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2013; Eat my dust Meno!
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Saturday 10th December
7.04 @ 8.52
LSR took a hit of a good 5 miles as a result of a busy week and having a to do list as long as my arm for the weekend. A good enjoyable run with Digdig anyway. It was nice to have a bit of company
The commuting can get a bit boring.
Sunday 11th December
4.04 @ 9.26
A hungover recovery to collect the car....bleurgh!
Monday 12th December AM
5.12 @ 8.50
Early and dark into work. Pretty uneventful!
Monday 12th December PM
5.38 @ 8.28
Late and dark home from work. It was a wild night - uphill and into the won and rain. Felt more like an 8m/m pace. Topped off with a hot shower and a delicious fillet steak dinner. Not bad for a day's work.
Tuesday 13th December AM
5.04 @ 9.23
Early, dark, cold and wet start to the day. Handy enough.0 -
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Wednesday 14th December
7 @ 8.57
Did run home in the end last night. Twas tough enough out to F to the rock with the hills and the wind and the frickin weighty lunar glides. They're definitely recovery only runners from now on - one doesn't need to wittingly inflict unnecessary hassles on one's running! Got home just in time for greys which was the most important thing 0 -
Wednesday 14th December
7 @ 8.57
Did run home in the end last night. Twas tough enough out to F to the rock with the hills and the wind and the frickin weighty lunar glides. one doesn't need to wittingly inflict unnecessary hassles on one's running! Got home just in time for greys which was the most important thing
I am not surprised you got stuck in the Lunarglides, my apartment looks like an outlet store for Nike Pegasus :-)0 -
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Thursday 15th December
5 @ 9:00
Home from work. Can't remember what the conditions were like or how it felt…
Friday 16th December
Rest
Swapped the run to work for a coffee and a scone and the run home for wine and dinner
Saturday 17th December
14 @ 9.09
Hooked up with Meno for this run around the 'foothills of the Dublin Mountains'…poetic. Think it's the furthest I've run since DCM. It was pretty frosty so we took it nice and handy until the sun started to do it’s work. There were a couple of tough climbs but they didn't completely kill me - would definitely have more of a push in me if I went for it. My back was a bit twingey toawrds the end but it's been like that for about a week from lugging boxes and folders around, so hopefully that'll ease this week and over the Christmas break. Apart from that everything felt fine. All in all, it was a great run and we got a nice fresh morning for it.
Sunday 18th December
Rest
12 pubs of Christmas on Saturday which involved 10 hours of boozing left me in a state capable of little more than getting out of bed and standing in the freezing cold in Santry with a hot chocolate, willing Digdig to break 20 for his last 5k of the year. He did. Delighted for him. The first words he uttered were "I am never running a f*cking 5k race again. Bring on the ultra" as he was hanging over the side of a railing... I'd say it was about 16 minutes before he was talking about getting his next 5k fix!! Was great to watch the winners coming in - some brilliant runners. Very impressed by the girls - wow!
Monday 19th December
5.1 @ 9.14
Nice run into work this morning. The legs were running away on me and the pace slipped into the 8's a few times. I tried to pull it back and keep it easy. I will start to be more disciplined re recovery!
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The legs were running away on me and the pace slipped into the 8's a few times. I tried to pull it back and keep it easy. I will start to be more disciplined re recovery!
You're really flying. Re recovery, I know the feeling - my legs seem to want to move faster at the moment as well. I think it's something to do with the pressure of the marathon being lifted - I'm not afraid of injury so I'm running more freely and slightly faster than usual. New year's resolution - do recovery runs properly 
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Friday 23rd December
Today, I rest. All I've done is eat. Scones, chocolate, jellies, chocolate, toffypops, steak sandwich & chips, toffypops, roses, coffee, coffee, coffee... out on the lash tonight too. Not the ideal marathon running role model...:rolleyes:
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Going to run a goal mile in the morning but have no idea what to aim for...
Based on what I've been reading on your log lately, I'd say your capable of anything
It may be hard to get a good time tomorrow though with the wind and the huge numbers of people you may encounter but if you're lucky and you get a good heat just run as hard as you can and hang on, only way to run a mile and it'll hurt and I think you could be very surprised at your time.
Best of luck with it and happy xmas0 -
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Wednesday 28th December
10.18 @ 8:54
A few hills and a lot of wind. Good one though. Can't remember much more.
Thursday 29th December
5 @ 9:10
Nice and handy in advance of LSR.
Friday 30th December
15.2 @ 9:20
Group run in the park. Did the first 8/9 with Digdig before meeting a couple of the others. Not a good run for me. Felt awful for most of it. (I'd been suffering from girl-flu (i.e. manflu with all of the pain but none of the complaints!) for a few days so not overly surprising that I didn't feel great). It was just a matter of pushing through and getting it done. Got an horrendous stitch at about 13 miles which hit me like a tonne of bricks. Stopped for a minute before pushing through the last 2 miles - the stictch lingered though. Not fun. Was glad to be finished.
Saturday 31st December
5 @ 9;39
A very handy recovery run to round off 2011. Legs felt a bit dead - not unexpected though. Also still had the remnants of the stitch from the previous day which wasn't a barrel of laughs!
That all brought me up to a grand total of 1630.53 running miles for 2011. Not bad at all; it being my first year of real/proper/regular running.
2000 next year perhaps...:rolleyes:
Sunday 1st January
5 @ 7:55 (unofficial pb for that distance official pb is 42:21 from race series last summer).
A really good run to start off the year. Had originally planned a faster one but then didn't feel great so thought about scrapping it. Headed out with Digdig though and it just happened. Waned a little at about 2.5/6 miles and again at 4 but powered through. Was a little wrecked at the end but definitely have more in me for 5 miles. Under Meno's advice now though it's time to focus on Ultra training and save the time trials for Raheny. Will do!
That concludes Week 1 of Ultra training with a total of 52 miles. Think that's my longest week ever. Not bad for the week after Christmas. (Week 1 was running training only...the rest (nutrition, hydration, strength and stretching) leaves a lot to be desired! I'm working on it though).0 -
PB's to date are as follows and need a good bashing in 2012. Hopefully Raheny will sort out the 5 miler in a couple of weeks anyway. Don't know whether I should pick goal times now or as races arise or just try to get a pb everytime….hmmm..
Distance | Time | Event
5k | 24:18 | Donore 17 May 2011
10K | 54:03 | Dunshaughlin 26 June 2011
5 miles | 42:21 | Dublin Race Series 16 July 2011
10 miles | 1:29.08 | Dublin Race Series 21 August 2010
13.1 miles | 1:59.49 | Dublin Race Series 18 September 2010 :eek:
26.2 miles | 3:53.30 | Dublin City Marathon 31 October 2011
The only time there which I'm still delighted with is DCM and breaking a new PB on that is a daunting task. The others should be do-able though.0 -
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