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Thursday:
Yawn. Its catching up on me. Had a bit of physio yesterday to try and ease out my legs. Then ran this morning and undid all the good work.
4 miles 34 mins (slow), but didnt try to run fast anyway, I could feel the strain in my calves and my hip hurts. Mortality sucks.
Legs are stiff now but nothing worse than marathon training did last year.0 -
God Ive been slack in keeping this updated.
Friday:
Half hour turbo, no hrm, it was on the blink again. But sweaty anyway.
Saturday:
4 mile run 32mins. Pushed it towards the end. Must start sprints/fartlek/tempo. Must must must.
Sunday:
20mile bike, approx hour and a half. 1000m swim. 35 mins. Yeah, I know, slow. But getting there.
Monday:
Circuits. Pushups, unnamed weight exercise, crunches, rope whip, ball roll (hard), ball throw crunch, bent over row, reverse lunge with pull up, weight exercise, squats. 3min continuous of 30 second circuits. Fun. Sweaty but not excruciatingly hard. My quads are weak/fatigued though, I noticed it on the squats and lunges.0 -
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Having trouble fitting in weights right now, its a real issue, the kb classes have moved to a time I cant do and I miss them. Am trying to make 12 hours of training fit into 10 hours of time.
The turbo is a tacx sirius, I paid £140 sterling to the UK crowd I got the bike from. Theyre cheaper on chain reaction cycles tho. Happy with it, it is quiet alright.0 -
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Was a bit edgy heading into this race, as I havent trained specific for it, and having done it last year, I had a time to match or beat. Pressure...:)
The morning was cold but perfect running weather. The first five k, over the bridge, along the quay and out the rosslare road were lovely, relaxed and easy. 7.3mm pace. (What I didnt realise was the wind was at my back, helping). Got passed by a guy pushing a buggy at 3k, which was the best p-taking I ever saw at a race.
But sinnottstown hill knocked the stuffing out of me, I kinda knew it would. By the time I got to the top of whiterock, my legs were burning and I was seriously out of breath, in spite of slowing down a lot (9.3mm). Even heading down the hill wasnt a break, as the wind was in our faces. Took a gel then to try and get the legs back.
The middle section was ok, I know the route, the only bit that hurt was going up the hill past the racecourse. The downhill stretch from there I used to try and get my pace back up and gain the time I lost. The traffic cones were a great idea, even though the walkers were in the way a lot. After that I felt the worst was over, carcur hill was just a nice plod, no pressure, back under 8mm pace. I didnt realise the main street was quite so long, but at that stage, nearly done so just pushed on. I knew I was running a similar time to last year, and couldnt do much about it. Along the quay to the finish there was no chance of a sprint, the wind was making going very hard. Crossed the line in 1hr 44, just one minute faster than last year. Not a pb, but god, you could never pb with all those hills. 0 -
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Yeah, I noticed not to many women got in in front of me, so cant have been too bad. Undecided about DCM, its a big training commitment, and Im kinda in Adventure race/ triathlon mode. But never say never! Im still racking my brains to figure out which person on whiterock you were.Great run oryx, conditions were tough out there with the wind. I think times in general were a bit slower so that's a great run altogether. Any DCM plans this year? You doing dcm? 0 -
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I'm sure I did see ya, OI, but not well enough to pick you out in a line up. Next time, eh?
Monday:
Sea swim. Borrowed a wetsuit as mine hasnt arrived yet. Swam 750m along the shoreline, I found it hard going and it was very stop/start for me. Waves throw you around a bit and the salt is horrible, but just a matter of getting used to it. The buoyancy was a real advantage though. The only thing that wasnt an issue was cold, only my feet felt it.
Did a 5 mile run afterwards to warm up, which was easy at first but then my co runners picked up the pace. Legs ached afterwards, but was good.
Tuesday:
An easy training night with the girls. Bit of spinning on the bike, pushups, situps. Wasnt motivated to do more, I needed a rest.0 -
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If its that cold you are using a lot more energy to stay warm and work out especially in choppy conditions. My first OW dip was on Monday and the cold, coupled with putting on a 9 month dormant wetsuit, had my shoulders feeling fairly tired when I went swimming in the pool Tuesday.
Fair play to you going for a run afterwards! We all just shivered our way back to the car heaters
Nice piece on Jude in the CW by the way, I enjoyed it.. even if your 'tenses didn't match at times' meh
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Thanks Have another swim on Monday, please god it wont be as rough, or as cold!
Friday: Four mile run. 33 or so minutes, but felt much better than the previous one yesterday. Am tied to home with sick children this week, so its hard to get any other training done.
Saturday: Another run, 5 miles this time. 42 mins. The hills had me gasping but otherwise a nice run, enjoyed it. Hopefully weather and kids permitting, Ill get my bike run in tomorrow. Have roar next Saturday, and am underprepared, as usual. 0 -
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Monday:
Sea swim. Dead calm this week, but the water was filthy. Am never happy stop start swimming as usual. Felt like I didnt work very hard, but got in and did a bit at least. Did an easy 5k run, again going easy on myself, I could have done 10k 0 -
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ROAR
My second ever adventure race. Somehow, I thought that because Id done one already, this would be easier. I should have realised that the guys who create these races dont do easy. Shorter it may have been, but good god it was as hard as WAR.
Roar began with a 300m run to the kayaks. I had asked another very strong girl to pair with me for the boat, but even staying with her on the initial sprint took it out of me. I went in front in the kayak, letting her steer, and we went hell for leather. My split for that stage was 19.48, I think we did good. I let the other girl sprint off then, I was pooped and couldnt stay with her! Good start to the race for both of us tho.
Onto the bike and my weakness showed. I lost a lot of places, but felt good, no cramping, and began the first run strong. The uphill drag took it out of me, and I walked a bit, but ran down from the dibbing point.
The beach run was heavy goin, I walked for short sections, but once coming back I ran it all. Lost a few mins getting water, then back onto the bike, which felt like a rest at first. But wow, what a hellish ride. Nice and gentle first, but the last few kms were a horrible, horrible climb. Got off once but it was as hard to walk so climbed back on and suffered it. Was dead on my feet beginning the next run, which started downhill. Grand, says I. But it was downhill with no trail, just bog and rock and heather. I couldnt run. The uphill stage was a slow slog too. I only ran once over the crest with T3 in sight. And even that was technical enough for a road runner like me :)The final bike section started downhill but on a bonebreaking rough surface, which was lethal and shook me and my bike to bits. Was praying not to puncture there. I was pretty tired, but pushed it as much as I could for the final bike. Even though the hills really sapped my strength and I was very slow. I really found it harder than I expected. Got to the finish, ready to throw up, in a time of 4h 46. My kayak partner was a half hour ahead of me, which just makes me want to train harder for the next one. I hate bein so far back in the pack. Am truly addicted now. Roll on the next AR!0 -
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