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Mum on the Run
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Monday – Rest
Mr. B’s jolly important business trip abroad was cancelled so I had an 11th hour reprieve from certain houseboundedness for the week. First thing I did when I got the news was book Pilates for Wednesday night
. Then mentally rejigged the week’s planned TV viewing :rolleyes:. Legs feeling surprisingly ok after yesterday’s long run so just did a bit of foam rolling ahead of tomorrow’s intervals.
Tuesday – 5K effort intervals
Beautiful day. Co-operative child. No excuses. Headed towards the promenade for this with a 950m stretch mapped out in my head. Hit the target on reps 1 and 3 but fell a little short on 2 and 4 as they were into a gentle breeze howling gale force wind. Happy with these. Could have done another one but would have opted for a rep with the wind behind me.- 5.6 miles incl. 4 x 4 mins @ 5K effort* 3 mins rec (47:00) Approx paces 6:47/6:53/6:47/6:58
*I realise I’m cheating the plan a little by having the distance mapped out in advance rather than going purely by effort but I do like having some feedback (however clunky) as to how I’m doing. I seem to be hitting the pace ok though so might just do next week’s session by feel and resist the urge to measure it afterwards. Oh even the thought makes me twitchy.0 -
Bungy Girl wrote: »This is what I use to work out distance in advance for intervals
Pink and pretty you say ... well, when you put it like that
Cheers for the link, great way to measure. There are really pretty garmins out there ya know...just saying!!!I'll be lurking on the corner trying to tempt you with a glittery garmin...
...seriously, they are brilliant for the oul' stats. I spend more time looking at the details of my runs than actually running
Me too! Spend ages on Garmin Connect looking at stats, how many miles my runners have, total monthly mileage, pace, heart rate....are you sure we cant tempt you??!0 -
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Cheers for the link, great way to measure. There are really pretty garmins out there ya know...just saying!!!
Me too! Spend ages on Garmin Connect looking at stats, how many miles my runners have, total monthly mileage, pace, heart rate....are you sure we cant tempt you??!the G-word can help your twitching... so much more efficient!
I sense a conspiracy
Still not convinced I need one. Might see how the whole 'effort' based 5K training goes first. And then start dropping hints...:D0 -
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Wednesday – Strength & Conditioning
Deliberately trying to reduce the mileage this week after 3 weeks of 30/30+ miles. Also feeling a bit twingy around my back and hips which always sends me into a state of nervous hypochondria :eek:. I think Sunday’s long run took in too many concrete footpaths and I also did my 5K reps on tarmac which is probably a bit much for my poor discs. So just did a couple of miles on grass before Pilates as a warm up. Good class, I never enjoy it as such, in the same way I don’t enjoy the gym, but I do appreciate the benefits and the positive effect on my running. I’m making small changes to the gym routine each week – planks are now 70 seconds, whoop whoop and I added a short leg raise into the side planks which are now 40 seconds. One extra full press up too, somebody stop me :rolleyes:. Felt very tight and immobile going into Body Balance but much better after the class. Should have walked home to keep the miles down but it was late, I was hungry, and it’s just so much easier to run!- 30:00 total easy runs (3.4 miles)
Thursday – Hill Sprints
Met Annapr for these and did an off-road loop of the park to warm up and discuss the trending A/R topics before hitting the reps. Enough of these sessions and we'll solve all the world's problems. Managed 7 reps in total before I had to bail for work. Easy jog home, no time to stretch so trying to do some moves under the desk.- 2 miles approx. incl 7 x 8-10 sec hill sprints off 3 mins
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Bungy Girl wrote: »no time to stretch so trying to do some moves under the desk]
I always try a few sly calf stretches at the photocopier. .quick look around..few rocks up on to my toes..sly roll back down...not been caught yet. Though I'm so short I can just pretending to check the document feeder!
Thats so cool about the 40 sec pilates hold. You'll be a penguin before you know it. 0 -
Hannibal Smith wrote: »I always try a few sly calf stretches at the photocopier. .quick look around..few rocks up on to my toes..sly roll back down...not been caught yet. Though I'm so short I can just pretending to check the document feeder!
I must steal that oneHannibal Smith wrote: »Thats so cool about the 40 sec pilates hold. You'll be a penguin before you know it.
A penguin, with (futile) aspirations to be a seal :rolleyes:0 -
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barryoneill50 wrote: »Did you take that picture? I think I was standing beside ya!
No way, really ? I hope I didn't shove you out of the way to get to the cake ?
Just read your report, you must have been part of the leading pack, good for you. The descent was class, wasn't it ?0 -
Definitely sounds like fun! My trousers tightened just looking at that spread Word of advice...give yourself a rest day/very short-just-for-the-sake-of-it-run today...Hope the head's not hurting too much!
No worries, I'll be taking it easy. Didn't race it yesterday so body is ok. As for my head, well that's another matter...:o Happy Mothers Day, hope you're being spoiled.0 -
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Bungy Girl wrote: »No way, really ? I hope I didn't shove you out of the way to get to the cake ?
Just read your report, you must have been part of the leading pack, good for you. The descent was class, wasn't it ?
Ah you were very polite! Yes there was about 4/5 of us chasing about three ahead and all of a sudden we lost them. We kept on a path when we should have been turning right. I'd say we lost about 20 places. Made most of them up on that descent though, I though I was going to take off at one stage.......0 -
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Bungy Girl wrote: »a bottle of Prosecco in the fridge.
Turns out this is a bottle of Moet Pink Champagne! Happy Mothers Day to me. Going to save it for a non-school night. 0 -
Bungy Girl wrote: »Turns out this is a bottle of Moet Pink Champagne! Happy Mothers Day to me. Going to save it for a non-school night.
you could always bring it to Howth on Good Friday ? 0 -
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Bungy Girl wrote: »Turns out this is a bottle of Moet Pink Champagne! Happy Mothers Day to me. Going to save it for a non-school night.
Yeah, bad timing! Let's have it on Saturday next year....or Mothers Weekend...I like the sound of that 0 -
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Bungy Girl wrote: »Could you handle a Fathers weekend though ;-) ??
No need to take equality that far 0
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