"If I'm not out there training, someone else is."

ecoli · 24-07-2009 11:54am

Woddle wrote: »

Cheers, I'll be heading to the IMC on Saturday if you've any interest

Would love to go however as my car is a write off i need all the hours i can get in work to get a new one so i agreed to work tomorrow sorry man

ecoli · 28-07-2009 9:05pm

Okay slipped up on keeping up to date the last few days on my log so here goes

Week 7 day 7

8.5 miles in 1 hour (7 mile pace)

ecoli · 28-07-2009 9:06pm

Week 8 Day 1

6.5 mile in 45 (7.15 pace)

Was dying dunno was it dehydration or whatever but just didnt feel good

ecoli · 28-07-2009 9:08pm

Week 8 day 2

8.5 mile in 60 min (7 min mile pace)

went with P3Fitz today and was good to have the company. Suffered after it though for no running related reasons. A was stung me on the neck and when i thought it was gone turned out to be caught in my singlet, the result was 4 stings haha

ecoli · 21-09-2009 4:44pm

Been a while since i updated this for few reasons.
1. Was mainly mileage so pretty much always the same
2. trainin was quite lax as i was in base building phase

Now that i am back in serious training fully fit and ready to race i said i would revive it so here goes.
Week 1
Day 1
AM 30 min easy
PM 60 min easy

Day 2
AM 30 min easy
PM 6x800m (hilly cross country loop) 2-2.30 min recovery
quickest: 2.28 slowest: 2.38 average time 2.35

Day 3
AM 30 min easy
PM 60 min easy

Day 4
AM 30 min easy
PM 5x 2min hills (Hellfire Club) walk recovery

Day 5
Rest

Day 6
AM 90 min steady
PM 20 min Core workout

Day 7
PM 4x 1300m loop approx (Hilly Phoenix Park Loop) 30 min recovery
Quickest:4.28 Slowest: 4.37 Average 4:30

ecoli · 21-09-2009 6:30pm

Week 2 Day 2
AM 30 min recovery run
PM 45 min easy

Legs were feeling fairly tired after the session yesterday and it didnt help with the fact that i got called into work so i was pushed for time to get in my second run so i had to cut it short but i will make it up with extra five min here and there over the week. All and all training goin really well i am feeling very strong and though i have only started doubling since last week i can feel that my legs recover alot quicker

ecoli · 25-09-2009 12:37pm

Week 2 Day 2

AM 30 min easy
Afternoon 2x2mile (track) 5.40 mile pace with 3 min recovery 11.20, 11.19
PM BEER MILE

Week 2 Day 3
AM 30 min easy
PM 70 min easy plus 20 min core

Week 2 Day 4
AM 30 min easy
PM 5x1200m (cross country loop)
times: 3.56, 3.58,4.01,4.02 3.52

reall happy with this as we had a new training partner who is goin to help push the current group on however it also laid down a bit of a gaunlet to make a good session and it is the first time i have been anywhere near the 4 min mark for this hilly loop so i was really happy

ecoli · 27-09-2009 12:12am

Week 2 Day 5
Rest

Week 2 Day 6
1hr 45 long run
approx 15-16 miles

Such a tough course i never knew places like that existed for running but so happy i managed it

ecoli · 27-09-2009 5:03pm

Week 2 Day 7

4x1300m (Phoenix park loop)

Times: 4.34, 4.37, 4.38 and 4.37

PM 20 min core workout

When i woke up today i knew that the run was gonna be in my legs and i felt it big time so i had kinda said to myself ignore the times and just get out and run them but i was pleased to see that they were fairly fast and all as quick or quicker than my slowest last week so despite not being better this week off very tired legs i felt the session went better than the last

Total weekly: 74 miles

ecoli · 28-09-2009 6:53pm

Week 3 day 1

AM 55 min easy
PM 30 min easy

Legs stilll hurting from the weekend so good to rest up and flush the legs out

shels4ever · 28-09-2009 7:17pm

ecoli wrote: »

Week 3 day 1

AM 55 min easy
PM 30 min easy

Legs stilll hurting from the weekend so good to rest up and flush the legs out

Which loop do you use in the park to do the 1300m , is that up past the fort then down the hills back up and through the forest?

