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Getting Back To My Best
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Brianderunner wrote: »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!
Hopefully see you there. I've been given the all clear with the christening on the 23rd January (Hopefully I can do both Waterford and Raheny now!). The only glitch will be getting off work, I'll know on monday either way.0 -
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Sun 9th Jan, 7 mls in 58'07 (8'17) up to Hampstead Heath and back, great to run on grass for a change. Achilles wasnt too bad, just a dull pain at times but didnt feel it mostly which is a big relief. Should be ok now for waterford. 25 mins core afterwards during the dull manu liverpool game.
Weekly Mileage, 32.5 mls and 5 runs, ok week bar the sickness spoiling the tempo run. Injury seems to have faded, hopefully. Its all set up for a PB next weekend hopefully.
Yearly Mileage, 41.5 mls. miserable position on the 1,000 mile challenge but even teams like blackpool can be riding high on the league table after the first week or 2 0 -
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rainbow kirby wrote: »All the cool kids have them
They seem good for now, ask me again at half 1 saturday 0 -
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Sat 15th January.
I was quite fortunate to be able to run this race with it being cancelled in December. Funny i had no intention of racing it back then and the rescheduling fitted in perfectly with my running for a pb attempt, 1'28'31, from the race series half in 2009, one of my softer pb's along with the 3'22 marathon. The 10 mile run on stephens day pointed to a definite pb and i knew something special was on.
Having flown to Shannon from London the night before, i made the trip down to Waterford, 7 hrs trip in total, better be worth it i thought! Did about a mile warm up and off we went. I was thinking 6'40's for the first few but the weather had something to say about that. After about 1.5 mls we were out of the city and onto the Tramore Road. I didnt feel great here for whatever reason even though i was on pace. The HR was far too high, 188 region. 3 mls of 6'38, 6'43 and 6'48 had me almost on target. I followed 3 others and let them do all the work at this point. But when the headwind hit my group fragmented and the pace dropped to over 7:00's, a worrying sign. I spotted a group up ahead and bridged the gap and sheltered again, but their pace just wasnt fast enough. Spotted a group about 50m up the road so made an attempt to cross the gap but the howling gale and rain made made this impossible and i soon became isolated, not what i wanted at all. Pace was quite slow here 7'03, 6'47, 7'04, 6'46. We then left the main road which broke the monotony somewhat. This is where i decided enough was enough, i was running out of miles and the 1'30 pacers were not all that far behind me as i passed halfway in 44'57.
From here i charged onwards up the hill and ran hard down the other side, passing runners gradually until we hit the main road again and the much needed tailwind. The next few miles were poetry in motion, just a matter of picking off one runner after another, next 3 mls 6'16, 6'22, 6'22 and it felt so easy. Never felt so good in a road race actually. The pb was now definitely back on the cards, it was just a matter of whether i would break it or smash it
The next 2 mls were slightly downhill, 6'06 and 6'14 :eek:, with Rihanna's 'Whats my name' on a constant loop in my head. This happens to me every road race and i have no control over the song, it just happens
, a change from the rubberbandits at least. The last mile i knew sub 1'27 was a formality and it felt great 
. Turning back towrds the RSC and the finish, i felt cramps impulsing through my calves, but close enough to the finish for it not to matter. The headwind up the home straight nearly killed me and i had nothing left for a sprint finish. I was mindful of the achilles injury from earlier in the week, which thankfully wasnt a factor at all, so i just coasted in with satisfied grin on my face in 1'26'21 for 33rd place, delighted with the run, my hard work since the DCM paid off it seems. All in all, a great race. Probably the 2nd most enjoyable race i've run after the DCM, the food after was excellent.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/63622775
Met the boardsies after, RK, Meno, Aimman, Claralara, jcsmum and we went for a few in town. Great company as always. I was limping around after the post race cramp, much to their amusement!
Looking forward, Barca is very much on the horizon, i talked to a few lads after the finish and they thought i was mad to have a 3'22 target for there, more like 3'05 they thought. I just havent the mileage done i know and i will settle for a pb before a proper attempt later in 2011.
Week total, 29.5 mls and 4 runs. Didnt bother doing anything today as i was travelling back to London, still a bit of a limp. Great end to an average week.
Yearly Mileage, 71 mls.0 -
Brianderunner wrote: »Sat 15th January.
