Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try

Firedance

martyboy48 wrote: »

Great result once again, well done

So, what did ye listen to on yer travels

Each other Marty

FBOT01

tang1 wrote: »

She yapped to much for us to listen to anything......

Jaysus, B, earache on top of the hip issue. Another step closer to Sainthood

Firedance

FBOT01 wrote: »

Jaysus, B, earache on top of the hip issue. Another step closer to Sainthood

Get off my log & go get yourself that t-shirt!!

Mrs Mc

Wow ok now I want to be you ! Super stuff and great report result is vey well deserved with all that training will have to look at this plan !!! No one eating afterwards FBOT will want to do that one next year. What a mix up with the result hope they get it sorted. Well done again.

Firedance

Mrs Mc wrote: »

Wow ok now I want to be you ! Super stuff and great report result is vey well deserved with all that training will have to look at this plan !!! No one eating afterwards FBOT will want to do that one next year. What a mix up with the result hope they get it sorted. Well done again.

Ah thanks A I can highly recommend it! I keep telling meno he should put it in a book & sell it!! Best of luck again today, go smash your pb & look forward to the report

aero2k

Firedance wrote: »

At this point in the game I want to give credit to meno, the plan is fantastic, it’s hard work yes but also very enjoyable and has clearly brought me fitness gains beyond what I’d hoped so thank you and for all your help and support so far. And to Aero, for all your advice and yes, you are always right..

No matter what happens in Rotterdam I finally, finally have my sub 2 half - yahooooo!

gun time: 1:57:07
chip time 1:56:41

Except of course on those occasions when Mrs. aero is right.:D

Firedance wrote: »

Each other Marty

So romantic.....


Terrific race and report - I never doubted you for a minute. Rotterdam will be a breeze after that.

Duanington

Well done on a really well earned PB FD - hard work brings rewards and you're getting them now, keep it up!

tailgunner

Well done, and well deserved Firedance.

Firedance

Sunday 6th March 4.2 miles @ 11:16 avg hr 124

Thanks everyone, much appreciated - still buzzing today but back to the grind! Had a lovely long lie in, finally dragged myself out of bed and oh crikey the body was sore, quads, hams, calves, feet, arms and worse of all, right hip in a total jocker! Threw on the compression socks (or sexy socks as tang calls them ) and walked the dog, came home, foam rolled & stretched and headed out for a recovery run. I only looked at the HR for this one, took a while but gently eased into it and the legs felt better by the time I was done. Am hoping to get a physio appointment next week to iron out the kinks.

WTD: 39.2
MTD: 35
YTD: 410

Rotterdam 5 weeks today

The next two weekends have 10 miles at MP as part of the long runs (18 & 22 miles.....) so if anyone who's not broken (:eek:) or training for a marathon fancies a jog I'd love some company.

laura_ac3

Well done on the race. Well and truly got rid of that sub 2 half marathon monkey, training paying off.

Killerz

Wow - well done, great result and super confidence booster ahead of the 'Dam

mbarr

Pic of you on the facebook page is class!

AuldManKing

Super work - well done - I'm seriously delighted for you.

Mulberry

Well done AM! And a great report. Amazing to see how the dedicated training is paying off. Class.

yaboya1

Another target hit with relative ease.
You're beginning to sound like the female Murph

Firedance

mbarr wrote: »

Pic of you on the facebook page is class!

ha yeah, its gotten a pretty good reaction alright

AuldManKing wrote: »

Super work - well done - I'm seriously delighted for you.

aw thanks A, that means a lot

Mulberry wrote: »

Well done AM! And a great report. Amazing to see how the dedicated training is paying off. Class.

thanks as always R, for all your support.

yaboya1 wrote: »

Another target hit with relative ease.
You're beginning to sound like the female Murph

I'm gonna take that as a fantastic compliment, who wouldn't want to be like Murph!! However... if I made it sound easy that's my mistake. There were parts of the race that were tough as hell, sections where I wanted to give up, the old me would have, the new me? no way hose, apart from getting fitter I've learned just how much the mind controls the body. PMA is absolutely key. I will be repeating my new mantras every single step of the way in Rotterdam.

jake1970

Congrats on the PB. Great report, there should be no need to fear hills anymore:)

JMSE

Great time FD, a well earned result for all your hard work Firedance, well done !!

