"It's what you do next that counts"

Oryx wrote: »

Have thought about Bunclody but its off my list for this year, I might go up to cheer everyone on tho, Ill be watching this space to see if you enter.

Just signed up now, so that's 5 races I'm in now

May 15th - sportsworld 5 miler
June - ?
July 9th - tri 795
July 16th - 5 miles race series
Aug 20th - 10 mile race series

The sportsworld 5 I think gives me enough time to go sub 40.

RayCun wrote: »

June - 10k in Dunshaughlin

No but I did it in 09 and it's a cracking race, actually all the Meath races are excellent.

5 miles this evening, very enjoyable and no thoughts of walking, pace was about 9'10 which is quicker than what I have been doing but felt good. I ran up the back roads on the way to marlay,the park was beautiful and quiet just how I like it.
Decided I'd listen to marathon talk as I reckon I was just in bad form the last day when complaining about them. Tonys trials had me in fits of laughter and there was a nice piece on caffiene.
Took my turbo out of the press and the plan is to use it in the mornings. Baby tends to go back to bed at 10 and sleeps till about 12 so plenty of time.

Went indoor footy last night, only 9 turned up and I was on the 4 so plenty of running and little sprints, best game I've had in a while and I can feel the fitness returning.
That's 4 days on the trot of doing sth and the legs felt tired so day off today, going to try and do some kind of time trial tomorrow.

Last 2 days have been filled with excuses. My wife and I have come up with a time when I can go on my runs. Weekend = before kids wake (I was always good at this so shouldn't be a problem) and Weekdays =3:30 when she gets in from work but I must have dinner ready and be in my gear ( I can do that).

This morning
13.73 miles, pace slow, AHR 162
Time to be honest in this log. I signed up for the full marathon in Cork two weeks ago so that gives me 11 weeks. Tomorrow is 9 weeks. I don't really care what time I do as long as I finish.
Because I'm only getting back into it I've decided to do a Jeff Galloway and run/walk it. In todays run I went with a 3 mile run 5 minute walk and it seem to be going well.
My course selection today was not smart though and it was very hilly towards the start which seemed to zap the legs. I didn't bring any gels or water as I didn't think I'd be out there that long but I was and it was getting warm. I got to 12.5 miles and decided I needed to get a drink (I always bring €2 with me for long runs) and man was I thirsty, I had that BPM drank in about 2 minutes which then led to a bit of a stitch.
Overall I'm fairly happy, pace was slow but so what and having made a good deal with the wife I'm looking forward to next weeks training.

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

I take it the graded meets (800/1500) are no longer on the cards

still the plan, I reckon this can only help with building an aerobic sytem and I've decided on one workout a week, mile repeats. Mcmillan reckons it's the best work out for all distances.

Heaven Better Music wrote: »

Hopefully you will not have to contend with the weather conditions like last year, it was a shocking day out.

I was there taking pics. I think I'd take the wind and rain over the sun from the previous year.

5 miles tonight, pace just over 9 minute miles. Legs were very tired but my heart rate remained low, very happy with that.

Rough plan for the rest of the week.

Tue - 30 mins or rest
Wed - mile repeats, no idea how many, maybe 3, I'll play it by ear on the day.
Thur - 5 miles easy
Fri - 200 meters uphill x ?, not sure on recovery, again will play it by ear.
Sat - rest
Sunday 15-17 mile lsr run/walk

I'm going to give indoor footy a miss this week.
Diet was really good today.

Decided to see how many seconds you lose by walking and I'm a bit surprised, it's not that much.
Walk/run pace for today was 9'58
run pace excluding todays walk breaks 9'39