Another comeback of sorts :)

thirstywork2

I have a had a few logs at this stage and tend to over do it from time to time.
This log is starting tommorow as I have got new inserts for my shoes and have to break them in gradually.
my plan is to run easy miles till x-mas,then I will start some progression runs and tempos with things leading to Connemara on the 1st of April.
I look forward to all feedback good and bad over the coming months.

Last few days;
Sunday 75mins 7min pace(yes im a plonker)too fast and too far.
Monday 35mins 8min pace to work.
Tuesday 7.5 miles 7.15 pace with Ecoli.

My last injury was my achilles and is still slighty at me.Have booked in with the laser clinic in 6 weeks.

theboyblunder

thirstywork2 wrote: »

I have a had a few logs at this stage and tend to over do it from time to time.
This log is starting tommorow as I have got new inserts for my shoes and have to break them in gradually.
my plan is to run easy miles till x-mas,then I will start some progression runs and tempos with things leading to Connemara on the 1st of April.
I look forward to all feedback good and bad over the coming months.

Last few days;
Sunday 75mins 7min pace(yes im a plonker)too fast and too far.
Monday 35mins 8min pace to work.
Tuesday 7.5 miles 7.15 pace with Ecoli.

My last injury was my achilles and is still slighty at me.Have booked in with the laser clinic in 6 weeks.

Best of luck with it am running in conn myself. Will follow with interest.

thirstywork2

theboyblunder wrote: »

Best of luck with it am running in conn myself. Will follow with interest.

Have you ran Conn before?i picked it mainly beacuse it's not too far way but can give me enough time to get fit again.

Mr Slow

Good Luck with training K, I'm expecting great things!

theboyblunder

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Have you ran Conn before?i picked it mainly beacuse it's not too far way but can give me enough time to get fit again.

Nope. Im doing the ultra. Fancied something different after a few marathons in a row. You can show me how to train properly for the half

thirstywork2

headed down to the club tonight but not many around.The fit4life group had huge numbers in both men and women.
Great to see so many out and they where doing 6-8miles.
Saw a club mate Colin and while waiting on him did some drils and ballistic stretching.
Run was in the phoenix park and pace average 8minutes per mile.
I was using my new shoe inserts which i got of a guy called Michael Davis in a clinic called wellshod.While I have used 3 differn't types of conventional orthotics i decided to give these a go as many top runners have been using with success including sean Connolly,Brain Maher and many others.
They are a foam based orthotic and while i suppinate i find it hard to find a shoe that works for me.Hopefully the injuries will stay away.
Miles:5
Location:phoenix park
Shoes:Saucony Cortana
WEEK TO DATE:16MILES

Mr Slow

Is the Achilles behaving itself?

thirstywork2

Long day at work today but was still looking forward to my run which is a good sign:D

Did a 10minute warm up to my parents house and chatted to my mam for about 30mins while stretching.

Decided to up the pace tonight;
distance was 4.5 miles from kilnamangh to Chapelizod.
Tried to run as relaxed while maintaining 6-6.10 pace.
Looking back at the run I ran it a little hard in patches but no reaction
to achilles and a good blow out.

Distance:5.5miles
Location:road running kilnamanagh-Chapelizod
Shoes:Saucony Cortana
Week to date:21.5miles

thirstywork2

Morning run and boy it was tough.Im not a great morning persona nd it takes me a couple of weeks to adjust to morning runs.
Looking out at the weather now im glad i have it out of the way.
Im booked in with Ciaran mcdonagh in lucan for a butchering later.



Distance:3.5miles
Location:road running Chapelizod-Ballymount
Shoes:Saucony Cortana
Week to date:25miles

BeepBeep67

I'm the same takes a couple of weeks to get in the morning runs particularly pre 7am

thirstywork2

Morning run again @ 8.am :eek:
Ran with my mate Aido in phoenix park for an Hour approx 8.5miles.
legs abit heavy after my treatment last night.
Spent 45minutes with Ciaran last night who did some realignment work,dry needling and then I was put into a compression machine for my legs.




