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SamforMayo wrote: »
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Dubgal you are too kind but it's Sr. Assumpta all the way. Never understood people who can have one square of chocolate and put the rest back :rolleyes:0 -
Log update from Jan 10 2015: "A very unproductive week"
Saturday 10, nothing: preparing to travel
Sunday 11, nothing: travelling...and drinking
Monday 12, 7.5 miles/ one hour of very wet, sodden, hungover running.
This run took place in the morning (I know, how brave was I?! Yes, I was sober...) starting along a very gorgeous, quintessentially quaint Devonian village road. Think thatched cottages, ducks along the winding river and orchards. About a mile into the run, the road leaves the village and inclines quite steeply for over a mile, very nearly two. This is where I first noticed my hangover
At the halfway point, I cut in across the commons along a wooded trail parallel to a stream for a mile or so. Then across a field where the rain had taken its toll and there was no way of getting across dry. Here I spotted a happy shaggy lurcher with a squirrel in its mouth. I probably felt a bit like the squirrel at this stage.
After the field, I picked up the Tarka Trail (I used to live here so was revisiting familiar territory) which winds its way over three bridges across the River Torridge. The river was very brown and swollen after the recent rains. I myself was wet through at this stage which was particularly cruel as all I could think of was 'waterrrr....waaaaterrrr'. Stupidly I hadn't taken anything to drink grrr.
From mile 4or 5 I really felt the pinch although had probably maintained a decent enough pace up till then. With about a mile to go, after a slight decline where I probably leaned back too sharply, I got a ferocious stitch, a real cramp which drew me to a standstill. I cannot remember the last time I got a stitch....aged 12 probably. So the last bit saw me limp home leaning forward, soaking wet but quietly pleased with myself
Tuesday 13, nothing: funeral attended and straight into a boozy dinner that evening
Wednesday 14, nothing: hadn't dried out my runners from Monday's run.
By the time they were semi dry, the country lanes were too dark to risk running in. But no alcohol. *goes to polish halo*
Thursday 15, 4 miles recovery run.
I mean this seriously...stormy winds approaching Dublin made landing in our rust bucket Flybe mini plane impossible so we were buffeted up to Belfast where for several hours minutes approaching Belfast City Airport I wrote my obituary. Seriously.
So by the time I got home and missed the club session I hauled my reprieved ass out for a four mile run jog. Ouch this hurt. I am never drinking again.
Friday 16
8x50m form hill drills on a perfectly steep gradient.
The club had done an unspecified hills session last night. I didn't attempt to make up this session as I planned on a hardish tempo run in the morning. Instead I did some form/hill drills including a thorough warm up of strides and technique/warm up drills. Didn't feel great on the warm up and warm down, felt like I needed a can of oil on the first warm up stride but the hill drills themselves were good to shake the legs out.
The steep gradient meant I could concentrate on good form and speed followed after.
Yesterday and today have really drummed home how drinking is not a runner's friend. No more back to back drinking for me if I want to do well this year and achieve my targets.
Hopefully tomorrow and a long run Sunday will redeem a shameful week
For all the non-productivity of this week, tonight our club took home from the Athletics Wicklow Star Awards ceremony (among quite a few other awards!):
The Sean Byrne Ladies Masters Cross Country Trophy
So all in all, "A Productive Week"
Ps a nice round up to an erratic week:
Saturday 17 5k club tempo run, 9am (yes 9 bloody am)
Left the house at 8.15am and jogged the three miles to the local park. Did some warm up drills and a few strides waiting for peeps to turn up. Conditions were blinkin freezing and icy in patches so had to reel in the high skip drills and strides a bit.
Five foolish brave warriors in total set off to the other side of the park for another mile to the starting point. Any other day I'd say at this stage I was over-warmed up but today....
At the start, I discarded the hat and wind jacket but kept on the DCM long sleeve, tights and t-shirt and optimistic shorts underneath. The tarmac'd path was slippy in places, slidey in others and damn treacherous in spots. We did 2x2k loops followed by a 1k lap. The first clubmate came home in just under 21 minutes followed by yours truly about 30-40m behind so happy enough with that considering it was a 'no breakfast running on empty' run. It wasn't a tempo run in the strictest sense, a little bit harder but not quite a time trial.
1.75m warm down
8.5+ total
After tomorrow's club 10 mile run, I may change the verdict on this week's running to "Not so bad after all" 0 -
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Dubgal just wanna say loving your training log, makes for some great reading, inspirational stuff!! Keep it coming!!!
Aw *big foolish grin* that's really kind thanks. Not bad reading yourself either. Just caught up on yours from the last week, we should arrange some identifiers for after Raheny. Maybe set up an intimidating corral around the chocolate zone?
I think we should persuade Bungy Girl to tell her guests she is a really crap runner and took two hours to complete the course....think ya can do it BG?!0 -
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I think we should persuade Bungy Girl to tell her guests she is a really crap runner and took two hours to complete the course....think ya can do it BG?!
They are running guests so I might not get away with that the same way I would if they were couch-based folk I will take a quick nosey around the prosecco and chocolate zones before I head away anyway! 0 -
Mostly stitch-free running? Lucky you - I get them quite often, sometimes in the middle of a race. Have never figured out how to prevent them (apart from slowing down!)
