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A Runners log : Patience and Consistency

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  • #32
    shotgunmcos
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    Super run Seres, well done on that pb thats great running. Keep up the good work :)


  • #33
    Gringo78
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    Great time! You'll have to revise those short term goals...you're in sight of the long term ones after that performance...any more 5 mile races on the horizon? You're getting pretty close to the sub 30 milestone...


  • #34
    Seres
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    Gringo78 wrote: »
    Great time! You'll have to revise those short term goals...you're in sight of the long term ones after that performance...any more 5 mile races on the horizon? You're getting pretty close to the sub 30 milestone...

    thanks, ya , when i set that goal for the 5 mile i hadnt done one in bout 2 yrs so it was hard to estimate a good target time , still a huge distance from sub 30 though , was absolutely wellied after the race , conditions were perfect and its very flat so that made it easier , my splits were really bad too so i need to be more consistent when i am running races to feel strong finishing , besides all those criticisms i really happy with the time
    no more 5 miles for the moment , main target is HM on 18th Sep , dont really know whats a good target time for that will be .


  • #35
    Krusty_Clown
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    Congrats Seres! 5 1/2 minutes off of your 5 mile PB? Crazy progress!


  • #36
    pgmcpq
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    Seres wrote: »
    T
    8km Race :Street of Galway : new pb 30.33 ( per chip time )

    Congratulations - that's a great result.


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  • #37
    Seres
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    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Congrats Seres! 5 1/2 minutes off of your 5 mile PB? Crazy progress!
    that id be the drugs , the old pb was set bout 1.5yrs ago , on the back of no training , but thanks for makin me look good ;)


  • #38
    Seres
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    Monday 9th August

    Easy Run : 55 min & Strides : 55min/6.43mi/8.33av pace

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43957032


    Tuesday 10th August

    4*2.5km reps with 2 min rest : 1hr3min/7.94mi/7.36 av pace/159av HR

    R1 :10.09min/4.04av pace/163 av HR
    R2: 10.05min/4.02 av pace/169 av HR
    R3 : 10.09min/4.04 av pace/173 av HR
    R4: 10.20min/4.08 av pace/174 av HR

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43956818

    This session was so PAINFUL from the first one , legs sluggish , no motivation , very tired , legs stilled wrecked from sat race and sunday cycle , was going to give myself another day of easy running before this session but legs felt ok on yesterdays easy run so decided to do it
    Dont really know if its a good idea to continue session when you feel so crap or abort ?
    Nothin tonight , bed early , easy , very easy cycle morro morn


  • #39
    Seres
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    Wednesday 11th Aug

    easy 45min run : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44825051

    20km cycle with speed : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44825067

    Thursday 12th Aug

    5*10min tempo with 3 min rest : probably did these a bit hard http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44825031

    Friday 13th Aug

    24km cycle with 5*2km interval with 1min 30 break :



    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44825014

    sports massage : left side of back , glutes were in a knot

    Sat 14th

    easy 45min run with strides : did some of it on grass for joints

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44825004

    Sunday 15th

    1hr 35 run with 30min progression : really enjoyed with early morn run , weather was glorious , did it with pack for GF

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44824986

    Monday 16th

    easy 53min with strides

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44824958

    sports massage : back and glutes knotted again


    Tuesday 17th

    4*3km in 12min with 2min recovery : murderous session , did three under 12min , bottled the 4th , done in 12.10 , had to take off HR belt , was drivin me mental , kept slipping , think i did the first three too fast !

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/45204296

    Wednesday 18th

    easy 55min with strides : some on grass

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/45204175

    Thursday 19th

    easy 37min with strides : had option to do 2*15min tempo but thought better to save legs for GF sat , need to do quick spin on bike tonight also , got it fixed and new tyres put on

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/45204130

    very bad at postin in the log lately !


  • #40
    Seres
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    Major crisis in my life : GARMIN BUST

    Friday 20th August

    Easy 20min on Bike

    Sat 21st August

    Gaelforce : not great at reports and dont really have the time at moment ,, might post somethin later , but briefly
    tough, would have gone harder if i had known my time ( garmin keep stoppin )and place , bike was toughest , wont bother with cleats(too much messing and time wasting ) next time or camelbak or luzosade sport, ( left me too thirsty) , will be back next year to give it a decent stab , happy enough with result though considering all the hickups

    time : 4.57
    place 183

    sunday 22nd august

    rest

    Monday 23rd

    30min easy

    tuesday 24th

    55min& Strides

    Wednesday 25th

    55min & Strides

    Thursday 26 th

    40min tempo : well pi$$ed off , realised garmin fecked so no idea of pace , last long tempo so really would have like to know my pace , back to measuring it with the car !

    think i might go for broke the day of the HM and try and stay with 1hr 30min pacers sure what have i to lose , its my first HM


  • #41
    Seres
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    Friday 27th August

    Easy 55min run & Strides

    Sat 28th August

    Rest

    Sunday 29th

    Long Run : 2hrs/14mi/8.36av pace

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47172004


    garmin workin again , whoo !


