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Yeah I know it's SO Irish.
I tried going out once or twice not drinking. It just didn't work for me. I just had a horrible time and found it all really boring watching other people get drunk. I just went home early.
When I gave up smoking, I couldn't go near any situations/places that I associated with smoking. This strategy works best for me for not drinking too!
Funny, I was out for dinner last night in San Francisco, 7 of us at the table, 1 bottle of wine consumed between the lot of us over the course of 2 hours and the craic was only mighty. Its no exaggeration to say that it would have been closer to a bottle each over the two hours at home
It IS possible to socialize without booze....just not in Ireland
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Duanington wrote: »Funny, I was out for dinner last night in San Francisco, 7 of us at the table, 1 bottle of wine consumed between the lot of us over the course of 2 hours and the craic was only mighty. Its no exaggeration to say that it would have been closer to a bottle each over the two hours at home
It IS possible to socialize without booze....just not in Ireland
Yeah but what % of the bottle did you drink? Nine tenths?
I think I might need to emigrate so to stay sober!
Love San Fran! No better place for some hill training! Enjoy rest of trip!0 -
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Monday 26 January
am: 3 miles easy
AIS, LM pre run
Very disrupted sleep on Sunday night but thought I felt ok for a run. RHR 48 getting up so all fine there. Headed to St. Anne's for a change to do my 5 mile run. Well I felt horrible. Don't know what was wrong with me but no matter how slowly I went I just wanted to stop and walk. This never hardly happens me:mad: Legs felt fine but breathing was ridiculously laboured. Really thought there was something wrong with me... Made my sad sorry way home
10:35 avg pace
pm: 5 miles easy
Felt a lot better! Tried to have a kip in the afternoon but it was not to be. Gave up after an hour of trying to sleep.
Really enjoyed this one. Nice smooth rhythm and not laboured at all. Amazing how 2 runs in one day can feel so different!
9:55 avg pace
Tuesday 27 January
5 miles easy
Tonight was supposed to be session night but I felt shight on the warmup so scrapped that idea and ran easy. Sleep abysmal again Monday night. A really rough patch atm. I can function fine with not sleeping for one night but the second night really gets me….
9:43 avg pace
Wednesday 28 January
Rest
and it got me…
My usual bad sleeping pattern is typically one bad night followed by a dreadful second night followed by a third night where I’m so tired I go into a coma once my head hit the pillow.
This time however, I didn’t manage to get into a coma so by Wednesday morning I was looking and feeling a bit like this
I went to bed at 10pm and did everything possible to try and sleep but nothing worked. I don’t count sheep anymore to help me drift off, I count runners jumping over hurdles on a track:) but I swear I must have counted 5,000 of them. A lot of them knock the hurdle or fall before they get to it for some reason
Very few get over in one piece! That didn't help so then I made a lot of plans in my head about Ososlo's Runners' Rest - A Place to Rest Your Weary Legs (stay tuned ! all I need is some serious capital to get this off the ground!) When that didn’t work, I read about 100 pages of my novel but alas, sleep was not to grace me with its presence until 7am where I entered into a deep wonderful slumber, only for the alarm to cruelly wrench me back to reality at 7:45am.
I’ve never felt so awful trying to get through a day’s work and by hometime I was definitely feeling a bit like this
RHR over 60 Wednesday morning and while it did go down a little during the day I thought it safer to take the day off. First day off since 14th January so probably no harm.
Thursday 29 January
Went to bed at 10pm last night and read for about an hour and a half and slept. Yay! So slept from about 11:30pm until 3am when I woke and felt completely alert and full of energy and like I had slept for 8 hours. Read for about an hour again and thankfully drifted back until the alarm went off at 7:45. RHR back to a reasonable level at 51bpm. Felt good this morning so back to the running!
3 x (6x 40 sec off jog back rec) 5 mins between sets & 5 mins @ 2 mile race effort
AIS, Lunge Matrix pre run
Felt like a different person tonight. Strong as an ox and light on my feet, breathing great, good posture and ready to take on the world.
It started to snow quite heavily in parts so I did have to run a few of them quite gingerly for fear of falling on my ass but in general conditions were good.
Set 1: 6:28, 6:48, 6:50, 6:38, 6:54, 6:37
Set 2: 7, 6:56, 6:53, 6:39, 6:35, 6:51
Set 3: 7:05, 6:50, 7:17, 7:16, 6:54, 6:46
5 mins @ 7:12 - this was tough enough but I was kind to myself with a route taken that ensured the wind was mainly on my back.
