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Wed July 11th - Kinnegad 5km
Signed up for this in the race buzz of last week and boy did I regret it this afternoon. I just wasn't in the mood for this and couldn't decide what I was doing for it. Advice was a slow run and not to race it to save the shin but devil in me was saying race it, go on you know you want to :rolleyes:
Warmed up with Mr Slow and decided I felt good on that so I'd give it a blast. Sub 25 or die (or possibly both). Met Digijem before the start also but no other secretive boardsies!
I lined up all wrong at the start and got caught up behind 8 year old kids and lots of walkers. However by 1km marker I was 10 secs up on target. Lovely, I love it when a plan is going well
. By 2nd km we turned on to a boreen which was not a favourite of mine with the grass, potholes etc. 2km marker and again 10 secs up on target. All good. Tbh boreen was boring as hell and the kids stopping and sprinting annoyed the hell out of me but sure whatever!!. 3km mark, still 10 secs up, happy days.
After 3km we started hitting the drag on the course and to be fair I had been warned about this. 4km marker and looked at watch to check time. 20:08. You've got to be kidding, I lost 18 seconds on that km :eek:. I was so annoyed and cursed that marker. I slowed to a crawl literally as a young fella sprinted by laughing <insert another expletive>. Started back up again but was just a comfortable run at this stage as I thought I couldn't make the time up. Over the line feeling fine unlike last week and looked at watch 25:20**.
Faster than last week but not good enough and I was gutted. Mr Slow had the water waiting which I was very grateful for and met up with DJ again as well. Stroll back to clubhouse for the sarnies and coffee.
**Now to add insult to injury I checked the times online. I know I'm blind but I'm also an eejit. Glancing at the watch at the end I thought it said 25:20. Results said 25:29 so I checked the watch again and it did indeed say 25:29...a 9 you muppet not a 0 so I did worse again than I thought
Chocolate is now being consumed in bulk.
I know I was expecting too much to take a minute off last week but all I improved by was 21 secs. Thanks to Ro, Nules and Younganne for the texts and putting things in perspective
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No more 5kms for a while until I get back to full fitness and some hill and speed work in.0 -
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I only managed to take 4 seconds off my time, and I'm well-happy! If I had managed 21 seconds, I would have been doing cart-wheels after the race. It's damn near impossible to improve over a week, all you can do is try harder than you did the previous week, so fair play to you for getting a faster time. Some solid (non-injured) training and you'll be flying. 0
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You were comfortable enough in the last 120m to tell me to f**k off, more time to come off of that methinks.:D for the record I was cursing the race not you...sorry if it appeared that way. But your right if I could talk, there was plenty left in tank at end.
Bit of a change from last week when I couldn't talk for about 5 mins afterwards.0 -
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You were comfortable enough in the last 120m to tell me to f**k off, more time to come off of that methinks.:D for the record I was cursing the race not you...sorry if it appeared that way. But your right if I could talk, there was plenty left in tank at end.
Bit of a change from last week when I couldn't talk for about 5 mins afterwards.
I missed out on those 5 mins of splendid peace? Damn it!0 -
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Sat July 14th
Cycle
Signed up for my first cycling sportive in a couple of weeks. Just the short 50km route to dip my toes in the water and see if I like it. I can't wait for it.
But I've been neglecting the bike recently so figured I'd better get out this morn. Decided to take the mountain bike to make it a tougher workout, bad idea as chain kept slipping.
A nice 35km around the roads of NCD.0 -
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Sat July 14th
Cycle
Signed up for my first cycling sportive in a couple of weeks. Just the short 50km route to dip my toes in the water and see if I like it. I can't wait for it.
But I've been neglecting the bike recently so figured I'd better get out this morn. Decided to take the mountain bike to make it a tougher workout, bad idea as chain kept slipping.
A nice 35km around the roads of NCD.
Good stuff, you legs will be nice and refreshed for your LSR tomorrow:D0 -
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Sun July 15th
Run LSR
Met up with group in the park for this run and set off nice n easy. Legs a wee bit tired for the first few miles - bloody hills are murder on the quads on the bike. We were a very colour co-ordinated group, first 2 (anne and aimman) in red, middle 2 in purple (Ro and lizzy) and the stars of the group in blue (myself and Nules in case anyone needed clarification on that). Fashionistas or wha :cool:
Nice run and so much easier when you're chatting.
Total: 9.5 miles
Cycle
Easy 20km on the bike to loosen the legs and work off the ice-cream I had in skerries (yummy).
Over and out for a week now but hopefully I can at least get on the turbo for a few kms. Superman vision here I come 0 -
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