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Almost at the midpoint of my Grand European Tour (just like the Victorians did but with fewer manservant's)
Coach Boss tells me I have to run 5 w/3@ tempo 7:00 - 7:10/mile. So off I sets out of the door of my snug hotel room into the Kiel night (well evening). Now you may not know Kiel so let me tell you that it is bog arse cold. And when I say cold I mean winds howling direct from Santas Grotto cold. And there I was in my shorts and T shirt (although fully kitted out with Aldi's best base layer and a pair of woolly gloves!). I had been told taht a great and popular route to run was by the harbour - and it was, flat enough, wide and a fair few runners out. Locals, you know, people who live there all year round and are adapted to the weather. And were wearing (and I kid you not) bobble hats, scarves, hooded fleecy jumpers and heavy leggings. But when has a hardy buck from Donegal ever let that phase him? Sure if you are too cold you need to speed up!
So off I trotted and knocked off mile one in a warm up 7:49. And when I say warm up I mean just above freezing as the wind whipped in from the Baltic. Beep goes the Garmin. I'm not in the mood for this crap goes I but up the pace goes. Now as one of the founder members (albeit lapsed) of teh Boards pacing crew I used to pride myself on being able to run a given pace with or without a watch. 7 was the target for mile 2, 6:25 was the time. Guess I need to look for a different way of scamming free entry to Irish races cos pacing is a no go for a while... I backed off loads for mile 3 and ran 6:48 and backed off further for mile 4 and ran 6:51. And I was so hot I had to take my woollen gloves off. Easy recovery mile and off to an Irish bar to try and catch the match - except it was an Irish bar without Guinness, run by a German and with 100% German customers. Great craic was had watching Holland v Germany and talking history and politics and ****e - thankfully their English was better than my German!
Probably doing a half day tomorrow and then off to Hamburg - stranded until Friday as they don't fly daily to Dublin so a day and a bit mooching around teh City and then home, hope to cram in some running as I wander the Reeperbahn snorting coke off hookers boobs (by which I mean going to overpriced Beatles memorabilia shops and blushing if a doll in a window smiles at me)village runner wrote: »What marathons have you set yourself up for ?
Grin go makes a great point about a 10k will get you better suited to a 2.45 than another marathon but whats the point in that. Whats the fun in that.
I laughed my nads off when I read you were gone fat. But i nearly fcukes the computer of the wall when you were 7ibs off race weight. Try fcuking 30ibs.
Great to have you back.
All Man Utd fans are 30lbs over race weight. It's mostly between the ears
Race plans are up in a heap to be honest - teh 5k is in tatters as I am writing off Nov because of the travel but I am hoping for Rotterdam. Great race, good course and I know it so feel good that I could run well there. For once in my life though I am taking advice so we will see...0 -
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shotgunmcos wrote: »I like that 'other guy' metaphor and think I will adopt, thanks
No worries, half the time you are the "other guy"!
Missed Friday's run because of a series of major explosions in work. Not literally but they might as well have been - for the first time in almost 10 years of being self employed some code of mine didn't do what it was supposed to. Not a major issue in the grand scheme but I was the link between two other companies and my code not working caused a hitch that knocked the whole thing back. In my defence there were reasons and miscommunications but still not fun. And when the dust settled on all of that herself reminded me we had to go shopping because we had guests coming that night. I mentioned running and I got the impression I was welcome to go but the locks would be changed when I got back...
So I ran my easy 6 on Sat and shoved my 3 mile tempo into the middle of today's 10. Tough enough today, esp with the wind, and so the tempo miles weren't as quick as they could have been (6:56 / 6:57 / 6:47) but at least I had no reaction from that little muscle tweak the other night.
*Sigh* And now off to play Santa. My poor credit card is taking a woeful battering.0 -
Ha, as scattered as your form may be right now, its better than mine lad'. I've orderd a secret weapon though...--amadeus-- wrote: »No worries, half the time you are the "other guy"!
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shotgunmcos wrote: »I've orderd a secret weapon though...
A Trionz bracelet with extra holograms?0 -
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... and 'go faster' stickers to bootA Trionz bracelet with extra holograms?
nah...--amadeus-- wrote: »No way he has enough money left to buy anything too fancy!
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Yep... everyone getting socks for their secret santa's this year. On the upside I may just throw a BBQ if the weather plays ball after the GLR next summer The house is on the course and walkable fom the finish (even with bandy legs!) 0 -
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shotgunmcos wrote: »I may just throw a BBQ if the weather plays ball after the GLR next summer The house is on the course and walkable fom the finish (even with bandy legs!)
