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Running Around the World...
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25-02-2009 6:54pm#1So I've started this running lark and I am quite liking it so far....so as an incentive to keep it up I'm starting a log - think of the shame if I slip off the first page or two!! :eek:
I'm also fairly new to running and haven't been in a race since about first year in school which was a horrid cross country affair that I do not want to repeat!! So any (constructive) advice is welcome
I am female, 27years about 165cm and I'm guessing my weight is about 65kg. That is what it was a month ago and my clothes aren't feeling any looser or tighter. And before anyone recommends I eat fish or meat to make sure I'm getting enough protein and/or iron - I'm a veggie and I do watch my diet to make sure I get enough of these things - I promise!
So the running stuff - well essentially my goal is to run the Dublin City Marathon in October, but before then I'm hoping to fit in some other races so that I can get used to the whole race atmosphere and also make training a bit more intersting cause Oct is a hell of a long time away!!!
But I'm starting from a pretty low base (imo anyway) so the last few weeks have been about just getting used to running, picking a distance and running it, taking walking breaks if really needed and then running again and gradually increasing the distance until for the past maybe 10 days I've not needed any walking breaks and today I ran 6km, no stopping!! Okay not very far but I was chuffed with myself and at the time I felt I could have kept going for another bit.
So the plan moving forward is to have one long run a week (wednesdays), a medium run at the weekends, and three shorter sessions as well. At the moment my main focus is increasing the distance I can do but I want to incorporate a bit of speed work from maybe April - to keep it intersting. I also will be doing pilates fairly often to work on core strength and prevent a relapse of a previous back injury, and hopefully will be hitting the climbing wall at least once a week for some fun
Oh and the title of the thread is because between now and October I'll be living in Belgium, Australia and Ireland as part of my studies and will be travelling to a few other places for field work and stuff and the runners are coming with me......
*apoligies for the length of post - future ones will be shorter0
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Good luck spaceylou (great name). Lucky you to have the opportunity for multi country running Same advice as to Kennyb3.. build up progressively and you'll do fine. Try persuade a friend to take up the running lark too so you'll have a running colleague from time to time. Its a big help. 0
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Thursday 26th Feb
Today the plan ordered a rest day and to be honest my body was happy to comply....was fecking shattered this morning and had to actually come home from a lecture to get another 2hours sleep before a seminar this afternoon....I know I know anyone who has a job and is reading this is going - bloody students!!! :rolleyes:
Did manage about 45mins of pilates and stretching to ease out the kinks from yesterdays run though which was good. Calves feel really really really tight lately, is this normal or do I just need to be sure and really make sure to stretch them at every possible oppertunity?
Now I must depart to my desk and write an essay for the morning
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Best of luck with the log, just be careful with the tight calves, stretch them as much as possible as this can lead to a bout of shin splints, happened me last year and the reason for it was I was overdoing it. Look forward to reading another log
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Weekend 28th Feb/1st Mar
One word sums up this weekend - disaster!!
College work completed - nada!
Running - nada!!
However today was such a sunny day that I did decide to go for a walk/hike (when does a walk turn into a hike?
) in the woods that I have discovered are near my flat. Spring was definately in the air. I think the route I took was about 5km of lots of up and down, mixed terrain but as I said I was walking not running so it only half counts. Might try and run there during the week but avoid the vertical hill that had me using my hands for balance....
Tomorrow is meant to be a rest day and tuesday a short run but think i will switch them given my inactivity over the weekend and my busy day in college on tuesday.0 -
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Monday 2nd March
45mins Pilates and stretching - no running - decided to stick to plan and take a rest day.
Tuesday 3rd March
Today was good and bad....but think I learnt some lessons. Slept late this morning so didn't get run in before class but a last minute chance in schedule meant that I had a little bit of time (half hour) to spare this afternoon so did 3.2km - felt great - could have done another 3.2km except for time constraints, twas after this however it went down hill. Friend popped round for dinner before we went climbing...so less than an hour after running was eating dinner and my stomach is clearly not a fan of the concept!!!! Then we hit the climbing wall and my legs kinda went - eh helloooooo, were we not doing stuff already like an hour and a half ago!!! And now the back of my left ankle hurts (fingers crossed it will be better in the morning) So lessons learned......
