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Aimman · 13-04-2011 12:31AM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Bigtoe on my right foot the toenail was discoloured. It has swollen to double its size. I was touching the nail and boom a huge blister behind the nail bursts. Full of blood too. Looks like im in a bit of trouble:(

Ah, its just an Ultra Runner's little war wound, get used to it. Actually, dont get too attached to your toenail, because it wont be attached to you for much longer.

theboyblunder · 13-04-2011 09:15AM

maith an buachaill oisin. much better report than usual

mithril · 13-04-2011 10:33AM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Bigtoe on my right foot the toenail was discoloured. It has swollen to double its size. I was touching the nail and boom a huge blister behind the nail bursts. Full of blood too. Looks like im in a bit of trouble:(

Treat it as a badge of honour. You are not a real Ultra runner until at least one toe-nail falls off. Its not a big deal; I lost one of mine in the week before I ran the Florence marathon and I coped fine without it. It's only painful when you are in a South American prison cell having it pulled out with pincers by the secret police.

Krusty_Clown · 13-04-2011 12:13PM

mithril wrote: »

Treat it as a badge of honour. You are not a real Ultra runner until at least one toe-nail falls off. Its not a big deal; I lost one of mine in the week before I ran the Florence marathon and I coped fine without it. It's only painful when you are in a South American prision cell having it pulled out with pincers by the secret police.

Damnit. All my toenails cling for their very lives! Have never lost one, but there's always hope.

Great report Oisin. Might see you at the start line next year if you head back.

Oisin11178 · 13-04-2011 02:32PM

Thanks lads. Actually lost the toenail on my other big toe straight after the race. I think this one will take a while to fall off. @ mithril i think my splits were something like 1.52, 1.51, 1.47.
@ krusty see you at the starting line although you'll surely be aiming for at least sub 5 so not for long.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 13-04-2011 02:38PM

I know this will sound disgusting but if it is hanging off your probably just best to pull it off as it will heal up quicker. It is not painful at all unlike when you snag the loose nail as you are putting on your socks....now that is sore!! I should be in the secret police that Mithril mentioned above.

mithril · 13-04-2011 03:39PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

@ mithril i think my splits were something like 1.52, 1.51, 1.47.

I was hinting beforehand that negative splits were something exceptional for Connemara, and it was not a good idea to factor them into a race plan, but that's exactly what you ran - an exceptional race. The marathon length training runs you were knocking out consistently probably made the difference on Sunday.

Oisin11178 · 13-04-2011 08:00PM

mithril wrote: »

I was hinting beforehand that negative splits were something exceptional for Connemara, and it was not a good idea to factor them into a race plan, but that's exactly what you ran - an exceptional race. The marathon length training runs you were knocking out consistently probably made the difference on Sunday.

Yeah your right about the marathon lenght runs i think. Also 3 weeks before i did 3 longs runs of ~20 thatn week.
No matter how hard you train when you go beyond a distance you have never done its a leap into the beyond. When 29 came i felt strong as an ox. Partly training and partly my nutrition strategy i think. I think i could have taken about 5 mins off that time without blowing up i think.
Shocking news about eddie has brought the euphoria of finishing storng into perspective though.
Let my toe heal up then the 100k in portumna i think, gotta get my thinking cap on for that 1 and work out a strategy.

claralara · 14-04-2011 10:45AM

Well done again on Sunday! Don’t mind the others, I didn’t think your report was sh1te…your salsa dancing on the other hand...! Ha. Running is easy!

Oisin11178 · 15-04-2011 04:40PM

claralara wrote: »

Well done again on Sunday! Don’t mind the others, I didn’t think your report was sh1te…your salsa dancing on the other hand...! Ha. Running is easy!

Yeah it was a great night. Its a pity that jobsworth wouldnt serve you in the residents bar. As for my dancing, im self thought, although you think i was profesionally trained:D

Oisin11178 · 15-04-2011 04:44PM

Mixed day today. Said i would do a long run with 3 lads out of the job. Im know im not 100% over conn yet but im about 90% id say so no hassle. First mile was feeling grand. Met the lads and we startd and i had a heavy heavy fall over a little dip in the ground. Hands andright leg cut to absolutebits. Took me a while to get ok enough to start again. Took in a monster climb around 13 miles. It felt like a monster anyway. Finished in good nick.
20.05 miles. Just a few short 1s between now and limerick.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79322235

menoscemo · 15-04-2011 04:48PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Mixed day today. Said i would do a long run with 3 lads out of the job. Im know im not 100% over conn yet but im about 90% id say so no hassle. First mile was feeling grand. Met the lads and we startd and i had a heavy heavy fall over a little dip in the ground. Hands andright leg cut to absolutebits. Took me a while to get ok enough to start again. Took in a monster climb around 13 miles. It felt like a monster anyway. Finished in good nick.
20.05 miles. Just a few short 1s between now and limerick.

You're out doing 20 milers already :eek: Thought your toe was f***ed?

Aimman · 15-04-2011 04:54PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

i had a heavy heavy fall over a little dip in the ground. Hands andright leg cut to absolutebits. Took me a while to get ok enough to start again.

You talking about your salsa dancing again? You said you were self taught.

Oisin11178 · 15-04-2011 05:34PM

Aimman wrote: »

You talking about your salsa dancing again? You said you were self taught.

No skill involved in this fall, superman style:D

menoscemo wrote: »

You're out doing 20 milers already :eek: Thought your toe was f***ed?

