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Thanks a lot lads. Good to see you back Liamo, can't keep a good man down :cool:
Thurs - 10 really easy at Vartry. Feeling pretty run down.
Fri - 9 easy. Felt a cold coming on. Legs were A1. Great to run in zero pain.
Sat, Sun, Mon - OFF. Choking with a chest infection. Really pissed off. Something like 50 miles for the week.
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri - 10 each day at about 8:00 pace. Feel weak and coughing up unreal amounts of disgusting crap.
Got a workout tomorrow. Hopefully I will be able to hit it. This is meant to be an 85 week, which will not happen now. If I can do this run ok tomorrow, I'll call 70 odd miles a good week and hit up the 85 next week.
From someone who has had more than their fair share of chest infections, if you're planning on racing next Saturday and you're still coughing up lumps now I would not be pushing any runs now. I always bounced straight back into pace and fitness once I was able to crawl out of be and stand up straight again. I would definitely say take it easy over the next 3 or 4 days and then get out the few days before the race to keep the legs fresh. You won't gain anything from doing workouts if you're still coughing up lumps and feeling weak.
Athenry was crap anyway, ye didn't miss anything.
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Thanks Ronnie - too right. The goal is DCM and these are just steps on the way. Hoping I won't pay later for today's exertions.
Sat 14@ 6:02 including Dublin Half in 1:18:46
Felt a little better this morning, so I roided up and came up with a new plan to try hold 6 min pace as long as I could, knowing that it'd be ok to back off to MP. The wind was picking up as we were jogging around and I was keen to just get moving on this one.
The first few miles were just about settling in; I pushed it a little on the Kyber in anticipation of the climb out and the North Road drag. Passed a lot of people up to 4 miles, where I saw TRR on the far side, cruising along in a group of hardy b@stards. Great result by him. Got into a nice group here and we pushed along all by Farmleigh and went through 10k in 37:20 (the lad beside me had his watch in kms).
Still feeling fine and we were back in the park. Couple of nasty, windy drags and next thing I knew we were at 8 miles. I was beside the 2nd lady here and we worked together for a mile. Between 9 and 10 a guy from the club drew alongside me and he was motoring. I stayed on his shoulder, knowing that I would possibly pay for it but lost him going out the main gate and had to battle up Conyngham by myself. Starting to feel pretty bad here.
First hill felt like I was walking but the lads either side were not passing so I knew I must be holding some kind of pace. Hammered the S-bends and gutted out the last hill battling with a lad in a purple singlet. At 12 I was totally done. I actually felt a bit like lying down for a cry and a sleep. Tried hard to stay in touch with that guy but he was stronger.
I did pass 2 on the home straight and was making ground back but the line came and I was pleased to see it. Coughing fit a few mins later but have been ok since.
Met ecoli who has banished the Athenry demons with style and Krusty who guided the 1.30 guys over the line in perfect time. Also got to meet drquirky who's going to be a Tallaght AC man soon enough
Tunguska came 3rd, tacking another savage performance on to a year of unreal runs. And it ain't over yet. If there's ever an example of hard work and balls paying off, this man is it.
Happy with my run. Could have done better, I think, on another day but like Ronnie was saying, this one was not the goal.
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3 min PB, I'll take it. Long run tomorrow :cool:.
Last thing: these races are a testament to the DCM crowd. Great value; they start on time; accurate, interesting courses; nice t-shirts; results available as soon as you get home; atmosphere is always brilliant; well-marshalled courses and baggage areas... exactly how races should be run.0 -
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cant do mid day runs during the week - thanks anyway. Will get some in over the next few months so, would like to try the ticknock climb, looks steeper than mine....
Sorry to hear about the achilles. If its any consolation mine are usually sore, ive just accepted it as part of training Take it easy man, 22 on dodgy achilles sounds a little brave to me! 0 -
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Haha, in fairness it was only 14.5 on the track. Yeah, it was fairly repetitive; think I have gotten the value from my club subs in terms of track time!
You will give Tony a heart attack. Think of poor lane one being worn out by time next years track season comes along just a good thing its getting close to marathon or we would have no track left 0 -
You will give Tony a heart attack. Think of poor lane one being worn out by time next years track season comes along just a good thing its getting close to marathon or we would have no track left Was thinking the exact same myself. By the time himself and tunguska are finished thee will be a trench where lane 1 use to be. Great mental training as well. I just couldn't do it myself. 0
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You will give Tony a heart attack. Think of poor lane one being worn out by time next years track season comes along just a good thing its getting close to marathon or we would have no track left
Jaysus lads keep it quiet. You'll have Tony chasing us down the road with his hedge clippers.0 -
Sat - 5 miles in 40 mins. Wrecked!
Sun - 20 @ 6:24
Hadn't been looking forward to this. After a hard week and with the weather looking bad this morning it was a struggle to get out of bed. The plan was 5 easy and the rest at marathon pace.
When the gun went off (for the second time
) I was running beside a guy called Jason (kiwirunner I believe) and we were chatting away for the first 3 miles. These were at MP so I said, screw it, do 15 and 5 easy. He pulled ahead at about 4 and that was me on my own for pretty much the entire rest of the race.
I wasn't minding the pace a whole lot, just batin' out the miles. Some really windy sections. A f*cking barrier was blown out on top of me at one stage; that will tell you the strength of the gusts. Loads of encouragement from other runners and the stewards. Fair play to them.
I caught a guy who I'd pipped in the half in the park at about 9 and left him behind. 10 miles came, no bother.At about 12, I caught 1 more guy who was absolutely dying. Finished out the 15 and I started cruising.
It was tempting to keep the hammer down because I was feeling good but I really don't want to shoot my bolt 1 month out from the marathon. As it turns out, I didn't slow that much but it certainly felt like a decent break. The fella I beat in the park passed me here and I let him off. Bruised ego :P
Decided to hammer the last 2 and as I upped the pace I got a bad stitch. This never happens me. Tried to massage it out but it didn't really work. No worries, 2 miles is nothing so I got back to MP and crossed the line, tired but not flat out.
It was actually a great race. The course is super flat and I loved the laps. Really interesting seeing all the other runners and guys from the 15, 10 and 5. In the last 800, a guy passed me, ripping it along. He had a 20 mile bib on him and I was thinking shiiit as I dug in to go with him. He told me then he was doing the 5. Phew.The aul racing instinct kicks in even when you don't want it to. Well-organised, great course. Will definitely be back.
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