Be still my beating heart

belcarra

Ososlo wrote: »

Happy with that and can't wait to get back to the track. I know I said it before but I LOVED running on it and could have run around it all day:D:D:D

If you really mean that, then this!!:D

I was wondering if that was yourself in the Demesne alright. In fairness you did say hello but I still wasn't sure.
Eventually we'll get properly introduced!

Laois_Man

Why confine it to just one day?
Why not SIX days like this fella!!!

Stazza

Ososlo Rudisha.

Ososlo

belcarra wrote: »

If you really mean that, then this!!:D

I was wondering if that was yourself in the Demesne alright. In fairness you did say hello but I still wasn't sure.
Eventually we'll get properly introduced!

Ah cool so it was your good self then! Thought I'd take the chance saying hi as you looked vaguely like your photo on you log and I've spotted you a few times before. First time I've seen you in the park though. Say hi next time back!

That is exactly the race I want to do some day:) It's like fate that I saw you yesterday:D
I did 20 laps of the demesne one day training for DCM last year and didn't get bored once so I might have what it takes!

menoscemo

Laois_Man wrote: »

Why confine it to just one day?
Why not SIX days like this fella!!!

That's our own Enduro.

Well done Ososlo, good to get out of your comfort zone and do something different. I am sure if you have people to chase you will go even faster.

AuldManKing

menoscemo wrote: »

Well done Ososlo, good to get out of your comfort zone and do something different. I am sure if you have people to chase you will go even faster.

was going to post something similar - with a few others around you, you'd hit the 3 min or faster. Nice going today.

Did it cost anything to book the track??

belcarra

Ososlo wrote: »

Ah cool so it was your good self then! Thought I'd take the chance saying hi as you looked vaguely like your photo on you log and I've spotted you a few times before. First time I've seen you in the park though. Say hi next time back!

I actually did, but it was one of those muttered, under my breath type salutations!

Ososlo wrote: »

That is exactly the race I want to do some day:) It's like fate that I saw you yesterday:D
I did 20 laps of the demesne one day training for DCM last year and didn't get bored once so I might have what it takes!

I ran about 8 laps of the Demesne once and that wrecked my head, although it was unusually poor weather at the time. 20 Laps is some going though!!
The great thing about a 24hr race is that everyone is equally shattered, regardless. If you had the endurance to last for most of the 24hrs on your feet you'd still manage 70+miles and if it was a good day you'd manage a lot more! Persistence is the key and from those 20 laps it looks like you have it in spades!!

I meant to say well done on the 800m TT too. Perfect attitude from you. You need to measure something before you can improve on it so that is part A taken care of. Great chance of breaking 3mins next time out with a couple of others to push you along!

wowzer

Nice work today young Lady. Plenty to come off that time.

Ososlo

AuldManKing wrote: »

was going to post something similar - with a few others around you, you'd hit the 3 min or faster. Nice going today.

Did it cost anything to book the track??

Yep 10 euro for the day for non members

Ososlo

AuldManKing wrote: »

was going to post something similar - with a few others around you, you'd hit the 3 min or faster. Nice going today.

Did it cost anything to book the track??

Yep 10 euro for the day for non members

SamforMayo

Ososlo wrote: »

Yep 10 euro for the day for non members

You should join that club!!! I jest! I jest! Well done today.

DOCO12

That's great going on your own, good on you. You will def nail it with some company.

pconn062

Ososlo wrote: »

Yep 10 euro for the day for non members

That's really, really expensive. Our track in Drogheda is €2 for as long as you want.

Ososlo

Friday 22 August
4 miles easy @ 9:36
Legs felt great since my debut track session the previous day. I guess the softer surface is a lot more forgiving than the roads and paths I normally run on. I really can't wait to give this 800m TT another shot and hope to do so in the next week or two. I'm really excited to see what I can do on a less windy day. I never thought I'd be interested in running anything less than 5k so I've really surprised myself with this. I got a great buzz from it and would love to try a 400m too, to see where I currently stand with that.

Hung out with some sick people from Thursday night to Friday evening and started feeling a bit iffy myself throughout the day.

Saturday 23 August
No running. Wasn't feeling great and after reading Stazza's advice to Bazza on his log on my way out the door to do a few miles, I took note and was sensible enough to realise that it would be senseless to push on today so took off the runners!