Firedance

Monday 7th March 4.2 miles @ 10:34 avg hr 126

Had a long day ahead so got this done early Monday morning, enjoyable run, legs a little tired maybe but all else ok.

Tuesday 8th march 4.2 miles @ 10:40 avg HR 141….

Not sure what was going on here, initially I had a pace of 5:30 on my watch - I thought for a second I’d somehow managed to change over to KM’s :eek: so I stopped the watch .7 of a mile in and started the run over, pace was fine on the restart but the HR was crazy high, up to 170 in parts!! I felt ok so was a bit bewildered by that. Remembered that my RHR had been a few beats higher that morning.

Wednesday 9th March 10.8 miles @ 10:34 avg hr 140

Obviously this is what was brewing yesterday…..I wasn’t feeling 100% yesterday evening but I went to bed early and thought I’d be ok today. I did feel better when I got up this morning although quite tired still. This was to be 12 miles easy, a few miles in I realised it wasn’t going to be so easy. Had a quick toilet stop around mile 6 but the HR went straight back up when I picked up the run again. I was roasting and sweating far more than I normally would. Considered jumping on the train at Castleknock but decided I wasn’t ‘that’ bad and pushed on. The run through the park, even though the weather was beautiful, was awful, never has Chesterfield Ave felt so long. I saw a Luas at Heuston and knew I could catch it at the next stop so I upped the pace for that few hundred mtrs, stopped the watch at 10.8 miles (ocd be dammed) and hopped on. I’ll see how I feel tomorrow but I might just take a couple of days off, my mileage won’t be greatly affected and it’ll probably do me some good to have a rest.

aero2k

It's definitely best to see how you feel over the next few days - a day or two off won't do any harm.

I'm hoping sufficient time has passed since the "Makem listen to maudlin cr*p" debacle - I hope you like this better:).

Firedance

aero2k wrote: »

It's definitely best to see how you feel over the next few days - a day or two off won't do any harm.

I'm hoping sufficient time has passed since the "Makem listen to maudlin cr*p" debacle - I hope you like this better:).

awww, that's perfect, feeling better already

kit3

Just catching up on your log now - my Boards visits have been somewhat sporadic lately ! Well done on the half - delighted for you.

Younganne

Hope you're feeling better already and it was just the increase in the temp this morning that affected you. 4 degrees instead of -2 , weekend running should be great to get us ready for the heat in Rotterdam!!!:eek:

But take an few rest days if not feeling 100%, too close for taking chances!!!

Mrs Mc

Mind yourself AM maybe time to dose up on the vitamins. Hope you feel better.

Murph_D

Great running the other day, enjoyed the report, very well done, especially the mental side of it. Refresh my memory though - PMA??

Firedance

Murph_D wrote: »

Great running the other day, enjoyed the report, very well done, especially the mental side of it. Refresh my memory though - PMA??

Thanks D, its Positive Mental Attitude

denis b

AM - brilliant race and hope you are rightly proud of what you achieved. Just the sort of pb that justifies all your hard work.

Look after yourself this week if you need an extra day or two to recover.

Dubgal72

+1 to all the above....and start banking some sleep credit. You're training hard, your immune system may be compromised. One way - as you well know - to balance that and help recovery is.....sleep.

We could always put a sleep watch on her, whaddya think folks? Gentle nagging for posting after 10:30pm progressing to tsunami-nagging after 10:35pm??!

FBOT01

Dubgal72 wrote: »

+1 to all the above....and start banking some sleep credit. You're training hard, your immune system may be compromised. One way - as you well know - to balance that and help recovery is.....sleep.

We could always put a sleep watch on her, whaddya think folks? Gentle nagging for posting after 10:30pm progressing to tsunami-nagging after 10:35pm??!

I'm in. I am good at nagging!

Firedance

I'm in bed, I'm trying to sleep but I keep getting notifications that people are posting on my log