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Micilín's Mucky Miles
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An update with no update. I haven't run yet, too busy with other things for the next while. All shin pain has gone away, no other aches or pains at the moment. I'm doing plenty of cycling to keep the fitness up too. Looks like I'll be jobless for at least a few weeks from the end of November, will start running again then
Good luck to all doing the marathon in a few days, don't let the taper madness get to you
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An update with an update. The date has been set for my glorious return to the sport of running. I will run a slow and stiff 3km on Saturday 22nd November and continue with a couch to 5km style plan.
My imminent return will be marked by a change of job. From the start of December, my new job will be about 4 miles away from home, near some grass pitches and across the road from my local gym and pool. Really looking forward to getting back into it
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Micilin Muc wrote: »An update with an update. The date has been set for my glorious return to the sport of running. I will run a slow and stiff 3km on Saturday 22nd November and continue with a couch to 5km style plan.
My imminent return will be marked by a change of job. From the start of December, my new job will be about 4 miles away from home, near some grass pitches and across the road from my local gym and pool. Really looking forward to getting back into it
Happy days!
Sounds like you can use the new job as a break from all the training you'll soon be doing...just nip away from an early morning cycle for a couple of hours in the office before a nice MLR at lunchtime followed by a few more hours in the office and a 90 minute session in the pool / bike ride in the evening.
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Sounds like you can use the new job as a break from all the training you'll soon be doing...just nip away from an early morning cycle for a couple of hours in the office before a nice MLR at lunchtime followed by a few more hours in the office and a 90 minute session in the pool / bike ride in the evening.
Deadly!:)
Haha, just don't tell my wife! It's likely I'll be going back to college to do another part-time Diploma or Masters, so I'm afraid my days of 16-hours of exercise a week might be coming to an end.
P.S. I still have your gloves
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Friday
Running: 4.5km run commute.
Saturday & Sunday
All work, no rest or play.
Monday
Running: 4.5km run commute
Tuesday
Running: 4.5km run commute. Cold, but at least my hands were warm thanks to Belcarra's gloves. (sorry man, but their fleecy goodness was too tempting).
Wednesday
Cycling: 27km MTBing. More exploring. Have added more trails to my knowledge of the local network of bóithríní, including one only 400m from my house which cuts out a good bit of the main coast road. Perfectly suitable and challenging for MTBing and trail running. 0 -
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Thursday
Running: 5.1km. Following on from my discovery on Wednesday of some bóithríní for trail running and MTBing, I found a booklet of maps at work which mark out a discontinued waymarked trail along the coast. After work I ran a mile down the road from my office and then took a left-hand turn at Furbo Beach and followed the trail for a mile and a half before joining up with the main coast road again just below the turn-off for my road. Mostly runnable, some climbing over boulders, a few small stony beaches (like Killiney) but it definitely satisfies my need of trail running!
Friday
Running: 5.2km. Same idea as yesterday except this time I turned off only 500m from the office and ran all the way along the coast to Furbo Beach and then joined the main road.All runnable.
Saturday & Sunday
Rest
Monday
Cycling: 4.6km to work
Running: 4.6km home via the coast road.
Tuesday
Cycling: 21.4km MTBing, on road and trails. Took delivery of a garden shed today, I finally have a place for all my bikes and mucky gear
Wednesday
Running: 7.8km with 6.1km on coastal trail and bóithríní. Unfortunately 1km of the coast trail was gone and involved a lot of climbing over rocks and boulders. There's an exit onto the main road from the start of this crap bit which I'll take in future. No harm in trying it anyway.
Can't believe it's taken me this long to find trails that were right under my nose.0 -
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Thursday, 29th
Running: 4.5km run home.
Friday, 30th to Sunday, 1st
Rest
Monday, 2nd
Cycling: 4.5km commuting
Tuesday, 3rd
Running: 4.5km commuting
Wednesday, 4th
Running: 4.5km commuting
Cycling: MTB commute home, exploring more bóithríní, all dead-ends
Thursday, 5th
Cycling: 4.5km commute in and 6.3km MTB commute home. I did more exploring and found another potential route on trail and open bog which could reduce my commute on main road to just 500m. Did too much walking with the bike this time though.
Friday, 6th
Cycling: 4.5km commute
Running: 5km after work
Monday, 9th
Day off work
Cycling: 33km. Picked up my road bike from the office and headed off on the local loop. Just under 33km. Nearly died on the hills.
