Tell us about your run today

tunguska · 04-04-2014 12:42pm #1

Shamelessly robbed from Slogger's thread over on the cycling forum..........

Couldnt run after work this evening so I had to get it done at 6am this morning. This was the earliest I've been up so far this year as I hate running in the dark of cold winter mornings. Got a little surprise when I stepped outside as it wasnt fully bright, but I reckoned by the time I got to the park daylight would be in full swing. And so it was. Bit overcast but I could feel that it was gonna be a warm day already. The park at this hour of the morning is majestic, just the birds singing and the rabbits scurrying all over the place. I found myself thinking about the national 10k on sunday, going through various permutations that would blag me a time I really hadnt done the work for. But then I realised what I was doing, off in my own head not even paying attention to the beauty of nature all around me. I know that sounds a bit gay and I accept that, but a lot of the time you can be surrounded by something so magnificent and not even notice because you're too busy thinking. Its like people filming a sunset on their phones but not actually watching it with their own eyes. So I made a conscious choice to just be as present as I could and notice everything going on around me. I went from feeling sluggish and still half asleep to feeling like my legs were spring mounted. Theres something about running at that hour of the day and in the presence of nature that restores your body and soul.

Ososlo · 04-04-2014 12:55pm

Great post tunguska. You should have a training log

PaulieC · 04-04-2014 2:21pm

what park ? It sounds like Disney's Cinderella was based off it

RacoonQueen · 04-04-2014 2:35pm

PaulieC wrote: »

what park ? It sounds like Disney's Cinderella was based off it

There is only one park in Dublin

tunguska · 04-04-2014 2:36pm

Ososlo wrote: »

Great post tunguska. You should have a training log

I actually had one a few years back. Had to close it down though, was a bit controversial.

PaulieC wrote: »

what park ? It sounds like Disney's Cinderella was based off it

First (and last I reckon) time the words Disney's Cinderella and Tymon park have been used in the same sentence........

M.J.M.C · 04-04-2014 2:49pm

tunguska wrote: »

Theres something about running at that hour of the day and in the presence of nature that restores your body and soul.

Couldn't agree more...
Today like every Friday, got up at 5:45am and ran 20K into work.
It's not as cold as it was in December,was actually pretty nice out. There's something nice getting the run done while everyone is still in their cot.

barryoneill50 · 04-04-2014 2:57pm

tunguska wrote: »

Shamelessly robbed from Slogger's thread over on the cycling forum..........

Couldnt run after work this evening so I had to get it done at 6am this morning. This was the earliest I've been up so far this year as I hate running in the dark of cold winter mornings. Got a little surprise when I stepped outside as it wasnt fully bright, but I reckoned by the time I got to the park daylight would be in full swing. And so it was. Bit overcast but I could feel that it was gonna be a warm day already. The park at this hour of the morning is majestic, just the birds singing and the rabbits scurrying all over the place. I found myself thinking about the national 10k on sunday, going through various permutations that would blag me a time I really hadnt done the work for. But then I realised what I was doing, off in my own head not even paying attention to the beauty of nature all around me. I know that sounds a bit gay and I accept that, but a lot of the time you can be surrounded by something so magnificent and not even notice because you're too busy thinking. Its like people filming a sunset on their phones but not actually watching it with their own eyes. So I made a conscious choice to just be as present as I could and notice everything going on around me. I went from feeling sluggish and still half asleep to feeling like my legs were spring mounted. Theres something about running at that hour of the day and in the presence of nature that restores your body and soul.

Did you follow the rabbits down any holes, Alice:D

Krusty_Clown · 04-04-2014 3:10pm

tunguska wrote: »

I actually had one a few years back. Had to close it down though, was a bit controversial.

We were young and foolish back then. Now we're older.

tunguska · 04-04-2014 3:23pm

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

We were young and foolish back then. Now we're older.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, I was definitely a "My way or the high way" kind of person and the controversy stemmed from me getting annoyed if anybody dared to question my training methods. And in fairness some of those training methods were bonkers......

ecoli · 04-04-2014 3:29pm

tunguska wrote: »

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, I was definitely a "My way or the high way" kind of person and the controversy stemmed from me getting annoyed if anybody dared to question my training methods. And in fairness some of those training methods were bonkers......

