Ain't nothing gonna break my stride....

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7.15 miles @ 9.58 min/mi

11.5 km @ 6.17 min/km

Hmmh I think my maths is a bit dodgy

racheljev

Great to see you in the logs, will really enjoy reading your updates. If they're half as entertaining as the non-castrated donkey story, I'll love it! (BTW, I've told that story to a few people at this stage and they all laughed at the "and what about the donkey?" final line - conclusion: we're all psychopaths )

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racheljev wrote: »

Great to see you in the logs, will really enjoy reading your updates. If they're half as entertaining as the non-castrated donkey story, I'll love it! (BTW, I've told that story to a few people at this stage and they all laughed at the "and what about the donkey?" final line - conclusion: we're all psychopaths )

Thanks Rach

Your people are cool :D

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7.25 miles @ 9.53min/mi

11.66 km @ 6.1min/km

blockic

Do you have all your runs done by 9:30 in the morning? :mad:

*As I look out the window planning on when i will get off my lazy ass to get out today

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blockic wrote: »

Do you have all your runs done by 9:30 in the morning? :mad:

*As I look out the window planning on when i will get off my lazy ass to get out today

Damn right I do

(she says, trying not to grin smugly)

ncmc

How did I miss this log until now!!!

Will be following this closely since you're like my running twin and we had identical times in DCM. I think I will have to start a log as I'm feeling a bit left out

I still haven't signed up for Waterford, I might have a stock take in work that day, but I'm thinking of entering and just pretend I forgot about work it's kind of voluntary whether we come in for it anyway.

Keep up the good work and more of the motivational pics please!

ncmc

P.s. I'm gonna kill you! I now have a total ear worm of 'ain't nothin gonna break my stride' grrrr I'm gonna be singing that all night!!!

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ncmc wrote: »

How did I miss this log until now!!!

Will be following this closely since you're like my running twin and we had identical times in DCM. I think I will have to start a log as I'm feeling a bit left out

I still haven't signed up for Waterford, I might have a stock take in work that day, but I'm thinking of entering and just pretend I forgot about work it's kind of voluntary whether we come in for it anyway.

Keep up the good work and more of the motivational pics please!

You can hang out here sista.....you can be an honorary squatter

Aw do come to Waterford, it'll be so much fun. Tell them in work you had temporary amnesia

ncmc

career_move wrote: »

You can hang out here sista.....you can be an honorary squatter

Aw do come to Waterford, it'll be so much fun. Tell them in work you had temporary amnesia

Heard the spaces were filling up fast for Waterford so entered this evening.... Yay!!!

Ah sure, who needs work anyway, it's getting in the way of my running and Boards addictions!

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ncmc wrote: »

Heard the spaces were filling up fast for Waterford so entered this evening.... Yay!!!

Ah sure, who needs work anyway, it's getting in the way of my running and Boards addictions!

Excellent......that's the kind of attitude we like round here:D

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|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thur|Fri|Sat|Sun|
|Rest|3 mile easy|5miles easy incl 2 x Pyramid strides|2m easy|rest/cross|90 min easy|3m easy

The session should go as follows: after a mile or so easy warm up, break into a higher pace for 20 seconds, then 40 seconds, then a minute, then 40 seconds then 20 seconds. In between the fast bits; jog for the equivalent time. So the session should go 20 seconds hard, 20seconds easy, 40 seconds hard, 40 seconds easy etc...
After the first set of strides, jog for about 5 minutes and then repeat. Finish off the session with a mile or two warm down to make up the 5 miles....

5k pace = 6.53/mi

This is going to test my relationship with the garmin :eek:

menoscemo

career_move wrote: »

This is going to test my relationship with the garmin :eek:

Haha!! I am a complete dunce when it comes to the Garmin myself. If it's possible to run in a lit area, than you can work it OK by pressing the 'lap' button at the end of each rep and monitoring the time passed on the Garmin. For a few weeks there I was trying to count the times in my head, but recently I have realised that on the canal where I run, 2 lamposts normally take me 20 seconds of fast running, so I just base the reps on 2 lamposts, 4 lamposts, 6 lamposts etc

Don't worry anyway it doesn't need to be exact. Just click the lap button manually after each rep.

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Sh!t I am such a bad person. I ran over a dog on the way home from work. Maybe 2. I didn't stop to look. Evil. They were over the other side of the road and they were trying to chase the car and went straight under the wheels. I feel guilty...not in a won't be able to eat my dinner sort of way but more sick feeling in my stomach. Hmmh I better not run up that way for a few weeks. Sh1t Sh1t Sh1t

blockic

career_move wrote: »

Sh!t I am such a bad person. I ran over a dog on the way home from work. Maybe 2.

:eek: ...never a dull moment in here!!

Mr Slow

career_move wrote: »

Sh!t I am such a bad person. I ran over a dog on the way home from work. Maybe 2. I didn't stop to look. Evil. They were over the other side of the road and they were trying to chase the car and went straight under the wheels. I feel guilty...not in a won't be able to eat my dinner sort of way but more sick feeling in my stomach. Hmmh I better not run up that way for a few weeks. Sh1t Sh1t Sh1t

I hope that's a joke?

