Go Forward in Reverse

LaHaine · 17-05-2011 9:45pm

Today:

what a run! 10k in 50.41. Smashed my pb by about 3 minutes or more. Absolutely delighted. Hard work paying off. From the ten k last week I knew I had a pb in me but I wasnt expecting this!

LaHaine · 22-05-2011 8:30pm

Back at it tonight after too many days of drinking and being lazy. And I suffered for it. 8.87 km. no point even recording the time. I stopped for a sit on the beach at the half way point.

Drink and running dont mix for me. Or at least I need to plan it better. Time for both if im not stupid about it. Its not the few pints where the problem is, its the pints, followed by jagerbombs, followed by a trip to coppers and home to bed at 5.

Im getting somewhere with this though so im not going to be too critical. Just need to keep tweaking things.

hardCopy · 23-05-2011 5:10pm

LaHaine wrote: »

Back at it tonight after too many days of drinking and being lazy. And I suffered for it. 8.87 km. no point even recording the time. I stopped for a sit on the beach at the half way point.

Drink and running dont mix for me. Or at least I need to plan it better. Time for both if im not stupid about it. Its not the few pints where the problem is, its the pints, followed by jagerbombs, followed by a trip to coppers and home to bed at 5.

Im getting somewhere with this though so im not going to be too critical. Just need to keep tweaking things.

Hear hear, am dreading my long run tonight after a weekend of messiness in Cardiff.

LaHaine · 23-05-2011 9:03pm

Tonight:

Will this wind ever fup off. Driving me mad. 5k in 23.43.

LaHaine · 24-05-2011 8:20pm

Tonight:

10km 51.29.

Happy enough. Very dodgy belly. Liquid swirling and jumping around in a very dodgy fashion! Never the best feeling. Good kick at the end. Sub 50 around the corner. Whenever my stomach decides to chill out a bit

LaHaine · 26-05-2011 10:13pm

Today:

wind, wind, wind. 10km 51.05. Thought I was on for sub 50. Felt fast but the wind took it's toll.

Soon! It's a bit of an obsession now. Not so long ago it seemed like such a tough target and now it's so close! really feeling like I have a lot more speed in me these days. by my standards at least.

LaHaine · 28-05-2011 7:11pm

Today:

10km in 48.44.

redz11 · 28-05-2011 10:35pm

WOW!!! Well done!

:D:D

centre back · 29-05-2011 2:28pm

well done lahaine, keep up the good work, i reckon now you've passed the 50min mark it will happen on a regular basis now for ya!!

LaHaine · 30-05-2011 7:59pm

Today:

5km. Battery went on garmin as I left. Pretty slow one though. Long day

LaHaine · 31-05-2011 10:40pm

Today:

43km cycle. Some technical issues - chain was jumping all over the place. Lucky enough to get it home I think. Looks like chain isn't fair off breaking. One of links is very loose. Will have to drop it in to get fixed as I have no tools whatsoever and no knowledge!

Back on bike for first time in a while. (although i did do 30km on sunday but it was just a potter about more than anything.) Fitness from running definitely carries over. Backside needs some time to get used to the saddle again!!

LaHaine · 01-06-2011 10:30pm

Tonight:

No garmin or mp3 player. No enthusiasm. No energy. 10km run. No idea of time

LaHaine · 04-06-2011 4:24pm

Today:

14km 1.27. No comment. I hate sun

LaHaine · 05-06-2011 4:00pm

Today:

5km in 23.49. Blisters on my blisters.

Time for some new socks me thinks.

LaHaine · 06-06-2011 12:54pm

Today:

5km run 25.30.

And so the slump continues. Really lacking energy the past few days. Hopefully just a bad week.

Still getting the runs done which is good I suppose. Strong believer that the crappy slow days that you force yourself to do are the ones that stand to you in the end.

LaHaine · 08-06-2011 8:54pm

Today:

5.89 run in 28.09. Lovely drop of rain out there.

LaHaine · 09-06-2011 9:36pm

Tonight:

8km run 38.23. Pretty uneventful!

LaHaine · 11-06-2011 3:27pm

Today:

16km run in 1.27.

Ran out to the lighthouse at sandymount beach. Lovely run out around there. Not many people about and the scenery is really nice. Happy enough with the pace and distance - the only thing is i thought 16km was ten miles and its slightly shorted which is a bit annoying!!

