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Swashbuckler wrote: »
On a sidenote it concerns me that you were puking "manly fluids". Hardly the ideal prep for a race
So Hudson has been dropped! I must admit I still haven't managed to finish the book although I find it great.Was that really "manly fluids"? I find that hard to swallow!!! Maybe he spits? I'm sure he meant 'mainly'....Swashbuckler wrote: »I'm not so sure S. And Healy winked at him. All seems a little suss.Libellous stuff.......OOnegative wrote: »He had white fluid around his mouth at the finish line that I can confirm.......... may have been spit may not have been!!
No idea what you are all talking about - I clearly typed 'mainly fluids' :rolleyes:
And Hudson is not dropped - if you think about it - it got me to the 'Specific phase' of the Marathon - this next upcoming block.
And I'll be dipping in and out of it as I will with Daniels and Pfitz.
And sure with the 3rd Ed of Advanced Marathoning out next week, I'll probably drop the NAZ group and go full circle
My wife collects shoes - I collect running plans
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AuldManKing wrote:No idea what you are all talking about - I clearly typed 'mainly fluids'
It doesn't count as a ninja edit when it's a day later 0 -
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AuldManKing wrote: »
Speaking of dogs - got a new dog - a Golden Cocker Retriever - little beaut of a pup, going to be a great running buddy next year.
Pic please
I can see plenty of up coming posts along the line of "the Dog ate my runners" !0 -
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MisterDrak wrote: »Pic please
I can see plenty of up coming posts along the line of "the Dog ate my runners" !
If I knew how I would!0 -
MisterDrak wrote: »I can see plenty of up coming posts along the line of "the Dog ate my runners" !
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AuldManKing wrote: »Not over reacting at all Murph, I was never 100% on DCM from the start and it took a lot of hmming and hawwing (scientific phases) to start the plan.
I suppose with 2 weeks holidays and now illness approaching 10 days, I'm a long way off where I should be.
I certainly don't want to run a sub standard marathon and then have to recover etc - I'd rather be racing - I really enjoyed the summer of 5ks this year.
The thoughts of doing a few shorter races and maybe having a real go at specific training plans on 5k and/or even 10m early next year is exciting me more.
I wouldn't go as far as to suggest a season of XC, Shane, moreso maybe a couple of races!
I'm going to steal these 2 sentences as they sum up my thinking EXACTLY and i'm regularly having to explain why i'm not doing DCM in the real world :cool:
Best of luck whatever you decide to do AMK, it's always interesting to watch/follow anyhow 0 -
Welcome to my worldAuldManKing wrote: »The thoughts of doing a few shorter races and maybe having a real go at specific training plans on 5k and/or even 10m early next year is exciting me more.
I wouldn't go as far as to suggest a season of XC, Shane, moreso maybe a couple of races! 0 -
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Pretty pleased to log onto boards and see quite a lot of updates - I feared we were heading for a Ghost town.
Thanks to P for the message yesterday - got me thinking what a great bunch we all are, important to keep in touch with the running buddies.
So - once more onto the breach...........or some such words.
The week of death - it was touch and go at times:
Following the FD 10 - took some time off and then just ran easy.
Sun-Wed: Nada
Thursday 29th - 5 easy
Friday 30th 4.2 easy
Sat 31st 7 easy
Sunday 1st: 7 easy
August finished with 165 miles and a lesson in not taking good health for granted. Need to keep doing the things I do to stay healthy - 1st illness in many years - not even a sniffle in the past few years.
Monday 2nd: 6miles in 6x20sec strides.
Tuesday: I chanced a session - but at the stime of starting - I wasn't sure what session I'd do - so just went with a Fartlek of sorts.
4x200: at mile pace to get the legs working.
6x400: ave about 80 secs for these but took a good 2.5 min recovery after each one.
4-3-2-1 min: Planned to do 4 mins, felt ok afterwards so done the 3, then resolved to do the 2 and the 1. All at 5k effort or a bit harder - about 5.40-5.45 pace.
9.1 miles and felt great afterwards - a good confidence builder.
Wednesday 4th: 5m at 8.20pace.
Thursday 5th: With the hindsight that I'd a rest day on Friday coming up I ran 10 miles - pushing the last mile (uphill).
Felt strong on this - pace about 7.45
Friday: Rest day (that involved very little rest!)
Saturday: Myself and wifey had planned a bit of a pub crawl on Sat night - so I wanted to get a longer run in combined with some harder stuff.
4m warm up
3x1m (off 1 minute) (6.05/5.56/5.56) -
4m down
The 3x1m were done going down the North Road - no apologies at all for taking the easy route - I wanted to get it done and that enabled me to do it. Faster pace was due to downhill nature of the road - and me been totally awesome
11.7m for the day.
Sunday afternoon: felt remarkably ok so set off down to the park and back.
I was aware before starting this run that I had ran 42 miles for the week - hitting 50m would be a good milestone and something to build on and only the 2nd time in the last 10 weeks that I would have ran 50 or more miles.
Imagine that!!
8miles at 8.05 pace. (Hindsight - ran that too fast - should ran slower as I was knackered that night after the obligatory wine with dinner)
50miles for the week.
