Ha, would ya look at him!

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A slow 10k tonight in 60 mins.

Total km : 328

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8.5 tonight in 50 mins. Better get used to running in the heat again.

Total km : 336.5

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Hm done in 1:59:18. Went out too fast, should have stuck with the 2 hour packers for the first half, settled in a pace then tried to blow on a bit. Didn't expect it to be so warm, will add more hills to the training. Not too shabby, considering I've been poxed with one thing or another the past few months. Going to take it handy now for the next week. And decide on my next goal.

Total km : 357.5

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10k tonight in 55 mins. Body feels great. Which obviously means I could have gone harder on Sunday. Ha. Next time.

Total km : 367.5

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13km in 1:20. Haven't found a good pace yet that I am happy with. Ideally I want to be at 5:30/km. I'll get there soon I suppose.

Total km : 380.5

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11.5km in 1:09. Dressed for rain, and the sun came out when I got out of the car. Settled into a nice pace. Happy enough with tonight.


Total km : 392

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13km in 1:12. I was actually feeling a bit sick before we ran so started off slow enough. After 3km, I blew on. Tried to keep it as close to 5min/km as I could. Met my mam and sister out walking, they live 10 miles away, was a bit shocked to see them, and my sis roared 'move it chonky'. While I got a bit of a g up from it, she's off my Christmas card list now. B1tch.

Total km : 405

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14.5km in 1:24. Hills. Would have been worse if I ran the route in reverse, but good to get out. Might do that next week.

Total km : 419.5

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12km in 1:06. Good night. Jeez, I'm never going to break 10km in 50 mins. Got in 6 hills, 4 of them were tough enough. Tough at the pace anyway.

Total km : 431.5

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Signed up for Camp Trail run on June 28th. 16 km. I have free board with the in laws, so said I would give it a shot.

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11.5 in 1:05. More hills. I'm going to take it off road next week, there's a forest out towards blessington, will park up and do a loop. Hit a good pace tonight, was running with a deaf guy, and sure there was no asking him to slow down!

Total km : 443

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14.5 in 1:30. Same route as last Saturday. On my own so think I did quiet well.

Total km : 457.5

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12.5km in 1:07. Very fast night. Ran with my neighbour, a former Olympian. Let her off at 8km, it was around 40 minutes. She missed the run on Saturday, so was mad for speed. She finished up with 10km, so I don't think I did too bad, adding an extra loop.

Total km : 470

Ososlo

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12.5km in 1:07. Very fast night. Ran with my neighbour, a former Olympian. Let her off at 8km, it was around 40 minutes. She missed the run on Saturday, so was mad for speed. She finished up with 10km, so I don't think I did too bad, adding an extra loop.

Total km : 470

Who?

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Julie o hagan. She competed for GB.

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12km in 1:07. Hit the easy hills tonight. They weren't too much of a struggle. The girl above never caught me, I had a 5 minute head start . Where I'm elated, she's fuming. Wohoo.

Total km : 482

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16km in 1:41. Wrecked. Overdressed. New route, more hills. Ended up on my own, all the others cried off 'coz of the rain. It was actually quiet cooling.

Total km : 498

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Feel great today after my double digit run yesterday. Someone mentioned it to me before, 10 miles/16km. I am going to try keep my runs at 14km+ during the week and more at the weekend. I have a trail run at the end of June, have the option of a 10km or half marathon a week later at Brandon(I'm on holidays down there). Might just leave it to the 10 though. That brings me up to August. Would that give me enough time for DCM?

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16km in 1:31. Same route as Saturday. Up ya boy ya. Felt great. Julie actually slowed me down tonight, we could have knocked another 5 minut off that time, but for her stopping with an injury.

Broke 500km for the year too!

Total km : 514

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12.5km in 1:12. Slow and steady tonight. I was pretty wrecked from the last 2 runs I think.

Total km : 526.5

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17.5 in 1:43. So hot out at 730. One of the lads had a water station out for us, thanks be to God. I'd say we would have got a sup somewhere on route though. I miss those old green water pumps that were scattered about the place.

Total km : 544

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13.5km in 1:10. Took it handy at the start, hit a few 6's, got it up to 5:10-5:30, and for the last 2km I think i was going 4 minutes per km. Don't know where I pulled the energy from at the end. Feel great now though.

Total km : 557.5

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10.5km in 52 mins. Good pace tonight, meant to go slow, but the deaf guy I was running with had other idea's. At 8km he pulled up with a sore hamstring, but waved me on. I can't sign, so ran on. Well apart from thumbs up.

Total km : 568

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19.5km in 1:54. Complete nightmare before bed, my watch wouldn't turn on. Did a google on the make, and gave it the kiss of life, rebooted it. Phew. I use my watch a lot to keep an eye on the tempo. Anything over 6min/km, too slow. Grand for getting your breath back, that's it. I had hoped for rain, for a bit of cooling down, didn't so much as get a splash from a puddle. And my dinner, 14oz steak, from last night was moving around a bit too much too. Won't do that again, but it was my dad's birthday. There was 2 behind me going moo moo moo when I had slowed a bit, the divils. 3 weeks till Camp trail run, I should be changing courses ASAP.

