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2013; Eat my dust Meno!
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Saturday 7th April
5 @ 7:26
Ok ok you wouldn't find that type of run in any training plan or running bible in terms of Ultra race recovery, but it felt good and I wanted to test the new runners... It was really enjoyable and satisfying - hadn't had a training run like it in a long time!
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I think that's what he's holding out for... The cheap so and so
Anyways it's looking increasingly unlikely that I can do the Kclub 10k myself and if so I'll deffo be up in Santry for that 100m. What will I get if I whoop the two of you? :P
I think I'll use the samsung night race (10k i the city centre this day 3 weeks) as backup if I can't race the Kclub one.0 -
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Okey doke…time for an update. Since Connemara, I have altogether taken the idea of rest and recovery to a new level…!!
Along with the celebrations of completing Connemara, there were plenty of other reasons to go mad last week including birthdays, signing new leases, long lost friends returning from Oz, Easter, holidays from work, the sun rising, the sun setting, waking up in the morning… You name it, I ate and drank to it. And then I ate and drank to the fact that I had things to eat and drink to. The result of all of this self indulgent piggery is a slightly heavier, more wobbly around the edges and less than happy CL. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it while it lasted but enough is enough! I am no longer training for an ultra marathon and therefore the eating like an ultra runner has to stop.
I'm running the Kildare marathon on the 13th of May and have decided that I'm going to be hardcore disciplined in the interim. This means no cakes, sweets, biscuits, chocolate, red wine, white wine, deliciously refreshing Corona, sneaky spoonfuls of nutella from the jar (you get the picture!!) from Monday to Friday - I'll allow myself a wee treat at the weekends for behaving during the week if I get a decent LSR or LScycle done. I should also probably stay away from the kilos of salted peanuts that have become part of my binges. I gave up crisps for a month about a year and a half ago and haven't had one since so that's one less thing I have to cut out.
I'm going to follow the P&D core and strength program and sign up for a course of yoga. These changes combined with running 35/40 mile weeks will be in lieu of 60/70 mile weeks, and I'm hoping will be the perfect recovery from the Ultra (though I feel like I have recvoered already).
It all starts right now. I had to write it down to keep me honest as I've become far too fond of treating myself e.g. eating 2 bars of chocolate before bed because I'm running into work on an empty stomach the following morning - silly stuff! It's operation "no more hiding under running tights and long sleeved tops, the summer is here and the shorts and vests are out!!"… aaargh! :eek:
This rest of this week will be an easy 5, 5, 6 and 8 or so. From next week, I'm going to follow the final 4 weeks of one of the marathon plans which should be handy enough - I haven't decided which one yet though. The plan will be to run Kildare and hopefully get a comfortable PB. I'm not going to kill myself but will push it a bit. I reckon in that case that 3:44:59 could be a suitable goal. I think I could hold 8:36 pace with an effort but without doing damage.
Then, after Kildare, I'll be ramping everything up a notch in preparation for Berlin. My recent 5k time is giving me just under 3:20 for the marathon. This is not a time which I completely agree with, nor do I think I'll be aiming for it anytime soon. So I think I'll stick with the 3:29.29 Berlin goal and the 8m/m PMP that goes with that (for the time being anyway!)
I hope you all remember what I sound like because this time next month, I'm going to disappear when I turn sideways… haha! :rolleyes::D
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Saturday 7th April
5 @ 7.26
Sunday 8th April
Rest
Monday 9th April
3 @ 8:17
Tuesday 10th April
1.2 @ 8:55
Whoops! This was supposed to be a nice short loosener in the sun. I took the idea of 'short' to a whole new level when I got a stitch and the blue sky was replaced with a big precipitation-loaded dirty black cloud… So instead of running the planned loop, I stopped at Digdig's office and just waited for a lift home…Haha!
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Sh1t.... I bought you six Cadbury creme eggs this morning :eek::D
That's ok - see below, I'll save them for Saturday...;)Okey doke…time for an update. Since Connemara, I have altogether taken the idea of rest and recovery to a new level…!!
