Can I give more? The answer is usually yes

SamforMayo

Delighted your back on the road, beware of wives been too accomodating, we always have a plan!

tang1

SamforMayo wrote: »

Delighted your back on the road, beware of wives been too accomodating, we always have a plan!

Oh i know only to well Sam, hope that knee sorts itself out for you.

ThebitterLemon

Good to see you back at it Tang.

Best of luck

TbL

tang1

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Good to see you back at it Tang.

Best of luck

TbL

Cheers TbL, that young coach of yours has you in good shape.

Tom Joad

That is a great weeks work Tang.

Pacing Mule

Yeah also delighted here to see you getting back into it.

tang1

Tom Joad wrote: »

That is a great weeks work Tang.

Cheers J, your hardly considering running the 5/10k in Bunbrosna on the 22nd of next month?

tang1

Pacing Mule wrote: »

Yeah also delighted here to see you getting back into it.

Thanks PM, best of luck Sunday in Raheny. Eyeballs out on that last mile remember!!

Tom Joad

tang1 wrote: »

Cheers J, your hardly considering running the 5/10k in Bunbrosna on the 22nd of next month?

Had to google where Bunbrosna is . Hmmm - tempted but am away in Belfast that Friday and Saturday so will have to play it by ear. Hopefully Mrs Joad will be as accommodating as your better half.

Duanington

Just catching up here Tang - great to see you getting back into it, well done.

That young lad doing the weights would be better served kicking a football for another few years yet !

tang1

Duanington wrote: »

Just catching up here Tang - great to see you getting back into it, well done.

That young lad doing the weights would be better served kicking a football for another few years yet !

Cheers D, jealous of current West Coast journey, he was telling me the whole team do it, mad stuff i thought at that age.

tang1

Not such a productive week training wise, have been playing Sister George all week with the whole house being hit with a dose, myself included. It was easy for me going to Doc and getting a course of anti-biotics to help, but my poor misus is nearly full term so squat for her only sleep & rest.

Young lad was hit with it to, but hes tougher than his folks & it knocked nothing out of him.

Yesterday

AM - 45 mins on spinning bike in gym just to ease back into it. Left the weight exercises to the minimum

PM - 35 mins easy running on a bitterly cold day, felt good doing this.

Today

40 mins easy, was mad jealous of the souls running the Trim 10 mile, but Daddy duties are far more important. Got up at first light to get this out of the way, roads were good with no ice, two days running in a row, while since that happened.

Followed by a day running around, eating cake & sweets. The half stone i've lost since the 1st of January is well back on today. Looking forward to the Superbowl later, hopefully it will be a good game & Katy Perry has something kinky on during the halftime show.

tang1

Monday 2.2.15

Squat, family & day to day stuff toook priority.

Tuesday 3.2.15

45 mins on spinning bike including 3 x 10 mins hard. I sweated buckets doing this, massive puddle of sweat under the bike when i finished and was getting some queer looks off the middle aged ladies from the amount i was perspiring. Last block of ten was tough on the legs if i'm honest. Followed this with some work on the resistance band for the hip & weighted squats and lunges.

Today 4.2.15

AM 45 mins on spinning bike again including 3 x 10 mins hard. Took it bit easier today than yesterday as knew i was going for run later in the day. Still didn't stop me sweating buckets though. Resistance band followed by weighted squats and lunges for the hip.

PM 28 mins easy running, legs were heavy doing this from exertions on bike. Breathing was good as was the energy levels.

Have entered a 10k on the 22nd of this month to see where i am & if i'll be any use to Murph_D in Bundoran on the 14th of March. Looking at his 800's today i think i'll be feck all use.

career move

Good work going on here Where's the race on the 22nd?

tang1

career move wrote: »

Good work going on here Where's the race on the 22nd?

Cheers Kate, gotten the appetite back for training. Hope the ankle is better, its in Bunbrosna, about 10 mins north of Mullingar. Theres a 5k to, routes look decent from the GPS link found via google.

FBOT01

tang1 wrote: »

Cheers Kate, gotten the appetite back for training. Hope the ankle is better, its in Bunbrosna, about 10 mins north of Mullingar. Theres a 5k to, routes look decent from the GPS link found via google.

Good to see you back in the swing and feeling the hunger:pac:

AuldManKing

Good to see you back at it - take it handy!

Duanington

Great stuff Tang - steady as she goes :-)

tang1

5.2.15

Rest Day

6.2.15

55 mins run, longest run so far this year. Felt good throughout & could have gone on longer but sense prevailed. Zero pain from the hip which is a major confidence boost.

Today 7.2.15

60km cycle 2hrs 25mins 30secs(including 2 x Hill of Tara & Hill of Skryne)

Out at first light and left the bed to the misus, she needs the whole thing in fairness to her!! Plan was time in the saddle than speed/distance, find cycling great for hip strength. I live 20km from Hill of Tara so that was the goal point for me. Steadily made my way up & stopped for few photos. First is looking down on Navan, second is across to chruch at Hill of Skryne, which once i seen i had to visit.

