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just 68k last week
Gym sessions Monday (teenagers) and Wednesday (adults) evenings
'race' yesterday morning, the Brothers Pearse vs Tallaght challenge. About 15 from each club racing on the Dublin intermediate course before the Meet and Train. Not a great race from me, I was fecked by the halfway stage and passed by a Tallaght runner about a km out, no way I was going with him. But we won the overall competition, naturally
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just 68k last week
Gym sessions Monday (teenagers) and Wednesday (adults) evenings
'race' yesterday morning, the Brothers Pearse vs Tallaght challenge. About 15 from each club racing on the Dublin intermediate course before the Meet and Train. Not a great race from me, I was fecked by the halfway stage and passed by a Tallaght runner about a km out, no way I was going with him. But we won the overall competition, naturally
In fairness, you did. Despite us filling the first three places home, your greater strength in depth (on the day???) gave you a narrow victory (2 points, was it?).
Meanwhile, a kangaroo court is being arranged in D24 for a certain Mr. Splitz, who failed to turn up and condemned his club to humiliating defeat.
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TRR_the_turd wrote: »Yeah, well our women won!!!!
Maybe next time we'll race the Tallettes, more of a challenge
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82.5k last week
Platelet donation (incomplete!) on Monday, so no gym session and a couple of easy days, recovery from Sunday too
Gym session Wednesday evening
Saturday - early start for 6 x 800. Paces were off - 3.06, 3.08, 3.07, 3.07, 3.09, 3.12 - should have been more like 2.55, but I'll take it. 7am on a frosty path is not ideal running conditions
Sunday - longish run up and around Phoenix Park. First time running over half marathon distance since I got this watch almost two years ago, so I was rewarded with two PBs :rolleyes:0 -
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78.9k last week
2 gym sessions, Monday and Wednesday
No running session - mile challenge on the track instead. I wasn't really in the mood, but turnout of adults was poor and the ones that showed up had to race with some of the teenagers, so I wasn't being let off Was still fiddling with my watch when we started, but as usual the pace in the first lap was fast (okay, 77 seconds, relatively fast :pac:). Next two were about 87 seconds as I closed the gap on a bunch of teens, and then as we hit the last bend I let them get a good look at the back of my shiny bald head :pac: 5.29 in the end
Nice long run on Sunday, again up and around the park. Mostly on the path, but on the trails from around Ordnance Survey to the Hole in the Wall.
No running since then unfortunately, I've come down with some bug
Tight chest and coughing, not something I want to run through... 0 -
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Last week a bit of a mess unfortunately, with a bug that refused to die :rolleyes: Monday and Tuesday were complete write-offs. Got back out for some easy runs from Wednesday (and did a gym session) but a persistent high temperature and catch in my chest that still hasn't gone away. The joys of old age :rolleyes: Did consider knocking it on the head on Saturday, but Raheny is one of my favourite races, and I haven't run a road race in two years :eek: - time to get back on the horse.
Met up with a gang of clubmates (and racheljev!) for a bag drop and photo, then went out for a warmup around the park and the start area. Settled in four/five rows from the front a few minutes before the off. Was feeling pretty relaxed at this point, all the niggles had disappeared.
Took it fairly handy at the start and settled into a pace easily enough. 3:40, 3:47, 3:46, 3:40. My effort level was rising though as we turned towards the park, the km beeps and mile signs were getting further apart
In the park is where it all went arseways, especially on the out and back section. 3:50 and 4:13 :eek: for 6 and 7, I was wrecked, couldn't get it together at all It wasn't until the final turn to the path out of the park that I could start thinking about finishing - whacked my elbow off a fence on a turn, which helped wake me up!
Was happy with my finishing, worked the pace up over the last km, stayed relaxed but gave it everything, 3:33 pace for the last bit and I was in pieces after the line.
30:15 on my watch, 30:09 official. 189th overall and 13th in category.
(and a box of sherry glasses as a spot prize!)
I should have paid more attention to my splits. By the time I got to the park, I thought I was already behind 30 minute pace and was thinking of hanging on for 30:30 or something. But it was just the 20 seconds off pace on that out-and-back section that did the damage. Maybe if I'd known that then I could have held on better.
But anyway, I'm glad to have gotten out and back into that kind of race. Great to soak up the atmosphere again, and see everyone before and after (during I didn't see a thing!). Good to put down a marker, and start a new block of training from here.
48.2km last week, one gym session0 -
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week 1...
Monday
6.4k @ 4:57 in the morning
A couple of miles into this run, I remember thinking*, "yeah, its always the spring when I get injured, isn't it? Probably because I have a solid but unspectacular winter, get bored, start up an ambitious training plan, and get injured"
This year is completely different - my winter didn't even qualify as unspectacular, and I'm not going to get injured! See? Not remotely similar!
6.4k @ 5:48 in the evening
No gym session - no access this week
Tuesday
15.6k @ 5:02, finishing with strides (AHR 152)
Wednesday
10.6k @ 4:55 in the morning (AHR 152)
6.4k @ 5:47 in the evening
No gym session this evening either - well, I was in the gym, but just watching as the teenagers got the next phase of their programme
Thursday
15.4 @ 5.04, finishing with strides (AHR 151)
Friday
8 @ 4:58 in the morning (AHR 152)
6.4 @ 6:19 in the evening (AHR 141)
my recoveriest recovery run so far!
Saturday
13.1 @ 4:54 (AHR 148)
Sunday
20.9 @ 4:54 (AHR 155)
usual early run around Phoenix park
109.7k for the week
Legs were fairly tired early in the week, the hangover from Raheny. And shins were tight on the weekend - I had to do a lot of walking in proper shoes on Friday. But fine again today
*or possibly remember remembering. I may even have posted something like that in this log before. At my age, you tend to repeat yourself 0 -
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AuldManKing wrote: »Week 1 of ..................?????
that would be too easy
all these coaches and experienced runners on here, surely someone can guess what book I got for christmas, and what training plan I am butchering adapting to my requirements
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AuldManKing wrote: »Interestingly I'm also reading that book and am quite interested in the plan.
The club sessions would then go out the window for the base building part anyway.......
Not really an issue for me, as I never get to train with the club
(although our track time is changing in a few weeks, so I might start getting back to the Saturday tempo sessions... will have to look ahead and see if I can work them in)0 -
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week 2 so far...
Monday
am 7.8k @ 6:35 (AHR 123)
even recoverier than last week!
No evening run, because I had platelet donation followed by AGM.
Not club chair anymore!
Juvenile competition secretary instead! :eek:
Tuesday
15.3 @ 4:51 (158)
just an easy run around UCD and home, no extras
Out in Abbottstown at the new indoor arena for training later that evening. Very impressive, and very warm. Not designed for juvenile competition at all (long jump board too far out, high jump doesn't go far enough down, throwing circle too far from nets, no relay markings for 4x100) which is going to cause some headaches this weekend...
Wednesday
am 12.38 @ 4:51 (157)
slightly longer than planned run into work
pm 6.55 @ 6:19 (136)
usual loop
Thursday
13.32 @ 5:28 (147)
(6 x 10 second hill sprints with 2 minute recovery) in the middle of this. Did them in Bushy park, on the hill from the bandstand to the skate park (on the path) Fairly easy overall, except for the last couple of seconds on the last couple of hills
Friday
am 9.58 @ 4:58 (154)
easy into work0
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