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Thinking of tomorrows run as 10 miles with 3 x 1mile @ 5 mile pace sounds like a simplier way to judge it then.....if ya feel good.
And you feel good by not buying a big dirty creamy mothers day cake and eating half of it yourself.....like Im probably gonna do
Now who's gonna give me mother's day cake? My mother
I think I'm supposed to buy it for her! 0 -
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Now who's gonna give me mother's day cake? My mother I think I'm supposed to buy it for her!
That's what I said. The one you buy, not the one you are given
I only have to buy one whilest acting on behalf of my 4 year old son. I really do have to don't I? And I have to help eat it too don't I? It'd be rude not to.
Anyway I have been here about 18 months now and I have always seen it preached that an LSR has to be all slow. So I don't get it anyways.0 -
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Monday 31 March
no running - sick:(
Managed to just about drag my sorry sick ass out of bed and struggle to work. Made it known around me that I wasn't feeling well so I'd get some sympathy and encouragement to go home. It didn't happen:mad: Gave up at 4 and got to bed by 5. A bit of sleep and I feel much better. Swelling in neck gone down and dizzy spells gone but hr still 20bpm too high.
So the plan is that I'll be 80% better tomorrow and if feeling good will try and easy run late in the day and then the next plan is that I'll be 100% better for Wednesday and do my session! So there!
I can honestly say though that today was the first day since I can remember that I just didn't want to run:( It was struggle enough to get through the day.
March overview:
Can't believe the month is gone. How did that happen so quickly
158 miles total
28 days running out of 31
11 quality runs
7 doubles
Sleep has improved in a big way. I only had a handful of nights where I had problems but on the whole most nights are 6-7 hours which is super:)
NO INJURY:D0 -
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SamforMayo wrote: »The boss has spoken, do what you are told, make the most of the rest. Is there no way you can take a day off?
what's that
No but might try to arrange it so that I can take most of Sunday off. Very busy between now and then I'm afraid.....0 -
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SamforMayo wrote: »I did warn you the recession was over;) Seriously the body and mind need a break.
I hear ya Sam. Great for my business but can all get a bit too much!!!
90% better today so on track for the 100 tomorrow
but I will rest again today and run easy then for a few days. Lucky for me it's nothing like man "flu" ! 0 -
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Friday 4 April
35 mins easy. Feeling lots better. Heart rate coming back down to normal levels.
Saturday 5 April
50 mins easy.
Was going to do 2 easy runs today of about 4 miles each but He Who Must be Obeyed had other ideas thought better of is as I'm only back from sickness.
Plan was to go to the Phoneix Park as I haven't been there in ages. Donned the running gear and looked down and saw my sad looking hairy legs:o Oh dear, no time to shave so kept the run local. They don't mind hairy legs in Santry but mightn't let me into the Phoenix Park with them...
Interesting run. This lady passed me a few times with this amazing gliding stride like she was running mid-air. I knew she was something special but didn't recognise her. That is until today when I saw the Great Ireland run on TV and turns out it was Sophie Duarte, a French runner who came second today in GIR in 33:48. She must be staying in the local hotel or something. I regularly see Fionnuala and Mary Cullen running there too. Great calibre of runners in Northwood Park!
Sunday 6 April
10 miles with 3 x 8 mins at 5mile effort (3mins recoveries)
Legs shaved and tanned and ready to go to the Phoenix Park until it dawned on me that the GIR is on so the park will be hectic so on to Plan B which was St. Anne's Park for this one.
Stomach was feeling very strange during the night and not 100% this morning so didn't know how this would go. Thought I'd just leave it as an easy 10miler if not feeling good during the first effort. Just displayed time and distance on the watch and off I went. Didn't feel great on the warmup miles but thought I'd try the first 8 mins and see how I felt. Felt good actually and stomach fine but a little light-headed when I stopped so I guess I'm not totally out of the woods from recent illness yet (pace checked afterwards 8:15). Felt grand after 3 mins recovery (didn't need full 3 mins but took it) and onto second effort which was slightly uphill and into wind (8:30) If I had been running these by the watch and not running them by effort then I would have busted a gut to do this one faster whereas I was definitely working just as hard as for the first rep.
Third was 8:13 pace. Yes I was working hard but I have to say this is the most comfortable I've felt yet running at these paces. It was comfortably hard and I was very much in control. Happy enough with today as I'm only just back from illness where I was feeling pretty dreadful so I reckon I would have done a bit better if in full health.
A paltry 22 miles for the week which is dire but only from 4 days running and 3 days off from sickness so whatever...
Next week will bring bigger and better things:D0 -
Friday 4 April
35 mins easy. Feeling lots better. Heart rate coming back down to normal levels.
Saturday 5 April
50 mins easy.
Was going to do 2 easy runs today of about 4 miles each but He Who Must be Obeyed had other ideas thought better of is as I'm only back from sickness.