Its grand now, it was killing for a couple of days but i was cleanng and dressing it and its grand now:D

Oisin11178 · 17-04-2011 04:49PM

5 miles last night. Took it handy. 1 mile around 8.40 and 3 around 8.15 and last 1 7.43 i think. Right leg was fcuking killing me from the fall i had on friday oh and my bigtoe nail came off finally so its grand now.

Oisin11178 · 19-04-2011 08:47PM

All my niggles are deffo gone now after conn. The 2 nails are off and healing nicely and no more pain from the right foot.
Went out for a small un to test the legs. Felt very strong near the end.:D
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/80243251

Oisin11178 · 21-04-2011 11:30PM

Weds 7.3 miles at 7.45 a mile. Very very hot, didnt have garmin but had a look at kens stats afterwards.
Today 10 miles @ 7.30 a mile started off very very easy and put a bit of effort in towards the end. Enjoyed this run.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/80645334
Oh yeah looks like ill be doing the conn 100 mile race. Say a prayer for me:D
Edit #2 haha, first run tonight in my new lunarglides, nice:D

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 22-04-2011 10:32AM

100 miles you mad bstd. Just noticed from the garmin link you posted that i used to live close by.

Oisin11178 · 24-04-2011 02:10PM

yesterday after work, just a small run to get over 40 for the week.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81179585

Oisin11178 · 25-04-2011 06:57PM

Great day today. A west of Ireland marathon that the lads had kindly agreed to dedicate to eddie murphys memory. Stayed last night in Eamonns dargan partners (Ally) house in longford and we were treated like kings. I broke all my rules reagrding post race eating. I ate big and spicy. It was all absolutly beautiful and home made. Up early this morning for the drive to Galway
A few words by ray o connor and some lively banter among the group and we were off.These sort of marathons are always kinda strange at the start, no1 bolts out to the front. Handy few miles in a group with pat (Fast starter:D) o keefe and Eamonn . It was around mile 5 the stomach started playing up and i needed the toilet. Borrowed 20 cent off pat and went to the first public toilets. Out of order, noes. Losing time hand over fist didnt impress me even though i was taking it very handy today. Got to the second set of toilets and only 1 of 4 was working and there was a queue. Noes.
All in all i lost about 4 mins. I caught meno and mitril and i ran with them for 4 or 5 miles till meno needed the toilet bad and we lost him. We got to half in a super slow time and mitril asked me if i fancied running the second half in 8 min miles. Why yes sir i would:D
We did 4ish miles just under 8 mins when pat stopped at his car to get some water and forgot to lock it and had to go back. I Didnt reconnect with him after this and ran at a pace that felt comfortable till the end. I could have broke 3.20 on that course today no problem but time is irrelevent today to be honest. I did really enjoy the second half though as i worked up a sweat and earned my dinner.
Back to the Galway bay hotel with the masses for a lovely dinner included in the race price btw. Drive home took less than 2 hours.
Ill be down to 1 or 2 more of these before the year is out i reckon if i can bum a lift of 1 of the dublin lads going down:D
Good day, great weather.
Special shout out to the girl who did her first marathon today, jesus christ what a dousie to pick. Also to finn who pb,d again.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81523263

RacoonQueen · 25-04-2011 07:06PM

Stomach problems the order of the day I think. :rolleyes: I put it down to the pre-race road trip that took place at the time of normal pre-race activites that prevent such things. :pac:

Oisin11178 · 26-04-2011 10:06PM

Just signed up for the 100k in portumna. cant wait:D

RacoonQueen · 26-04-2011 10:10PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Just signed up for the 100k in portumna. cant wait:D

I might see you there, might go for the 50k and give up at 43k just to wreck everyones heads.

Oisin11178 · 26-04-2011 10:40PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I might see you there, might go for the 50k and give up at 43k just to wreck everyones heads.

Ill drag you the last 7k:D

theboyblunder · 26-04-2011 10:44PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Just signed up for the 100k in portumna. cant wait:D

becuase marathons are just too damn easy....:)

Fair play frank - will be following the log with interest.

liamo123 · 27-04-2011 06:35PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Just signed up for the 100k in portumna. cant wait:D

Fair play Oisin.. Serious step up but it will b no problem 2 u.....Was going to sign up myself but unfortunately it clashes with the Dunshaughlin 10k

:eek:....All joking aside maybe in 2012 I might give it a lash....

Best of Luck with the training...

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 27-04-2011 09:36PM

I can see the 100k being no bother to you, plenty of endurance to call on.

Oisin11178 · 27-04-2011 10:18PM

Got off work a bit early so decided after a nap to do 10 miles handy. Great night for running.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81996805

Oisin11178 · 29-04-2011 05:30PM

10 miles easy enough. Another great day for running.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/82301293

Aimman · 29-04-2011 06:00PM

Oisin11178 wrote: »

Stayed last night in Eamonns dargan partners (Ally) house in longford and we were treated like kings. I broke all my rules reagrding post race eating. I ate big and spicy. It was all absolutly beautiful and home made. Up early this morning for the drive to Galway

Just to alleviate any fears, it wasn't the home made cooking. Ally and Clo were fine the next day. Think is was just the big feeds, ultra early start and lack of available "conveniences" at the start line.

We'll eat lighter in Portumna before the 100k. Bonus that we'll have the kitchen etc to use. We can scale down the food so that you only eat like a Prince or a Duke ( Not referencing the fact that they are popular dog's names:D)

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