Distance:8.5miles
Location:phoenix park
Shoes:Brooks glycerin
Week to date:33.5miles

cwgatling

Good to see you back. Sounds like a heavy physio session!

thirstywork2

10am run in phoenix Park this morning with Aido.Ran very slow and relaxed but legs felt heavy.
My left foot was very tight before the run so did soem massage with golf ball and got some relief.
Ran for 85minutes and then went to the clubhouse for some stretching.Lower back very tight and calfs.
distance covered 11.5miles.been a tough first week back and felt like I ran more.


Distance:11.5miles
Location:Phoenix park
Shoes:Saucony Cortana
week1: 45miles

thirstywork2

9am moring ru of 30mins,bit of a slog and achilles tight to begin with.
ran on the roads :mad:

Distance:4miles
Location:roadsShoes:Saucony Cortana
week2:4miles

thirstywork2

Up at 6.30 am for my earliest run in a long long time.Met Kevin M in the phoenix park which was still dark so had the head torch on.
Didn't see one runner during the run which goes to show the drop in running after the marathon.
people will wait till the New year after they have put on extra weight to get back.
Wore my mizuno wave rider which didnt work well with my new orthotics as they cut the arch off my right foot.
im half tempted to run the Jingle Bells but will be too soon to take any positives from a race.mayb new years 5k might be an option.
My achilles was the best it's been in a long time this morning and spent some time stretching my alfs before the run.


Distance:8miles
Location:phoenix park
Shoes:Mizuno Rider
week2: 12 miles

thirstywork2

Evening run with two mates Conor and Gary.they where doing a track session in Santry of 9 x 400m average pace 61-62,was class to watch.
Gary having just ran 2.26 in Dublin and Conor a 4.03 miler.
I slogged around in 8min pace :rolleyes:

I have decided on a Marathon in the Spring with a 12-14 week build up.
few more weeks of building up the miles to 60-65 before starting.
Selecting the marathon now is a tough one.
Any suggestions???

Distance:5miles
Location:Santry
Shoes:Saucony Cortana
week2: 17 miles

Mr Slow

Always a good Boards crowd for Barcelona!

RacoonQueen

An Irish marathon? Barcelona is the 25th of March, that could be a dodgy date for you to book!

thirstywork2

Barcelona too close.Copenhagen anyone ran before?

Mr Slow

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Barcelona too close.Copenhagen anyone ran before?

Cork is a great show, it'd mean pushing it out til June though!

Woddle

Has to be Rotterdam, good fast course a few boardsies going over and most importantly it's in about 19 weeks time, April first which should be within your attention span then take a month off before getting ready for the track in the summer. I'm going with a similar plan, only that I've replaced Rotterdam with the Berlin half.

thirstywork2

am run to work 4miles @ 8min pace
pm run consisted of a hard 1mile in 5.30 and the stretch for 1hour followed by 32mins running (4.5miles)

Distance:9.5
Location:Roads
Shoes:Saucony Cortana
week2: 26.5 miles

thirstywork2

Woddle wrote: »

Has to be Rotterdam, good fast course a few boardsies going over and most importantly it's in about 19 weeks time, April first which should be within your attention span then take a month off before getting ready for the track in the summer. I'm going with a similar plan, only that I've replaced Rotterdam with the Berlin half.

Im due my first kid 21st of March so 1st April might be touch and go.Rather book one 2-3 weeks after that date.Rotterdam would be class alright.

RacoonQueen

About 4 or 5 from the club registered for Rotterdam so far I think. Seems to be a decent sized group going.

RayCun

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Im due my first kid 21st of March so 1st April might be touch and go.Rather book one 2-3 weeks after that date.

Oh yeah, you'll have loads of time for running then :pac:

thirstywork2

RayCun wrote: »

Oh yeah, you'll have loads of time for running then :pac:

Cheers Ray,you know any good babysitters

Mr Slow

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Im due my first kid 21st of March so 1st April might be touch and go.Rather book one 2-3 weeks after that date.Rotterdam would be class alright.

Pain and pleasure in equal measure.

Just to cover all the elements around picking a date, there's a 2 week settling in period with a new baby, then you find out whether you're likely to get some or any sleep for the next 6 years!

Woddle

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Cheers Ray,you know any good babysitters

If it's either of your parents first grandkid you're sorted.

Mr Slow

Woddle wrote: »

If it's either of your parents first grandkid you're sorted.

