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    #92
    showry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭showry


    Good luck on Saturday Sosa, might go down for a look.


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    #93
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,495 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Remember, if you don't get sick crossing the finish line, you didn't try hard enough. If you don't get a PB we're taking the TV back. :)


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    #94
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    showry wrote: »
    Good luck on Saturday Sosa, might go down for a look.

    Thanks,Showry...i am surprised your doing it yourself.
    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Remember, if you don't get sick crossing the finish line, you didn't try hard enough. If you don't get a PB we're taking the TV back. :)

    I didnt even get it yet,Krusty...just as well maybe as i probably would stay home and watch a blu-ray on it instead of killing myself out the tramore road.


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    #95
    aero2k
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭aero2k


    tisnotover wrote: »
    try to lock into someone/group hitting same pace as ya and it'll help a lot...
    +1 ^^.
    Best of luck Sosa, don't be worried about blowing up, it's not like the marathon. As long as you start at a reasonable pace (probably quite fast, if your log is anything to go by!) you'll smash that PB.


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    #96
    Gringo78
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭Gringo78


    [quote=aero2k;63449272
    Best of luck Sosa, don't be worried about blowing up, it's not like the marathon.[/quote]

    +1 Best of luck, take it handy for the first mile and then settle into the pace you want for the rest. Agreed, its very tough not to get carried away in the very first mile but after that no prob. Plus, its only a half, so whatever you hold back in the first mile can be compensated by a strong last mile (something which you couldn't really do in a marathon - mile 26 is more like just keeping moving!)


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    #97
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    First mile no quicker than 6:30 tomorrow...i have promised myself that...not to pushed on final result,i just want to enjoy it and not fall apart


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    #98
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    Sosa wrote: »
    This time i am not going out to fast....i repeat,i am not going out to fast.

    If there is anything i have learned from Dublin its pace yourself.
    I dont ever want to feel like i did for those last 6m up there again.

    Waterford AC Half Marathon

    Well,If i was at my lowest after Dublin,i am at my highest right now.
    Finished in 83:37,and like abhainn said after Dublin ( which amazed me ),it was the easiest race i have ever ran...started off with a 6:50 mile one...didnt plan that slow but started back a bit and got boxed in.
    After that i got into my stride with miles of 6:24,6:32,6:30 and 6:35 to bring me up to 5m passing people all the way,felt great.
    Then i knockd out miles of 6:30,6:24 and 6:19 to get me to 8m in 52:06,
    52 would have been 85 min pace,decided to up it a bit then with miles of 6:27 ( uphill ),6:18 to get me to 11m,delighted with how good i felt i finished off with miles of 6:10,6:15 and 6:01...and a few seconds then for the last 0.1m....delighted with myself coming onto the track doing 5:45 pace....could have kept going,wanted to keep going.
    Although i will be looking to go sub 81/82 next year,today was a victory...in escence...i beat the system....i was totally in control from start to finish and it was a great feeling.

    Handy starts are the way to go.

    Handy couple of weeks form me now,get back into it for the Dungarvan 10m on Jan 31st....

    Dublin is now a distant memory


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    #99
    Woddle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Woddle


    Great stuff man, delighted for you


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    #100
    kennyb3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,724 ✭✭✭kennyb3


    you finally got what your year of training deserved. you made a mistake in dublin, you ve learnt, got stronger and you ll break 3 hrs next year absolutely no doubt


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    #101
    aero2k
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭aero2k


    Well done Sosa,

    I'm delighted for you but in no way surprised. That time shows you can go sub-3 no problem.
    Great pacing too, now you've proved the benefit of a conservative start.
    I wish I had got boxed in at the start of the Aware today. I was feeling a bit sluggish and people were flying past me in the first 50-100m. When I checked the Garmin I was under 5:40 per mile....active recovery takes on a whole new meaning when you're doing the recovering while still trying to run 6:00 per mile:). I was kinda glad they lopped off the last km....


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    #102
    tisnotover
    Registered Users Posts: 1,659 ✭✭✭tisnotover


    excellent running Sosa, well deserved PB there!

    great atmosphere I felt down there today, def one for the calendar for next year again


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    #103
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    tisnotover wrote: »
    excellent running Sosa, well deserved PB there!

    great atmosphere I felt down there today, def one for the calendar for next year again

    Thanks Tissy,you had a productive run yourself,similar to what i tried out up in KK 5 weeks before Dublin.Well done.

    I have to echo what people have been saying about the organisation,they put months into preparing.
    Between our club and West Waterford we are spoilt for choice,you know you will have a good day out at a race organised by either club.