Last time i cycled the Hill of Skryne was nearly 3 years ago doing the Tour of Meath. The easy way up the Hill of Skryne is staying on the main road, tricky bit is by feeding off at rear of O' Connell's pub where the road goes vertical for 15-20 yards. No easy way for me!! Last time i did this as i said was nearly 3 yrs ago, that day a man cycling beside me doing the Tour of Meath got caught out by the climb, he was in wrong gear and didn't change quick enough, he tried to unclip but it was to late, he went sideways and broke his shoulder it would later turn out.

Another loop around the Hill, i stopped for more photos, 3rd is view atop of Hill of Skryne and last is O' Connells pub now famous for featuring in the Christmas Guinness ad. Decended then and back to Hill of Tara for another spin up there. These climbs are mear bumps in the road in Tour de France terms, but not many 14st 35yr olds with a fat ar$e cycling that!!

Spin back home to a pot of freshly made coffee & a bath. Quads in shreds now!!!

tang1

Wednesday 11.2.15

5.27miles@8.34min/mile in 45mins

Handy run this, felt good throughout and hip felt strong thankfully.

Thursday 12.2.15

45mins on the spinning bike including 3x10mins hard. Back to the gym for this, its only the fact i have membership till May that i'm still going so may as well use it. Loads of sweating again which hopefully means the pounds are coming off to. Weighted stretches and resistance band work to follow up.

Today 13.2.15(Friday 13th!!!)

7miles@8.20min/mile in 58mins 20secs including 3 miles steady.

Out on one of my usual loops for first time this year. Wanted to throw some faster stuff in to see how i held up & more importantly the hip. Wanted the steady miles in around 7.50-8min/mile which should have felt comfortably hard for me at the minute.

Two miles warm up and into first steady mile which was mostly downhill/flat came in at 7.50, next mile included a few short and sharp climbs and knew i would have to work harder here, mile two was 7.51 which i was happy with taking the terrain into account. Mile three was flat and was the most comfortable of the 3, came in at 7.43, ok it was a tad to fast but honestly i felt i was running within myself doing it.

Two miles easy to finish and all was good with the body and the hip. Its nothing to be shouting from the roof tops about but its progression in the right direction. Marshalling at the Donadea 50k in the morning for ultraman1 and hopefully will get few easy miles in before the rugby tomorrow.

Time to bring back song of the week i think, i'll start with a bit of old skool Irish Techno:

Mr Spring "Deep Red".

ThebitterLemon

Nice to get a run in like that, pain free Tang. Best of luck on the comeback trail

TbL

tang1

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Nice to get a run in like that, pain free Tang. Best of luck on the comeback trail

TbL

Cheers TbL, you have that masseuses number handy, sounds good!!!

ThebitterLemon

tang1 wrote: »

Cheers TbL, you have that masseuses number handy, sounds good!!!

Trust me you'd be back injured in no time

TbL

Murph_D

Nice run, B. Won't be long now before you're stringing 10 of those together.

belcarra

Good to catch up with you today B!
Did you catch GOH's finish time?

tang1

belcarra wrote: »

Good to catch up with you today B!
Did you catch GOH's finish time?

Same to you J, i heard crowd at finish roar about 2hrs 35-40 in to it and presumed it was him finishing. Never thought to ask leaving & no results up on Red Tag Timing yet either.

belcarra

tang1 wrote: »

Same to you J, i heard crowd at finish roar about 2hrs 35-40 in to it and presumed it was him finishing. Never thought to ask leaving & no results up on Red Tag Timing yet either.

Just saw pauliec uploaded to Facebook a finishing photo of him crossing in 2:57:08.
Think someone said that's the national record now.

tang1

Saturday 14.2.15

Marshaling at the Donadea 50k and looking at how proper runners do it. Some serious performances and many by Boardsies. As a result got no run in as i didnt want to take the pi$$ after being out all morning & the day that was in it.

Today 15.2.15

3.50miles@9.14min/mile in 32min 16sec

Recovery miles after Fridays quicker miles, legs felt good as did the rest of the body. Done the sensible thing though and kept the effort slow. Have a 10k this day week to see how things are progressing, looking forward to racing again. Still no movement Baby wise, nearly a week overdue.

tang1

Murph_D wrote: »

Nice run, B. Won't be long now before you're stringing 10 of those together.

We'll see how i am come March 14th, i'll hopefully stick with you some of the way at least.

Murph_D

tang1 wrote: »

We'll see how i am come March 14th, i'll hopefully stick with you some of the way at least.

Oh, I don't think you'll have much trouble. Good luck in the 10k.