ecoli · 29-09-2009 2:48pm

shels4ever wrote: »

Which loop do you use in the park to do the 1300m , is that up past the fort then down the hills back up and through the forest?

that the loop except rather than the traditional view( (Munich Loop) of heading up through the forest we loop around itto make up the extra difference

ecoli · 29-09-2009 7:54pm

Week 3 Day 2

AM: 30 min easy
PM: 5x2 min hills (Hell Fire Club) walk half jog half recovery

The bubble seems to have finally burst i was not to happy with this session as i was slightly slower than usual the legs felt tired. I suppose i should take the fact i only got 4 hours sleep last night and the shortened recovery but for some reason i still not happy maybe with the major improvements i have been making over the last few weeks that i am putting greater expectations on myself

ecoli · 30-09-2009 7:56pm

Week 3 Day 3

AM 30 min easy
PM 65 min easy

at this stage of the week the body still pretty tired and i have been question whether should continue with session tommorow or leave it and ease off coming up to the race i think i will be okay with easing up fri and sat but am kinda aprehensive. Still this not my key race so i am just gonna train through and see how it goes

ecoli · 02-10-2009 3:49pm

Week 3 Day 4

AM 30 min easy

was supposed to do a session in the evening but i decided against it as my legs have been fairly tired this week and wanna have a good performance come rathfarnam this weekend so i thought it would be more productive

Week 3 Day 5

REST

ecoli · 04-10-2009 1:07pm

Week 3 Day 6

AM 30 min easy

body not feeling good for race really tired but hoping that will be okay with the day off work and an early night

ecoli · 04-10-2009 1:20pm

Week 3 Day 7

Race - Rathfarnam 5k

Body felt a little better but still not a hundred per cent though i figured that this was down to nerves as this was the first race i planned to be competitive for and was in shape for since last years Dublin Senior XC Championship.
My target for this race was sub 16 so i figured splits to be roughly 5.00, 5.10 and 5.10 and see what i had for the last two hundred.
Went out hard at the gun was feeling good slight niggle in my calf but nothing to worry about. I worked hard and saw i was with my training partner and another club member i decided to push up on their shoulders and would be on target. Got to the first mile however and got a shock 4.41!!!!! I knew the first mile was always going to be quick but this was way too fast.i thought to myself i was going to die at some stage but hopefully i could hold on strong till i had enough of a cushion to still hit my times. 3k rolled on hit in 9.58 and knew my chance at sub 16 was gone by 2 mile hit 10.37 and was completely demoralized. last mile i limped home not really caring because so annoyed about making such an amateur mistake
Final time: 17.13

While i am annoyed at this there are a few positives to take. Last two years i have done this race i have been 17.20 like because it usually first race of season it still early days. other thing is my legs felt really good after like I have hurt more after a hard training session than i did post race so it shows i have the strength. hopefully this blip will be out of the system and take it on board for the novices next week

Total mileage this week: 51

guerito · 04-10-2009 1:47pm

That's still a cracking time, ecoli, especially for your first race of the season. And you'll be able to learn from it for the Novices. Best of luck!

Krusty_Clown · 04-10-2009 3:35pm

Sorry you didn't hit your goal, but as guerito said, it's still a cracking time.

ecoli · 04-10-2009 8:12pm

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Sorry you didn't hit your goal, but as guerito said, it's still a cracking time.

Cheers lads i just a bit frustrated because i know from training that there a low 16 at the very least in there.
Official results: 17.09

ecoli · 09-10-2009 6:06pm

Week 4 Day 1

PM 40 min easy

Due to time constraints i was only able to manage to fit in an easy forty min running after college and before work. Maybe good idea after race yesterday though i felt okay

ecoli · 09-10-2009 6:07pm

Week 4 Day 2

AM 30 min easy
PM 5x2 min hills (Hell Fire Club)

