Mr Slow: The Return

Was really not feeling it tonight and after 3 miles @ 8:45 pace finally settled into it so as I clocked 4 miles I came to the bottom of a hill, a railway overpass, with an up and down and decided I'd do a bit of hill work.

5 x hill repeats 320m long, 80ft elevation, avg moving pace 6:15 min miles, best pace 4:34 min miles,

Total run 7.9 miles.

I know I ran these too fast and should have done a few more repeats but that's life!

Had a very pleasant run this evening in the rain, wasn't feeling it to begin with but kept faith and had a smooth trot.

6.5 miles in 51 mins

2 mile warm up and into the pit I go, I position myself about 20 feet back from the start as I'm sure everyone ahead of me is faster, I was wrong, I hit the Garmin with the gun and off we went but it took at least 10 secs to get across the line as there were buckets of fun runners up with the elites. I hopped up onto the ditch (expending energy I really didn't have as I was feeling quite weak this morning), trying to get ahead and up to pace.

If hills and pain are your friends and the worse you feel on the hills and the more pain you experience in a race makes them closer friends then by the time I hit the Kyber we were lovers.The Kyber nearly killed me, there were people at my pace walking it:eek: I can honestly say that today's race was up there with the last 10k of the marathon - I felt washed out and never comfortable and managing to come in @ 46:09 which is a pb is annoying me due to the time lost at the beginning, but I'll get over it - Roll on Mallow.

Tried to connect my Garmin for the race report but it froze:eek: when I got it working again the race was gone :mad:

C'est la vie - I now have a time to beat!


By the way to me a €30 valued goody bag is not 2 x €10 vouchers (having to spend at least €50 to redeem either) and a singlet.

The race was organised well, (started late though) well marshalled and good fun in spite of my whinging!

I met Menoscemo at the finish, (thanks for the cheer at 8km!) and we trotted 2 miles back to the car before he ran off on what I suspect is another epic run.:eek:

menoscemo wrote: »

No at all, just did a lap of the park. Sorry to burst your bubble but the lads on the events forum are sayin the course was qute a bit short :eek:

As I said to you today, I fancy you for 45:xx on a day when your feeling 100%. I'd say you are good for 75 minutes in mallow.

The Garmin said 6.26 miles, that'll do me!

shazkea wrote: »

Never made it down to the start to rob the chococlate from your goody bag so don't blame me if it was crap!!!

Congrats on the PB

Hey Missus, Goodie bag? I wouldn't call it that!

Was looking out for you in my mankini!

shazkea wrote: »

That's exactly why I didn't make it - couldn't risk the trauma

Couldn't take the heat more like! Apparantly it was 140 metres short, I'd like to choke someone now :mad:

My time should have been around 46.36 according to cool runnings

shazkea wrote: »

Was it a pink mankini you had like Alex!!!

Aye read the course was short - not bloody rocket science to measure a course. So not a PB then

Still a pb, my last 10k was 54:07!

rainbow kirby wrote: »

That is one terrifying piece of underwear :pac:

It's all the rage in Diggerland where yer man has gone skiing!

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I was hiding under my duvet while you were out there running. I'm getting quite good at being lazy though. Nice to see my efforts are being recognised! :pac:

If there were medals for hitting the snooze button, you'd be an olympian.

Are you coming to Mallow?

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Dunno yet. Would like to do the half in Wicklow that day and theres an IMRA race that day too. I'll do one of the three. I'm not good at making decisions though, so this is going to be difficult for me.

There's alcohol at our one!!!

chinguetti wrote: »

Well done on the PB regardless of the short course. I can imagine that you are fairly peeved about it and rightly so. How hard is it to measure a course right?

However you have a time to aim at for the next 10k when you'll be feeling better and the course is aimed at faster times and oh, 10k in distance.

Would Dunshaughlin be the longer term aim for a 10k time?

Thanks, it is indeed, my first ever race, I'd love to go back and lash through it.