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Year 4: "It's a game of inches"
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This one wasn't pencilled as a PB attempt. We won team title last year and firmly focused on retaining that title however given that Bohermeen had seen me come through 10 mile marker bang on the PB (56.54) it planted a seed.
As mentiond didn't feel great the Sunday but seemed to pass as quick as it came on. Pre race food wasn't great as I had made the mistake of forgetting the supermarket was closed Easter Sunday and on late that day in work so no brekkie stuff in the house. Resorted to a petrol station brekkie (yoghurt, banana and a protein ball) not stellar but would do the job.
Conditions were miserable but spirits were high enough. Probably left the warm up a little late and a few drills shy of the normal warm up but wasn't too worried. Our strongest team in a few years meant that we were confident the win was there for the taking and all that was needed was a DFIU reminder at the start.
First mile was up and down the avenue with wind on back the way out. Was controlled initially but knew that field was being stretched out pretty quickly and I was just off a group (including TRR) so decided to be aggressive and get on the back rather than run on my own meaning first mile was a 5.32, about the same as Bohermeen but not the same downhill. I was breathing a little heavier than I would have liked but knew it was the lesser of two evils given the poxy weather.
2nd mile and I was settled into pace though did fall off the group running on my own with a 5.40. The next mile and we hit the first grass patch and a bit of a slip saw me nearly go over on the ankle, no pain but the peroneals gave a stiff creak. Got caught just ahead by the other club mate. I had just finished ahead of him in Bohermeen so I knew he had a bullseye on my back despite a heavy week in build up to this one. Splits were slow but usually are on this mile with tree cover so I largerly ignored the 6.12 on the watch. Couldn't keep with team mate here as I was blowing out my ass and generally feeling fairly crappy. Next mile (5.56) and another slip on a sharp turn the Hyperions offering feck all in terms of grip today and the head was gone. Stomach at me a little (or maybe was in the head) as the excuses starting adding up so much I knew that the main issue was that I was running sh!te and that I was looking for excuses rather than digging in. Came through 5 mile in 29.09 and knew that PB or indeed 57 was out the window but knew that if I didn't get my act in gear that quicker than last year which was a disaster performance was not even gonna be on the cards. Had been passed by a triathlete I knew to see and Sportsworld guy, now the mental calculations started as I was getting worried that if another passed me the team might slip away.
6th mile and was joined by a Mullingar Harriers legend who used to be my bench mark of a decent performance I was once again going toe to toe with (despite him having over 20 years on me :P) though he quickly pulled away from me. Legs had gone dead a bit but finally all the mental excuses had bottomed out, people stopped pulling away from me and I finally got going. The first was the Tri guy who I was gaining on on the straights but losing on the turns as he was going out of his way to cut corners. Normally doesn't bother me but the fact he was doing it so blatantly at every corner had me extremely frustrated.
Finally at 9 miles I had managed to catch him (and gave him a bit of a bollocking about it being a 10 mile race not 9.5, though not sure he heard me) came back onto the avenue and had reeled in Mullingar Harriers and Sliabh Buidhe runner to withing 10/15m. This avenue is my wheel house as the legs opened up and I began to close with every stride, with 200m to go I had blazed by the two lads before realizing that there was still 200m left
I was holding on for dear life and was completely shot managed to cross the line in 58.55, my worst time in years, spent the next 15/20 min throwing up.
It was not a great performance, nor was it a solid effort due to unforseen circumstances; it was a poor run by all stretches of the imagination, but it was enough to score for the team and enough to secure Leinster title so from that perspective job done.
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AuldManKing wrote: »I don't want all this baby malarkey interfering with my training plans.
"The main thing......." and all that.
Best of luck :P
Don't worry.... No excuses
Best of luck with it Luke! Whatever you do, don't say anything like "you know, you weren't very nice to me during labour" afterwards, even if she wasn't nice to you. That doesn't go down well. Not that I'd know about this through experience or anything.OOnegative wrote: »And definitely don’t shout out in the middle of labour “Whoa what the fcuk is that!!”, not that I know anything about that either!!!
