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"If I'm not out there training, someone else is."

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    #122
    ecoli
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    Week 4 Day 1

    PM 40 min easy

    Due to time constraints i was only able to manage to fit in an easy forty min running after college and before work. Maybe good idea after race yesterday though i felt okay


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    #123
    ecoli
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    Week 4 Day 2

    AM 30 min easy
    PM 5x2 min hills (Hell Fire Club)

    Body was not feeling good at all today. As the reps went on i just felt worse and worse. Despite this most of the reps i was getting further than last week bar the 4th one


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    #124
    ecoli
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    Week 4 Day 3

    AM 30 min easy
    PM 60 min easy

    Body still feeling terrible possibly run down or something so i gonna book myself in for a massage and start on multi vitamins tomorrow


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    #125
    ecoli
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    Week 4 Day 4

    3x2 k on track: Target time: 6.40 w/2 min recovery

    6.41, 6.41, 4.12 (1200m)

    Only a single today easing back for the race at the weekend.Body still feeling terrible so i have a feeling a may be run down which not ideal for the race at the weekend. struggled to keep the place and last one managed to do 80,80 and then final lap dropped to 90 for no reason so i pulled out rather than flog a dead horse. Been a terrible week i just hoping that what i have started taking will help with the fatigue


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    #126
    ecoli
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    Week 4 Day 5


    REST


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    #127
    DJS
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    ecoli wrote: »
    Week 4 Day 4

    3x2 k on track: Target time: 6.40 w/2 min recovery

    6.41, 6.41, 4.12 (1200m)

    Only a single today easing back for the race at the weekend.Body still feeling terrible so i have a feeling a may be run down which not ideal for the race at the weekend. struggled to keep the place and last one managed to do 80,80 and then final lap dropped to 90 for no reason so i pulled out rather than flog a dead horse. Been a terrible week i just hoping that what i have started taking will help with the fatigue

    If u had have ran a 90 or sumthing like that it wudnt have been a total watse of a session! It was a good workout regarless of the 1200,
    Keep the faith man, We'll Novices and then u can rest up and hittin some serious training when ur back fresh!


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    #128
    ecoli
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    Week 4 Day 6

    Rest

    With the race tommorow and how s**t i feeling all week decided to just rest up again today in the hope that it will stand to me


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    #129
    ecoli
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    Week 4 Day 7

    Dublin Novices 6k XC

    Despite two days rest i was still feeling pretty bad today but seeing as a i was a scoring members of the team i knew giving it a miss was not an option. Race went out slow but i made sure i went out even slower because i knew i would struggle. My breathing felt like i was going very easy though by lap two my body was completely shot. The same feeling as i have been getting all week. as the race went on i went backwards and just had nothing. Put in a good sprint at the end but it was pointless as i had been running so bad.
    Finishing time: 21:55


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    #130
    shels4ever
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    ecoli wrote: »
    Week 4 Day 7

    Dublin Novices 6k XC

    Despite two days rest i was still feeling pretty bad today but seeing as a i was a scoring members of the team i knew giving it a miss was not an option. Race went out slow but i made sure i went out even slower because i knew i would struggle. My breathing felt like i was going very easy though by lap two my body was completely shot. The same feeling as i have been getting all week. as the race went on i went backwards and just had nothing. Put in a good sprint at the end but it was pointless as i had been running so bad.
    Finishing time: 21:55
    Hard luck today, seem to have some bug or something , Still did great to get around and finish well, a couple of days rest and you'll be back in form.


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    #131
    Woddle
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    ecoli wrote: »
    Week 4 Day 7

    Dublin Novices 6k XC

    Race went out slow

    :eek:
    That was slow? :D
    Got a good picture of you finishing, should be up in an hour or two, well done


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    #132
    ecoli
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    shels4ever wrote: »
    Hard luck today, seem to have some bug or something , Still did great to get around and finish well, a couple of days rest and you'll be back in form.

    Yeah i think i may be run down so i have booked myself for blood tests tommorow try and get this sorted ASAP while i have few weeks not racing now till the seniors


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    #133
    ecoli
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    Woddle wrote: »
    :eek:
    That was slow? :D
    Got a good picture of you finishing, should be up in an hour or two, well done

    Well a bit slower than the leaders usually take it out yeah. Cheers i will have to have a look later. You were like a ninja today stealthily slipping into the starting line. What made you decide to try run it?


