I've been avoiding this....

4.4 mile slowly, the wind is very strong (again:rolleyes:)!
Been very bold this week and haven't ran too much but the rest is probably doing me good and since I have no plans for any target type races in the immediate future I might as well take the break!
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7.15 miles nice and slow, was a lovely evening beach was gorgeous nice warm breeze! I felt slightly sluggish but it kept me slow!
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3.5 miles- was planning to go a little further (maybe the 5.75 I need to bring me to 400 miles this year!) but I was a mile in when I realised that my back was a lot more sun burned than I thought! I should really have put on sun cream before I started painting the fences today. I fought with myself over what to do and decided better safe than sorry. Kept it about 10 min mile.
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Another 4 miles- just ticking over:D
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Younganne wrote: »

Well done on reaching the 400+

Do you know that Ecoli post a weekly training plan on here, if you wanted to follow it. The training is aimed at the min at the 10k in Dunshaughlin on June 23rd. After that he will be posting a weekly plan for the Dublin marathon

Thanks Anne- I'm going to give it another week or so of doing very little, I'm going to start HH half marathon plan again mid June- thats giving me an extra week or so in case I don't get out when on holidays!
I'll have a look at some marathon plans in the mean time to see what I need to commit but the summer months is going to be tough trying to get out for runs as it is. I might leave the marathon until Spring, I seem to have more time to run in the winter.
Last night 4 painful miles- it was very warm and I ran too soon after dinner.
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4.82- Felt good, maybe the gloomy weather suits me!
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:mad:
Wrote two big long posts and both times I lost them coz I've had to log back in:(
So the short cut version is.....
Was starting HH intermediate plan with 14 weeks to dublin half marathon, giving myself two weeks for holidays, sickness, injury.
Monday- 3 miles in 29.1 mins- pace all over the place (as per usual!)
Tuesday 5 miles- 50.01 mins averaging 10 min mile

Then in for a long over due sports massage to find out it was long overdue!
I have a problem with my hip joint (he told me what it was and I had to ask him to repeat it twice- his accent- so too embarrassed to ask again) also hip flexor strain probably compensating for my hip. He used a belt tied around him and my leg and manipulated it- wasn't sore but I didn't realise how much pressure I had been feeling in that hip which instantly went when he felt it go back into place.
He gave me stretches and told me not to run for a week- (maybe longer but I'm not thinking about that:()
My own fault-I knew it was slowly getting worse and ignoring it didn't make it go away.
Just going to have to go for walks now for the rest of the week and wallow in my own self pity.
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Out for another week but my hip feels great- No pain at all. I didn't realise (or chose to ignore!) how bad it had got and I was protecting it an awful lot. I thinkI did get it just at borderline- I reckon another week or two of running on it I probably would have ended up not able to run and out for much longer. So hopefully from next week I can start back gradually again.
I'm sure I can skip a couple of weeks of HH since I had an alrightish base already. Will see when i start back.

I'm baaacccckkkk!!! With instructions to run on grass or beach and to ease back in, half hour 50% run/50% walk then if hips feeling okay I can increase to 60/40 and 75/25 by the end of the week.
But I cheated and ran 4.21 miles- granted the first couple of miles I ran on air so no pressure on my hip:p Stiff muscles but i'll be good now until Saturday!
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Integral 10k race in Clogherhead yesterday- 56.31
Although I should be following physio advice and slowly progress back to running I couldn't stand and watch a local run, so plan was to run 10 min miles and if hip even causes the slightest niggle to walk.
It was brilliant to be able to get ready at home- only thing was the dog thought because I was putting on my runners he could go too- so had to bring him for a mile run which done me as a warm-up, could feel a slight pull in my glutes so was convinced I'd be walking a lot. Came home and stretched. Dog was happy!

So off we went down into the village where they had smells of gorgeous burgers and hotdogs, facepainters and best of all pre race massage and kinesio taping, so I went in explained I was having trouble with the sacroiliac joint and I could feel a pull in my hip etc so he worked on my glutes and taped up my back (I 'd no shame nearly mooning the crowd getting the tape on- what we do to get us through a run!)

They started calling people to the line and as I was walking up (planning on staying at the back) out from a garage walks pacers!!! So all my plans went out the window- I went up and stood behind the 50 min pacers! (behind the crowd that was behind the balloons coz i knew I couldn't/ shouldn't stay long with them too long) So off we went on probably one of the smoothest starts I've experienced- we were able to run straight away- coming down through the village to the crowd shouting encouragment.

I stayed just behind the 50 mins for 2k before the distance between us started opening up- it was lovely to run at that pace again and I knew if I was as fit as I was in Jan/Feb/ March this year I would have enjoyed running with them. Around 4k I lost them out of sight and the 55 min pacers were coming up behind me, I badly needed water from the start- it must be nerves but my troat gets very dry when I start running. I thought coming to 5k we might get it but no sign - water station was at 6k but at this stage the 55 pacers had passed me out and were also in the distance- at 7k I reigned myself in a bit I was getting very tired and very out of breath all the while i never felt an inch of pain from my glutes or hip! At 9k I was ready to walk when i got a shout from a local which spurred me on- until we hit the hill back into the village were I my jog was no quicker than a walk when I heard another say 'thats the girl that runs with the dog' so I got another big shout that took me to the top of the hill- finish line was at the bottom of the hill and the village was lined- so I sprinted down the hill- I had loads left in my legs and i mean loads!
I wasn't sure of the time I thought it was close to 58/59 so I was happy with 56.31. It was a very well organised race only two faults was the water being at 6k and the price was steepish but it was so well organised that I did feel like I got moneys worth (well I got a massage and taped for it)
No pains or aches today either so back to half marathon training this week:)
6.71 today
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I woke up last Tuesday morning and my legs and back ached especially all around my right hip/back/ass! Went to physio- he worked a lot directly on the SI joint and it hurt, he told me to take up cycling or swimming- I can't swim and i have no bike:D. Went back into work and I ached more and more came home that night and went straight to bed couldn't sleep my whole body was sore. I swore I was never running again or going back to physio if it hurt that bad. Then I began vomitting- was kind off happy that it wasn't the run or physio that was causing the aching! So I ached and puked all Wednesday and ached all day Thursday!
Friday 3.6 miles of what should have been a tempo but ended up being a slow battle through wind and rain.
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Younganne wrote: »

