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Sorry, I thought you said get faster before the 100th Marathon
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Oisin11178 wrote: »Eamonn getting quicker every night. Im on the verge off pulling out. DRAMA !!!!!!!
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When you didn't at half way today you won't in the morning. See u monday evening in your manchini
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Another lazy start, up at 8 for the porridge and coffee and back to the bed to surf the net and keep the legs relaxed. Up at 11 for peanut butter on toast and more coffee before Frank surfaces. Johnny headed off early to make the 12pm start.
At 2pm we were lined up again, but one less than yesterday as another runner (RuningCoach) had to pull out through injury. Now we're down to 21.
I had Zero salt tablets in a little tube and I thought I'd keep them in it as I had nothing to wrap a couple in. Ger O'Brien also gave me a salt capsule and I planned to take it at mile 6. Because it was very warm, I wanted to make sure I was topping up the salt. I had also intended to start off easy and just finish comfortably because of the heat.
No niggles at the start and the pace went quite handy. groups seem to thin out a bit quicker now and you'd be lucky to see three people running together.
6 miles and time for the salt capsule. I popped open the tube and tilted it only to find that the three salt tablets were pounded to dust from all the shaking and I ended up with half of it on my sticky hand. Luckily there was no one around to see me frantically licking the dust off my hand like a kid getting the most out of his packet of sherbert dip!
Approaching mile nine, I felt in great form. I was overtaking people who were finishing ahead of me for the last couple of days. Obvious sign that I was going faster than planned, but the body felt great and I was in a comfortable running rhythm that didn't seem to exert much energy so I decided to just keep with the flow. At the mile 9 water station I had a gel and passed Frank who was negotiating a drink of isotonic on a dodgy stomach.
At mile 10, I was passing Denzel and met a surprised looking RunningCoach who told me I was well up the field. Still feeling great at this point, so I thought I'd keep it going until I could feel the pace drop off, but at the same time, I wasn't pushing myself at a silly speed.
Passed Halfway in 2:02, 7 minutes quicker than yesterday and 13 minutes quicker than Day 1. I did the customary maths of doubling it and adding ten minutes as a guide to the best I could get out of this but doubted if I'd be anywhere near 4:14 because the pace could drop off at any time. I stopped at the car to pick up the MP3 player and a bottle of Lucozade which had a salt tablet already in it. Just around the corner, the chairman of the UK 100 Marathon club, Roger Biggs was standing outside a shop just unwrapping a Magnum (the ice cream
) and casually nodded to Steve Gibson up ahead and said 'you can take him' All I was thinking was 'I can take your Magnum'! but still went on to pass Steve a couple of hundred yards up the hill.
I had passed Shane McCarville just after the 10M point and had him tagging on not too far behind me since. When I got the the 16M water station, I took another gel and just poured the remainder of the 'salt dust' into the lucozade, topped it up with some water and got going again. By mile 17 I realised that I was now running to keep Shane behind me, not because I wanted to and the effort was starting to take it's toll on me. It was time to get back to reality, so I slowed to a walk and let Shane pass. Right, the pressure was off. Back to running sensibly because the sun had come out again and things were heating up once more.
At each water station I was topping up the lucozade with water. Although I was diluting it, it wasn't going to run out too quickly and I'd be getting some regular intake of salts. Along the remainder of the course, cars were pulling up offering water and coke which went down a treat. At the 23M mark, I had a pitstop only to discover that despite the large quantities of water, Lucozade and coke I was taking on board, I was still quite dehydrated. Nevertheless, it wasn't affecting my running. I now had Denzel gaining behind me and with 3 miles left, I was damned if I was going to let another person pass by (The auld competitive streak was kicking in). There is a bit of a sly hill from 23 to 25 and as I kept running, I could see the gap increasing so I was happy out.
Another bottle of Coke at 25M and I was ready for the winding road back to the town. I knew the course was 26.4M so there was no point in looking at the watch and trying to guestimate the finish. When I approached the finish gantry, I was shocked to see I was coming in at 4:16. It gave me a great boost and celebrated again with the jump over the line.
