"We can rebuild her!"

rainbow kirby · 14-07-2011 10:30pm

Fail run is fail.

Missed my run yesterday, was viewing an apartment and it took longer than I thought, and I was absolutely starving when I got home at around 9. Was supposed to be viewing another apartment tonight, but the fcuking estate agent never turned up. :mad: All of this plus the trek home meant that it was nearly 9 by the time I was heading out for my run, and I'd only had a cup of coffee since lunchtime. Mistake trying to do yesterday's session (20 min easy, 15 tempo, 20 easy) then! Got about halfway through the tempo and just couldn't hold the pace at all, hadn't the slightest bit of energy there. Decided to just run the 15 minutes home at easy-recovery pace (about 10.30/mile) at that stage. Thankfully the hip niggle was behaving itself, going to get it looked at next week though and I think it's time for a bit of sports massage anyway. Total distance covered 6.73km / 4.18 miles, average pace 10.05/mile.

*sigh*

jcsmum · 15-07-2011 10:20am

At least you went out despite the late hour, so don't be too hard on yourself.

Are you leaving Firhouse?

rainbow kirby · 15-07-2011 10:21am

jcsmum wrote: »

Are you leaving Firhouse?

Yup, looking for something near the Phoenix Park.

jcsmum · 15-07-2011 10:25am

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Yup, looking for something near the Phoenix Park.

Would that not be considered 'cheating'.

rainbow kirby · 15-07-2011 10:27am

jcsmum wrote: »

Would that not be considered 'cheating'.

I prefer to think of it as "practical"

Bally8 · 15-07-2011 12:29pm

Oooh would your new place have a spare room or a couch that a country bumpkin (i.e. moi!) might be able to come visit and maybe run with ye'all in the big smoke sometime:D

rainbow kirby · 15-07-2011 12:33pm

Bally8 wrote: »

Oooh would your new place have a spare room or a couch that a country bumpkin (i.e. moi!) might be able to come visit and maybe run with ye'all in the big smoke sometime:D

Quite possibly

ecoli · 15-07-2011 12:36pm

Dont worry about missing the odd day and having to pack in sessions. Life comes into play here and you need to take it into account. May be a blessing in disguise with the hip;)

Brianderunner · 15-07-2011 12:55pm

Bally8 wrote: »

Oooh would your new place have a spare room or a couch that a country bumpkin (i.e. moi!) might be able to come visit and maybe run with ye'all in the big smoke sometime:D

If i'm not using it yeah your more than welcome

RayCun · 15-07-2011 12:57pm

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Yup, looking for something near the Phoenix Park.

So we can all pile back there instead of Ryans after races? Excellent

rainbow kirby · 15-07-2011 1:19pm

RayCun wrote: »

So we can all pile back there instead of Ryans after races? Excellent

Brianderunner wrote: »

If i'm not using it yeah your more than welcome

Looks like I'm going to need a bigger apartment than I can afford :pac:

metamorphosis · 16-07-2011 8:37pm

Nice to finally chat with ya for a bit today.

See you for the 10 miler.

remember - Brians gets NO couch.

W.B. Yeats · 17-07-2011 12:07pm

Hey- thanks for giving me the goodie bag yesterday- you didn't recognise me!
If you were to head down to Knocklyon Runners you'd have no such difficulty.

Seriously though thanks for helping out- am sure that the event wouldn't go ahead withuot the volunteers

rainbow kirby · 17-07-2011 8:16pm

Missed the last couple of days too - was viewing an apartment on Friday evening, and was otherwise occupied all day yesterday between volunteering at the 5 mile (hoping for some good running karma) and drinking. Finally dragged my lethargic hungover ass out the door at about 6.30 this evening after spending the day on the couch watching bogball. 10km / 6.22 miles @ 10.04/mile average pace, felt better as the run went on and the cider got sweated out. Hip was behaving itself too, thankfully. I'd still like to get a sports massage at some stage next week though just to keep everything running smoothly.

W.B. Yeats - Knocklyon Runners aren't going to be my local club for much longer, it'll be Donore soon :pac:

RacoonQueen · 17-07-2011 8:33pm

rainbow kirby wrote: »

W.B. Yeats - Knocklyon Runners aren't going to be my local club for much longer, it'll be Donore soon :pac:

I'll let the boss know you're coming. :cool:

rainbow kirby · 17-07-2011 8:56pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I'll let the boss know you're coming. :cool:

Never said I was joining, just that Donore would be my local club once I move :pac:

W.B. Yeats · 17-07-2011 9:28pm

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Missed the last couple of days too - was viewing an apartment on Friday evening, and was otherwise occupied all day yesterday between volunteering at the 5 mile (hoping for some good running karma) and drinking. Finally dragged my lethargic hungover ass out the door at about 6.30 this evening after spending the day on the couch watching bogball. 10km / 6.22 miles @ 10.04/mile average pace, felt better as the run went on and the cider got sweated out. Hip was behaving itself too, thankfully. I'd still like to get a sports massage at some stage next week though just to keep everything running smoothly.

