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The Boggers Log
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Decided after a chat with the coach to try and find a race this week to get a hard effort in before I disappear on hols.
Can't race this weekend so looked around for something mid week and saw a 10k in Ballina, so entered it on the off chance that my meeting in Dublin would finish in time to allow me to drive across for the 7pm start.
Got down with a few mins to spare, collected my number, changed in the car and headed for the start. It was a nice warm evening but there was a good stiff breeze blowing. Wouldn't know Ballina from Bangladesh, so had no idea what to expect route wise but I had a sub 40 effort in my head.
Little congested at the start but settled in ok, very quickly realised that this was definitely not a PB course as there was plenty of hills and long drags. There must have been almost a mile of continuos drag around the 2-3 miles section with the breeze directly into our faces. Very tough section that seemed to drain me a bit. Also ran the vast majority of this on my own, kinda surprised by this as a fat lad like me would have provided considerable drafting cover!
Happy with the effort but not the time, started the Garmin early by mistake so don't know yet what the exact time was, probably around 40.40. Spoke to a lad at the end who had finished just ahead of me and he said its a horrible course that adds about 90 seconds to a PB course effort. Don't know about that but I definitely feel like I'm in sub 40 shape at the moment.
Got back to the car and had a text message for the Berlin bound troupe, Two and a Half Men, (Statler, Waldorf and Yaboya), it was a group selfie from some golf course. It made me laugh.
Yaboya did the two auld lads get warnings for slow play
Splits;
6.24
6.32
6.44
6.18
6.28
6.41
6.19 (the last bit)
Not a great time but a decent session and at this stage I'll happily take take, as I've been told the times will come.
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The 5hrs in the car make it more impressive, if your traveling from Dublin tomorrow evening, nice flat 5k in Kinnegad at 8pm you could do!!
Thanks Tang,
Would love to do that but I'm back in Connemara and I'd never get planning for that. Besides I've a date with Bulmers74 either tomorrow or Thursday
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career move wrote: »Don't go showing too much flesh ...... wouldn't want him to think you were easy!
Ha ha CM, it's our second outing so I'll be wearing the 4" shorts with the racing splits
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martyboy48 wrote: »Whats going on here.. Bulmers74, did our run mean nothing to you
:D
Ya know yourself have to keep the sugar Daddy happy 0 -
Yesterday: due to a combination of factors it was impossible to get the planned 8 miles easy done.
Today: as we're heading of on holidays this weekend I decided to try and get the LR in today. Bulmers74 was around and after a bit of "I can't come out tonight coz I'm drying my hair" we rescheduled our date to early this morning. Having put on the freshly washed clobber we met up on the prom in Salthill just after 6. It was a grand morning for a run with a bit of mist and a small bit of drizzle. We planned on doing 17 or 18 and we headed out towards Barna up and around Furbo and back in.
Should have brought him to do a couple of laps of some of the housing estates as he's a fellow Bogger this wasn't much of a variant compared to his local route!
Really enjoyable run and great to get it done so early in the morning. Coz I got a bit lost I ended up doing 19.5 and Bulmers ran on to do close to the 20 I'd say. Bulmers don't forget to change that Garmin from the head melting alert after every half mile!
@Martyboy, I mentioned to Bulmers that we should invite you on the run but he said not too bother as he'd run a few days previously with you and he said he barely broke a sweat. He advised me, that if I ended up running with you to bring warm clothes if it wasn't a bit competitive between ye for DCM it should be now
Splits:
8.48
8.34
8.29
8.37
8.30
8.20
8.20
8.15
8.18
8.44
8.41
8.34
8.43
8.24
8.11
8.01
8.13
7.52
7.43
7.44
TbL0 -
Delighted to get that run done too ahead of the weekend & enjoyed the company. Watch was at 19.9 when I got back to where I was staying so had to round it up to 20. Although I was only planning 16 was comfortable going on my furthest run since DCM on a not so flat route
BTW just changed the 1/2 mile lap off the watch
Marty don't mind the lad with the big spoon - there's a b in his username for a reason;)
Enjoy the hols TbL0 -
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