Result, I'm half thinking of racing the half this year so a big beery BBQ afterwards would go down very well! Just make sure you get plenty of veggie burgers/bangers in 0 -
--amadeus-- wrote: »Result, I'm half thinking of racing the half this year so a big beery BBQ afterwards would go down very well! Just make sure you get plenty of veggie burgers/bangers in
Interesting as that was my intention for it too. You just became the "other guy" Any idea on our target?! 0 -
shotgunmcos wrote: »Interesting as that was my intention for it too. You just became the "other guy" Any idea on our target?!
Ooooohhh very interesting, we should be roughly the same pace so this could be fun...
I'm hoping to run Rotterdam in April as an A race so this will be a B race off the back of recovery. Preliminary target for Rott. is sub 2:50 so I guess sub 1:25 for a half but will take all advice going. And if I am racing the "other guy" that could change! What were you thinking? Your race plans look a bit scattered at the minute, how will this fit with your other commitments? A, B or C race?0 -
--amadeus-- wrote: »Ooooohhh very interesting, we should be roughly the same pace so this could be fun...
I'm hoping to run Rotterdam in April as an A race so this will be a B race off the back of recovery. Preliminary target for Rott. is sub 2:50 so I guess sub 1:25 for a half but will take all advice going. And if I am racing the "other guy" that could change! What were you thinking? Your race plans look a bit scattered at the minute, how will this fit with your other commitments? A, B or C race?
You are right, scattered is the apt description. I've no idea yet. GLR HM would be a C priority or B at best. I feel shame about the DNF I'd lke to nab a PB for the half to get that monkey off my back
PB is a shade under 86 so it it be at least an assault on 84. I'll give a 10k a proper go in the spring and see what McMillan suggests. If you are in sub 2:50 shape I'd imagine 84 will be a keen stroll for you 0 -
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*sigh* maybe I did overdo it a bit
5 miles easy that was more like recovery. Legs were like lead the whole way round and had phantom aches and pains all over the place. Too depressed to even look at the average pace so I'm going to feed the MiniMonsters and have a long soak in the bath with my book (the rather excellent Dunkirk) and wallow in self pity for a while. Might even open the bottle of this that I bought recently to see if it cheers me up 0 -
The ever fragrant MrsA decided she wanted to have a glass as well so the wine was switched to this (special offer from Dunnes, very gulpable) but otherwise all went as planned last night and tucked up in bed watching Hangover 2 at a nice early hour (not a patch on the original, avoid)
Despite that my legs still felt a bit heavy today. 7 mile easy on the plan. I'm on semi-holiday so I spent a couple of hours at a client and then came home and spent the afternoon waiting for the English FA to take thier thumb out of thier backsides and declare Luis innocent while telling MrsA that I was taking a recovery day, I didn't want to compromise my speed session tomm. So I was a bit surprised to find my trainers on, especially as it was throwing rain down. "I'm just doing 5" I told her as I headed out the door.
Legs felt fine once I started running - though they were a little less peppy on the way home than on the way out - so I ended up doing the 7 anyway. Legs feel better for it, actually.0 -
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RacoonQueen wrote: »I love the technical terms to describe the bike parts.
Any triathlons planned for 2012? I might make my debut in Joey Hannon, join me for the carnage.
Ahhh but knowing the technical name for parts like the "cage things" is a step closer to tri-poncery - next thing you know I'll be buying and wearing speedos. No plan for a race yet - I looked at Joey but it might come a fraction early for me. I can't swim at all and have a lot to do. I would prefer to start with a "try-a-tri" but someone (I think it was MCOS?) said they would slap me if I didn't do a proper one so still a bit undecided really.
That said - and funnily enough given the main thread on the MdS - I spent NYE drinking with my mate who has done adventure stage races all over the world. He and his wife spent a fair chunk of the night trying to persuade me to do one of them sooner rather than later. They were trying to convince me that I could realistically target a top 10 finish in most of the races (MdS apart simply because of it's size) based on my background and performances. They aren't the kind to blow smoke for the sake of it and I take him seriously when he talks about that sort of thing (I've seen the photos and heard the horror stories). I've always said I'd go long and do adventure races after I start to slow down but it would be nice to place respectably in a tough event. I know I'm capable of going top 10% in any given race field (Amsterdam I was 322 out of 7880, which is top 5%) so in theory targeting a finish in the top 20 in something like the Gobi March isn't beyond me. And we'd be going together to whatever event it was so I'd have the benefit of someone with experience rather than going in green. A lot to think about.
Meanwhile back in the real world I did a lazy 7 with the dogs today - as always running with them is stop / start but I averaged 8 mins/mile when I was actually un-interupted running and legs felt a lot more pop and fizz, cold is clearing and hopefully the training can kick on now.0 -
Yes it was me, and yes I will slap you! There is a sprint event at Joey, trust me you will get through it. If you need any faith just call around mine some eveningfor tea and Caz can dig out her Joey sprint war story She was last out of the pool at Nenagh by 2 whole minutes and got the biggest clap of the day too. That was her mountain and it was all smiles and 'see how many I can catch' after that. She put some blushes on a bunch of me on the run section...
