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El Director wrote: »Excellent, it should all come to a head in London in September then
I will be at the height of my powers by then! TBH I am confident that I'll be going well by the end of June/beginning of July.
The MSB 5k is a top event, I will be doing it myself and all going well I should clock close to my PB of 18:13, if I do I will be thrilled. I have the Tuam 8k next weekend for one simple reason: remind me what it is like to race and remind me why I do all the training. It's been so long that getting back into can be difficult as the motivation is low. For me the reason I train is because I love racing and competition, so after the race I will be motivated to push on and improve.
So it will be a great summer of racing and I think the National Aquathon Champs in Galway is as good as any place to reignite the rivalry
Oh yeah, wait until after I'm married to race me :rolleyes:
Your 5k pb seems a little soft, but then we don't get to race 5ks all that often anyway. I'll certainly be hoping to be a decent amount under 18 anyway. We'll have to see on the day though.0 -
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Oh yeah, wait until after I'm married to race me :rolleyes:
Your 5k pb seems a little soft, but then we don't get to race 5ks all that often anyway. I'll certainly be hoping to be a decent amount under 18 anyway. We'll have to see on the day though.
Sure if you do MSB won't I race ya there!
18:13 soft? I was very happy at the time, it came in Dec 2011 but I haven't done a 5k since then. Had I done one in June of last year I am convinced it would have been close to 17:30. Hopefully that will come sometime this year. You'll certainly go well under 18 if you decide to do it.0 -
That's a serious amount. I'd say it helped keep you race sharp but was there any point where the sheer number of races started to have a detrimental effect, where a weekend of training might have been a better option?
Or are you just at the point where you can take it?!
I spaced out my races fairly well last year, very seldom racing consecutive weeks, so I don't think my performances suffered too much. My last tri of the season was probably my best performance. However I did a half marathon two weeks after that and I under-performed, as I hadn't the specific work done for that. I'd only one 20km+ run done in the previous 3 months, which left me struggling during the race. I don't feel my tris suffered though, and I had a very good winters training done as well which certainly helps.
Very happy with my race schedule for 2013 though. July being all sprints, and having plenty of time between subsequent races to get some decent training done in the lead up to those races.El Director wrote: »Sure if you do MSB won't I race ya there!
18:13 soft? I was very happy at the time, it came in Dec 2011 but I haven't done a 5k since then. Had I done one in June of last year I am convinced it would have been close to 17:30. Hopefully that will come sometime this year. You'll certainly go well under 18 if you decide to do it.
Any PB set by a triathlete in December is a soft PB. I know your training isn't going all to plan at the moment, but once you get any bit of consistency you'll break that easily enough in March. Hence the "soft" tag.
Going under 18 will be my minimum target if I race 10 March......
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Any PB set by a triathlete in December is a soft PB. I know your training isn't going all to plan at the moment, but once you get any bit of consistency you'll break that easily enough in March. Hence the "soft" tag.
Going under 18 will be my minimum target if I race 10 March......
Well you have more confidence in me than I do myself! I agree with the consistency being the key though. 0 -
El Director wrote: »Well you have more confidence in me than I do myself! I agree with the consistency being the key though.
You out ran me in Athy, you'll be fine..
Monday Lunch
Easy 30min run. Left glute/hamstring very very tight. 4:55 pace for 6.8k
Monday Eve
Club swim, 3*400 on 6:30,3*200 on 3:10, 4*100 on 1:35. All relatively comfortable sitting mid pack, only problem being the fact that it feels like you're swimming in a washing machine hence taking on a lot of water, and a combination of a wayward left arm, and poor quality lane ropes leaving me with a sore thumb nail, and a massive bruise on my elbow. Theres a new fish in these sessions too. Showing us all up.. 2850m in total
Tuesday eve
65min on the turbo, mostly easy with a couple of max efforts. 37km done
Wednesday Morn
Early dip in the pool with a main set of 200,400,600,800 on 1:45 pace repeats. Really wasn't up for this and nearly rolled over when the alarm went. Despite a WU, my pace for the 600&800 was faster than that for the 200*400!! Took a while to get going, but averaged below 1:35 pace. Few other bits and pieces to make up 3250m in an hour.
