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The Boggers Log
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Cool, good man. Great to see you back so now you can pick me up:
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Tuesday:plan called for 20 mins easy with strides. Had a really crappy day at work yesterday that resulted in me having to stay another night in Nutfield. Was really pissed off and just lay on the hotel bed, festering away like an open sore on a baboons hole! Just before the hotel gym closed I got up off my ass and got 2.5 miles easy done, with no strides but a nice string of fcuks.
Yesterday: the plan called for me to race the Kinnegad 5k. Coz I didn't get home on Tuesday I'd to rearrange my flights and fly into Dublin even though my car was in Shannon!
I arrived at Gatwick to catch the Ryanair FR123 to Dublin that was scheduled to depart at 14.50. We got called for boarding nice and early, the usual Ryanair efficiency, but from there it all went pear shaped. Without any reason we were told to reassemble in an hour, then there was a gate change and then we had to wait for check in staff! Went through boarding process around 15.30 and at this stage I reckoned I'd have to suck up the cost of a taxi from the airport to Kinnegad if I was going to make it but so be it. We were then informed that the inbound flight hadn't landed and it was 16.20 approximately before we actually started boarding. I still reckoned I'd a chance to make the 20.00 start but that was dashed as the plane engaged in the travel equivalent of delayed passenger water boarding as it inched slowly towards the congested runway. ****ity fcuk I knew I wasn't going to make it when we were still on the ground at 17.10. Decided I'd buy a big bag of malteasers and forget about running.
Was annoyed though and started to think of options, put an SOS into Ecoli to see if he was around to pace me for a quickish 5k anywhere in the greater Dublin area. Talking about top quality service, he was up for it and we agreed to meet up near UCD. Quick warm up and we hit the faster stuff. I'd hoped to run three miles in 6.10 average pace but couldn't manage it, was getting stomach cramps (shouldn't have had those Malteasers
) from early on. Was gonna quit after 2 miles but ground it out, and I'd a little malteaser puke at the end! Little disappointed with the pace (especially after my 5 x 5 mins session last week) but I'll bank the session and move on, still have about 19 weeks to SS so it's early days.
Splits:
6.10, 6.20 & 6.20
Ended up having to get a taxi from Dublin to Shannon airport to pick up my car and then drive home to Connemara.
Was it worth it.
Course it was, Tnx L.
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »Ended up having to get a taxi from Dublin to Shannon airport to pick up my car and then drive home to Connemara.
TbL
:eek::eek::eek: I'm sure one of us* would have put you up for the night
*when I say one of us, I don't mean me obviously but someone would I'm sure
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Myles Splitz wrote: »My innocence will not be stolen by the seedy side of this forum
That's not what Tang told me
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »That's not what Tang told me
TbL
Here leave my name out of it just cause AULDBOT stung you!!!0 -
Myles Splitz wrote: »My innocence will not be stolen by the seedy side of this forum
Can't remember the saying but it's something about protesting too much
If you truely are innocent then we take it you have now blocked his number 0 -
Firedance told me that I am missing out on the funniest log on boards by not reading this ..... so had a read today and actually laughed out loud on the dart reading it .... Not laughing at your travel misfortune by the way..... Now I see what they all talk about ..... See my other half is behaving himself as well !!! Looking forward to following 0
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AuldManKing wrote: »This has me thinking.
I know you've done this race before - can you give me a quick synopsis of the logistics in getting there and also the course??
An additional 4 weeks might be just what I need.
Other auld man company would be great A.
Have entered it before but the thoughts of spending a weekend with that Yifter fella made me pull the plug
I haven't looked at flights but I'm hoping to go Friday (or Saturday if possible) and come back Monday. Flights to SS from Dublin via Madrid or Barcelona are reasonable enough.
Paulie should be able to give you a full debrief as he's done it twice but I understand it's flat and the weather is usually nice and cool.
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Thur, Fri & Sat: plan went out the window, was celebrating the parents 50th wedding anniversary with the family in a beautiful setting in Cong.
Sun: plan was to race the "Mullingar" 10 mile. I was told last week that I'd to travel to Paris on Sunday so I was lucky that I was able to squeeze this in. Was fortunate that I left the house very early for this. I don't do Facebook and there was very limited other info as to where the race actually started so I headed into Mullingar. Near the town centre I saw a line of cones on the road and a few lads milling about in high viz vests, sorted! Well not really, I parked up and sauntered towards the "start". Stopped and asked a steward where the registration was, got a look like I'd just asked to see naked pictures of his wife! "This is a classic car rally" he grumbled. "Ah feck it, do you know where the Mullingar 10 mile race starts"
"Not a notion". "Thanks you've been very helpful" say I, secretly hoping his classic car broke down on the way home! Googled the race and ended up at a school near Mullingar Harriers but that was deserted. Rang Double D and he sent me a screen shot of some directions that had me going back in and out of the town centre. Ended up ringing the law and got a mobile (phone) police escort to the start. Mother of god why do they call this the Mullingar 10, it's not in feckin Mullingar, it's like Ryanair telling you they are flying you to Austria and they fly you into flipping Slovenia and you're expected to make your own way to your expected destination! Collected my bib but they had no Fat Amy t shirts left so I took a medium. Who knows running crop tops might become fashionable.
Did just shy of two miles warm up with Double D, who's in great shape and glided gracefully along the road while I pounded along beside him like an over worked jackhammer.
Had notions of a sub 65 but lately, actuality and my notions strike a remarkable similarity to the England's soccer teams, aim high & crash in a spectacular if predictable fashion.
Hit mile 1 @ 6.24, average pace after 3 miles was 6.28, after 5 miles 6.33 but once we turned out of the breeze the sun took its toll and I overheated very quickly and died a death walking for parts. Very dejected finishing but I'm still mentally brittle and need to resolve this quickly. Just wanted to get away but DD cajoled me into a few miles cool down and I ended up with 14 miles for the day. Great to catch up DD and thanks for the encouragement.
Just shy of 14 miles for the day
Headed to Paris on Sunday.
Monday: plan called for 4/6 mile easy double. Today turned into a comedy of errors. Was supposed to fly from Paris to Athens after my meetings, they ran a little over so I was rushing out to CDG airport. Just about made it and luckily I've only hand luggage so I went straight up to security screening. Took my boarding card and scanned it, an audible bing and a red light! Security guy looks at my boarding card and tells me I've booked the flight for tomorrow night. Ffs, this can't be right but I bomb back down to Air France customer service and try and book for this evenings flight. Even if I had time the flight was fully booked, ended up checking in to a hotel beside Terminal 2f, after changing the flight to Tuesday.
Small consolation but at least the hotel had a gym, haven't been feeling the love since the Tullamore/Mullingar Classic car wreck show so I was very slow to get the gear on. Pulled the runners out of the bag and they were the wrong ones, same colour but I'd put these ones out to pasture ages ago and they were my "gardening" shoes. They have no orthotics and I have no recollection of packing them in the bag after the race. This nearly tipped me over the edge and I was starting to mutate into a geriatric Michael Douglas in "Falling Down". Away for a week and no runners ahhhh!
Decided to try a few miles in the smelly, dirt encrusted runners and if I felt any discomfort I'd pull the plug. Gym was small and warm and I hate running in front of a mirror as the sweaty marshmallow like reflection is a depressing sight!
Trundled along to 4 miles and kept going eventually hitting 7 miles. Happy with that TBH.
Got off the treadmill and behind it there was a small furrow of dirt, from the runners, that you'd plant turnips in
Finished with some auld man stretches.
7 miles easy.
Maybe like the old runners it's time for me to go out to pasture, either that or cop on fast!
TbL0
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