Sunday 24 August
10.33 miles w/20 mins @ 10k
Wasn't sure whether or not to do the session but thought I'd give it a shot knowing it wouldn't be my finest hour. I didn't feel any worse and I slept really well. I've a bit of a cough with a slight cold and feeling a little lack lustre in general and rhr up a bit still but not as much as yesterday so thought I'd try it and just call it a day if I started to feel bad.
Decided to do the 20 mins @ 10k effort near the beginning of the run as I knew I'd be too shagged after half way to attempt it. Not sure if this was the right thing to do as I think it's supposed to be done in the second half of the run and that's what I normally do.
Felt ok on warm up 2 miles but was sweating a lot even though it was quite a cool day.
The pace for the 20mins @ 10k was too slow for the effort I ran today. Just ignored the watch as I didn't want to be disheartened. Turned out to average 8:27 where I should be capable of about 8:18 going on my recent 5k time and how I've performed in previous similar sessions. I did put in the effort so hopefully it's just slower as I'm not feeling brilliant.
Took about 2 mins slow walking after the 20min bit to recover and gradually upped the effort a little for the next 6 miles. Enjoyed the rest of the run but avoided the hills so as not to stress the body too much more today. Felt freezing cold on the second half and throat felt a bit raw when I finished. Hopefully I didn't make things worse. I think I'm ok a few hours later.
Bumped into a guy running towards me at the end of the run who I hadn't seen in years since my days of propping up the bar in the Pump House in Kilkenny. God how times have changed. A few years ago we'd both be recovering from hangovers on a Sunday at noon and not plodding around the paths in the Phoenix Park just for the hell of it!
10.33 miles at 9:47min/mile
35 miles weekly total

Ososlo

Monday 25 - Wednesday 27 August
Sick
Why is is that when I smoked 20 fags a day and drank a bottle of wine+ every night and knocked back copious double vodkas on the weekend, ate crap food and got no exercise, I never ever got sick? I now get loads of exercise, eat an abundance of fruit and veg every day, rarely drink and this is my second sickness this year. I don't think I've ever been sick in Autumn before in my life!
Anyways it's no big deal. I'm not training for any big goal race and I'm so fortunate not to have an injury like some other folks around the place but I could do with a few of the auld running endorphins at the moment

Ososlo

Ok Day 5 of being sick. Today is the first day I could even entertain the thought of running but I don’t think it’d be a good idea yet.. And they say that when you think you’re feeling better you should take another day off so that’d bring me to at least 6 or 7 days without running due to sickness.

A few months ago Stazza told me he wanted me to take a 10 day complete break from running this year. I went into a deep depression with the prospect of this enforced break but came around to the idea eventually and decided I’d take the break to coincide with a holiday in October. However, now that I’ll be at least a week without running due to this current bout of malise, I’m going to incorporate the official break into this unscheduled time off. Only problem is that now he wants me to take 14 days off…**** **** We’ve I’ve compromised at 12, 11, 12, 11, 10, 11 days off. Maybe 12.............

Anyways, I’ll cope with the break. It’s so much easier when it’s not an enforced break due to injury so I’m looking on it very positively. My legs won’t know themselves when I get back out there!

So folks, no running until next Saturday 6th September! Now it's time to contact all my neglected friends to let them know that Fun Ososlo the party girl is back in town for ONE WEEK ONLY! I’ve a lot of catching up to do:eek: Firstly I have to be Mary****ingPoppins for a while:rolleyes: to the sick 3 year old who gave me this disease in the first place:mad:

wowzer

Ososlo wrote: »

Ok Day 5 of being sick. Today is the first day I could even entertain the thought of running but I don’t think it’d be a good idea yet.. And they say that when you think you’re feeling better you should take another day off so that’d bring me to at least 6 or 7 days without running due to sickness.

A few months ago Stazza told me he wanted me to take a 10 day complete break from running this year. I went into a deep depression with the prospect of this enforced break but came around to the idea eventually and decided I’d take the break to coincide with a holiday in October. However, now that I’ll be at least a week without running due to this current bout of malise, I’m going to incorporate the official break into this unscheduled time off. Only problem is that now he wants me to take 14 days off…**** **** We’ve I’ve compromised at 12, 11, 12, 11, 10, 11 days off. Maybe 12.............

Anyways, I’ll cope with the break. It’s so much easier when it’s not an enforced break due to injury so I’m looking on it very positively. My legs won’t know themselves when I get back out there!

So folks, no running until next Saturday 6th September! Now it's time to contact all my neglected friends to let them know that Fun Ososlo the party girl is back in town for ONE WEEK ONLY! I’ve a lot of catching up to do:eek: Firstly I have to be Mary****ingPoppins for a while:rolleyes: to the sick 3 year old who gave me this disease in the first place:mad:

Good luck with the week off, enjoy every minute of it.

Ososlo

wowzer wrote: »

Good luck with the week off, enjoy every minute of it.

yeah I fear it'll be more something to endure rather than enjoy but we'll do our best to cope! Thanks!!!

tang1

Whats the injury situation now? Any housework?!!!