W.B. Yeats - Knocklyon Runners aren't going to be my local club for much longer, it'll be Donore soon :pac:

I'll sound like a stalker now but think I saw you this evening, running past Faughs GAA around 7.00. I had just been to Tymon for a short recovery run with the dog. I beeped the horn but think you were wearing headphones.

I hear Donore have excellent groups!

RacoonQueen · 17-07-2011 9:30pm

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Never said I was joining, just that Donore would be my local club once I move :pac:

You're closer to Liffey Valley anyway, but we're cooler than them. :cool:

rainbow kirby · 17-07-2011 9:30pm

W.B. Yeats wrote: »

I'll sound like a stalker now but think I saw you this evening, running past Faughs GAA around 7.00. I had just been to Tymon for a short recovery run with the dog. I beeped the horn but think you were wearing headphones.

That would have been me, and yeah I was wearing headphones. I was wondering who it was that was beeping at me just before I was heading into Tymon Park for a lap!

tHE vAGGABOND · 18-07-2011 9:56pm

So did you get the new crib sorted?

rainbow kirby · 18-07-2011 10:02pm

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

So did you get the new crib sorted?

Yup, put the deposit down this evening and I'm moving in at the bank holiday weekend.

Brianderunner · 18-07-2011 10:06pm

metamorphosis wrote: »

Nice to finally chat with ya for a bit today.

See you for the 10 miler.

remember - Brians gets NO couch.

Get in line mate, foreign guests take preference!!

rainbow kirby · 18-07-2011 10:07pm

Brianderunner wrote: »

Get in line mate, foreign guests take preference!!

Fight to the death, that's something people from Limerick should be familiar with :pac:

rainbow kirby · 19-07-2011 10:02pm

Last night involved lots of stretching, as flexibility was on my schedule. Tonight was 45 minutes easy - did 7.32km / 4.55 miles @ 9.54/mile average pace. Legs felt alright generally, mind wasn't there at all tonight. Starting to get very frustrated at how much fitness I've lost over the last while (generally about 30s/mile slower for a given effort than I was about 4-6 months ago) and I think that's starting to get to me a little bit. :mad:

tHE vAGGABOND · 19-07-2011 10:05pm

You need to move in from the sticks, and live near a huge park in the middle of town so training is less drama :cool:

rainbow kirby · 19-07-2011 10:05pm

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

You need to move in from the sticks, and live near a huge park in the middle of town so training is less drama :cool:

Funny you should say that :pac::cool:

RacoonQueen · 19-07-2011 10:08pm

Somewhere like Dublin 8 - all the worlds coolest people hail from Dublin 8.

ecoli · 19-07-2011 10:09pm

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Last night involved lots of stretching, as flexibility was on my schedule. Tonight was 45 minutes easy - did 7.32km / 4.55 miles @ 9.54/mile average pace. Legs felt alright generally, mind wasn't there at all tonight. Starting to get very frustrated at how much fitness I've lost over the last while (generally about 30s/mile slower for a given effort than I was about 4-6 months ago) and I think that's starting to get to me a little bit. :mad:

Your easy runs are not for running quick. Would prefer to see it translate in race results and you will once we get some consistent miles into you. Remember 4 months ago you were coming to the end of marathon block training so you obviously were in best shape of your life aerobically. We will get you back there

rainbow kirby · 19-07-2011 10:49pm

Need to be getting myself a bike soon too. Gonna x-post this (non-running-related) from the cycling forum in case anyone has words of wisdom:

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Currently looking at:

Giant Avail
Felt ZW95
Trek Lexa
Specialized Dolce (slightly more expensive, but pretty )

Anything that stands out there? Also, most of my commuting is going to be city centre-based, and leisure cycling in the Phoenix Park. Apart from a really, really good lock, what will I need gear-wise?

Brianderunner · 19-07-2011 10:56pm

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Need to be getting myself a bike soon too. Gonna x-post this (non-running-related) from the cycling forum in case anyone has words of wisdom:

To cycle a mile and a half to work is it, why? You can have my old bike for free. I only got it brand new a month before i took the London job.

If your using it for training well thats a different story.

rainbow kirby · 19-07-2011 10:57pm

Brianderunner wrote: »

To cycle a mile and a half to work is it, why? You can have my old bike for free. I only got it brand new a month before i took the London job.

If your using it for training well thats a different story.

The plan would be to use it for a bit of cross-training, yeah. If your old bike is going in the meantime though that would be handy.

rainbow kirby · 20-07-2011 9:26am

8am sports massage today - needed to be done just to loosen up a few things.

