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Sorry, I thought you said get faster before the 100th Marathon
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In a desperate attempt to purchase a hamburger from McD's, I was rummaging around the back of the sofa cushions and found this log wedged between an old VHS remote control and a furry square of Dairy Milk. After several attempts of CPR, I managed to bring it back to life. (The log, not the chocolate, which just needed a rub with a baby wipe and it was as good as new)
Saturday 27th Served my old runners with a 'condemned' notice and through the powers of cloning, created two new pairs of GT2160 from the Kildare 'Too Tight to Pay Full price For Old S**te' Retail Village. Black and Gold for this season
Waited for the rain to stop, vigorously plotted a course through dry paths avoiding puddles and mud which would greatly devalue my new bling.
Soles of the feet were on fire at the end. Putting it down to the newness of the in-soles but some would argue I sold my sole a long time ago.
4.6M in 43:59 (9:28 pace, Avg 78% Max HR)
Monday 29th July - 5k in 26:49 (8:39 pace, Avg 78% Max HR) Was happy to see the pace improve without feeling it
Tuesday - 3.9M in 32:38 (8:28 pace Avg 80% Max HR)
Wednesday - 5.1M (oh, longest run since 6MB :eek::eek:) 46:44 (9:08 pace, Avg 88% MAx HR)
Thursday - 5M in 44:12 (8:50 pace 78% MAx HR)
Friday - Mini Taper for the weekend :rolleyes: 3M 27:30 (9:16 pace Avg 82% Max HR)0 -
Saturday: Howth Marathon - Marathon No. 75
After a week long break followed by half hearted runs between 3 - 5 miles, this was going to be an interesting one. forecast was for some heavy showers. From the off I was somewhere in between 8:50 - 9 min miles but I wasn't planning on holding that pace for the whole thing, not with the hill from Sutton to Howth which had to be navigated 4 times.
No sign of any rain, quite the opposite with plenty of sunshine and no suncream. After the first loop, I was heading back out to Sutton Cross and I felt a lot of pain in the toes of the right foot. It was like as if they were broken the pain was that sharp. I was thinking about that clicky bit by the hamstring and I got to thinking all sorts that maybe it was a trapped nerve and was getting mixed up signals from the toes. I wasn't sure about the proper medical names for which toes were hurting but according to page 1334 of the Oxford Medical Reference encyclopedia, they were as follows
The little piggy that stayed at home
The little piggy that ate roast beef
and the little piggy that had none.
I had to stop after 9 miles at Sutton Cross, doubting if I'd be able to carry on beyond the half way mark. I exposed the good people at Sutton Cross to the unrelishing delights of my right sock while bending my toes back and forth like a puppet show version of the Hoky Coky. After a while, the pain went away and so did I. Maybe it was just a strange cramp? Maybe the New Shoes? Maybe I needed a tablespoon of HTFU XL?
At the summit, I had to stop again and do some more toe yoga again. This carried on a few times during the run and every time I came back into Howth harbour, I'd have a auld sit down, scoff some jellies and a drink and then toddle off on my adventure. On the last lap I decided to enjoy myself more as the trauma of stop, de-shoe, stretch was getting a bit more frequent. Passing the dart station, I treated myself to a big ice cream cone and why not?
At Sutton Cross again I felt the need for something different so I took a wander around Superquinn (soon to be Supervalu, but the sausages will still be the same) and in there I seen her.... Amy, chilling out around the checkout counter. How could I resist? As the saying goes, once you go black, you never go back. And she had a great figure and really cool. So myself and Amy left Superquinn and I seen Ann Marie (one of the ten in ten finishers) walking some of the route, so Me and Amy (Amy and I?) decided to join her and talk about the good old days when marathons came one day after the next. Ann Marie was a bit curious about Amy so I couldn't refuse but to share Amy with Ann Marie. So there's me, Ann Marie and Amy enjoying each other's company until I couldn't go on any further and we had to let Ann Marie go ahead. Amy waited patiently while I contorted my toes again but sadly, I had no more need for Amy and I left her behind as I chased after Ann Marie who I managed to overtake with just under two miles left and enjoyed the last freefall into Howth Harbour to finish in about 4:54 in a very relaxed race just to get myself back into the long distances.
Sunday - Zilch
Monday - Nada again
Tuesday - Meh
Wednesday - 3.8M @ 9:07 pace ( Avg 73% Max HR)
Thursday - Decided to get back into some structured training so convinced myself to so some interval training at lunchtime, 8 x 400m with 1 min rest. I was expecting to just keep it between 7 - 7:20 pace for each interval as it has been yonks since I did any speed work long before the 10in10
After a 1M warm up, intervals went
Time Pace
1 1:42 6:50
2 1:43 6:53
3 1:36 6:25
4 1:37 6:31
5 1:43 6:56
6 1:40 6:42
7 1:41 6:45
8 1:42 6:51
So I surprised myself and ran quicker then I had anticipated (was far from comfortable though and probably would have lost my lunch, but didn't have it yet.. Perhaps there's hope for the old guy yet! :-)
I'll leave this entry with a photo of my lovely curvy cool friend who made the Howth Marathon all the more enjoyable....
