...and back to Connemara.

another torture physio session and I'm almost good to go again. I'm to ease into it e.g. walk a mile before running, see how it goes etc. So over the weekend I'll do just that, ease myself back into it over the next two weeks and then think about specific goals.

kept to treadmill for my first run.
As per physio instructions 1 mile walk (13 min) followed by stretches, then 2 miles very slow @11 min and .5 mile warm down walk.

Found the first mile of the run hard, even at 11 min pace :eek::o but settled into it and the second one was easier. Lots of stretches after and lots of heat to calf and achilles now. Feels ok.

some extra wobble acquired over the past few weeks that needs to get lost

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Likewise

Where's that weight loss thread?

brownian wrote: »

It's a really nice marathon;I ran it last year for the first time, after a few years of doing the half - the full distance was a lot more enjoyable.

The sheep don't clap much, mind - the support's not the mae west. But the running's lovely.

Did the half last year myself and enjoyed it (sort of:D) so I'm familiar with the second half (and more to the point the hills:rolleyes:) anyway. I would intend throwing in the occasional training run on the HOTW so it's not a complete shock to the system on the day.... though after 22 miles I might feel differently! I've also got a log title to live up to !

catweazle wrote: »

Although maybe I had my head down shagged for the 2nd half of this marathon - but I thought the scenery for the first 13 miles was far nicer than for the 2nd half. Its a small enough crew doing this perhaps about 400/500 on the day but it had the sense of setting out on a real adventure that day. I enjoyed it - up until mile 20 anyways. Plenty of friendly people and the quality of entrant varied greatly.

I might well have the name down for it myself all going well

If I do go for this I wouldn't put any time pressure on myself.... other than maybe to beat my wonderful pb of 5:03 so it would be all about soaking up the surroundings and scenery. I see there are even walkers for the full so I wouldn't be last anyway!

Getting close to D day CW? (and I don't mean DCM!)

meathcountysec wrote: »

Are ye mad or wha? :eek::eek:

quite possibly

Bally8 wrote: »

Well littlebug how are you doing now? Any improvement with the achilles?

Very slight improvement but I'm told it'll be a slow process and not to expect anything else. similarly slow progress with neck but progress is progress!

Hope you got motivated and hopped on that bike:)

Oops..:o:o

still on the bench I'm slowly getting used to the idea that knitting is the new running :cool:

the good news is that Ive had no pain in the achilles while walking for 3-4 days now. Still a bit tender to touch so not ready to run yet.
Shoulder is still more bothersome .
Hopefully I'll be ready to start back for short runs on soft surfaces next week...slow run/ walk in the woods for a few weeks to start I think.

Knitting, crochet and embroidery.... tried them all but there's nothing like a good run Finally managed a wobbly restart today. Eased into it with 2 miles on the treadmill. I just fixed it at a comfortable slow pace. 1.5 miles walk with the dog in the rain after. Achilles behaved on the run but complained a bit on the walk... lots of stretching after. Shoulder is still not right but I think running might even help that. Fingers crossed I'm back in the game. No big plans/ targets being set until I know I'm good to go. It might take me a while to get back to 9 min miles

early early..... 0.75 m in the howling wind and lashing rain. Ran the length of the village and back again, all for the dogs benefit not mine.

later... rain cleared so out for 3.1 miles, no watch ,slow but happy to be able to run a full 3 miles again .

Was out on the island for a few days.
Thursday- 3 miles. First time I've worn the garmin again. I thought I was flying but garmin told me otherwise I'm blaming dog sniff/ pee/ try to chase birds/ jump over walls etc stops and also having to move in to the grass to let cars pass etc. I don't know the exact moving pace til I get the garmin software re-installed but probably in the higher end of 10-something per mile:o
Sunday- as above- same-ish pace. God I'm unfit but considering I'd had about 1 hour sleep I was happy enough just to be out at all!
I got chatting to an Englishman on the boat on the way back who had done the Dublin marathon- had almost exactly the same running times as me right down to the 5.03 marathon Random conversations about running are always good