1. - Need to get more sleep!!! (so can run in morning)
2. - I love the buzz from running and it does wake me up so must try remember this when I need to get out bed to fit a run in.
3. - Running and food don't mix for me.....and definately not food sandwiched in between a run (even a little one) and climbing.....
So tomorrow i think 6km is on the aganda - must double check
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Wednesday 4th March
Conference all day today in college so by the time I got home and procrastinated for a bit it was dark so decided to go to the sports centre instead of outdoors for my run, also due to my ankle still being a bit niggley I thought that maybe the cross-trainer might be a good idea - less impact and all that......think I almost 2miles but I not good with visualising miles and not sure what it is in km (will have to find a converter thingy)....would have done more but couldn't get the machine to let me do any more than 15mins at a time and the place was packed so didn't want to be hogging the machine either...no class tomorrow so no excuses - will go for proper run.....and then I home to Ireland tomorrow evening - woohoo
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Thur 5th March
Ah life is good. Long weekend for me started this morning with some pilates, stretching and then went for a run, for the first time with no music....plan was to do 6.5 but the weather was so nice and I found a new path I can add on to route to avoid having to do laps of the same area too much and without the head phones in I could hear all the ducks down at the lake and hear horses and goats as well...this town is actually starting to grow on me! So all in all I did just over 7.5km including some icky hills which are pretty much unavoidable round here....took me 50mins but I'm not worried about speed at the moment...just want to get up to being able to run 10k without keeling over....figure speed will come with time as i get stronger.
Not sure how much I'll do over the weekend, I am back in Ireland and between seeing the romantic interest in this little saga of mine, catching up the college gang, seeing the folks and popping into the library I probably won't have a lot of time to spare!!
Today : 7.7km
This week: 13.7km0 -
Late(ish) Tues 10th March
I am back in the land of chocolate and beer after the weekend at home. Didn't get any running done but did get biomechanic analysis (I am a pronater, a heel striker and in need of arch support), got new runners (assics something or other), paid a visit to my lovely physio who went over some extra stretches with me and gave me a clean bill of health......so tomorrow plan is to break in the new runners with a 4 or 5 km run and try out the new stretches
But now its bed time - why oh why are flights always at crazy o'clock in the morning......0 -
Friday 13th March
so run never happened on wednesday or thursday.....was feeling all sorry for myself - yada yada yada
Today however went for little run....meant to be just 3km as haven't run in a week and also was the first run for the new runners but I got lost so had to add another km to get myself home - was fine although my calves are like fecking elastic bands (or something else very tight, couldn't quite think of metaphor) but hopefully the new stretches that physio gave me will make a difference. Tomorrow most likely going to do hike rather than run but sure tis all exercise
Today 4km
This Week 4km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 46.2km0 -
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Saturday 14th March
No run but....did some Pilates and stretching and a small hike in the woods near me....was fun but unfortunately the two trails marked out are both only 3km long so even if you combine them you only end up with about 5km (they over lap for a wee bit hence not 6km) and I find it a bit boring to do laps of the place so going to have to find some other places near me.....i feel a trip to the map shop coming on
Sunday 15th March
Nice evening for running, aiming for 6km, started out well, although possibly a little fast but no matter what route I take from my house i have steepish down hill for the first km or so and gravity has a habit of taking over - nearly takes less energy to just let go than to try and pace myself going down hill on steep hills....was going okay, lots of ups and down, and keeping pace steadyish until I added a new hill at 4km (ish) - it wasn't even very long but it distroyed me! Had to stop to catch my breath....so the last km was not the prettiest and I took a minor detour and got slighly disorientated so when I realised I was actually beside my house I just went in rather then run around the block to make up the extra half km. According to garmin avg pace was 6.19/km which is slower than normal for me but I'm blaming that fecking hill - I will conqour it!!!
Today 5.5km
This Week 9.5km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 51.7km0 -
Monday 16th March
yesterday was rest day which was grand for me.....college is fecking mental at the moment so had project meetings, and lots of other boring stuff to do.