Body was not feeling good at all today. As the reps went on i just felt worse and worse. Despite this most of the reps i was getting further than last week bar the 4th one

ecoli · 09-10-2009 6:09pm

Week 4 Day 3

AM 30 min easy
PM 60 min easy

Body still feeling terrible possibly run down or something so i gonna book myself in for a massage and start on multi vitamins tomorrow

ecoli · 09-10-2009 6:14pm

Week 4 Day 4

3x2 k on track: Target time: 6.40 w/2 min recovery

6.41, 6.41, 4.12 (1200m)

Only a single today easing back for the race at the weekend.Body still feeling terrible so i have a feeling a may be run down which not ideal for the race at the weekend. struggled to keep the place and last one managed to do 80,80 and then final lap dropped to 90 for no reason so i pulled out rather than flog a dead horse. Been a terrible week i just hoping that what i have started taking will help with the fatigue

ecoli · 09-10-2009 6:19pm

Week 4 Day 5

REST

DJS · 10-10-2009 2:01am

ecoli wrote: »

Week 4 Day 4

3x2 k on track: Target time: 6.40 w/2 min recovery

6.41, 6.41, 4.12 (1200m)

Only a single today easing back for the race at the weekend.Body still feeling terrible so i have a feeling a may be run down which not ideal for the race at the weekend. struggled to keep the place and last one managed to do 80,80 and then final lap dropped to 90 for no reason so i pulled out rather than flog a dead horse. Been a terrible week i just hoping that what i have started taking will help with the fatigue

If u had have ran a 90 or sumthing like that it wudnt have been a total watse of a session! It was a good workout regarless of the 1200,
Keep the faith man, We'll Novices and then u can rest up and hittin some serious training when ur back fresh!

ecoli · 10-10-2009 9:11pm

Week 4 Day 6

Rest

With the race tommorow and how s**t i feeling all week decided to just rest up again today in the hope that it will stand to me

ecoli · 11-10-2009 3:41pm

Week 4 Day 7

Dublin Novices 6k XC

Despite two days rest i was still feeling pretty bad today but seeing as a i was a scoring members of the team i knew giving it a miss was not an option. Race went out slow but i made sure i went out even slower because i knew i would struggle. My breathing felt like i was going very easy though by lap two my body was completely shot. The same feeling as i have been getting all week. as the race went on i went backwards and just had nothing. Put in a good sprint at the end but it was pointless as i had been running so bad.
Finishing time: 21:55

shels4ever · 11-10-2009 4:49pm

ecoli wrote: »

Week 4 Day 7

Dublin Novices 6k XC

Despite two days rest i was still feeling pretty bad today but seeing as a i was a scoring members of the team i knew giving it a miss was not an option. Race went out slow but i made sure i went out even slower because i knew i would struggle. My breathing felt like i was going very easy though by lap two my body was completely shot. The same feeling as i have been getting all week. as the race went on i went backwards and just had nothing. Put in a good sprint at the end but it was pointless as i had been running so bad.
Finishing time: 21:55

Hard luck today, seem to have some bug or something , Still did great to get around and finish well, a couple of days rest and you'll be back in form.

Woddle · 11-10-2009 4:52pm

ecoli wrote: »

Week 4 Day 7

Dublin Novices 6k XC

Race went out slow

:eek:
That was slow?

Got a good picture of you finishing, should be up in an hour or two, well done

ecoli · 11-10-2009 5:16pm

shels4ever wrote: »

Hard luck today, seem to have some bug or something , Still did great to get around and finish well, a couple of days rest and you'll be back in form.

Yeah i think i may be run down so i have booked myself for blood tests tommorow try and get this sorted ASAP while i have few weeks not racing now till the seniors

ecoli · 11-10-2009 5:26pm

Woddle wrote: »

:eek:
That was slow?
Got a good picture of you finishing, should be up in an hour or two, well done

Well a bit slower than the leaders usually take it out yeah. Cheers i will have to have a look later. You were like a ninja today stealthily slipping into the starting line. What made you decide to try run it?

Woddle · 11-10-2009 6:18pm

ecoli wrote: »

You were like a ninja today stealthily slipping into the starting line. What made you decide to try run it?

The lads made me realise it's not the end of the world if I have a bad result, so I was actually happy to line out but was def a bridge too far.

ecoli · 11-10-2009 7:41pm

Woddle wrote: »

The lads made me realise it's not the end of the world if I have a bad result, so I was actually happy to line out but was def a bridge too far.

