The Boggers Log

AuldManKing wrote: »

Listen, If you see me in San Seb, and I keep on walking,its nothing personal.

Sure that wouldn't surprise me, in your last marathon didn't you end up walking

When are you formally announcing our big day!!

TbL

Yesterday: plan today called for a 2 mile wu/cd with 10 x 600 metres @ 2.10-2.15 off 2 minutes recovery.

Was gonna do a 5k in Castlepollard instead but spoke to coach and decided against it. Probably just as well as the travelling seems to cause the body to tighten up and I decided to push the session out a day and do easy miles. Had arranged to meet the sponsored walking, pebble dasher, Tang for some easy miles but a delayed flight and an accident on the M50 put paid to that idea. Drove on to Galway and got 7 easy miles done around the pitches in Dangan, took ages to loosen out.

7 miles @ 8.21

Today: plan had 4 miles recovery but I got out around Dangan to do yesterday's postponed session. Took a much longer warm up (as a result got feck all cool down done) as I was feeling tight. After 3.5 miles around the pitches I hit the track for the 600m reps. Was dreading this as I haven't been on the track in ages and it looked like a tough little session despite the generous 2 minute recoveries. Decided not to look at the watch during the reps and run by feel, and I felt sh1te!!

I'm in the middle of a very poor stretch of form and constant niggles but I usually have a poor section in all my training cycles, they just haven't ever lasted as long as this one.

I'll have to double up on the stretching and massage until I find the Connemara equivalent of the pool in Cocoon

Rep times:

2.12
2.11
2.12
2.10
2.10
2.09
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.08

TbL

Today: plan called for some easy miles.

Toyboy Tang must have taken me standing him up last week very hard as I think he camped out in Connemara for the last few days and was sending me texts looking for a date! Couldn't put him off any more so we agreed to meet up at the Texaco in Spideal for a few miles. Headed up the coast road and we took a side road in Furbo to try and get away from the traffic, saw a cyclist at the side of the road. "Is this the back road to Barna Golf Club" says I. "Yea" "but it's 8 or 9k" says he, giving Tang a look that said, but that lad'll never make it. In fairness at this stage I'd worked Toyboy into a ferocious lather and he was sweating puddles! He was so bad on the way back I thought it was starting to rain but I was only been slicked by his sweat! When we were in the shop at the end a poor young wan had to go looking for a mop

We got 12 miles done in around 8.30 min pace and finished up with an ice cream, overlooking Galway Bay. Very romantic

Nice day for a run, and thanks for the company B, the miles flew by. Great to catch up, enjoy your break.

12 miles for the day, 56 miles for the week but more importantly I did all the sessions and runs as per the plan!

Got a nice recovery swim in the sea with my daughter when I got home.

#nomoresweatin

TbL

Today: the plan today called for 3 mile wu/cd with 20 x 1 minute @ 5k pace off 75 seconds.

Had to get this done early this morning and hit the pitches and track in Dangan. Cracking morning for a run and it was lovely and sunny and warm. Wanted to be properly warmed up for this so I sacrificed some of the cool down miles for a longer warm up. Hit the track for the one minute reps. Made a pidgins puke of this session, started off too fast and the rep paces were all over the place! Was tired at the end and glad to see the back of it! Sat at the side of the track doing some stretches when a really auld one who was out doing her morning shuffle in lane 8 went by and said, "my god you're really fit!". Not sure if she meant it as in aerobically or as in "Hot", but the way I'm going I'll take compliments from wherever they come

Rep paces:

5.20
5.08
5.21
5.25
5.27
5.31
5.22
5.32
5.14
5.24
5.28
5.24
5.35
5.25
5.11
5.52
5.32
5.16
6.00
5.24

11.5 miles for the day.

TbL