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Getting Back To My Best
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Weekly Total, 28.75 mls, good start to the week but the snow stopped me in my tracks Friday/Saturday. My dad was over too so spent quite a lot of time in the pub
, well all the sport was cancelled. Good to steady the ship though.
Yearly Mileage, 1405.25 mls. Given up on 1500 mls now, 2k next year of course.
Mon 20th Dec, 5 mls in 40'02 (8'00) Quite significant snowfall here in London Saturday morning still remained on the footpaths/roads so headed down the busy Camden Road where i reckoned the snow would be somewhat cleared. Mostly slush and quite easy to run through. Went straight through Camden Town and into the stunning Primrose Hill park which was beautifully illuminated (see photo). Loads of kids sledding down the hill at 9pm, i did a lap which involved a steep hill and breathtaking view over the city before heading back. Upped the pace at the end to try to get under 40 mins, just failed, that elusive barrier will have to wait for another day! the big worry of not making it home for xmas continues, my dads flight was cancelled last night and he had to get the ferry. I'm gonna gamble on the xmas eve flight going ahead, i've taken bigger gambles in my time.
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Got home ok Friday after a 2 hr delay in Bristol but still managed 4 pints in the local pints are so much better on christmas eve.
Sat 25th Dec, 3 ml jog recovery in 26'45 (8'55) around the locality, winter wonderland out there, zero snow but everything was white with frost. 12 degree drop in temperature from London to Limerick :eek:. Legs actually a bit dead from Covent Garden tube stop where my impatience to wait for a lift made me climb the 180 steps to the top, won't be doing that again in a hurry!
Sun 26th Dec, STEPHENS DAY 10 MILER CAHERDAVIN, LIMERICK;
After a christmas day spent getting totally outplayed by my brothers in poker, and mostly drinking and eating sh*te i jogged down the 200 yards to the start of this. Did half a mile warm up and a few strides and away we went. Plan was to run 67'30 (6'45) as a prep for a pb attempt in the Waterford half and to beat the frank duffy time of 67'38. Headed out first mile 6'24 feeling good, settled into the 6'45 pace then and felt great knocking out these miles, some of them on very hilly sections. Hit cratloe village (5 mls on the garmin in 33'20) then and onto the sixmilebridge road back into Limerick and started to knock out 6'20-6'25 from here on in. Got into a small group taking turns sheltering from the strong crosswind along the dual carriageway. Felt really good around 7-8 mls and pulled ahead of the group, knowing i wouldnt see them again till the finish. A quick calculation said run 12'10 for the last 2 to break 65 mins (all garmin based of course, mile markers were few and far between) which seemed like a bit much. Another 2 6'25's followed to show 65'25 at 10 on the garmin (32'05 for the 5 mile section from cratloe :eek:), with no finish line in sight. I know you gotta add on about .08 to .1 of a mile for the inaccuracy so i figured it was gonna be 65:50 to 66 even or thereabouts. Turned the last corner to cross the line in about 15th in 66'48 for 10.2 miles. Delighted with this time, i'm well ahead of the Frank Duffy run in August, nearly 2 mins
. Sub 66 was the goal for Mallow (which i cant do now) so great to hit it when i wasnt expecting to, although the recent tempo runs were pointing to an improvement like this. Ok nearly 3 mins off my 63'18 PB, but that was never gonna be challenged today. Had the rubberbandits song in my head the whole way, especially the giddy up now baby bit! Good atmosphere for the tea and biscuits afterwards, caught up with a few running friends, my younger bro won the 6 mile (33 mins), his first race in 3 yrs, first step on the road to much greater things this year hopefully, he's beaten all the u23 gold medal team at some point in the last few years, so fingers crossed for 2011.
I'm quite confident now of beating 1'28'31 in waterford, 1'27 could be broken hopefully, depending on the next 3 weeks.
Week total, 34.25 mls over 6 runs and a season best today. Pretty good week. One alarming thing is that i havent gone further than 10 mls since the DCM. That will have to change fast. Work hasnt seemed to affect my running which was a worry beforehand.
Yearly total, 1439.5mls. getting towards the end now, I wrote a review of the year the other day in work and i'll post it soon. 0 -
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Weds 29th Dec, 5 mls in 42'18 (8'28) on the clontarf seafront. Took it handy, still a bit tired from Stephens Day. Nice to get a run out there on the grass, its the thing i miss most about Dublin and it was all a bit nostalgic tbh. Out to Leopardstown now 0
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Hey well done on the 10 mile result thats great running! A little disappointed I didn't get down for but I will do some day hopefully. Decided to leave it to the Waterford half. I say 1:28 definietly within you, you may be cracking that if the vibe is right again horse
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shotgunmcos wrote: »Hey well done on the 10 mile result thats great running! A little disappointed I didn't get down for but I will do some day hopefully. Decided to leave it to the Waterford half. I say 1:28 definietly within you, you may be cracking that if the vibe is right again horse Are the results online anywhere?
Havent seen results online yet, i'm sure they'll pop up somewhere.0 -
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No running today, feeling the effects of yesterdays LSR and the countless nights of drinking. Thats it for the year, here's the review i promised.
Jan – Apr, Rotterdam Misery.
