Mr Slow: The Return

Mr Slow · 30-06-2012 02:35PM

sunflowerRo wrote: »

You need a dam* good rest and to stop pushing yourself so hard when your body is plainly just tired and in need of snoozes and naps!
You will have the pleasure of my company for 4 hrs in October so. So I'll need you to carry my phone, my water, change of clothes.....

To serve you would be my pleasure!:)

jcsmum wrote: »

Probably not the wisest decision to run this, especially seeing your face at the finish line Did you hear that all the cool people were running this or something
Great about the pacing gig.

Sorry, hang on a second, when have I ever been accused of having sense? I didn't get to see your face at the finish line, just the back of your head as you tore home

tHE vAGGABOND · 01-07-2012 08:56AM

Yea I think a while off racing could be sensible mate [but as you say yourself, no ever accused you of having sense!]

We all can tend to race to much this time of year with 2 or 3 possible events on every single day!

Aimman · 01-07-2012 09:13AM

We all have bad races, sure just notch it up, get a bit more recovery and target the next one.

Watched you head off into the distance on Friday, thought I'd get a bit of a burst later on, but legs said 'No'.

RacoonQueen · 01-07-2012 09:23AM

Tough going Slow. Think the best thing is just to plug away, keep up what training you can and wait till you feel ready to race. You will know when you're ready to race. Pushing yourself through it is just going to melt your head.

5ks are crap anyway.

Mr Slow · 01-07-2012 10:16AM

Thanks folks, head down now for a little while but hopefully not too long.

I've volunteered for the 10k so that'll keep me from thoughts of racing it and I'll either have a crack at or a good session in the Frank Duffy. The goal is the half, best course the park can provide imo and a gimme for a pb, hopefully a sub 1:30 :-)

shazkea · 01-07-2012 01:44PM

Mr Slow wrote: »

Thanks folks, head down now for a little while but hopefully not too long.

I've volunteered for the 10k so that'll keep me from thoughts of racing it and I'll either have a crack at or a good session in the Frank Duffy. The goal is the half, best course the park can provide imo and a gimme for a pb, hopefully a sub 1:30 :-)

Where did you volunteer for it - should be gaining my superman vision that week so won't be allowed to run it.

Mr Slow · 01-07-2012 01:58PM

shazkea wrote: »

Where did you volunteer for it - should be gaining my superman vision that week so won't be allowed to run it.

I sent them a mail to raceseries@dublinmarathon.ie if it's the wrong place I'm sure Chinguetti, Digger, Claralara or Ray can point us in the right direction!

RayCun · 01-07-2012 02:38PM

Mr Slow wrote: »

I sent them a mail to raceseries@dublinmarathon.ie if it's the wrong place I'm sure Chinguetti, Digger, Claralara or Ray can point us in the right direction!

Chinguetti and I volunteered through BHAA, don't know about the other two...

If I were you I'd concentrate on building up regular, easy miles. Don't think about short races or even interval times for now. Do runs that are easy enough that you'd have no worries about running the next day.

chinguetti · 01-07-2012 02:50PM

Think BHAA still have it on their site about the 10 miler and the half. Don't remember seeing anything about the 10k on the site though.

Would recommend volunteering for anyone as you see how the other side of things go, be it traffic management or goody bags (which i was doing)

Mr Slow · 01-07-2012 04:04PM

chinguetti wrote: »

Think BHAA still have it on their site about the 10 miler and the half. Don't remember seeing anything about the 10k on the site though.

Would recommend volunteering for anyone as you see how the other side of things go, be it traffic management or goody bags (which i was doing)

Just popped up a query on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/BHAA/375711882376

RacoonQueen · 01-07-2012 04:58PM

Mr Slow wrote: »

Just popped up a query on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/BHAA/375711882376

PM emerald007, he'll be the man in the know.

