The Boggers Log

New York is one mental city, it's like London on steroids! Throngs of frantic people scuttling about 24/7, I couldn't live there as it too frantic and it left me frazzled after a few days.

I landed on Monday and was staying in a decent hotel on Broadway beside Times Square. After a short meeting I hit the hotel gym that was on the 23rd floor and overlooked part of Times Square and did some easy miles.

Grabbed a burger and bacon, cheese and mayo fries in the "Shake Shack" and I doubt the earlier run burnt off 10% of the calories of this "meal".

Is it any wonder that most Americans are the size of Yaks, had breakfast in the hotel the next morning and everything was HUGE, the strawberries were the size of pears and my colleagues omelette must have contained half a dozen eggs, and the chef needed a yoke like a shovel to take it of the pan!

I ordered poached eggs on toast, "white or brown Sir", "brown" says I. "Wholewheat, whole meal", whole grain or soda?". "Jazus, whole meal" I replied taking a punt. "Batch cut or regular cut", I gave her the "you taking the piss look" but she never blinked, pen at the ready. "Regular please" "Gluten (and something else that I can't remember) free". "Have ya any McCambridges" says I laughing. Nothing. Facial expression didn't change, pen hovered. "Eh no thanks" She pirouetted her 20 stone frame with an "enjoy your breakfast" over her shoulder. Christ NY had me wrecked and it wasn't even 7am!!!

I'd the buffet breakfast the next day!!!

Got back to Ireland in Thursday and headed over toward Oranmore and Renvyle park to get some peace and quiet and headspace with a couple of miles thrown in to get back to some semblance of normality.

Monday: 3 miles treadmill jog/walk
Tuesday: 3.5 miles treadmill mainly slow jog
Wednesday: nothing (eating)
Thursday: 6.5 miles easy run with stops to stretch
Friday: 4 miles jog/walk
Saturday: 6 miles very easy jog
Sunday: 8 miles easy with stops to stretch

At least I'm doing something but it's a bit frustrating that after deep tissue massage most of the stiffness goes but then after a run it comes back and I've some knots the size of marbles. I can run a bit further now without the tightness starting but it's annoying that we still don't exactly know what's causing it.

Thanks Itziger I got my Pisa entry deferred till next year!

TbL

Annie get your Run wrote: »

Hmmm, would you take a proper running break? No running between now and NYE... just relax, do a bit of swimming and maybe some yoga.... I can feel your eyes rolling from here!. I know you had some time off after San Seb but this would be a deliberate mental and physical break from it all.

Plus, I hope you brought home a NY starbucks mug for aquinn :pac:

Swimming, Yoga are you trying to send me to a home for the bewildered.

Jazus you'll be suggesting cycling next

TbL

Still a bit mentally and physically wrecked, I don't think I've checked into another training log in over a month, I've been hiding in the darts forum and thinking it'd be easier and more enjoyable to get into competitive darts "shape"

Still haven't found what caused my calf to go so like a drowning man grabbing out at anything to keep him afloat, I decided to see a Strength & Conditioning coach who was recommended to me. On the last training cycle I was carrying a bag of niggles and every day seemed to see a different one pop out to say hello. I managed to keep the 50 year old show on the road (with a lot of massage) but I never got to the bottom of the issues.

S&C coach said my flexibility & mobility was piss poor, my strength was piss poor, my diet was piss poor and my glutes were weaker than Donald Trumps grasp on reality! If I wanted to be taken down a peg or two I could have saved myself a few quid and had a chat with Mrs TbL

Anyway I'm going to give it a go and really try and stick with it (my problem is usually when I get a bit stronger I drop everything except the running). He's given me a routine than I can do in 20-30 mins with the need for any weights or machines, so handy when travelling. Let's hope it doesn't go the way of the yoga!

Not a great week last week, but I've a few days off this week so I hope I can get back on track.

Ran my longest run in 5 weeks yesterday and brought the family to a local 5k today.

I'd planned to try and do 3 miles at former MP if the calf didn't calve. My daughter was talking to some local lads at the start so I was keeping a close eye on proceedings. She came over to me just before the start and said that DJ (one of the local lads was slagging her/me). "What did he say"? "He said you and me would need a taxi to bring us down from the hill" (the route was an out and back route all uphill on the out section)

DJ is a couple of years ahead of her in school and is on the school xc team. I explained that it was only a bit of slagging and not to take any notice. "Ok darling", "OK" she said, "but Dad, will you kick his ass!"

"Now pet, it's only a fun run and Dads been injured". "Alright Dad, I was only joking"

Well fcuk this says I too myself, what am I gonna do now!

Start was a bit of a mess and I got caught behind a gaggle of Christmas hyper kids and it was tough going up the hill. At the half way turn the spotty 14 year old was 100-150 ahead of me. I caught him with a km to go and I think he burst a pimple trying to stay with me . I looked over at him as I passed and said, "I'll call Big O cabs to bring you home a Mhac".

Happy with the effort but especially happy to be able to tell my daughter I'd put a 14 year old spotty boy to the sword

6.45, 6.26 & 6.03.


Monday: 4 miles
Tuesday: 7 miles easy
Wednesday: 12 miles steady
Thursday: eating
Friday: 3 miles easy
Saturday: 2 miles easy
Sunday: lots of eating
Monday: 16.5 miles med long run
Tuesday: am: 3 miles tempo pm: 4 miles recovery.

TbL