Ha, would ya look at him!

beertons

Said I would give this a go. Started running back in May. Initially it was to lose weight, went from 225lbs to 190lbs in 4 months. I've done 2 races, the lakes 10k in 51:40, and clontarf half in 1:53:53.

Goals are to get my 10k down to 45. And the half under 1:50. Kildare half marathon is on my to do list, am keeping an open mind on the 10k races, haven't picked any yet.

10k in 60 mins tonight.

beertons

Perfect morning, no wind. Still a little sluggish. 10k in 57 mins.

Total km in 2014 : 20

john mayo 10

Best of luck Beertons.Looks like you and me are quite similiar in both ability and goals for the year ahead. keep it up

beertons

Thanks John, same to yourself. I've been looking at your own log for a while, be interesting to see how we progress. No run for me tonight, a bug hit the house on Saturday and knocked us all for six.

beertons

The plan was 11k tonight, only managed 8 in 46 mins. Felt sluggish

Total km : 28

beertons

The roads were a bit better than the footpaths, you don't have to worry about the cars behind you on the footpaths though. Cold auld morning, but beautiful. 10.5k in 1:04.

Total km : 38.5

beertons

Signed up for The Heath 10k tonight, to see where the base line is at this point in the year.

Tom Joad

Best of luck with the log - love the title of it

beertons

Really enjoyable run tonight. If I put the same effort I put n the first and last 10 minutes, it would have been better. Spent a lot of time chatting and catching up. Fast at the same time though. 10k in 56 mins. Setting up a good base for Sunday.

Total km : 49.5

beertons

Steady 10k in 57 minutes. Felt sluggish. Got it done though. Roll on Sunday.


Total km : 59.5

beertons

The Heath 10k done in 50:07. Just missed my goal time.

Total km : 69.5

Tom Joad

Well done on the result today - you are showing some good progression - congrats too on the weight loss - impressive stuff.

What kind of plan are you following and what the next target race?

beertons

Thanks man. No real plan as such, just keep getting out 3 days a week. Short runs on Tuesday and Thursday, and should be cranking up the distance on Saturdays. Wexford half might be on the cards now seen as Kildare was cancelled. I've another 10k planned in 2 weeks, just so I can get under 50 minutes. I'm fairly stubborn, as you might notice.

Tom Joad

beertons wrote: »

Thanks man. No real plan as such, just keep getting out 3 days a week. Short runs on Tuesday and Thursday, and should be cranking up the distance on Saturdays. Wexford half might be on the cards now seen as Kildare was cancelled. I've another 10k planned in 2 weeks, just so I can get under 50 minutes. I'm fairly stubborn, as you might notice.

Just my tuppence worth but If I'm reading your log right I think you should be slowing the runs way down - roughly speaking your race pace is 8 min so your steady/ easy runs should be at 9:30 min miles at the very quickest. Good call on adding distances at the weekend - no more than 10% a week though. If you can add in some interval/ fartlek work and you will see some serious improvement over the next while.

beertons

Thanks Tom. Will look into fartlek now. And will slow down a bit too.

beertons

10km tonight in 58 mins. Lovely pace, didn't think we were going too fast. I set the pace with the group tonight, the faster ones put the boot down with 2k to go. I let them off.

Total km : 79.5

beertons

10.5k in 55 mins. Tried a bit of upping the pace between lamp posts. It was a killer. I'm wrecked.


Total km : 90

beertons

8k in 58 mins. Lovely morning but my right calf was at me. Struggled back to the car. Waiting on a call from the physio about insoles, hope it clears up my niggley injuries.

Total km : 98

beertons

Back out tonight. 10.5k in 55 mins. Put the boot down for the last km. No niggles with my legs or knees tonight, happy days. Picked up insoles during the week too, breaking them in gradually during the day.

Total km : 108.5

beertons

Not for the faint hearted tonight, wouldn't have minded that wind on my back for the whole night. Wouldn't have done me any good in the long run though. A hard fought 10.5k in 57 mins.

Total km : 119

beertons

10k in 54 mins tonight. Slowed up towards the end. Felt good, I'll make my mind up about rathcoffey on Saturday morning.

Total km : 129

beertons

Chickened out Saturday, pity as it turned out to be a nice day. Did 10.5k tonight in 57 mins. Beautiful night, lucky no one in our gang took a slip.

Total km : 139.5

beertons

10k tonight in 54:30. Started out great, was at 3 after 17mins, 5.5k at 28 mins. Bombed a bit, lost the pacers, 9k was 49 mins. Think I ran a great first half, just ran out of juice for about 2k, and trying to recover where I slowed down never happened. Signing up for the Enniscorthy half on April 27.


Total km : 149.5

beertons

12k in 1:12 this morning. Nice and slow. Not bad considering I got home from a wedding at 2. Wasn't drinking, but still wrecked.

Total km : 161.5

beertons

The summer gear was back on tonight. Mad how light I thought I was, yet I only managed 10k in 55:30. I've put on about 10lbs since Christmas, so I think that might have slowed me down a bit. I dunno. Back on a diet, no crap after 7, except a snack after a run.


