Go Forward in Reverse

Tonight:

30 mins upper body weights

Tonight:

5km cycle, 5km walk home. Puncture. Nice

Today:

5km run 26.24. Hailstones and strong wind. My nipples could cut glass right now. Im frozen.

Tonight:

30 minutes weights. Even did some core work.

Like a boss

Tonight:

5km run in 25.10

Today:

5km run in 24.43

Tonight:

5km run in 23.28. Finally, a bit better!

10km run today. Did the Runamuck Challenge. Great laugh.

No idea of my time. Enjoyed it though.

Tonight:

42km cycle.

This morning:

Fell out of bed ten k in 54:56. Body wasnt awake, sore tight everything. Poor me

Tonight:

5km run in 22.54. 5 seconds off a PB. Hopefully set for one in the patricks weekend 5k on Sunday!

MSB St Patricks 5k.

5k run in 22.22. PB for 5k. Happy with that. More in the tank i think. Its a matter of getting used to running faster. Its pretty much completely alien to me.

I suppose Im guilty of what a lot of people do starting running - concentrating on running longer rather than getting any faster. For the next while id like to get a bit of speed going. Sub 20 for 5k would be nice. A lot of hard work needed to get there but no harm to have a goal.

Quick edit - My chip time was 22.14! Wahey!!

Tonight:

10km in 56.34. A lot of arsing about at traffic lights etc as I was running through city straight after work. Nice easy pace with bag on back.

Tonight:

10km run in 49.40. Comfortable pace

Today:

6km in about 30 mins.

Followed by 3km of hill sprints, 5 up and down a pretty steep hill. Another km run home. Great session. Absolutely banjaxed after. Always a good feeling.

Ended up being ten k in 57 mins.

Tonight:

5km in 23.13. Much stronger run than it sounds. Got got out in a flipping hailstorm. Painful! And windy as hell.

An hour later on the couch in hoody and tracksuit bottoms after a nice curry and im still cold!

This morning.

1km warm up.

5 laps of soccer pitch, jogging length, sprinting width.

*2 minute rest*

Another 5 laps of same.

*5 minute rest*

Another 5 laps

1km jog home.

Total distance 7.26 km. Total time 40.45.

This morning:

The plan - 10km in 50 minutes or so.

The reality - 5km in 24.57.

Feeling tired from the start and never got into it. My backside and hamstrings were tight and heavy. Presume they're groaning due to the sprints ive started doing.

Dissapointing run really.

Hmmm...47 minutes? Not quite :rolleyes:

Garmin time of 48.55. The good - this is a PB by a fair distance. The bad, I definitely have more in me!

I just dont know how to pace my self properly at all. I felt like I could have done better at the finish. But that said the second half of the run was quite tough. Very hilly!

Overall I was happy enough with the run. Didnt have much trouble with congestion along the route, bit of space to run which is nice.

47 will fall soon!! Or 48 at least:o

I feel a bit more motivated with my running today for some reason. A bit of competition is good I suppose. I was p'ssed off at the end of the race. Which I like. Thats what I need to get my lazy arse out there training more.

I hope to go travelling in mid July. I WILL have beaten 47 minutes for ten k by then.

Quick update - chip time 48.50

Tonight:

1.5km warm up.

3.4 km or so of 200 meter sprints with 200 meters jog recovery.

1.5km warm down.

Tough stuff. Averaging about 40 seconds for the 200 sprint. Havent ever done anything like this before so im learning as I go here

Today:

5km in 25.53. Good god.

Updating this hasnt gone very well of late. I thought about not updating it at all any more but I enjoy my little log so ill keep it going. Im also a huge fan of reading other peoples logs, even if Im not great at contributing to them! Some serious progression in some of the logs and a lot of very determined people.

I have been running of late even if i havent been logging it all. As im leaving my job/ireland etc soon enough im busy these days. A lot of meeting with friends. Bit of boozing, a lot of crap food!

So my runs havent been regular but such is life. Im happy enough. I havent brought my garmin with me on runs lately and im enjoying the sense of freedom that brings!

My updates will probably be hit and miss from now on. We'll see how it goes. i hope to get a lot of swimming done when i go to Oz. Im not sure what will happen as regards running but hopefully ill keep it up on a somewhat regular basis. Could be easier said than done.

I cant end my log until I revenge my marathon disaster anyway. Marathon 1 Me 0 is the current score. In my next marathon (which will be a couple of years away realistically) I'll be aiming to knock an hour off my marathon time of 4.39. Thats obviously a long time goal which will involve a lot of effort and pbs over shorter distances.

The plan for tomorrow is 5k or so in the morning. Looking forward to it!

And for a certain reader, here's a song you might like

Sunday - 5k in 23.30. Funny how quickly you lose fitness!

Yesterday - 20 km spin on the bike. Slow and steady!

Rolling, rolling, rolling.

22.5km cycle.