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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭ariana`


    Wow what an amazing journey, you're an inspiration. Congratulations.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭Kennyg71


    Great achievement T, delighted to hear that.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭denis b


    Congrats T. That was an eventful week. Such positivity, balance and willpower.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭Wubble Wubble


    Great news T, that's magic. What a week, indeed!


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Thanks everyone , had a great week for sure , I turned 53 on Tuesday too so lots of reasons to celebrate .

    Starting to think about the road ahead with my running. I plan to work on enduarance and strength, think I'm lacking in both , any suggestion's greatly appreciated .

    I was up to 40 miles a week recently so planning to add another 10 to that somehow to try get to 50 weekly. Looking at implementing some light weight training too to supplememnt the pilates classs.

    Diet is another area I will be changing . I have made huge improvememnt in this area over the last few months so its not really about dropping weight but there is still the odd choclate biscuit to replace with something a little more nuitricious.

    D.C.M 2018 is now the main thing (i think) I'm starting to trian for that from this week , havn't a clue how to go about that this far out but i'll start from the changes above and see how it goes. Thats the plan anyway again any suggestions pointers etc appreciated.

    No running this last week but I did my pilates class.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,936 ✭✭✭annapr


    T, really delighted for you on the diabetes news... such a testament to your dedication and determination. Brilliant. And the Great North Run too...

    maybe you should sign up for another HM soon, you've done great training and you need a proper race... maybe Waterford in early december if Dublin Half is too soon?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭willmunny1990


    The Muppet wrote: »
    Thanks everyone , had a great week for sure , I turned 53 on Tuesday too so lots of reasons to celebrate .

    Starting to think about the road ahead with my running. I plan to work on enduarance and strength, think I'm lacking in both , any suggestion's greatly appreciated .

    I was up to 40 miles a week recently so planning to add another 10 to that somehow to try get to 50 weekly. Looking at implementing some light weight training too to supplememnt the pilates classs.

    Diet is another area I will be changing . I have made huge improvememnt in this area over the last few months so its not really about dropping weight but there is still the odd choclate biscuit to replace with something a little more nuitricious.

    D.C.M 2018 is now the main thing (i think) I'm starting to trian for that from this week , havn't a clue how to go about that this far out but i'll start from the changes above and see how it goes. Thats the plan anyway again any suggestions pointers etc appreciated.

    No running this last week but I did my pilates class.

    Its amazing you got off all meds, well done. I know countless people who suffer and struggle to control their diabetes.

    If you don't mind me asking what is your diet? Do you follow any particular diet or anything like that?


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    The Muppet wrote: »
    Thanks everyone , had a great week for sure , I turned 53 on Tuesday too so lots of reasons to celebrate .

    Starting to think about the road ahead with my running. I plan to work on enduarance and strength, think I'm lacking in both , any suggestion's greatly appreciated .

    I was up to 40 miles a week recently so planning to add another 10 to that somehow to try get to 50 weekly. Looking at implementing some light weight training too to supplememnt the pilates classs.

    Diet is another area I will be changing . I have made huge improvememnt in this area over the last few months so its not really about dropping weight but there is still the odd choclate biscuit to replace with something a little more nuitricious.

    D.C.M 2018 is now the main thing (i think) I'm starting to trian for that from this week , havn't a clue how to go about that this far out but i'll start from the changes above and see how it goes. Thats the plan anyway again any suggestions pointers etc appreciated.

    No running this last week but I did my pilates class.

    Its amazing you got off all meds, well done. I know countless people who suffer and struggle to control their diabetes.

    If you don't mind me asking what is your diet? Do you follow any particular diet or anything like that?

    I'm amazed myself that I got off all meds . 5 years ago they wanted to put me on insulin, I asked for some time to change and I got 3 months . Took up running in that time and my diabetes has been improving every check up since.

    My current diet is always porridge for breakfast. Lunch is usually a toasted bagel with ham cheese or tomato something like that or a Pasta Salad (lidl) . Dinner is rice / pasta and occasionally potatoes . Chicken , fish and occasionally red meat . Try not to snack and have replace the choccy biscuits with fruit this past week . Don't eat a lot of bread , non drinker , love water , tea otherwise with the odd coffee. Basically that's it . I don't have a sweet tooth so lucky in that respect but I do love the odd square or two of cadbury chocolate and can't refuse apple tart if offered .