    Monday

    Easy run

    Tuesday

    4*2.5k in 10min with 2min rest

    9.38/9.41/9.53/9.46

    had to pull back a bit , advice of physio , back hamstring & glute causing L5 disc problem , have to start doin proper core after HM , priority he said , said i cant keep goin the way im goin :(

    Wednesday 1st Sep

    easy 45min & Strides


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  • #42
    tunguska
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    I heard you crashed into a trailer on the rothar during Gaelforce, fecked your leg up, but kept going. You're some hard woman, fair play to ye.
    Although I dont know how youre gonna cope with the lack of any immediate threat to your life during this half marathon.........way too safe for ye.


  • #43
    Krusty_Clown
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    Seres wrote: »
    think i might go for broke the day of the HM and try and stay with 1hr 30min pacers sure what have i to lose , its my first HM
    Go for it. I'd say that you'll be pushing on from 10 or 11 miles. At the very least there'll be a couple of backup Garmins to help you with your pace!

    Congrats on completing GF. Solid long run too. Is that your longest run ever?


  • #44
    Seres
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    tunguska wrote: »
    I heard you crashed into a trailer on the rothar during Gaelforce, fecked your leg up, but kept going. You're some hard woman, fair play to ye.
    Although I dont know how youre gonna cope with the lack of any immediate threat to your life during this half marathon.........way too safe for ye.
    did i write that in the GF thread or somethin ?, ya was so stupid , was tryin to read a sign on wall beside footpath which was for GF compeditors but was havin difficulty because it was blocked by two vans , the next thing i was curled round a trailer , had to get up and finish at that point , was bout a km from the finish, wasnt goin to stop there , saw my dad bout ten seconds later ,cheerin , nearly started cryin then , haha , thats what out for 5 hrs on GF course will do to ya ! really nice fella stopped and helped me too , kept tellin him to go on , didnt want the two of us loosen time , will see ya in two weeks at HM , hope trainin is goin well !


  • #45
    Seres
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    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Go for it. I'd say that you'll be pushing on from 10 or 11 miles. At the very least there'll be a couple of backup Garmins to help you with your pace!

    Congrats on completing GF. Solid long run too. Is that your longest run ever?

    ya , 14miles , hope thats enough , ill be bankin on ya to pull me in under the 90min , hope back , hip and Hamstring hold out .


  • #46
    theboyblunder
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    Seres wrote: »

    think i might go for broke the day of the HM and try and stay with 1hr 30min pacers sure what have i to lose , its my first HM



    sure why not?

    Last year I did 1.28 off 31'55 in the addidas 5 mile and this year a 1'24 half off 30'56 for the 5 miles.

    You are faster than me over the 5 miles so go for it. Like Krusty says, if you take it easy un to 9 miles id say you'll push on


  • #47
    Seres
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    theboyblunder wrote: »
    sure why not?

    Last year I did 1.28 off 31'55 in the addidas 5 mile and this year a 1'24 half off 30'56 for the 5 miles.

    You are faster than me over the 5 miles so go for it. Like Krusty says, if you take it easy un to 9 miles id say you'll push on

    thanks , that was really good goin for HM off that time for 5 miles (30.56)

    Thursday 3rd Sep

    11.41miles long run with 5 miles progression : went well today but very sore after the run

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47348633

    Progression

    mile 7: 7.51
    Mile 8:7.21
    mile 9: 7.12
    Mile 10:7.00
    Mile 11 :6.50


    Last long progression run , tempo morro and then windin down , went for massage last night cause was very stiff , niggles just seem to be shiftin round my body


  • #48
    tunguska
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    Seres wrote: »

    niggles just seem to be shiftin round my body

    This par for the course when you ramp up the mileage. One day its your right calf, the next its the left. Then it'll be the right hammer, the next it'll be the left quad. I call it it the "Phantom rotating pain."


  • #49
    Seres
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    tunguska wrote: »
    This par for the course when you ramp up the mileage. One day its your right calf, the next its the left. Then it'll be the right hammer, the next it'll be the left quad. I call it it the "Phantom rotating pain."

    the only places it hasnt gone are my hands , head and feet (ironically enough) , definitely as decribed

    Friday 3rd Sep
    did 42 min easy today with strides

    felt a bit ropey today , good friend back for holiday , immigrated so had to have a few beers , not recommended when you have work and run the following day , head was smokin a bit today when i had to think anything thru ,


  • #50
    Seres
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    Saturday 4th Sep

    Tempo : 3*15min with 2min rest

    1hr15min/9.19mi :http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47740821


    T1 : 6.54 pace
    T2 : 6.52 pace
    T3 : 6.49 pace

    ok session , pace felt ok , especially for first and last as the wind was on my back , hip , hamstring and back sore but ice bath helped sort that for the moment

    Sunday 5th August


    5km run leg of lough key tri relay : shorthttp://connect.garmin.com/activity/47740808