Tuesday 17th March
Not a typical St Patricks Day at all - wanta be at home.....class from 8.30am - 4.30pm, got talked into giving a pint of blood at lunch time (instead of drinking a pint of guiness) and then this evening was climbing - running plan was supposed to be easy 5km and while I was in the mood for it after climbing, my stomach was growling at me and I was starting to get the headache I get when my body is complaining about the lack of food so decided to be sensible and eat dinner - now 45mins later glad I did cause I am pooped and I definately am getting up in the morning for the 6.5km on the plan.....possible the first 18th March (of my adult life) with no hangover!!
Today 0km
This Week 0km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 51.7km0 -
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Thursday 2nd April
Well I've done sweet f**k all the last few weeks, mainly because of a bad cold and cough which made breathing painful without even attempting to run anywhere.....however am almost better
Not sure how much I will get done over the next three weeks as I will be away for three weeks....France, Ireland, Bosnia - some of it work some of it fun but the runners are coming with me so I hope to get out for a few runs along the way so that I don't loose all the gains I made before I got KOed by a fecking cold.
Am signing up for the Adamstown 8km at the end of May so I now have a short-term goal....fingers crossed I manage it 0 -
Ahh sunshine is good!! Having spent a few days resting my brian and not going near a college book, ignoring college related emails and refusing to think about exams, papers, presentations or thesis. I feel much much better. Didn't do much running really but ALOT of walking. Below is a mini log for what little running I did do:
Mon 6th April Biarritz
30min slow run (with some walking breaks) after only 2 weeks felt as though I am back where I started Not sure how far I ran but reckon was only about 2km. Need for walking breaks was annoying especially when they were mostly brought on by bouts of coughing, even though I thought my cough was gone! More disturbing was that I was hacking up lumpts of green gunk!! 0 -
New Training Plan....
I signed up for the Adamstown 8km on May 24th before I went on holidays so put together a wee training plan while I was away to bring me up to the race. As I am somewhat new to this, advice is appricated.......(if anyone out there is listening).
My aim is to finish the race in less than 50mins without keeling over so if my calculations are correct that involves average pace of about 6mins 10secs/km.
What I've tried to incorporate into my plan is a weekly long(er) run, a medium run, a short run, a speed session and a hilly session to help with endurance plus lots of hills where I live so I might as well use them.
I'm not sure how to get a table to come on this thing...... so sorry if this is hard to read....
Mondays - Rest
Tuesdays - Short run: 2k easy; 3k easy; 4k race pace; 5k race pace; 4k race pace; 3k easy
Wednesday - Long run: 4km easy; 6km easy; 8km easy; 10km easy; 8km easy; 5km
Thursday - Rest
Friday - Speed: 3k fartlek; pyramid 1; pyramid 2; pyramid 3; pyramid 2 (1 is the easiest one, 3 is hardest one); rest
Saturday - Med: 2.5k easy; 4k easy; 5.5k easy; 6.5k easy; 4k easy; 2k easy
Sunday - Hilly: 200m x 4; 200m x 6; 400m x 4; 400m x 6; 400m x 4; RACE0 -
Friday 10th April
back in blaa land - woohoo!!
Went for a run this morning, did 3.19km in 18mins. No cough and only stops were for traffic. Avg Pace was 5.41/km which is a kinda fast - no way could sustain it for another 10mins and also wasn't consistent - need to focus on having a steady pace rather than crazy fluctuations. In fact to be honest, I just need to concentrate more full stop, stopped bringing music with me so I wouldn't get distracted but sure I'm distracted by everything...haha!!
Plan for rest of week is to maybe run tomorrow if I feel like it, and definitely run sunday. Both days keep it below 5km and try and keep the pace somewhat steady rather than slow fast slow fast slow fast.....etc And then next week I start the plan for Adamstown.