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Mr Slow wrote: »

I hope that's a joke?

No that was not a funny story. I was feeling so bad I had to go back up there and call in. It wasn't nice. I killed the little girls dog but the other one was fine

Mr Slow

career_move wrote: »

No that was not a funny story. I was feeling so bad I had to go back up there and call in. It wasn't nice. I killed the little girls dog but the other one was fine

Fair play on going back that must have been very difficult.

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Mr Slow wrote: »

Fair play on going back that must have been very difficult.

The little girl thinks I'm a b1tch

ncmc

Oh no, that's awful! I am in bits if I even hit a bird in the car, can't imagine how crap you feel. But it wasn't your fault, these things happen and you did the right thing going back.

tang1

Mr Slow wrote: »

Fair play on going back that must have been very difficult.

+1, took balls to go back fair play. A lot of people wouldn't.

Mr Slow

career_move wrote: »

The little girl thinks I'm a b1tch

She'll forever remember the evil witch who killed her dog but you did a very brave thing as ncmc and tang said in going back to face the music, shows great strength of character.

menoscemo

career_move wrote: »

5k pace = 7.34/mi

Sorry to hear about today, that sounds like a terrible situation but you did the right thing.

BTW just thinking, isn't the above about to be your HM pace? Your 5k pace would be somewhere south of 7 min/mile I would say....

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menoscemo wrote: »

Sorry to hear about today, that sounds like a terrible situation but you did the right thing.

BTW just thinking, isn't the above about to be your HM pace? Your 5k pace would be somewhere south of 7 min/mile I would say....

Let's forget about today. Let's move today into the abyss in the back of my mind where all the sh1t stuff goes...

Well something I read said your most recent 5k time (23.29) so that was where it came from but I'll do whatever you think

Younganne

career_move wrote: »

No that was not a funny story. I was feeling so bad I had to go back up there and call in. It wasn't nice. I killed the little girls dog but the other one was fine

That was very tough for you, going back, but you did the right thing.
But as you said they ran out in front of you and you hadn't a chance to stop, so there was nothing you could do.
It might sound harsh but dog owners are suppose to keep their dogs under control at all times and they shouldn't have been on the road. i know thats no consolation to you or the little girl but the parents are responsible here, it wasn't you fault...

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Younganne wrote: »

That was very tough for you, going back, but you did the right thing.
But as you said they ran out in front of you and you hadn't a chance to stop, so there was nothing you could do.
It might sound harsh but dog owners are suppose to keep their dogs under control at all times and they shouldn't have been on the road. i know thats no consolation to you or the little girl but the parents are responsible here, it wasn't you fault...

Thanks Anne. I know it wasn't my fault deep down but I still have this really sick feeling.

Younganne

career_move wrote: »

Thanks Anne. I know it wasn't my fault deep down but I still have this really sick feeling.

I know what you mean, happened me years ago, but it was a puppy that ran out under the wheels and the owner watched as it happened. Nothing i could do but i know how you're feeling. Hopefully that feeling will pass in a day or two..

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3.2 miles @ 10 min/mi

5.15 km @ 6.25 min/km

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Session #1:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/243232336

http://connect.garmin.com/splits/243232336
Split 1 - 1 mile warm up
Split 2 + 3 - combined first pyramid + 5 min easy
Got the hang of the manual laps after that


I wasn't dreading this as much as I used to dread the pace runs on HHN2 but I was a bit anxious about getting the splits right with the garmin. It didn't help that I threw away the english instructions last saturday. I was in a panic cause I had to 'tidy' my room before I could allow the cleaner in there and I saw them, thought sure I don't need them and threw threw them in the bin. Duh. I've never used the manual lap button so 5 minutes before I headed out I was trying to decipher instructions in French. I was thrown off then when the watch beeped for lap 1 around the mile mark so I didn't press the lap button for the first 20 sec.Had just finished that and phone rang (should have left it at home!) One of the lads in work was complaining about stuff that I did this morning. I had to be polite but inside I'm seething. And the more I think about it the crosser I get so some of the splits are a bit fast. I found it grand though the second lot are better than the first. The splits are a bit all over the place cause I only sorted out the manual lapping after a while.



I'm still in a temper :mad:

menoscemo

For session like this it is easier to just use the manual lap buttons I find.
That said all the garmin manuals are available for free on the net.
Here is the 405 one for example: http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/Forerunner405_OwnersManual.pdf

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That's what I thought I was doing so when it beeped after a mile it put me off a bit

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2.19 mi @ 10.25/mi

3.5 km @ 6.42/km

Bit slow this morning....could easily have gone slower though but I thought it would be embarrassing to post up a 12min/mi time

rainbow kirby

career_move wrote: »

2.19 mi @ 10.25/mi

3.5 km @ 6.42/km

Bit slow this morning....could easily have gone slower though but I thought it would be embarrassing to post up a 12min/mi time

Nothing wrong with 12 min/mile pace if that's where the body is at on a particular day!

