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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭ Annie get your Run


    Really enjoyed reading that year in review, well done again those fantastic achievements on the 10 mile TT and that epic marathon result.

    Would the kids do parkrun with you? Give them something to focus on while their sports are cancelled - the whole school thing is mental but to then cancel outdoor sports seems off the charts altogether. I know we are all heartily sick of this damn virus!! Best of luck with the 2022 targets.



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,158 ✭✭✭ ariana`



    I really should drag them along shouldn't I although I feel the youngest is still too young to be running 5k - he's 6!The oldest (12) has done it but not for a few years now, wouldn't be a bad idea. A girl from his class there does it in 20mins so I could see him getting quite competitive and I'm not sure I could handle him getting competitive about another sport, he does so much already 😅

    Thank you AGYR! It was a good year and I'm very grateful to have had the opportunity to be consistent for a few years now. I hope it lasts. You've had a good year too, with a variety of stuff, cross fit, cycling & running coming back to the fore now too! It's great to see it and I hope you get to build on it in 2022. You've inspired me with the variety, I've recently taken up yoga again, not sure I mentioned that in my log but I did 6 * 1-1 sessions and now I've joined a small group class (only 6 per class), I love it, I really look forward to the class every week (despite it the 5:30am alarm) and do a bit every day myself.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭ ReeReeG


    Craughwell 10k (and 10 mile) are back this year, March 20th. Might be further out than you were planning though.



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,158 ✭✭✭ ariana`


    Good to know V. thanks for the heads up. I was only thinking about this recently and wondering would it come back. Kinvara is back on March 5th too so it's good to see these key events (in the West) back on the calendar. I will do one or other for sure.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭ Annie get your Run


    Oops I had a drafted a reply to this and forgot to hit post comment! Glad to hear you're enjoying the yoga, it really is beneficial in so many ways, stretching, strength, breathing, head space! Hopefully the kids sport will be back soon but enjoy parkrun in the meantime.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭ Swashbuckler


    And no mention of a massive HM pb............or no sign of a race report..........



  • Registered Users Posts: 10,024 ✭✭✭✭ Murph_D


    Sorry to hear this, Elaine. Sounds tough to deal with. Congrats on the PB - which I notice matches your maximum running time. Is that a coincidence? 😁

    Hopefully your orthopaedic guy can sort it out. Hang in there!



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,247 ✭✭✭ Laineyfrecks


    Hope you get it sorted soon Elaine & fair play to be still out running.

    Well done on your PB 🤗



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭ Swashbuckler


    Yes my bad...I skipped commenting on the other stuff. Hope the shoulder gets sorted. As for the social anxiety, you're not alone there. I'd say that's all too common. One of the side effects of essentially being locked away for two years. Don't hesitate to get counselling to help with it. No shame in that whatsoever. Counselling really helped me in the past.



  • Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭ dixierip


    I happened upon this log a couple of months ago and have read from start to finish. Really interesting seeing your progress to date and learned alot from it. Just saying as the logs help and inform many of trying to figure out this running malarchy.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭ Annie get your Run


    Best of luck with the recovery Elaine. interestingly a former colleague just had shoulder surgery, similar issue to yourself. Sounds like a success albeit she's still in recovery.

    I love that you're still going to yoga & the teacher is adjusting for your injury - I do miss that kind of support from a great yoga teacher.

    Congratulations on the PB and + 1 to SBs musings on the social anxiety, it's very strange getting back to 'normal ', plenty of online counselling available too. Keep us up to speed on the shoulder & a race report would be great!



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,158 ✭✭✭ ariana`


    Thank you so much😊 It's lovely to know that someone has benefitted from my log as I have benefitted from so many others over the years.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭ Swashbuckler


    Great run and nice to see a race report on this log again. Funny thing about targeting these races is you'll often come out with a different result once you start putting pressure on yourself. Nice to run a no pressure PB!

    Seems like Charleville would be a really good option for you considering the timing....You will probably struggle to find a faster half that time of year.