    Well done Waterford AC.


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    #104
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    tisnotover wrote: »
    excellent running Sosa, well deserved PB there!

    Oh yeah,forgot about that ...knocked 5:30 off my previous time.
    Heres to knocking a couple more minutes off it next year.

    Roll on the 10 milers in January


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    #105
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,495 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Great result, and well deserved Sosa. With this knowledge in hand, you'll have a fantastic year, next year.


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    #106
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Great result, and well deserved Sosa. With this knowledge in hand, you'll have a fantastic year, next year.

    Thanks Krusty.
    Does this mean i can keep the telly,even though i didn't get sick ?


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    #107
    tisnotover
    Registered Users Posts: 1,659 ✭✭✭tisnotover


    Sosa wrote: »
    Thanks Tissy,you had a productive run yourself,similar to what i tried out up in KK 5 weeks before Dublin.Well done.

    yep, tis ure blog I got the idea from!;)


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    #108
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,495 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Sosa wrote: »
    Thanks Krusty.
    Does this mean i can keep the telly,even though i didn't get sick ?
    Not even a little bit sick? Throw up in your mouth a little? Not even a small belch or burp? Break a little wind?
    Hmm. I'm deadlocked. We'll have to go to the public vote.


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    #109
    Slogger Jogger
    Registered Users Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭Slogger Jogger


    Great running Sosa. Fab time for a December half-marathon!


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    #110
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Not even a little bit sick? Throw up in your mouth a little? Not even a small belch or burp? Break a little wind?
    Hmm. I'm deadlocked. We'll have to go to the public vote.

    Your sounding like Simon Cowell now....


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    #111
    showry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭showry


    good stuff Sosa, sounded like a great event


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    #112
    donothoponpop
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    Brilliant time Sosa, and goes to show DCM was an aberration. Pick a marathon next year and you'll get that sub3 handy. Well done.


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    #113
    heffsarmy
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭heffsarmy


    I have been looking at this log for a while, a well deserved PB. Congrats


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    #114
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    donothoponpop wrote: »
    Brilliant time Sosa, and goes to show DCM was an aberration. Pick a marathon next year and you'll get that sub3 handy. Well done.

    I learned a harsh lesson up there,but i learned from today also.
    I prefer todays lesson :D

    Delighted to finish 2009 on a high.


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    #115
    asimonov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭asimonov


    Great run, and you didn't even have to show your full hand. Well deserved and bodes well for next year.


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    #116
    Dukie
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Dukie


    Great time Sosa, you can treat yourself to a few bottles of Peroni now!


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    #117
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    Dukie wrote: »
    Great time Sosa, you can treat yourself to a few bottles of Peroni now!

    That i shall do duke,on the way into town momenteraly.


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    #118
    Abhainn
    Registered Users Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭Abhainn


    Dukie wrote: »
    Great time Sosa, you can treat yourself to a few bottles of Peroni now!

    Good choice. Hope you managed a couple of the 660ml size as your reward for that great performance.
    Good to hear you found the race "easy". You know now I wasn't mad when I made that comment then
    A very satisfying finish to the year - well done again.

    Hopefully will see you again in Dungarvan. You should be getting close to the sub 60 mark then;)


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    #119
    Sosa
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭Sosa


    Abhainn wrote: »
    Good choice. Hope you managed a couple of the 660ml size as your reward for that great performance.
    Good to hear you found the race "easy". You know now I wasn't mad when I made that comment then
    A very satisfying finish to the year - well done again.

    Hopefully will see you again in Dungarvan. You should be getting close to the sub 60 mark then;)

    Thanks Abhainn,
    I may have paced myself for the race but i didnt with the Peroni's ( 660ml of course !),paid for it yesterday...just back from a nice 6m to clear the head.

    I thought you were a bit mad when you said that tbh,but i understand now,everything just clicked into place on the day.

    I will be in Dungarvan alright,looking for sub 62 if i can get it.
    Sub 60 maybe for 2011,certainly not up in Dungarvan,and not many other 10 milers throughout the year.


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    #120
    Occamist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Occamist


    Well done on a great race, a sweet finish to the year.

    Really enjoying the training log btw.


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    #121
    village runner
    Registered Users Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭village runner


    Well done. Really enjoying it was a great bonus.
    Thought you would have ran sub 1.23 tbh and going by your last 3.1 miles you were in that shape saturday. Harsh but true.
    Dungarvan 10 sub 61 should be your aim. Saturday was your first half race......well done again.

    maybe a sub 60 in ballycotton ??


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