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youngrun

Fri . 7.5 mile am with one of the top girls from club, 7.20-30 pace easy. Pm 30 mins
Sat early 7 am . about 35 mins, with 15 mins tempo/2.5 miles . Early start with athletics ireland congress on . Shock to the system running hard . tempo probably 6.15-20 first mile but got faster , reckon 6 min average or just over.
Sun 30 min lunch run 6.30-40. 20 mins evening. Athletics course all day

youngrun

Mon . 5 miles not great
Tues . organising a race so time short . short track session 3* 3 laps, about 4.20 low pace nothing great, 10k all in
Need an easier week 2 months of near 70 miles and really wrecked as off a big XC block also.

ThebitterLemon

Solid training block, any races you are specifically targeting

TbL

youngrun

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Solid training block, any races you are specifically targeting

TbL

I guess I run XC all winter 6/7 big races Nat ten k and then lose a bit of motivation/just get fatigued or have done last couple of years. Find it hard to get going for local races bit of deja vu. A good solid ten k should be the plan I think, something like Dunshauglin or one closer at end June . 36.40 in April would hope to knock 90-120 seconds off that.

youngrun

Wed 6 miles or so at a reasonable pace low 7s on grass

youngrun

Now where was I
Thurs 1 hr run with 5 miles around 6.20 on grass with a buddy. Wind made it really tough
Fri 9 miles am , Pm 5 miles with 3k or so hardish , felt ok
Sat intervals , 4 hard 1 off 1 hard 1 off *4 + a bonus 1. Ran into it with 1k warm up not good. faster lad there made it very hard work indeed. 4 k warm down. Pm 25 mins . Not as fit as I thought ...
Sun Am close to 15 miles reasonable pace 7.15-20 all road setady . Pm 2 miles grass. Felt completely shattered for the day
Mon , out Sun night for a bit, no beer as had to be up early but still lateish one. Woke up sick and still bad, throat like sand and general shakyness. Cant manage the late nights and training. A couple runs of 3k each as couldnt continue any longer than 15 mins , walked at end .

Tues? down to do 5k but think it may be a bad idea given how fcuked i am.probably overcooked it with sessions and lack of recovery.

youngrun

5 mile Tues not right at all, struggling along. Went out to 5k on chaffeur duty and to watch, some very fast times and looked like a great evening for running. 5k is One distance I never had much gra for never had the wheels for it, but might give next week a crack at Loughrea, aiming at 18 mins, a far cry from 16.40 best..
A few thoughts, plenty of talented runners there , would be great to get them to move onto the next level and run competitively at national/regional/county championships eg track/cross country/road. Age profile is probably against it a bit. Its a funny sport in that there are so few running between say 20-35 , think the job of Athletics ireland and clubs should be to fill this gap and retain the juveniles and recruit from other sports and promote it as well as other sports/gyms etc do.

youngrun

Wed 1 hr am and 1 hr pm, a mile more in the pm...legs shot though
Thurs couldnt sleep woke up with a throat like a man who smoked 200 Major and head spinning, never get sick but fairly groggy.

youngrun

Thurs lunch did a 5k tempo with another faster lad - warm and great to get out but was feeling shook from throat and half a flu. Did the college 5k marked loop on trails. Struggling all way 18.40 to finish, buddy had 18.14, nothing great but the surface and cornering makes it like an xc type run, so the effort was all there. 1 hr up
Fri AM 65 mins, easy, but a bad cough coming on. Worsened all day and whatever it is is not clearing.

youngrun

Sat 40 mins , sick as hell coughing
Sun 30 mins early easy, a little better but sweating like hell running 9 min miles . def got a bad dose of it. All day on juvenile track championships duty, good fun but tiring day, 100+ races on !
Not sure how to shake this might need antiobios i reckon

youngrun

Mon 4 miles easy. Illness is like a hangover all day every day coughing in am , very odd feeling, energy low working off 60-70% the whole time if feels. On a couple of drugs none banned.
Tues 5 miles, with 4*600 on track. Other lad doing kms but couldnt manage that. hard work
Wed 1 hour am , 1 hour+ pm easy, nice outT
Thurs 1 hour, with 2.5 miles steady to tempo. Buddy ran 6 min miles on grass me about 6.15+ .Knew i couldnt manage any more just operating on way less power, hard effort coughing like a man with emphysema for a few mins after, a couple of older ladies asked was i ok , very kind of them !

youngrun

Fri. early Am 7 miles in beautiful sunshine with one of my oldest running buddies, sub 3 hr girl from the club, fantastic blue skies along the prom, a really enjoyable run bar me banging my elbow off a lamppost agony !
Pm 3k time trial on track, 10.45 , utter trash, training partner ran 10.12 . we did this a while back both 10.30 so just shows you the decline for me, but this flu or whatever it is i reckon has knocked it out of me. other lad has definitely improved and the track doesnt lie. Very warm 20-21 so good effort

youngrun

Sat 8 miles am with a quick lad lucky he was going easy, all around 7m miles on grass/trails .
Pm 20 mins
Sun am early 4 miles, Pm 2 miles, on athletics duty at a meet, all day ,some weather . very hot despite factor 50 and a hat,

youngrun

Mon 1 hr very warm out
Tues track session lunch pyramid 6/8/12/8/600 pyramid off a min , first time i could run properly in a few weeks. With a faster lad . roughly 1.55/6 on 6s, 2.40 on 8s 4.04/5 on 1200. legs wobbly on last one. not big volume but intense . Pm paced a girl in the 5k series,just missed 23 min target..

