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.

Ososlo · 16-04-2014 7:30pm

tunguska wrote: »

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.

Beautifully written. We need to add a Running Literary Award to the list of AR Awards at the end of the year!

tunguska · 16-04-2014 7:42pm

Ososlo wrote: »

Beautifully written. We need to add a Running Literary Award to the list of AR Awards at the end of the year!

Thanks Ososlo although this happened this afternoon.........

http://www.thejournal.ie/bohernabreena-missing-1417072-Apr2014/

pistol_75 · 16-04-2014 9:18pm

After missing London Marathon on Sunday I headed out on Monday late afternoon to do a couple of loops of the local college grounds and test out the injury. On the first loop I spotted a couple of runners on the far side of the golf course and was wondering if I knew them. Knew I was closing on them and would see them on the latter part of the loop. As I left the grass and headed towards the wooded path I spotted the said couple just off the trail beat into each other :eek: Turned the head the other way and took a detour :rolleyes:

Eventually came around on the second loop and they had moved on but spotted said people chatting at their cars towards the end of my 2nd loop.

Didn't think too much more about it as I drove home but as I entered my estate the female was going into a house around the corner from mine. She spotted me and needless to say the look on her face was priceless

Oh and the leg was a lot better as well...

christeb · 17-04-2014 8:47am

RacoonQueen wrote: »

There is only one park in Dublin

There is. St. Anne's Park. Anything else is just a bunch of cricket pitches interspersed with the odd tree here and there.

Lou.m · 19-04-2014 2:36pm

Ok.

Well I warmed up on a green opposite my house this morning. I used to play there as a kid and it kind of brings back memories. I give myself two laps of my estate. Then I head out for my run proper. I have a couple of different standard routes. Today I went down the whitechurch rd. Until I can for to tht tuning fork. This way is the easy way around a loop I do. To do it counterclockwise is more uphill so I was kind of doing it easy. I then continue up to buglers. That is my fav part of this run. I don't know why. I usually see a couple of other people out. I passed the house that used to have all those weird gnomes and is painted pink and green. It is much more normal looking now. I came up to the round about and I ran down Taylors lane. I ran up to near the golf club. Taylors lane is usually were you encounter bikes or cars etc not paying attention. I then went into St Endas Park and this is the most challenging part mentally. It's HILLY and I had been running for about 3 miles I did one lap of the park. I Tried to keep on grass and track. When I come to the sports fields I thought maybe I would try some strides. ....but eh I didn't. I did run back home from the park though. I usually walk at that stage.

RayCun · 19-04-2014 2:42pm

Lucky you - you're close to Brothers Pearse AC. I'll expect to see you at training on Tuesday ;-)

nolinejudge · 20-04-2014 2:50pm

Down along the seafront, Along the Piers in Dun Laoghaire which where surprisingly quiet.Around Sandycove, Hugged the sea front around Bullock then up and around Dalkey. Stunning views out towards bray. Down through Kiliney then back home. Not to hot slight breeze. If carlsberg did runs...

Slogger Jogger · 20-04-2014 3:29pm

An early start and a long drive down to the Sliabh Bloom Half Marathon. A well organised event. A community centre served well for registration and post-race refreshments and the start and finish line were adjacent. Everything very handy and the course measured pretty correctly.

A tough half over a mixture of tarmac route and forest fire-road. Lovely conditions for the most part except a nasty headwind on the closing 2 kilometres. A nice change from purely road running.

I was very isolated in the race. The leading couple of groups stretched out ahead early and were out of sight so I was left on my tod for 90% of it.

I must get down there some day and try get out on the Sliabh Blooms proper. Fire-road running through forestry is fine but you don't get to see much of the actual hills.

buck65 · 25-04-2014 12:28pm

Added a few extra fields to my usual cross country run, came upon a massive courtyard in the middle of nowhere, this place was the size of a football field that looked to be built in the 1800s, kept running past it and found a paved road that must have once led to this place.

Followed this road for a half mile or so and looped back onto my usual run which takes me over the hills down into a woods and back towards the village of Quin.

Managed to trip over a tree root in the woods and end up face first in the mud, was so wrecked at that stage after an hour in the fields that I just lay there and laughed and realised I am a lucky bugger to be out at 7am in such beautiful countryside.

Utterly, utterly spent when I got home. Perfect day.

PaulieC · 26-04-2014 1:11pm

Parked in Kilmashogue with the intention of running to Curtlestown and back. Lots of women in the car park drinking tea and eating biscuits

. Headed off up the hill, passed a lot of walkers. Rain started, but not too bad. About a mole in, the heavens opened, kept going. Up the side of two rock, hail was coming in sideways so had to tilt my head to the side. Got to junction of WW and DMW, visibility was about 5 metres, I was soaked to the skin and freezing so turned back. What shoul have been a 16 mile run was barely more than 4. Straight back to sunny (not really) Irishtown for tea and sympathy, got neither