I used to collect Salvador Dali posters as a teen and the hung on my wall. Whenever I read you posts the Metamophosis of Narcissis springs to mind 0 -
I'd need to back stroke the whole bloody thing though, I'm not sure they'd keep the pool open that long...
No idea what you mean by that Narcissus comment by the way - arrogant people only think they are amazing. I *know* how amazing I am
Actually today was one of the days when my ego had a right proper bitchslapping from reality. I've spent teh last couple of days feeling hungry but just assumed it was just the after-effects of stuffing myself silly over the holidays (I gained 1.5 kgs ). Today was a horrible day to run - really strong winds and freezing cold. I left the dogs behind for my promised 7 and the wind was howling; white horses running across the river, a leaden sky heavy with the promise of rain or worse and my rain jacket acting like a sail. No records set over the first mile or so. Then just shy of the 3 mile mark as I headed towards the UL boathouse I started to feel a tiny bit weak. Legs were disconnected and head was a little light with a huge void where my belly used to be. It's happened a couple of times on long runs and a gel or simply slowing down always causes it to pass and so I put my head down and toughed it out - not easy when you're feeling cruddy and running in the opposite direction to your house! Made it to the turn around point and thats when all of that promised rain arrived - heavy great sheets of it cascading down, huge drops that felt like stones as they hit you. Of course the wind picked up as well - strong enough to literally take your breath away. Past the fishermens cottages where the little wooden windchime had stopped sounding like the soundtrack to a horror movie and was at a 90 degree angle to the ground. I was glad when I'd fought my way back to the boathouse for the limited amount of cover the denuded treeline could offer. Thankfully things calmed down a little after that but were still on the rough side of unpleasant. Slow run but I was glad to get the miles in the legs.
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shels4ever wrote: »Because its fun.
Getting soaked while wearing tight and bizarre looking outfits and enduring physical pain might be fun for the british aristocracy but not for the likes of me!
Recovery 4 yesterday at 9 min mile+ pace so nothing to dramatic. Easy 8 today and 1st mile was surprisingly slow at 8:24 - JnrHound was on the lead and normally we go quicker. I let her off by the river and was shocked that mile 2 was 9:12. I was dawdling, not putting any effort in, my legs were just moving of thier own accord. I gave myself a stern talking too and picked it up - not enough to be trying hard but enough to know I was actually moving. Breathing stayed conversational but got deeper and more even and I could feel my legs working. 7:45 and then the turnaround involving a brief pause to convince the dogs that no, in fact I didn't really want to extend the run for a couple of miles through muddy fields in teh dark despite their convincing arguments (8:10) then 7:53 / 7:41 before a halt to reattach leads (8:39 ) and a trot home in 8:09.
Felt really strong, loads left in the legs and probably the first time in over a year that I actually felt like a sub 3 runner again, felt that my targets were actually viable.0 -
I am convinced that the coach sets Wed sessions more to test my Garmin programming skills than for thier running benefits...
Plan was 2 mile warm up, 2km @ 10mile pace, 3 min recovery and 10*400m @ 10k pace w 45 sec recovery followed by 2 mile cooldown.
I managed to get it all coded in but pushed the wrong button leaving teh house so my 2 mile warm up is lost to eternity. The planned pace for the 2 kms was 6:30-6:45 and I ran 6:32 so that was ok. My intention was to make it to the UL track for the 400s but the beeper went a little early so the first one and a bit were through the college grounds (a car park, over some gravel, down some steps. I bet Paula Radcliff doesn't have to deal with that sort of thing). Rest were on the track but I was sharing it with a Juvenile training session; they were doing 150m sprint drills with full recoveries and it is very discouraging to be passed by a 12 year old girl on the track!
Pace for the 400m laps were 6:23 / 5:59 / 5:47 / 6:02 / 6:01 / 6:05 / 6:05 / 6:07 / 6:03 / 5:58 against a target of 6:00 - 6:15.
Easy home, just under 4 miles (the distance from the track but I went the short way) and at a very casual pace. Until the very end... MrsA had gone to collect JnrMsA from one of her many after school activities and drove past me in the estate shouting out "I'll race you home!". Well when I was 2-300m from home I saw that she was busy gossiping so I put the foot down and beat her back; over priced german sports car 0 Top Donegal Totty on legs 1, I believe
So a fraction under 11 miles today and a good chunk of it at a decent pace. Still not as fast as I would like bearing in mind the targets but it is coming...0 -
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