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Saw you this morning. You passed us on the big parkrun loop at Limekiln. Obviously doing intervals, as you passed us at a clip with your watch beeping, and then you slowed down.
were you in that big group?
yeah, my watch beeps a lot :pac: I think at that point it was beeping to tell me my heart rate was up in zone 3, I sped up to avoid the dreaded slow overtake
Usual easy run (Easy #2) up around Tymon. Windy but before most of the rain0 -
were you in that big group?
yeah, my watch beeps a lot :pac: I think at that point it was beeping to tell me my heart rate was up in zone 3, I sped up to avoid the dreaded slow overtake
Usual easy run (Easy #2) up around Tymon. Windy but before most of the rain
Indeed and I was. Well, there were 5 of us, anyway, so not a huge group. That's an interesting wrinkle on the old 'to greet other runners or not' debate, btw. When you're overtaking someone, there's no face to face contact to worry about, so it's easier to just continue on. But then are you being rude? Do you turn around and say hi, or just lift a hand as you pass? The latter could be seen as slightly dismissive, "oh I'm just passing you out here, there's a wave". Also there's an interesting dynamic when one runner meets several. I've been blanked by groups of two or three, but usually get an acknowledgement from any bigger. On the other hand, I've had the experience of being blanked by a group of 8 or 10 all chattering among themselves, or of saying hello and getting a perfunctory response.0 -
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annoying weekend...
went out Saturday to do a Steady #1 run (15/15/15/15) I don't think I've run one of these in a month - still haven't :rolleyes: Started the 15 minutes in zone 3 but HR was refusing to rise to the correct level. After 5 minutes of running fairly hard I was still in zone 2. No way was I going to get to and stay in zone 4. So I stopped and changed down to an easy run.
Sunday, annoyed at Saturday, I went out for Intervals. Another failure :rolleyes: I didn't expect to hit the right zone on the first interval, but didn't hit it, even briefly, on interval 2 either. Just jogged home after that.
On both days my pace was fine (3.55 on Saturday, 3.26 and 3.14 on Sunday) when I checked it later but the HR wasn't reacting as expected. So, right to bin the sessions or should I have continued?
Might be in TCD next week for a follow-up blood test, will ask then
Easy #1 run home on Monday, and a jog back into work Tuesday morning.0 -
Very nervous all day Wednesday. Butterflies in my stomach at lunchtime ffs :rolleyes: I thought there might be trouble with traffic so I had my bag packed the evening before - cycle home, get bag, drive out to Santry... arrive at 5.45 before registration even opens :rolleyes:
on the plus side, met ecoli who was also really early so caught up with him for a while before getting my number, getting changed, and heading out for a slow warmup
back to the stadium in plenty of time to cool down from the jog, get more nervous, and discover that there were four other people in the race. feck
Lined up anyway, no crowding on the start line! and off we went. I was so distracted I didn't even start the garmin properly, I was halfway down the first straight when I noticed and got it going. Three of the guys were heading off into the distance, one guy hanging back behind me (he was doing a tempo run ahead of Belfast marathon, talking to him later he'd already been out for a long run that morning)
After the start its all a blur of endless repetition :eek: The guy behind slowly made up the gap and overtook, I'm guessing about 6/7 laps in. The leader lapped me the first time after 8/9, second and third lapped me sometime after halfway, followed by the leader again (and almost a third time). No trouble keeping count of the laps on this race, and easy enough for the officials to keep track too!
So what I remember from the race is not the scenery, or any exciting race tactics or anything much, just the steady grind of lap after lap after lap, each one slightly slower than the one before :rolleyes: And for whatever reason - nerves, the track, the low numbers, the availability of all these great excuses :rolleyes: - I couldn't rouse myself to a real race effort. I was slowing down, I knew I could go faster - and the Donore guy was a perfect rabbit for me to chase - but I didn't
Eventually the winner finished, and I picked things up a bit for the last couple of laps when the end was finally in sight. I'd probably have been fine with 36:25 if you'd offered it beforehand, but the conditions were there for a much better run and I know I didn't run to my limit, so I'm still pissed off about it :mad: Anyway - will miss meet 2, but I'll be back for the third one, either the mile or the 5000...0 -
Very nervous all day Wednesday. Butterflies in my stomach at lunchtime ffs :rolleyes: I thought there might be trouble with traffic so I had my bag packed the evening before - cycle home, get bag, drive out to Santry... arrive at 5.45 before registration even opens :rolleyes:
on the plus side, met ecoli who was also really early so caught up with him for a while before getting my number, getting changed, and heading out for a slow warmup
back to the stadium in plenty of time to cool down from the jog, get more nervous, and discover that there were four other people in the race. feck
Lined up anyway, no crowding on the start line! and off we went. I was so distracted I didn't even start the garmin properly, I was halfway down the first straight when I noticed and got it going. Three of the guys were heading off into the distance, one guy hanging back behind me (he was doing a tempo run ahead of Belfast marathon, talking to him later he'd already been out for a long run that morning)
After the start its all a blur of endless repetition :eek: The guy behind slowly made up the gap and overtook, I'm guessing about 6/7 laps in. The leader lapped me the first time after 8/9, second and third lapped me sometime after halfway, followed by the leader again (and almost a third time). No trouble keeping count of the laps on this race, and easy enough for the officials to keep track too!
So what I remember from the race is not the scenery, or any exciting race tactics or anything much, just the steady grind of lap after lap after lap, each one slightly slower than the one before :rolleyes: And for whatever reason - nerves, the track, the low numbers, the availability of all these great excuses :rolleyes: - I couldn't rouse myself to a real race effort. I was slowing down, I knew I could go faster - and the Donore guy was a perfect rabbit for me to chase - but I didn't
Eventually the winner finished, and I picked things up a bit for the last couple of laps when the end was finally in sight. I'd probably have been fine with 36:25 if you'd offered it beforehand, but the conditions were there for a much better run and I know I didn't run to my limit, so I'm still pissed off about it :mad: Anyway - will miss meet 2, but I'll be back for the third one, either the mile or the 5000...
Nice time.
Reading your post, it sounds like you're saying there was a element of mental blow up? Wouldn't have thought you were susceptible to that from previous race reports?
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »Reading your post, it sounds like you're saying there was a element of mental blow up? Wouldn't have thought you were susceptible to that from previous race reports?
Never too late to start
yeah, complete blow-up. Or do you still call it a blow-up when it happens before the race even began :pac:0 -
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