The Boggers Log

Duanington

You're picking it up again TbL - fair play to ya !

Ferris B

Will you be racing proper in Achill at the weekend or are you just out for a stroll?

SamforMayo

Good luck in Achill, sure the wind and rugged landscape will be like home for you!

cianc

Best of luck, glad to see you're finding your form again!

Murph_D

Sounds like a tough one - best of luck!

tang1

Best of luck at the weekend TbL.

yaboya1

Best of luck in Achill TbL

Tom Joad

Best of luck TbL.

ThebitterLemon

Ferris B wrote: »

Will you be racing proper in Achill at the weekend or are you just out for a stroll?

Hey Statler,

Just using this as a session and hoping to throw in a few MP miles. The chin up man Duannington needs someone to translate his jackeen accent at the registration

Definitely won't be racing it. I'm gonna try and race the Longford half in August.

It'll probably the most expensive half I've ever done, about a fortnight ago I told the missus I was gonna do it and when I came back from London a few days later she had us all booked into a hotel in Mulranney!

TbL

ThebitterLemon

Today: plan called for 7 miles with strides.

Meant to do this early this morning but got caught up with work. Only got 6 miles done as the missus and kids were standing by with their bags packed!

Did a couple of hours on the cycle greenway at Mulranney with the young lad in a kids seat on the back. Lovely route but not a runner in sight, what a waste

6 miles @ 8.12

TbL

career move

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Did a couple of hours on the cycle greenway at Mulranney with the young lad in a kids seat on the back.

TbL

Jaysus don't tell ecoli that he'll be losing sleep! Not only were you yourself engaging in the heinous activity of cycling but you were also advocating said activity to the youth of Ireland!!!!

Ferris B

career move wrote: »

Jaysus don't tell ecoli that he'll be losing sleep! Not only were you yourself engaging in the heinous activity of cycling but you were also advocating said activity to the youth of Ireland!!!!

I assumed it was ecoli in the kids seat.;)

ThebitterLemon

career move wrote: »

Jaysus don't tell ecoli that he'll be losing sleep! Not only were you yourself engaging in the heinous activity of cycling but you were also advocating said activity to the youth of Ireland!!!!

Ha ha CM,

You definitely won't see me getting sucked into that cycling malarkey like yourself and Gavlor!

TbL

ThebitterLemon

Ferris B wrote: »

I assumed it was ecoli in the kids seat.;)

Funny as fock Waldorf

The young lad was telling me I should be going faster too!

TbL

FBOT01

Good luck today....enjoy!!

Ferris B

Great run considering those hills and your age. The 5 strides you did last week obviously paid off.

ThebitterLemon

Ferris B wrote: »

Great run considering those hills and your age. The 5 strides you did last week obviously paid off.

Tnx Waldorf,

After a shaky start, I started to get faster, second half very hilly and I'd say I did a negative split.

I'll post a bit more after the matron gives me my meds, sponge bath and I have a lie down

TbL

ThebitterLemon

Today: Achill Half.

I was using this as a session rather than racing it. The plan was to start easy enough at 7.20-25 pace and pick it up along the way and try to bash out a couple of MPM (7 min pace)

Was up early put on the gear and crept out of the apartment. Got a taxi to the registration and the missus mentioned that she might see me at the finish so I'd have a lift back.

Met Duannington and a couple of others ( including his brother J who's a gas man) just outside the registration tent. They headed off for a short warm up jog, while I retreated back into the tent away from the wind. There was a good stiff breeze blowing and it was warm when the sun broke through the clouds. D's chin up routine is obviously working as he looks as fit as a butchers dog. We lined up together at the start and we were soon off. I had intended on starting easy enough but D starting ramping it up fairly quickly. I was breathing like a soft porn movie "star" at this stage and after 3 miles I told D that I was gonna take it easy for a bit and try and regularise my breathing. D got a couple of hundred metres on me fairly quickly and I just put the head down and ploughed on. Once I sorted the breathing I relaxed into it and started to feel a fair bit stronger and noticed that the splits were starting to improve. The second half of this race is very hilly but I still felt good. I don't think anyone passed me after mile 6.

Finished fairly well and probably had a bit left in the tank.

No sign of the missus and kids at the finish, hooked up with D and the gang, they offered to drop me back to the hotel and I was buying the burgers. On the way over my missus appeared so the lift sorted, and I even got to eat D's burger as well.

Great to meet you today D, congrats on the PB and enjoy your holidays.

Splits;

7.27
7.04
7.20
6.56
6.38
6.48
7.00
7.17
6.52
7.20
6.28
6.48
6.33
6.12 (pace for last 0.2 on Garmin)

Garmin gave 6.57 average, finish time 1.31:49

Happy with that days work and it's nice to bash out 13 miles at MP this early in the plan.

TbL

yaboya1

Great stuff TbL.
Seville demons well and truly erased

AuldManKing

Super time, mp effort or not. Well done, without sounding condescending, your running has come on in leaps and bounds in last few months, you are a different runner to the one I ran with previously!!

AuldManKing

Super time, mp effort or not. Well done, without sounding condescending, your running has come on in leaps and bounds in last few months, you are a different runner to the one I ran with previously!!

AuldManKing

Super time, mp effort or not. Well done, without sounding condescending, your running has come on in leaps and bounds in last few months, you are a different runner to the one I ran with previously!!

Tom Joad

is there an echo here? :D

AuldManKing

Tom Joad wrote: »

is there an echo here? :D

Are they my feet?

FBOT01

Nice run TbL. Ticking along nicely now. Keep up the good work.

Duanington

Great meeting you yesterday TbL, enjoyed the couple of miles at the start and it was nice to have someone to chase over the last few miles too!

Super running

tang1

Great running yesterday TbL, auld fellas like AMK & yourself give a not so auld fella like me great hope for the future.

ThebitterLemon

tang1 wrote: »

Great running yesterday TbL, auld fellas like AMK & yourself give a not so auld fella like me great hope for the future.

Cheers Tang,

You've obviously had a tough few years, I've seen your photo

You're going well yourself lately, the Boards ART OAP brigade is gathering steam!

TbL

ThebitterLemon

The plan called for the Nursing Home special today.

3 miles recovery at 11 minute pace.

Legs felt grand but the stomach was in a hoop, I knew that taking a loading shovel to the pic & mix at the cinema with the kids today would probably come back to bite me

TbL

career move

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

The plan called for the Nursing Home special today.

3 miles recovery at 11 minute pace.

Legs felt grand but the stomach was in a hoop, I knew that taking a loading shovel to the pic & mix at the cinema with the kids today would probably come back to bite me

TbL

Ahem! Lots of cool people do the Nursing Home special!!