Over, around and through

Oisin11178 · 10-02-2011 12:02AM

Wanted near taper time for barca to dip under 70 mins for 10 miles. Very tired at the moment, weather ir brutal, no grub before run ect...
First 4 miles hard hard hard ~6.50 average. 5, 6, 7, headwind had given up in my mind was feeling savage bad and had lost my my time i had in hand over 7 min miles. Turned with wind at my back and emptied thd tank.
69.51
Not feeling confident for barcelona to be honest. Had to lay on the ground after this run.

theboyblunder · 10-02-2011 10:30AM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Wanted near taper time for barca to dip under 70 mins for 10 miles. Very tired at the moment, weather ir brutal, no grub before run ect...
First 4 miles hard hard hard ~6.50 average. 5, 6, 7, headwind had given up in my mind was feeling savage bad and had lost my my time i had in hand over 7 min miles. Turned with wind at my back and emptied thd tank.
69.51
Not feeling confident for barcelona to be honest. Had to lay on the ground after this run.

we are all getting tired - taper will sort that out. You are way faster than you have been before - and your PB is 3:13.

be confident!

Just look after yourself....

Oisin11178 · 10-02-2011 01:40PM

Yeah cant wait for taper. Fast marathons knock the bollox out of me.

Oisin11178 · 10-02-2011 11:01PM

Felt alot better today.
Gym today, will this poxy weather ever stop?
12km (8 miles with warm up) in 47.40. Could of gone on but my stomach was giving me grief. Only had a hand full of nuts before i left the house.

Aimman · 10-02-2011 11:53PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Felt alot better today.
Gym today, will this poxy weather ever stop?
12km (8 miles with warm up) in 47.40. Could of gone on but my stomach was giving me grief. Only had a hand full of nuts before i left the house.

What was wrong with the weather today? It was a lovely evening in Tymon.

Oisin11178 · 11-02-2011 01:17AM

Weather is doing my tits in. Rain, darkness, cold all no bother. Its just the wind. Some days its impossible to run in if you wanna do fast miles.

RAL3 · 11-02-2011 09:18PM

Keep the faith Oisin, as far as dipping under 70m before Barca I've no doubt you would have kicked the crap out of me if you did Dungarvan.

You were knackered after it for a number of reasons in my opinion;

1. headwind
2. you were running alone, in a non race situation
3. small matter of having run 26.2 miles a few days before!!!
4. you were putting yourself under too much pressure because of all of the above

Listen, I'm no expert but looking from the outside in I'd say a decent taper will do you the world of good.
I reckon you will really enjoy Barca and a good time will follow.

By the way, forgot reason #5....You really need to let Adamstown go mate...(insert smiley face here!)

Oisin11178 · 11-02-2011 10:57PM

RAL3 wrote: »

Keep the faith Oisin, as far as dipping under 70m before Barca I've no doubt you would have kicked the crap out of me if you did Dungarvan.

You were knackered after it for a number of reasons in my opinion;

1. headwind
2. you were running alone, in a non race situation
3. small matter of having run 26.2 miles a few days before!!!
4. you were putting yourself under too much pressure because of all of the above

Listen, I'm no expert but looking from the outside in I'd say a decent taper will do you the world of good.
I reckon you will really enjoy Barca and a good time will follow.

By the way, forgot reason #5....You really need to let Adamstown go mate...(insert smiley face here!)

Yeah mate i knew just under 70 mins was the limit for that session with the miles i had put in in the previous days and weather ect...
First time ive gone under 70 mins for 10 miles believe it or not. Have never had the opurtunity to race 10 miles in 18 months. Was just to see if i could and i did so i was happy. I would have liked to be in better nick finishing though.
Taper and fingers crossed x
Ahh Adamstown, ill keep an eye on your races and turn up out of the blue and then its on:D

Oisin11178 · 12-02-2011 12:16PM

12 hours in work last night, spent the night looking at my log and i convinced myself to try another 10 mile trial. Was going to do it after i woke up but said **** it ill do it this morning.
Off i went tired, heartburn but feeling okish. Ive also decided to run my first mile slower to ease in.
7.20 first mile
6.50
6.46
6.33 haha wtf
6.40
6.39
6.41
6.47
6.40
6.46
Average 6.46
1h07m47s
Waited for the boom that never came. Over the moon to say the least with that run. Had some more miles in me deffo. Thats where i thought i should be in my mind.
8.36
8.39
8.36
3 miles to get home .
Bed zzzz:D

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 12-02-2011 05:13PM

Well done excellent stuff.

dare2be · 12-02-2011 08:45PM

Good confidence boosting run there Oisin. What's the story with the heartburn, I get it at times too. Not a great feeling.

You are in good shape for Barca

Oisin11178 · 12-02-2011 08:54PM

dare2be wrote: »

Good confidence boosting run there Oisin. What's the story with the heartburn, I get it at times too. Not a great feeling.

