Dublin city marathon 28/10/2018

Glencarraig

muloc wrote: »

There was nowhere to enter club when I registered for DCM. Anyone know if possible to update?

Did you enter on the Athletics Ireland website for the National Marathon Championships ?......if so you can go to the AI helpdesk at the expo and they will sort it for you.

Van.Bosch

fatherted1969 wrote: »

Lost about 11 weeks training due to illness from the beginning of May. Got the go ahead the end of August to run again and as I'd entered Dingle early in the year I set out a walk/jog plan just to complete it and got through it just about.

Since then I've trained really well. I'm a good bit behind where I'd like to be but I'm just trying to chip away each week to regain fitness. Had my 20 mile run at the weekend but as all my friends were in Longwood and I was working on the Sun I took myself off to Galway to run the Galway Bay marathon on the Sat. Much easier to run distances with people.

Plan was run the 20 miles as my lsr and walk/jog in as a warmdown/recovery with the added bonus of a medal which is always nice and another marathon chalked off. All went according to plan. 10 miles taper run this week, off to Amsterdam for the half marathon next weekend and fingers crossed I'm good to go for DCM the following week

A marathon and a half marathon in the two weekends before DCM? What plan is that?

Fair play to you - are you racing in Amsterdam?

RayCun

muloc wrote: »

There was nowhere to enter club when I registered for DCM. Anyone know if possible to update?

Get your club secretary to email the competition secretary in athletics Ireland. You will need to supply your membership number and your marathon entry confirmation number.

muloc

Glencarraig wrote: »

Did you enter on the Athletics Ireland website for the National Marathon Championships ?......if so you can go to the AI helpdesk at the expo and they will sort it for you.

No I entered on the Dublin Marathon site

Itziger

Van.Bosch wrote: »

A marathon and a half marathon in the two weekends before DCM? What plan is that?

Fair play to you - are you racing in Amsterdam?

I could think of a couple of names for it, but they'd get me a warning..........

Lazare

Yeah, that's mad Ted.

conti

Heartbroken that I might have to miss DCM this year. Did the half in Phoenix Park that I was pleased with, then when I went to ease back into training a couple of days after, something just suddenly "popped" in my calf. I've been off it since bar a couple of runs here and there. Can manage about 10km before it returns. I haven't ran since last Thursday but gonna give it a bash again in the morning and if I can't manage a few 10–12km runs this week without feeling the sensations returning then I'll have to drop out. Sad. Face.

tHE vAGGABOND

Did my first DCM running on an injury that was not healed right - and ran the last 10 miles odd on one leg & it was one of the least fun things I have done in my entire life....

So hard to be sensible after 3 or 4 months of training but...

Joleigh

Anywhere I can find info on pacers, like will they be running at even splits for the whole race or have they a different strategy? Still trying to decide on my marathon pace :eek:

RayCun

Joleigh wrote: »

Anywhere I can find info on pacers, like will they be running at even splits for the whole race or have they a different strategy? Still trying to decide on my marathon pace :eek:

Even splits.

Kellygirl

conti wrote: »

Heartbroken that I might have to miss DCM this year. Did the half in Phoenix Park that I was pleased with, then when I went to ease back into training a couple of days after, something just suddenly "popped" in my calf. I've been off it since bar a couple of runs here and there. Can manage about 10km before it returns. I haven't ran since last Thursday but gonna give it a bash again in the morning and if I can't manage a few 10–12km runs this week without feeling the sensations returning then I'll have to drop out. Sad. Face.

Have you seen a physio? I went through something similar. 4 weeks ago on a long run my calf suddenly tightened up and I couldn’t run any further. I’d rest and try again but furthest I got was 7 miles after physio one day. Otherwise it was going after about 6 miles or so. I had a monster physio session last week and she recommended 7-10 days rest too. I swam and did aqua running instead all last week. I did a 2 hour test run this morn and not one niggle in the calf.

Working class heroes

I hope yis all like running in snow:D

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=108358138&postcount=578

conti

Kellygirl wrote: »

Have you seen a physio? I went through something similar. 4 weeks ago on a long run my calf suddenly tightened up and I couldn’t run any further. I’d rest and try again but furthest I got was 7 miles after physio one day. Otherwise it was going after about 6 miles or so. I had a monster physio session last week and she recommended 7-10 days rest too. I swam and did aqua running instead all last week. I did a 2 hour test run this morn and not one niggle in the calf.