LaHaine · 13-06-2011 9:32pm

Tonight:

10.01 km in 52.43.

Started well, slowed horribly and suffered in the middle, finished strong. My back is really stiff, only noticed it after a couple of k. Made running quite uncomfortable. Felt like giving up a few times so I was happy to get the full 10 done. Crazy amount of people out running and doing boot camps etc tonight.

LaHaine · 14-06-2011 9:34pm

Tonight:

5km run in 22.49. PB I think!

Im fupped now though.

KoemansCC · 14-06-2011 10:23pm

LaHaine wrote: »

Tonight:
22.49
Im fupped now though.

Well done...a time I can only dream off yet!!

centre back · 14-06-2011 10:28pm

LaHaine wrote: »

Tonight:

5km run in 22.49. PB I think!

Im fupped now though.

well done fella!! great stuff!! only 66 days left(i think):D

LaHaine · 14-06-2011 11:14pm

66 days it is. Lovely little countdown timer on the website.

Wont be long coming around now lads!

LaHaine · 15-06-2011 10:30pm

Tonight:

10km run in 52.33. Late run. Tired

centre back · 17-06-2011 12:33pm

hey lad saw on another thread that your'e going wearing a bag for the race, i have done this 2 for the last 2 years. but this year i'm going to do what the elites do and wear a cycle top with pockets at the back for the mandatory kit, everything fits in their well and the bag used to kill me but the top is perfect!! just my 2 cents worth

LaHaine · 18-06-2011 3:01pm

Today:

22km run in 22.59.01

LaHaine · 18-06-2011 4:02pm

centre back wrote: »

hey lad saw on another thread that your'e going wearing a bag for the race, i have done this 2 for the last 2 years. but this year i'm going to do what the elites do and wear a cycle top with pockets at the back for the mandatory kit, everything fits in their well and the bag used to kill me but the top is perfect!! just my 2 cents worth

How can you carry everything in just a cycle top?! I dunno, i think ill stick with the bag. The thing is I prob need to bring a decent jacket and stuff because croagh patrick will take me a lot longer than you fitter types!!

LaHaine · 21-06-2011 11:26pm

8km (ish) in 37.22 according to garmin.

Will check my official time tomorrow. Happy enough.

LaHaine · 22-06-2011 6:43pm

Heading away for the weekend. Only real holidays I have during summer so decided to take a week off running. Marathon training starts next tuesday.

Right...beer time!!

Adi CkonSh · 24-06-2011 10:31am

LaHaine wrote: »

Cheers! Yeah hopefully the hours now will stand to me on the day.

Hoping to start a bit of trail running alright. Not easy living in dublin city centre with no car. Train to howth or bray for a few runs may be the solution.

Hey LaHaine, just found your log, you're flying it. You can get some good trail training runs up the wicklow way from Marley Park, well serviced by buses. Also there's a bus called the Dublin Mountaineer that links a load of mountain trails, it runs weekends and bank holidays, and it's a hop on hop off, so you can do linear runs, check out the trails on the east west mapping The Dublin Mountains map. Most of the Dublin Mountains Way is easily accessed by the bus. Or even better cycle up there and then go for your run

LaHaine · 28-06-2011 9:17pm

Tonight:

20km cycle followed by 5k run. first ever brick session. still dying from weekend of beer so it was tough. 25.22 for the run. Didn't time cycle but was decent pace.

Great weekend away so worth the sweating today. That was also day 1 of hal higdons novice marathon plan.

LaHaine · 29-06-2011 9:24pm

Tonight:

10km run in 51.06. Legs were heavy. Tough one today

LaHaine · 02-07-2011 2:55pm

Today:

10 mile run 1hr 32mins. Was supposed to be a half marathon but just wasnt happening today. No energy and heat didn't help.

Happy enough anyway. Ten mile is better than no miles!

Been thinking about what time I should aim for in gaelforce west. Anyone have any idea of average time for an unfit first timer?

centre back · 02-07-2011 4:08pm

your'e far from unfit!! been following your'e log since the start say you'll be 5-5 1/2 hour's!! thats my two pence worth any way!!:D

LaHaine · 02-07-2011 8:42pm

centre back wrote: »

your'e far from unfit!! been following your'e log since the start say you'll be 5-5 1/2 hour's!! thats my two pence worth any way!!:D

Under 5 sounds good as a dream!! What are you aiming for yourself?

centre back · 02-07-2011 11:40pm

with the gamy knee am hoping for under 5 again, but am secretly targeting 4.30!! al] lot of hard training to do yet!!