10 miles total
Myrtl post run
All's well in the wonderful world of Ososlo once again:)
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ARGHHHH and ARRRRGGHH don't DOO that!! I can't believe I opened the second link and didn't expect more of the same
That lack of sleep is a horrible thing but you seem to bounce back...
How long are you planning to write in red at the end of each post? 0 -
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Yes I am happy with that interval for sure. It works up to 8 mins over the next few weeks so interesting to see if I can hold it!5 min @ 7:12 isn't that short. A few more of those back to back and you have a smashing 5k time.ARGHHHH and ARRRRGGHH don't DOO that!! I can't believe I opened the second link and didn't expect more of the same
That lack of sleep is a horrible thing but you seem to bounce back...
How long are you planning to write in red at the end of each post?
Sorry for disturbing you!
I'll keep going with the red bit at the end of each post for another week at least. Surprising myself!!!0 -
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After seeing those pics I think your previous comments about not being able to go racing with no make up are the least of your worries
You seem to be enjoying your training anyway. Still planning on Rathcoffey?
Ha ha:D Nothing a bit of touché éclat (men are scratching their heads!) couldn't sort out!
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Ha ha:D Nothing a bit of touché éclat (men are scratching their heads!) couldn't sort out!
Yes that's the plan!
Pfft, I just had to listen to an hour long debate about the relative merits about the different types of foundations and bb creams? I think I have that one right. This was followed by a debate about whether Irish men are in general better looking than Irish women. The conclusion was that Irish men are marginally better looking than Irish women but if make up was removed from the equation then the disparity would be a lot bigger.
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KielyUnusual wrote: »Pfft, I just had to listen to an hour long debate about the relative merits about the different types of foundations and bb creams? I think I have that one right. This was followed by a debate about whether Irish men are in general better looking than Irish women. The conclusion was that Irish men are marginally better looking than Irish women but if make up was removed from the equation then the disparity would be a lot bigger.
The draw of the open fire in the sitting room is very strong. Very, very strong
Are you on drugsconfused:
Yes there are bb creams and now you can even get cc creams:)
I might agree with that conclusion:eek:
I'm intrigued as to why you were listening to such a debate!0 -
Are you on drugsconfused:
Yes there are bb creams and now you can even get cc creams:)
I might agree with that conclusion:eek:
I'm intrigued as to why you were listening to such a debate!
I had no choice but to listen. This was a debate between my two female house mates and I needed the open fire in the sitting room after a session in those conditions tonight.0 -
Notsoslo has a nice ring to it, plus it has a touch more positivity to it...
Change your username, change it now Notsoslo
Good running there today, sorry to hear of the recent sleeping drought.
I find it hard getting one bad night sleep and yet you get it so much worse
over a few days
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martyboy48 wrote: »Notsoslo has a nice ring to it, plus it has a touch more positivity to it...
Change your username, change it now Notsoslo
Good running there today, sorry to hear of the recent sleeping drought.
I find it hard getting one bad night sleep and yet you get it so much worse
over a few days
Oh and I did google that touché éclat, I had an idea it was fillers of some kind
Yes I like Notsoslo. But it has to be earned Marty so it'll be a while yet. I wasn't christened Ososlo for nothing
All the men are learning something new tonight. It's actually a great gift for any woman as it's expensive, luxurious and a little touch of magic;) You can't go wrong if you're ever stuck for a gift idea!0 -
I went to bed at 10pm and did everything possible to try and sleep but nothing worked. I don’t count sheep anymore to help me drift off, I count runners jumping over hurdles on a track:) but I swear I must have counted 5,000 of them. A lot of them knock the hurdle or fall before they get to it for some reason
hee hee hee, giggle very picturesque...
but not funny at all about the sleep thing, must be horrible, would have hoped the regular running might have knocked it on the head (I think I suggested taking up running to an insomniac from my office while back, of course was just guessing).
Notsoslo I think it has to be, has the same stress/rhythm as the original...0 -
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hillsiderunner wrote: »hee hee hee, giggle very picturesque...
but not funny at all about the sleep thing, must be horrible, would have hoped the regular running might have knocked it on the head (I think I suggested taking up running to an insomniac from my office while back, of course was just guessing).
Notsoslo I think it has to be, has the same stress/rhythm as the original...
I've been an insomniac since I was 8:( and all through my life really. I was drunk most of my 20s so actually got decent sleep then as I conked out most nights:D
It didn't really improve much with running:(
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Let's hope they get the distance correct this year as there was a lot of controversy last year about course being short.