Unless like myself and my other half, your entire support network lives 120 miles away!

thirstywork2

Morning run at 7am
Was late getting up so missed my training partner
First 30mins was a struggle,body tired after the double yesterday.
Pace picked up but was more concerned with feeling comfortable.
Ran in the phoenix park for 75minutes and then headed up to the folks house in tallaght where i stretched,re fuelled and played silly games with my niece.

Distance:14.5 miles
Location:Roads + phoenix park
Shoes:Mizuno enigma
week2: 41miles

thirstywork2

Rest day today
Have cycled over 100miles this week as well as the runnign and feeling it today.
Tommorow im running a 10k Time trial to see where im at,should be fun :rolleyes:

Im thinking 37.30 would be a realistic start.

thirstywork2

Ended up meeting a mate for a run at 6.30pm.
ran 8miles steady on the roads.
Legs heavy but feeling good.


Distance:8 miles
Location:Roads + phoenix park
Shoes:Brooks Glycerin
week2: 49miles

thirstywork2

woke up this morning feeling tired from a 40th party the night before.Just had 2 pints so no excuses.
Arrived down to the start of the MO 10k in phoenix park which was being run around 3 lap course opposite the Popes Cross.

Met a guy i knew from years ago Eoin whow as aimig for 35.30,felt this tiem might be abit to quick but agrred i would run with him and see how it went.

At the start I saw Martin Quinn and i knew we where running for 2nd and 3rd place here.
Gun went and as expected Martin flew to the front with 5 other runners running flat out to stay with him.Can never understand guys who does this who race every week.
Stayed relaxed and 1k 3.20 2k 3.20,went through 3k in 10.15,pace stayed at 3.30k's until the Kyber where we had a 3.48 k,then held 3.30 k's to the finish.
With 2k to go i asked Eoin did he fancy a sprint finish or run in together so we took the soft option and ran together holding hands at the finish.

Finishing time 35.13 which is 2minutes slower than my pb for the Summer but delighted with the race.Small 2mile cool down and up to work


http://dublin.mo-running.com/results/

donothoponpop

thirstywork2 wrote: »

I have a had a few logs at this stage and tend to over do it from time to time.
This log is starting tommorow as I have got new inserts for my shoes and have to break them in gradually.
my plan is to run easy miles till x-mas,then I will start some progression runs and tempos with things leading to Connemara on the 1st of April.

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Tommorow im running a 10k Time trial to see where im at,should be fun :rolleyes:

Im thinking 37.30 would be a realistic start.

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Finishing time 35.13

That's some fast comeback! Well done on the race.

thirstywork2

Sundays run was left till 6pm as I had a lack of sleep and and good few pints last night.
Headed out with Aido and ran around the park for 80minutes very slow.
legs dont feel too badly beaten up from yesterday.
The nnew inserts where a big help in the race,I found myself able to maintain my form during the race even though my race fitness isn't good.

Distance10 miles
Location:Roads + phoenix park
Shoes:Brooks Glycerin
week2: 68miles :eek:

BeepBeep67

Seen your doppelganger in Glenealy this morning - were you separated at birth?

thirstywork2

He must have been one hansome man

thirstywork2

Ran on the roads around the Phoenix Park with Kevin M.Pace was steady and felt good.
Was going to do an hour but decided to do a little longer.Ran for 80mins and stretched in the club house before jogging home for 5mins.


Distance:12 miles
Location:Roads + phoenix park
Shoes:Brooks Glycerin
week3:12 miles

thirstywork2

Been sick for a week and only ran 12miles last week.
This week so far i did 6miles and session of 3 x 1200m in avergae 3.55
planned on doing more but ran at too high an intensity for my current fitness levels.
Wed rest
thur late run of 8miles 64mins
friday morning frum of 90mins 12miles

thirstywork2

Ran 4miles friday evening for a total of 16miles.
Today I ran after work at 6pm and met up with two mates after 50mins.
14miles 1hour 45mins.
shoes:brooks glycerin
location;phoenix park roads.
51miles so far this week

thirstywork2

9mile/68mins plod after work today.horrible out and was just a case of getting around.

weekly mileage:60
shoes:brooks glycerin

thirstywork2

am 5miles easy
pm 8miles steady with Ecoli for company.

