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Oisin11178

You doing anything long the weekend aimann?

Aimman

Oisin11178 wrote: »

You doing anything long the weekend aimann?

I'm flying out to Germany on a training course on Saturday Morning for a few days. Planning on meeting menoscemo in Tymon tomorrow evening about 6 for a 14M run. Might help me sleep to get over the excitment of catching a plane Fancy joining us?

Oisin11178

Haha i dont even know where tymon is plus the england game is on at that time-ish. Ill arrange ironetigni with you guys soon though:-)

Oisin11178

Last run (probably) for 1 week. Wanted just to do another handy run but decided againest it at the start. Changed my mind to do a few fast miles then take it handy. Was tough as im very tired at the moment.
6.44
6.49
7.29
7.32
7.48
7.53
7.56
7.52
7.58
8.30
8.23
8.26
8.26
8.29
8.30
Ive drained the bottom of the petrol tank. Happy with those first 2 miles.
15 miles in 7.56 average. Heart rate was 167 average. Couldnt get it down after dirt couple of miles but felt ok.

Oisin11178

15 miles not observing pace or heartrate. I ran at what i felt was a comfortable pace. I thought it was around 8-8.15.
7.59
7.51
7.46
7.39
7.44
7.44
7.42
7.41
7.42
7.44
7.48
7.50
7.45
7.34
7.45
7.45 average. Rest now till saturday.

RAL3

Ral3 my arch enemy:-)
I owe you a beating on a finishing straight soon bud:-*

Adamstown 5m 2009 - ah the memories......................

Krusty_Clown

Oisin11178 wrote: »

7.45 average. Rest now till saturday.

Phenomenal mileage you're doing. You'll easily hit 2k for the year. What's on Saturday? Are you doing Portumna or just taking a break till Saturday?

Oisin11178

Bad day for me. Sick as a dog on the course. Couldnt keep anything down. Got badly dehydrated and had to run walk from 18 miles. Dug deep and finished in 3.42. Worst i ever felt in my life.
Have to say though it was a great day otherwise, great course and great craic. Just wasnt my day. Should have known at the start as my heart rate was high and i was standing still.
Also i was leading the marathon for a couple of miles:D

theboyblunder

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Bad day for me. Sick as a dog on the course. Couldnt keep anything down. Got badly dehydrated and had to run walk from 18 miles. Dug deep and finished in 3.42. Worst i ever felt in my life.
Have to say though it was a great day otherwise, great course and great craic. Just wasnt my day. Should have known at the start as my heart rate was high and i was standing still.
Also i was leading the marathon for a couple of miles:D

Hard luck Oisin

Yesterday was not a day for marathon running.

Oisin11178

theboyblunder wrote: »

Hard luck Oisin

Yesterday was not a day for marathon running.

Na it was my own fault, ive run myself into the ground. I knew it was coming. 3 races marathons in quick succesion. Something had to give. Ill pull back the milage now and run only easy miles. Looks like Longford is off the cards for starters.

Oisin11178

First run since portumna.
8.51
8.45
8.44
8.32
8.26
8.23
8.12
8.01
8.02
8.06
8.17
11 miles in 1.32.26
Happy enough with that. Eased myself back into things and felt good. Average heart rate 151. A little high but it will go down when i am fully recovered

theboyblunder

Oisin11178 wrote: »

First run since portumna.
8.51
8.45
8.44
8.32
8.26
8.23
8.12
8.01
8.02
8.06
8.17
11 miles in 1.32.26
Happy enough with that. Eased myself back into things and felt good. Average heart rate 151. A little high but it will go down when i am fully recovered

Good to see you are still in good shape. With your appetite for marathons I'll believe youre out of longford on the day only Rest up.

Oisin11178

Have you decided weather to do longford yet?

theboyblunder

ssssshhhhhhhhhh. my achilles will hear you

yes - if it holds. came through 14 miles with 13 @ pmp last night. HR much higher than normal but encouraging nonetheless. what about you?

