Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
A higher state of cardiovascularness
Options
Comments
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
Sunday: My first time mountain biking and I had a good laugh to myself going up the hill to the first trail with BTH to look back at the 3 lads that came with us from Galway, either walking up or exhausted already. It was going to be a long day for Eugene!
We did a quick loop of the 6k trail and I shat my pants for practically the entire trail, shoulders and knuckles stiff as boards from all the clenching and near misses.
We met the other boardies for the 2nd 17k loop and I had grown a slightly bigger pair of balls for that trail until I fell on my arse over the handlebars, luckily no-one in sight so jumped on again and pretended nothing happened.
Injury Disaster struck later for one of our female participants who shall remain nameless as she was on strict instructions to not saddle up in the first place and I was never so cold waiting before the next section to see what could be done for her. They found a quick way down the mountain so off we went to the finish where I made the mistake of going in front of Career Move so I had to go faster than I had planned to not hold her up.
All in all I enjoyed it although its certainly not something that I would do every week, its a nice set up down there and very cheap if you have a bike. I can see why some ex mountain bikers have done very well road biking, there can be some very short steep hill sections within a trail.
Hahahahaha!
It's my memory of getting to that fire road while using the bike as a crutch and listening to Oryx's constant chatter (to keep my mind off my misery) over a handful of kilometers on a narrow/winding/uneven mountain trail that has me in stitches right now. And yes, it was very cold.
0 -
Thursday Lunch: Conference call at 2.15 so 10k was all I could do, couldn't find any paraphernalia so no idea of pace or heart rate.
Friday AM: Another crap swim, just didn't get up in time to get the planned session in, I then failed getting past the door crack challenge so I then had to get the young lad comfortable with an Ice age movie before I could go and just ended up pissing about for 1000m
Friday Evening: With a catch up swim planned the gym guys hadn't bothered updating their timetable so the kids classes that were supposed to finish at 6, weren't over till 6:30. So 30 minutes luxuriating in the jacuzzi wasn't the best preparation for this. When I got a lane two kids then jumped in as well with me, I must be getting soft since I became a dad myself as years ago I would have just ran them out of the lane, now I ended up just breast stroking behind them as they were trying to swim at least. No point in giving out as I wasn't going to get the session in anyways. 500ms
I came home to the wife saying I look terrible and that I am training too hard
. The last week or two has been the least I have done in a while, she did know I was pissed off at the useless week though so she was very accommodating over the weekends training especially as she has a wedding next weekend
Saturday AM: A new trick to get the run in was I was going to run from the grannies house back to the home house - again my sister and mom said I look like **** as well
. Anyways didnt quite work out as planned but it was ok, I took off from Jurys in town instead and included a little of my local loop to get it to 24k. Boring run against traffic, I couldnt believe how many women were driving along texting at high speed, a cop with a Go Pro could do some serious damage if he took the same route. Run wasnt bad, seemed to get a second wind after 12k and from 5.10 pace I kept the rest around the low 4.50s to get in at 5.00 pace for the 24k. Felt strong except for the last 2 where I was fading fast. I should have realised with the amount of cyclists that came but that some people were smart enough to look at the forecast that weekend