Ah the good old times. In fairness looking back at my posts in that I kinda regret the tone behind them alright. Definitely an interesting one anyway and scared the bejeebus out of most reading it (in a good way)

We all live and learn though I rememeber the early posts in my log being along a similar vein where I thought I knew it all (to an extent some recent posts would argue that I haven't changed that much

)

buck65 · 04-04-2014 4:43pm

Was out the door at 6.05am. Didn't wear a headlamp or reflective vest as I assumed it would be bright quickly, it was 20 mins before the sun came out. Missed my trail run last night as my son is sick so went on the road instead this morning.
Ran 9k, bored as hell and had trouble with an old hip injury. Really dislike road running compared to trail or cross country but too dark for both today, just doesn't suit me!
Was very mild today, after 3 months of cold dark runs it's nice to get out in the warmth.

PVincent · 04-04-2014 9:50pm

Due to another sporting commitment up north tomorro morning I had to get a longer run this evening home from work. I normally run early on an empty stomach or train with the club at 7 in the evening after lunch at 12.30 /1 pm. Today I left the office at 4.30ish full of expectancy of a nice run because I am in good shape, the sun was shining , I had arranged someone to take my bag home , it was pleasantly warm, and it was the weekend. What a way to start it. A good 90 min run was the plan. The early easy mile was fine but once that was done it was downhill all the way. I can say without a doubt it was the worst I ever felt on a run, sluggish, negative, tired, awkward, stiff, everything you don't want to feel when running. I managed to stay on board for 77 mins but not a pleasant experience. I can only attribute this to eating at 1pm and running just a few hours later, something that clearly my body did not like. Normally when running I can stay very positive and because I am training well with no injuries this run was a little bit of a shock , so for once I could not get the mind in the zone. I am sure it was just the metabolism , and the next run will be back to normal. But it shows the benefits of doing the same thing all the time , or at the very least how attuned the body and mind can be to the same processes . So that is the story of my run tonight. Byeeee

RacoonQueen · 04-04-2014 10:01pm

How was your jacuzzi tunguska?

nolinejudge · 05-04-2014 7:11am

I had a similar run commute. Dublin bay was like a mill pond, a slight mist over Howth all was calm. Until I hit the city centre and the world started smoking. Still a great start to the day.

tunguska · 05-04-2014 9:22am

nolinejudge wrote: »

I had a similar run commute. Dublin bay was like a mill pond, a slight mist over Howth all was calm. Until I hit the city centre and the world started smoking. Still a great start to the day.

Early morning runs by the bay are the best, especially when the water is calm.

RacoonQueen wrote: »

How was your jacuzzi tunguska?

It was ok, usually the jacuzzi is pretty empty on friday evenings but last night for whatever reason it was a mass sausage fest. Legs are feel brand new though

TRR · 05-04-2014 9:47am

tunguska wrote: »

Early morning runs by the bay are the best, especially when the water is calm.

It was ok, usually the jacuzzi is pretty empty on friday evenings but last night for whatever reason it was a mass sausage fest. Legs are feel brand new though

Any link with sausage fest and legs feeling good? To paraphrase meatloaf, I'd do anything for fresh legs ........ But I won't do that!

tunguska · 05-04-2014 10:45am

TRR wrote: »

Any link with sausage fest and legs feeling good? To paraphrase meatloaf, I'd do anything for fresh legs ........ But I won't do that!

