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Running in the Real World
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Krusty_Clown wrote: »Hi Anna, it was great meeting you yesterday. Congrats on a stunning PB! 35 minutes? And you wonder why I find it hard to celebrate 2 paltry minutes?! You'll have to aim for 3:50 next year. That's the problem with massive achievements. It creates huge expectations.
Thanks KC, a very minor achievement in the scheme of things (trying to downplay any expectations)... compared to the likes of yourself especially! 0 -
Bungy Girl wrote: »Brilliant report Anna and a performance to match. Knew when I saw you in the Park you were going to have a good one, you just looked so happy. You may have inspired me to give it a shot next year. Maybe.
Sure you nailed the HM... No bother to you!!!!!0 -
Tuesday, Oct 27:
Basking and creaking... we have a lot of stairs in our house... 4K walk really helped loosen up the legs
Wednesday, Oct 28: Drove to Donegal and was able to stand after it Feel no worse than after an LSR.
Thursday, Oct 29: Drove a friend towards Glenties early this morning... beautiful morning, looked at those hills longingly... have an overwhelming urge to go for a run!!!! probably a good thing that I left all my gear in Dublin and have 3 kids to mind for the morning (that counts as cross training!).
Only slight bother now is the toenail... other than that, feeling a bit jetlagged, but good!0 -
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Looking WAY in the future, no doubt you'll be doing the 10 mile in Bundoran next year with me and D? 11th of March 2016, date for your diary.
I drove past Bundoran yesterday, eyeing the course. It was a beautiful day and the mountains looked spectacular and was fondly remembering the 10k... And considering the 10 mile for next year might see you there alright! 0 -
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Great running on Monday, Anna and an excellent report. Really enjoyed reading it. I have to say that you looked very fresh in McGrattan's both when we got there and when we left you behind after us...........unfortunately I didn't see you out of the course but having read your report I am putting that down to the disguise hat you wore rather than my bad eyesight
Well done again. Really delighted that you had the experience and the result that your training deserved this year. Enjoy Donegal!0 -
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Great running on Monday, Anna and an excellent report. Really enjoyed reading it. I have to say that you looked very fresh in McGrattan's both when we got there and when we left you behind after us...........unfortunately I didn't see you out of the course but having read your report I am putting that down to the disguise hat you wore rather than my bad eyesight
Well done again. Really delighted that you had the experience and the result that your training deserved this year. Enjoy Donegal!
Thanks M, and thanks for all the advice along the way (and smart comments too of course
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About time I logged some running... About time I got back into some regular running after DCM. Next week, next week...
Sunday nov 1: Easy 6k. 3.73 mi @ 9:59/mi
First time in yonks I had no idea where my garmin was or if it was charged.
Not exactly bursting with energy but felt good to be back on the seafront wearing my marathon shirt with pride (since that's what it says).
Legs tired a bit towards the end and could feel the calf muscles and glutes in particular. But no ill effects to report from DCM.
Nov 2-7: no running. Several week mornings lying awake at 6, telling myself to get up and run, followed by reminding myself that I'm still recovering.
Sun Nov 8: Easy 5 mi @ 10:00/mi
Out into wind and rain, quickly got too warm in my new rain jacket (DCM 2014 remainder bargain at expo!). Thought it best to avoid the coast, not ready for a return to being blown to a standstill. Griffith Ave, loop of Albo and home. Passed a few drenched dog walkers in Albo, otherwise the park was deserted and lovely.
Very enjoyable, breathing and energy levels fine but legs felt a bit stiff and tight, probably due to lack of running!
Enjoyed the weather until I had to step into a river to cross the main road and spent the last couple of Km with wet cold feet.
Mon-thurs: more procrastinating, too much work, packing (Ahem!) and travelling to do. Arrived in Copenhagen Thursday afternoon and did some cross training walking around the city centre, and lugging bags up and down metro stairs.
Friday, Nov 13: 'Centraltastning Running'
Easy 5 mi @ 10:09
Nice run before breakfast, through the university and Amager Faelled, where I might attempt to find the parkrun tomorrow. It seems to be a big park through wetlands/swamp, nice running trails. Passed what looked like a group of police off the trail by a swamp, looked like a scene from 'The Killing' but might have been their morning coffee break. Home via another nice trail along some body of water that might have been a river or lake...
