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Send in the Clowns - BAC 10K Challenge
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BeepBeep67 wrote: »Intriguing?
You'll have to read my poker blog for the other half of that story!RacoonQueen wrote: »Don't you hate when people only tell half a story?
Ever heard of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?rigal wrote:Surely online poker would be a safer pass time during the lead up to a marathon KC
Today: 5 Mile recovery run in Shanganagh Park. Pace: 8:03. Nice and comfortable, with no stiffness or sign of injury.0 -
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Was just throwing my running plan into Google calendar, and realized I made the most stupid mistake of getting my start date wrong, and I now have an extra week to play with. That would normally be bad news, but I've also booked a sun holiday, where the temperatures are pretty high (flying out immediately after the Adidas 10 mile), so I'll just have a tickover week in the sunshine. I love it when a failed plan comes together. 0
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Today: 4 separate runs
. Schedule had me down for 12 miles, with 7 miles at 15k pace. Couldn't face another really hard run in Shanganagh Park, so decided to throw my lot in with the IMRA trail race instead. So, did a half mile hilly warm-up, followed by the 4.7 mile trail race, followed by a 3 mile warm-down on the (hilly!) road, and topped-off with a 4 mile recover run in Shanganagh Park, as darkness threatened. I really didn't want to do the final 4 miles, but the idea of being short mileage for the day would stick with me far longer than the pain of doing the miles.
Race report: Earl's Drive IMRA Trail race
Felt in top form coming into the race, so was quietly optimistic of a good performance. Had hoped to do a 2-3 mile warm-up before the race, to knock-off some of today's scheduled 12 miles, but there were big queues at registration, so only managed a brief 1/2 mile. Got a helpful once-over of the course from Slogger_Jogger, which really helped, as I remembered the uphill finish at the end of the race.
First mile was a 5:51 downhill, where I took it nice and handy and just stretched the legs. Didn't push too hard, as I knew a long down-hill leads inevitably to an uphill climb. Despite this, passed lots of runners on this section, who were pushing too hard, and tiring on the first down-hill section. It was going to be a long race for some runners! Then we hit the zig-zags, which I really enjoyed. I felt like I was right in my LT zone, and though it was uphill, was very comfortable. Passed a lot more runners who made the choice to run around mud, pools and branches. Really enjoyed myself on this section. Ended up at the back of a group of 4-5 runners, and slowly pushed through them and moved ahead of this group at around the end of mile two, only to find that there was no-one else to chase. This was tough. I'm used to having a target to pick-off and occasionally use to take a break by matching someone else's pace. But from this point until the end of the race I only met (and passed) one runner, who was in a bad way (exhaustion or injury).
At two different stages I couldn't figure out which way to go, and at one point had to slow down and let the pack catch up to figure out if should take the upward path, or the downward path. Thankfully I got away from them again on the climb, and was on my own again, except for the lonesome runner, until the final climb to the finish, which came too soon (I was expecting a longer climb).
According to the results, I finished in 11th spot with 107% of the winner, which I'm over the moon about. Best result by a long shot (since coming 21st in the WW Trail race). I think a lot of the really good runners don't show up for these trail races, but I don't care damnit, I'm accepting the result with pride!
Summary: 1/2 Mile, Plus IMRA Race, plus 3 miles, plus 4 miles!
Pace for race: 6:57/mile. Average HR=172 :eek:0 -
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Today: 20 mile run from Athlone town to Roscommon Town. Despite being in the hard shoulder of a national road, it's actually a nice route, with lovely country-side, some gentle drags, and lots of friendly tractor-drivers waving and saluting.
This is the first of just two twenty mile runs in my 12 week marathon program, and I was feeling pretty tired from yesterday's 12 mile run, so was a little anxious about this one. The fact that I'd brought one of my kids pairs of running socks instead of my own didn't help.
Still, too late to do anything about it.
Headed out with a plan to keep the early miles at +8:00min/mile, but the body and the mind wasn't prepared to do that. As soon as I'd look away from the watch, the pace would pick-up, so I kind of went with the flow (around 7:45/mm). Took a break after 10 miles to check out a wedge tomb in a town called Lecarrow, but otherwise a good consistent run. Picked up the pace a little for the last 5 miles, but got a bit water dehydrated. Overall, very happy with the run and the overall pace (a good 10 minutes faster than my last 20 mile lsr, pre-injury, and with a pretty good heart rate).
Things to do while running:
Learnt the alphabet backwards, over the first two miles. Damn, shoud've saved this one for the marathon!
Summary: 20 miles in 2:32, @7:37/mile, HR=146.
Summary for week: 55 miles (wahoo!), with 37 miles over the weekend, a good hill race on Wednesday (11th), and a couple of good cycles. A good week!0 -
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Around here, I learned pretty quickly that there was no point in comparing my performances to others. I'd never put my runners on again for shame! Comparing you own progress is the only real marker. That's definitely not a minute over marathon performance either! I couldn't bring myself to slow down. Oh, and I'm still way off sub-three pace.
But...on a positive note, I did learn to say the alphabet backwards. 0 -
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