The rocky road to my first Half...

the drifter

Hi all

Little bit of background. Ex powerlifter. Training jujitsu about 1.5 years now. Im running about 3 months as i needed to get my fitness up for a grading and well im hooked! ive dont a 5k a 10k and a relay leg in the cork marathon. Id like to attempt my first half sometime this year. I havent decided which one yet as there are so many!

I'm going to follow the Hal Higdon novice program. if i can find a balance between it and jujitsu ill be happy. Ill be switching some of the days around slightly. All thoughts and advice are welcome!

Today:

3 mile run.

Also spent some quality time with a foam roller tonight...

itsallaboutheL

RayCun

Welcome on board. What kind of times did you have for the 5 and 10k? What are you aiming for in the half?

the drifter

the 5k was 26 min
the 10k was 1hr 3 min ( things went really wrong here :P )
and the 5.3 miles in cork was 47 minutes...

ill be happy to complete the half in under 2 hours to be honest.

the drifter

Tonight

Jujitus 1hr 30 min.

metamorphosis

Never thought i'd see you over here!

Best of luck with the new log, the half and maybe afterwards, maybe even a marathon??!!

you said you were aiming for longford in sept? Maybe Dublin Mara in Oct?

Anyway - best of luck.

the drifter

Thank you very much!

i never thought id see myself over here...alot has changed in the past year!!!

im aiming for around the aug/sept time for my first half...not sure which one yet...it all depends on work/training...

I dont know about a full just yet!!! maybe limerick next year :P

the drifter

Tonight

Cross training...30 min on the road bike covering 8 miles...nothing too hetic

the drifter

Tonight

3m run tonight...nothing special. going to have to do my 4 mile tomorrow i think ive a funeral to go to sunday.

I also did a weights session this morning

shazkea

Good luck with the training for the half and it'll be no bother to you to do it sub-2

the drifter

shazkea wrote: »

Good luck with the training for the half and it'll be no bother to you to do it sub-2

Thank you!

sub 2 will be an achievement for me!

BrokenMan

good luck with the training. Loads of choice for a half in Augist/September. galway, longford, national half, addidas race series in dublin off the top of my head. Im sure there are more. Just pick one and go for it. Did my first half in waterford last December and definitely one of my running highlights, not that the time was anything special. Only problerm is you probably wont be happy and will keep hearing that little voice asking how hard a full can be.

the drifter

4 miler

35:40


I got this all wrong...i had no watch so i was using a timer cliped to my belt...the first 2 miles i ran too fast...but the last mile i had cramped badly..i walked about 100 meters of it...glad i still kept it at around a 9 minute mile though

P.S me no lilke the heat

the drifter

Tonight

some weight training and a 3 miler...

was al pearl jam last night....seriously hungover today :P

the drifter

Tonight

another 3 miles. was meant to have jujitus afterwards but there was a fire at our dojo and its only a week old!

the drifter

Today

4 miles.....i really dont like the heat!!!...week 2 of the program down and all seems well so far!

Ive also put my entry in for the dublin 10 mile and half marathon too.

MoonDancer

Hi,
I'm starting week two myself of the novice plan. I do kickboxing twice a week, so at the moment I'm only running 3 times a week.
Good luck with the log

the drifter

Tonight

3.87 miles...run felt great this evening....read my training program wrong and though it was a 2 mile run...looked at the program at 5:23 and just thought ah S*it :P

the drifter

Tonight

Cross fit Fran. 21/15/9 40kg thrusters/pullups 14:32

HIIT

30 min of intervals on the bike

4 sets of pulldown abs after

the drifter

Tonight

3.5 mile in 30 min 51 seconds

metcon

11 rounds of cindy in 15 minutes....5 pullups 10 pushups 15 bw squats...ewwwhhhh


30:51 works out at an average of 8.85 minutes or something like 8 min 50 seconds per mile....this is my first time my average was below 9 minutes well happy with it... shows some progress...ive decided to do a metcon a day for july... i regret this now..

the drifter

10 mile cycle on the road bike

metcon

60kg front squat 21x24kg kettle bell swings 20 situps for rounds for time...4 rounds in 15 minutes...a poor performance

5 mile run tomorrow looking forward to it!

the drifter

Today

5 miles 50 min on the button

horrible run...weather was awful and i messed up my carbs this morning too...

walked a decent bit between 2.5 -3.5

but the last 1.5 miles were acutally the best of the whole run...

the drifter

Did the 3.5 mile on monday

Last night 20 minutes on the road bike

Im in call this week so very little sleep being had. Im due to do a 3.5 mile tonight....but i aint been to bed yet with work so not looking good

metamorphosis

the drifter wrote: »

Did the 3.5 mile on monday

Last night 20 minutes on the road bike

Im in call this week so very little sleep being had. Im due to do a 3.5 mile tonight....but i aint been to bed yet with work so not looking good

That sucks balls ... i'd hate to be bo on call with a job. That's why i am enjoying my freedom while it lasts. I do not think i can push off the *real*& world any longer. Damn should have done a masters!

the drifter

Today

5 miles 48 minutes

Ran this 5 miler by myself and it couldnt have gone better...first day with my garmin 305 and its brilliant for keeping the pace... there was a 2 minute stop in the middle of this to take on water and respond to a call ( still on call till 9am tomorrow ) im delighted i got this in thought this week had gone to waste...i honestly felt i could have kept going easily after the 5 mile!

shazkea

the drifter wrote: »

Today

5 miles 48 minutes

Ran this 5 miler by myself and it couldnt have gone better...first day with my garmin 305 and its brilliant for keeping the pace... there was a 2 minute stop in the middle of this to take on water and respond to a call ( still on call till 9am tomorrow ) im delighted i got this in thought this week had gone to waste...i honestly felt i could have kept going easily after the 5 mile!