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    #134
    Woddle
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    ecoli wrote: »
    You were like a ninja today stealthily slipping into the starting line. What made you decide to try run it?

    The lads made me realise it's not the end of the world if I have a bad result, so I was actually happy to line out but was def a bridge too far.


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    #135
    ecoli
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    Woddle wrote: »
    The lads made me realise it's not the end of the world if I have a bad result, so I was actually happy to line out but was def a bridge too far.

    Well it gives you something to aim for and may help focus the training which seems a bit all over the place between marathons and 5k and everything in between these days:p


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    #136
    shels4ever
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    Woddle wrote: »
    The lads made me realise it's not the end of the world if I have a bad result, so I was actually happy to line out but was def a bridge too far.

    Take more positive from the run, 12 months time there is no reason we can't be in the top 50-75% of the field,


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    #137
    Racing Flat
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    Woddle wrote: »
    :eek:
    That was slow? :D

    Have to agree with ecoli there - any xc where you're not thinking at the start 'this is the fastest 100m I've ever run in my life' is a slow starting xc :D. Wait till the Nat. Novice...


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    #138
    Woddle
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    Racing Flat wrote: »
    Have to agree with ecoli there - any xc where you're not thinking at the start 'this is the fastest 100m I've ever run in my life' is a slow starting xc :D. Wait till the Nat. Novice...

    I think I'll stick to camera duties those days :D


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    #139
    ecoli
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    Week 5 Day 1 & 2

    Rest

    Still feeling bad so i went to the doctor on tues and he sending me to get a battery of blood tests in the morning and advised to maybe lay off training till i get the results back though given his lax opinion on it i may be able to start doin a few easy half hours from thurs just to keep some sort of fitness as it will be a few days till the results atleast


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    #140
    ecoli
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    Week 5 Day 3

    REST

    Got my bloods taken today so i still out i think i may try do the odd half hour come fri because i have been training so well and i dont want it all to go to waste and the results wont be in till next week i cant afford that much time off


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    #141
    ecoli
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    Week 5 Day 4, 5,

    REST


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    #142
    ecoli
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    Week 5 Day 6

    35 min easy

    Despite doctors advice i decided to keep the fitness up with a few half hour runs. This one didnt go well as like i had been feeling before i had very sick feeling for the rest of the day


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    #143
    ecoli
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    Week 5 Day 7

    REST


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    #144
    ecoli
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    Week 6 Day 1

    30 min easy

    I need to keep the fitness up so i was willing to suffer the sick feeling and do a little bit every day until i get my bloods back. Didnt feel too bad today but still not better


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    #145
    ecoli
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    Week 6 Day 2

    30 min easy


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    #146
    ecoli
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    Week 6 day 3

    30 min easy

    Still no sign of the results so i gonna start a session tommorrow and see how i feel if i feel i am back to myself then i will resume full training hopefully


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    #147
    ecoli
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    Week 6 day 4

    30 min easy


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    #148
    ecoli
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    Week 6 day 5

    60 min easy

    got my results back and got the all cear so putting it down to either bit of a cold or just sheer tiredness due to the fact i was getting about 5 hours sleep most but i back now ready to roll


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    #149
    ecoli
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    Week 6 Day 5

    4x1300m (Phoenix park loop)

    4.31, 4.39, 4.38 and 4.45

    with my first session back i didnt know what to expect so i said i would take the first one easy. By the second rep however the wind picked up majorly to near gail force so i know that the times wee going out the window. by the last one i was working much harder than i should have been for them times but i was happy to finish and take out the win i reckon i am same as where i left off two weeks ago


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    #150
    shels4ever
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    ecoli wrote: »
    Week 6 Day 5

    4x1300m (Phoenix park loop)

    4.31, 4.39, 4.38 and 4.45

    with my first session back i didnt know what to expect so i said i would take the first one easy. By the second rep however the wind picked up majorly to near gail force so i know that the times wee going out the window. by the last one i was working much harder than i should have been for them times but i was happy to finish and take out the win i reckon i am same as where i left off two weeks ago

    Were you in there about 10:30 this morning ?


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    #151
    ecoli
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    shels4ever wrote: »
    Were you in there about 10:30 this morning ?

    No was about 1. That spot is very popular with runners on a sat morning most guys who use that loop run it on saturday mornings


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