    Suppliments . Not very regimented about them or to be precise I tend to forget to take them . when I remember I take iron, calcium, vitamin d' , cod liver oil and vitamin C .

    I was over 18 stone weight when diagnosed (2007). I'm just over 12 now 6.1 height


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    annapr wrote: »
    T, really delighted for you on the diabetes news... such a testament to your dedication and determination. Brilliant. And the Great North Run too...

    maybe you should sign up for another HM soon, you've done great training and you need a proper race... maybe Waterford in early december if Dublin Half is too soon?

    Never dawned on me to do that A and I like waterford. will look into that .


  • Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭statina


    Well done, fantastic work to get off all the meds


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  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Back to it last week after taking the week before out . I'm not running to any specific plan for now, the goal is to up the mileage and improve strength and diet. I'm reading Jack Daniels running formula book at the moment and finding it all very interesting. I have my Vdot from my last race so I will be running all my long runs and most of my shorter ones by that.

    With the goal at upping mileage I tried a few variations of routes during the week as I need longer ones, I think I have nice local routes up to 9 miles anyway which will suffice for all but my LSR. Diet was excellent for the last week , gold star to me and I purchased some weights for the strength, they're still in the box but the intention to go at them later today is there. Not sure of a routine yet but I guess I'll find something on the net to suffice.

    Monday 18th

    Intention 1 hr easy : Having not run for a whole week I felt surprisingly stiff for this one , Ran my usual 1 hr easy route but in reverse , with the longer incline , will be doing most of my runs this way now as its time to embrace hills. I ran it a little quicker that planned.

    5.2 miles @10.02 forgot to put on Heart Rate Monitor

    Tuesday 19th
    Intention Same Again : Legs still feeling stiff . A little quick, HR raised on climb.
    5.4 miles @ 10:11 HR 133/163

    Wednesday 20th

    Intention Longish Slow Run, this is the plan for Wednesdays for now . Headed to clontarf fro this one , It was quite wet , nice run , still stiffness in the legs. Ran it too quick as well.
    8.8 miles @10.23 HR 132/151

    Thursday 21st

    Intention 1 hr easy. Coolock the venue today, I ran to Fr Collins Park , one lap of the parkrun course there and back to Coolock. Legs a little sore but feeling good . Got a massage after this one . Stopped watch to cross road and it didn't restart (only happenend once this week so improving) so the run was a little longer than recorded.

    5.1 miles @ 10:14 HR not recorded

    Evening time Pilates class, Really enjoyed this , got some serious stretching done and legs felt amazing after it.


    Friday 22nd

    Intention rest day , Not sure I will/can continue to keep a rest day in the schedule with my goals but I will for now .

    Saturday 23rd
    Intention 2 hour LSR by the book VDot pace 11.07 to 12 :17.

    I always aim for the quicker end of the range. Clontarf the venue again but a longer loop than wednesdays, taking in Baldoyle. I concentrated on keeping the pace right and I really enjoyed this run , legs felt good. Windy along the coast but side on thankfully , nice to look out to sea and get a refreshing blast of cool air when required. Pace raised slightly in the last few miles but the effort felt really easy, had a little sprint near the end , 100 meter's or so just to liven things up.

    11.5 miles @10.56 HR125/166



    Sunday 23rd

    Intention 1 hr easy; Was travelling all day so didn't get out until the evening but what a beautiful evening it was . Tried a new variation of my route, though it would be around six miles , turned out to be 7 but really nice with some hills. I felt great during this run,it was one of those runs when you feel you could run forever.

    7 miles @ 10:12 HR 129/156

    Total. 44 miles for the week . I can feel the increase in milage in my legs , I hadn't really felt that since marathon training last year , a nice kind of soreness and the energy levels are really good the last few days. More of the same for the week ahead I hope.

    No specific race goals for now , The Waterford Half doesn't fit in with family stuff so we'll see if something more suitable comes up.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭Huzzah!


    First of all, I meant to congratulate you sooner on your success with coming off your medication. That is truly inspirational!