Ososlo

tang1 wrote: »

Whats the injury situation now? Any housework?!!!

No injury tang thanks. Stazza made me take a break from running for 12 days.
Longest 12 days of my life. ..
I can run again in approximately 20 hours:D

Ps sorry to hear about your injury

Laois_Man

Ososlo wrote: »

No injury tang thanks. Stazza made me take a break from running for 12 days.
Longest 12 days of my life. ..
I can run again in approximately 20 hours:D

Ps sorry to hear about your injury

In a week/10 days from now, you'll be delighted you took that break......watch!

Ososlo

Here's a summation of my thoughts during my enforced break.

Days 1-6 Monday - Saturday
These were fine as I was sick. I really didn't feel like running and that never happens me so it worked out great:D

Day 7 – Sunday
Felt better today and would definitely have run if not on a running break. Took to the bottle that night :eek:

Days 8 & 9 Monday & Tuesday
Tough. Getting crabby. Spending way too much time on the Rant Thread to vent my frustrations. I hope I didn't offend too many people:D Had way too much to drink that night.

Days 10 & 11 Wednesday & Thursday
Bad:mad: Played some hungover tennis during the day but my heart wasn't really in it. Tried my best to be enthusiastic. The person I was playing with did a bit of running before and after so I was well jealous:(
Mini meltdown Wednesday night which continued into Thursday (sorry Stazza. I don't think you'll ever suggest a running break again:o) Had even more to drink that night. Had a cigarette craving that I haven't had in a few years. Thankfully I didn't succumb. I felt all of the exercise deprivation symptoms mentioned in this study and a few more:(

Day 12 Friday
Everything's great in the world again 'cause I can run tomorrow:D
I feel so damn lucky that I can run tomorrow. Reading other Boardsies' current injury woes I feel like a drama queen posting the above but it's all part of my running 'journey' (hate that word but can't think of a more suitable one!) so I think it's important I include it here but believe me, I appreciate 10000% that I am lucky enough to be able to run tomorrow.

A few other observations/thoughts:

Thankfully I didn't put on any weight during the lay-off, I actually lost a few pounds even though I wasn't exercising much at all which is a bit odd but I found I had much less of an appetite to be honest.
If I ever take a break like this again it'll have to be part of a holiday abroad. I'm fine not running when out of my usual environment.
Small stupid things start bothering me when I can't run. I never sweat the small stuff and am a much calmer, more reasonable and relaxed person when I run.
One thing is very clear and that is that I take running too seriously and depend on it too much. I've said it before but I do need to think again about backup sports that I can do if/when I can't run for any reason. It's not healthy to be so dependant on one thing.


The plan: Ease back into things with nothing fancy for the next week or so. For the rest of the year I'll be doing a lot of strengthening work before and after my runs. I'll be building the miles up to 50/60? whatever I can handle, and adding in lots of doubles again. My work situation will partially change from October so I'll be working from home a lot more which means lots of time for doubles!!!
I'm not sure yet what races I'll be doing but I do want to do a few 10ks between now and the end of the year and I'm really intent on achieving that 800m in 3mins challenge. If I could achieve that alone by the end of the year I would be one happy runner!

AuldManKing

I wonder was there a similar correlation between your advice to the Novices and your moods as the non running went on......:)

Ososlo

AuldManKing wrote: »

I wonder was there a similar correlation between your advice to the Novices and your moods as the non running went on......:)

No AMK, I am a consummate professional at all times on that thread

Pacing Mule

What is the reasoning behind the 14 / compromised at 11 days break this year ? Would be interested to know

Stazza

Pacing Mule wrote: »

What is the reasoning behind the 14 / compromised at 11 days break this year ? Would be interested to know

Don't go there - I'm just out of the head Doc's gaff.

Ososlo

Stazza wrote: »

Don't go there - I'm just out of the head Doc's gaff.

Ososlo

Pacing Mule wrote: »

What is the reasoning behind the 14 / compromised at 11 days break this year ? Would be interested to know

11????? It was 12! Or it will be as long as I don't get my runners on in the next hours and 40 mins!

Injury prevention and a mental break from it all I suppose although I think I was closer to a mental breakdown than potentially gaining any benefits:o

SamforMayo

Have you never enjoyed other exercise? I do think it would be good for you to have a back up. Swimming is great seriously! It was my exercise of choice before having kids, I only switched cause they couldn't accompany me running!

Ososlo

SamforMayo wrote: »

Have you never enjoyed other exercise? I do think it would be good for you to have a back up. Swimming is great seriously! It was my exercise of choice before having kids, I only switched cause they couldn't accompany me running!

No interest Sam whatsoever. Hate it actually. Bike maybe at a push!