Byrne it up Dar

DarByrne1980

Going to try an keep a log here. Read lots of others and it looks a good way to keep me motivated. Bit of background. Ran on the track when I was younger. 800-3000 metres. Was handy enough and made all Ireland's etc. lost the run of myself in my 20s and now am slowly getting back into things. My aim is to run the tralee marathon next year as it's my dad's neck of the woods. Was considering dublin but I've still some wait to loose and fitness to gain. Anyway so far this week

M: 6 miles fastish on da roads
T: 5 miles fartlek all on grass
W: 6 miles very slowly. Was wrecked after two fast days
T: 5.5 miles at a comfortable pace.

Will probably update this once or twice a week. I have to find a few races to do in a month or so to get an idea how my training is going. Have never ran a marathon before so any advice on a good plan etc would be good

Murph_D

Welcome to the forum. Not sure how much you've been doing in general but take it handy if you're just getting back into it. Rest days are important too. But good luck and keep it up.

DarByrne1980

Murph_D wrote: »

Welcome to the forum. Not sure how much you've been doing in general but take it handy if you're just getting back into it. Rest days are important too. But good luck and keep it up.

So how many rest days would you recomend. I only really take them when i am very tired or cannot get out because I have not got the time

Murph_D

Well I'm not the most qualified to give you specific advice but it depends on your running history at this point. If you want to runa a marathon next year you would benefit from having a good base of running behind you when you start the plan. That will allow you to gradually ramp up the distances per week without risking injury. What's your current weekly mileage, averaged over the last few months?

DarByrne1980

Murph_D wrote: »

Well I'm not the most qualified to give you specific advice but it depends on your running history at this point. If you want to runa a marathon next year you would benefit from having a good base of running behind you when you start the plan. That will allow you to gradually ramp up the distances per week without risking injury. What's your current weekly mileage, averaged over the last few months?

about 40 to 50 miles a week. I got a loan of a garmin so will start using that next week. If it goes well I might bye one.

friday 7 fast miles was nice and sunny so just ran as hard as i could
saturday 3 very slow miles. Was very tired after the run on friday
sunday 9 good miles. very humid today

am thinking of doing a time trial next week to help me set my paces. The garmin should help with this. I think

DarByrne1980

so ive got this garmin watch GPS as a loan and i am very impresed. I love seeing my paces and distance and I think it is going to help my training so will probably by one myself

monday 7.12 miles in 50 minutes 3 seconds. I was feeling ok so let the legs go.
tuesday 2.93 miles in 22 minutes 5 seconds. wanted to take it easy b4 the time trial
wednesday 5k trial in 17 minutes 11 seconds. if you had of told me last month i could run 17 minutes for 5k i wood have been happy but i felt rubbish today and it just goes to show how much work i have to do to get back to where i was. tat probably won't happen but i would like to try and get close. I suppose it is a start. A friend of mine rekons i should try a park run. I had not heard of these but they look ideal. I do n't want to enter a real race just yet but these look perfect for me. I didn't have lap paces set up but i slowed down badly in the last 1 kilometre so have to continue working on my fitness

DarByrne1980

thursday, wrecked. just about 20 minute run on grass. mite take tomorrow off. I think i strained my hamstring with the time trial yesterday. noting serious but will take it very easy. definitely not currently built for speed.

DarByrne1980

friday 35 minutes running on grass. legs feel in a bit better
saturday 6 miles. headed to malahide to do the park run but did nt race it in the end. had forgot to register for a barcode and i was still very tyred so i just ran around with my friend
sunday 8 miles in 60 minute 12 seconds. feeling good today

Chivito550

What are your track PBs if you don't mind me asking?

DarByrne1980

Sure They are nearly 15 years old so they are not exactly current

800 2.04
1500 4.17
3000 9.05
5000 15.35

DarByrne1980

Actually they are 17 years old and that's the 5k the most recent the others are 18 years old. Tanx for making me feel ancient

DarByrne1980

monday 7 easy miles in 54 minutes around the local gaa pitches
tuesday folowing a conversation in a marathon thread i decided id see how far i could run 3 hour marathon pace. I ran 14.3 miles at 6.46 pace before i started to feel very tired and slowed down. probably a silly thing to do but was just curios how far i could last. just as well my maraton is not on until march
wednsday 3 miles very easy. legs tired and my legs are tired sore and stiff

DarByrne1980

thursday 8 miles in 59 minutes 10 seconds. nice run in the phoenix park
friday 7 miles with 4 fast miles in 24 minute 5 seconds. this was all on local roads.
saturday 5 miles jog, wrecked after friday
sunday 11.2 miles in 80 minutes 10 seconds. long run of the week on local roads around the house

delited training is going well. wait is starting to come fall off me. should be close to my ideal wait in december

Stazza

Savage stuff der Dar. Stay in character and voice and de wait will fall off in no time;)

DarByrne1980

Stazza wrote: »

Savage stuff der Dar. Stay in character and voice and de wait will fall off in no time;)

ha ha sorry weight

dukeraoul

You're gonna smash Tralee- Dar! Is target just sub 3?

DarByrne1980

dukeraoul wrote: »

You're gonna smash Tralee- Dar! Is target just sub 3?

definitly sub 3 but not sure how far under yet!

dukeraoul

DarByrne1980 wrote: »

definitly sub 3 but not sure how far under yet!

You ever think of just going out and time trialling a mara in the next few weeks just to set a marker?