Well done on the run and sounds like you really enjoyed it. Gotta love Garmins - I think it has def been one of my best purchases to date!

the drifter

Last night

4 miles... 38 minutes...with hills..

another good run...

Wonkagirl

the drifter wrote: »

Last night

4 miles... 38 minutes...with hills..

another good run...

god that's brilliant going, you're flying it!

what kind of garmin did you buy? i'm in the market for one at the moment. where is the best place to buy, online or in a store? today is the first day of my new running training, need to get from 5km (28 mins) to 16km with hills in 6 weeks- in time for gaelforce!

the drifter

Hi there i bought a 305 and i got it from pixmania.ie came in at roughly 200 delivered and had it in 2 days....so far a good investment and i havent started uploading it to google maps or anything yet

Wonkagirl

the drifter wrote: »

Hi there i bought a 305 and i got it from pixmania.ie came in at roughly 200 delivered and had it in 2 days....so far a good investment and i havent started uploading it to google maps or anything yet

pixmania are great.. gonna bite the bullet and purchase now. I really only want the basic model though, for pace etc..

What are you at now tonite training wise? rain has come in!

the drifter

Tonight ive jujitsu! and a metcon at some stage... not due to run again till thursday

the drifter

jujitsu last night and 17k of mountain biking this morning....least my cross training is interesting!

the drifter

4 miles in 41 minutes including 3 1 min stops to stretch my calves as they were in bits from MTB'ing yesterday...

it appears im quite happy holding a 10 min mile pace :P

the drifter

6.2 miles in 61 minutes.... done the 6.2 just to get the 10k in...

im starting to not feel as bad about the 10 miler :P

the drifter

4 miles last night in 44 minutes...my stomach started playing up at 2.7 miles..so much so that i emptied the contents of it into a bin...dunno what happened really...the 4 miles felt harder than the 10k on saturday...

the drifter

4 miles in 37 minutes tonight...in the lashing rain and after a gym session and i loved every minute of it...havent ran in rain like that since cork....

alot of people out running tonight and ive started to get "the nod" from other runners...

the drifter

edit: also jujitsu last night too

the drifter

Saturday 5k in 27 minutes

tonight 4.5 miles in 43 minutees....well happy with this time...

the drifter

another 4.5 miles tonight inm 44 minutes....

7 miler coming up on sunday...

the drifter

Today

7 miles 1hr 14 minutes...kept it as best to 11 min mile i could for this...felt grand afterwards...was soooo tempted too push on for the ten mile.


edit:this is also the longest distance ive ever ran

the drifter

Right was on call last week and got a bad week of it and was at a wedding the weeknd...so just did 3 miles last night to losen out again...plan is too do a 5 miler wednesday and a 9 miler the weekend...

metamorphosis

Where are you doing Jujitsu?

the drifter

Waza kai jujitsu
Under mike carroll
St geard street


PM me if ya want details around costs etc as i dont want people to think im shilling here :P

the drifter

Wewdnesday

horrible 5 miler...at the end i finally gave in to the stubboreness and realised i was sick

Today

9 miles in 1hr 36 minutes...the aim for the 10 miler was 1:40 ill be doing well to hit it...

Today wasnt the best run ever but its a distance PB. Fair warm out there too.

dunno what too do now for the week up to the 10 miler...

metamorphosis

id say get two short runs on over the week - maybe tue nand thurs. Something like a 4 miler and a 3 miler and rest on friday and you set up for saturday. Maybe a CT session in between.

the drifter

So im out for tomorrow...the last 2 weeks have been useless training wise coupled with some very stressful work projects and losing my running partner for tomorrow at the 11th hour ive just no interest in driving 2hrs to dublin by myself at 6am...ill look to get

from here im going to drop my LSR'S back to 8 miles 9 10 and 11 before the half as i missed my eight and was not happy with my 9 i feel i will really need the 4 weeks of decent training and to get all my runs in if im going to attempt the half.

itsallaboutheL

You were right not to do it.

But you better nail that ****ing half!

the drifter

edit: dont think i can say that in here its not fitness :P

claralara

Pity about today but best of luck over the next few weeks with the Half training.

the drifter

Yesterday

30 min cross training HIIT on the bike and some conditioning stuff in UL just to losen up and get the mind clear again

Today

8 mile in 1hr 23 min im delighted with this..some nice hills in it aswell.

the drifter

4.7 miles tonight 45 min. second session of the day too.