:eek::eek:puking Wed & thur and running Fri...Friday 3.6 miles of what should have been spent in bed!!!;)
hope your fully recovered and i'm relieved for you it wasn't anything else....

It started as a walk (I had also a bad case of cabin fever!) but after half a mile I figured I'd get home quicker if I ran:p
7 miles today- longest run in weeks. Used runkeeper as my garmin is playing up so the mile times are
9.29/10.15/7.05?????/9.09 (even this is questionable)/11.02/11.44 (I was slow but not this slow/11.15
seem a bit off!
Anyway 7.05 in 1.10.33 which does seem right and averages 10 min miles
Hip felt great glutes a bit sore.
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1 mile warm up down to the beach to do 7* 400 at 5k- started the first and could hear thunder in the distance- so legged it the mile home before it came my way. It never did :mad: Now OH has gone to work and I won't get back out:(
2.25 miles
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Missing a few days my hip area was aching (not pain, just ache) for a few days so to be on the safe side I took it easy for a few days so last weeks intervals were done today.
5 mins warm up then 7* .25 mile at 5k pace. Which I was hoping to keep at 8 min/mile but I either went way to fast or way to slow so decided to just go with the pace I fell into.
7.51/7.36/7.39/7.41/7.43/7.43/7.45 I took it very very easy in between just about 11.00 min miles
and just over a mile home.
Legs felt fine only got a slight tug just before I stopped so I'm happy.
I'm signed up for Fingal 10k and was unsure whether to run or not, I might just go since I am signed up for it and just take it easy maybe aim for 56 like the last day.
Total today 5.24 miles
485.25- I think I'm well into February on the 1000 mile challenge!

Its tough sometimes to that step back but it obviously payed off not an ache or pain for todays 4.61 miles very pleased especially after doing intervals which usually do leave me with a few aches and pains:)
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Wednesday 25th 10 mile- lovely run! My phone just switched off so I don't know my exact time but it was 1.41.??
Couldn't get out until tonight and went for 4 mile again details are on my phone but I averaged 9.1 min mile. Need to speed this up!
I've also decide to drag myself through the marathon, I think its like planning a baby there is never a right or wrong time to go for it so I might as well go now!

Younganne wrote: »

Wohoo...go girl.....week 6 of the marathon plan this week so for you!!!!
your 4m @ 901 would give you a sub 4 marathon, so no need to speed this up, need to slow it down as a recovery run as you had done a 10m on wed.....

Tried to slow down the 6 miles I ran tonight and ended up that Only one of them was over 10 min mile! Never thought speed would be my problem! I was reading meno's post from a while back about running slower to get your body burning fat etc so I know I have slow it down. Have two 3miles (but thinking of doing them at HM pace which I hope will be 9 min/mile and then hopefully 12 miles Sunday which I will aim for 10.45/11.00 min miles.
Total miles- 10.16 (Wed) 4.03 (Sun) and 5.99 (tonight)
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Younganne wrote: »

this is just your body giving out to you;) ...and the little "Devils" on the shoulders that constantly make comments into your ear.:rolleyes:(or is that just for me:eek:).....make sure you are well hydrated as the heat is back so its kind of muggy again which makes for difficult running....

I think it was a little bit to do with dehydration- I'm not great in the morning but will have to get very used to it! Plus a little to do with myself thinking I was on an 'easy' run- sure whats 3 miles to me now:p:rolleyes: Served me right for being so cocky:o

Solobally8 wrote: »

Yippie you've decided to do the marathon. I'll be following you with great interest as our running times are so similar. No marathon for me this year though. Best of luck with the training.

Thank you, will try explain every niggle, ache, pain, drop ofblood sweat and tears in great detail;)
I don't know what time to aim for (I know I should concentrate more on getting it finished) but is 4.30 unrealistic, do you think?

Plan was 12 mile- was doing 6 myself and a friend was joining me for the second 6 but I got the first mile done and was hit with cramps- decided to head back to where the car was coz there is public toilets, however they were locked up:( So I had to use the bush facilities:mad: I feel humiliated:( Anyway it left me that I wouldn't get 6 miles done before my friend came in so I went a more cross country route and got 4.81 miles in.
So then the two of us set off for another 7 (.19!), we kept the pace nice and slow (very slow!) but I had to stop again (at McDonalds) and leg it into their toilet:mad:
Got back to the car and we had done 7.85- so covered 12.66
10.12/11.01/11.11/11.00/12.24/12.24/12.24/12.15/11.5/11.23/12.16/10.22/11.4Maybe it was a bit too slow but TBH if I wasn't meeting someone I would have gone home after the first mile.
Had a great LSR last week and a really really bad one this week but I finished when I did feel so rotten so in a way I accomplished more on this weeks run. I'm going to have to sort this runner belly out though it seems to hit me a lot in the morning so will have to experiment with a few things- I wonder can I take Immidium (sp) before?
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