I used to suffer really badly with crippling stitches during races (not so much during training; it tended to happen when I was out of my comfort zone and short of breath). The only thing that worked for me was strengthening my abs (they were weak as a kitten) and learning better breathing through Pilates. Very rarely get a stitch now and if I do I can control it by improving my posture/form and breathing properly. I think, in my case anyway, it's caused by spasms in the diaphragm due to not getting enough oxygen. In other cases it can simply be down to running too close to eating so maybe experiment with different meal timings ? 0 -
Yeah, it really was aeons ago I last got one. No idea what keeps them away so no help there, sorry! This was a real baddy, literally a cramp in my abdomen. In this case I reckon severe dehydration might have caused the cramping...Bungy Girl wrote: »They are running guests so I might not get away with that the same way I would if they were couch-based folk I will take a quick nosey around the prosecco and chocolate zones before I head away anyway!
No one told me about a prosesso & chocolate zone, this race sounds AMAZING!! I will def be hanging nearby, new race "strategy"...run towards the free chocolate!! Would be great to put faces to the names alright, albeit I shall be finishing a lot slower than most, so save me some goodies please!!0 -
Sunday 18 Jan "from write off to right on"
12.75m lsr
Left the house at 10 and jogged the three miles to the park. Could feel yesterday's tempo ever so slightly but knew if I kept the pace at easy and recovery it would be grand. Met a group of five or six from the club, set off on time and did a loop up Killiney Hill and back through Ballybrack. Apart from a surge up Killiney Hill, took it pretty easy. Hip a bit tight so plenty of stretching on it today.
Week ahead plan:
Easy fartlek planned for Tuesday, club session Thursday and two day taper for Raheny (easy runs in between).
Week total 37.750 -
Monday 19 Jan
Rest...BUT I did a full session of core recommended by Tom Joad (finally!), thanks TJ! I really like these, I think I am going to get on very well with this lil sesh. I'd say I looked a very comical sight on some most of them, especially the press-ups. That manoeuvre is going to take some practice The words pathetic and puny came to mind... This is going to be a 'solo in the kitchen' session for some time
Tuesday 20 Jan
Fartlek session: the aim of this was to stay relaxed and do what the word means: 'play with speed' (although frankly, I think something has got lost in translation...maybe the Scandinavian mentality has a slightly more malicious sense of humour?)
Warm up of 1.75m, easy/steady pace
Fartlek of 9k (4x2.25k tarmac'd laps in park).
I decided to structure it using a pyramid in mental preparation for some pyramid interval sessions that I know are heading my way in the next month or so.
This was 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 300m, 200m, 100m surges etc. with equal recoveries/ease back.
I got to the downward 300m on the 3rd set when I ran out of time/laps. I considered finishing the set which would have brought me up to a nice round 10k of fartlek but good sense prevailed... :cool: (sorta wishing I had continued now, writing this) Felt ok, nice to have a session where I could tell myself to ease off a few times
Warm down 1.75m easy (all continuous running)
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Hmmm....hurdling over logs and fallen trees somewhat balances things?!Bungy Girl wrote: »Now that's a fartlek session! My 2 miles of 'speed play' (more play and less speed methinks) looks very puny by comparison!
Good on ya for getting the core session done too. All the hard work done now, roll on Sunday 0 -
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Have a pair of A6 as well, they are seriously light. Good for shorter distances but wouldn't use them for anything longer than 5 mile/10K.
Haha race ye Yeah she recommended anything up to 10k and probably the occasional 10 miler (not planning many of them!). Do you warm up in yours or...? 0 -
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Wednesday 21 Jan
Double day
Ran home (4.25 miles) after dropping the kids off at 9.30 and
Ran back (4.25 miles) to pick them up at 2.30
Felt ok after yesterday but pace kept easy.
A few twinges and aches from the core session but that's a good thing really cos I know I have woken up some sleeping muscles
This, and Fridays on a non-race weekend, looks like the best chance for double days at the moment. It's not ideal as they are quite close to each other but both days are usually recovery days. I'll keep the pace at recovery/easy and use as a contribution to my aerobic base. Is that right?!
Thursday 22 Jan
There really needs to be a fanfare symbol for this: I did TJ's core session (second time this week)
AND
a 30 day challenge (still on stage 1, scrapped the adductor stretch after 5. Hate that one, it hurts my knees )
AND
some of my ancillary stuff. Whoop whoop. I said on Monday and I'll say it again, I think I have found the core session for me. Still look pathetic and comical tho.
Club session in the evening, myself and a group of ladies opted for a steady jog with strides to keep us fresh for Raheny. Tried out my new racing babies, felt really good on the strides and able to reach that top gear on the last 25m of each.
6.5m total
Short term plan is to go under 34 minutes on Sunday, the nearer to 33 I go the happier I will be. Whatever happens, it will be a PB as this is my first 5 miler.
Medium term plans have changed, no longer doing national XC in Tuam, am needed for team in Enniscorthy. Out of the frying pan into the fire :eek:
Form drill hills at medium intensity planned for tomorrow. Rest or two mile jog planned for Saturday.
Good luck everybody running on Sunday, may the wind be in your back. All the way round 0 -
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Thanks Os...it might all go pear-shaped (head cold brewing too) but as I said, It'll be a PB anywayGreat stuff. Kick start that Round Numbers Table for 2015!!!
Thanks ofaroutforarun wrote: »Just to echo Mimojo's comments above: only recently found this log and thoroughly enjoying it. Good luck on Sunday. I've been reading yours too and enjoying it, especially your Milano exploits! You're going well. 0 -
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Short term plan is to go under 34 minutes on Sunday, the nearer to 33 I go the happier I will be. Whatever happens, it will be a PB as this is my first 5 miler.
I predict :32:59Have a feeling you're going to smash it in those new shoes Best of luck!Medium term plans have changed, no longer doing national XC in Tuam, am needed for team in Enniscorthy. Out of the frying pan into the fire :eek:
Gosh, that sounds intense. No pressure, wha'?0
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