Running: 5.7km trail run to Spiddal. I ran another section of the coastal path. There are a few rocky bits which slow down the pace, but it's still enjoyable.
Took my old commuting bike out of storage and did a bit of maintenance on it. You can never have too many bikes at your disposal.
Tuesday, 10th
Cycling: 10km commuting
Wednesday, 11th
Cycling: 4.5km commuting
Running: 4.5km commuting
Thursday, 12th
Rest
Friday, 13th
Running: 4.5km commuting
Cycling: 12km MTB commute home on bóithríní. Nice to see the area in daylight for a change!
Saturday and Sunday
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Monday
Running: 4.6km commute home @ recovery pace.
Tuesday
Cycling: 34km on the MTB. Took a brand new route and found more useful trails. Found an old right of access that is way too overgrown, it's a shame as it would make an excellent route with spectacular scenery in one of the quietest parts of Conamara.
Wednesday
Running: 6.3km 'long' run. Will keep this distance as my long run for the next 6 weeks or so.
Cycling: 4.6km commuting, the torrential rain washing sods of turf off my bike.
Thursday
Cycling: 11.8km MTBing. A few walkers, runners and a young MTBer out on the bog road, usually don't see anyone on my trails!
Friday
Cycling: 4.6km commuting.
Running: 5.3km run home, part of it along the coast. Lovely day for it.
Here's one of the bóithríní that leads down to the coastal trail.
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Monday
Running: 4.6km run commute to work.
Cycling: 9.7km MTB commute home.
Tuesday
Rest (Study)
Wednesday
Cycling: 4.6km bike commute in.
Running: 6.2km run commute home.
Thursday
Cycling: 11.8km MTB commute home. Getting faster on the more technical trails.
Friday
Cycling: 4.6km commute to work. Partial eclipse could be seen quite clearly
Running: 6km run commute. Was heading to Dublin for the weekend to give a lecture, so ran to the city (in running gear) to meet the wife and then drive from there. It wasn't until an hour before the lecture the next day that I noticed that I hadn't packed a pair of trousers for the weekend. I had put my weekend bag in the car Friday morning, but had forgotten to pack a pair of trousers. Cue Penney's Rathfarnham to the rescue. This is one of the real perils of run commuting. Head = sieve.0 -
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Monday
Running: 4.6km run commute.
Cycling: 11.7km MTB commute.
Tuesday
Cycling: 10km MTB commute, some on the coastal trail.
Wednesday
Running: 5.9km run commute.
Cycling: 4.6km commute.
Thursday
Cycling: 6.1km MTB commute, more coastal trail.
Friday
Running: 5.5km run commute to work, part of it on the coastal trail. I only took 1.6km of trail but immediately I felt like I was a world apart from the busy main road Did some stretching in the 'gym' at work. It's amazing the difference stretching makes when you do it immediately after a run.
Off work for two weeks now to study for my exams. I may very well develop cabin fever. I might explore more of the coastal trail. I should take the road bike out for a spin too. But really I should study 0 -
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Monday
Running: 5.8km trail run
Tuesday
Rest
Wednesday
Running: 5.3km trail run
Cycling: 11.8km MTBing
Thursday
Rest
Used The Stick on my calves due to some soreness. I can most definitely attribute it to the trail running - it's the only thing I've done differently in the past 6 weeks.
Friday
Running: 5.2km road run, moonlit
Cycling: 9km round trip to village, attending tri club meeting. Lots of plans afoot!
So that's end of my first base phase which was 14 weeks of slow running and building distance to 16km per week.
The next phase is another 14 weeks of building the distance to 38km per week and increasing the frequency of my runs to 5 runs per week. Will introduce some strides to improve my biomechanics. The plan is just an application of Jack Daniels' principles which will get me up to the 18km (11-mile) long run distance by the end of the year without getting injured.
Lent is just over too. I have successfully given up sugar. Before Lent i was taking 4-5 cups of tea and coffee per day with 2 sugar in each, plus a can of fizzy drinks. Now I take 1-2 herbal teas with no sugar. My energy levels are a lot more stable now as a result!
Next up is the 5km Rás Spraoi an Spidéil on Monday. My first running race since last summer and fourth since DCM 2013
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