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A Tall Order

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


    Best of luck at the weekend! Always impressed with your discipline ( and good sense) when it comes to training. Certainly isn't an easy marathon you've picked anyway, hope you can enjoy it !



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭ py


    Thanks V. I'm just following what coach prescribes. His training calls when I'm injured/sick/tired are making me appear to be more disciplined than I really am 😁


    A head cold went through the household and I was the last one to catch it. Fingers and toes crossed that it wasn't COVID... which it wasn't. Cleared up by Wednesday after doses of Lemsip and Night Nurse. Energy levels were fine and HR was good throughout. Very mild one thankfully. Sleep has been good throughout the week. Fuelling and hydration going well too.

    Monday

    Rest Day - final physio visit to make everything is good to go. Hamstring (medial) from prior week was much better.

    Tuesday

    45' easy - 7.5Km, 6:00/Km, 131avg HR

    Very easy run over to Tymon park and back.

    Wednesday

    45' easy - 8Km, 5:46/Km, 137avg HR

    Nothing to report.

    Thursday

    45' easy with 5 * 20" strides - 7.5Km, 5:54/Km, 137 avg HR

    Got to Bushy Park for the strides. Right knee felt off. Sure enough there's some tightness in my right quad. Did some very minor massage on it.

    Friday

    35' easy - 6Km, 5:56/Km, 131 avg HR (not HR strap)

    Further light massage on the right quad before this morning's run. Felt much better throughout. Last run done 😎

    Total

    29Km done, 42.2Km of hills to get through tomorrow 🤞



  • Registered Users Posts: 946 ✭✭✭ Lambay island


    Best of luck tomor!



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


    Best of luck 👌😊



  • Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭ marathon2022


    Best of luck tomorrow. Well done on the training



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭ Bananaleaf


    Great report! You ran a very clever race and you ran it really well. Congratulations



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


    Great race report & race, Well done on the PB absolutely chuffed for you!



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭ py




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


    Yep, there's a track (and the field for the field events), 2.5km of trails, will be a clubhouse and then a sports hall, as its to be a multisport campus with a tri club, gymnastics club and I think an archery club?! Latest I heard is the track will be ready for use in August... you may join ;)



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭ py


    That sounds like a fantastic local resource. Excited to see how it turns out now. Thanks for the info V.



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


    Well done on the PB, sounds like tough conditions!



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭ py


    Monday-Thursday

    100% rest and recovery. Body still healing after the prior week's non running related injury. I had hoped to get out Thursday but OH wasn't keen on me going out so had to give it another 24 hours.

    Friday

    45' easy - 8Km, 5:46/Km, 142avg HR - this was a short test for the body. It went very well. Felt good to give the body a little workout. You'd miss the fresh air and dopamine hit from a run.

    Saturday

    55' easy - 9.5Km, 5:51/Km, 147avg HR - got out shortly after the disappointing Irish rugby match finished. Felt quite humid throughout.

    Sunday

    60' easy - 10Km, 5:52/Km, 140avg HR - nice run around Dodder Valley Park. Upgraded paths around here have been a great addition to the area. They are getting much more use than before which is great to see.

    Total

    27.5Km for the week. Body feeling good right now with no niggles to report. I missed a couple of stretching sessions after my runs and this has the legs feeling a tad heavy today.There'll be a good amount of foam rolling done over the next few days to get legs back on track. 8 weeks until Comrades.

    I got all logistics booked for Malaga marathon in December. Hoping it will be a nice race to finish out the year.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭ py


    Monday

    65' easy - 11.2Km, 5:52/Km, 147avg HR - We had headed up north for a few days so I was delighted with the opportunity to try out some new terrain. There were hills everywhere so the route I took was the flattest that I could map out on Strava. Very undulating compared to my usual flat route back home.

    Tuesday

    65' easy - 10.5Km, 6:09/Km, 139avg HR - Same route as the previous day. Couldn't get the legs going at all. I think we spent too much time walking around Newry the day before.

    Wednesday

    70' easy - 12Km, 5:45/Km, 138avg HR - Got some good rest the night before and felt good throughout my usual easy route. Legs felt like they were back to normal.

    Thursday

    70' easy uphill - 12Km, 5:55/Km, 141avg HR, 170m elevation - My regular hilly route with the added benefit of 20 Celsius heat. I really enjoy this route but the heat is a killer on the country roads amongst the trees/shrubs with no wind hitting the body.

    Friday

    35' easy - 6.5Km, 6:07/Km, 133avg HR - I opted for a very easy run in advance of the long run on Saturday. Tipped around to give the legs/lungs a light workout.

