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The Boggers Log
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career move wrote: »Sheesh, I go away for 2 years and look what happens :eek:
Yep I let myself go once you left
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AuldManKing wrote: »Remember where you were a few short weeks ago............
you would have definitely taken a 45 min 10k in August.
The weight will come down, the endurance will return, the speed.......well that'll still be crap
Lol, you auld fecker, that cheered me up no end
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Another crap/tough week.
Coach had given me a number of objectives to achieve and I didn't hit any of them.
Early start on Monday as I was heading to Toronto with work for the week. Got to my hotel (was staying in a nice little hotel right on the Humber river, it was on the site of one of the rivers original sawmills) got the runners on and got 5k easy done in the evening sunshine along the riverbank. Lovely run.
Tuesday: sleep was all over the place, was dog tired, canned the planned session and just did 5 miles along the riverbank.
Wed: got a 2 hour early morning hike done around the trails of the "Forks of the Credit" provincial park. Warm, scenic and enjoyable.
In the afternoon went to Awenda Park, hadn't much time but it seemed very impressive and I got a lovely 5k done around a forest trail that was really enjoyable. Finished up with a swim in Lake Huron, my god the size and scale of it is incredible, looked more like an ocean to me. Was enjoying the swim until I noticed something pop up in the water near me, I initially thought it was a twig but then it started swimming and I realised it was a water snake. I polluted the water as I did an Olympic speed 100 metre front crawl back to the shore. My colleague told me they were non venomous but there was no way I was getting back in. The most dangerous thing you're likely to encounter in Irish water is a wayward turd!!
Thur: 90 minutes kayaking up the Humber before I headed to the airport meant no run.
Fri-Sat: got into Dublin at 5.30am Friday, drove to Galway, worked till lunch, drove home, picked up the missus and headed to Delphi for a weekend away. Got to Delphi and put the runners on, the missus then wanted to go for a hike so that put the kosh on my run. Got a two hour hike done around the spectacular trails, the scenery is superb. No run and didn't bother on Saturday either.
Was staying in the courtyard accommodation and there was a sign on the door "close the door unless you want to share your room with a Connemara sheep", I told Mrs TbL she'd be fine as she was sharing hers with a ram
Sun: planned 8 miles easy. Really struggled to motivate myself to get out but I was glad I did as I got a half decent run in.
After a slow start in warm and humid conditions I got 10 miles done @ 8.04. Longest I've run in 10 weeks and was happy enough with the pace and effort.
I still look like a shot putter in jogging shoes but I'll keep at it.
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Annie get your Run wrote: »You're counting that as a crap week? Running in beautiful trails in Canada, swimming, kayaking and then hiking in Delphi? Sounds like bliss to me!!! Lucky sod
My thoughts exactly ...... I thought his update would end with him heading over to the dark side Maybe he's trying to fill Career_Moves shoes over there 0 -
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Murph_D
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When the Garmin is lying, take what you get! Nice session (for a roller).
Thanks Murph, hopefully I'll be steaming along like you soon
3 days ago
05/09/2017 21:38
career move
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Great session. It's a lovely feeling when you feel the fitness coming back
Absolutely CM I'm usually as grumpy as a ferret with haemorrhoids but I was buzzing after this
2 days ago
06/09/2017 09:24
MisterDrak
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"1 min @ 5.51" Nice, Good to see you on the "fast" road to recovery
Tnx MD, I'd say the Garmin lost signal on that one!
2 days ago
06/09/2017 18:47
hillsiderunner
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You're flying. The way you've come back from that surgery you must have some special super-healing powers, I'm hugely jealous.
Thanks Hillsiderunner. Nothing special, just a pure stubborn auld lad
2 days ago
06/09/2017 23:19
Rockyman7
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have u gone metric...
Ha Lol A, yea I did a couple of double takes to make sure. My weights gone metric and I'm going mental!0 -
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Thursday: has an S&C session and given that I'd cancelled Monday's he increased the intensity and by the end I was wrecked and swapped around Friday's planned rest day.