RacoonQueen · 20-07-2011 12:40pm

Specialized bike because they are so pretty and it's the best one there. You can get good entry level bikes for about €500 - cycleways have an amazing looking specialized for around that - or they did a while ago anyway.

DigiJem · 20-07-2011 9:10pm

I have the Avail, a nice bike for the money, although that Specialized looks very nice. Got mine through the cycle 2 work scheme and I got a helmet, rain-gear, lights, locks & a pump with it. Got padded shorts later on, made life a lot more comfortable

rainbow kirby · 20-07-2011 9:18pm

Recovery run this evening - 2.8 miles, no idea of pace/times because I forgot to charge my Garmin and the battery ran out after about 5 minutes. D'oh!

Mr Slow · 21-07-2011 9:57am

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Recovery run this evening - 2.8 miles, no idea of pace/times because I forgot to charge my Garmin and the battery ran out after about 5 minutes. D'oh!

Did you feel liberated without it?

rainbow kirby · 21-07-2011 10:08am

Mr Slow wrote: »

Did you feel liberated without it?

Not really! Kinda like having my data...

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rainbow kirby · 21-07-2011 10:22pm

Planned for today: 20 mins easy, 3x 5 min tempo with 2 min recovery, 20 min easy. Did the tempo segments on grass... horribly cold and wet and probably made the session harder than it was meant to be. Also managed to feck up the timing, hit "stop" instead of "lap" at the start of my second tempo interval and missed about the first 3 mins of it! Overall distance covered (when the distance covered that my Garmin missed is factored in) 9.3km / 5.8 miles. Assuming that the 3 missed minutes were at 5 min/km pace (which is consistent with the other intervals), average pace for the session was 9.55/mile (due to second 20 minute easy run being closer to recovery pace because I have bog all energy on Thursday nights :mad: ).

rainbow kirby · 22-07-2011 8:59pm

Tonight's run was planned as 45 minutes easy. It ended up being 9 minutes easy. :eek:

Note to self: If one of your good sports bras is on the line, just put it on damp. The old stretched out one at the bottom of your running gear drawer will be the cause of much discomfort.

Nules10 · 22-07-2011 9:23pm

Ouch :eek: not good. Nothing worse

Mr Slow · 23-07-2011 9:50am

:pac:

rainbow kirby · 23-07-2011 2:27pm

Planned for today - 30 mins steady with strides. Ended up throwing on a little bit more than the specified 30 minutes anyway. Total distance covered 6.56km / 4.08 miles, average pace 9.30/mile. I like strides, they always make you feel really good right at the end of the run.

rainbow kirby · 24-07-2011 2:21pm

Planned 1 hour easy for today. Did 10.02km / 6.23 miles @ 9.47/mile average pace. Felt like a bit more effort than it should have, tbh - this doesn't bode well for next Monday! :eek:

jcsmum · 25-07-2011 10:50am

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Planned 1 hour easy for today. Did 10.02km / 6.23 miles @ 9.47/mile average pace. Felt like a bit more effort than it should have, tbh - this doesn't bode well for next Monday! :eek:

Why? What's happening today?
Sounds like you are doing great though...

rainbow kirby · 25-07-2011 11:36am

Bay 10k next Monday. Am not in good shape for it at all!

RacoonQueen · 25-07-2011 12:02pm

You might surprise yourself. Sometimes races have a funny way of forcing you to pull something out of the bag you never knew was there.

Don't be so negative. :pac:

rainbow kirby · 25-07-2011 1:29pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

You might surprise yourself. Sometimes races have a funny way of forcing you to pull something out of the bag you never knew was there.

Don't be so negative. :pac:

Meh, got feck all to lose anyway. The race will tell me a lot in terms of where my fitness is at right now - though I'm not sure if I *really* want to know that! :eek:

rainbow kirby · 25-07-2011 9:37pm

Plan for tonight - 30 mins easy + flexibility. Did 5.11km / 3.17 miles @ 9.50/mile average pace, enjoyed that.

Average HR 163, note to self: dampen the damn HRM strap, spikes skew the average on shorter runs...

dolliemix · 25-07-2011 9:46pm

You're so consistent with your training. It will stand to you. Did you get someone to pick up your number for Bay 10k? PM me if you want me to pick it up for you. I just moved house in June. Its hard work!

rainbow kirby · 25-07-2011 9:49pm

dolliemix wrote: »

You're so consistent with your training. It will stand to you. Did you get someone to pick up your number for Bay 10k? PM me if you want me to pick it up for you. I just moved house in June. Its hard work!

It's sorted, but thanks for the offer, I really do appreciate it

Moving on Sunday, then racing on Monday and (hopefully) later a few drinks to celebrate and chill out. Tbh I'm just hoping for a block of nice, boring, consistent training for the next while and then have a really good crack at the Rathfarnham 5k in late September and a few other autumn races.

"We can rebuild her!"

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