Still not hearing anyone ruling out the "Sure nothing is gonna happen in the time I get a short 4 miler out of the way, I won't be long" :P0 -
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Best of luck with it Luke! Whatever you do, don't say anything like "you know, you weren't very nice to me during labour" afterwards, even if she wasn't nice to you. That doesn't go down well. Not that I'd know about this through experience or anything.OOnegative wrote: »And definitely don’t shout out in the middle of labour “Whoa what the fcuk is that!!”, not that I know anything about that either!!!Swashbuckler wrote: »Also whatever you do, don't tell her "it can't be that painful".
Ah lads, you didn't?!!!!???!!!!!!! :eek::rolleyes::rolleyes:Testosterscone wrote: »
Still not hearing anyone ruling out the "Sure nothing is gonna happen in the time I get a short 4 miler out of the way, I won't be long" :P
You wouldn't
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Time for an overdue update
Mon 5 miles steady (6.42 min/m)
Tues AM 14x90 sec w/ 40 sec rec PM 4 miles easy (8.30 min/m)
Wed 5 miles steady (6.36 min/m)
Thurs 4 miles easy (7.11 min/m)
Fri OFF
Sat OFF
Sun OFF
Total weekly Mileage 26 miles
Still operating on call this week I knew the mileage was gonna be low this week as |I was keeping my runs short and phone on hand in case. As a result I pushed the boat a bit on the paces as they need for recovery was offset by the reduced volume. Ended up in the Hospital Thursday by doc's orders and then the clock was ticking. Unfortunately due to policy despite being there since 6.30 am I was booted out at 9.30 as OH was on a public ward. Given I wasn't gonna sleep that night as I could be called back into the hospital at any stage I managed to get a bonus run in that night to kill time.
No call through the night though and back in Friday morning first thing and after a long process Tallaght AC's newest recruit arrived at 5.08 am Saturday morning.
Things have definitely changed........
Mon OFF
Tues AM OFF
Wed OFF
Thurs 5 miles easy (7.36 min/m)
Fri 5.2 easy (7.33 min/m)
Sat AM 3 easy (8.12 min/m) PM Light Progessive tempo
Sun AM 6 miles easy (7.19 min/m) PM 5 miles easy (7.40 min/m)
Total Weekly Mileage 29.2 miles
The next few days were a sleep deprived daze, Each day was spent in hospital giving herself a break during the day to get some sleep as I knew i couldn't be there to help out on the nights followed by ensuring the house was in tip top shape for their return. I had good intentions but these quickly evaporated when routine became getting dinner on the way home from hospital and while waiting for it to digest wound up with me waking up off the couch for another day
Finally they got out Wednesday and as I was now on the night shifts it gave her a break and started getting into a routine of popping out while the two bosses slept.
Saturdays session was just a light one to get the legs moving again. A favorable course was chosen with a 1st mile downhill to ease me in, despite this overall still felt tough enough
Mon AM 7 miles easy (7.31 min/m) PM 5 miles easy (7.47 min/m)
Tues AM 9 miles moderate (6.54 min/m)
Wed 10x300 (50), 4 min jog, 6x200 (40)
Thurs 7 miles easy (7.54 min/m)
Fri 5 easy (7.39 min/m)
Sat 10x400 (60), 4 min jog, 6x200 (40)
Sun 13.1 miles (7.20 min/m)
Total Weekly Mileage 60.7 miles
With herself home and things settling down again it was back into routine. Feeling less guilty about getting out running as I am managing the night feeds and washing and cleaning allowing her to recover, oddily enough the sleep is holding up well enough despite the fact that I am managing about half of what I was.
It's funny the Sonia article popped up during the week regarding social media. In terms of priorities at the moment that has been the only thing which has taken the big hit. Rather than trying to argue never-ending discussions or convince people of things I am using the time more productively and still helping the people who want to be helped. This will probably be the way it is as I will take recovery more seriously meaning that presence here will probably take a step back to a fully certified lurker for alot of the time. The comments I made here back in 2011 have the snipers ready to take me down but I am happy to say that I stand by it, you can make choices in terms of priority or excuses, often I think people jump to the second. If you want to make time for running you will, don't have to be selfish about it but rather you just need to make sacrifices (thankfully in modern "busy" era there is usually a large buffer off free time consumed by TV and social media to draw from.0 -
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