Sunday Afternoon: A bit of jiggery pokery with the kids meant I postponed the morning cycle till the afternoon, it was supposed to clear and I couldnt face 3/4 hours again on the turbo, particularly when I had nothing to watch. I headed off just after 12 during a dry spot but it didn't last long and it was just an awful cycle, I manged 2.15 hours against a driving headwind averaging just over 20kph, things obviously improved with the tailwind but I couldn't move into the big ring for some reason so I had it in the 11 all the way home I would expect. I was frozen, hungry and miserable getting in the door but after a shower and some food I was at least satisfied that it was not far off 4 hours cycling in awful conditions so the weekend was better than the week for a change. 93 kilometres at 24.8kph AHR - 115
Monday AM: A decent start to the week at least, finally got the session I kept missing in. Main set was 32 x 54 off 1.10 trying to keep a planned race pace, I have no idea of my race pace yet but I felt stronger as these went on and gradually moved down from 53/54s to 50/51s. 2200m in total0 -
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
Thursday AM: 1:40 on the turbo
Thursday lunch: I was feeling the legs for this one so took it a little easier, hrm finally seemed to kick in properly towards the end was in the lows 140s. 13k at 5:04 pace
Friday AM: A small bit if a lie in as the wife was heading to a wedding that day so she had the day off. It ended up being a bit of a washout as it's been so long since I was in after after 8am I got caught by a load of guys I haven't seen in ages. I got a rundown of the Ballinrobe duathlon off one guy to be hit by another lad debating whether he should get a Scott or cube and asking me my opinion. I hadn't a clue obviously. Only 1800m done of a planned 2300 in the end of it all
Friday lunch: the wife had the mother in law primed to let me off for an hour around lunch time so With a big run planned the following day I just hopped up on the turbo for 40 minutes
Saturday AM: brought the kids over to the mothers house for the morning and dumped them on her. I came back 2:17 later ready to high 5 the lot of them. Whatever about bike and swim my running is in good shape. 27k @ 5:03 pace AHR - 145. Felt very strong right through. My evening was ruined however looking at the queens 140k jaunt on her log that night
Sunday AM: As I was humming and hawing on whether turbo or road I look out the window and it's snowing :eek: That was the end of any debate and 3 episodes of Breaking Bad interspersed with one sufferfest video later I was finished and was ready to reap the benefits of two days with the kids by having the reward of uninterrupted viewing of the rugby. It's so unusual to see such structure and discipline from an Irish team, what a coach!
That's Breaking Bad over with thank Christ, while I enjoyed it, it was deffo taking way from my sessions. No more box sets from now on
A better week 0 -
-
-
-
-
You didn't look too happy running through Claregalway last night CW, Lovely mild evening for it! :pac:
I bet I will be a lot happier than doing the same thing tonight if I get caught in one of those hailstorms.
Bloody childminder will be out sick for the week - my lunchtime runs are in tatters and my mornings are cut to **** now
0 -
-
Cycling!!!!!:D;):confused::eek::eek: Who knew!
Monday AM: The usual truncated swim session but not too bad, got most of the harder work in. Main set was 6 x 216 off 4:20 and I only got 2 x 216 off 4:00 in after instead of 4
Monday Evening: I hadn't planned to do anything this evening but a phonecall off the childminder at 6 saying she is out sick for the week got me off my ass. Hence the scowl Gibbo!
I wasn't sure what to do but with the likelihood of only one session most days for the week I decided I would run a little bit faster than a normal monday run. Was at 4.39 for 5k and then I said this was silly and I probably would get out again tomorrow made me slow for the last 4k. 9k @ 4.50
Tuesday AM: I need to finish the morning sessions earlier than usual now as well. Decided to put a bit of quality into this as it might be all I get done today and stuck on the Hell Hath No Fury Sufferfest, certainly I didnt go at full throttle but an above average session for me all the same. 1:20 session
Tuesday Evening: As expected I got a window just before 6. A bad day at work and I just saw the rain lashing outside and I said **** this I am sick of it, went down to the pool more to get a break from the kids, some steady steamroom / jacussi work and an easy 400m swim was all I bothered with. Decided to rush home to read the young lads bedtime books as at least I would have a clear run for a decent run session tomorrow night instead.
