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11-12-2019 12:51pm#1Apologies for the first long winded post.
Been meaning to start one of these for a long time. No time like the present.
Background
Male, just turned 30, been running since March 18.
Started out just to get fit, then started going to Parkrun, gradually got hooked on beating myself and did a few 5ks.
Also did DCM18 - had signed up before I started running and knew going in I wasn't in any shape to do it but made my way around in intervals in 4:47:xx.
Decided 2019 was going to be my year and signed up for DCM19 as well as the the 10 mile and Half marathon in the race series amongst a couple of 10km races.
During the year I'd run more than ever before, however not as consistently as I would have hoped. During the year, I got married, went on honeymoon and bought a house so I'm not complaining
The 10mile and HM didn't go well.
Went in to DCM following the Novice plan with a revised goal of 4:30 (originally was sub 4). Everything was going well until mile 18 when my calf started pulling at me. I hobbled the rest of the way around, finishing in 4:50:xx. Annoying as my fitness was way ahead of where I was in 2018 but I definitely wasn't as prepared as I could have been.
PBs to date:
5k – 23:34 – March 23rd '19(Parkrun)
5mile – 38:48 –May 12th '19(Terenure 5 mile)
10k – 49:25 – April 14th '19(Great Ireland Run)
10mile – 1:43:27 – 24th August '19(Frank Duffy 10 Mile)
HM – 2:20:05 – 21st September '19(Dublin Half)
Marathon – 4:47:xx – '18(DCM 2018)
Plans
Firstly, beginning in the new year, I'll be joining a local running club as I often lack motivation to get out on my own especially in the bad weather.
I'd like to get my shorter distances back to where they were in the first half of the year, however this may have to be a secondary goal.
As a birthday present, I received entries (and holidays) to the Barcelona and Paris Marathons in March and April. I've also entered DCM for the 3rd year running.
I'd love to be looking at a Sub 4 hour marathon, however I'm not sure if I should set that goal for DCM 2020 and set a more reasonable goal for Barcelona (4:20/4:30?). Advice welcomed.
I might look at a couple shorter distance races around Feb/March also.
Setting this log up to keep myself honest (and motivated) as I love nothing more than telling someone I've just gone for a run, straight after running.
Cheers for reading if you made it this far! :P5
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Back running a week or two and training for Barcelona from Monday just gone.
Training loosely following the 4hr plan on the Barcelona Marathon website.
Plan is in KMs and switched to miles last summer so spent some time converting the plan back to miles :P
The plan calls out running for a specific period of time a specific pace so fir the first couple of sessions, I focused on running for the time specified.
Monday 9th Dec - 30 mins - 3.23 miles.
Faster than the plan but haven't been running much so wanted to stretch the legs a bit. Felt good. First run since DCM where my legs weren't in bits immediately after.
Wednesday 11th Dec - 50 mins - 5.35 miles.
Very cold one. Breathing struggled to begin with. Again, faster than the plan but felt good. Getting the grá back since DCM.
Going to print off some of Mr G's posts about slowing down and put them up around the house as a reminder. 0 -
Prospector1989 wrote: »Back running a week or two and training for Barcelona from Monday just gone.
Training loosely following the 4hr plan on the Barcelona Marathon website.
Plan is in KMs and switched to miles last summer so spent some time converting the plan back to miles :P
The plan calls out running for a specific period of time a specific pace so fir the first couple of sessions, I focused on running for the time specified.
Monday 9th Dec - 30 mins - 3.23 miles.
Faster than the plan but haven't been running much so wanted to stretch the legs a bit. Felt good. First run since DCM where my legs weren't in bits immediately after.
Wednesday 11th Dec - 50 mins - 5.35 miles.
Very cold one. Breathing struggled to begin with. Again, faster than the plan but felt good. Getting the grá back since DCM.
Going to print off some of Mr G's posts about slowing down and put them up around the house as a reminder.
Just be careful about training based on an aspirational time goal; training should always be to current fitness.0 -
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First post in a couple of weeks. Got out a couple of times over the break but not as much as planned.
We fostered a dog for a couple of weeks over the festive period so that was more of an interruption than Christmas itself. :P:).
Since my last post:
Tuesday (24/12) 30 minutes (8:47min/mile)
Loads planned for the day so managed to squeeze in a quick run at a quicker pace.
Tuesday (31/12) 5 miles (8:59min/mile)
Another run as I had a free hour. :P
Said I'd do 5 miles and target 9min/mile
Sunday (05/01) 80 mins
Decided I'd jump straight back in to the plan. Modified slightly to get back into the swing of things.
Plann called for 95 mins.
50 mins at 10min/mile
25 mins at 9:20min/mile
10 mins at 8:50min/mile
10 mins at 10min/mile
Went out to do 45, 20, 10 and 5 instead.
45 mins was definitely quicker than on the plan but I felt great at the end of it.
Felt very much in control at 9:20 and was felt ok at 8:50.
Post-run I felt fantastic.
Delighted as I was unsure what damage had been done over Christmas.
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Disappointing week running wise.
Tuesday (07/01) 50 minutes (9:19min/mile)
Comfortable Tuesday run
Thursday (09/01) Interval session (6.40 miles)
20 min warm up. 3 x 8 min (8:52min/mile) w/ 3 min recovery. 10 min cool down.
Really enjoyed this session. Enjoyed stretching the legs out in the intervals.
Weekend
Woke up to head out Saturday morning and my back was in a fair bit of pain so missed it and Sunday's long run too.
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Short week running this week.
The plan called for a 10k race on Sunday but was never going to fit it in so said I'd do 10k on my own at some point during the day.
Tuesday (21/01) 40 minutes (9:21min/mile). 4.28 miles
Head was wrecked after a long day in work so felt myself "running angry"
Planned pace was half a minute slower than what I ended up doing. Head felt much clearer after
Friday (24/01) Planned 40 minutes (10min/mile)
Couldn't fit this run in with stuff going on around me. Was tempted to try fit it in Saturday but said I'd leave it as I wanted to be fresh for Sunday
Sunday (26/01) 10k "race" in 55mins (8:51min/mile)
Easy 10 minute warm up.
Decided I'd run the majority of this down in the park. Route with some hills that I enjoy for training runs.
Splits:
Mile 1: 8:21
Mile 2: 8:46
Mile 3: 8:37
Mile 4: 8:28
Mile 5: 8:49
Mile 6: 8:34
Mile 6.23: 1:52
Total: 53:29
I found it strange trying to keep up "race intensity" while running on my own but managed to keep it for the most part after maybe going out too fast in the first mile.
Definitely need to try sign up for more races.
Quickest 10k since April and first 5k is my quickest since October.
Total: 10:28 miles
Low mileage but a nice milestone hit on the Sunday!0 -
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