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Huzzah! · 28-01-2019 12:00PM

Sounds like great craic and tough as heck. Well done and congrats on the podium!

Swashbuckler · 28-01-2019 12:10PM

Great stuff B and great to hear the pain of the race again! What was the ceremony like?! Sounds like a very unique race!

OOnegative · 28-01-2019 12:13PM

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Great stuff B and great to hear the pain of the race again! What was the ceremony like?! Sounds like a very unique race!

Cheers P, ceremony was pretty low key, few hung around for it but the crowd was mostly made up of winners in the respective race distances. Nice trophy and won my entry fee back to.

Duanington · 28-01-2019 12:22PM

This is great B, love the big smile at the finish - well done man

skyblue46 · 28-01-2019 12:32PM

That sounds both torturous and exhilarating all at once. Huge congrats B. A great start to your year.

Murph_D · 28-01-2019 12:38PM

Enjoyed that account, B - sounds even worse than the Fat Turkey! Congrats.

skyblue46 · 28-01-2019 12:43PM

JAYSUS!!

OOnegative · 28-01-2019 12:44PM

skyblue46 wrote: »

JAYSUS!!

That’s the third set of stairs, there is another 20-30 odd steps at the top that you can’t see there.

eyrie · 28-01-2019 01:08PM

Crikey, fair play! Sounds like a very tricky race - you did brilliantly! Must be nice to stand on a podium too :P Congratulations!

OOnegative wrote: »

i felt terrible which i know is a good sign for me before a race.

Amused by this - true for me too I think.

OOnegative wrote: »

That’s the third set of stairs, there is another 20-30 odd steps at the top that you can’t see there.

:eek:

Mr. Guappa · 28-01-2019 01:57PM

Loved that report, super stuff. Congrats on the podium.

tbukela · 28-01-2019 02:08PM

Congrats on the result, sounds like a lung buster. Well done.

jake1970 · 28-01-2019 04:23PM

congrats on the podium B, well raced !

Back in Black · 29-01-2019 10:29AM

Sounds like torture to me!! But seriously well done and congrats on the podium - not too many of us get to experience that feeling!!

kerrylad1 · 29-01-2019 12:03PM

Congratulations b.Lovely start to the year.

Baby75 · 30-01-2019 09:02PM

WOW some race looked it up :eek: well done and congrats on the second place some running amazing stuff

Kellygirl · 30-01-2019 10:40PM

Somehow missed your report until now but saw all the comments so went looking for it. That sounds like torture with all those steps but seriously well done! Your report is brilliant.

Younganne · 01-02-2019 12:34PM

Congrats on the podium, sounds like a very "testing" course. You'll be doing the long course next year:D

OOnegative · 07-02-2019 11:38AM

Week 5/10 - CPC 5k by AD

Monday 28.1.19

Rest Day

Tuesday 29.1.19

8.15 miles Easy@8.20min/miles in 67mins 54secs

Out through the dunes to Kijkduin and onto the scene of Sunday's race in Ockenburgh, there was no stairs ran on today though!! Back home via Mozartlaan, very cold out.

Wednesday 20.1.19

2 mile w/u, 5X600m@5k(150m rec) + 10x200m@5k(100m rec), 2mile c/d

Out after dropping the wee one to playschool and the snow had already started. It got heavier as i made my way towards the running paths where i was doing my session. No hanging around and straight into the 600's after my warm up, goal for these was 2.10-2.12. Snow was a bitch stinging the eyes as i ran these, falling heavier as i done them. Reps were as follows:

2.10.39, 2.11.85, 2.10.27, 2.11.77, 2.09.15.

All felt controlled, 30 second breather and into 200's, goal for these again 40-42 secs:

40.60, 41.44, 41.17, 42.23, 40.89, 42.05.

Canned it after 6 as the paths were lethal at that point, the snow was freezing more or less as it hit the ground and i took a big slide on the last one. Cool down brought total to 7.50 miles for morning. Went downhill rapidly as day went on!!

Thursday 31.1.19

Sick, horrible cold!!! Young lad attained his National A Swimming Diploma so super proud Mam and Dad!!

Friday 1.2.19

Sick, managed to inflict the young lad with my dose, on his birthday weekend:(:(:(.

Saturday 2.2.19

Sick, day on the couch with eldest, much better patient than his Dad:o:o.

Sunday 3.2.19

Still sick, not much improvement..

Grand total of 15.65 miles for the week, not what i want but these things happen. Not a man that usually gets sick so i was due my turn i suppose.

skyblue46 · 07-02-2019 11:43AM

I hope you get over the bug soon. Has it improved since then?

OOnegative · 07-02-2019 11:47AM

Week 6/10 - CPC 5k by AD

Monday 4.2.19

Sick.

Tuesday 5.2.19

Sick........

Wednesday 6.2.19

Bit better, light at end of the tunnel maybe!!

Thursday 7.2.19

Much improved but won't risk a run yet......

In other news, with time off due to illness i have thought about my plan for rest of year. Have definitely ruled out running a marathon, normally this time of year i'm chomping at the bit to get into marathon training, not the case this year. I think Koln and DCM in space of 3 weeks last October took more out of me than i realised so hence zero desire to get back into bigger mileage.

I plan on doing the Amsterdam Half in October as my big goal for the year, try knock 2/3 minutes off that if possible. Will race as much as i can over 5/10k before i start a plan for that at end of July.

OOnegative · 07-02-2019 11:51AM

skyblue46 wrote: »

I hope you get over the bug soon. Has it improved since then?

Cheers, improvement past few days S, not 100% yet but better than the weekend.

skyblue46 · 07-02-2019 12:00PM

I should have waited for the next weeks report before jumping in with that!

Does the absence of a marathon in your plan for the year mean that you are passing up on your pacing gig in DCM?

OOnegative · 07-02-2019 12:06PM

skyblue46 wrote: »

I should have waited for the next weeks report before jumping in with that!

Does the absence of a marathon in your plan for the year mean that you are passing up on your pacing gig in DCM?

It does and to be honest that was the hardest part of deciding not to run a marathon this year. I may or may not get asked but if I do i’ll be turning it down. I can always say I paced it once anyway.

eyrie · 07-02-2019 03:19PM

Sounds like a nasty dose, glad you're on the mend but mind yourself!

Baby75 · 07-02-2019 04:57PM

Well done to your little lad

I sympathise with you on the cold had a horrible one myself last week

OOnegative · 07-02-2019 05:01PM

Baby75 wrote: »

Well done to your little lad

I sympathise with you on the cold had a horrible one myself last week

Thanks, he’s a strong little swimmer and really enjoys it. Has improved hugely since we moved over here.

MY BAD · 07-02-2019 07:23PM

Have you a target in mind for that 5k? What kind of numbers enter that race? The 10k is quite big isn't it?

OOnegative · 07-02-2019 07:33PM

Mellow Yellow 26.2 wrote: »

Have you a target in mind for that 5k? What kind of numbers enter that race? The 10k is quite big isn't it?

Anything lower than 18.25 and i’ll be happy but not to confident I will be in that kind of shape in 4 weeks. 4,500 in the 5k last year, 8,000+ ran the 10k so big numbers for that length of race.

Huzzah! · 07-02-2019 10:10PM

Yikes - sounds like a nasty dose. Glad you’re on the mend.

healy1835 · 07-02-2019 10:15PM

That half in Amsterdam on the same weekend as the full?

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