Wednesday eve
Easy 60min run. This felt unbelievably easy, and HR stayed very very low. Again around 4:50 pace for 13+km.
Thursday Morn
Another splash, few drills, kick etc, then 7*200 on 3:30 and 8*100 pull&band. 3600m total in 75min.0 -
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The infections themselves are only are regular as I let them. I've had a decent run of it this last 3 months, because I behaved myself in the pre-christmas madness, and didn't try to burn the candle at both ends too much. Had a bit of an issue over new years, but again, I managed it well, eased off a little for a few days and rest/hot drinks/honey etc. However, I have a constant catch in my throat, which doesn't go away, ever. Apparently lots of scar tissue in there, but I've been dealing with the problem 12 years now, so another 9months won't hurt. Theres also the wedding to worry about too, so thats the main excuse I'm using :rolleyes:
Anyway, you just want me to stop training for a few weeks. :mad:
Haha...rumbled! Damn you you gin...!
In fairness you seem to have it in hand. Me? Not so much....things got very hairy, it all ended with a rush to hospital, a bag of blood and an operation as I sat in a chair wide awake (throat numbed)
I'll never, ever forget it 0 -
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Forgot to add to my last update that I weighed myself on Tuesday eve. Scales aint working, so I used the Wii Anyway, 71.7kg, and practically unchanged from the last time I weighted myself on the Wii, 540odd days earlier! Well, at least I'm not losing weight :rolleyes:
Thursday Eve
85min turbo session. Damn hard work and I had wrinkly bath hands afterwards.
Friday Lunch
Was supposed to be an easy run, but in an effort to fight the frozen rain pelting my face, and the icy wind on my bare legs I ran this a little faster than planned. This year my coach has lowered my easy running target HR from by 8 beats from last year. Basically wants be running slow. The good part is that pace has come back in line with last years pace for the higher effort. So, in this run, I actually averaged last years easy running target HR, but my average pace was down to 4:33/km 9.5km or thereabouts of character building slog!!
Friday Eve
Swim session, with a negative split 800, 2*400, 4*200, & 4*50 which left me suitably toasted by the end. 2900m
Saturday Morn
With the cold, wind, rain/slow/sleet, probable floods, I decided to stay indoors for my long bike. I managed the full 3hours on the turbo, but I did hop off every so often for a minute or two, to give the auld tush a break.. Torturous.
Sunday
I made my IMRA debut out at the Howth race. This hurt. Did a little recie with a clubmate beforehand. The start took us around the football pitches, before the course narrowed to single file. SO everyone took off like a hare, and I was well back, probably around 30th hitting the single file section. Up the first mud filled incline, and I managed to pick off a couple of places here and there. I also noticed that my clubmate was a couple of places ahead as this stage. So much for his plan to take it easy and finish around 40th!! At the start of the first descent a marshall was counting out positions, 24th. Took a place or two on the descent but lost 2 as well, as two guys when steaming past. Feeling good though, and not problems so far. Trying to keep the clubmate in sight up the second incline, and across the rocky summit, before a crazy winding tree covered steep descent. The guy in front of me took a major wobble at the bottom, and I went around him. The two who had flown past on the earlier descent were also in sight as was the clubmate as I hit the bottom. The climb back up was a much slower affair, with some steps, and massive boulders which reduced the pace to walking at times. Managed to pick off a few on this section, and over the summit I overtook my clubmate. Another descent which was uneventful, before a another crawling incline, when I overtook a guy who had clearly gone out too hard as we was walking very slowly with him hands on his hips! At the top there was a flatish section before the ascent to the mast. I could see one guy about 20m ahead, another 20m further, then a large group further ahead, who looked beyond catching. Quickly closed in on the first and overtook when the path widened briefly. Had a feeling it wasn't the last I saw of him as he was moving well. Caught the shoulder of the second guy at the beginning of the climb to the mast and the marshall called out 15 & 16th. Moved past him (he was starting to struggle) into 15th