The footpaths in the city are cobbled and uneven, stubbed my toe a few times last night (before any local beer). Lots of canals and water everywhere. And bikes.... So many cyclists and so many proper bike lanes. Puts Dublin to shame.
And it's Baltic here (geddit?)... But warmer than Dublin this morning. 0 -
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Bungy Girl wrote: »+1 ! If I can do Cross Damn Fun in Berlin you can do a parkrun in CPH. Hope you remembered to pack your barcode
she can just offer to volunteer next week:D in fact, we can all volunteer next week - here http://www.parkrun.it/events/ 0 -
she can just offer to volunteer next week:D in fact, we can all volunteer next week - here http://www.parkrun.it/events/
Have barcode, will travel! They start their parkrun at 9:00 am over here... Darn continentals.0 -
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Headed off from the apartment at about 8:30, I knew where I was going because we had been there yesterday and the parkrun website map was great.
Jogged the 3.5k to the start, very pleasant along the lake. Sunny morning but biting (Baltic) wind. Found my way to the park no bother... It's essentially a swamp with nice trails through it but all you can really see is the vegetation at the side of the trail. It was about 8:50 and I was starting to wonder if I was in the right place when a guy wearing a parkrun 100 tshirt jogged past, so I figured I'd be safe enough following him. Such powers of deduction.
Soon I started to see bikes converging. Runners here all seem to wear long running tights, hardly anyone other than me in shorts. There were no flags or hi-vis volunteers to be seen, and the finishing chute was two rows of those little football cone things. Very simple setup.
The pre-run briefing was delivered by a very cheery lady... From the Danish I somehow understood '2 loops' and 'any first timers' and put my hand up. She then asked in English if there were any visitors... Again I put my hand up and so did the guy next to me. She asked where are you from... England, he said. Welcome from England! I felt compelled to clarify I was from Ireland... But you understand English she said, to laughter from the crowd. I hate being so linguistically challenged. She went on to explain in perfect English that there would be no marshals out on the course, to look for arrows painted on the path. There seemed to be only about 4 volunteers in all.
Then we did the cheery parkrun shuffle to the start, almost like home, except there were lots of big blond men in tights. Lined up somewhere near the middle, my intention was to take it easy, even if I was representing Ireland. Around HMP or 5:22/km was the goal.
A countdown and we were off. The crowd spread out quickly enough, and I found myself well behind the leading group and after about 1k pretty much on my own. I could hear footsteps behind but they weren't getting any closer. I paced myself off a man in front, following him for about 3k. Nice flat course, good surface, not a very scenic park, but natural and unspoiled.
The timer called out 14:02 as I passed the halfway mark. The cheery run director was waving plastic clappers and shouting beautiful, beautiful. This was going to be my slowest parkrun in a long time. I thought I should at least come in under 28 mins. The second half was even more spread out, had to keep an eye out for the arrows so I didn't do a yaboya.
With a km to go, decided I could take the guy I had been pacing and passed him and another guy, then was passed by a power couple who looked as if they were out for a stroll and left me in the dust. Passed one more man with 200m to go and that was it. Token number 52, When I remembered to stop my watch it was at 26:55, no official time yet.
Delighted to have done some international parkrun tourism. Nice event, but I think if this was my only parkrun experience I would be blown away by the likes of St Anne's... The beautiful park, the organisation, the coffee shop. Maybe I'm just biased... Although I doubt if the St Anne's run directors could welcome visitors in Danish
This was my first run since DCM at any kind of pace, enjoyed it.
Splits: 5:16, 5:22, 5:22, 5:11, 4:57*
*hard to imagine doing a whole 5k faster than this... In a couple of weeks...
2.2 mi @ 9:46/mi warmup
3.1 mi @ 8:31/mi parkrun
1.87 mi @ 10:49/mi cool down
Edit: official time 26:300 -
The UK is the same. It's only us lazy Irish that wait until 9:30
For the record, they started the briefing at 9:00, not the run!Imagine ! The nerve ! Enjoy it see you at park run soon sounds like there is going to be some racing in the coming weeks and setting of pb's ....
I will enjoy watching! 0 -
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Good on you Anna, sounds lovely and a lot drier than here, we were drying the finish tokens with napkins this morning!!!
Yes us too in St Anne's, horrible morning this morning but we still had 170 out braving the elements.
Impressed at you getting up on your hols for park run Anna, well done 0
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