LaHaine · 03-07-2011 1:08pm

Today:

Total of 3.64 miles consisting of 200metre hill runs (wouldn't call them sprints-not fast enough!). Run up, jog down, quick rest, repeat.

First effort at anything resembling hill running. Tough! Enjoyed it though.

Ill be sore tomorrow no doubt

LaHaine · 03-07-2011 9:52pm

Tonight:

25km spin on the bike. not exactly strenuous. Just an excuse to get out in the sun

former · 04-07-2011 1:23pm

Very inspiring log - it must be get to see all the progress

I'm doing the race for the first time too. I've been doing sport events up 'till now. I have a growing sense of excitment and worry as the race gets closer!

I would resist the temptation to set a time goal. I did this for my first marathon and ended up disappointed with the result, while pleased with the accomplishment.

So my goal for GFW is to complete the race and to enjoy the experience. If I break 6 hours, so much the better but I'm not analysing split times etc. I'll worry about a time goal next year.

Anyway, that's my 10 cents. I really enjoy your log. Best of luck.

LaHaine · 04-07-2011 9:45pm

former wrote: »

Very inspiring log - it must be get to see all the progress

I'm doing the race for the first time too. I've been doing sport events up 'till now. I have a growing sense of excitment and worry as the race gets closer!

I would resist the temptation to set a time goal. I did this for my first marathon and ended up disappointed with the result, while pleased with the accomplishment.

So my goal for GFW is to complete the race and to enjoy the experience. If I break 6 hours, so much the better but I'm not analysing split times etc. I'll worry about a time goal next year.

Anyway, that's my 10 cents. I really enjoy your log. Best of luck.

Cheers! Nice to know someone is reading.

I know what you mean about time. finishing will be prize enough!

LaHaine · 05-07-2011 7:51pm

Today:

Ran from work with bag on my back. 5.5 miles in 51.59.

Quite slow but it did include a lot of traffic stops and bag re adjustments. Took a while to get the bag comfortable, it was digging into my neck a fair bit. Got a lot better as I adjusted it though. I found it really adds a few degrees to my body heat. And although it was pretty light I noticed a big difference with it on.

Something I need to get used to anyway for gaelforce.

Great thing about running from work is it's all finished early. Lazy time!

LaHaine · 06-07-2011 9:55pm

Today:

6.5 mile run in 55. Pooped. Few stretches, then a slow mile home.

And im done

LaHaine · 08-07-2011 9:26pm

Tonight:

Was supposed to run last night but just didnt have the energy. Fell asleep thinking about going out tonight but dragged myself out in the end.

3.1 miles in 23.22. Slow start, very stiff. But I kicked like a mule at the end which felt good. Really stretched out the legs

LaHaine · 09-07-2011 2:30pm

Today:

Started with an 8 mile run up to and around phoenix park. Then found a short steep hill. Did about ten sprints on it. Total of about half a mile. Then I had a nutrigrain bar and a bottle of lucozade sport. About a two mile walk then back to the gates. Ran home from there.

Total of 11 miles running.did all of it with bag on my back too. Over all a good training day for gaelforce.

LaHaine · 09-07-2011 8:44pm

Tonight:

54.5 km cycle. Legs felt good suprisingly.

Now to eat EVERYTHING!

LaHaine · 10-07-2011 10:14pm

Today:

53 km cycle

LaHaine · 11-07-2011 7:22pm

Night off tonight. Starting to really enjoy this training in a sadistic way. Not the same when you dont have some exercise to dread at the end of the day!

But at the same time rest is important too. So yeah...power resting tonight

centre back · 11-07-2011 9:23pm

well after that 50k cycle you deserve a rest!!

LaHaine · 12-07-2011 8:49pm

Tonight:

10 mile run. 1.34. Slow but I dont mind. Ran it with the bag on so its good practise for gaelforce.

Warm evening didnt help. Ten miles on a tuesday night is never a bad thing!

LaHaine · 13-07-2011 11:41pm

Tonight:

45km cycle. Good pace, felt strong

Go Forward in Reverse

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