    In terms of your plans for the winter, are you going to follow some sort of a base-building plan or just playing it by ear?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭eyrie


    That's impressive mileage, well done!
    How does basing your training about vdot work? Does the book give you training paces based on your vdot? Sounds interesting!
    Good luck with the base building. I'm working on a similar plan myself at the moment, albeit with much lower mileage! I'd love to get up to where you are now eventually but it's hard to see how it'll ever happen without devoting all my waking time to running! So fair play to you, will be following along with interest :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Huzzah! wrote: »
    First of all, I meant to congratulate you sooner on your success with coming off your medication. That is truly inspirational!

    In terms of your plans for the winter, are you going to follow some sort of a base-building plan or just playing it by ear?

    Thanks Huzzah, hopefully my logging will help anyone following in my footsteps.

    Plan for the winter is to get stronger and build endurance , I think miles in the legs is the best way to do that so . The plan at the moment is easy running and building milage by winging it, If I come across a plan that interests me I may well take it on . I have been running to one plan or another for the last 18 months so for now I'm happy to just run and enjoy it while building milage.
    eyrie wrote: »
    That's impressive mileage, well done!
    How does basing your training about vdot work? Does the book give you training paces based on your vdot? Sounds interesting!
    Good luck with the base building. I'm working on a similar plan myself at the moment, albeit with much lower mileage! I'd love to get up to where you are now eventually but it's hard to see how it'll ever happen without devoting all my waking time to running! So fair play to you, will be following along with interest :)

    cheers but not sure about impressive, I was just looking at the milage by this years DCM novices on their strava Group, some of those are really impressive.

    Vdot just gives me paces for the various runs , the paces are in the book plus explanations of what each workout is intended to achieve, I find that really interesting as up to now I've just followed various plans without really understanding why i was running a specific session and what it was intended to achieve. There are plans in the book based on your weekly mileage and target races. I have only glanced over those so far.


    I'm lucky in that my family are reared and have a very supportive wife so mostly I have the time to run when I want. When life does get in the way I try to work around that and reschedule a run rather than miss it, I usually run Sunday Morning but was busy with family stuff yesterday so it was near 7 in the evening when I got out.

    The time side of running is really tough for anyone with young Children or a demanding career but those things change as you get older.

    Your'e doing really well, all you can do is fit in what you can keep plugging away at that. I will be following your progress with interest too, we may pick up a few tips from each other.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Monday: 25th

    Intended 1 hour easy, A new variation of my route , out and back first half all up hill. I was a little sore today staring out but freed out nicely. Glorious day . A little too quick for easy but the effort felt fine.

    Did some Strength Training after , just some light weights and some body weight stuff planks, squats , push ups etc .

    6.4 miles @ 10.21 pace Heart Rate 125/132

    Tuesday: 26th
    Intended: 1 hour easy
    Same as yesterday minus the strength training. Another Beautiful Day 6.4 miles @ 10.25 Heart Rate 136/144, (higher spikes at start)

    Wednesday: 27th
    Intended: Longish Run.

    What a difference a day makes , wet and windy for this one. Was runnning along the coast at sutton and was blown all over the place. Not a day to be hanging around so ran it a little quicker than I should'

    8.85 miles @ 10.17 Heart Rate 136/162

    Thursday: 28th

    Intended:1 hour easy.

    Coolock the venue for this one incorporating 2 laps of Father Collins park , I like it there, Another very windy day.

    6.1 miles @10.39 , Heart Monitor didn't register.

    Pilates Class in the Evening.

    Friday: 29th
    Intended :see how it goes easy run

    Usually a rest day but not this week as I could not get a long run in saturday morning so decided to run a longish run today. Coolock again , This was my 7th consecutive day running , not being used to that I wasn't sure how I would feel on this one so I set out my usual 8 miles route and played it by ear knowing I could cut it short if I want feeling the love or add a few miles in Father Collins park near the end if I was up to it . It went well and added a couple of laps in the park.

    10.7 miles @ 10.25 Heart rate 132 /149

    Saturday: 30th:
    Intended park run

    I had committed to run the first Darndale parkrun today and intended to do that and then head off on a 8 miles run for my lsr but my plans had been changed for me and I only had time for the parkrun this morning. That was nice , its a flat course but a little windy , , quite easy to cut the course short too if that was your bag, Ran it comfortably hard , pace is gone again with all the slow running or perhaps it is tiredness , not too bothered about that anyway as I know know that to be expected with how I'm running and it doesn't take very much to get it back. I came 4th in my age category.