Total km : 171.5

Itziger

Beertons, well done on the 10k time and on the weight loss. Keep it up. Here's my tuppence worth. Try to mix up the training a little bit. You seem to be repeating the 10k session an awful lot. The time just goes up a bit or down a bit but I don't really think doing that all the time will be hugely beneficial. If you could do a couple of interval sessions or a bit of a tempo run. Just one a week of either will bring you on a lot. Some hill repeats might be an idea too. As Spring comes around you might be getting out more, I dunno.

In any case, good luck.

(Just saw the 10lbs since Christmas bit above)

It'll fall off in the coming months.

beertons

Its not the same route,, different roads around the town. And I try going fast for sections, then probably have to slow down for longer to get my breath back. There are nights where I try going faster, but I always end up with the same time. I might hook the watch up to the laptop and get a few breakdowns.

Thanks.

Duanington

do you try any longer slower stuff at all Beertons? I found that adding a longer, slower run in each week ( and making it longer every few weeks) was hugely beneficial....I see you ran a 12k run the other day, I'd try and push that distance out a bit each week ( or even every few weeks) and forget about pace

beertons

Yeah I suppose I should knock that 10k time on its head for a while. I'll push on on Saturday morning and see how far I get.

Itziger

Duanington wrote: »

do you try any longer slower stuff at all Beertons? I found that adding a longer, slower run in each week ( and making it longer every few weeks) was hugely beneficial....I see you ran a 12k run the other day, I'd try and push that distance out a bit each week ( or even every few weeks) and forget about pace

Yeah, that's the other bit I forgot!!!

Nice and easy and once you get to 10miles (16k) then you're a real runner! Double digit distance in anyone's language. I remember reading that and I was chuffed when I hit 16k in training for the first time.

The most important thing is to keep doing it though. Running that is.

menoscemo

beertons wrote: »

Yeah I suppose I should knock that 10k time on its head for a while. I'll push on on Saturday morning and see how far I get.

Don't think that you won't improve your 10k time by doing some runs that aren't 10k. Do some longer do some shorter. Do some fast, do some slow.
In fact probably the most inefficient way to improve your 10k time is by running 10k all the time....

beertons

Only got 5k done tonight. My knee/ankle felt funny so I turned home early.

Total km : 176.5

beertons

Nearly 2 weeks since my last run. Went to physio, had a tight tendon in my foot. Feels fine now. Will chance a slow 5k tomorrow. Will be wearing the insoles for the first time running, and don't want to stray too far from the car.

beertons

6.5k. Great to be back out. Didn't notice the insoles at all when I got moving. Very happy. Knee/foot feels great, although that might just be my adrenalin going mad. Will know more tomorrow.

Total km : 183

beertons

6.5k in 33 mins tonight. Went a bit faster than planned.

Total km : 189.5

beertons

16.5 in 1:50. Didn't mean to go that far, took a wrong turn. Walked from 12-15, and ran in the rest. Forgot what it was like to be out for that long.

Total km: 207

beertons

12k tonight in 1:01. Faster pace tonight, was runner with an army guy and he was mad for speed. I let him off after 5, I caught up with him again. Be it a second wind or he's only back running 2 weeks, got a great feeling when I saw him anyway.

Total km : 219

beertons

Just 6km tonight. Legs were tired, glad it was short.

Total km : 225

beertons

13k this morning in 1:15. Think I'm used to the insoles now, but will have to start using my psoriasis creams again, can feel niggles in my knee.

Total km : 238

beertons

10k in 56 mins. Nice night, couldn't keep up with the faster ones, who got in at 49 mins.

Total km : 248

beertons

Only managed 3km last night. Sore knee.

Total km : 251

Finnt

Hi,
Just wondering do you follow a specific plan?

beertons

Finnt wrote: »

Hi,
Just wondering do you follow a specific plan?

I follow the others! Run around the town, various routes, 10km on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And stretch out the distance on Saturday mornings, with a slower pace. Under 20km for now anyway.

beertons

7km in 39 mins tonight. Felt great to be back, man the evenings have got a lot warmer. I've been using the foam roller for the last 2 weeks, trying to strengthen my leg and iron out the niggles.

Total km : 258

beertons

11km tonight in 1:03.

Total km : 269

Finnt

Any races coming up?

beertons

Still hopeful on the wexford hm in 2 weeks. I've paid for it, so might as well go for it. My fittness and stamina are there, just have to mind the legs.

beertons

16km in 1:42. Probably went a bit faster than planned. Nice morning, a good few out too. Body feels good. Every house I passed this morning , there was a smell of sausages. Heading to the rds now, I'm going to murder a fry.

Total km : 285

beertons

8km tonight in 46 mins. Be if them nights where you could keep on going. If we had a drop of water with us, we probably would.

Total km : 293

beertons

10km in 55 mins. Started off easy enough, was hitting 1km/6mins. All going well. 7km, a another girl caught up so I said I'd go with her. Put the boot down. Didn't go mad as we were talking a bit. Good night all the same.

Total km : 303

beertons

15k in 1:22. Beautiful morning. Hit the hills of punchestown, out to Johnstown and back into Naas. Legs and body feel great. Roll on Wexford.

Total km : 318