Along with the celebrations of completing Connemara, there were plenty of other reasons to go mad last week including birthdays, signing new leases, long lost friends returning from Oz, Easter, holidays from work, the sun rising, the sun setting, waking up in the morning… You name it, I ate and drank to it. And then I ate and drank to the fact that I had things to eat and drink to. The result of all of this self indulgent piggery is a slightly heavier, more wobbly around the edges and less than happy CL. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it while it lasted but enough is enough! I am no longer training for an ultra marathon and therefore the eating like an ultra runner has to stop.
I'm running the Kildare marathon on the 13th of May and have decided that I'm going to be hardcore disciplined in the interim. This means no cakes, sweets, biscuits, chocolate, red wine, white wine, deliciously refreshing Corona, sneaky spoonfuls of nutella from the jar (you get the picture!!) from Monday to Friday - I'll allow myself a wee treat at the weekends for behaving during the week if I get a decent LSR or LScycle done. I should also probably stay away from the kilos of salted peanuts that have become part of my binges. I gave up crisps for a month about a year and a half ago and haven't had one since so that's one less thing I have to cut out.
I'm going to follow the P&D core and strength program and sign up for a course of yoga. These changes combined with running 35/40 mile weeks will be in lieu of 60/70 mile weeks, and I'm hoping will be the perfect recovery from the Ultra (though I feel like I have recvoered already).
It all starts right now. I had to write it down to keep me honest as I've become far too fond of treating myself e.g. eating 2 bars of chocolate before bed because I'm running into work on an empty stomach the following morning - silly stuff! It's operation "no more hiding under running tights and long sleeved tops, the summer is here and the shorts and vests are out!!"… aaargh! :eek:
This rest of this week will be an easy 5, 5, 6 and 8 or so. From next week, I'm going to follow the final 4 weeks of one of the marathon plans which should be handy enough - I haven't decided which one yet though. The plan will be to run Kildare and hopefully get a comfortable PB. I'm not going to kill myself but will push it a bit. I reckon in that case that 3:44:59 could be a suitable goal. I think I could hold 8:36 pace with an effort but without doing damage.
Then, after Kildare, I'll be ramping everything up a notch in preparation for Berlin. My recent 5k time is giving me just under 3:20 for the marathon. This is not a time which I completely agree with, nor do I think I'll be aiming for it anytime soon. So I think I'll stick with the 3:29.29 Berlin goal and the 8m/m PMP that goes with that (for the time being anyway!)
I hope you all remember what I sound like because this time next month, I'm going to disappear when I turn sideways… haha! :rolleyes::D
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You definitely don't let the grass grow under your feet. I can't imagine what minutes you'll knock off your marathon PB in Kildare.
As for the allowing yourself a treat only at weekends. I've tried that strategy, it doesn't work (having said that you're more resiliant than me for sure, so good luck with that!) 0 -
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There's no such thing as an easy 26.2 miles and really, what would be the point?
Another Marathon on her quest for 1,000 Marathons before she's 30
On a serious note, with Berlin in September being her goal race would an easy 3:59 26.2 in May be all that different to a hard raced 1.35 13.1?0 -
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But that's what I was saying about Ultra training and how my attitude to long distance has changed. I think I could run a 4 hour marathon tomorrow and really enjoy it and recover well. Don't get me wrong, I want to improve and get faster but I won't ignore or discount the fact that I do enjoy the longer distances and have trained hard for them too. This post is just an aside to my one above but it's important to me to confirm that it is about enjoyment and there are no other constraints in terms of time etc on me at the weekends at the minute.
This post is not to negate that what I said earlier and I would like some feedback on my original post.
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You are definitely in prime position to race a really good half IMO.
Brainderunner normally destroys his 10 mile PB's a few weeks after doing a Goal Marathon and the HM is a similar race. You have time over the next month to get in a few good HM specific sessions to bring the sharpness up but the fitness and endurance is there already.
I'll wait to see what the two lads say but I don't see the point of Jogging 26.2 miles unless you are pacing or joining the 100 marathon club 0 -
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