W.B. Yeats · 26-04-2014 3:49pm

Long run:
Up early, sleep disrupted, little one decided she wanted to be no. 3 in the bed. 6 miles from house up to Tallaght and back, picked up a club mate, 2 and a bit to Marlay, 1 mile prior to the park run and then my second park run ever. What a fantastic event it really is. It should be top of the rave thread. 8.00, 6.50 or so, 6.20 ish and sub 6 for the last stretch- great way to finish a long run. 1 and a bit cool down. Good to be alive

b.harte · 26-04-2014 4:21pm

Heavy rain overnight & this morning in North Cork left the roads very wet so the Saturday Morning group run was cancelled...:(
At a loose end and with a house full of noisy hyper-active kids I did the sensible thing and HTFU and went for a 2hr run in the pissing rain over a boggy mountain track to check out the 2nd summit on Mt. Hillary. I'm here 5 years and I had never gone to the giant metal cross on the top, so I did today.
It was a really great run, forest fire-roads, single track through the trees and a final burst across open mountain and low gorse to the cairn on top. Bucketing down with rain but the view was still great - will go back on a clear day.
Came down a different route so had to go back to the other summit a 2nd time, where I met a group of unhappy looking Girl-guides in all weather gear. I must have looked a sight covered in mud and bits of trees. On the way back down passed a few young lads on Quads robbing timber from the stacks - met a few of the neighbours out walking their dogs - made me feel alive and lucky that I get to enjoy the outdoors no matter what the weather. Still buzzing - but that could me the 8 Crème brûlée Truffle things I've just eaten

Windorah · 27-04-2014 6:53am

Had the alarm set for 4.30am this morning for a 6am start race!! Ugh!

Honestly I should have stayed in bed! EVENTUALLY I finished the 10k in 51mins:(

No idea what happened today. Iv been known to take off like Usain at the start line but I was slow the whole way through this race!!!

I think imma go drinking next weekend instead...:/

Slogger Jogger · 27-04-2014 10:08pm

A picture is better than a thousand words.

IMG_2582 by Mick Hanney, on Flickr

More here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mickhanney/sets/72157644375652624/

DubOnHoliday · 22-11-2014 5:42pm

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but it is a good thread nonetheless!
Parked up at Greystones harbour early this morning with a plan to circuit bray head. Off I headed to get the road part done first. I prefer the trails so needed something to look forward to. So up the long slog of windgates road which I didn't realise has no path once you crest the hill going towards bray! Running on a busy road is not on my bucket list that's for sure.
Got down to the sea front in bray smiling as I see the cliff run. The cliff run was my first ever race, just last April and now here I am again with a lot of running done. I was wondering what effect all the rain over the past days would have on the cliff walk and sure enough a trickle of what turned into a fast flowing stream and worse. I met one runner going the other way... 'Its pretty bad up there he says' I say thanks and push on. By now the water is streaming down the trail and I meet three more runners heading to bray... 'Pretty wet I say to one' and he goes 'it's gets worse'. Getting mentally ready to swim to Greystones I push on. Sure enough there are soon massive puddles, no way to stay dry and as it turns out I like running through puddles. Some of then 40 metres long with no dry path possible, I run on...
Starting to think about trench foot, pizza and other stuff... Onto the last few k into Greystones where I meet all the walkers who've decided it's not a good idea to walk to bray today. I met a runner heading up with bright white runners and smile to myself. I get to Greystones and have a quick dip in the Ladies cove to sort out the legs. A run with a bit of everything.

RacoonQueen · 22-11-2014 6:22pm

LSR in the Pheno where heffsarmy went chugging past me like a train, twice, while I struggled to run slowly!

Trouble in P · 22-11-2014 6:34pm

Trying to keep fit over Christmas as I take a break from the 3 sports I play, 2 have finished due to off season and 1 I take a break from always over November and December. Have done four separate 7mile runs this week, three of these with standard ankle weights on each ankle (each weight is 3 pounds I think, which doesn't sound like much but you really feel them running up hills). Anyway, I was getting changed in my room before I went for the run and was heading downstairs as I heard my phone ring. That phone call was a call offering me a job I had an interview months ago and had completely forgot about. That news made the run alot easier

Ososlo · 22-11-2014 6:36pm

Trouble in P wrote: »

Trying to keep fit over Christmas as I take a break from the 3 sports I play, 2 have finished due to off season and 1 I take a break from always over November and December. Have done four separate 7mile runs this week, three of these with standard ankle weights on each ankle (each weight is 3 pounds I think, which doesn't sound like much but you really feel them running up hills). Anyway, I was getting changed in my room before I went for the run and was heading downstairs as I heard my phone ring. That phone call was a call offering me a job I had an interview months ago and had completely forgot about. That news made the run alot easier

Congratulations with the job!!!
Why do you wear ankle weights do you mind me asking?

Trouble in P · 22-11-2014 6:51pm

Thanks. One of the sports I play is boxing, so the ankle weights are useful for skipping and getting more speed into my footwork. They also make the run harder, which strangely enough I enjoy.. I'm also doing a charity run on Christmas day (the GOAL mile), where I ran a mile in 5.44 minutes last Christmas (2013), and I'm looking to break the 5.20 minute mark this year

Slogger Jogger · 22-11-2014 7:23pm

Fun muck and puddle splashy 6k bhaa cross country race around Santry demesne this morning. 4 laps, each one getting heavier than the last. Extremely mild conditions otherwise. Great event.

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