After tailing off in November post DCM, I had a great December and was rearing to go for the new year despite the snow and ice. My P&D 12 week 55 mpw max schedule had me starting on the 4th Jan and off I went. I had all but decided on Rotterdam on Apr 11th at that stage. It was quite tough to maintain the schedule at first, found myself exhausted after the MP runs but got used to it. Quite strange to be running at close to 9 min miling for recovery runs, never went slower than 8 min miling usually in training. Nailed all the crucial sessions in the lead up until I noticed pain in my coccyx (tailbone) while at a Munster rugby match, just 9 days before the big day. Nothing major at first but the next day I was in total agony, and I was out for 6 days, got in a gentle jog on the Thursday before I left and it was all systems go for Rotterdam. All signs pointed to 3’15 but it just didn’t happen on the day. See race report below.
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Great to meet the boardsies after though. Looking back now it had to be the fitness I lost in those 6 days or maybe I simply don’t travel well. I have yet to run a good race out of Ireland from 4 attempts. (Hyde Park relays '06, Luton marathon '07, Thanksgiving 5k New Mexico '09, Rotterdam Marathon '10)
Apr-June, 8 weeks to Leeside Disaster.
I couldn’t leave it at that, too much effort and time put into it. I had to do another one, after looking at Limerick and some others I settled on Cork in early June. I was going to do a tune up race this time, the Great Limerick run had to be it, the 10k or 9.4k, lol. I did really well in this race with the hometown knowledge finishing 29th out of 3000, my run equated to a sub 40 min 10k, which I was happy with. I was set up now for Cork. Things started ok in Cork but the headwind and driving rain were constant and slowly wore me out, gone at 15 mls and walked/jogged home to a horrible 3’54. I posted some strong stuff at the time on the race and the areas the race runs through and I still stand by it. A horrible race ran through at times horrible areas, especially up by the tunnel. A handful of spectators every mile, little encouragement. One I will never do again that’s for sure but great to meet the boardsies that weekend, even though i didnt consume alcohol with them amazingly. Not ruling out the relay in future, but that’s more for the social aspect tbh. No more mickey mouse marathons for Brianderunner!
June- August. Back to Life
After Cork finally got a garmin and targeted the race series in the park. Slowly built back up after Cork, starting intervals in early July. First came the 5 miler, where I went off too fast but still ran a solid race to finish in 31’24,
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showp...6&postcount=15
Just as well it wasn’t a PB cause the short distance would have ruined it. Headed to Barcelona then for the athletics but still got some good runs in over there despite the 30 degrees heat, was flying then for the 3 weeks before the Frank Duffy 10 and ran a fairly solid 67’38, see race report.
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The first of my monster Boardsie piss ups followed in Ryans after but woke up with more than just a hangover, a niggly pain in the cuboid of my right foot, wasn’t too bad at first but got progressively worse, until walking became agony. All signs pointed to a stress fracture, the pain slowly subsided and I was back after nearly 2 weeks out, the DCM was now firmly on the agenda, while running the half competitively was a no go.
August-Oct, Avoiding all work, cause there's none available!
The fitness slowly came back and set a target of 3’30 for Dublin, which is fairly slow for me tbh, but very achievable after Rotterdam and Cork. Jogged around to 1’44 in the half as a MP run, felt great at this pace and really good to run a race with zero pressure. 2 weeks before DCM ran the Simon 5 mile in the park, after feeling crap that week, so went off far too slow but still ran a solid 32’57 (RACE REPORT).
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Could have gone up to a minute faster no doubt but no biggie. However, foot was sore in the same spot the next day, Dublin was now in doubt. Fortunately all was well for the big day and what a day it was, see race report.
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Without doubt the highlight of the year. Although maybe i left a much faster time behind me on the day but had to get the confidence back after Rotterdam and Cork.
Nov–End of Year, Changes
After DCM I decided I would give this running thing a proper go of it for the next year. If I was gonna be on the dole for the next year so be it but I may as well have some solid pb’s to show for it. Upped the frequency of runs to 6 days a week and noticed an instant improvement. Ran the Boards AC 5k race, good day out it was and a solid 18’47 run.
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My life was to change the next day when I checked my email inbox. The job offer for Reading turned my world upside down. Ultimately i had to accept, i would have regretted it if i hadn’t. Happily i was moved to the head office in NW5 London. After 2 turbulent weeks involving moving and flat hunting my running finally settled back down to normal the middle of Dec. Settling in well there at the moment and not dreading heading back in the new year which has to be a good thing. I still haven't quite got my head around the idea yet though, best not to think about it too much i suppose.
Ran the local 10 miler on Stephens day and ran a great race, 66'48 for 10.2 miles, which was probably my best run of the year. I've definitely stepped up a level since the DCM. The hometown advantage is clearly worth a lot to me. See race report.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showp...&postcount=223
Waterford Half and Barcelona are on the horizon, 2011 is sure to be an interesting one for me. Roll on an injury free PB laden year.
Miles for the year; 1468 miles, which is a personal best. Highest mileage week was 54 miles. 11 races, 1 pb.
Happy new year everyone
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Weds 5th Jan, 5 mls easy/moderate around home and up to shelbourne park and down by the riverbank in 41'47 (8'21) Felt a good bit better today but not 100% yet. I should be ok by tomorrow, just in time for work :rolleyes:. Heading to the airport soon, back in 9 days though, i've a job to do in the south east now! 0
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