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2013; Eat my dust Meno!
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Wednesday 29th June
- Rest – kinda wanted to engage in some cross training but given that I still wasn’t 100% and didn't want to jeopardise Thursday’s 9miles, I settled for dinner and a glass of wine in lieu!
Thursday 30th June
Plan: 9miles General Aerobic – 9.15-9.45
- Actual: 9 miles @ 9.16 Av Pace
Headed out after work from town towards UCD, taking in the not-so-fun Fosters Ave / Mount Anville hill, Goatstown, Taney Hill, Churchtown, Milltown, Donnybrook and back into town. It’s actually a lovely loop, some tough climbs but what goes up… Garmin is saying there was an elevation gain of 3,855ft...could that be right?! Typically it took about 4miles for the legs to loosen out but once they did, it made for an even more enjoyable run. Twas warm out there – another round of freckles to add to the mix!0 -
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Had not thought of that...I’m running Clontarf as an LSR. Will attempt to hang around you pair of good-for-nothings but probably won’t be able to!
I don't want to race it [+/- 8 min miles] - but it never occurred to me for a second to do it as a LSR, and do it at 9+ min mile pace..
Interesting idea 0 -
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tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »Had not thought of that...
I don't want to race it [+/- 8 min miles] - but it never occurred to me for a second to do it as a LSR, and do it at 9+ min mile pace..
Interesting idea
Jebas.... If Vagga's running, the cost of Public Liability Insurance has just gone through the roof
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Friday 1st July
- Rest
Saturday 2nd July
Plan: 4 miles @ 10.30
- Actual: 4 miles @ 10.06 Av Pace
A very chilled nice recovery run around the Rathfarnham 5k route with an extra loop around Bushy park to make up the distance. Nothing overly exciting to report. Left shin felt a bit ouch when I stopped but not in a worrying way.
Sunday 3rd July
Plan: 12 miles @ 9.28-10.28
- Actual: 13.19 @ 9.26
Clontarf Half Marathon
Entry to this was one of the benefits of being friends with Meno!
I was never going to race this one but it fit in with the first LSR of marathon training so I decided to do it as a training run and enjoy it. Now, because I wasn’t racing, I didn’t say no to the, ahem, box of wine on Saturday night (such failure to exercise self discipline to seek revenge at some stage...) so I was a little dehydrated and basically ridiculously unprepared. Took a gel before the race at a last ditch effort to fuel myself. Headed out with mrslow and spagbol who were pacing the 2 hour group when mrslow EVENTUALLY managed to pick up a satellite from somewhere in the universe about 7 hours after the race started…! I faffed along with the lads at the 2 hour pace for a few miles and then started to think about maybe just going for it (my half PB is 1.58.49) and seeing how it went. But having spent a fair bit of time and energy thinking and changing my mind and battling the demons, I concluded to stick with the original plan and started to fall back from the guys between 6 and 7 miles. I must admit though that I was starting to struggle at the 9 min pace at this stage too. It was very warm out there and, as I said, I was completely unprepared. The gel was not sitting well in my stomach and the wine was wreaking havoc in there too. Hooked up with Emer 911 for a mile or between 8/9 (I think) but she caught me at my worst patch and I really thought I was going to be sick. So I sent her off with the promise that I wouldn’t collapse in a heap at the side of the road. Pulled through that slump and was started to enjoy the run again back along the beach. Just trotting along, handy pace, happy out! Back up onto the road, across the wooden bridge and the legs were loosening out again. I had joked about stopping at 12 miles because that’s what P&D prescribed but I knew I wouldn’t and couldn’t really do that! Then just beyond the 11.5 mile mark, some girl collapsed beside me. A few people stopped but seeing as I wasn’t racing, I told them to go on and I stayed with her. It took her a few minutes to come around, she was completely wrecked. She said she pushed too hard when she really wasn’t feeling great. There were a few people around and they called an ambulance – there were no stewards around at all which was a poor show. Anyway, after about 10 minutes with the ambulance en route and plenty of people looking after her, I continued on – I was aware that the group would be getting slightly concerned as to my own wellbeing at that stage. My official chip time as a result of my being a good Samaritan is 2.16.19 so I’m going to go with the Garmin for this one and call it as a nice 13.1 mile LSR at an average pace of 9.26 and a finishing time of 2.04.30. The spread at the finish line was great…the muffins will feed the family for a week!
I’m glad I kept this a training run. A bad race would have upset me and p***ed me off. In no way, shape or form would I or should I have raced a half marathon in week one of what is going to be a tough training programme. So instead of a bad race performance, I had an enjoyable LSR (granted with some tough spots) – just what the doctor ordered. It was also my longest run since Connemara which is a bit mad because I was still doing relatively decent weekly mileage but just more frequent shorter runs.
Another random thought: in terms of hidden progress – I ran my first half marathon last May in a time of 2.04.54 and was completely shattered and broken after it. I injured myself which had me out of running for 5 weeks and, injury aside, it still took ages to recover from the race and the distance. Now I’ve just done that distance and time as a (mostly) pleasant training run. So although a 50 minute 10k and a 1.53 HM and a 4 hour marathon are still out of my grasp, it is nice to see that I’ve gotten somewhere….
34.23 miles for the week – very disciplined – only a mile over the plan!0 -
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rainbow kirby wrote: »Euromillions tonight. Maybe, just maybe...
She may put out the next time you meet her, that's Karma!:D0 -
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