Friday: planned 5 miles easy. Early local morning run, on a combination of roads and the GA pitch. Fairly slow (around 9 minute pace) and uneventful. Did stretching class for 45 minutes in the evening, need to do more of this as I was very stiff and inflexible.
Sat: had agreed with coach to swap the planned session with a 5k race. Was a bit all over the place this morning and I left the house around lunchtime but forgot my wallet so I'd to make a detour to borrow the entry fee! Put me under time pressure and I'd only time to do a half mile warm up. Very small race and I decided that I was just going to plod along and try and break 21 mins. At the start some club runners and a few others broke quickly away and I didn't see any of them again, I was in the second bunch of school kids, grannies and residents from the local home for the bewildered!
After about 2k I was ahead of the walking dead but couldn't see anyone ahead to chase so just tried to keep it ticking over. The last 2k were tough enough and I'd to dig deep to stop the pace dropping drastically over the last mile into a slight wind and incline.
Crossed the line in 20.42.
Was happy that I broke 21 but I'm still a long way off where I was and it's frustrating.
Looking to race more in the coming weeks to try and get acclimatised to sucking up some discomfort.
If I run tomorrow it'll be the first time I've run 6 times a week in over 3 months.
Best of luck to everyone racing tomorrow.
6.31
6.38
6.49
The bit, 5.56
TbL
Ps: Ultraman might be right, maybe my watch was capturing the recent session splits in km 0 -
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OOnegative wrote: »Good sponsored walk that C, well done.
Tnx, have you taken up inland skating yet, might help you going sub 3
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Monday: planned rest day.
With extreme reluctance I headed to a S&C session, these sessions always push me outside my comfort zone, I don't enjoy doing them and a combination of a squat and lunges routine with light weights did nothing to help me feel the love!
Only positive was that it looks like I'm getting some mobility back as this was the first time since the knee op that I was able to lay flat on my stomach and touch my heel to arse.
Tuesday: session. Wu/cd with 3 x (2,3,2,1) minutes at 10k pace off 75 secs, 3 minutes between sets.
Had to do some juggling to get this done as I was heading to London in the afternoon and the I wanted to watch the young lad running the schools x country.
Headed to Dangan to do this, got a slow 2.1 mile warm up done and decided to run the faster stuff on the track as the paces on the track are wrong in my favour and it's good for your confidence (although reality bites when you then race!)
Didn't feel great starting and I've a touch of a sore throat so wasn't expecting much. I know the watch pace on the track is wrong but it's unlikely to be getting "wronger", so I was pleasantly surprised with the rep paces. Tough enough little session but not puke inducing.
I walked the recoveries and I need to stop this as it's habit forming although I only took 2 minutes between sets as I was under time pressure.
No cool down run as I to dash to see the young lad run admirably well in the xc and then scarper for the airport.
2 mins: 5.55; 5.59; 5.44
3 min: 5.56; 5.57; 5.59
2 min: 5.57; 6.03; 6.00
1 min: 5.57; 5.45; 5.40
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OOnegative wrote: »You done a 5k at the weekend and didn't come near the paces you hit in that session so how is sub 6 min pace your 10k pace? Your not long after a knee op, don't rush it please, said cause I care!!!
Cheers B,
Yep too fast but not sure how much of that is down to the watch not picking up the correct pace on the track.
I've 5 x 1 mile to do later in the week on the road and'll be sticking to prescribed pace.
Seems like you found some decent routes to run over there, are you missing me? I'll have to come over and visit
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OOnegative wrote: »Yeah, if anyone knows about dodgy paces on a Garmin it's me you know that!! Your going well again just take her steady, and of course I miss you, sure you were the only lad I ran with that made me feel fast!!!
Lol you always finished too fast alright
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Duanington wrote: »I've done a few of those types of sessions of late C - I find the watch next to useless for them because the reps are so short ( even more useless on a track ), run them by effort and be honest about it - it makes for a much more controlled and rewarding session in my book.
Maybe that is the point
Could be a number of reasons for this;
1) restore confidence when returning to fitness
2) base session off effort rather than watch
3) have some aul feckers with a tendency to overcook sessions not running as hard as they think they need to
Who knows
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