Leader Of The (Mid) Pack

Kennyg71 wrote: »

Best of Luck Sunday, have a good one.

Thanks again, I know how it feels to miss out on DCM. I watched DCM 2014 from the sidelines, and had to wait another two years to become a DCM Graduate (didn't enter DCM 2015).

jake1970 wrote: »

The best of luck Sunday J, Enjoy!!

Thanks L. Your comeback seems to be progressing nicely!

chickey2 wrote: »

Best of luck!

Thanks C, I remember talking to you after DCM 2016. DCM 2018 for you maybe?

eyrie wrote: »

Hope you have a great race - enjoy!

Nice one, although if I'm enjoying it too much after 22 miles, it's not a good sign overall

OOnegative wrote: »

All the best WW, hope it goes well for you. Run well. Bravo on an excellent job with the Novices to, am sure they will all do you proud on Sunday.

Thanks B, looking forward to tomorrow, there's going to be some super Novice performances, of that I'm certain.

hot buttered scones wrote: »

Have a good one! Best of luck.

Thanks M, might catch you before you head off, with a bit of luck.

annapr wrote: »

Love the quote, J... no doubt you will give it your all. Have a great day and hope to see you after!!!

From "The Office - An American Workplace" Trying to put thoughts of post marathon pints to the back of my mind for now :pac:

JohnDozer wrote: »

All the best! A good result is more than deserved for the effort you put into Boards alone, even outside of the training well part. I don't know how you do it!

Cool, thanks a million! Well to be fair, the role of Novices mentor does take up a lot of your time, especially this last couple of weeks. Even after reading through threads from previous years, you don't realise it until you do it yourself. Sure I've had a bit of help, to be fair

denis b wrote: »

The very best of luck tomorrow J and your quote has hit home . Fair play for taking so much time out of a very busy schedule to help out the novices this year. Will catch ya post race in Mc Grattans.

Thanks again D. Leinster Club championship match this afternoon, and we're going for the league on Monday. A veritable feast of activity this weekend :pac:

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Just to bring activity (what little there was) up to date.

Thu 26/10 - 3.1 miles @8:47/mi

Carpenterstown loop, with a couple of 100m strides thrown in. Legs felt surprisingly heavy when I went to pick up the pace. It's probably due to the 800s the night before. Foam rolling session followed nonetheless :cool:

Fri 27/10 - Rest

Out to the RDS at lunchtime to get my bib and bag. Why do all these bars have to have nuts in them? Straight in the bin when I got home.

Sat 28/10 - 2.4 miles @9:49/mi

Four laps of Tír na nÓg (roughly half mile laps). Surprisingly breezy there. Legs felt a lot better for the two 100m strides, both on the last lap - one with the breeze behind me on the long side of the triangle, the other into the breeze towards the end of the straight. This was followed by a volunteering stint at Porterstown parkrun, as I decided marshalling would be more beneficial than running it.

Well, here we are. This time tomorrow, it will all be unravelling unfolding around the DCM course. Somewhat surprisingly, I'm not thinking "What was I at, signing up for this again?!" More like, this is a chance to really improve my marathon PB after the last few months of training.

It feels like my running activity is building up to some sort of climax, with my stint as Novices mentor also coming to an end. Last year I was in McGrattans for post marathon pints, as my predecessor Nop congratulated our new DCM 2016 Graduates who made it in. Little did I think at the time, that a year later I would be about to do the same. Not sure whether I'm more excited/nervous about running my own marathon or meeting happy Novices Graduates afterwards! Fasten your seatbelts, this could be a bumpy ride.....but hopefully one with lots of happy endings Good luck all!
J.

DNF. Going well until I started feeling dizzy approaching KCR. Tried continuing at a much slower pace but it was never going to work out. Pulled in half way down Fortfield Road. Sometimes it's not your day.