Last 10 weeks:
50/23/28/67/42/24/35/44/48/70 (Jul 1st-7th)
Plan going fwd:
September: Getting back into the mileage and sessions.
Goal to get the long run at 15 and 2 sessions per week - 1 tempo/ 1 faster.
Doing Rathfarnham 5k at end September to set a marker (wont have high expectations)
Oct to December
Then onto an 8 week block (I bought a 5k plan from Luke Humphrey) that will get me to Jingle Bells in the PP.
(Will have high expectations).
December to early Feb:
The LH plan I bought is a 5k/10k plan, good 5k type sessions with a tempo building to 5miles. This will leave me in good shape for an 8 week window (Naz Elite Plan ) to tackle a 10 miler in late Jan/early feb (Trim or Dungarvan)
Feb-June: Be a race wh0re
June: Decision on starting Berlin training.
So that's my year mapped out.
Like all good plans, this will probably fall by the wayside and I'll end up running Manchester Marathon in April or something............0 -
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Thursday: 8.2m down to the PP and back - last 4m were a bit lumpy.
Friday: Body a bit tired - I was going to take a rest day, but thought I'd be better served with 4 easy miles and strides.
Saturday I had intended on doing the HM in the park as my long run, but decided to run down to the PP and support as many as I could.
Had a chat with Sean, who may have few dopplegangers if Boards accounts are to be believed.
I ran the opposite way to the race trying to spot as many as I could - then went up Chesterfield, keeping the top 20 or so informed of their progress (placing and distance to person ahead) - great to see one of L's chargees (I think he's still coached by L??) running a fantastic race.
A lot of the guys at the pointy end were either solo or in very small groups, with the next group so far ahead - I guess that makes things harder.
I ran briefly with a friend of mine, telling her she was 4th female - only to discover at he end that I'd missed a couple - she laughed about it.
Healy had a great day - looking comfortable at every stage and a storming finish.
Great performances by a lot around here - congrats.
13.1m (with a few stops)
Sunday: a few miles down to the park and back - easing the hangover.
5.7m
Just over 50m for the week - thats the 3rd week of 50 or more miles in a row.
Body a little tired - so I'll need to watch that - running 20/21 days may not have helped.
Monday 23rd: Rest day
Tuesday 24th: 8.3m - a lap of the park and 6x20s strides.
A gentle intro back into S&C on Monday & Tuesday - just some planks & Press ups.0 -
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Wednesday: 7m down to the PP and back - listening to David Flynn interview (or part of it - it went on for 1hr 40) - a super listen.
Thursday: 4x200 / 2x400 / 800 / 2x400/ 4x200
I knew going into this that the trick here was to run the 400's controlled and blast the 800 - but I messed it up and ran the whole thing hard - probably mile pace or faster for most of it.
6.8m total
Friday: No running.
Sat: 3.2m - inc 6 strides.
Sunday: Rathfarnham 5k (when I type in 'Rathfarnham' - autocorrect wants to change it to 'Marathoner'....... true)
Up early on Sunday and off to pick up my number in Terenure College - all very civalised over there and flawless organisation.
A little 2m warm up with strides, bumping into Overpronator & BeepBeep.
I thought I was a little far back in the starting line - but when we set off and everyone ran off at 4.40 pace - it cleared the space in front of me
I ran with the crowd for a bit but then eased off the gas a bit.
My plan was to run the 1st mile at 5.40 pace - no matter what as I knew the Terenure Road would hurt a bit. Mile 1 beeped at 5.29
I was picking off people ahead, trying not to look at the watch - we turned at Terenure Road and I came up and passed OP - I wasn't sure if that was a good idea but I was feeling good.
I was in a group and noticed the pace falling off a bit, so moved onto the next group - I could see the traffic lights up ahead, way ahead - so focused on the back of Shanes vest (OP passed me again).
Mile 2 beeped just at the lights and the turn left was just ahead. Mile 2 was 5.46.
I was feeling the pace at that stage, but I could feel the effort reduce slightly as we started the downhill part. I tried to increase the pace but was hurting and thought it better to just try and hold the pace.
I was running beside a female & male runner - both of them were the loudest gaspers I've heard in a race - it was like I was in a Rhino stud farm hearing the 2 of them.
Anyway - I was trying to increase the pace and passed the 800m to go sign - these are a bad idea as they last forever!
After about what seemed like an hour, I passed the 400m to go sign and in my head I was saying 'there is no way I can move faster' - 'theres no sprint finish' - but the 2 Rhino Lovers beside me were still at it, So I manage a sprint finish for the last 300m or so - the 0.1 came in at 5.06 pace.
I probably could've started the sprint earlier or ran faster overall if I can train my brain better!
Finished in 17.36 - delighted with that as I had no idea how I was going to do. I'd have taken 17.50 at the start.
No dry wretch at the end - meaning I probably didn't give enough effort.
Met up with OP, Mellow Yellow and BeepBeep - all ran outstanding races and was introduced to Ivory Tower, another legend of Boards.
A short jog back to the college and home!
5k in 17.36
Monday: 7.2 miles down to the PP in the dark and wet. Loved it. Finished off the David Flynn podcast.
202miles for September.0 -
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