Again, the first priority was to get a protein shake and straight to the massage table. She found a few knots that weren't giving me any trouble but worked on them to make sure they wouldn't.
Day three was a big success. A lot better than I was expecting, but I'm not even halfway, A lot can still happen but still thinking positive. Plenty of R&R yesterday evening with the other guys.
Let's see what today brings....:D So far it has brought a few clouds which is excellent!!!!:cool::cool::cool::cool:
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career_move wrote: »Good stuff Aimman
The running is getting better every day as well as the race reports
Keep up the good work you lunatic
Yep, everything that K says! Ya lunatic! 0 -
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Marathon 68 - Day 4 of the 10in10
Warm one today, we were warned from early on. I had no salts since I snorted all the Zero powder yesterday and there was feck all chance of finding a sports shop open in Limerick before 12 on a Sunday.
All going well, I was going to take it handy and not overdo it in the hot weather. Only problem is that the morning started off cloudy and I thought we were going to get away with it. Just as the race started, the clouds disappeared leaving me in a black tee shirt with no sun cream. This should be fun.
Legs were feeling very fresh and ran the first few hundred meters with ThomasB before thinking I'd save running a race with him until later in the week
For the first 9 miles, I was doing just under 9 min miles and the possibility of a 4:10 finish but I had to stop and talk to the official there about something that was happening back at the 8 mile mark and I got a sense of the heat for the first time. Found it hard then to build back up the speed and had to settle with around 9:30 pace for a while. Coming into the 12M marker, I got a pack of snax off one of the Clonakilty gang for the salts and milled into them like the cookie monster. Passing halfway at 2:04, I grabbed the Lucozade Sport and pocket full of jellies. The heat was really building up now and seemed madness to keep it up for the 2nd half. The remainder of the race generally involved running about 10 min pace and walking some of the hilly sections, tucking into the shaded areas where possible and stopping for a chat to some of the walking people, mates manning the water stations and an old woman carrying a bunch of flowers asking all about the race. Highlight was just before mile 22 when Bob Hilliard handed out a Mr. Freeze to me and I walked for a bit and enjoyed every bit of it.
Coming into the last couple of miles, I could feel the temperature starting to drop and the pace was picking up comfortably and just as the last mile started, the theme for Rocky started on the MP3 player which resulted in running the last mile in 8:44
Crossed the line in 4:34. Very happy with the result. Ended up playing it safe in the heat without taking too much from the legs.
I think in the heat, I might need to forgo the Day 5 fancy dress option, it wouldn't be worth it. Forecast is for 27 degrees.
26.4M in 4:34 (10:22 pace)
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Day 5, the Medals so far.
Warm one today. On top of that, the Right Achilles was a bit swollen and was sore to go up and down stairs unless I kept the foot flat. Turned out to be a bit of tendonitis, but should be manageable once I do some warm up stretches.
Plan today was to again, take it easy in the heat. I had the singlet and baseball cap on ready to battle the heat, compression socks for the calves. During the first mile, the heel/Achilles was giving warning pains but I kept the pace at 10 min miles just to get started. At mile 3 it was time for the Ibuprofen which would need a bit of time to kick in, but as soon as I started running again, it felt ok. The tablets didn't wok that quick, I think the calf had just warmed up by then. What happened after that was a bizzare series of events to turn a marathon into a holiday. Along the way, there was lots of water, coke, orange, sweets and ice pops being handed out. How could I refuse? I decided to walk along the sections where I got some goodies and relax in the heat. Today would be my break from running a marathon. Salt tablet at 6 followed by a Caprisun and just before mile 9, I thought I fell asleep and slipped into a fantasy. Here before me was a lovely tall long legged scantly clad red head offering me a Cornetto. didn't get much better than that
a few bottles of coke / orange and a gel later, I was passing half way at 2:19 and was very happy with a 5 hour finish in the conditions and the feast of food. That was the last time I looked at the watch before the end. Each day is getting very much like the one before, there were no surprises or difficult spots. Because the sun was starting to descend, the shadows were longer and there was more areas of shade to run along, coupled with a drop in temperature. At this point, the speed started to creep back up without me realising it. At mile 24 I looked around and seen Shane McCarville in the distance and put the frighteners on myself that after holding position for practically all the race, I could lose it in the next 20 minutes and took off like a bolt making the last two miles in 9:04 and 8:50. As I approached the finish line I was shocked to see I was finishing in 4:44 despite convincing myself that it would be a 5h+ time. I was delighted, having enjoyed the day, taking it easy and not putting in too much effort and eating junk along the way to the point that I only had one gel during the day, there was enough sugars and carbs in the other stuff I was devouring.
