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Running with the birds or for the birds?
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That makes two of us. Fantastic log and race reports.
Good luck with the mini marathon. Not to put you off or anything but I've done it twice and never again. I'll say no more
It is a fast course alright once you get past the million walkers.
Thanks outforarun, jcsmum and RK for the support and well wishes and I'm always open to suggestions and words of wisdom:)
I've a while to go before the Mini-marathon so we'll see....
If I don't decide to run it I'm sure Mr. Krusty Klown would be delighted of the excuse to don Emer911's shorts and take my place, I'm sure by then he'll probably have progressed to wearing cute matching sport's vests;)0 -
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Saturday March 10th
up bright and early at 5am for this run; boy's GAA, Mr Stew's golf and numerous other things meant that this run would not happen unless it was early. I had been out the night before and although I drove so as not to drink I was shattered when I woke after just over 4 hours sleep. Luckily I had arrnaged to run with Karen or else I'm pretty sure I would have rolled over and gone back to sleep. Two strong coffees and a banana and I was out the door, almost deafened by the dawn chorus of the birds, a great start to the day even if it did feel like the middle of the night.
I warned Karen it would be slow as I was tired but she had also had a hectic week so she was very happy to take it handy enough. We took the easy option and headed into town, I was hoping for us to do 19/20 miles but I also had to be home in time to let Mr Stew head off so we were running by time not miles. We passed lots of workmen setting up outside the pubs in Ballsbridge and they looked at us like we were mad. Karen was starting to slow a lot and she said she needed a pit-stop but the trouble with being in town just before 7am on a Saturday is that nothing is open!
As we ran past Trinity a very bald Ray D'Arcy was on his way in and there were lots of high viz jackets to be seen, we followed him in and he said he was on his way in for the start of
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Team Ireland
- Craig Doyle (TV personality, captain)
- Paddy Johns (Rugby)
- Amanda Byram (TV personality)
- Sonia O'Sullivan (Athletics)
- Diarmuid Gavin (TV personality)
- Shane Byrne (Rugby)
- Niall Woods (Rugby)
- Joe Barr (Cycling)
- Ian Moore (Sailing)
.....were just about to head off and their physio asked us to join them for the start, I of course was keen but Karen rather sensibly said we'd leave them to it. We wished them luck and had a good laugh with Shane Byrne who looked rather fetching in tight high viz lycra, he patted his belly and said he was an elite athlete:) Amanda Byram looked like she was on a fashion shoot and Sonia just looked like a greyhound dying to run!
Having left Trinity we started to head for home as time was running out, we passed Jury's at the IFSC and popped in to avail of thier facilities, had a coffee,some chocolate and off we went. The last two miles were the fastest as we were under pressure for time.
only 16.26 miles, avg pace 9.35, not quite as long as I hoped but I was home in time for Mr Stew to head off to golf.
I did a half hour spin class in the afternoon and lots and lots of foam rolling.
Sunday March 11th
Recovery run
My son was playing away to Greystones so I squeezed in a very quick 5 miles while he warmed up and got started. Made it back in time to see two of his three matches and saw him score two tries:) To top it all off there was a cake sale on and we bought rocky road, Yum!
Sunday Afternoon met a friend and we took the kids up to Djouce, the sun had disappearred but it was still a fabulous day.
All in all a great weekend.
total miles for the week
51.17, a little lower than planned but it's taper time now so I'll call it an early taper week:)0 -
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That's not fair. I nearly never do that.Marthastew wrote: »If I don't decide to run it I'm sure Mr. Krusty Klown would be delighted of the excuse to don Emer911's shorts and take my place, I'm sure by then he'll probably have progressed to wearing cute matching sport's vests;)
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Monday March 12th
10.03 miles avg pace 9.59min mile
Lovely dip in the 40 Foot to clear the cobwebs from the weekend and then it was off to the GP for my annual check-up.
Like a lot of posters on here I'm a newcomer to running; four years ago as I was approaching my 42nd birthday I decided to become a healthier version of me. I had plenty of motivation; my had Mum died of breast cancer at the very young age of 42 and I was carrying extra weight, enjoying a bit too much wine at the weekends... all things that would certainly not work in my favour. I joined weight watchers and lost two stone then somebdoy suggested I do a sprint triathlon and the rest, as they say, is history:D if I'd known it would be that easy I would have done it sooner! I'm in the very lucky position to rarely be sick so I never have to go to the doctor so once a year I get my bloods done etc. As usual he told me I was in great shape and said that if all his patients were as healthy as me he would be out of business:) He was a little concerned that my weight had dropped (music to a runners ears!!) but when I told him I had increased my mileage considerably and that I was also eating a huge amount he was happy. I told Mr Stew that he'd (hopefully) have to wait a few more years until he cashed in the Life Insurance policy
as the GP was very impressed with my resting heart rate; 48.