Total miles today:13
Shoes:Brooks Glycerin.
Location:roads and Tymon Park.

thirstywork2

After a morning of babysitting I headed out to the Phoenix Park to meet Gary O.He was suffering with a head cold so pace was slightly slower than normal.After 50mins in the park we headed out onto the roads.

Ran for a total of 1hour 40mins (14miles)

Felt very fresh today after a good nights sleep.
(note to myself get more sleep)

Miles today:14
Miles this week so far:27
shoes:Brooks Glycerin
Location:Phoenix park

thirstywork2

Nice easy run with Ecoli for the first half of the run.
Ran 9.5miles easy.

location:Tymon park
shoes:brooks glycerin
miles today:9.5
total miles this week:37.5

thirstywork2

thursday:
very slow 37minute run from work.
Knee was at me all day in work.

location:roads
shoes:Saucony Cortana
miles:5

Friday:
Easy 4miler to work and knee wasn't as bad today.
lots of foam rolling today on my grid.
Location:roads
shoes:brooks glycerin

Total this week so far:46.5miles

thirstywork2

Saturday 4.5mile run home from work.Knee a little tender.
Sunday long easy run on my own as i left it late after an x-mas work
party the night before.1hour 46 mins.
Tonights run I managed to run into a sign post and cut my shin and bruise my knee after a car didnt dim their lights
and blinded me.

Total weekly mileage:65miles


My 18 week programme for Brighton has been put together so I will be now following a structured programme.

thirstywork2

56 minute run this morning.Body felt tired today,was a case of slogging it out.
I will post up my weeks training for this week.
I have 18 weeks till Brighton marathon.

Aerobic 12/11/2011 Sunday 1 Long Aerobic Run (18) 102 120 132 7:43 7:05 6:44 3-5
Aerobic 12/12/2011 Monday 6 Aerobic Run 42 50 56 7:26 6:50 6:28 3-5
Aerobic 12/13/2011 Tuesday 3 Aerobic Run 76 90 99 7:37 6:58 6:36 3-5
Aerobic 12/14/2011 Wednesday 5 Easy Fartlek 51 60 66 7:39 7:01 6:37 2-6
Aerobic 12/15/2011 Thursday 4 Aerobic Run 85 99 110 7:37 6:58 6:36 3-5
Aerobic 12/16/2011 Friday 7 Jog 33 39 44 8:17 7:37 7:13 1-3
Aerobic 12/17/2011 Saturday 2 Out & Back 62 72 80 7:12 6:37 6:18 4-7

thirstywork2

92minute run in the park this morning.knee still niggling.

thirstywork2

30mins run am.fely tired sluggish.achilles and i.t band and knee tight.Im getting too old for this


Pm:im starting a meet and train group from Tymon park at 6pm.
Have a couple people signed up so should be fun.

T runner

thirstywork2 wrote: »

56 minute run this morning.Body felt tired today,was a case of slogging it out.
I will post up my weeks training for this week.
I have 18 weeks till Brighton marathon.

Aerobic 12/11/2011 Sunday 1 Long Aerobic Run (18) 102 120 132 7:43 7:05 6:44 3-5
Aerobic 12/12/2011 Monday 6 Aerobic Run 42 50 56 7:26 6:50 6:28 3-5
Aerobic 12/13/2011 Tuesday 3 Aerobic Run 76 90 99 7:37 6:58 6:36 3-5
Aerobic 12/14/2011 Wednesday 5 Easy Fartlek 51 60 66 7:39 7:01 6:37 2-6
Aerobic 12/15/2011 Thursday 4 Aerobic Run 85 99 110 7:37 6:58 6:36 3-5
Aerobic 12/16/2011 Friday 7 Jog 33 39 44 8:17 7:37 7:13 1-3
Aerobic 12/17/2011 Saturday 2 Out & Back 62 72 80 7:12 6:37 6:18 4-7

Hi thirstywork. Could you explain what the figures and times represent on the weekly schedule? Thanks
T

asimonov

T runner wrote: »

Hi thirstywork. Could you explain what the figures and times represent on the weekly schedule? Thanks
T

phew - thought i was the only one who didn't understand the code...