    I did intend to run a double today to hit my weekly milage target to allow a rest day on Sunday but that didn't work out either , I'm not sure of the science behind doubles anyway so perhaps that was for the best.

    3.1 miles @8:56 plus .6 of a mile warm up and cool down

    3.7 miles Total heart rate 140/145

    Sunday: 1st October
    Intended Easy miles

    I woke early , feeling ok so decided to head out for a few miles before anyone else arouse to bring me up to target. Nice morning , Ran my usual 7 mile route really enjoyed it , Some tough hills on this route. Had nothing much on for the rest of day so had a lazy day on the sofa watching tv.

    7.1 miles @9:56 Heart Rate 136/162


    49.25 miles total for the week. I ran every day, that's new to me ,I'm feeling ok on that, resting heart rate is fine every morning so far , diet was good again this week. 2 strenghth sessions completed so overall a good week dispite having to shift things around a little . More of the same this week I hope, perhaps slowing things down a little and sticking to my prescribed pace.



    Into October all ready :eek:, 138 miles for September which included a taper for the Great North Run and a week with no running after the race.

    Monthly Mileage update
    Month|2017|2016|2015|2014|2013
    jan|70.80|94.78|46.2|8.31|0
    feb|89.94|61.68|13.9|30.35|0
    March|72.40|111|4.64|47.37|7
    April|97.00|110.7|21.08|42.23|25.01
    May|107.46|121.32|65.69|36.37|33.78
    June|68.30|154.31|97.03|52.69|33
    July|171.40|148.97|108.73|25.33|49.74
    August|167.70|124.57|110.42|57.9|29.42
    September|140.2|138.17|94.12|58.37|13.87
    October||151.18|125.17|95.32|3.01
    November||49.11|100.78|88.95|0
    December||45.12|63.16|23.83|0
    Totals|985.20|1310.91|851.69|567.02|194.83



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭denis b


    Just noticed your mileage T. Is it your intention to run around 50 miles each week for your current marathon base building ? Are you working to any particular regime with regard to strength training? Just curious as strength training is something I will be working on after Oct end. I have neglected this area and you have set the bar too high for weight management for me already :D. I will have to cherry pick (you see....more food).


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Tbh I'm not sure what I'm doing myself D apart from running and enjoying it. I have set a target of 50 miles a week. Not sure why but its a nice round number and once I set my mind on something I tend to stick with it. Definite running a Marathon next year . DCM most likely but I've been reading up on others and New York would be something i'd like to do someday .

    It's mostly easy running and I'm noticing the positive effect of the increased milage all ready in my legs and I'm not finding it too taxing . Weight wise . That has edged up a little since early summer , I do want to get back under 12 stone . 12 .4 at the moment . My diet has been very good the last three weeks . I find if I can resist the nice stuff for a few days I'm grand until I fall off the wagon again .

    Strength pilates is brilliant . I do that once a week . I couldn't do a press up when I strated . Can manage 20 now . . I do my own routine with weights and body weight once a week too . Monday nights squats with weights . Lunges with weights . Planks all 3 . Pushup and some weights for arms and shoulders. The whole routine takes about half an hour.

    Apart from that I don't really have a plan . I am reading jack Daniels running book and I got the faster road racing one today to read and I'll more than likely do something more structured from them down the line but for now it's all about getting out and enjoying my running.

    Cherrys yum yum especially in Black Forest Gateaux ..



    Edit: just noticed I hit the 1000 mile mark for 2017 during yesterday's run . A few weeks later than last year but I missed a few weeks for various reason .


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭denis b


    Thanks for that T. I am going to look into some form of pilates, post DCM '17, to provide some direction and structure to my own efforts. Like yourself I have a small setup at home that will allow for some weights and bodyweight exercises. Having got aerobically fit I think the rest of the "ould bod" needs some attention :(.

    +1 to your measured increase in mileage by the way. I was probably only getting around 30 miles per week before I launched on marathon training. It is something I will change next time.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    denis b wrote: »
    Thanks for that T. I am going to look into some form of pilates, post DCM '17, to provide some direction and structure to my own efforts. Like yourself I have a small setup at home that will allow for some weights and bodyweight exercises. Having got aerobically fit I think the rest of the "ould bod" needs some attention :(.