    Saturday

    2hours easy - 21Km, 5:47/Km, 151avg HR - This was an enjoyable route. The roads themselves are busy but paths were quiet from pedestrians/dogs/cyclists. Another day of 20 Celcius weather and very little wind. I had brought the new hydration pack with me with 1 litre of water but it was warm after about 10 minutes of running. Took a maurten gel every 30 minutes.

    Sunday

    Rest day - took my father and boys to Croke Park for the first time. Very good match. Kerry deserved to win on the day. COYBIB :(

    Total

    74Km for the week. Legs were tired by the end of the week but no injury niggles at all. Physio today loosened them out. Much of the same for next week with an increase in duration for the long run. After 2.75 years since registration, it finally feels like I might actually get to run Comrades. (touch wood). Final qualifying day is tomorrow so I would imagine there are some people preparing for a last roll of the dice. Entrant list is up on the website but the search functionality is poor so I'm unsure how many other Irish people are going to be running it. 7 weeks to go.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭ py


    This week was a little all over the place with medical appointments and this god awful heat. Got the prescribed runs completed though.

    Monday

    65' easy - 11Km, 5:52/Km, 145avg HR - Dentist appointment in Dundrum so opted to run home. Ran up by Airfield estate and then all the way down to the canal path in Clonskeagh. Ran from there to Tesco Rathfarnham. Lovely to run along there though there was no airflow and it was muggy af.

    Tuesday

    65' easy - 11Km, 5:52/Km, 143avg HR - usual 65' easy route up through Firhouse/Tallaght. Couldn't wait for the clock to tick past 65' to stop running. Just a meh day.

    Wednesday

    65' easy 11.5Km, 5:52/Km, 142avg HR - Almost identical route to the day before. Motivation was much better today. Today marked a new recovery method I'm trying in addition to some static stretches I usually work through - quick dip in the kids paddling pool. It is always cold in the morning so a 5 minutes soak leaves the legs feeling good afterwards.

    Thursday

    65' easy uphill - 11Km, 5:58/Km, 144avg HR, 170m elevation - Ran a slightly different route once again for my uphill. Went up Whitechurch Road and then Tibradden Lane instead of Edmonstown Road. It seemed much quieter though that could be down to the schools being off.

    Friday

    35' easy - 6Km, 6:01/Km, 137avg HR - early morning plod around the neighbourhod.

    Saturday

    Rest day - this was supposed to be on Sunday but wasn't feeling great on Friday/Saturday so settled for an unplanned rest day.

    Sunday

    3hrs easy - 28Km, 6:25/Km, 153avg HR, 390m elevation - Prepped maurten 320 in to one of my bottles and got the rest of the running vest packed. Got out at 11:30am when it was hot as balls. Ran from home to Rathmines bridge, across to Harold's X bridge and out to Ballycullen road. The hills really started here. Up Ballycullen Road, across Stocking Avenue and then up Stocking Lane/Kilakee Road to viewpoint. Few walk breaks on the steeper parts were warranted as too much effort for little return on the longer 5%+ gradients. Very muggy up here, no airflow. Water in the running vest was warm but ok to consume. Down Cruagh Road/Edmonstown Road and when the 3hr ticked over just passed Moyville I stopped the watch. Grabbed an ice cream and lucozade in the nearest garage and sauntered home. Temperature/humitidy are almost identical to what I'm expecting on race down in SA, though perhaps a bit a more exposure to wind will be expected. In to the paddling pool afterwards but sure it was luke warm at this stage of the day!

    Total

    79Km for the week. A busy week outside of running so I felt like I was on the go all the time. It will be much quieter in the week ahead. Last big run of this training block coming next weekend - 4.5hrs easy. I was expecting a longer duration but I am trusting the process. I have yet to decide on route for that but I will probably avoid the large hill at the end like this week's run. Having done some race route analysis, the hills seem more undulating with less of the 10+ gradients that I would have had to do in today's long run. Ordered a bunch of Maurten stuff and also a parkrun apricot vest that I can wear on race day. I think I've worn the apricot t-shirt for every race since I have purchased it, just works for me. Hoping the vest will prove to be of similar quality. I'll test it out on a few easy runs this week and then the long run at the weekend too. 6 weeks until race day.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,638 ✭✭✭ DeepBlue


    Well done M. You're getting through an impressive amount of work in this block and it's naturally going to grind you down a bit. Hopefully the gradual taper should ease that off a bit. It's been a really long journey to Comrades for you. Hard to believe it's so close now.



  • Registered Users Posts: 10,028 ✭✭✭✭ Murph_D


    Lotto is a travesty alright. Best reason yet to shut it down!



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭ py


    Cheers D. It has been a long time coming, will be 3 years in October this year.

    If I felt I'd luck on my side I'd roll the dice and buy a ticket.



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