Well it gives you something to aim for and may help focus the training which seems a bit all over the place between marathons and 5k and everything in between these days:p

shels4ever · 11-10-2009 8:42pm

Woddle wrote: »

The lads made me realise it's not the end of the world if I have a bad result, so I was actually happy to line out but was def a bridge too far.

Take more positive from the run, 12 months time there is no reason we can't be in the top 50-75% of the field,

Racing Flat · 11-10-2009 10:36pm

Woddle wrote: »

:eek:
That was slow?

Have to agree with ecoli there - any xc where you're not thinking at the start 'this is the fastest 100m I've ever run in my life' is a slow starting xc

. Wait till the Nat. Novice...

Woddle · 11-10-2009 10:42pm

Racing Flat wrote: »

Have to agree with ecoli there - any xc where you're not thinking at the start 'this is the fastest 100m I've ever run in my life' is a slow starting xc . Wait till the Nat. Novice...

I think I'll stick to camera duties those days

ecoli · 14-10-2009 9:12am

Week 5 Day 1 & 2

Rest

Still feeling bad so i went to the doctor on tues and he sending me to get a battery of blood tests in the morning and advised to maybe lay off training till i get the results back though given his lax opinion on it i may be able to start doin a few easy half hours from thurs just to keep some sort of fitness as it will be a few days till the results atleast

ecoli · 14-10-2009 11:15pm

Week 5 Day 3

REST

Got my bloods taken today so i still out i think i may try do the odd half hour come fri because i have been training so well and i dont want it all to go to waste and the results wont be in till next week i cant afford that much time off

ecoli · 20-10-2009 3:05pm

Week 5 Day 4, 5,

REST

ecoli · 20-10-2009 3:06pm

Week 5 Day 6

35 min easy

Despite doctors advice i decided to keep the fitness up with a few half hour runs. This one didnt go well as like i had been feeling before i had very sick feeling for the rest of the day

ecoli · 20-10-2009 3:07pm

Week 5 Day 7

REST

ecoli · 20-10-2009 3:08pm

Week 6 Day 1

30 min easy

I need to keep the fitness up so i was willing to suffer the sick feeling and do a little bit every day until i get my bloods back. Didnt feel too bad today but still not better

ecoli · 20-10-2009 3:09pm

Week 6 Day 2

30 min easy

ecoli · 21-10-2009 3:46pm

Week 6 day 3

30 min easy

Still no sign of the results so i gonna start a session tommorrow and see how i feel if i feel i am back to myself then i will resume full training hopefully

ecoli · 25-10-2009 11:30am

Week 6 day 4

30 min easy

ecoli · 25-10-2009 11:33am

Week 6 day 5

60 min easy

got my results back and got the all cear so putting it down to either bit of a cold or just sheer tiredness due to the fact i was getting about 5 hours sleep most but i back now ready to roll

ecoli · 25-10-2009 11:38am

Week 6 Day 5

4x1300m (Phoenix park loop)

4.31, 4.39, 4.38 and 4.45

with my first session back i didnt know what to expect so i said i would take the first one easy. By the second rep however the wind picked up majorly to near gail force so i know that the times wee going out the window. by the last one i was working much harder than i should have been for them times but i was happy to finish and take out the win i reckon i am same as where i left off two weeks ago

shels4ever · 25-10-2009 12:56pm

ecoli wrote: »

Week 6 Day 5

4x1300m (Phoenix park loop)

4.31, 4.39, 4.38 and 4.45

with my first session back i didnt know what to expect so i said i would take the first one easy. By the second rep however the wind picked up majorly to near gail force so i know that the times wee going out the window. by the last one i was working much harder than i should have been for them times but i was happy to finish and take out the win i reckon i am same as where i left off two weeks ago

Were you in there about 10:30 this morning ?

ecoli · 25-10-2009 7:01pm

shels4ever wrote: »

Were you in there about 10:30 this morning ?

No was about 1. That spot is very popular with runners on a sat morning most guys who use that loop run it on saturday mornings

"If I'm not out there training, someone else is."

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