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2013; Eat my dust Meno!
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Been MIA the last couple of days - read my report again and slipped into a mild coma!
Thanks for all the good wishes guys - just goes to show that anything is possible once you put your mind to it, though the road to the goal is rarely easy! It was tough - but it's made the string of bad training runs and races all worthwhile. I'm not expecting that I'll be free from the difficulties and trying things now, but I think I've learned that the important thing is to keep at it and take strength from the negative feelings - both physical and emotional.
No doubt I'll be back with a puss on my face after a bad race sometime soon but if it takes 10 bad races to get 1 good, I'll take it!
Tuesday 1st Nov / Wednesday 2nd Nov / Thursday 3rd Nov
All much welcomed rest days filled with delicious food, treats and plenty of vino..
Legs were alright Tuesday & Wednesday - just a little DOMS-y and tender anytime I 'jumped' up from my desk and / or looked at a staircase.
Felt a good bit better yesterday and only struggled a little going down the stairs. Even ventured back into my heels in work.. There's only so much slacking one can get away with! :cool:
Friday 4th November
3.2 miles @ 9.54
A glorious little early morning recovery run. I can't wait to get back into it... I've changed... Don't judge me.
Heading away for the weekend and looking forward to some nice scenic walks and runs. After that I need to get out the calendar and see what's next.
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Seriously well done CL on the time!
I honestly couldn't believe you doubted a sub4 given the miles we've all seen you put in.....seriously impressed. You certainly made sure you got well under 4hrs :pac:
Now that I see the race t-shirt I actually remember seeing you a number of times (kept trying to figure out who Fagan must be).
I think you broke from the 4hr pacers around the same time I did, clearly you made much better progress then me as you were over 5min ahead at the finish line 0 -
Seriously well done CL on the time!
I honestly couldn't believe you doubted a sub4 given the miles we've all seen you put in.....seriously impressed. You certainly made sure you got well under 4hrs :pac:
Now that I see the race t-shirt I actually remember seeing you a number of times (kept trying to figure out who Fagan must be).
I think you broke from the 4hr pacers around the same time I did, clearly you made much better progress then me as you were over 5min ahead at the finish line
Menoscemo is Fagan on the back of his foreign students getting caught trying to clean out the Dundrum Shopping Centre.0 -
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Seriously well done CL on the time!
I honestly couldn't believe you doubted a sub4 given the miles we've all seen you put in.....seriously impressed. You certainly made sure you got well under 4hrs :pac:
Now that I see the race t-shirt I actually remember seeing you a number of times (kept trying to figure out who Fagan must be).
I think you broke from the 4hr pacers around the same time I did, clearly you made much better progress then me as you were over 5min ahead at the finish line
That would be me :rolleyes:. I saw you two running virtually side by side down the cromwellsfort rd (mile 14-15) and I wanted to run up and introduce you both, but I was already up on pace that mile so I had to reign it back.0 -
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shels4ever wrote: »:eek: the ultra now ... Think digger is just trying to slow you down by making you do this, he's just worried you'll beat him in DCM next year (which I think you could....)
Digger will need to watch his back in connemara, never mind DCM. I am not sure his old mans legs will get him around 39.3 miles before her 0 -
I spent all of last week thinking about what the next step after Dublin should or would be. I was absolutely delighted with how it went and it made me certain that I can set tougher targets to train for.
So originally I was thinking of aiming for a 3.45 late spring / early summer marathon, taking in the odd shorter race in training and attempting pb’s followed by Berlin in September (and goals for that to be adjusted accordingly). However, I was also subject to the existing demonic thoughts that were planted in my impressionable mind a few weeks ago i.e. the idea of running an ultra – Connemara or Donadea (which really had me intrigued!).
Anyway long story short and following much (much!) deliberation, I have concluded the following: I have just started a new job that is not going to give me much flexibility in terms of free time. Therefore all of my midweek runs are going to be commutes. These will be either 5 or 8 miles each day depending on where I lay my head at night, and where possible and / or suitable they will be round trips i.e. twice a day! Where the commute is by public transport or otherwise than on foot, it takes a good hour and a quarter out of my day (twice!). Because of this and the weather and dark nights of winter, I don’t think the quality of my training is going to be given the opportunity to improve hugely. But there will be opportunity for good quantity – not junk! That is why I decided that I would focus really hard on building a good solid base over the next few months and run the ultra in Connemara. I won’t be racing it per se – hoping around 9.50 min/miles and to raise some money for charity. It’s a huge challenge and I love a challenge!
I know many of you will disagree and tell me I’m being silly but at the end of the day, I’ve decided to do this for my own reasons and am excited at the prospects and what’s – trials, tribulations and ultimate satisfaction…I hope!
Thereafter, I have a Digdig to beat in Berlin…Over a bottle of vino tinto at the weekend, I may have stupidly shaken on a 3.30 challenge… whoops
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I have also just started new job, and cycle. I really like the cycle to work [only 2 or 3 miles each way, so not too crazy], Im refreshed and ready to go when I get here - I think being a sweating mess would not be great to sit at a desk with
re: Ultra, good look, why not! No interest in them at all myself, going one of the other routes you can take on these things, and dont want to do anything twice, and therefore do as many different events as possible :cool:0 -
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Thereafter, I have a Digdig to beat in Berlin…Over a bottle of vino tinto at the weekend, I may have stupidly shaken on a 3.30 challenge… whoops
Indeed you did and just to remind you of the wager, I beat you and I get a Ducati, that Takamine I want and to move from your Mum's shed into the main house
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