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rainbow kirby wrote: »

Nothing wrong with 12 min/mile pace if that's where the body is at on a particular day!

Ya thanks RK. I think if I didn't have the garmin with me I could have gone that pace. Maybe I'll leave the garmin off in future when I'm doing the recovery runs

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P&D has arrived Happy days:D


.....won't get any work done today :rolleyes:

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career_move wrote: »

P&D has arrived Happy days:D


.....won't get any work done today :rolleyes:

Am currently struggling through the first page of the first chapter. The intro was grand but when I saw physiology/lactate threshold/V02max I'm right back to the lecture theatre. Its Friday morning. The whole class is present (most are asleep) in body but not mind and Prof B is rambling on about Kreb's cycle......Must focus......:pac:

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Right I'm giving up chocolate.....easy to say now when I've just polished off 2 Flakes but it has to be done :mad: I reckon if I go 2 weeks it should be long enough to rid me of the cravings. Goodbye serotonin my happy hormone friend Tomorrow is Day -14. The log must be obeyed!!!

Blocky I just held the plank for 2min and 3 sec ..... you need to HTFU my friend

blockic

career_move wrote: »

Blocky just held the plank for 2min and 3 sec ..... you need to HTFU my friend

1min 3 seconds actually! And I'm damn proud of that! :pac:

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blockic wrote: »

1min 3 seconds actually! And I'm damn proud of that! :pac:

Yeesssssssss........You may be the teacher's pet but I'm better than you at the plank

tang1

career_move wrote: »

Yeesssssssss........You may be the teacher's pet but I'm better than you at the plank

Beat 3x3 minute planks after Menos pyramid session today!!!

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tang1 wrote: »

Beat 3x3 minute planks after Menos pyramid session today!!!

:eek: You get the 'King of the Plank' title B. I bow down before your superior planking ability

tang1

career_move wrote: »

:eek: You get the 'King of the Plank' title B. I bow down before your superior planking ability

Not even close on that, Krusty_Clown 5 minute planks at a time!! Thats proper planking.

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tang1 wrote: »

Not even close on that, Krusty_Clown 5 minute planks at a time!! Thats proper planking.

:eek: Goddammit.....there's always someone faster/stronger/thinner

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9.18 mi in 90 min

Av pace 9.48 m/m

Pyramid splits: 6.08, 6.19, 6.11, 6.28, 6.20

Still too fast but at least I did it right this time :rolleyes:

I can confirm that it is baltic in Laois this morning. I can also confirm that when your knees go numb from the cold......it really stings when they warm up again :eek:

Mr Slow

career_move wrote: »

Yeesssssssss........You may be the teacher's pet but I'm better than you at the plank

blockic wrote: »

1min 3 seconds actually! And I'm damn proud of that! :pac:

tang1 wrote: »

Beat 3x3 minute planks after Menos pyramid session today!!!

career_move wrote: »

:eek: You get the 'King of the Plank' title B. I bow down before your superior planking ability

tang1 wrote: »

Not even close on that, Krusty_Clown 5 minute planks at a time!! Thats proper planking.

career_move wrote: »

:eek: Goddammit.....there's always someone faster/stronger/thinner

If it makes you all feel better after that conversation I think you're all planks! :P:pac:

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Mr Slow wrote: »

If it makes you all feel better after that conversation I think you're all planks! :P:pac:

Haha :D In my/our defence there wasn't much else to talk about

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Almost forgot* (with all the talk of planks ) its Day -14.

*lucky that or I would have had a kitkat for lunch :rolleyes:

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3.2 mi @ 10.45 m/m

5.15 km @ 6.53m/km

Its Day -13

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My resolve is weakening.....

......must....stay....out....of.....the .....biscuit tin

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From "How to overcome your chocolate addiction"

..... if you can't get through the day without a chocolate fix, it's possible that you have a problem.....:eek:

If you have uncontrollable cravings for chocolate, these may be some of the signs:

#*You feel "conditioned" to need it at certain times of the day

#*You feel negative or anxious without it, and feel better for having it.

#*It has become a source of too many nutritionally-empty calories in your diet, adding to weight woes and reducing your nutritional intake. (While chocolate has some benefits, the fat and sugar content do not).

#*you are not happy until you have consumed chocolate during the day. You will even go out of your way to purchase and stock up on chocolate, feeling panic if you don't have it in a "stash". I have 3 flakes under my bed and a packet of purple snacks in my car. I'm going to leave them there as a reminder of just how low I have sunk

#*You're getting headaches, even severe ones, after consuming chocolate but you still eat it anyway. ''Chocolate is a migraine-provoking agent''

#*Feeling under par, lacking in energy half an hour or so after eating chocolate . To counteract this, you're eating even more chocolate.

#*Binge-eating, defensiveness or lying about eating chocolate if other people near to you disapprove, or if you're trying to cover it up out of shame.

(All of the these apply to me )

Become aware that whatever the reason for your cravings, habitually consuming large amounts of Dairy Milk/Flakes is unlikely to cure you.