The Boggers Log

Friday: no running, had a PT, strength & core session. Jezus it was tough, by the end my belly was quivering like Patrick's in Sponge Bib Square Pants. Was exposed to planks and have a new found respect for Career Moves planking ability

Sat: enforced rest due to visitors. A native Spanish, Canadian resident friend of mine was staying for a few days. Asked at the dinner table where the mall was? We're in the arsehole of Connemara so the missus and myself exchanged a perplexed look. "The mall as in shopping centre"? "Yea, I saw a couple of signs on the road for it". Me, "are you pulling the piss"? My buddy "no I saw signs for the Go Mall". Took us a couple of seconds to twig it, the "slow down" road signs. Go Mall ffs Had a late evening dip in the sea in the pissing rain.

Today: plan was to do a "long run", get into double digits and run it a bit faster than last Sunday's 9 miles. Was lovely and sunny but there was a good fresh breeze blowing. Ran from the house to Rossaveal and back. Got to 9 miles five minutes quicker than last week but slowed down considerably over the next few miles (pace went Go Mall!!).

Got 12 miles done @ 8.47 pace and had another swim in the sea.

Ate about 6 stone of fresh prawns that I'd bbq'ed, nice way to finish the weekend!

TbL

Monday: an very early morning start to spend the day in London and then an evening flight to Paris left me in no humour to run, so I took a rest day.

Today: flew to Vienna from Paris late this afternoon. It's been a few years since I've been in Vienna, it a quirky and cool city. I wasn't a runner the last few times I was here, was chasing booze and burds instead, so I had no idea of an suitable route. Staying close to the city centre and the hotel reception gave me directions towards the canal/river. Beautiful evening here with the temps in the mid twenties and I managed to find a trail path along the canal that was great for running on. City is packed with people dining and drinking alfresco. Passed one bar along the canal that had a man made beach complete with deck chairs. Another bar on a barge had its own pool on one side of barge and given the bam wafting of the canal in places it's probably the safest place to swim!

Got 4.7 lovely Viennese Nursing Home Special miles done @ 8.48.

Joined the crowds and had a late dinner alfresco in a typical Austrian restaurant.

Stuffed to the gutters so no planking tonight

Nice

TbL

Landed in Dublin around 2pm today, and was more anxious than usual to get on the big road whest as I had a hot date lined up in Enfield. Typical, for the first time ever I couldn't remember where I had parked the car and I spent 15 minutes walking through the car park like a gom pressing the car fob till I eventually found the car!

I had texted Tang last week and we agreed to hook up for a cuddle and a run, he agreed as long as I brought the roses!

I was concerned reading his log durning the week that he was getting dizzy spells and I texted him to let him know that if he was still getting dizzy spells we should cancel coz I don't do mouth to mouth (resuscitation) on a first date

Fair play to Tang he picked a really nice route to run along the canal. Chatted away from start to finish and enjoyed it thoroughly to the extent that I didn't even notice the squadrons of flies, trailing after our sweaty heads until we finished. Tang mentioned that the food in Fureys was very good, and coz I'm outta the dating game for a while now I didn't pick up on the subtle invitation to dinner. Next time B

Really enjoyed that B, and we'll go further the next time (mileage wise!)

Can't say it often enough but running in company is fantastic.

Got back to Galway, still in the running gear, and driving along the prom in Salthill I noticed it was a very high tide so I ended up going for a quick dip in Blackrock. Great for the auld legs.

Around 6.5 miles easy.

Best of luck Wednesday B.

TbL

Friday: had a hour of PT, strength and core. Finally got the hang of doing proper squats and it's amazing the difference correct technique makes. Never enjoy these sessions while doing them but feel great afterwards.

Today: family day meant I didn't get out till late. Was over in Spidal craft centre where they were holding an open family day. Place was very busy with families, a gang of teenagers arrived and a few of them had these metal rods with "pickers" on the end of them that I initially thought were collecting rubbish as part of some community initiative. I asked my kids why they couldn't be do civic minded, was met by puzzled looks, "those thing for picking rubbish" I said while pointing. "Ah Dad ya big eejit, they're selfie sticks", said my eldest daughter. I was momentarily speechless, and considered giving her a clip as I thought a selfie stick might be something procured in Ann Somers! "They put phone on the end of the stick and take photos of themselves." Sure enough the young wans spent most of the afternoon fixing their hair and taking "selfies". Mother of god what's the world coming to!!

Followed that with a trip to the flix to see Minions and then brought the kids for a swim in Blackrock, high tide and waves, cool!

After all that excitement managed to get 3 miles in easy, in the last of the evening brightness, should have brought a selfie stick on the run

TbL

Firedance wrote: »

Ah c'mon now, you're just making this up for our entertainment!!*




*its working ROFL

Nope FD, I really did run 3 miles easy

Should have taken a photo of the selfie gang and posted it here they were priceless.

No fairy tales on this log, with the possible exception of my plan to run a 2.55 in Valencia in November!

TbL

kit3 wrote: »

Did you crack it yet ?? (You might let me know when you do )

Haha, I'd to google it, I'm obviously less hip than I'd thought!

Need to start having running dates with the cooler kids

TbL