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Oisin11178 wrote: »I hppe amy ended up in a bin :-D
Don't worry, I let her down and dumped her responsibly. 0 -
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Marthastew wrote: »Definitely a case of the more marathons you run, the wittier your posts become:D:D:D Keep up the good work (running and entertaining posts:))RunningKing wrote: »+1
Some of the best posts (& running) ever on this log.
I'm used to it by now. when I first told people I was going to start running they laughed at me.
I should be so luckyActually thought she was the redhead with the ice pops first :rolleyes:. In fairness, Amy is a redhead too. 0 -
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Well, it looks like Redrunner either doesn't read spoilers, or has a dirty mind
Tuesday - 4.1M in 35:32 (8:40 pace) Probably should have been at recovery pace after the intervals yesterday. Got twinges of clicky hammer on the right leg and tighty hammer on the left.0 -
Well, it looks like Redrunner either doesn't read spoilers, or has a dirty mind
Ha Ha....I didnt read it as it happens but I still would have thanked it cos I thought it was funny!:D..... so it seems both.
Speaking of DIY..Having problems with my own Hammers too....... see what I did there?0 -
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Unfortunately, because of the large volume of running taking place in Radley last week, the allowable daily mileage limit was overwhelmingly exceeded so I was barred from breaking into anything more than a gayful skip alongside the dormitories and cricket pitches dressed in academic regalia shouting 'I say, I'm gobsmacked! jolly good shot old chap'. But last weekend, what happened in Oxford, stayed in Oxford. I believe Slane however, was a different kettle of hashtags but still had people saying 'I say, I'm gobsmacked! jolly good shot old chap'
Monday - 5 miles along the canal at lunchtime. Think people must be training for something, there were a few new red sweaty faces on the tow path
5M in 43:32 (8:42 pace Avg 82% Max HR)
Tuesday Lunchtime : Speed work time again but decided to dig something out from the past. It's ages since I'd have a good Fartlek!
Fartlek sounds irresistibly funny, but not as funny as Diggers close s**tlake he almost encountered today during his training.
1.1M warm up to the canal.
Used the lampposts which were 30M apart as the markers for the runs and although I had planned just five sprints out, I was feeling happy out and stretched it out to 6 distances. So similar to pyramid intervals, I 'iballed' out and jogged back in increasing distances 30M, 60M, 90M all the way out to 180M then in decreasing distances 150M, 120M back down to 30M.
I decided to go back to Fartlek today because unlike the usual intervals I do, I thought that the varying distances would give me the opportunity to run hell for leather for the small distances and see if I can maintain it somewhat as the distance stretches out. End of a long story, the pace was maintained between 4:45 and 5:30 for the sections, but I reckon some of them are not all that accurate due to the watch just settling in by the time the distance is reached, but was a good result and hopefully something that pays off in the future. I'll do this session again .
1.6M cool down afterwards
Tuesday Evening 7M with lots of long drags and some sharp hills thrown into the mix, as if one hard session today was not enough. Was keeping the miles between 8:43 to 8:30 until I ducked into some forest trails and reckon I lost the satellites in the trees for a couple of miles as the pace jumped all over the place (int he wrong direction I might add
). Reckon I ran more than 7M in the time, but I'll take it as it is. (cos I'm good like that 
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7M in 1:04:25 (9:15 pace Avg 83% Max HR)
11.3M for the day and rounded off the last session with some weights, floor and core work. Think I've been neglecting everything above the hips for a while, time for a tune up.0 -
Meant to mention that by the time I hit my longest part of Fartlek yesterday, on the jog back to the start, a guy came past on a bike and said 'fair play to you' and offered me a drink of water. Fair Play to him! Nice chap
Wednesday - Forgot the runners at lunchtime which was a bonus because the legs were phuked from yesterday. Had to wait till evening to bang out 5M at what should have been at recovery rate but the internal rhythm section was going like 90 for most of the run before it finally settled down. Even got abuse from Ultraman1 as he drove past me becuase I was that slow
5M in somewhere just less than 50min, but on a good note
:o:rolleyes::eek:... ah, there is none, but it's early days. 0 -
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Well, there you have it, my log is being lurked by sadistic people ready to pounce with suggestions on making my life hell for other's amusement.......
;)Nice One
Now I know how Jillian 'Let's show the public your poo' McKeever felt in the jungle when everybody voted her every day for the bush tucker trial.Sorry, I thought you said sub 3:30!
Make it happen Eamo!
Jasus Belcarra, tried that twice already. Think maybe I need to get the 100 marathons out of the way first. :rolleyes:RunningKing wrote: »........a sub 5:xx mile.
Move to the opposite scale and focus on the short stuff for a few weeks.
I like your thinking, but maybe I should try to knock out a 6:xx mile first
It can only be "Sorry, I thought you said a 48 hour race"
You know it's going to happen Aimman, don't fight it :pac:
Might be a runner N. (excuse the pun) but I'd be under pressure from Ultraman1 for a 2 day smackdown. (plus I've seen him knock out a good sprint at the end of a 48h slog. :eek:)
Anto, it's very tempting right now, but if they has the race starting on 1st January, I'd be in like Flynn and be the first to hit the 1000M challenge! And also, you'd have to take over my duty of sitting in the pissing of rain until 4am drinking beer each night by a track that was so dark, I couldn't tell if you were still on the track until you had gone past!I THOUGHT YOU SAID 1000 MILES AROUND A GREEK CAR PARK...;) 0 -
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