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A Slow Journey to Faster Times
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I got 26.35m on the Garmin last Sunday. Slowly but surely learning to stick to that blue line
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I don't want to stir up another Garmin race distance controversy, but London '13 @ 26.3 miles is the "shortest" marathon I've run. It's also the only one I've run with a blue line, and I followed it very closely. I do try to run the SPR (unless the road is steeply cambered when I try to find a flat bit), but it's not always easy if you can't see a long distance ahead and/or are unfamiliar with the route. I'd love if all marathons had such a line.
Nice pics btw.0 -
Saturday 9th May - St Anne's parkrun pacing
3.09m @ 7:59p/m average
Haven't done any running whatsoever in a fortnight, with that time mostly spent overeating and drinking alcohol. Decided I'd wander down to St Anne's this morning, but a heavy meal and fair few pints last night meant I wasn't feeling up to a pb attempt. I volunteered my services as a sub 25 minute pacer instead. A thoroughly enjoyable re-introduction to the roads and I think I also managed to help a few hit that elusive target. Might give one a proper go next Saturday if I feel up to it as I'm working Sunday and can't run in Terenure
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Splits:
Mile 1 - 7:56
Mile 2 - 8:01
Mile 3 - 8:00
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I got a race that might suit you.
Graded Meet 20/5 ~5,000m (Morton Stadium)
Chances of getting lost? 9% (just follow the signposts)
Chances of a PB? 61+%
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*tough luck out there today. Bottle that frustration and use it for the next one. Think you should really consider next week! Good mix of standard by all accounts.0 -
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Tigerandahalf wrote: »I have had similar issues at other parkruns but in fairness if you want to make a good run out of it, would you not be better doing a full warmup of the course beforehand.
Some parkruns are easy as the route is pretty obvious with maybe only 2 turns but others are a maze.
Anyway are you going to give the smaller distances a bash over the summer? You seem to have a lot of natural speed over the shorter distances.
You're right. At the end of the day it's my own fault. It's up to me to know the course, especially when I suspect I might be out in front on my own.
I originally posted when the whole thing was still a bit raw and kind of wish I hadn't now. I felt I may have run a pb and possibly even broken 17 minutes. My frustration got the better of me. I'm hoping to rectify that tomorrow. There is no earthly way I'll be in front at any stage of that race!
The reason I didn't bother warming up on the course beforehand was because I saw a guy going out there with 5 or 6 arrow signs and assumed I'd have no issues getting lost. I don't know where he put them, because I only saw one having almost completed a full lap. I actually ended up in a dead end just before I took the wrong turn, which cost me more vital seconds as I turned back on myself and tried to avoid a teenager crossing the path onto the football pitch. Saturday wasn't my day 0 -
dublin runner wrote: »I got a race that might suit you.
Graded Meet 20/5 ~5,000m (Morton Stadium)
Chances of getting lost? 9% (just follow the signposts)
Chances of a PB? 61+%
:pac:
*tough luck out there today. Bottle that frustration and use it for the next one. Think you should really consider next week! Good mix of standard by all accounts.
Can't make Wednesday, but not sure I'm eligible anyway since I'm not a club member?
I'm going to run the Bob Heffernan 5k tomorrow instead.0 -
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Tbh I'm not even disappointed. I went out at target pace and got found out. You don't get away with bluffing in this sport. I've done next to nothing the past three weeks.
As an aside, Rory Mooney who ran 16:28 passed me just after the 1k mark so maybe I did go out a little too hard also. You live and learn 0 -
Tbh I'm not even disappointed. I went out at target pace and got found out. You don't get away with bluffing in this sport. I've done next to nothing the past three weeks.
As an aside, Rory Mooney who ran 16:28 passed me just after the 1k mark so maybe I did go out a little too hard also. You live and learn
Fair play man! Every cloud.
You've come out of this marathon infinitly better than the last one and imo, that shows how much you have come on over the last few months. The strength is there and you should be in a great position to attack the sub-17 over the summer.0 -
NetwerkErrer wrote: »Fair play man! Every cloud.
You've come out of this marathon infinitly better than the last one and imo, that shows how much you have come on over the last few months. The strength is there and you should be in a great position to attack the sub-17 over the summer.
Maybe, maybe, but we have the much more important beer mile coming up first. That is where my focus now lies
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I'll just write up a quick report. Nothing much to say though tbh.
Pre-Race
I only fully decided to run this race last night after messing up a parkrun at the weekend. I signed up and arranged a lift off meno. I wass hoping to run sub 17, or even a pb, but let's be honest I've done nothing to have such aspirations and since Saturday's DNF I've been out drinking and eating rubbish. To say my goal was optimistic is an understatement. But I thought f*ck it, go hard or go home.
The Race
I jogged the mile down to the start after picking up my bib in the hotel and chatting to the lads for a while. Conditions seemed pretty favourable and I felt my own fitness would be the only thing to blame if things didn't go to plan. After a few minutes hanging around waiting we were walked/jogged to the start line and got underway.
I tried to get off near the front since there was no starting mat and deliberately started my watch at '1' on the 3-2-1 countdown, so I'd know my time was at least the same or quicker than what my Garmin gave me. I dodged and overtook some people in the first few hundred metres that were moving slower than me and although I knew I was going a good clip, never bothered to look at my watch until the first km passed. Rory Mooney overtook me just after that mark and I looked at my watch and saw 3:20 on the clock (5:20 mile pace). I knew that was a little bit hot, but thought I'd try and continue on regardless. No point in consciously slowing down now. After we turned the hailstones started and I felt I was already slowing, but when the watch beeped after a mile it showed 5:26. Grand, some time banked (or so I thought :P). Although breathing wise I still felt fine, my legs then started to remind me that I had run about 10-15 miles in the past 3 weeks. They were just so weak. I hadn't looked at the watch (didn't want to demoralise myself even further), but I reckon it was around 1.3m in. From that point onwards it was a sufferfest. I knew I was slowing but my legs just wouldn't go any faster,. They were punishing me for the first mile, and more importantly my lack of recent miles. People streamed by me from here all the way home. Normally I don't get passed much at this stage of races, and if I do it's not without a fight but I had nothing left to give. I was going as fast as I could and that pace seemed to be getting slower and slower all the time. I remember looking down at my watch and seeing 2.6m on it. I could hear the loudspeakers ahead. I consoled myself that it was nearly over. Then we came to a sign that I thought was going to say 200m to go, but it was actually 500m. That felt like a kick in the b*ll*x. More people overtook me here, accelerating to a sprint finish and I could do nothing about it. I hadn't got one today. I didn't give up and wanted to respond, but there was nothing there. It's like when you jam on the accelerator of a car that has an empty petrol tank. The response is pretty tame. I practically crawled over the line in 17:49. At the 500m to go sign I actually thought I wouldn't get in under 18, so that was slightly pleasing. This was a lesson to me in how not to run a race.
Verdict/Thoughts
Great race. Any problems here were self-inflicted and the race itself had nothing to do with my performance. Tonight just goes to show you cannot bluff in this sport. You get out what you put in. I've put in virtually nothing the past three weeks. So that's what I got back. If I had put in the training, I'd be far more worried. So because of that I'm not that disappointed. Myself and Meno caught an off-licence on the way home before it shut and got a few beers. I got in a solid beer mile training session that I'm really happy with. I think I'm going to target sub 9 now. The good thing is I don't even have to train for that 1
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