Feeling very impressed with myself I went for a very unimpressive SLOW 10 miles, at 10 min mile pace but there are two reasons for this; I had run my recovery 5 miles too fast on Sunday (8.45 min pace) and also I ran these 10 miles in Killiney. I intend to stick to hills as much as possible over the next two and a half weeks.
Finished the morning with a 45 minute Body Pump Class.
Tuesday March 13th
No running, rest day.
45 minute lower body class
45 minute mat pilates class
45 minute pilates on the reformer.
Legs feeling great after all that stretching:)0 -
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When I was reading your log at the weekend and looking at your times and training, I thought you were running for years and years. Very impressive!!
Same here. I try to justify my slowness by believing that the speedy/ ultra people are waayyy younger than me and have been running for years
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Have to agree with this,......i assumed you had been running for years too:eek:.....
you give me great hope for things to come...fair play to you:D -but don't know if i'd ever get to the Ultra stage.When I was reading your log at the weekend and looking at your times and training, I thought you were running for years and years. Very impressive!!Same here. I try to justify my slowness by believing that the speedy/ ultra people are waayyy younger than me and have been running for years:eek::eek: I don't know which one I'm in shock of more...that's committment. Only time I'm up early is to catch a flight; didn't know humans could physically swim or run at that ungodly hour of the night morn!!
Training looks to be going great for you
I'm always happy to get words of encouragement:D
but the truth is I still feel very much like a novice runner.
I've been very pleasantly surprised at how the training has gone so far (fingers crossed, knock on wood and all that...)
I'm delighted I signed up for the Ultra, it has made me much more disciplined (early morning runs were never really for me) and forced me way out of my comfort zone in terms of training.
Having said all that I'm pretty sure that you could easily train for and complete an Ultra, all it really takes is lots of time to run and strong will and lots of luck that everything goes to plan.
If you ever do consider it for the future I would definitely encourage you to give it a go.
:)One of the things I love most about running is that it is such a personal thing, there will always be someone faster and (hopefully) someone slower than you, it doesn't really matter how far or how fast you are going, all that matters is that you are having fun and pushing yourself to do better.:)0 -
Marthastew wrote: »I'm always happy to get words of encouragement:D
but the truth is I still feel very much like a novice runner.
I've been very pleasantly surprised at how the training has gone so far (fingers crossed, knock on wood and all that...)
I'm delighted I signed up for the Ultra, it has made me much more disciplined (early morning runs were never really for me) and forced me way out of my comfort zone in terms of training.
Having said all that I'm pretty sure that you could easily train for and complete an Ultra, all it really takes is lots of time to run and strong will and lots of luck that everything goes to plan.
If you ever do consider it for the future I would definitely encourage you to give it a go.
:)One of the things I love most about running is that it is such a personal thing, there will always be someone faster and (hopefully) someone slower than you, it doesn't really matter how far or how fast you are going, all that matters is that you are having fun and pushing yourself to do better.:):D:D:D:D 0 -
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I actually couldn't face more wine last night... Only a few glasses on Paddy's Day and I really felt it yesterday morning, I'm such a lightweight now;) The sooner the better I get this Ultra over and done with and get back to the important things in life; wine:D:D:DGreat to meet you and your speedy boy today. Hope the hurdy gurdy nausea is settled by some mammy's day wine
You never know... This time last year Mr Stew wasn't a runner, I guess he got tired of being on the sidelinesAh, how romantic! Jcsdad wouldn't run 10 metres!! Sounded like a lovely but tough route. 0 -
Marthastew wrote: »
Mother's Day Sunday March 18th;
MSB 5K
3.11 miles avg pace 7.55
Breakfast in bed, balloons and home-made cards made a super start to the day. I was sharing Mother's day with my middle son who was turning 11 so it was a really special day.
My youngest son wanted to do the 5K but the rest of the family decided to give it a miss so we both headed in on the dart. He has run two other 5Ks and is quite a good little runner given the fact that he doesn't run apart from races, he is very active with rugby, karate and GAA. we met loots and lost fo familiar faces before hand, it was a really lovely atmosphere and great fun heading to the start, the weather was paerfect.
I had run this race last year on my own, it's my one and only 5K PB of 22.XX but I was sticking to my son this year; he started way too fast slowed down for a little while but picked it up again at the end. He was wearing Mr Stew's Garmin and was thrilled to get a PB of 24.27. I let him run ahead on the final stretch and I struggled to catch up with him:D Racheljev, RK, DJ, Claralara, digger all had super races and were very, very sweet to my speedyboy, he was thrilled to get all the compliments, we also caught up with Meno who had come to cheer everyone on.
An altogether perfect day which I then went and ruined by heading to the fun fair and letting master PB choose a ride to go on.... I am still green with nausea, it wasn't even one of the really bad ones. Next year we will head into the race and bypass the hurdygurdys on the way home:):)
Well done again you guys! And of course I was on my best behaviour in the presence of such a talented athlete - I have to make sure I'm on the friends-of-the-family list when young Master Stew is competing in the World Championships and may have some front-row tickets going spare!
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