    +1 to your measured increase in mileage by the way. I was probably only getting around 30 miles per week before I launched on marathon training. It is something I will change next time.




    Pilates is great I wouldn't have though it would be for me before I started it but I wouldn't miss it now .

    Anything I've read points to mileage being the best way of improving , not sure I'm doing it right if there is a right way to do it with the two longer runs Wednesday and Saturday but il see how it goes I will probably lengthen one of them as I progress.

    God luck with DCM , have you a time in sight.?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭denis b


    I can certainly vouch for the benefits of the longer midweek and weekend run. The combination works well for me and I will carry it forward. Longer distances are far less daunting these days.

    I want to pb (<3:54 hrs) but it is my (C) target and I am close to calling my (A) target at 3:39 or less. Conservative enough but;
    a) I want to finish,
    b) I want to pb and
    c) I want this to be a confirming experience.

    Major goal this year was to stay running and pb at all distances.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    denis b wrote: »
    I can certainly vouch for the benefits of the longer midweek and weekend run. The combination works well for me and I will carry it forward. Longer distances are far less daunting these days.

    I want to pb (<3:54 hrs) but it is my (C) target and I am close to calling my (A) target at 3:39 or less. Conservative enough but;
    a) I want to finish,
    b) I want to pb and
    c) I want this to be a confirming experience.

    Major goal this year was to stay running and pb at all distances.

    Sub 3.40 is an impressive target but you have put the miles in so no doubt you will make it, The best of luck, hopefully conditions will be good on the day. I will definitely be tracking you on the day.

    Thanks for the reassurance re the 2 long runs , I'm still learning about this running lark.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Monday 2nd

    My usual Monday run 6.3 miles easy to start the week, Lovely day , I had a few sniffles , the start of a cold I suspect but feeling good apart form that .

    6.3 miles @ 10:58 pace , didn't wear heart monitor

    Evening my strength training same as last week but with heavier weights.

    Tuesday 3rd

    Same as Yesterday, My watch recorded my first mile as 6.38 , (it's on it's last chance),First 3 were easy, the last 3 miles were quicker .9:52, 9:06, 8:56 making it a bit of a progression run. Still a few sniffles but no worse than yesterday.

    Wednesday 4th
    first of my long runs, I decided to raise the millage on this one from previous weeks as I wanted to leave myself the option of a rest day while still getting close to my 50 miles weekly target.

    Wet and windy day but a lovely run none the less. Pace was quicker than planned .

    10.9 miles@10.07 HR 134 /167 Spike

    Thursday 5th

    My usual Thursday run To Fr Collins Park and a few laps and back to base, Legs were a little tired today .Sniffles appear to have cleared up

    6.1 miles @10:25 pace no heart monitor.


    Evening Pilates Class . Some calf cramping on one of the positions , tired legs I think, but I felt really good after class.

    Friday 6th


    Same run as yesterday but a little quicker , pilates working its magic. SOme faster running in the last 3 miles, Hr a bit high

    6.1 miles @ 9.56 HR 137/172

    Saturday 7th


    My second long run of the week. Unusually I was home today so could run early morning, I deliberately chose hilly route to make it a little tougher , 787 feet elevation . I'd never ran the exact route before but calculated it would be around 13 miles . Just as I reached home I was at 12.9 miles so had to run up and down the road to make it a half distance. Quite surprise that my avg HR was as high on this one, felt easy enough but I was quite tired for most of the day after so perhaps the climbing was harder than I thought when running.

    13.1 miles@10:58 hr 151/170

    Sunday 8th

    Having got close enough to my weekly milage target yesterday I had the the option of a rest day today but I headed out for 20 minutes recovery run in the local park just to get the legs moving.

    1.9 miles @11.02 pace HR 121/158

    Thoughts , I'm enjoying the increased mileage and am holding up well so far on it, Some soreness on the soles of my feet , left one in particular after the long runs but nothing major I hope (fx), have a golf ball under my desk in work today, , everything else is good . I will have to pay more attention to heart rate on the long runs as I really want to be running those properly.