DarByrne1980

dukeraoul wrote: »

You ever think of just going out and time trialling a mara in the next few weeks just to set a marker?

are you serious? I have not ran more than 15 miles this year. I am going to do a half marathon soon so will work off that. ive found a plan i think im going to follow and have my old school coach advisin' me too.

Stazza

Dar, if you need drinks or gels or anything, let me know - I'll be out on the course supporting. I don't know if you are aware but they've changed the course and made it substantially easier.

DarByrne1980

Stazza wrote: »

Dar, if you need drinks or gels or anything, let me know - I'll be out on the course supporting. I don't know if you are aware but they've changed the course and made it substantially easier.

nice one! dont know the course at all but am happy to hear its been made easier. What have they changed as a matter of interest

Stazza

DarByrne1980 wrote: »

nice one! dont know the course at all but am happy to hear its been made easier. What have they changed as a matter of interest

They've taken out Barrow hill (v steep and a glycogen sapper) around the 10 mile mark and Fenit pier. They've also taken a 1k drag out around the 22 mile mark and a downhill stretch around 24.5. So, the first 15 miles are relatively flat with 9.5k of the Banna 10k in there (very flat). It still has a good few hills in the second half but it's defo a lot easier. If the weather's bad it'll be a beast out there but so far the weather's been great on race day.

DarByrne1980

thanks, sound slike i need to incorporate some hills into my training in the coming months

DarByrne1980

Monday day off because of interview and some socializing
Tuesday 7 mile in 50 minutes exactly. Legs feeling fresh after day of rest
Wednesday around 8 miles on grass nice and slow. No watch
Thursday 6/7 miles with 8 by 800 meters with 100 seconds recovery. These were very tough. Ran them on a gravel track. First 3 where all below 2mins 30 seconds but last 5 were high 2.3s and last one was actually 2mins 44 seconds. Pretty bad wind on the back straight.

DarByrne1980

friday 5 miles decided to do a race on saturday so took it very easy the day before
saturday i saw the simon comunity was organizing a 5 mile in the park so i went along. i ran this race years ago when was a kid so was looking forward to it i went out a bit to hard the first 2 miles around 5.30 to 5.40 pace. i really suffered the last 2 mils and finished in 31 minutes. got caught by first 2 ladies near the finish pissed off didnt break the 30 minutes but better pacing will help next time
sunday 10 miles easy back to the park for this was hoping i could find someone to run with but had no luck. i bumped into an old friend who was on his bike and he stayed with me for a few miles so that did help

petitmember

Great stuff Dar- you'll get there...

DarByrne1980

monday 30 minutes or so very slowly on grass legs a bit soar after the race and 10 mile run
tuesday 40 minutes easy have had to give gps watch back so no ideas of distantce or pace am going to order one myself as soon as i some spare cash
lookin to run a few races over the next weekends if any one could recommend a race 5k or 5 mile or 10k that would be great somewhere in dublin or leinster

DarByrne1980

wednesday i ran 10 400s on a gravel track average pace was 76 seconds

thursday 6 miles on grass leg tyred after the track

friday an hour run on grass legs stil sore from the track

saturday took day off bit of romancing and socialising to be done

sunday was going to do a local 5k but i think i may have injured my ham string on the track so just ran for 30 minutes on grass might go see a physio tomorrow

DarByrne1980

only catching up on things around here today i was away in england for interview so missed da drama i leave the country for a night and civil war brakes out. pity because some of the people who are gone gave me a bit of advise hopefully they will be back soon.

monday sore hamstring no running but lots of weight training worked on my arms a good bit
tuesday early flight for interview and was very tyred in the afternoon so i took another day off got the job. typical no work and no romance for over a year and both come along at the same time two buses or whatever they say. not sure ill take the job now
wednesday 45 minute run on grass hamstring all better
today 70 minutes on the road ran very very hard for 30 or 40 minutes during this

friend of mine is running the marathon he has asked me to join him. I'm not doing the hole race but will jump in after a couple of miles and run around with him for as long as i can should be fun

DarByrne1980

friday 6 miles on the road. nice and fast in parts especially when da wind was at my back
saturday 2 hour run said id better do something log b4 the marathon. longest I've ran in years and i was in bitz. i think i will need to have a think where i am going to jump into this maraton do not want to be left in the dangerous streets of dublin not being able to run and not known where i am. hate to end up in nidges back garden
sunday a right off. big county final and i was to nervous to run. headed along with herself and we narrowly lost out. too make maters bad she is from navan and supported the other crowd. had to endure some crap last night from her ugly friends
monday absolutely nothin to wrecked to even dress myself. not able for the hard stuff anymore. was drinking all sorts last nite back at the club

DarByrne1980

tuesday did a easy run sweating like miley from glenroe
wednesday ran for nearly 13 miles on the road think i might have shin splints. runners are in bits so decided to get a new pair before the weekend. went to amphibian king and bought a pair of new balance
thursday first run in new balance and was like i was walking on air. kept off the grass because i want to keep them clean 40 minutes in total
friday 5 miles very easy on the road
saturday 20 minutes from res back into the city. went to expo with my friend to pick up jis number great atmosphere around
sunday day off and a few afternoon pints not great idea day before long run
monday ran the first 15 miles of the dublin marathon with my friend. i was going to keep going but i think i would have only lasted another 5 miles. i have friends around 15 miles so stopped off there and then got a lift back into city for the finish. my friend did really well. he ran under 4 hours but we probably ran first bit too hard. can't wait to run a marathon myself