I was quite fortunate to be able to run this race with it being cancelled in December. Funny i had no intention of racing it back then and the rescheduling fitted in perfectly with my running for a pb attempt, 1'28'31, from the race series half in 2009, one of my softer pb's along with the 3'22 marathon. The 10 mile run on stephens day pointed to a definite pb and i knew something special was on.
Having flown to Shannon from London the night before, i made the trip down to Waterford, 7 hrs trip in total, better be worth it i thought! Did about a mile warm up and off we went. I was thinking 6'40's for the first few but the weather had something to say about that. After about 1.5 mls we were out of the city and onto the Tramore Road. I didnt feel great here for whatever reason even though i was on pace. The HR was far too high, 188 region. 3 mls of 6'38, 6'43 and 6'48 had me almost on target. I followed 3 others and let them do all the work at this point. But when the headwind hit my group fragmented and the pace dropped to over 7:00's, a worrying sign. I spotted a group up ahead and bridged the gap and sheltered again, but their pace just wasnt fast enough. Spotted a group about 50m up the road so made an attempt to cross the gap but the howling gale and rain made made this impossible and i soon became isolated, not what i wanted at all. Pace was quite slow here 7'03, 6'47, 7'04, 6'46. We then left the main road which broke the monotony somewhat. This is where i decided enough was enough, i was running out of miles and the 1'30 pacers were not all that far behind me as i passed halfway in 44'57.
From here i charged onwards up the hill and ran hard down the other side, passing runners gradually until we hit the main road again and the much needed tailwind. The next few miles were poetry in motion, just a matter of picking off one runner after another, next 3 mls 6'16, 6'22, 6'22 and it felt so easy. Never felt so good in a road race actually. The pb was now definitely back on the cards, it was just a matter of whether i would break it or smash it
The next 2 mls were slightly downhill, 6'06 and 6'14 :eek:, with Rihanna's 'Whats my name' on a constant loop in my head. This happens to me every road race and i have no control over the song, it just happens, a change from the rubberbandits at least. The last mile i knew sub 1'27 was a formality and it felt great . Turning back towrds the RSC and the finish, i felt cramps impulsing through my calves, but close enough to the finish for it not to matter. The headwind up the home straight nearly killed me and i had nothing left for a sprint finish. I was mindful of the achilles injury from earlier in the week, which thankfully wasnt a factor at all, so i just coasted in with satisfied grin on my face in 1'26'21 for 33rd place, delighted with the run, my hard work since the DCM paid off it seems. All in all, a great race. Probably the 2nd most enjoyable race i've run after the DCM, the food after was excellent.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/63622775
Met the boardsies after, RK, Meno, Aimman, Claralara, jcsmum and we went for a few in town. Great company as always. I was limping around after the post race cramp, much to their amusement!
Looking forward, Barca is very much on the horizon, i talked to a few lads after the finish and they thought i was mad to have a 3'22 target for there, more like 3'05 they thought. I just havent the mileage done i know and i will settle for a pb before a proper attempt later in 2011.
Week total, 29.5 mls and 4 runs. Didnt bother doing anything today as i was travelling back to London, still a bit of a limp. Great end to an average week.
Yearly Mileage, 71 mls.
Great stuff Brian, well done!! BTW, I wish Rihanna's Nana would just go ahead and tell the girl what her freakin name is 0 -
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Tues 18th Jan, 3.5 mls easy in 30'48 (8'48) down to kings cross/st pancras and back. Took it easy, London eye in view the first half which was mostly downhill. Heading back up was a bit of struggle, still tired from the weekend but not as bad as yesterday.
Today would have been my 2 yr dole anniversary 0 -
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Brianderunner wrote: »
Today would have been my 2 yr dole anniversary
Dear god.....Don't say things like that....;)0 -
^ I wouldnt mind a week or 2 (more) on the dole for a bit of a rest tbh
Thurs 20th Jan, 5 mls easy in 43'44 (8'45) down to Primrose Hill Park, 2 laps, including the steep climb for the great view of downtown, then back. Any little incline i'm running up these days on training runs is killing me and i feel like stopping to walk, but i flew up them in both the half and the 10 miler, strange. I'm doing a lot of slow mileage these days but it's doing no harm evidently. I'll need to start doing sub 8 min miles before barca i know. Unsure about the lunchtime intervals tomorrow, might just do another easy one, last weekend hit me for 6 it seems.
Summoned the reserves for 25 mins core afterwards.0 -
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