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donothoponpop wrote: »You're not doing a marathon, so why the big milage and double sessions?:eek:
(I'm betting you're hooked on the 1000 mile challenge;))
Decided to give the HM a real bash, plus banking a few miles ahead of next week and I'm a bit of 1000 mile challenge junkie
, but I expect my stay near the summit to be short lived, would be nice to bank the 1k in mid June though. 0 -
Well, well, well, what a week, training plan went out the window!
Where do I start?
Was flying out from Dublin last Sat morn at 10:10 to Hyderabad (India) via Heathrow for work meetings, looking at the forecast I had a feeling the weather would be a factor, so left early and though I had a result getting bumped up to the 09:00 flight, but alas they decided to shut down Dublin airport with 2 flakes of snow on the runway
and cancel any flight that had not flown. So it was get ready for the collect your bags and queue for another ticket duathalon, 12:40 I manage to get a ticket for 13:10 to Amsterdam, which then required me to queue with 100's of others to check in, which i did at 13:05 after using my charm to convience the girl at checkout to reopen the flight. So after boarding at 13:45 we got airbourne about 1hr later, so made it to Amsterdam Sat evening, with my bags been sent onto Delhi, as a frequent flyer I had another top, socks and jocks, plus basic toiletries in my hand luggage (always learn from previous experience). So Sun AM I'm back in the airport and boarding a KLM flight the same time I was due to arrive in Hyderabad (btw AMS airport was under snow and the flights after a quick de-icing were hurtling down the runways - Go DAA!).
So arrive in Delhi 12:30AM local time and check into a hotel for 3hrs15mins and 2hrs sleep so i can catch a 06:10am flight to Hyderabad which gets me to the hotel 48hrs after I left my house on Saturday morning and 90mins before my first meeting.
So my plan of a couple of 10k treadmill runs in the hotel Sun & Mon did not happen and a sleep pattern of 4 - 6 - 2 I was on planet spaced for a few days in India, was Weds AM before I had the energy to get out around the hotel grounds at 6:30am for 4k, followed by 5k the next morning and 4M treadmill run on Fri, Saturday was all day travelling from 11:30pm (Fri nite) Irish time, until 7:30pm last nite. With late nights and early mornings I'm sure I've missed about 24hrs sleep in the last week.
Managed to get out for 16.1k this afternoon, body felt surprisingly fresh but the mind wasn't and had to really concentrate.
Oh well, that's the end of my moaning, I take the positives of an easy running week every now and then does no one any haarm and I did have a few runs at 550mts altitude (http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22525671 - here's the link to one of them if anyone is interested in the location).
Anyway tomorrow is the start of training for the Kildare half, so hopefully only 16 weeks of training and 800 miles stand between me and a sub 86!
WTD - 19.6
MTD - 88.60 -
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If you look at the tracklog overlaid on the satellite view of google maps, you can see that GPS watches just aren't great on a tight circular track. It's because the GPS accuracy is typically around 20-30 feet at best, and trackpoints are only recorded every x seconds. Try running in straight lines.
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Race today went pretty much as planned, which was to use as a fast training run. After a chat with Gerard65 and Robinph went off on my normal pre race routine.
Race kicked off and I went through the first couple of k's at 3:45 pace before settling into my pre race plan of 4min k's, pushed on a little on the final lap to move from 60th to 55th I think or 5 places anyway and a few scalps that who were constantly ahead of me last year, finshed with a final k of 3:43 and a sprint finish.
Heard afterwards that the I.T. A team won GradeB and I picked up a 3rd place over 40 - goods days work
Only worry is a little niggle in my left knee which I've had for a few days, didn't notice in the race, but during the warm up and warm down and is a little tender this evening.
Strong race by Robin and the other Boardies seemed happy on a nice morning and a nice course.
Summary: 8.17k in 31:28 (3.51kmpace / 6:11mpace)
Splits: 3:46 / 3:45 / 3:55 / 3:58 / 3:55 / 3:59 / 3:52 / 3:43 / 0:31
AvHR: 170 - MaxHR: 1790 -
13.2k today over 2 runs - headed out for my LSR this morning and had to head back after a mile, my knee was too sore. So it was home for some TLC, NSAID's and RICE.
Hopped on the treadie for 10k this evening with a knee brace on and managed to run fairly comfortably, think I run on the treadie for the next few days so I can bail if needed, will make a call re the 3k Tues.
WTD: 43.8
MTD: 132.40 -
BeepBeep67 wrote: »13.2k today over 2 runs - headed out for my LSR this morning and had to head back after a mile, my knee was too sore. So it was home for some TLC, NSAID's and RICE.
Hopped on the treadie for 10k this evening with a knee brace on and managed to run fairly comfortably, think I run on the treadie for the next few days so I can bail if needed, will make a call re the 3k Tues.
WTD: 43.8
MTD: 132.4
I would advise getting off your feet as threadmill can be just as hard especially on the knee as it is still bearing weight on every stride. If you can get to a gym or pool i recommend a cross trainer or aqua running for a few days will maintain your fitness while the leg heals up. Many injuries can be avoided if proper precautions are taking once niggles appear.Pain is a message to your brain to warn you to stop before severe damage is done Hope it gets better soon0 -
I would advise getting off your feet as threadmill can be just as hard especially on the knee as it is still bearing weight on every stride. If you can get to a gym or pool i recommend a cross trainer or aqua running for a few days will maintain your fitness while the leg heals up. Many injuries can be avoided if proper precautions are taking once niggles appear.Pain is a message to your brain to warn you to stop before severe damage is done Hope it gets better soon
You're probably right - I did spend a good few years stopping and starting running at every little twinge after a back problem. This time around I've sworn to keeping going unless life treatening
. Will give this low mileage for a fews days and extra TLC and make a call then. 0 -
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Knee holding up surprisingly well, so made the decision to head down to Rathdrum for this one, popped a couple of Ibu's before leaving the house as a precaution.
Normal warm up routine and joined by Slogger Jogger for the 2nd warm up lap. The course was a 2 x 1500mt triangle affair, with an uphill and downhill on the 2 long sides and fairly flat across the top, with the start and finish half way up the uphill section.
Got off to a decent start and clocked the first k in 3:24, the second was tougher and included the full 600mts of the uphill section so this was 3:48, was starting to push on now and was helped by a group of 3 ahead of me and I passed them fairly easily, I'd like to think my last k was 3:10, but the Garmin clocked the distance at 2.94k and a finishing time of 10:23. Extrapolated to 3k that would be 10:36 which would be an M40 PB by 1 sec (so not claiming a sub 10:30 3k just yet) and 16 secs ahead of my early season form last year.
Gave my new Brooks ST4's (2010) a run out - very pleased with these, hopefully many happy racing miles to be had in the neaar future.
No reaction from the knee, although it was straight into the knee support after the race.
Summary: 2.94k in 10:23, AvHR 168, MaxHR 178, 2nd over 40 and a yoga mat for my troubles. 0 -
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