half way up but when I arrived at the top I got a little worried, as I could no longer see the large group and as a result I couldnt see where I was to go. Somehow picked the right path, and down a steep descent before a shallower section. At this point the earlier guy came back past me but I couldnt do much as my legs were starting to tire and I wasn't as light on my feet as I was earlier. Last section of the descent was very very mucky. A little bend, but one foot slipped. Then the other foot slipped, then the first again, and all I could see was a tree I was headed straight for, with no traction, gravity pushing me along. Somehow managed to avoid it at the last minute, and back onto the pitches for a flat finish. Guy was only about 10m ahead, but I was at my limit and not catching him. I certainly wasn't moving fast though! Crossed the line in 16th, not a bad days work I suppose
Left glute very tight/sore even after stretching and my thighs are pretty tender today.0 -
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Kurt Godel wrote: »Nice one, thats a decent showing for your first hill race. Howth is a b*tch for the congestion after the start, so you may well have finished higher if you had entered the single file climb higher up the field. Love the muddy downhill battle with gravity and the tree, well won!Looks like the layoff did you no harm at all. Great stuff BTH! :cool:banner_phoenix wrote: »Congrats on the IMRA debut and the 16th place, race sounds interesting!
Also 3 hours on a turbo...ouch :eek::)El Director wrote: »Nice going BTH! I did 4 IMRA runs in 2010 - the Leinster Winter League, very very enjoyable. Will you be doing any more?Well done - sounds like you've got some good moves going on. How are you as a dancer?
Thanks all. Happy with the result considering where I'm coming from in late 2012.
@ElD hoping to do a couple more, but a toe problem might rule me out of Ticknock this weekend. We'll see.
@DD I'm an excellent dancer (after a few drinks)
My feet are falling apart. After last Wednesdays run I had a small blister between the big toe and second toe on my right foot. Since the Sunday race the otherside of my right foot big toe has been quite sore, and slightly red/swollen. Then....
Monday Lunch
Easy 30min run, stiff from the IMRA race but not too bad. Not problems from the big toe. But after the run the little toe on my left foot was black, looks like another nail on its way out.
Monday Eve
Club swim. 20*100 on various repeat times, but 8 in a row off 1:35 were tasty. Also some 50m sprints. 3000m total. Legs felt very very heavy, not surprising.
Tuesday Eve
60min Turbo. Little toe a bit tender getting shoes on, but no prob after that. 20min steady, 6*10sec sprints 20min steady.
Wednesday Morn
Early swim, was supposed to be a test session until I noticed the pool clock was broken and I'd no watch with me. Pissed, but got on with a session, drills, 3*(3*200) with what I hoped were 10sec breaks. Totalled 3.5k
Wednesday eve
16km easy run. 4:48 pace for 138 avg hr. No problems from existing toe problems, but 3/4 of the way through I noticed a small pain in the middle toe on my left foot. Nothing major, just a tiny bit of blood when I got home, no noticeable damage.
In bed early to get up and do the swim tests with the help of a watch. Until 3:30 this morning when I'm lying in bed, wide awake, and a throbbing pain in my right foot big toe again. Very very sore, two painkillers and about two hours later I eventually got back to sleep. Wrecked tired and no chance I was getting up to do a swim session. Toe isn't anywhere near as bad today. I'll be running at lunch tomorrow and if there's any problems from that I'll not be racing IMRA this weekend. Also have to try and get that test done too which will be tough to fit in. Sat morning before IMRA would be cutting it tight as pool only opens at 9 and IMRA sign on closes at 10:30. :mad:
Stupid toes....0 -
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What about toenails? Have caused me plenty of issues int he past if not very short and smoothMargaret Important Cupcake wrote: »All the signs of a tight toebox. Have the feet felt swollen at all since the race at the weekend.
Toenails are kept pretty tidy as I know these can cause problems (and look terrible/disgusting).
Wouldn't say feet were swollen at all, just a small bit at the edge of the nail where its also red. If I were to guess I'd say its more like a small infection
I was really looking forward to smashing that 400TT as well. :mad:0 -
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