The road to a 1:2X Half Mara.....

Thursday 16th june
7 miles easy today, plan was to get 3 or 4 miles easy then increase the pace today. Had company for the first few miles but was caught in the worse hail storm i've ever run in, ended up having to jump unter a tree as the pain was so bad. Training partner seems to pull a calf shortly after that wasnt nice , so did the last four miles on my own.

7 miles @ no idea as the garmin wasnt charged.

Sat 18th June
5 mile recovery run in tropical Dublin. Feeling a lot better as the week goes on and legs almost back to normal and ready to be battered again for the next 3 week.

Well have picked all my races now for the summer the plan will be

1. The Lotto 5 miles
2. Frank Duffy 10 miler
3. BHAA 10 k (firhouse)

If all is going well and no injury problem i'll run either the BHAA 3k or 2 miler.

Was looking for a half Marathon but nothing really on the dates I want to run and the midlands half is €45 which just seem a little ott. Might do a 13.1 mile Time trial at somepoint and draft a few pace makers in.

Monday 20th June
6 miles very easy today, feel like i'm starting to get a bit of a cold at the moment. For some reason I tend to pick the only time of day that it rains to run these days.

Nice to have good warm shoewers in the office

6 miles @ 9:15 pace.

Wed 22nd June
Stupid head cold kept me up most of the night so decided to take today as my rest day and push my mid week long run to tomorrow. Think i'd be flogging a dead horse today and might do more damage then good. But feeling alot better now so should be fine tomorrow.

The weight is finially starting to drop now and hit the 7kg loss mark today which is a little less then I expected at this point but going in the right direction.

Friday 24th June.
7 miles steady today, Another great irish summers day for a run, actually conditions were almost perfect no wind, a little ran and not to warm. Plan was to see how the legs felt today and run a little harder. I was half expecting to find it hard today but after the first mile I knew that it was going to be harder to slow down. Felt really good today and the miels flew by. Started to get a little to fast after 4 miles but eased back slightly.

Didn't see a single person out walking or running and though I had the whole park to myself until I was passed by an one of our top marathon runners, prob out for his second run of the day.

7 miles @ 8:05

Brianderunner wrote: »

But i'm not in Dublin until tonight :D:pac:

when your running sub 2:20 you'll be in that league and thats not an 800m time

Sunday 26th June
Met up with a friend for a run today plan was to o 11.5 with him and then a few miles on my own, course and pace changed that plan as the pace was far too fast for a long run and the course was really really hilly.But felt really really good today decided to finish at 11.5 miles as I think 15 miles at this pace would take to much out of me.

Won't let this happen again and will plan my runs better and who i run with....

11.5 miles @ 8:30

Tuesday 28th June
8 mile easy today, legs felt a little weird think the runners are on the way out so will switch over to a new pair this week.

8 miles @ 9:15 137bmp

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Just having a look @ your last few weeks trainign and you seem to be very consistant but are you gona do any interval training or sessions?
with the 5 miler less than 3 weeks away what is your goal time?

Well basically the plan was to get to 50/55 miles per week 12 week out from berlin when the real stuff will start up.

Session will be added but going to be longer mile reps as far as I know. I have a bad history of getting injured doing shorter reps so longr reps and temps will introduced. Have been doing steady runs once a week that would be about marathon pace but not full session.

But honestly if you offered me 12 more week injury free at 55 miles a week i'd take it as I think i'd run fairly well off that.

The plan for the 5 mile will be go sub 34 I hope but that will depend on how this and next week go. Ran 35:18 5 week ago but went out fairly controled, so think 6:40/50 will be the plan. It would be the fastes 5 mile I can do as I would need some more quality to run a fast 5 and would prob jump into a few 2 mile races first, but Berlin is the main aim this is just to get a real idea of the shape i'm in.

Thursday 30th June
11 miles of slog today just felt a bit of and wasnt feeling the love for most of the run today. The nice people who take care of the park have decided it's a good idea to fence off part of one of my fields :eek:
Was happy to get this run finished as the legs just felt a bit tired today ,maybe lack of food was a factor today.

11 miles @9:15 139bmp.

Sat 2 july
5 mile easy recovery run today. Took it nice and handy,

Monday 4th July
5 mile recovery run today, , didnt wear my garmin today so unsure of the pace but about 9:15 I think. Legs recovered very well from yesterdays run and really wanted to do a few extra miles, but stuck to plan. Last big week this week before an easy week next week and a 5 mile race

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

2.5 hrs well done - how's the body, did you just take on water or did it have a little magic powder mixed in?

The body is holding up ok,(ask me that again at the end of this week) that been said i am spending longer each day stretching and on the roller at the moment. But seems to be holding me together, was starting to feel it a bit last week but my footware all needed to be changed. Think i have been a bit slow in doing that in the past.
Yep just water on the first loop but a bit of sports drink on the second. I think once I start to try out gels in the next few weeks.

Tuesday 5th July
8 miles nice miles today in the sun. Something about warm weather makes you7 want to run faster for some reason..


8 miles @8:30

Thursday 7th July
10 miles slog today, ever mile after the 4th mile was going to be my last mile, happy to get the 10 miles done in the end.
Will forget about this run as if it never happened.

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

tired legs? nearly the end of 3 tough weeks and then easy week / race time

Yep who would have though that extra training would make you tired ,

Sat 9th July
5 mile recovery run today, Picked up a few gels to try out on tomorrow run to see how the go, Will try a few things out of the next few weeks before making up my mind. Was looking a fuel belt also but can't see myself wearing that as it would drive me bonkers, i'll stick to droping bottles out on the route before the runs.

5 miles @ 9:10

Monday 11th July
4 mile recovery jog today, legs were very tired today and a few pains mostly because yesterdays run had 13+ miles on the road, I can always feel that the day after.
So today was back to the fields, kept the pace really slow and didnt wear a watch, only problem was I was passed by the same women 3 times :eek: , the third time it was hard to just let her go....

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

you should have told her she had a great arse after the second time. Wouldn't have been in a hurry to pass you the third time

I did the first time,but she came back for more, the tease !.;)