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No problem.
You're right, I am less driven, but its because my performance has been falling off in the last few months. It's harder to psych yourself up for a sub 20 when you don't think you've a chance of achieving it
I haven't gone too far backward, but I don't feel sharp and everything is feeling harder than it should. Maybe I pushed too hard a few months ago, or maybe it's something else. Anyway, for now I want to get back to feeling like I'm running well, and then I'll see about targetting race times.0 -
No problem.
You're right, I am less driven, but its because my performance has been falling off in the last few months. It's harder to psych yourself up for a sub 20 when you don't think you've a chance of achieving it
I haven't gone too far backward, but I don't feel sharp and everything is feeling harder than it should. Maybe I pushed too hard a few months ago, or maybe it's something else. Anyway, for now I want to get back to feeling like I'm running well, and then I'll see about targetting race times.
Pffff that's what you get for joining a club, Splitter!0 -
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It's harder to psych yourself up for a sub 20 when you don't think you've a chance of achieving it
I think a bit of perspective is needed here - last month your log says you ran 20.33 in the Donore 5k, and if I remember there was a pig of a wind that day? Bad conditions can easily scupper a PB attempt - if you ran it again on a calm day you could well have gone sub 20.
As PVincent said, you need a lot of things to come together to get a PB, and not all of them are in your control. Keep the faith!0 -
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tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »I found the Glycerine crazy and uncomfortable for the first 20 or 30 miles, until I broke them in I guess, could be that I guess?
I found I was stomping down in them and couldn't stick with them.
Ray, Congrats on the Modship!
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10 km in 45.06 (I didn't stop the Garmin for a couple of seconds, so it matches gun time)
Out to Dunshaughlin for a mass gathering of reprobates Boardsies - as well as the usual crowd who only go for the drinks afterwards, I bumped into macinalli and meathcountysec - good to see you both.
There was also the small matter of the race... All of the organisation was spot-on (apart from a bit of confusion over the location of the start line) but the weather was more suited for spectating than running. It was a hot one, and I had time to regret wearing my Boards top instead of something lighter (note: must pester donothoponpop to order Boards singlets) which is obviously the reason I didn't go under 42.
Anyway, lined up beside Mrs Low at the start, and kicked off the first km in 4.17. Unfortunately it felt like 4.17 pace too, not the usual easy first km. Strategy over this km changed from "okay, stay on Mr Slow's shoulder" to "okay, stay a couple of metres back" :pac: and over the next few km (4.20, 4.24, 4.28) became "okay, he's not too far away" and eventually "I think that's his hat in the distance"
My lowest point in the race was probably the 4th or 5th km - I felt hot, my pace was dropping, and I was wondering what the hell I was doing out there. 5th k passed in 4.35 :eek: and halfway was just over 22 minutes.
But not long after that we turned right, ending the outward stretch of the run and (I think) starting to get some shelter in the shadow of the hedges, and around about then I started to feel better. My pace started to stabilise (4.32, 4.36), and we started meeting supporters out in their front gardens with cups of water - a couple of those thrown in the face and over the head were very welcome. The hill at 7k was barely noticeable, though my pace that k did drop down to 4.50. For the last couple of k my target was sub-45 - 9k was 4.34, and 10k I was down to 4.19 - which I missed by a few seconds, but I wasn't too disappointed. I didn't blow the race in the first mile, didn't slacken off in the middle, and the retching at the finish line proved I gave it all at the end.
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10 km in 45.06 (I didn't stop the Garmin for a couple of seconds, so it matches gun time)
Out to Dunshaughlin for a mass gathering of reprobates Boardsies - as well as the usual crowd who only go for the drinks afterwards, I bumped into macinalli and meathcountysec - good to see you both.
There was also the small matter of the race... All of the organisation was spot-on (apart from a bit of confusion over the location of the start line) but the weather was more suited for spectating than running. It was a hot one, and I had time to regret wearing my Boards top instead of something lighter (note: must pester donothoponpop to order Boards singlets) which is obviously the reason I didn't go under 42.
Anyway, lined up beside Mrs Low at the start, and kicked off the first km in 4.17. Unfortunately it felt like 4.17 pace too, not the usual easy first km. Strategy over this km changed from "okay, stay on Mr Slow's shoulder" to "okay, stay a couple of metres back" :pac: and over the next few km (4.20, 4.24, 4.28) became "okay, he's not too far away" and eventually "I think that's his hat in the distance"
My lowest point in the race was probably the 4th or 5th km - I felt hot, my pace was dropping, and I was wondering what the hell I was doing out there. 5th k passed in 4.35 :eek: and halfway was just over 22 minutes.
But not long after that we turned right, ending the outward stretch of the run and (I think) starting to get some shelter in the shadow of the hedges, and around about then I started to feel better. My pace started to stabilise (4.32, 4.36), and we started meeting supporters out in their front gardens with cups of water - a couple of those thrown in the face and over the head were very welcome. The hill at 7k was barely noticeable, though my pace that k did drop down to 4.50. For the last couple of k my target was sub-45 - 9k was 4.34, and 10k I was down to 4.19 - which I missed by a few seconds, but I wasn't too disappointed. I didn't blow the race in the first mile, didn't slacken off in the middle, and the retching at the finish line proved I gave it all at the end.
kmtd: 81.63
Decent running all the same Ray
Well done- I'd be v happy with a 45 min 10km0 -
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6.3 km in 27.28 (4.21 average)
Club session tonight was 400s.About a k to warm up, then 9 x 400, sets of 4, 3, 2 with a longer break between each set.
Lap 1 was 94 seconds, and then we sorted out the pace a bit, 89, 90, 91, 94 :eek:, 92, 92, 94, 90, and then a warmdown of 1.6 km. Was really feeling things after Saturday, calf felt very tight. But, as usual, the fact that you're running in a group means you can't just quit because of a little pain
- I was running third in the group through each lap, with a good 5 seconds gap behind the leading two on most laps, and on the last lap someone else made a play for my spot I had to take the outside track, but I held him off :cool:
kmtd: 87.930
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