Plan was to go to the Phoneix Park as I haven't been there in ages. Donned the running gear and looked down and saw my sad looking hairy legs:o Oh dear, no time to shave so kept the run local. They don't mind hairy legs in Santry but mightn't let me into the Phoenix Park with them...
Interesting run. This lady passed me a few times with this amazing gliding stride like she was running mid-air. I knew she was something special but didn't recognise her. That is until today when I saw the Great Ireland run on TV and turns out it was Sophie Duarte, a French runner who came second today in GIR in 33:48. She must be staying in the local hotel or something. I regularly see Fionnuala and Mary Cullen running there too. Great calibre of runners in Northwood Park!
Sunday 6 April
10 miles with 3 x 8 mins at 5mile effort (3mins recoveries)
Legs shaved and tanned and ready to go to the Phoenix Park until it dawned on me that the GIR is on so the park will be hectic so on to Plan B which was St. Anne's Park for this one.
Stomach was feeling very strange during the night and not 100% this morning so didn't know how this would go. Thought I'd just leave it as an easy 10miler if not feeling good during the first effort. Just displayed time and distance on the watch and off I went. Didn't feel great on the warmup miles but thought I'd try the first 8 mins and see how I felt. Felt good actually and stomach fine but a little light-headed when I stopped so I guess I'm not totally out of the woods from recent illness yet (pace checked afterwards 8:15). Felt grand after 3 mins recovery (didn't need full 3 mins but took it) and onto second effort which was slightly uphill and into wind (8:30) If I had been running these by the watch and not running them by effort then I would have busted a gut to do this one faster whereas I was definitely working just as hard as for the first rep.
Third was 8:13 pace. Yes I was working hard but I have to say this is the most comfortable I've felt yet running at these paces. It was comfortably hard and I was very much in control. Happy enough with today as I'm only just back from illness where I was feeling pretty dreadful so I reckon I would have done a bit better if in full health.
A paltry 22 miles for the week which is dire but only from 4 days running and 3 days off from sickness so whatever...
Next week will bring bigger and better things:D
God I hope that French one did nt get a look at your legs! You are letting the country down! On a different note there is a virus doing the rounds with your symptoms, 1 of mine have it and just when I think he is better his temp goes back up again! And he is exhausted. You did well to get your session in.0 -
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Monday 7 April
4 miles easy
No aches from Sunday's efforts so went a tiny bit further than my usual 35 min recovery runs but kept it very easy.
Tuesday 8 April
3 x (6x40 sec) at 3k effort (5mins jog between sets) and 7 mins at 95% effort
Went to St. Anne's Park in Raheny for this as I really enjoyed it for Sunday's session. It's great as it has lots of little private areas to go for a pee, there are quieter areas to do my drills without looking like a melon in public, also there are lots of interesting little climbs and decents and grassy trails and the avenue is lovely and wide and flat and perfect for faster reps and is fairly sheltered. It also has Duanington's Rose Garden Track of course!
AIS at home and 20 min drive to park. 3 mile warm up. Drills on football pitch. These were fun as I could do them unobserved and who the hell doesn't enjoy skipping in a field on a sunny afternoon!
Now I know I'm in trouble for this but I wanted to know what kinds of paces I'm doing for these reps so hit lap on the watch at the end of each section but I didn't display pace but its nice to be able to view paces after.
3 sets of 6x40 sec strides: Found a dead daffodil to mark out my 40 secs marker after the first rep. Fun fun fun. Loved this section. Would have liked to do a another few sets. Walk back recovery after each 40 seconds and felt fresh and brand new for the next 40. Lovely wide avenue in this park which is perfect for these fast reps as no chance of bumping into folks/dogs/kids etc.
1st set of 40 second efforts: 7:55, 7:31, 7:06, 7:20, 7:08, 7:02
2nd set: 7:07, 7:14, 7:02, 7:12, 7:13, 7:18
3rd set: 7:33, 7:18, 6:58, 7:14, 6:59, 7:21
Could have easily sustained the effort I was running at for longer for these so that's showing progress from earlier sessions. Didn't feel too tired at all after the third set and could have done another few sets no bother. 5 min jog recovery and into the last part of the workout which was 7 mins at 95% effort:
Pace turned out to be 7 mins @7:39
I'm so happy about this. I've never run at that pace for any kind of prolonged amount of time before (maybe a one minute stride) and the best part is, it didn't even feel that hard! I know it probably sounds like I'm making this huge deal out of something that's not any big deal to most around these parts, but here's the thing - it is a big deal for me. I can't fully explain it but to see this kind of pace today and to know I'm making real progress - for me it is huge. I could have run a full mile at that pace no problem today. I think not clock watching is placing less limits in my head about paces I can run. When clock watching before for these kinds of workouts I'd panic if I saw an 8 min/mile on the clock and think - sure that's too fast, I can't sustain that but when I don't know what pace I'm running at I'm freer to experiment with my capabilities.
Couple of cool down miles at 10:40ish min/miles.
9.70 miles for the day.
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