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Getting Back To My Best
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Weds 13th July, rest day, wrecked from the night before, i gotta stop running so late.
Thurs 14th July, 6 mls easy enough in 49'22 (8'14) around the locality and finished up in the heath. Tried out the new Asics DS trainers, needed something like these halfway between racers and normal runners for tempo's etc and i'll run in them on Saturday. Hit the 1,000 miles at the end. Nice feeling to hit it as early as Bastille Day, 2 months earlier than last year
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Yep its getting clsoe now, if you think about it 11 weeks to go, 2 week taper, that leaves 9 weeks. If your doing 3 weeks hard 1 week easy then your down to 7 weeks training. If you do a prep race week or long pmp thats 6 week training . So berlin is really only 6 weeks away, maybe that will help you get the miles done.Brianderunner wrote: »Fri 15th July, 5 mls lunchtime in the Heath in 40'27 (8'06), felt pretty good. Glad i took that rest day on Wednesday now. Any idea's of racing tomorrow are gone thanks to the bet i have with Meno, which is why i did it in the first place tbh. Depending on the weekend it'll be about a 45 ml week which isnt great at this stage.
1 or 2 lazy week and it could be only 4 weeks. 0 -
shels4ever wrote: »Yep its getting clsoe now, if you think about it 11 weeks to go, 2 week taper, that leaves 9 weeks. If your doing 3 weeks hard 1 week easy then your down to 7 weeks training. If you do a prep race week or long pmp thats 6 week training . So berlin is really only 6 weeks away, maybe that will help you get the miles done. 1 or 2 lazy week and it could be only 4 weeks.
$hite and you said my countdown was freaking you out :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:0 -
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TheRoadRunner wrote: »Personally I think you should forget about the bet. I'm sure meno would be willing to change the parameters to allow you run 30 minutes instead of 32. Why not head off at 30 minute pace, should be more than doable up to 4 miles and if you loose time then so what? at least you tried. The first year I ran Dublin (3.02) I ran 29.30 on that exact same course. So that could be a bench mark!
I should i know yeah and i'd probably break 30 if i went for it flat out but I don't fancy it this time round, i never seem to run well in the Pheno. I'll find a flat one over here instead. Meno would make me pay half as a get out clause again.shels4ever wrote: »Yep its getting clsoe now, if you think about it 11 weeks to go, 2 week taper, that leaves 9 weeks. If your doing 3 weeks hard 1 week easy then your down to 7 weeks training. If you do a prep race week or long pmp thats 6 week training . So berlin is really only 6 weeks away, maybe that will help you get the miles done. 1 or 2 lazy week and it could be only 4 weeks.
Christ when you say it like that :eek: My run in the Reading half in March gives me sub 3 with Mcmillan so its only a matter of maintaining form until Berlin 0 -
Sat 16th July, 5 miler Phoenix Park.
Didnt do much more than 600m warm up for this as I had cycled down from DCU. Lined up beside Chinguetti halfway in the first pen and headed off at my planned tempo pace (around 6'20-6'25). It was slow and congested the first 800m but i got up to speed after a mile and tipped along at this speed. It wasnt easy but then again tempo runs aren't supposed to be. Saw metamorphosis not too far ahead of me after 2 mls and reckoned i could go past him but my pace was limited by the bet I had with Meno (me to run 31'55 and himself to run 33'55). Plenty of runners i ran with in Donore and Dunshaughlin were within touching distance of me too but they can wait for another day. Started to feel easy enough up the S bends and the Kyber was fine. Ral3 passed me up the kyber, only for me to pass him again as my pace dropped below the bet pace. However he passed me again the last 100yards as i coasted in to stop the garmin in 31'55 (c'est magnifique), howver the chip time bizarrely shows 32'11. Ok i started the watch a second or 2 late but no more. Obviously i could have gone faster but by how much. Jill Hodgins (who was 3 seconds ahead of me in DS but 20 secs behind me in Donore ran 30'00, so it would have been a close run thing if i had been attempting the sub 30. No regrets i didn't race it though. I won the bet alright but its all a little dodgy with the chip times
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/100077316
Quite disappointed overall with the race and I will be avoiding it in the future if it takes this route. Chesterfield was fine and always gave the race series a "big race feel" like a big city marathon, but Saturday was nothing like it, reminded me of the Simon 5 last year. Flights are already booked for the 10 mile, and i'm entered so it would be a shame to waste the money, a 10 mile MP run over there will be perfect training for me anyway. Saturday was the 6th race I have flown home for in 6 months, a shocking statistic!
Sun 17th July, Met up with Meno, Chinguetti, Aimman and Jcsmum to run the Frank Duffy 10 mile route. A little bit hungover but nothing major. I've really turned into a lightweight since i started training properly. Ah well its a tradeoff i'm happy enough with. Anyway a little over 10 mls in 1'35'09 (9'13). Enjoyable run, lucky to avoid the worst of the rain. The 10 mile course is ok, not pb potential though, if you have a pb worthy of the name that is.