So that was Day 5. so far the only thing to worry about is the Achilles, but with lots of ice, rest and tlc in between races, it should hold out until the end.
Hotter even still for Day 6, lets see what happens
26.4 in 4:44 (10:45 pace)0 -
Very artistic Aimman you are nuts. Tough going in that heat. Keep her lit ....... Or maybe I should say keep her cool in this weather!
Day 5, the Medals so far.
Warm one today. On top of that, the Right Achilles was a bit swollen and was sore to go up and down stairs unless I kept the foot flat. Turned out to be a bit of tendonitis, but should be manageable once I do some warm up stretches.
Plan today was to again, take it easy in the heat. I had the singlet and baseball cap on ready to battle the heat, compression socks for the calves. During the first mile, the heel/Achilles was giving warning pains but I kept the pace at 10 min miles just to get started. At mile 3 it was time for the Ibuprofen which would need a bit of time to kick in, but as soon as I started running again, it felt ok. The tablets didn't wok that quick, I think the calf had just warmed up by then. What happened after that was a bizzare series of events to turn a marathon into a holiday. Along the way, there was lots of water, coke, orange, sweets and ice pops being handed out. How could I refuse? I decided to walk along the sections where I got some goodies and relax in the heat. Today would be my break from running a marathon. Salt tablet at 6 followed by a Caprisun and just before mile 9, I thought I fell asleep and slipped into a fantasy. Here before me was a lovely tall long legged scantly clad red head offering me a Cornetto. didn't get much better than that
a few bottles of coke / orange and a gel later, I was passing half way at 2:19 and was very happy with a 5 hour finish in the conditions and the feast of food. That was the last time I looked at the watch before the end. Each day is getting very much like the one before, there were no surprises or difficult spots. Because the sun was starting to descend, the shadows were longer and there was more areas of shade to run along, coupled with a drop in temperature. At this point, the speed started to creep back up without me realising it. At mile 24 I looked around and seen Shane McCarville in the distance and put the frighteners on myself that after holding position for practically all the race, I could lose it in the next 20 minutes and took off like a bolt making the last two miles in 9:04 and 8:50. As I approached the finish line I was shocked to see I was finishing in 4:44 despite convincing myself that it would be a 5h+ time. I was delighted, having enjoyed the day, taking it easy and not putting in too much effort and eating junk along the way to the point that I only had one gel during the day, there was enough sugars and carbs in the other stuff I was devouring.
So that was Day 5. so far the only thing to worry about is the Achilles, but with lots of ice, rest and tlc in between races, it should hold out until the end.
Hotter even still for Day 6, lets see what happens
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PS what's the deal with your 24.5M marathon?? I reckon that rules you out of the 10 in 10!!
(I'm expecting that was a typo?)
Was just checking you were paying attention Johncareer_move wrote: »Good luck Aimman hope the heel doesn't give you too much grief today
Btw you're getting crazier every day
In this heat, it's a case of Mad Dogs and Englishmen..... woofYou poor thing, that sounds so painful and dispiriting. You're doing great though, a lot of people would be happy with that time on a single marathon with no injury! I can't imagine running in that heat, so kudos for sticking at it and keeping so upbeat. Just four more to go - sure that's only 105 miles - not a bother to you!
105 miles? I'll have to make up a few extra miles somewhereRunningKing wrote: »Wow, what are the chances of this freak weather during this marathon of marathons.
Looking forward to the next 4 reports. Hope the niggles hold up.
Hot weather already seen one more person pull out today. What a time for Ireland to get its share of Global Warming. :rolleyes:
Nah, too cool and short now after the last 7 days. :P
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