time and €15 for a great and super fast race.

DunShaughlin 10k in June is consistently the best 10k in Leinster IMO. St Cocas 5k in Kilcock is always on the week after Dunshaughlin and another gem of a race.

tunney

Right. New Year new me. AHAHAHAH not.

This year I am focusing on being getting on in work, being a good husband and a great dad.

Séamus Ó N&#233 wrote: »

Bhí subh milis,
Ar bhaschrann an dorais,
Ach mhúch mé an corraí,
Ionam d’éirigh,
Mar smaoinigh mé ar an lá,
A bheas an baschrann glan,
Agus an láimh bheag,
Ar iarraidh.

After that I am going to do my best to be a reasonable runner.

• More running
• Less junk
• Less alcohol
• More maintenance work
• More massage
• More fun
• More races

Really though I am and always will be a triathlete, simply by virtue that I love to swim, bike and run. So I will do what I can on these too but I can see there being difficulty fitting these in, at least for a while.

I'm usually guilty of stupidly ambitious weekly plans so with that in mind here goes 2015 Week 2

tunney

Monday 5th January 2015

Easy run with Cranston. Well the middle 6km were.

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/665929125

Wednesday 7th January 2015

Easy run again with Cranston. Windy as can be and legs just heavy and dead. No spring.

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/667985454

woody1

like the poem,have never seen it before but applies in our house as well, itl be on my mind..

tunney

Not a great week training wise. Just cannot get moving.
Not slipping back into old habits and wasting another year.
This weekend race calendar and goals finalised and that should kick start things again!

tunney

I don't mind running in rain, cold, ice, snow, sun. But wind..... especially when your route exposes you to a huge fetch...... grrrrrrrrr........

tunney

It was suggested to me that a January goal for running could be December 2014 running plus 10%.
274km in December so lets go for 300km in January!

Bambaata

tunney wrote: »

I don't mind running in rain, cold, ice, snow, sun. But wind..... especially when your route exposes you to a huge fetch...... grrrrrrrrr........

i did mine mainly through the streets today (actually on part of your route) to try and get some protection from buildings. I didnt want to have half the run into a wall of wind which would have been the case on the normal route.

tunney

Bambaata wrote: »

i did mine mainly through the streets today (actually on part of your route) to try and get some protection from buildings. I didnt want to have half the run into a wall of wind which would have been the case on the normal route.

Tried the same, came back the way through the IFSC proper.

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/669344026

Definitely think there should be legislation that indemnifies people who knock people walking while engrossed in their phones on their holes.

tunney

Monday 12th January
Lunch run

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/672007929

The sun was glistening off the sea out by Clontarf. Such a relaxing view.
The sun was not glistening off the junkie scum on Amien street on they way back.

Right leg (see not being specific) sore towards the end, will bash it with a brick or something later and hope the pain goes away.