Ladies 10 round numbers 2015

I am terrible at typing on the iPad. It took me so long to tap the right part of the table that I couldn't face typing any more. Well, I am very surprised to have a new PB. I have been uninjured now since about last November, but since my 10k in Cork and the subsequent 5 hour car journey home, I have been having a bit of back / hamstring tightness and wasn't even sure I would run tonight. I thought I would just go over and warm up and see how I felt (it was the Raheny Mile, which is always a bit harrowing and nerve wracking as all the speedsters come down to get selected for the Road Relay teams). So I warmed up, felt ok, a bit tight, but decide to run anyway. It's one lap of our usual road race route, and I just went off quite hard, and tried to hold on. I didn't think I was running faster than two weeks ago,but maybe the fact that there were bigger numbers in the race spurred me on? Anyway, passed a few people on the back straight, and the final corner, and really tried to push on to the line. Was really happy to hear a time with a five in it. JUST under 6, but good enough for me

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Name|400m<70 secs|800m<3min|1 mile<6 min|3k<12min|5k<20min|5mile<35min|10k<40m|10miles<70min|Half Marathon<100mins|Marathon<200min

career move||||| |||||
Bungy Girl||| |||| ||||
HelenAnne|||5.55 |||34.52| |||
Dubgal|||5:52 |11:34||33:28| |69:28||

This is from the third leg of yesterday's road relays. It was pretty much a solo run as my team mate did a fantastic job handing over by edging into fourth place on her finishing straight 2 mile leg finish, giving me a 10 metre gain on fifth. It put me in the strange place of being hunted and hunting...Donore were in third, maybe 100m ahead. Nevertheless, I was determined to close the gap...and not be caught I didn't catch the Donore girl but her time for that leg was 5:58 so I was able to close on her.
Looks like my leg was the second fastest *mile* leg overall at 5:52, fastest was the third Raheny athlete at 5:51 so not too much in it Happy happy out with this! The course is 50-70m long so the mile may have been around the 5:40 mark.

Amazing time!! Well done! the solo run thing is hard, isn't it? We turned out to be 7th, and like you I had a Clonliffe runner about 100m ahead, and I found it much harder than running in more of a pack.
How much would you knock off for it being over a mile? My time was 6.12, which I was pretty disappointed with, but I didn't realise the course was long, so that gets it much nearer to 6, I think ...

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Thanks Helen, and to you! It is definitely harder running solo, but I did have 'the fear' of being caught which spurred me on I'm not sure how much to take off, around ten seconds I suppose. Anyone else any opinion?!

Around 10 secs makes me a feel a bit better!
Really well done to you on your 2nd fastest mile of the race! Our runner who ran 5.51 is very fast, and she had the fear of losing first position and losing the Raheny Masters' winning streak over the last few years to spur her on

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

On the subject of the length of the loop, I understand that it's 30m long. So your time is for 1,639m. So you can divide by 1639 and multiply by 1609, to get an equivalent mile (or just subtract 2%). 5:46 for Dubgal72 and 6:05 for you HelenAnne. This of course pre-supposes that the 30m extra is accurate.

I suppose it depends where in that very long box you do your handover -- some lap 1 & 2 runners didn't get to touch until nearly out of the box, so they would have run further than those who slapped hands just over the first line ...

In any case, for this race it's all about how you do relative to others, and I think my time (the full one not the new modified mile one :pac:) was just about bang in the middle of the 30 or so milers' times, which I'm really happy with. I was so surprised (shocked! Appalled!) to be picked for a team that finishing in the middle of the field reassures me that it wasn't a terrible mistake to choose me .

well run all!! At least I met MarthaStew & Laura ac in person!

annapr wrote: »

DG, you are owning this table! well done again...

I think we'll have to send her over to the 'other' table once she has this one completed which seems like it will be sooner rather than later! We don't want her feeling unchallenged!

Brilliant! You are really filling the table!

My goal is a sub-20 5k sometime in 2015. I've knocked 30 seconds off my 5k time since January (not off my PB, but I've been gradually improving on 2014 all this year), so at this rate I might do it in November .

The five mile is the first one I did this year too -- I bet you'll do it, and once you get one number on the 2015 table you'll be raring to add more!

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Name|400m<70 secs|800m<3min|1 mile<6 min|3k<12min|5k<20min|5mile<35min|10k<40m|10miles<70min|Half Marathon<100mins|Marathon<200min

career move|||||19:36 |||||
Bungy Girl||| |||34:56| ||||
HelenAnne|||5.55 |||34.52| |||
Dubgal||2:45|5:52 |11:34|19:29|33:28| |69:28||



Third time's a charm :rolleyes: After a 35:06 (Raheny) and a 35:04 (Terenure) I wasn't convinced tonight would be my lucky night but couldn't have asked for better conditions. Nearly killed me though...;)

Well done!! And it was warm last night!

Never in any doubt
Well done, great time! And for putting this table back on the front page!!!