    Just finished reading Daniels Book, heavy stuff will have to read parts of it again for it all to fully register but I think I have learned from it.



    Weekly Milage 50.8 Miles @ 10.19 pace (avg) 8 hrs 36 running , 2975 ft elevation


    More of the same this week all going well.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Monday October 9th

    Usual Monday 7 mile easy, I really wasn't felling the love today for the first couple of Miles, I met an old friend 2 miles in and stopped to have a chat . when I set off again I felt really good and just ran by feel, a run of two parts for sure .

    7 miles @10.01 HR 147/162

    No weights session tonight , watched the Ireland Wales Game Instead.

    Tuesday 10th

    7.2 miles easy Legs tired, headout out lunchtime and listened to the Budget on my run and then tried to figure out what I'd spend my extra fiver a week on. I could not get my watch to sync after this, the last straw, its back to my Garmin.

    7.2 miles @10.37 HR 144/156

    Didi yesterdays missed s and c session usual half and hour

    Wednesday 11th
    Long run Usual run from Coolock down to Fairview back along the coast and up Kilbarrack road to Coolock. Nice run , a little windy in places pushing the HR up . Took it handy today.

    10.8 miles @10.39 HR 129/158


    Thursday 12th


    7 easy , my usual 7 route, first half uphill, 2nd down.

    7 .0 @ 10.01 Hr 130/160

    Evening Pilates Class

    Friday 13th

    7.3 easy including a few laps of Fr collins park, love it in there now , very easy to run in, laps are just under a mile and quite flat.

    7.3 miles @ 10 25 Hr128/156

    Saturday 13th

    LSR 11.3 miles same rout as Wednesday but a pitstop in St annes added a little distance. Felt good on this one and had to persuade myself not to do more as I was over 50 miles for the week and didnt want to tempt fate.

    11.3 Miles @10.54 heart monitor didnt register

    Sunday 14th

    Contemplated a recovery run to keep my 24 day run going but not really wanting to get caught up on keeping a run going and having hit my weekly target I took a rest day.

    weekly total 50.8 miles 10.29 avg pace 2089ft elevation, embracing those hills


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Younganne


    that's great mileage you're clocking up T. It will really stand to you when you launch into your next plan.
    What's next on the cards for you?


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Thanks A . The immediate plan is to get used to the extra miles and the move onto a plan that incorporates the milage for whatever I decide to do.

    Afraid I may be one of those people who enjoys the training more than the racing , DCM 2018 is the longer term plan and the race series in the run to that .

    Good luck with your pacing gig.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,224 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    I haven't quite hit the 50s, close enough with 48 and a bit a few weeks ago. I did enjoy getting to that stage of the (graduates) plan and wouldn't mind doing a few long weeks again in the future or regularly. How are you finding fatigue, is it an issue?


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Hi B . I had fatigue the first few weeks but it disappeared during the runs. This last week has been my best no fatigue . Some soreness all right paticularly in my calf muscles ' left on was really sore last night to the extent I had doubts about today's run but I did get out and had a great run by my standards . They are still sore . I think its Doms .looking up how to treat that .

    Really beginning to feel the positive effect of the longer runs . Running 7 Miles 4 Days And 11 for 2 . The 7 miles ones feel pretty routine now . And this week's 11s were handy too . If the next week feels the same I will drop back one of the 7 mile ones and add those miles to one of the 11 mile runs but keeping the weekly mileage at 50 all being well.


    Good luck with DCM , what time at you targeting ?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,224 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Thanks, 4:10. :) I know what you mean about ones feeling routine.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭Huzzah!


    The Muppet wrote: »

    Really beginning to feel the positive effect of the longer runs . Running 7 Miles 4 Days And 11 for 2 . The 7 miles ones feel pretty routine now . And this week's 11s were handy too . If the next week feels the same I will drop back one of the 7 mile ones and add those miles to one of the 11 mile runs but keeping the weekly mileage at 50 all being well.

    I know you're keeping all the runs easy, but it might be no harm to have the odd step-back week? I'm no expert, though!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Thanks Huzzah . Good advice . I took 2 days out this past week Sunday and Monday . Not really a step back week though as I'm on 43 miles since and will do 7 tomorrow if weather permits .

    I'm quite good at listening to my body and will definitely step it back when I feel the need.


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