Thanks for advice, unfortunately a physio visit is out of budget (so is getting my bike repaired which would help maintain fitness at least), so I'm just being extra careful. I can do everything else though; kettle bell swings, goblin squats, weighted heel raises, stretching, foam-rolling, etc. All with no calf pain at all. Seems that the shock of hitting the ground after a certain length of time is what brings the pain back.

I managed an 8km easy run this morning with no issue apart from the fact I've lost a significant amount of fitness from the time off. My plan is to do same every day this week but increase by ~2km per day. If I can keep going and manage a 16km run on Sunday without issue than I'll stay going and do the marathon, otherwise it's drop-outsville for me.

Lazare

conti wrote: »

Thanks for advice, unfortunately a physio visit is out of budget (so is getting my bike repaired which would help maintain fitness at least), so I'm just being extra careful. I can do everything else though; kettle bell swings, goblin squats, weighted heel raises, stretching, foam-rolling, etc. All with no calf pain at all. Seems that the shock of hitting the ground after a certain length of time is what brings the pain back.

I managed an 8km easy run this morning with no issue apart from the fact I've lost a significant amount of fitness from the time off. My plan is to do same every day this week but increase by ~2km per day. If I can keep going and manage a 16km run on Sunday without issue than I'll stay going and do the marathon, otherwise it's drop-outsville for me.

Similar to you my training dropped off a cliff a week after the half after developing tendon pain.
Back pain free running as of last Sat. I'm doing v easy stuff now, 4m day on day off, an 8 mile next Sun.

I don't believe my fitness is gone, you shouldn't either. Your plan sounds excessive this close, and only increasing the risk of not making it.

Ease back and get confidence. I'm attacking my A goal. Attack yours.

davedanon

Early days, but weather outlook is positive. The latest long-term forecast is for the day before.

RayCun

temperature is looking good on BBC, but a bit windy

Unthought Known

Weather EXACTLY like this morning would be perfect.

TheBigGreen

Hi, I'm staying on Herbert Street, is there on street parking available?

I'm thinking of getting the train or bus if I don't drive up.

Kellygirl

Looking good!

SeeMoreBut

The madness is starting to kick in.

What next the predictions table

Working class heroes

TheBigGreen wrote: »

Hi, I'm staying on Herbert Street, is there on street parking available?

I'm thinking of getting the train or bus if I don't drive up.

Whatever about the Bus you wont have an option to travel be train.

Where are you traveling from?

RayCun

SeeMoreBut wrote: »

What next the predictions table

like this?

Bib No.| Username | PB | Predicted Time | Actual Time
|RayCun|2:56:42|2:52|
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Working class heroes

Here is a good thread from the weather forum to keep an eye on from early next week(around the time you cut your toe nails).

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057883559&page=11

There is a similar thread with a longer outlook but obviously will have a greater margin of error....

TheBigGreen

Working class heroes wrote: »

Whatever about the Bus you wont have an option to travel be train.

Where are you traveling from?

Traveling from Cork on the Saturday and back down on the Monday

Working class heroes

TheBigGreen wrote: »

Traveling from Cork on the Saturday and back down on the Monday

Ah ok, thought you were traveling on the day. You should be fine by train.
Not sure about parking around Herbert road, probably best to check with the hotel.

davedanon

Bib No.| Username | PB | Predicted Time | Actual Time
|RayCun|2:56:42|2:52|
|davedanon|3:14:18|3:19:06|
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After so many disappointments in Dublin, I'm conservatively aiming at a course pb only this time around.

aquinn

So exciting, I love a good table.

TheBigGreen

Bib No.| Username | PB | Predicted Time | Actual Time
|RayCun|2:56:42|2:52|
|davedanon|3:14:18|3:19:06|
|TheBigGreen|3:42:30|3:14:59|
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boydkev

Bib No.| Username | PB | Predicted Time | Actual Time
|RayCun|2:56:42|2:52|
|davedanon|3:14:18|3:19:06|
|TheBigGreen|3:42:30|3:14:59|
|boydkev|3:31:35|3:14:59|
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overthebridge

Bib No.| Username | PB | Predicted Time | Actual Time
|RayCun|2:56:42|2:52|
|davedanon|3:14:18|3:19:06|
|TheBigGreen|3:42:30|3:14:59|
|boydkev|3:31:32|3:14:59|
|overthebridge|3:38:38|3:59:30|
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A niggly quad injury has curtailed what had been a pretty good block of training.
I'm only coming up for the tshirt and a few beers afterwards ;-)