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The Boggers Log
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Today the plan called for 18 miles easy.
Had planned on getting this done early this morning so as to have minimal impact on family life.
Didn't get up till 12, I can't remember the last time that's happened.
Put a bit of a spanner in the works as I wouldn't have enough daylight to get this done. Didn't fancy a 90 mins return drive to run under the towns electric, and to be gone for four and a half hours woulda been pulling the piss.
I can't run with a head torch for much more than an hour so I came up with an inbetweener plan, I drove to Tully cross around 2.45, parked up and started running. I hid the torch after 4 miles and continued on my merry way. Was tipping along grand until I was passed at speed by an artic truck, there was fluid sloshing out of the back but I didn't see it till it was too late, and I got a good drenching down one side. Nearly puked, the stench was rancid, rotten fish!! It must have been travelling from Rossaveal port. I was continuously gagging the stink was that bad, ended up ditching the tee shirt and just running with the base layer. Helped a bit but it was still rotten, got a strange look from an elderly Connemara Bogger, so I must have been bad as they wouldn't be noted for their personal hygiene
It got dark quicker than I had expected and I'd dropped the head torch too early so ended up doing a mile or two in the twilight, pace dropped off as I was caught off balance by a couple of hidden dips and debris on the path. By the time I picked up the torch I was getting tired and couldn't get the pace back up.
I had decided before I started, to do 20 to bring the weeks miles up to 60, but was regretting this as I tired badly.
Got home and the missus didn't want to let me in coz of the stink
20 miles today and 60 miles for the week.
8.20
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8.15
8.06
8.13
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8.20
8.24
8.31
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »I didn't see it till it was too late, and I got a good drenching down one side. Nearly puked, the stench was rancid, rotten fish!!
Got home and the missus didn't want to let me in coz of the stink
20 miles today and 60 miles for the week.
TbL
I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh, but...
glad to see you got your long run in and 60 miles for the week though 0 -
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »She did last week when she heard I was out with Toyboy Tang
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My missus took a bottle of Milton to me Wednesday evening after I got home, afraid of the tropical diseases she might get off me after running with you!!0 -
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Ah here Lemon, you really should follow the plan as you have me even now hopeful of a running date with those last two miles. That'll teach you to stick with the plan.
A stinky run doesn't sound pleasant at all but you got it done so well done.
Any time anywhere AQuinn, since I've joined Boards it's been all boys, I think I've frightened off the ladies!
Just don't ask me to go sailing with ya afterwardscareer move wrote: »Nice work going on here. 60 miles is super. I did 6
Ah here, but didn't you also do 5 sessions of karate, 116 minutes of plank, cycle over and around Ballyhoura mountain on a butchers bike, an hour of stair running, 189,002 lengths of the pool and rescue a cat off a tree
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »Ah here, but didn't you also do 5 sessions of karate, 116 minutes of plank, cycle over and around Ballyhoura mountain on a butchers bike, an hour of stair running, 189,002 lengths of the pool and rescue a cat off a tree
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Haha I wish 0 -
Today: plan called for easy miles. I was coming up to the Pale today so I got 7 miles easy done early this morning over the hills in Seanadh Pheistin. First few miles were very slow but once I got going the pace dropped and I averaged 8.28, happy enough with that.
Got up to Dublin earlier this evening and decided to head out for some more easy miles. Staying near Stephens Green and I headed up past Portebello and along the canal. Water levels in the canal were fairly high and I wouldn't fancy living in one of those ground floor apartments!
I know it's mild out there but what are the Dublin young wans wearing out (even worse than last year!), passed a young wan that was dressed in what looked like a skimpy nightee. I gave her such a disapproving, long look that I almost ran into a pole
6 miles easy @ 8.36, including stops at every single traffic light!!
13 miles for the day.
Tomorrow sees the resumption of the magical mystery tours, not sure exactly what I'm doing but it'll probably involve some pain!!
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Myles Splitz wrote: »Had to make this a private session for fear of word spreading of the verbal and pschological abuse I give to my athletes during sessions
were ye there the same time as me?? mind you, I wouldn't have interrupted my progression run to meet Methuselah 0 -
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