youngrun

Wed am 7 miles Pm 8, not fast , 7.30 in pm felt harder tireder
Thurs Am 8 miles with 2 beautiful women, Pm 25 mins with some fartlek, very enjoyable but the wind played hell with it.

youngrun

Fri, was away for weekend portugal . Found a ten k race locally, very warm 29 c. Just off the plane and ran it. 38 mins woeful just shows the knock the flu has had , felt hard, 2 mins slower than last race ...Sat 5 miles on trails.. Sunday 13 miles steady 7min miles, very bonked at end of it. Still not right very odd effect working only off 70-80% power when running /

youngrun

Mon 45 mins easy warm out. legs pretty heavy esp quads

youngrun

Tues 10k 4pm, then paced one of the girls from club around 5k easy. still a bit stiff from weekend race/hard runs . Hope to get session in Wed and Fri and race the last 5k series and get sub 18 and get my ass in gear

youngrun

Wed 7 miles early, real issue in left leg muscle pull or something,.PM 30 mins and no better. limiting movement and unable to run properly. 15 mins stretching to try and alleviate it. Will see tomorrow . body feels pretty battered.

youngrun

Thurs
Not in the mood to run with the injury thing and fatigue from the weekends run in the legs , did 3 miles or so with a couple of long strideout sections
Fri . 15 mins am. Pm 6 miles slow . No issues so good to go
Sat am . Session solo, never fun but people never seem to be about at weekend in Galway! . Did 6*3mins on grass. hard to get going but got it done. pace not great maybe 2.50 800. Must buy a garmin to keep me honest. Pm 35 min
Sun am 12+ miles. hilly circuit around town and flat then thru prom. Ave pace c 7.10. slow start 8mm and then picked it up with one of the quick girls in club, prob 6.40 pace the last 4miles or better felt it anyway fairly tired ending. pm 25 min

youngrun

Mon 4miles and 3 miles early and late
Tues Short and sharp session on grass , very warm but good fast conditions underfoot, 2 mile warm up , 3*1km off min + 1 *600m , about 3.30 on the kms or a bit quicker and 1.56 on the 600, chasing a quicker lad who was low 3.20s. 6 miles all in or so

youngrun

Wed 8 miles am and 4 miles pm with a few strides. Not sure is this all too slow
Thurs 10k with a pick up last three k 4.15k pace on grass

youngrun

Fri , 6 miles am, and a three k on the track after lunch 5 mile all up. Boiling hot. 10.45 very poor , legs not willing and I guess heat, A good effort but these times are slow. Running a minute quicker a couple of years ago jesus whats gone wrong.
Sat . Progression run am or an attempted one. Dont trust new garmin seems to read funny ,short k at start i reckon was clicking at 800m and may have compensated later?! Either way this was hard , started at sub 7 pace and apparently slowed down but felt like i was running faster. Very hot running in college grounds like a sauna with the trees etc holding heat in. Ran down the trails for las three k and got moving , last two miles about 6.25 pace , good effort anyway. PM 5k
Sunday am . Longish run 20k. Easy start and moving at around 7.15 pace at half way and last 10k picked up pace, with last 5 at about 4.05-10 average with another lad who was pushing it on

youngrun

Sun pm did 4k or so late evening . Some guy race walking around dangan not sure who it was but looked top notch.

youngrun

Mon am . bank holiday i think? Very tired , 40 min run at zero pace. Pm 20 mins a bit faster. three days hardish running took it out of me.
Tues. Time short, 4 miles, progression from 5mk s to 4.25ks each one quicker, on grass/trails /not hard but nice to move a bit

youngrun

Wed 8 miles am and 6 pm, easy 8 min mile pace early, running 715 or so pm, with last couple of k well sub 7. all on grass/trails
Thurs 10k, legs tired from Wed.

youngrun

Fri Am short jog, Pm lunch short sharp session , 2*800 , 1*mile. As usual ridiculous. 2.55/2.50+ on the 800s and 5.33 on the mile. makes no sense am such a slow starter. 5miles

Sat am progression, again humid and a difficult start to this , body very tired stopped 3k in for a mo. Then the next 5k worked well, 4.20 down to 3.53 each faster. 6miles all in . 30mins pm 7.20 pace
Sunday 21 km at 7.25 pace average , slow start and 7/7.05 from 10-18k . Pm 15 mins

youngrun

Mon 4.25 miles nothing to report
Tues lunch, session of 8*2 mins on grass very tough with a faster lad . good speedwork . we had pretty much 5k done in 16 mins of running hard. buddy was maybe 10 metres ahead each rep.6 miles done. 2k pm

youngrun

Wed 10k am 9k or so pm. easy. with a few strides end run 2

youngrun

Thurs hard session 4*5 mins off 90 on grass but fairly hard underfoot, with a faster lad, who really upped the pace last two reps. He was averaging 5.30, I was a bit off that 5.33-35 maybe . Very tough. 7 miles all up
Fri 4 miles easy
Sat am Progression. Again garmin clocking all wrong. showing 5 min ks plus despite me busting a gut. So did 40 mins steady to progression plus jog and lucky enough had the college circuit which has a marked 5k to work off. so used that plus the watch on garmin, Average 4.05 pace for the 40 mins.7 miles or so all up. Pm 30 mins boring.
Sun am. Late late Sat night at a party but got away before it got bright!. managed to get out for the sunday 9am run but tired is not the word. lashing rain. Felt like I was running for days it seemed never ending! 90 mins, nearly 20k so 7.25 pace . Very happy to finish it.
Pm 25 mins