Total km : 587.5

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14km in 1:15. No messing tonight. Even managed a few km's at 4:30 pace.

Total km : 601.5

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11km in 59 mins. Very tired, put the boot down as best I could for the last one.

Total km : 612.5

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21km in 2 hours dead. Didn't have another one in me. Good run.

Total km : 633.5

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16.5km in 1:31. My neighbour kept pushing me, I was tailing her tbh from 4-12, then she pulled up with a niggley knee.

Total km : 650

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11km in 1:04. I really feel the few extra km's from Tuesdays. Legs are stiffer. Or heavier. But I really notice a difference in my speed. 2 others have said it to me.

Total km : 661

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18.5km in 1:45. Finally did the hilly punchestown route. Not too shabby, I thought it would have been worse.

Total km : 679.5

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16.5km in 1:31. Good run, good pace. No niggles. A nice base hopefully set up for Saturday morning.

Total km : 696

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Camp Trail run completed. 16km in 1:36. One savage climb, I must have been walking for nearly 20 minutes. Made up great time on the way down. Delighted to have done it now. Next goal, rock and roll half. I'm sticking to the flatter routes for a while.

Total km : 712

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13.5km in 1:20. That must have been the warmest, the car temp said it was 22. All flat, and no water stations. I thought I kept it @5.30/km, must have lost time somewhere. I

Total km : 725.5

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Took Thursday off, I was wrecked. Driving down to Kerry in the morning on my hols, will still try get out for 3 runs. I'm staying on the route of the camp trail run, will give it another go or 2.

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6km in 37 mins. All hills. Was going to chance the trail run again, in hindsight I should have. The ring I did was too short. Might keep it on the roads and do it 2/3 times on Tuesday.

Total km : 731.5

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The ring I'm running around is a killer. Basically up and down, no flat anywhere. I've done it twice again, 6.5km in both 36.5 mins and 36 mins. It's not easy on the legs at all. At least I'm getting gradually faster.

Total km : 744.5

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Didn't go faster tonight, and really thought I pushed myself. The joys of running on my own I suppose. 6.5km in 36 mins.

Total km : 751

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A slow 6.5km in 38mins. I'll be glad to be back to Naas. Flatter routes. I suppose if I drove ok bro Tralee, I could have ran on loads of paths.

Total km : 757.5

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10.5km in 1:08. God I was wrecked. And I thought the holiday running would have stood to me. Distance killed me tonight.

Total km : 768

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11km in 1:05. Better. I have never sweated so much in my life. I'll slow the pace down more on Saturday morning.

Total km : 779

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17.5km in 1:40. Hot hot. And had a swarm of flies all over me till I got to the far side of punchestown. Water station at 10km. My neighbour Julie kept pushing me to go faster, I wasn't able to though.

Total km : 796.5


Met a couple out on a run just beside our estate, our pace matched up for a while. I've seen him out loads of times. His name is Philip and he's a 2:40 marathon runner, out training for Berlin at the moment. Think he said he runs with Donore. Someone on here probably knows him anyway. Nice guy.

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10.5km in 57 mins. Ran on my own, no talking, felt great.

Total km : 807

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Ding ding. I'm back. Rock n roll hm done today in 1:56:13. Good run I thought. Went out in the second wave with the 1:45 pacer, and tried to stick it out as long as I could. I had to walk 3 times as I was completely fooked. Had absolutely nothing left for the last km, there wasn't a fear of me bursting into a sprint.

Total km : 828

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10.5km in 59 mins. Took a few days rest, had a sore foot from the race. Unfortunately I ate like a pig during those rest days. Plan now is eat/drink clean, vitamins and fish oil every day. See what I'm like in a month, then decide on DCM. It'd be easier to do if I was lighter. Going to start reformer Pilates also, for my core and to give the muscles a good stretch.

Total km : 838.5

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7km, 50 mins. Was wrecked, out at a party areir, not drinking, but stayed up too late.

Total km : 845.5

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13km in 1:12. Felt great tonight. My posture was much better, down to the pilates I started yesterday. Legs and core work for an hour.
Oh, and I got new runners too, Brooks ghost 7. I like them.

Total km : 858.5

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10.5km in 56 mins. Gave it a few bursts of speed going around. Could have gone a bit further, but have a long one planned for Saturday.

Total km : 869

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26km in 2:33. Shocked the body this morning. There was an ice bath waiting for me when I got home. Legs never felt like this before. Found the last 500m really tough, a really nice run overall.

Total km : 895

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16.5km in 1:32. Great run, really good tonight. The last 3 were tough, but feel good now, after a bowl of coco pops.

Another hour on the pilates machine yesterday. Posture is definitely better when running. I like the stretching too. Ok, so some bits are a killer.

Total km : 911.5

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11.5km in 1:05. Was meant to be a gentle run, but a few of the big guns returned to group tonight. We ended up running down to the town hall, and do the route of the Naas 10k, with a run back to the car as a warm down. Windy night, did the 10 in 56 mins, which isn't too bad I suppose.I still finished 10 minutes behind the main group. It's after getting very dark, very quickly. 2 of us nearly went flying over a black German Shepard, didn't see it till the last second, when we both hit the grass . Phew.

Total km : 923