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,158 ✭✭✭ ariana`


    It definitely opened my eyes to a different way of doing things. I've always been a slave to the watch and kind of proud of running even splits but that comes as part of being a slave to the watch and a slave to the goal. It was nice to run off effort and without the pressure, and something I will try to incorporate. Yes I have Charleville in mind and another one closer to home in October as well if that doesn't work out, nice to have a couple of options.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭ Swashbuckler


    All the best for the operation. General anaesthetic seems scarier than it is. In all honestly its like dropping off to a nice peaceful sleep. You'll be fine.

    I like the way you put fun in italics. I'll never convince some of ye that the shorter stuff is infact easier than the marathon 😅.

    Looks like me and you have similar goals - although probably a December half marathon for me.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,158 ✭✭✭ ariana`


    Thank you for the reassurance P. I have an irrational fear that I won't wake up 🙈 To add to it my 8 yr old had an anaphylactic reaction to a GA last year and it was the most frightening experience of my life... but I'm sure it will be just fine.

    To clarify by fun I meant I won't be chasing times in these races as such... of course if the times come (and of course i secretly hope they do 😂) then that would be a wonderful bonus but right now I feel anything but fit or fast so it's hard to imagine running good times. Fun may have been the wrong word and rather some pressure free races to get a feel for it and get the buzz again, kick start the old mojo! Looking back my last 5k was Jun '19, last 8k Aug '19 and 10k in March '20 (at a pace that is more recently my HM pace) so it will be very interesting. Just hope some local races go ahead now. My old annual 5k series has already been cancelled 😌

    Have you a HM in mind for Dec? I know of a couple around Sept/Oct and that's why I said Autumn, but realistically a bit later will probably suit better, to give me a decent block.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭ Swashbuckler


    Nothing irrational about the fear - it's normal. The mind and body doesnt like to be artifically put to sleep so it's a self protection mechanism - the fear is created to try and make you stop it from going ahead (I'm big into this psychological stuff) 🤣. Similar to racing - the mind knows whats coming, it doesnt like it, so it does what it can to make it not happen.

    I think once you shake the after effects of Covid then hopefully things start to feel easier again. Its the right call just to take the pressure off. I know it's different for different folks but in those situations (post injury or illness) the last thing I need or want is the pressure of any sort of target race. It can quickly become disheartening. For me, I just want a mental break from what was an intense 18 weeks of focus.

    HM - most likely Border Half or possibly Waterford AC. I'd love an earlier one, in particular Charleville, but that aint gonna happen with it likely being the day of my daughters 1st birthday party. And similar to yourself I dont really want to start focussed training for it until maybe September which gives me a good three months at least.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭ Swashbuckler


    Best of luck on Wednesday - you'll be fine 😊

    You finished first lady - dont play it down. You can only beat what's in front of you on the day. I'm sure Mo Farah isn't looking at his London 5k Gold metal wondering what might have been if peak Haile Gebrselassie had been around that day 😂

    Congrats - mark that down as your first category win at parkrun. More and better to come no doubt. Just need to build that aerobic engine back up again and it will come back - no doubt. Stick with it.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,247 ✭✭✭ Laineyfrecks


    I can totally relate to you feeling disheartened with your parkrun, I felt that way a few weeks ago with my progression PR, use it now as your benchmark. Give yourself time to build it back up & it will come to you. I already feel so much stronger both physically and mentally since that PR & you will too.

    Very best of luck Wednesday😊



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭ Sunny Dayz


    Well done on finishing first female in parkrun. Good luck on Weds.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭ ReeReeG


    1st place is 1st place! Well done😊 I don't think you should be too disheartened, that's still a good run considering you've only been really doing easy miles for a while now and were sick before that. Best of luck tomorrow, hope it goes ok.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,382 ✭✭✭ Mr. Guappa


    Best of luck at the weekend E, it's exciting having a race to look forward to when it's been a while. I'm reading your previous posts detailing how you intend for these summer races to be fun, so don't lose sight of that intention either. Good to hear things are on an upward trajectory again for you.



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