Weekly Review, 45 mile and 6 runs. Ok week, considering i had to take a rest day Weds due to exhaustion. Nice to hit the 1k on Thursday and nail the tempo Saturday.
Yearly Mileage, 1022 miles.
Mon 18th July, 6.5 mls in the driving rain, usual Monday evening run down to Regents and back. Despite being soaked i did 8 x 100m strides after in the heath but skipped the core this week.
Berlin watch, right it's 69 days to Berlin now (and 4 weeks to Newark on Trent) so its getting towards the sink or swim territory. Mileage is gonna have to be consistent and the training needs to be planned better. I'm going well at the moment clearly but as I read in my running diary a year or 2 ago "even if you are on the right road, you get run over if you just sit there".
Christ that was a long post 0 -
Brianderunner wrote: ». The 10 mile course is ok, not pb potential though, if you have a pb worthy of the name that is.
Would you like to put a bet on that 0 -
TheRoadRunner wrote: »Would you like to put a bet on that
Well i'll bet on pretty much any boardsie's race performance as long as they have a training log. I'm a degenerate
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Brianderunner wrote: »Well i'll bet on pretty much any boardsie's race performance as long as they have a training log. I'm a degenerate
You're on. Note to self only log 4 days per week from now on.0 -
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metamorphosis wrote: »Whats your plan for the 10? I have a PB for this one anyway since the last time i did 10 was the frank duffy 2 years ago.
You did 69 for that wasnt it? Pretty soft stuff, you should be well under 65 there, maybe 64. A tenner says you dont beat my 10 mile pb though (63'19)
I'm doing the 10 as a MP run, so 68 mins or thereabouts. I have my target half 6 days beforehand (sub 1'24 or bust) so there's no point racing the 10.0 -
Brianderunner wrote: »You did 69 for that wasnt it? Pretty soft stuff, you should be well under 65 there, maybe 64. A tenner says you dont beat my 10 mile pb though (63'19)
I'm doing the 10 as a MP run, so 68 mins or thereabouts. I have my target half 6 days beforehand (sub 1'24 or bust) so there's no point racing the 10.
Yeah - 69, im going for sub 65, il be happy with that, the ten miler isnt one high on my priorities list to kill off, the half in September is for sure though. I wont be getting 63'19 though! You're surely on for sub 1'24 with a good streak of training.
You will be just as much of a lightweight with the drink as me by then:D0 -
Brianderunner wrote: »Well i'll bet on pretty much any boardsie's race performance as long as they have a training log. I'm a degenerate
I'll take a bit of that action too I only have 1 leg and I think i'll run a pb. 0 -
shels4ever wrote: »I'll take a bit of that action too I only have 1 leg and I think i'll run a pb.
Without the injury, i'd give you 34'00 for 5 miles, mcmillaned for 10 gives you 71:25. Throw in improvement between now and then and sub 71 is the bet, take it or leave it. I said i'd bet on any boardsies performance, not on whether they get a pb!
I said a 10 mile pb worthy of the name and most people on here own soft 10 pb's compared to their other race times 0 -
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71 :eek: Had wrote down 74 as a target at the start of my training meet me half way and you maybe on. Should get a market going on betfairBrianderunner wrote: »Without the injury, i'd give you 34'00 for 5 miles, mcmillaned for 10 gives you 71:25. Throw in improvement between now and then and sub 71 is the bet, take it or leave it. I said i'd bet on any boardsies performance, not on whether they get a pb!
I said a 10 mile pb worthy of the name and most people on here own soft 10 pb's compared to their other race times 0 -
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shels4ever wrote: »71 :eek: Had wrote down 74 as a target at the start of my training meet me half way and you maybe on. Should get a market going on betfair
Shels and his coach may be heading for a showdown :mad:0 -
shels4ever wrote: »71 :eek: Had wrote down 74 as a target at the start of my training meet me half way and you maybe on. Should get a market going on betfair
72:10 is all i'll go to. Chip time will be the determinant, dodgy chips no excuse with me Tenner for you too? 0 -
If the coach allows it then maybeBrianderunner wrote: »72:10 is all i'll go to. Chip time will be the determinant, dodgy chips no excuse with me Tenner for you too? Will see what I'm told today but the physio and what pace i'm allowed run by the gaffer 0 -
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You could make a fortuneBrianderunner wrote: »Lads this is getting ridiculous! 1:33:45 for you mr. improver! 0 -
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RacoonQueen wrote: »You might be better off going to the wedding; a room full drunk, single, desperate women who think they're going to be left on the shelf or meno running past you at 21 miles as you crash and burn...
Room full of happy couples don't you mean.
The only way Meno will be passing me in Berlin is in an ambulance after he blows up and does his Christy Brown falling out of a whelchair impression 0 -
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