2013; Eat my dust Meno!

mrslow wrote: »

My moobs are bigger than yours?:P

I'm not sure how you should best deal with them. Maybe ask one of the better endowed around. Digger mentioned Marks & Sparks do a good measuring and fitting service?!

Last night as I was running I was thinking about all the logs I’ve been reading recently that go along the lines of ‘Do you know when everything just comes together for a run and it feels easy and amazing...’ and I was just thinking noooooo I do not know that feeling! :mad: I couldn’t think of the last time I had that feeling and I don’t the battery will last long enough on the computer to let me trawl back to find out!

Wednesday 23rd March
- 6.42miles – Av Pace 9.25
The intended pace was sloooooowwww – I was aiming for 10min/miles and a bit of enjoyment. It only took about 2 miles or so for the legs to loosen up which was a nice change. And hip hip hooray I settled in and really enjoyed it. Even though it was a nice easy flat route, it’s given me a little, but much needed, confidence boost. And by the way if the owner of the ratty excuse for a mutt is reading this, it deserved to be almost trampled on and frightened half to death by the monster that is claralara!! It was the smallest killer animal I’ve ever seen in my life but it was KILLER! Grrrr.


Went for my sports massage after the run. She worked away on my legs and decided that the tight calves were a result of tight hammies which she then stuck her puny little fingers into to make me squeal. She then decided that my tight hammies were a result of tight and uncooperative glutes. It was the funniest thing in the world when she started working on the glutes. It was so tickly that I almost fell off the table laughing. And then every time I relaxed she’d stick her knuckles in and they’d tense right back up. They just kept spasming like they have a mind of their own. I think it was my bum’s way of getting back at me for hating it all these years! I was sent home with orders to start using my rear end to massage the wall with the tennis ball! It’s an entertaining looking exercise to say the least! I was warned that I may be in a little pain to excuse tomorrow’s run so I suppose I’ll just play it by ear.

chinguetti wrote: »

And you're trying not to get banned! Sweet heaven, the double meanings will fly on here once they have a read of it.

DELETE DELETE DELETE!!

That’s the pay per view version, how’d you manage to get your hands on that in a recession?!

Oh dear god, I’m shocked and appalled at you’re riotous imagination!

In other news and to slay another worry that I didn’t need on top of marathon worry, I’ve been offered a permanent job once I qualify properly next month. :DThere was some mild hysteria that I was going to find myself unemployed with all the time in the world to focus on becoming a professional athlete but I fear that will have to be put on hold now. Apparently I’m a dream employee*:rolleyes:
*I may have added that bit myself.

And jcsmum, thank you for remembering that this log is, despite how it might otherwise come across, a running and training log. Feeling good for a run tonight so another enjoyable easy one me hopes.

Met up with Meno, RK, Spagbol, Casanova and Mrsmelly bright and early but fashionably late of course. Not actually that late but very fashionable. What can I say, it comes naturally! Everyone was talking about goal times on the train. I was wondering whether I’d actually make it into my running gear at all. One minute I was thinking I’d have a crack at 1.25, the next I was planning 10minute miles. RK settled my grump (which was turning into a first class strop) and told me to just head out with the 90minute pacers and play it by ear.

So I did just that. It was a pretty tight pack and the road surface wasn’t great so I just tried to stay a few steps ahead of them. The pace felt good and manageable which surprised me given how wrecked and slow I’ve been of late. It was a nice surprise when I realised the first water station was at mile 4 as I thought we were only at 3 miles. Went through 5miles at 44.50 bang on target. I wanted to belt off then but thought it would be a bad idea so I stayed put. Some poor girl took a dive and tumble at one stage but it was practically into the back of the ambulance on the course so I didn’t feel like too much of an immoral brat for not stopping. And to the guy who insisted on playing tunes from his iphone on speaker while talking sh!t and giving out about the no-headphones policy, will you please consider others and at least put on a decent playlist. Had he come one step closer, he may have received an accidental elbow to the forehead. Actually I’m not that tall, so maybe slightly lower and slightly more painful. He was my main drive for pushing a few steps ahead at the 9mile marker although at that point I wasn’t going to gain a whole heap. I was the first of the group to finish though after sprinting that last few meters to take one guy out of the game so that was something for the day. RK and Brianderunner got me over the line with a holler – cheers for the support lads. Mrsmelly seemed to have left his support in the bin with all of remnants of the fruit shop he ate on the train! Fell into Aimman’s arms at the finish line – I was absolutely pooped, he was recovered and ready to go again having finished a good 23 minutes earlier!

Looking back I definitely could have pushed myself a bit more. I was pretty comfortable at that pace throughout (though I definitely couldn’t run a marathon at it anytime soon) and I suppose I was over conservative. The little bit of common sense I possess prevailed and instead of kicking on when I wanted to, I reminded myself that Connemara is my only concern at the minute, there’s plenty of time for an 85minute 10miler. Maybe next year. I was terrified I’d lose a limb or have a heart attack if I acted the silly – don’t forget that I’m in that place where everyone and everything is out to ruin my marathon!

Unfortunately I appeared then to have used all of the little bit of common sense up during the race so when the beer came out it was game over. Although it was all legal so that took the fun out of it a bit. However after a fun day at the office, digdig failed to perform and kept his banana all to himself despite my best efforts. Oh well, again -there’s always next year!

Brilliant day out, great race, wonderful company and a bit of craic. Definitely one for the annual calendar.

Garmin stats: 10.07 miles - 1.29.16 – Av pace 8.51
Official result: 1.29.16 – bang on Garmin!