Oisin11178

Yeah always planned on doing it but probably not racing. Raced 4 this year with 3 pbs. Need some rest and low milaie for a while to get boy lower i think. Where are you staying down there. I cant fine any hotels with rooms available.

theboyblunder

good stuff. have you checked all the places on this site?
http://www.longfordmarathon.com/acc.htm

Im in the longord arms.

If you're stuck you could get a b&b anywhere around, then get a joe to longford and you can use my room as a base beforehand for changing, using the jacks etc and we can head to the line from there (assuming im fit).

If I cant run I will let you know before cancelling the room so you can rebook straight away. Two mates are coming down with me (not running) so there should be pints later.

Oisin11178

Yeah tried all the usual hotels. Have not got access to a laptop at the moment as mine is borked. Ill have a look at b and bs but i have them:-)

seanynova

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Very similar in my opinion. A few miles in the city. Jack lynch tunnel made my gps have a nervous breakdown. The river section was exactly like the narrow river section in Limerick and about the same lenght. Then worked our way back into the city. The profiles of the 2 courses was fairly similar, no hills to speak of.
Finishes were similar, on the main street.
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hey oisin, above is you description of similarities between dublin and cork marathons, have you done dublin?

im curious to know how dublin compares to cork? elevation mainly, and how would the hills in dublin compare to the hills of cork, eg pheonix park be similar to model farm raod or something like that?

cheers...hard luck in portumna also by the way, you are unlucky this year with the weather!

Oisin11178

Thats my comparison of cork and limerick.
Id rate dublin slightly harder than cork. No real hills to speak of, i think the majority of the inclines in dublin though are in the second esp the 1 at ucd. Id rate limerick cork and dublin as flatish.

Oisin11178

I set out feeling sorry for myself. Wasnt well the weekend but it still knocked my confidence.
8.21
8.25
8.21
8.19
8.17
8.11
7.59
7.59
7.59
7.51
7.55
7.51
7.48
7.40
6.45
Got stronger and stronger and had loads left. Feel a bit better now. Average of 7.58

RacoonQueen

I may be heading to Longford to run the half there so might see you there. Any hotel I checked dates for was already sold out. If we both end up a bit away from the start we could share a taxi in?(does Longford have cars? :pac: )

Oisin11178

Rq there are loads of rooms left in the longford arms. They are just not available on the website. I rang today and booked a room.

RacoonQueen

Yeah, I sent them an enquiry just after I posted that. See you in Longford so! Are you doing any of the 32 marathons? I'm still tempted to do the Dublin one but don't fancy paying 25 quid to lap the Phoenix Park...

Oisin11178

I had a look at the website and could not see where you can do them for 25 blips. How does it work?

RacoonQueen

You just register on active europe and that goes towards your 'charity donation'

http://www.activeglobal.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails_V2&E=86024&Lang=EN&CountryLanguage=EN_GL

Oisin11178

13.1 miles in the irish multimarathon.
~1.40.
The most horrific weather Ive ever run in. Strong strong breeze. Made up my mind not to try and pb. Upto 9 miles my average was about 7.20 a mile and went through 10km in ~45 mins.

Oisin11178

Was absolutly coasting and enjoying it. Last 4 miles into the strongest breeze Ive ever run im slowed me down 1.30 a mile. Like something out of a disaster movie. Good crack though.

theboyblunder

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Was absolutly coasting and enjoying it. Last 4 miles into the strongest breeze Ive ever run im slowed me down 1.30 a mile. Like something out of a disaster movie. Good crack though.

yeah - awful conditions yesterday, best to slow down as you did rather than exhaust yourself for a time you would beat easily on a calm day.

Oisin11178

The 1.40 i did id say was the same as approx 1.35ish on a calm day on that course.
Lost 6 mins in the last 4 and a bit miles.
A friend who was looking for sub 1.40 after 1.40.xx in kildare finished in over 2 hours.

Oisin11178

Up since 5.30. Worked 12 hours. Time for 10 miles.
Decided to run at about 145 heart rate.
8.12
8.15
8.12
8.19
8.22
8.18
8.19
8.15
8.25
7.54
Average 8.15 with average heart rate of 147. Felt good during run.