Mr Slow · 01-07-2012 06:12PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Mr Slow wrote: »

Just popped up a query on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/BHAA/375711882376

PM emerald007, he'll be the man in the know.

Done

Younganne · 01-07-2012 06:38PM

Sorry to hear you are still not 100%, head down and lots of easy miles....add me to the sub 4 wannabes for the marathon, i won't add too much to your holding list, just get me home in 4.00(did you hear i don't do sub);)

Mr Slow · 01-07-2012 08:28PM

Younganne wrote: »

Sorry to hear you are still not 100%, head down and lots of easy miles....add me to the sub 4 wannabes for the marathon, i won't add too much to your holding list, just get me home in 4.00(did you hear i don't do sub);)

No problem to you Anne.

Got a shout back from DCM organisors, so that's sorted.....ish ;-)

Nules10 · 01-07-2012 08:56PM

well done on the pacing gig. now Go get yourself better (great English, i know)

Mr Slow · 01-07-2012 10:16PM

One mile today with my Sarah, we did .38 mile wu/cd and in between she managed 4 x 100m strides at 6:30 pace

:D:D:D:D

jcsmum · 05-07-2012 10:45AM

Race report??????

Mr Slow · 05-07-2012 10:53AM

jcsmum wrote: »

Race report??????

I wasn't racing, I was um washing my hair

jcsmum · 05-07-2012 11:11AM

Mr Slow wrote: »

jcsmum wrote: »

Race report??????

I wasn't racing, I was um washing my hair

That doesn't take 20.57 minutes

Mr Slow · 05-07-2012 12:10PM

jcsmum wrote: »

Mr Slow wrote: »

jcsmum wrote: »

Race report??????

I wasn't racing, I was um washing my hair

That doesn't take 20.57 minutes

It does if you condition! :-P

Younganne · 05-07-2012 01:42PM

Lovely not meeting you last night;)

Mr Slow · 05-07-2012 02:47PM

Younganne wrote: »

Lovely not meeting you last night;)

Lovely not meeting you too, great racing out of you btw ;-)

Younganne · 05-07-2012 03:28PM

thanks, i actually enjoyed the race:D

chinguetti · 05-07-2012 04:40PM

So you didn't race but give the appearance of racing.;)

Solution - stop grimacing while racing/running. ClaraLara used to have a big smile on her in every photo until i told her to practice grimacing. So you need to practise smiling.

P.S. Thats a nasty heel strike you have going on there.

Mr Slow · 05-07-2012 05:09PM

chinguetti wrote: »

So you didn't race but give the appearance of racing.;)

Solution - stop grimacing while racing/running. ClaraLara used to have a big smile on her in every photo until i told her to practice grimacing. So you need to practise smiling.

P.S. Thats a nasty heel strike you have going on there.

Between you and the brother :mad:

I wasn't racing because not racing was the sensible thing to do ergo I wasn't there for anyone to take a photo ergo that wasn't a heel strike of mine.:)

RayCun · 06-07-2012 08:47AM

chinguetti wrote: »

Solution - stop grimacing while racing/running. ClaraLara used to have a big smile on her in every photo until i told her to practice grimacing.

And how has that worked out for her?
Teach her to take advice from online randomers...

chinguetti · 06-07-2012 09:18AM

RayCun wrote: »

And how has that worked out for her?
Teach her to take advice from online randomers...

You'ld have to ask the nice lady herself.:p

Mr Slow · 06-07-2012 10:19AM

chinguetti wrote: »

You'ld have to ask the nice lady herself.:p

You're playing it fast and loose again there with that 'lady' word :pac:

Mr Slow · 06-07-2012 05:03PM

6.35 miles not easy, hr (monitor has gone fruity)

Mr Slow · 09-07-2012 04:35PM

4 mile recovery plus 6 x 100m strides

Recovery from what you might ask, recovery from laying a solid wood floor all day yesterday, legs and glutes in bits

Feel better now!

Mr Slow: The Return

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