Will try and get to bed early tonight as I will need to be in the pool super early to get the full session in as there is some kick work in it0 -
Wednesday AM: I got to bed early but still slept it in, slept right through alarm. I wont complain just over 7 hours which has been one of the best midweek snoozes in a long time.I had to pear back the kickboard and warm up and down but overall I was happy enough as I got the main set in this time. 6 x 216 off 4.20 with Pull buoy and 4 x 216 off 4.00. The pull buoy work was easy, I started to drift out to 4.05 on the third rep without it but that was more daydreaming than tiredness so a bit of renewed vigor on the 4th got me in on time. Approx 3.50-3.55 for almost all of them 2600m
Wednesday Evening: An uneventful run around Claregalway, reckon the Garmin was acting upo for the first 2k as I wasn't going 6:00 + kilometres but after that I started to take it down to 5.05 for the 11k
Thursday AM: Concentrated again a little more on quality with less time to play with so Sufferfest Angels. Not bad first time watching it and the bit of hill work wont do me any harm. 1.05
Thursday Evening: The young lad was getting a swim lesson so a quick watch of him and then a 10k run. Legs felt very heavy I expect this was carry over from the turbo this morning. 5.09 pace
Friday AM: Again a little shaved off the end as in no warm down or 108TT but happy enough with the session, a decent distance. 6 x 396 off 8:00, it was supposed to be 8:20 but I needed every minute I could save, came in between 7.20-7.30 on all of them. 3 x 216 off 4:00 which were 3.55s. Good session and worth the dirty looks from the wife as I came home a few minutes late3200m
A little down on run volume for the week but was probably the one I could afford a little leeway, bike as well but the sessions were better and a reasonable swim week.0 -
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
Monday AM: The truncated swim but not too bad, I got in 8 x 216 off 4:20 and 6 x 108 off 2:00 before I had to head off. I will be more than happy to do the full one on Wednesday - I like the long endurance sessions, short fast ones...........not so much! 2600m
Monday Evening: An easy 5k around Claregalway - I would have had more time for the run if I had stayed and ran from the house but I enjoy a nice jacuzzi, steamroom session as much as the next man so off I went.
Tuesday AM: I foolishly decided to watch the ITU highlights after the Arsenal match the night before - can hardly remember any of it as I was nodding off throughout. But the consequence of this was that I slept it in for the morning session, again the actual session was decent quality a reasonably decent crack at Sufferfests The Hunted which has a decent hill session in it. One thing I did notice is that the mornings are getting bright earlier, you would get away with 6:30ish as long as you had some decent reflective gear. 1 hour 10 minutes approx
Tuesday Lunch: With the childminder back its back to the lunchtime runs. Lovely day for it - the first signs of spring were confirmed by seeing plenty of lambs on the route. I had planned to do 10k and then 4 x 800 at 4 minute pace but left the run late and my legs were still feeling the turbo so cut it to 8k + 4 x 800 @ 4.15 pace. I felt more comfortable as these went on 4.15/4.10/4.08/4.02
Interval running might not be of huge benefit to what I am doing this summer as I will hardly be running at paces close to that on the IM waddle but I don't mind doing them, it makes a change from the usual and anything under 4.15 pace is sub 1:30 1/2 Marathon pace 0 -
wednesday am Got the full session of Mondays in. All the 8's 8 x 216 off 4:20' 8x108 off 2:00 and 8 x54 off 1:00. Struggled towards the back end of the 108s but a big fat guy who hasn't been around for a while was in the other lane and he is always bang on 2 minutes so I just concentrated on staying with him. Strange morning usually I am the only one in there at that hour. Another lad got in and I never saw such a smooth stroke in my life. 7/8 strokes a length and I am up around 12/13. Myself and Tubby could only watch and admire how effortless it looked. Talked to him after, Aussie guy - never had a lesson in his life, read Total Immersion about 4 years ago. So did I anyways 3200m good session
Wednesday lunch legs were tired so didn't kill myself on this one. 13k @ 5:04 pace
Thursday AMNot a bad turbo session, sufferfests local hero, I hadn't done it before and I was daydreaming at the start so I wasn't sure what was involved. A solid session, can't remember the last time I did sprints on the bike 1:30
Thursday evening I spent all afternoon waiting for a conference call that never came, I got out at 5:45 and I had planned to cut it to 10k as I didn't think I would be up too much. After a few k the legs seemed to loosen up, heart rate was rock solid at low 140's and I picked up the pace. It was such a smooth run I started to worry that I was running like a bender, straight back, long strides, light feet and windmill arms. Certainly did my times no harm and the last 10k were all in the 4:30's. Got the Garmin working again after a few washes deffo runs off lower than the Polar no way would I run 13k 4:42 average with 140 bpm.
Some solid sessions this week, going to have to be creative for the weekend as the wife is off socialising again in Dublin although she might be back Saturday night yet0 -
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
Advertisement