Today 3.19km
This Week 3.19km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 61.72km0 -
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Wednesday 15th April
this was the longer run of my week but I kinda messed it up a wee bit. Only have tiny shorts home with me for running and twas a nasty day out so I decided to go the gym and do some weights as well.....that was all good and then I was to finish with 4km on the treadmill.....except I couldn't figure out how fast to make the treadmill go so I started off waaaaayyyyy to slow and the speeded it up....but still felt like I wasn't going fast enough even though I think I was running faster than I would outside but I guess without wind and bumps etc its easier to run on the treadmill - IF IT WEREN'T SO FECKING BORING....
In the end I managed 3.5km of utter boredom - my legs could have easily completed the last .5km but I knew I was running late to meet friends and I was bored silly so I cheated and stopped! I know - shocking attitude!!!
Today 3.5km
This Week 5.6km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 67.13km
Thursday 16th April
Today is offically a rest day - tomorrow calls for 3km fartlekk which I hope to get done either in the morning or during lunch 0 -
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well the origional plan was to attempt the DCM but it is looking highly unlikely that I will be back in Ireland for it, so am thinking I might aim for a spring one next year. Or even a half-marathon. I have no great desire to become one of these crazies running several marathons a year, think I would prefer the middle distances but I would like to complete at least one marathon in my lifetime - you know, tick it off the list and all that!!
Or if I were fitter, i've been reading some of the logs of the gang doing the IMRA runs and it sounds like soooo much fun so maybe in a year that will be something I can consider.
On a more short-term focus, after Adamstown I will be in Melbourne for 6 weeks from mid-June so trying to find a race down there and after that I have field work in indonesia so not really sure what will happen....0 -
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Sunday 24th May
Okay yesterday was my first race as a grown-up - was unbelievably nervous at the start, kept trying to just talk myself through the race, reminding myself of my plan etc etc and it more or less worked. My thoughts of the race are that it was well-organised, a beautiful day for a run, nice course - fairly flat and I almost made my time.
My only gripes are that Adamstown the place is constantly billed as an example of getting planning right in Ireland, with transport links, pedestrain friendly etc....so I got the train out from dublin but not a single sign near the train station telling ya where to go and also a water station would have been a god-send around the 5km mark especially seen as they were giving out bottles of water at the end anyway at the same time as giving out the goodie bags which also had lucazade sport in them - so they had the water, if I'm making sense.
So my actual race.....
as I said at the beginning I was very nervous, lined up in the joggers section, trying to keep back but just before we started the whole field squished up a bit so when we actually took off I was passed by what felt like a million people BUT very proud of myself, I stuck to my planned pace and avoided the temptation to go too fast....kept up the pace around the 6min/km until around 5km mark where i slowed slightly I think. Along the way, from about 3km I started to pass a few people that had passed me at the start so was well chuffed with that.
After about 5km, tiredness started to kick in a little and i slowed a wee bit but not too much, was going fine, still well on for under 50mins (I know I know, not a hugely ambitious time but tis a start) until about 6.5km when I started to feel nausous...and kinda lost my rythem. Luckily managed to pull myself together for the wee incline around the 7km mark, and even passed someone out at the end of it....started to feel good again, although tired obviously but knew I had enough to sprint at the end, just wasn't sure for how long so I held off until about 100metres/120metres when I just let go and ran as fast as i could. In hind sight possibly should have speeded up in two stages cause think i pulled something in my leg switching so quickly - am kinda hobbling today. Also could have kept that up for bit longer so should have started it earlier because my offical time was 50.04. Now I know its only 5seconds slower than my aim of anything under 50 but that was the time that was on the big clock when I finished the race, and I always thought that for chip timed races, there was a map or trigger or something at the start line that started your chip because obviously not being up the front of the race I didn't start at the 00.00 that the clock started at.
But all that said, very happy that I didn't set out too fast at the beginning because I do that in training and have been concentrating on not doing it. And more importantly I enjoyed it, and am happy enough with my time, especially given the heat which was somewhat warmer than what I had trained in - I am like a fecking tomato today...mental note, always always always wear sunscreen!!! Now I just need to find another race to sign up for!!
