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Saturday 4th June
5km
42mins
Last run before Monday, bit of a family issue cropped up during the week which out paid to my planned 5km on Thursday. Got my race number in the rds this morning after a 2 hr trek to get there (dart upgrade hell!) and wandered for a bit. Headed out this afternoon, blistering heat but Monday will be like that so good practise. Took it very slow as always and no issues.
So Monday.... Main goal is to finish without walking! Time wise I'm hoping for 1hr20, I think that should be doable depending on the heat. Would be over the moon with 1hr15 but that's prob a step (or 10!) too far. I remember telling myself when I was doing my leaving cert (8 years ago!) that I'd get fit and do it next year when is no exams... So really just getting to the start line is an achievement
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The Muppet wrote: »Ah pity she didn't sign up in time she's flying. If the two of you could train together it might be help you both.
Yeah definitely! I'm moving back to Dublin in July (yay!!!!) so there will be lots more opportunities then. She's running with a group of very mixed abilities so I'm hoping I might join with them when I'm back up
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Monday 6th June
Woman's mini marathon
10km
80.02mins
Splits: 7.21, 7.32, 7.53, 8.04, 8.06, 7.53, 8.21, 8.14, 8.16, 7.44, 4.45 (.1km)
My first ever 10km race. This will probably be a short report (compared to my usual rambling!) cuz it's all running into one in my head atm!
Got up late and had a nice relaxed porridge breakfast, had been worrying a lot about hydration the last few days, probably to avoid worrying about the distance so sipped on water all morning and put a gel and an electrolyte tablet from jingle bells free box in my pocket.
Arrived in plenty of time, after a pitstop in Tcd to use the toilets, and hid in a doorway while watching everyone else get soaked! Note to self... Need to be more prepared for Ireland's changeable weather there was me in a teeshirt and sun cream!
Took the gel before we started, no idea why and probably a stupid idea because it cud have gone wrong. Thankfully I was grand with it! After a bit of a delay off we went. The walkers were a bit annoying but didn't really hold me up at all, although I think I did too much weaving. Was suprised how quickly 1km and 2km came around. Started to struggle a little bit but felt OK again by 4km.the water stations came just in time! I had been dreading the few km's up the n11 but actually found the bit before the turn around fine, and then started to really struggle between 6 and 8km. The support and cheers made a world of difference here! Think the firemen were out around 8km and tried to pick up the speed a bit, didn't last long. Started to feel better again and the last 2km sped by, just keep thinking of how good being finished would feel! Managed to put on a bit of a sprint for the last 200m and overtook a lot of people who had started running in the last km.
Delighted to have finished it and no walking! Watch said .02 over my aim of 1hr20 so hoping the chip time might have saved me 3 seconds. If not I won't be bothered as it was very tough out there with the heat!!!
Next up.... Florida tomorrow for 10 days. Hoping to get in some easy jogging there. Then...... I think I'm gonna start a plan for the Dublin half marathon in September. Possibly the Nike one that Mel.b is using... Any thoughts on that I'd be grateful. I'll decide when I'm away cuz I want to jump into a plan as soon as I'm back.
For now... Pb beer and packing! Turns out that wasn't short at all... Sorry!!!0 -
Well done Fifa
Re: Nike half marathon plan. I'm really enjoying it. I like that it doesn't dictate the length of the recovery runs (just says 3-8km) so you can do what you feel like and gives some scope for upping the distances if you start with 3-4km runs in the first weeks. It does have 5 runs a week although you don't have to do the all. If i need to miss one, i try to drop one of the speed sessions as i figure for the half marathon the others are more important. Also don't underestimate the distances you will cover in the speed sessions - some of them are 10km. You'll get an idea from my log. I was surprised by how long some if them are. The overall distance and long runs also ramps up quickly (just be prepared for that). Finally if you haven't i'd invest in a garmin or polar and use the software to programme in the speed sessions as there's no way i would be able to keep track without it.
Saying all of that, the programme has helped me improve quite a bit i think. I'm getting a much better idea of my paces and what they feel like and how to hold them. The speed sessions are interesting and varied and i like that the plan accomodates any pace and helps you work out what paces the different runs should be. It's a 14 week plan so should fit in well with your schedule.0 -
Picked up the evening herald in the airport, official time 1hr19.57..... YAY!!!!!!
Thanks for the info Mel! The plan appealed to me cuz of the speed stuff, I dunno if I fancy just slow running at the minute cuz I think I might be getting a bit too good at running slowly the 14 weeks appeals to me too. But it does seem like hard work and a lot of miles, maybe a few too many. Gonna have a good read through your log again before I decide thanks for your help! 0 -
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Friday 10th June
5km
40ish minutes
Another boring treadmill run, kept pulling out the safety stop thing so not sure of the time
Sunday 12th June
10km
1hr36mins
Planned to get up early this morning, drive to a local running/cycle path and get a long run in before the sun really came up. As usual with my family we were an hr later than planned so it was much hotter than I anticipated.
Started off, running beside the harbour. Couldn't appreciate the views because of the horrible heat. Took about 3km of pain before I settled into a pace that felt OK (10min/km!!) and decided I'd only do 5km. At 4km I was going to turn around but saw a football stadium and some incredible buildings so kept going til an airport at 5km and then turned back. All of a sudden there was a nice breeze off the bat and things felt better, managed to up the pace (to 9.30min/km) At 8km I was passed by an older man who told me how great I was going, decided to try not let him get to far ahead, he must have heard my running behind and turned around and asked did I want some company. Ran with him for about a km at 7min/km pace, until I had to slow down and he ran off into the distance, not before offering to slow down with me thou. Made my run! He told me there was Dolphins in the bay some days but not today! Will have to go back! Nearly collapsed into the car at 10km but delighted to have finished. Huge Starbucks on the way home (rehydration right? ) and cooled down in the pool.
Definitely put the slow into lsr with that one; but considering the paces everyone else was running at around me don't feel too bad. Garmin informs me it was 29 degrees!0 -
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The Muppet wrote: »I did that plan and loved it Running by time is really enjoyable. I'm not sure that plan is designed to target a half marathon though I think it was more geared towards 5 and 10 k races it certainly worked wonders on my 5k times.
Have u a link to the plan you did by any chance? The one I was looking at was the one he put up when the thread was winding down, so has few different pages with plans for different lengths.
I remember liking the look of what u did, afaik this one is basically the same but the main aim is to build a base for one of the more specific plans. Only have it on my phone so can't upload it here atm 0 -
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28th June 2016
60min progression run
7km
9.03, 9.23, 9.16, 8.37, 8.13, 7.48, 7.27
This looked like the hardest run, definitely this week and probably for a while, so was a bit worried heading out. Based on reading the muppets notes, I was aiming for 30min easy, 20 harder, 10mp. I think my easy range is about 9 - 9.30, mp around 7.50, although I need to figure them out a bit better
Started off taking it handy and was a little bit appalled at how hard everything felt. It was like my legs didn't know what they were doing. Looked down a few times and saw 9.50 and was seriously questioning the whole running this!
Got to 25 mins and started trying to up the effort while ignoring the watch, didn't feel any better for a while. Eventually around 40 mins things started to click into place and I fell into a pace that felt good and that I could control. Continued trying to up things bit by bit, even saw a 6.xx somewhere close to the end.
In the end worked out to be a good run, pretty much exactly what I was aiming for. Hoping this reminds my legs that we can do this! 0 -
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