It's such a great route - definitely PB territory if they get the distance right. My guess is it was off by around 150m last year Can see you knocking a massive chunk of your PB based on your recent sessions. How are you fixed for the 10K ? 0 -
Bungy Girl wrote: »It's such a great route - definitely PB territory if they get the distance right. My guess is it was off by around 150m last year Can see you knocking a massive chunk of your PB based on your recent sessions. How are you fixed for the 10K ?
Yeah I loved it the time I did it. Definitely pb territory but a bit too much so last year due to short course!!!
Not thinking about 10k (nerves already..ridiculous. ... so let's not talk about it until Sunday
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Yeah I loved it the time I did it. Definitely pb territory but a bit too much so last year due to short course!!!
Yeah, I don't count it as a PB and I'll be a while beating it but for about 10 minutes after the race I was the happiest girl in the world :rolleyes:
Ok let's not, BUT, you are going to smash it. And nerves are good. I always get nervous in advance of the big races but once you're running it doesn't matter and it's better than just being meh about itNot thinking about 10k (nerves already..ridiculous. ... so let's not talk about it until Sunday ) but quietly confident ish Channel those nerves, be grand! 0 -
Thanks yeah talking about it makes it worse for me so we won't mention the r word until SundayBungy Girl wrote: »Yeah, I don't count it as a PB and I'll be a while beating it but for about 10 minutes after the race I was the happiest girl in the world :rolleyes:
Ok let's not, BUT, you are going to smash it. And nerves are good. I always get nervous in advance of the big races but once you're running it doesn't matter and it's better than just being meh about it Channel those nerves, be grand!
Not a goal one really but wanna do well.
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Sunday 1 February
5 miles easy
Did this around the homeplace in Kilkenny. This is literally in the middle of nowhere and one doesn't expect to see humans, let alone running humans in these here parts. Well lo and behold but there were 2 runners heading towards me about a half mile away in the distance. Couldn't believe my eyes. I was super excited. When I got to them it seemed like they didn't want to stop and talk
I understand why now and feel a bit bad for stopping them in their tracks but I just had to stop and chat. Turns out they're a mother and daughter doing the OP Trans 5k programme. They were on one of the 5 minute running bits and believe me, I know how difficult they are when you're starting out, and the worst thing in the world is having to stop to chat to an annoyingly cheery happy smiley person if you're in the middle of that mammoth task:(. I apologised profusely and gave them loads of encouragement and they nearly fell down with excitement when I said I started a similar programme 3 years ago and did the marathon last year and am running every day now, so I felt a little bit better about it as they were (seemed) genuinely interested to hear about my running history and the fact that I started out exactly where they did.
Skipped the pm run as the roads were icy and it was completely dark and I didn't want to have to drive to Kilkenny to run due to the slippy roads.
45 miles weekly total
Turned out to be a bit of an unintentional recovery week as I was feeling a bit 'off' early in the week so took a day off and dropped some doubles. No harm.
Monday 2 February
10 miles very easy w/ 6x45 sec strides near end
I've had 2 of the most amazing nights of sleep that I've ever had. I must have slept 9 hours on Saturday night and about 10 hours last night and I could have slept for longer. I was very surprised to see my rhr up to about 57 this morning but I felt fine so not sure what that was about.
Drove back to Dublin and hit the Phoenix Park on one of the most glorious afternoons that we've had this year. Honestly, the scenery was just breath taking at times and I was so happy that I could run it all very relaxed and take it all in. Ran a lot of hills and kept it all lovely and smooth with easy breathing, barely breaking a sweat. Happy happy days
Ran past the fairly old dude I often see running around the park. Well he's doing some kind of running motion but more like walking, but looks like he was definitely a runner in the past. He always looks SO happy I love when I pass him and we always exchange greetings and he puts a smile on my face. Maybe I put a smile on his face too Cool guy ;:)
9:58 avg pace
Easy tomorrow and strides session Wednesday!
Day 18 - no alcohol (I'd love a fecking glass of wine or even a bloody dry sherry would be welcome at this stage!)0 -
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Ran past the fairly old dude I often see running around the park. Well he's doing some kind of running motion but more like walking, but looks like he was definitely a runner in the past. He always looks SO happy I love when I pass him and we always exchange greetings and he puts a smile on my face. Maybe I put a smile on his face too Cool guy ;:)
9:58 avg pace
Easy tomorrow and strides session Wednesday!
Day 18 - no alcohol (I'd love a fecking glass of wine or even a bloody dry sherry would be welcome at this stage!)
Don't suppose he has a beard by any chance ??0 -
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