Maybe there is. Too high a price though, way too much accidental footsies going on in that yoke.

rainbow kirby · 05-04-2014 11:28am

Just over an hour of going up and down the hills of Hampstead Heath this morning with the sun slowly but surely burning away the cloud. Absolutely lovely, particularly when I got off the paths and onto the packed mud of the trails at the top end of it. Made sure to check the water temperature at the ladies pond too when I was running past - offficially out of single figures (11c this morning), short dips not too far away after my runs

Had to go reasonably early because there will be rugby-watching and beer consumption later, so I pretty much had one slot in the day for a run :pac:

Slogger Jogger · 05-04-2014 2:59pm

Great bhaa event at St Annes park. Great conditions too. Happy enough with my 4 miler, to break the 24 mins. While it is flat it has lots of twists and turns some of which were slippy. Flawless organisation by the bhaa volunteers (as usual). Kudos guys.

b.harte · 05-04-2014 10:05pm

Super thread and a fitting opening post as well, sounds nice.

My weekly LSR in the company of the local non-club runners was a strange affair this morning.
The now-standard philosophical ramblings of a bunch of country-types took a decisively agricultural turn when we were discussing the price of Stud Bulls....really...
Anyway, one of the men involved in the Agribusiness sector told a story of how a large company purchased a bull for a massive sum, only to find the bull didn't "perform" - even on the AI trap (which is apparently like a small car with someone inside juicing :eek:. )
The solution was to have a specialist carry out physio / massage on the bulls tackle.
It didn't work so the bull was essentially worthless.
Anyway, being a large company the accounts were audited a few years later, one of the sample invoices pulled

for query was the invoice for the physio.
He wasn't sure who was more embarrassed the person answering the question - or the young city woman doing the asking.

It was also a lovely spring morning here, loads of daffodils and primroses on the quiet country roads.

Slogger Jogger · 06-04-2014 12:47pm

My mood was low looking out at the morning squall of rain and wind. It didn't look like it was abating any time soon so I wrapped up and headed out. Rain wasn't too bad - you got used to it. The wind wasn't too bad either, with a favourably push heading up a local hill. Lots of muddy and rain filled puddles to tip toe through. Scattered a small herd of deer on a less travelled trail. Broke through the misty cloud on the way up the hill and at the top it was bright and clear and the rain stopped. Was all downhill from there. A nice 18k hill run in the bag, not another soul seen on route and feeling fantastic after.

aero2k · 07-04-2014 12:37pm

tunguska wrote: »

I actually had one a few years back. Had to close it down though, was a bit controversial.

As I recall, several people suffered from severe over-training syndrome just from reading that log!

Great idea for a thread. I've done the odd double recently which has led to my being in the park (the "only" Dublin Park RQ refers to) at 6am and running with the deer - they're much less inclined to run away when you're not wearing a headlight.

I've actually managed a run there around 4am, but that's another story.....

buck65 · 07-04-2014 1:59pm

Woken up by the young lad this morning at 5.55am! Was supposed to get up at 6.05 for a run but lay there like a zombie for half an hour trying to sleep but guilt got me and I laced up the shoes for a short one.

Jumped the wall beside my house and i was off running through a field with 2 racehorses grazing and looking at me in some disbelief. Went through 2 more fields with an almost identical hill in each of them.

Over a stile and down an old laneway before veering off into the woods on the muddiest trail you could ever meet, constantly churned by the horses from hunts that pass through here.

Trees down all over the place from the storms in February so it is like my own Tough Mudder obstacle course without the ridiculous price.

After that I'm into more open fields my feet are frozen from the dew but at least it cleans off the mud. A herd of bullocks look at me but decide not to give chase (unlike Saturday morning).

Do a little loop around a field that is pleasantly dry aven though I'm sure there was a lake here last month, and I'm heading home again. My run takes me 35 mins aprox - I've no idea how far I ran but I'm just beginning to blow hard so i feel I had a good run - for a Monday.

dwayneshintzy · 07-04-2014 5:38pm

My run yesterday was 10 miles, did it in 1:22 but my right shin was absolutely killing me. Had planned on doing 20 miles today, but gonna leave it and hopefully manage it tomorrow.

I'm a bit OCD about the program I'm doing, get a bit anxious if I miss any runs. I'd probably be best to just take some time off, but am always worried I'll somehow lose all progress I've made.