Back to physio this morning- happy with achilles but she advised continuing to keep distance at 3 miles for another couple of weeks.

really busy week and just managed to get some bits of running in on dog walks but nothing solid til this morning. 3.2 miles, happy to see pace go under 10 mm at the start of the second mile... then the battery went :rolleyes:

oops nearly a whole week
but... busy doesn't even begin to describe the week and associated stresses so I'll cut myself some slack.
This morning was my final physio and I've the green light to go and increase distances etc.
So when I came home I set out with the mutt, picking up a neighbours dog along the way. Neighbour is having trouble with arthritis so can't walk her dog so this way I think we all benefitted. It was all a bit tangly at the start but we soon got into our stride... there were short walks when we met cars on the main road and going past any houses where dogs were likely to run out at us... with having two of them I wanted to be sure I was in control but all good, happy doggies, me with a few more miles done and an appreciative neighbour. Little beaglet is actually a much easier running buddy than my loopy mutt :rolleyes:

Friday. Knockma 2.4 miles with my husband who has just started back running after a long break. ! Probably more walking than running but hey it was nice to be out together for a change

Sunday. I planned to go out on the group run but didn't get out of bed in time Instead I took the mutt to my old 6.1 mile loop which I haven't done for months. Since I haven't run over 3 miles for quite a while and mutt has never gone over 4 miles I took it easy and was prepared to stop whenever either one of us showed signs of flagging... which didn't happen No garmin, just regular stopwatch which showed 66 mins something when we stopped so just under 11 min miles. That included doggie pit stops and stops when we'd meet a car etc. At a guess moving time was probably 10.40 something which is fine for me for now at first time back at that distance.

Emer911 wrote: »

Aww, I'm so jealous. I can't run with my OH - theres about a 3 or 4 min/mi difference in pace :eek: The only few time we've ran together he was recovering from injury and I was doing a fast / tempo / pace run. It never really works...:P

it won't last.... the running together bit, not the marriage :D He'll be faster than me again in no time. He actually prefers to run on the treadmill and isn't bothered about roadrunning or races so getting him out at all was an achievement in itself

claralara wrote: »

You can have a loan if you'd like...

lol... swapping already?

Well done on the long run LB, hope it all continues to go well for you. Your disciplined approach to recovering from injury has paid off and is something that we could all learn from! Delighted for you

Disciplined approach could also be read as "got very very lazy" but yeah it's good to know I can still run 10k now I've just got to get the pace up a bit

3.2 miles in Cong woods with the dog and our new hands free kit..:) should save a bit on physio bills.
The planned route was flooded so I went off up a different trail and found myself up to my ankles in mud at times. Running downhill in wet mud and leaaves with dog out ahead pulling me was interesting Got a bit fed up with the mud after a while so went back out onto the road and up towards Ashford Castle. Must've looked a right mucky sight splodging along on the path around the golf course in the lashing rain but there was another fool runner out there too so at least I wasn't alone. I enjoyed it in a strange masochistic way.
I can't find the garmin disks to put software on the new laptop :rolleyes: so I haven't a clue what the moving pace was and too many stops for dog/ laces/ cars/ to avoid getting dragged into fast flowing river :eek:etc for the showing pace to have any meaning. Felt like mid 9 min miles...
I've also just realised that my new laptop doesn't have a cd drive so when I do find the disk...:p well I have a husband who seems to spend half his life fiddling with usb thingies and various cables and general geekery, apparently making life easier for us , so I'm sure he'll come up with something

One of those days where it's hard to get out so on the treadmill again but decided to put it to better use and up the pace a bit.
2 miles @ 7.4 (8.10 min miles:)) sandwiched between 2 x .5 miles @ 11min pace. Happy with that.

am: knockma with the wonderdog. More walking than running.

Didn't feel I'd done enough and a bellyful of junk in Eddie Rockets with the kids guilted inspired me into 3 more easy miles on the treadmill this evening. Feeling much better now