    2.87mi/18.45 min

    not great time but didnt want to overdo it

    body felt ok till this ev when sat down for an hour , problems seem to be returning , ice bath morro


  • #51
    El Director
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    I spotted a boards singlet at Lough Key, someone on my log or the event log tipped me off that it might have been you! Well done on your sprint finish you were digging deep and it hurt I'm sure :)


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  • #52
    Seres
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    El Director wrote: »
    I spotted a boards singlet at Lough Key, someone on my log or the event log tipped me off that it might have been you! Well done on your sprint finish you were digging deep and it hurt I'm sure :)
    thanks , that was so funny , like when i passed that old guy i really didnt think he was goin to have any kick and then he went for it , so i was goin to let it go but i said what the hell , it really had no significance to anything or anyone only me and him for bout 5 seconds , hilarious

    Monday

    Rest

    Back still bothering me

    Tuesday

    easy 40 min

    replaced speed session ,

    went to physio today , think i will have to opt out of HM , really dissappointed :( , hope im not stupid enough to change my mind on this decision , have been trainin specifically for this since start of june


  • #53
    menoscemo
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    Seres wrote: »
    went to physio today , think i will have to opt out of HM , really dissappointed :( , hope im not stupid enough to change my mind on this decision , have been trainin specifically for this since start of june

    Jayus, that is a real bummer. Hope you get better. If you can't make dublin, maybe waterford in December? That's meant to be a lovely flat course.


  • #54
    Seres
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    Seres wrote: »

    went to physio today , think i will have to opt out of HM , really dissappointed :( , hope im not stupid enough to change my mind on this decision , have been trainin specifically for this since start of june

    jesus , cant believe i wrote that last night im obviously more stupid than i thought cause im already contemplating my decision , wish the bloody race was tomorro so i didnt have this dilemma
    menoscemo wrote: »
    Jayus, that is a real bummer. Hope you get better. If you can't make dublin, maybe waterford in December? That's meant to be a lovely flat course.

    thanks menoscemo , ya saw that , first thing i did last night after deciding not to do dublin , just wonderin how i can maintain the fittness ive built up so that it doesnt go all to waste , i imagine this will be harder to do in the winter !


  • #55
    Krusty_Clown
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    Awful news. Sorry to hear that. Don't get disheartened. The training fitness won't disappear and the extra training time will just mean you will have a more impressive half marathon when you get to run one.


  • #56
    Seres
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    thanks KC , havent totally made up my mind , will just see how it is this time next week , maybe take another trip to the physio ( hopefully he wont go mad , left his house yesterday saying i definitely wouldnt do it )
    and then decide , easy runs till then , will be pretty disappointed though if i cant do , have never trained so hard for somethin , but as the log title says patience !


  • #57
    Seres
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    wednesday 8th September

    went for very easy run today to see how back , hip and hamstring were
    definitely puttin that strain back on the upper back , lower back pain returned and hamstring tightened up , dont know if all this stuff was goin on so much before but just didnt notice because was absorbed in sessions , the whole bloody thing is so frustrating :(

    7.24km/40min


  • #58
    menoscemo
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    Ha! Your log in the past few days reminds me of this thread over on the main forum :D


  • #59
    Seres
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    menoscemo wrote: »
    Ha! Your log in the past few days reminds me of this thread over on the main forum :D
    OMG i have been so deluded , was thinkin im not like most runners , i can be objective bout my running , those posts are like currents of thoughts that are running ( cause i cant get that word out of my head ) round in my noggin . was told to go out for run today and STOP if pains were coming back , told do between 30-40min , all niggles came back at 2miles , ignored and did till 40min , only cause i arrived at the house !
    have just been adviced not to run for rest of the week :eek: , what will i do with my free time ! housework , thats why i started runnin


  • #60
    El Director
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    Seres wrote: »
    thanks , that was so funny , like when i passed that old guy i really didnt think he was goin to have any kick and then he went for it , so i was goin to let it go but i said what the hell , it really had no significance to anything or anyone only me and him for bout 5 seconds , hilarious

    Monday

    Rest

    Back still bothering me

    Tuesday

    easy 40 min

    replaced speed session ,

    went to physio today , think i will have to opt out of HM , really dissappointed :( , hope im not stupid enough to change my mind on this decision , have been trainin specifically for this since start of june

    Sorry to hear that. I love the Dublin half but injury ruled me out a few weeks ago, as someone suggested here i am doing Waterford now, I'm hoping I can still reach my 90 min goal :)


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  • #61
    Seres
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    El Director wrote: »
    Sorry to hear that. I love the Dublin half but injury ruled me out a few weeks ago, as someone suggested here i am doing Waterford now, I'm hoping I can still reach my 90 min goal :)
    thanks El Director ,havent ruled it out altogether yet , however was told last night not to run for the rest of the week :eek::(, to help speed up recovery , can go swimming though , whipee :rolleyes: , and lots of stretching of course , exercise has never been suck fun !!


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