Yesterday 8.5km (including wee warm up)
Last Week 22.59km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 86.9km0 -
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Congratulations on the race! Don't worry at all about the time, what you should take out of this one is the experience and the confidence that should enable you to go out and compete in lots more races! Impressive report from a first timer - I couldn't remember half as much as you after my first race 0
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thanks xebec, yeah am trying to find a race now for when I am in Melbourne for the summer - only prob is that it is their winter and they don't seem to have any road races on....or at least none i can find on a basic google search - hehehe 0
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thanks for those links jlang, just looking at them briefly there seems to be one or two that could fit in with my time table - will have a proper look later - thanks again
And yeah, have been in Melbourne before doesn't get too cold, but boy oh boy can it rain there!! Being Irish and well used to rain might give me an advantage over the home crowd - haha!! 0 -
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Friday 29th May
Didn't get out for run this morning because I had a driving test - failed!
Anywho, went to the gym at lunch time. Am staying with my mum for a few weeks at the moment so went here in Waterford and hadn't been to that particular gym in years so didn't know where things were or whatever....seems better than it was in the past though, so might go again...anywho back to running...did a wee warm-up on the stepper, some weights for strength and then a quick 2miles on the treadmill, not sure of my pace (maths not my strong point) but I did the 2miles (or 3.22km) in about 13mins, give or take.
Felt good and could have kept going but my mum was out of the pool and waiting for a lift home...and anyway treadmills are boring....no idea how anyone spends any length of time on them!!!
Today 3.22km
This Week 7.32km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 94.22km0 -
Saturday 30th May
New plan suggested 30mins of cross training but wasn't really sure what to do cause i had noone to go hiking with, and given the failure of driving test friday, couldn't drive to anywhere on my own - so I sat in sun for 30mins instead
Sunday 31st May
Note to self: there is a reason that the spanish traditionally take a siesta and its not cause they are lazy. Not realising how warm it was today I headed off for a run (aim 5km*) at 1pm - doh!! Was grand (but warm) for first 3.5k or there abouts, then started to get very thirsty and really feel the heat (might look into little water belt thingy cause if I just carry a bottle of water, I drop it frequently). Continued on and the niggle from last week in my right leg came back...figured I'd just keep going but it got worse until I had to give up and just fecking walk remainder of the way home
* due to an inability to judge distances beyond the rudimentary basics of 'near' and 'far' I ended up on a loop that was approximately 7km from start to finish
Anyway below are the new totals for the running bit - avg pace was 6.39/km
Today 5.71km
This Week 13.03km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 99.93km0 -
Had to go back to Belgium for my last exam on tuesday so the early half of the week a bit of a write off running wise but finished my last exam (possibly ever!!) so quite happy! Now just some papers and thesis to write - :eek:
Thursday June 4th
My birthday... Just headed out for a 2miler this morning and did a pilates session to work on core strength. Have a last figured out autolap on the garmin so below are totals updated and km splits....funky toy
Km 1: 6min 15
Km 2: 6min 31
Km 3: 5min 24
467.5m: 2min 47 (avg pace 5.58/km)
Overall avg pace 6.03/km
I didn't intentionally speed up on third km - in fact was trying to be pretty constant so not really sure what happened! Might try and put some structure to my runs in next few weeks....and have a session where I do fartlek or intervals or something to work on speed.
Today 3.47km
This Week 3.47km
To Date (since 16th Feb) 103.40km0 -
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Sunday 21st June
The last week has been mental, settling into the department, adjusting to being in the depths of winter again, the time difference and getting over the long flight....think I was dehydrated last week and in hindsight really shouldn't have run a mere 24hours after landing when I wasn't feeling perfect.
Ended up having to get those disgusting rehydration solution thingys and everything - was about wednesday before I was feeling perfect again. Major change of plans with research, no longer will be spending three months in Indonesia, which means I'll be able to train pretty much all the time between now and end of october so am going to sign up for the DCM....eck!!! Very nervous about it but have an 18week training schedule which starts tomorrow, have a 10k in a month, have the time, do enjoy running and have no crazy aspirations to do it sub-3 or anything, at the moment would be happy with a 4hr 30 but might review that when I am further into the training.
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