You are in good shape for Barca

Cant eat before runs mate. When i do i get heartburn, sometimes mild sometimes brutal. Got rid of it after about 2 miles today so not that bad.

Oisin11178 · 13-02-2011 11:04PM

6 Miles recovery. Calf a little tight after yesterday.
8.59
8.53
8.43
8.32
8.34
8.34
average 8.43, very very easy, just what the doctor ordered.

Oisin11178 · 15-02-2011 01:00AM

10 Miles
7.55 average.
Started tired but felt alot better after about 5 or 6 miles. That run on saturday took more out of me than i thought. Going to sign up for the paddys day 5k and am looking for a 10k to. Have some new found speed and would be a shame to waste it.

hot to trot · 15-02-2011 09:18AM

.....er ... " found some speed"?
you dont just find speed like that . YOu worked your butt off for it . Hard slog. Enjoy blitzing all your shorter races now. Well done.

ultraman1 · 15-02-2011 10:28PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

. Have found some speed and would be a shame to waste it.

bring it and put it in the sambos.....:D

Oisin11178 · 16-02-2011 12:05AM

ultraman1 wrote: »

bring it and put it in the sambos.....:D

haha, that would be a funny sight. Everyone running around chewing on their own jaw:D

RAL3 · 16-02-2011 09:57AM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Average 6.46
1h07m47s
Waited for the boom that never came. Over the moon to say the least with that run. Had some more miles in me deffo. Thats where i thought i should be in my mind.

Thats more like it, well done.

Youre doing the Paddys day 5k, I'm already entered - should be interesting..........

Oisin11178 · 16-02-2011 01:16PM

RAL3 wrote: »

Thats more like it, well done.

Youre doing the Paddys day 5k, I'm already entered - should be interesting..........

Yeah bud its on:D
sub 19?

menoscemo · 16-02-2011 01:21PM

RAL3 wrote: »

Thats more like it, well done.

Youre doing the Paddys day 5k, I'm already entered - should be interesting..........

Nice one, Will likely do it myself. we can have a 3 way battle :pac: You should finally break your sub 20 barrier anyway...

RAL3 · 16-02-2011 01:29PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Yeah bud its on:D
sub 19?

Closest I got to sub 19 was 20 08 last March.

But I ve been eating a fair bit of porridge since then, so I reckon I can break 20 at least.

Another incentive is to beat Menopause but from what I remember his pb is well under 20.

Oisin11178 · 16-02-2011 03:23PM

Its going to be like a scene out of a war film. Ral this is a great course, youll go well under 20 bud. Ive only ever done two 5 ks, 20.16 and 19.33 in this race last year. 3 Way battle, who is the favourite?

menoscemo · 16-02-2011 04:18PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

3 Way battle, who is the favourite?

:rolleyes: You're the bloody certainty

Oisin11178 · 17-02-2011 10:32PM

Yesterday morning after another night shift, planned 10 miles. Went with the flow, had the watch turned backwards. Once again was tired and stomach was at me but was feeling okish considering.
Dont have watch on me but remember the important stats.
7.51 first mile to ease in.
7.4x
7.3x
7.2x
7.15
Then 5 miles under 7 min miles, average for these was 6.56
Average was bang on 7.15 so i was happy with that and was in ok nick at the end. Could have done a few more mile under 7 min miles but had to do something.

Today i just just couldnt get out. Things conspired againest me and no running.

Oisin11178 · 18-02-2011 11:51AM

8.12
8.07
7.50
7.42
7.49
7.48
7.34
7.33
7.29
7.14
7.04
6.56
12 miles easy run with a few pmp miles at the end.

Itziger · 19-02-2011 01:59PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

8.12
8.07
7.50
7.42
7.49
7.48
7.34
7.33
7.29
7.14
7.04
6.56
12 miles easy run with a few pmp miles at the end.

Ok, this is going to sound really dumb, but what is pmp?? I know mp is Marathon Pace but I can't figure out the bloody first 'p'!!

My training's hit a weird patch. I'm feeling kinda flat and demotivated when I should be giving it some serious stick. Got out 4 times this week (instead of 5 or even 6). Admittedly 6 is rare, but 5 is standard. Did 26 kms on Tuesday and it zapped me for the rest of the week. This morning I did 14 and the middle 10 were swift enough; 42 mins and a few secs. About as quick as I can go in training on my own.

Oisin11178 · 21-02-2011 05:15PM

Its just planned marathon pace mate. No difference it just suggests the marathon it yet to come:D
No running the last 3 days, stomach infection. Just finishing antibiotics. Thank god for taper time.

dare2be · 22-02-2011 09:37AM

So, are we going ahead with the group attempt for 3.10??

I'm in if its still on. Don't know if i'll still be around come mile 20-odd but it would help to be in a group and push each other on?

What ya reckon?

Oisin11178 · 22-02-2011 02:47PM

Yeah deffo. I think we have 4 or 5 now:D

dare2be · 22-02-2011 03:41PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Yeah deffo. I think we have 4 or 5 now:D

Put me name down then

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