"It's what you do next that counts"

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This is the breakdown of my 1000, I was building nicely for Aprils marathon, then took a break after the marathon, then I tried to build up again for Berlin but I bombed in July.
Looking back I should have finished this challenge about 6 weeks ago if I understood the word consistency

I certainly did not make the best of my 1000 miles, there is alot of rubbish in there. I'll look forward to next years challenge and I reckon it will be more competitive than this year which will be welcomed.

I've set myself another challenge and thats 1800 miles by the end of the year and thats based on 20 weeks of the year left by 40 miles a week.

I found todays run very tough after yesterdays.
9 miles @ 9:15 pace, which was just so slow and torturous, it actually felt like the last 6.2 miles of a marathon
Average HR 71%

cfitz wrote: »

In my opinion, the challenge should always be about performance in races. The reason for training the way you do is surely to race well - sub-goals such as 1,000 miles etc. are more likely to detract from the main goal (to race well) than help it in my opinion.

I think you make a very good point and one I can't really argue with giving that I havn't raced well since Paddys weekend
The challenge really helped me though with motivation up until April especially with getting out in the cold months and after the marathon it was the one thing that kept me running.
I do however think I need to cop on to myself and try and figure out a few things, the main thing being what distance I want to race and enjoy racing and how best to train and to reach my potential. This year has still been an improvement on last year but I def should be way ahead of where I am and I think one of the issues is that I'm a lazy trainer, I'm happy to run 15 when I should be doing 2x25 min tempos or sth.

jlang wrote: »

At the end, it was guilt more than glee I felt when I found I'd ended up sneaking in ahead of you.

No better man
I should have finished long ago though and not left things so tight. I think I saw you cycling by my house a few mornings back heading down Ballyboden road towards Rathfarnham or it was your spitting image.

ultraman1 wrote: »

:Dwell done on the 1000miler

Cheers, am now finally celebrating it with some champagne, the OH is so jealous

I was quite tired yesterday and a little hung over from the champagne so decided to postpone my long run by a day.

So up at 5:20 am to get ready for a 6 start, that involved 2 visits to the toilet and there was still another to come :eek:
I have been looking for an alternative route to my usual hilly one and I thought about running to the phoenix park and back which is exactly what I did, it's a lovely route Phoenix park 19 miles but def one for the weekend, it was fine heading in but the traffic on the way back and the amount of traffic lights I got stuck at was frustrating.
The plan was 5 miles @ 8 min pace, 5 @ 8'30 before walking to take my gels and water and then it was to repeat the above, everything was going well, I didn't look at my garmin till after 5 miles and I was going faster than I thought but it certainly didn't feel like it, so I slowed it down and was enjoying the park till my stomach started acting up, so I had a pikey poo in which while squatting a deer scared the crap out of me running past me ,within a few meters. I decided to take my gels and water here, no point stopping twice but when I started up I just couldn't get the same groove going so I tossed the plan out the window here.
On leaving the park I ran out of water and my quad maybe ITB(felt higher up than last time) started acting up so I walked and stretched every now and again, I would build up time on the watch and then start walking and when the pace got to 9 min miles I would start running again, not a bad plan. I got to Terenure and went into a deli to get a refill, thank you deli girl who put ice in it aswell, that went down a treat. I decided not to take the long way home and cut the run short at 19, the quad started to feel better aswell which was good.
Can't wait to do this route again on a Sunday morning at 6.

19 miles in 2'41'11, pace 8'29
Average HR 71%
Total milage 1027.95

When I got home my 3 year old was just getting up and the wife and 5 year old were still wacked out, there's alot to be said for early morning running and got to go back to bed for an hour

gerard65 wrote: »

'so I had a pikey poo in which while squatting a deer scared the crap out of me running past me ,within a few meters':D:D:D

This is so funny on so many levels. The funniest comment I've read on A.R.T.

It was the roadrunner who first introduced me to that phrase so the credit must go to him
I was looking out for you this morning as I came through bushy, had a feeling you'd be out early