HelenAnne · 08-04-2014 11:10am

Ran to work this morning (not sure how far -- 7 miles?) -- so, so nice! For the first three miles or so I was tired. Just out of bed, slightly regretting my meal out of Lebanese food and wine last night etc. But then I got into town and just started to feel better, going through Trinity and Stephen's Green in the early morning sunshine, looking at the ducks and swans and gulls was just gorgeous. Then for the last half mile I raced a bike up the final long drag (she didn't know we were racing, but who cares -- I won!)

Takeaway coffee and delicious porridge at my desk. A nice start to the day.

M.J.M.C · 08-04-2014 12:37pm

HelenAnne wrote: »

Takeaway coffee and delicious porridge at my desk. A nice start to the day.

I do this too after I run into work, can't beat it!
Then 3pm comes and i'm fit for the cot

DubOnHoliday · 08-04-2014 2:32pm

Posting a few days late. On Saturday I did the Bray cliff run. I've never done any race before and had mixed emotions of looking forward to it and fear of being out of my depth! I've never really ran before, never knew I could run. If fact I only ran my first 5 k distance at the beginning of last month. I completed the cliff run in 1hr and 2 mins and was surprisingly untired afterwards. For years I looked on as my bro (SloggerJogger) ran up mountains all over Ireland and he gave me confidence going into Saturdays run. Now I get it! I'm looking forward to my next run already

tunguska · 08-04-2014 4:41pm

HelenAnne wrote: »

Then for the last half mile I raced a bike up the final long drag (she didn't know we were racing, but who cares -- I won!)

I try not to, but I get sucked into that man v bike showdown all the time. Can get ridiculous when the cyclist realises they're being raced though. I've even had the odd man v bus battle royal, although to be fair it was when we had the heavy snow.........

PaulieC · 08-04-2014 7:03pm

In Bellevue, Washington State for the week for work since Sunday night. Time difference (8 hours) is killing the sleep so wide awake at 5:00 A.M. Last two mornings I got up at 6 and did 7.7 and 7.5 miles. Yesterday I headed south towards Mercer Slough park and did a loop around some of the trails. This morning headed west, along the shores of Lake Washington and then back through the downtown area of the city and east up and down the rolling hills that would put San Francisco to shame. Moving pace this morning was about 8:00 per mile, but ave pace was 9:36 due to not being allowed to jaywalk :P

pointer28 · 10-04-2014 5:31pm

21.1 km of muck, ****e, rain and loads of hills in the Slieve Blooms this morning which resulted in a huge blister on my little toe.

Heavenly!!!!

tunguska · 16-04-2014 5:01pm

Up to the waterworks today for the first time in a good while. Man that place is heaven on earth when the weather is like this. 13 mile round trip from the gaff, and it was pretty warm early in the day so I dispensed with the jacket and leggings for the first time since..........I cant actually remember.
Weather lately has been awesome so I knew it'd be criminal not to hit the waterworks to make the most of things. I like the park and all but with the narrow paths it can be a nightmare for dogs on those massively long extendible leads. I'm a dog person myself but dog owners can be dickheads or at the very least, completely lacking in awareness of anybody but themselves. I try to keep my cool and not get overly infuriated with their antics but sometimes you're just left scratching your head and wondering how some people manage to even leave the house wearing any pants, their awareness is that bad. Anyway, for some reason the waterworks is mostly dog(owner) free and today the only people I met were a few lads up fishing and one guy on a bike. Basically had the place to myself so no worries about tripping over leads or anything like that. Practically no wind and once you hit the top reservoir on the left hand side theres some nice trails. Glancing back the view over the lake was epic, water was dead still and the trees formed a mirror image that was so perfect it made me regret not taking my camera along. The quiet and sense of peace was something else aswell. This place is close enough to the city to be convenient and not cut off but far enough away to think you were in the middle of the country side.
Felt like I didnt wanna leave but could feel myself getting pretty dehydrated so had to head back. Last 2 miles were a slog, completely dehydrated and feeling the heat. What a difference a few extra degrees makes........Got back to the house and water never tasted so good. Great run on a beautiful day, legs a bit rubbery due to the heat but was worth it after the crap weather we've had since before crimbo.

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