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Tue 2/5 - Rest
Have been struggling with some bug or other since (during?) the ARC. No chance of a recovery run, even though the legs feel grand; certainly don't feel like they were under excess pressure on Monday.
Wed 3/5 - Rest
Similar to above. Still not 100% so won't even be doing my own thing later, let alone travelling to Santry for the club activity.
However, as The Black Oil (and others?) correctly deduced, I have agreed to be the DCM 2017 Novices Mentor
Hopefully I can do justice to this role, following in the online (and actual) footsteps of many esteemed former mentors. I'll put together a thread starter this weekend, once I have a little more space and time. Looking forward to it!
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Wubble Wubble wrote: »
However, as The Black Oil (and others?) correctly deduced, I have agreed to be the DCM 2017 Novices Mentor
Hopefully I can do justice to this role, following in the online (and actual) footsteps of many esteemed former mentors. I'll put together a thread starter this weekend, once I have a little more space and time. Looking forward to it!
J.
Hurray! You'll certainly do it justice, the mentees are in excellent hands and the very best of luck with it!0 -
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Wubble Wubble wrote: »However, as The Black Oil (and others?) correctly deduced, I have agreed to be the DCM 2017 Novices Mentor
Hopefully I can do justice to this role, following in the online (and actual) footsteps of many esteemed former mentors. I'll put together a thread starter this weekend, once I have a little more space and time. Looking forward to it!
J.
Ah, that's fantastic! Brilliant choice and I know you'll really enjoy it! It's so much fun:D0 -
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Thank you all so much for your kind words!
Once I get the Novices thread up and running, my plan is to concentrate more on that one, so updates here will be less frequent and/or less detailed.Can't wait for this year's Novice plan featuring two races a week all summer
I think you'll do great, agreed with all the well wishes! Thanks B, that'll be filed under "Do As I Say Not As I Do"
I think I'll keep tales of those exploits to here, and hope none of this year's class find them
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Thu 4/5 - Three very slow laps of Porterstown. Legs felt heavy, body felt sluggish.
Fri 5/5 - Rest
Sat 6/5 - BHAA RTÉ 5 Mile - Shouldn't Have Got Off At Sydney Parade
Following a nice feed of pints in town for my FBIL's stag night, I just about managed to scramble out of bed and grab the train to travel to my running Plan A for today. I questioned my wisdom more than once, particularly after I got off the Dort and headed along Nutley Lane to register on the RTÉ campus. There were free souvenir mugs to mark the 40th anniversary of the first running of this race. We would soon find out who the real mug was.
As for the race itself, I'll be brief, as it was a box ticking exercise, nothing more. I deliberately started at the very back, and didn't make a massive amount of progress through the field. I wanted to duck back into the changing rooms at the end of the first lap of four, and on the second lap I thought I was going to get sick. Well I managed to finish it out anyway.
38:05, if anyone's wondering.
Yes, it was that bad. Although there was a silver lining later when it transpired that we won two team prizes, so I got my entry fee back
As for the Novices thread...Manana, manana, as they say in Nerja laters! 0 -
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And the DCM 2017 Novices Thread is away!
Interestingly enough, one of the lads on the club run informed me that I'm in this photo. It's probably been there a while, but to find out today of all days 0 -
Wubble Wubble wrote: »Interestingly enough, one of the lads on the club run informed me that I'm in this photo. It's probably been there a while, but to find out today of all days
It's a sign! You're looking fairly happy there all right. Although not as happy as yer man closest to the camera. I wonder was he that enthusiastic at 26 miles ? 0 -
Bungy Girl wrote: »It's a sign! You're looking fairly happy there all right. Although not as happy as yer man closest to the camera. I wonder was he that enthusiastic at 26 miles ?
Thanks G, first night's work done! That photo was taken in Kilmainham, I'm 99.99% sure (11.5 miles or so) David was still chuffed with himself at 26(.2) miles....he finished just ahead of or just behind me. I can't remember exactly, but he was definitely in the Asics clip of me crossing the line.0 -
Mon 8/5 - "Rest"
No running, but the meadows that were the front and back gardens got cut down to size. The Novices thread saw a fair bit of action too.
Tue 9/5
Three slow enough loops around Carpenterstown/Riverwood. On the first loop, a really annoying teenager (with two dimwit pals) decided he'd cycle alongside me looking for a reaction. This went on most of the way from the roundabout near the new bridge to the Montessori at the bottom of Luttrellstown. Still, I resisted the temptation to knock him flying off his bike ease him gently out of my way, looked straight ahead, said nothing, and eventually the little saps cleared off. Me 1, dopey teenagers 0 0 -
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