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The Boggers Log
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Decided after a chat with the coach to try and find a race this week to get a hard effort in before I disappear on hols.
Can't race this weekend so looked around for something mid week and saw a 10k in Ballina, so entered it on the off chance that my meeting in Dublin would finish in time to allow me to drive across for the 7pm start.
Got down with a few mins to spare, collected my number, changed in the car and headed for the start. It was a nice warm evening but there was a good stiff breeze blowing. Wouldn't know Ballina from Bangladesh, so had no idea what to expect route wise but I had a sub 40 effort in my head.
Little congested at the start but settled in ok, very quickly realised that this was definitely not a PB course as there was plenty of hills and long drags. There must have been almost a mile of continuos drag around the 2-3 miles section with the breeze directly into our faces. Very tough section that seemed to drain me a bit. Also ran the vast majority of this on my own, kinda surprised by this as a fat lad like me would have provided considerable drafting cover!
Happy with the effort but not the time, started the Garmin early by mistake so don't know yet what the exact time was, probably around 40.40. Spoke to a lad at the end who had finished just ahead of me and he said its a horrible course that adds about 90 seconds to a PB course effort. Don't know about that but I definitely feel like I'm in sub 40 shape at the moment.
Got back to the car and had a text message for the Berlin bound troupe, Two and a Half Men, (Statler, Waldorf and Yaboya), it was a group selfie from some golf course. It made me laugh.
Yaboya did the two auld lads get warnings for slow play
Splits;
6.24
6.32
6.44
6.18
6.28
6.41
6.19 (the last bit)
Not a great time but a decent session and at this stage I'll happily take take, as I've been told the times will come.
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The 5hrs in the car make it more impressive, if your traveling from Dublin tomorrow evening, nice flat 5k in Kinnegad at 8pm you could do!!
Thanks Tang,
Would love to do that but I'm back in Connemara and I'd never get planning for that. Besides I've a date with Bulmers74 either tomorrow or Thursday
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career move wrote: »Don't go showing too much flesh ...... wouldn't want him to think you were easy!
Ha ha CM, it's our second outing so I'll be wearing the 4" shorts with the racing splits
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martyboy48 wrote: »Whats going on here.. Bulmers74, did our run mean nothing to you
:D
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Yesterday: due to a combination of factors it was impossible to get the planned 8 miles easy done.
Today: as we're heading of on holidays this weekend I decided to try and get the LR in today. Bulmers74 was around and after a bit of "I can't come out tonight coz I'm drying my hair" we rescheduled our date to early this morning. Having put on the freshly washed clobber we met up on the prom in Salthill just after 6. It was a grand morning for a run with a bit of mist and a small bit of drizzle. We planned on doing 17 or 18 and we headed out towards Barna up and around Furbo and back in.
Should have brought him to do a couple of laps of some of the housing estates as he's a fellow Bogger this wasn't much of a variant compared to his local route!
Really enjoyable run and great to get it done so early in the morning. Coz I got a bit lost I ended up doing 19.5 and Bulmers ran on to do close to the 20 I'd say. Bulmers don't forget to change that Garmin from the head melting alert after every half mile!
@Martyboy, I mentioned to Bulmers that we should invite you on the run but he said not too bother as he'd run a few days previously with you and he said he barely broke a sweat. He advised me, that if I ended up running with you to bring warm clothes if it wasn't a bit competitive between ye for DCM it should be now
Splits:
8.48
8.34
8.29
8.37
8.30
8.20
8.20
8.15
8.18
8.44
8.41
8.34
8.43
8.24
8.11
8.01
8.13
7.52
7.43
7.44
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Delighted to get that run done too ahead of the weekend & enjoyed the company. Watch was at 19.9 when I got back to where I was staying so had to round it up to 20. Although I was only planning 16 was comfortable going on my furthest run since DCM on a not so flat route
BTW just changed the 1/2 mile lap off the watch
Marty don't mind the lad with the big spoon - there's a b in his username for a reason;)
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Was a bit stiff when I got up this morning after my session with Bulmers yesterday
Plan had called for me to do a 5 x 1k session this weekend and I wanted to do it tomorrow. We are heading off on holidays tomorrow for a couple of weeks and the missus said that she wanted to leave earlier than I had planned so that ruled out tomorrow.
Headed into the track in Galway this afternoon to try and get it done. Session was 5 x 1k at 3.40-3.45 pace off 3 mins recovery.
After a mile warm up and a few auld man stretches to try and get the stiffness out of the legs I got going. The last bit of each rep was tough but I recovered quickly between the first couple of reps. On the fourth rep the legs started to go, on the fifth the lungs started to go as well and if I had to do a sixth the head would have gone too!!
Tough enough session but happy enough especially after doing 19.5 miles yesterday.
Splits;
3.37
3.37
3.36
3.42
3.44
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A woman after my own heart. Have a lovely break. Hope the chin bar is in the case too.ThebitterLemon wrote: »She'll be attached to the credit card
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AuldManKing wrote: »Cant believe your pesky coach gave you running homework for your holidays!!
Didn't see him running on his holliers.
Ha ha AMK, the missus asked "when was I taking a running holiday" and I said "now that sounds like a great idea!".
Q all picture and no sound for the next hour
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Out with the organised run this morning, I was pretty wrecked and definitely wouldn't have hauled my ass out of the bed if I was heading out on my own.
This time they headed off in the other direction, towards Cambrils and there was a bit more shade on the route and no steps to contend with. Hot again today and it's heading for 30* this weekend!
A different guy was leading the run today and he brought us back to the gym for some apprentice contortionist classes, I just sat on the mat dripping wet, doing some auld man figure of 3 and a half periformus stretches!
All in just under 7 miles @ 8.01, threw in a few feeble surges along the way to keep the legs honest.
Gotta go, I hear the man with the 99 ice cream van coming, he seems to be around ours on the hour every hour
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career move wrote: »Congrats on another podium finish but you know in fairness, if you insist on going in the kiddies race you really should be winning it
Hah Ha, CM,
Maybe next week if they hold another one.
The winner got a coke and crisps, I got questioned by the Guardia Civil
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