Be still my beating heart

thirstywork2 wrote: »

I served him in Ashtown :P
He was looking for two pairs but told him to get you to try out the new model as you are changing from Alchemy to Paradox.

hi there thirstywork:) Do you keep Boards names on file:o
Love the new shoes!
While you're here, can I pick your brains about something? I'm in the process of getting rid of about 4 pairs of old mizunos as they've just 'had it'.
So I want to rotate 3 pairs from now on. At the moment I'm rotating the new ones I just got and a pair of Brooks st5s that I got from your good selves about a year ago. There'd probably be about 200 miles on these but they still seem fine. I asked himself to get 2 pairs of mizunos for me yesterday as you know. However, I'm now wondering that for my 3rd pair, should I get another pair of Brooks? I'm doing 3 x sessions a week and lots of recovery running between those runs. I started wearing the Brooks for my sessions and am getting on great with them (only really wore them for races before this). As I'm doing a lot of 'faster' stuff now, would it make more sense to have another pair of lighter shoes? And just one pair of heavier support shoes?
In your opinion (if you have one:)), what would be the best 3rd pair to throw into the mix?
Thanks!

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Agree with Donnacha that Hitogamis might be a good choice.Do you really need a second pair of flats/performance trainers?
If doing two sessions per week and racing once a month then maybe you could warrant getting another pair but id suggest a hybrid type shoe that is light enough for tempo runs and you could get a nice bit of mileage out of.You need stability right?You could go with Brooks Ravennna,Asics ds trainer,Saucony guide ect.

Racing options the ST5,Hitogami,Ds racer,Saucony fastwitch ect.

Thanks for that. I think I need to pop in for a chat and try some on. I'd definitely like another pair that are not as heavy as the mizunos as I'm doing 3 x harder workouts a week and find the brooks great for these sessions. The Hitogamis sound good so might be an option. See you soon!

Friday 9th May
35 mins easy. Little bit of clickey-click on the back of the knee still but much improved. Quality foam roll and AIS session am and pm. I'm a little more achey in general than I have been in months and I think it's down to wearing the Brooks ST5s for all my faster sessions lately which would work out at a large percentage of my weekly mileage so I feel I'm wearing them too much. But they give me a major psychological boost so I'm in a quandary. I have to stop wearing them so much and stick to the support of the mizunos more unfortunately. They were recommended to me for a reason...

Saturday 10 May
35 mins very very easy!
Met up with 2 of my sisters of varying abilities but all in the category of very slow! Lazy biatches have been neglecting their running lately and not sticking to the 5k plans I presented each of them with a few weeks ago. So the three long blondes headed to the phoenix park and we must've looked kinda funny shuffling along at 13min/miles:D. The pace suited me perfectly actually as I didn't want to put any stress on my legs today ahead of tomorrow. Younger sister found it very tough. After a mile she had to slow down to 14 min/miles and ended up walking after 30 mins but fair play to her for plugging away at it and getting to her 30min target. Older sister was a good bit better and I encouraged her to go on ahead of us and do a few faster bursts after 30 mins and she was flying it so delighted for her. There's a lot of potential there! I've a lot of work to do though... But I SHALL SUCCEED:D

Sunday 11 May
1 mile (actually .94 of a mile!) Time Trial

This was suggested to me during the week. Initially I though Woo Hoo I can't wait and accepted the challenge with my usual enthusiasm. That was until I was told in no uncertain terms, that this was not something to be enjoyed. This was to be painful and I should be on my knees by the end of it.
I started to get worried
Headed to park and measured out my stretch which fell a short of a mile. To make up the mile I would have had to turn a sharp corner towards the end and face into a very strong wind (ran the course beforehand) so decided to cheat a little bit and run .94-95 of a mile instead. I can do this TT another time when I find a proper stretch of a mile without paths to cross/turns etc. It was lashing rain and really windy and I didn't want to expend any unnecessary energy trying to find an alternative route. As I said, I'll do it another day properly.
This was like a practice TT!
Did 3 mile w/u including drills and 6 x 100m strides towards end. I was feeling very very nervous but fairly confident. I had slept great last 2 nights, had no work stress, and rhr really low this morning so knew it was a good time to do this it but winds very strong and came at me from the side for some of the run but not too bad overall.
I was told to check the watch every quarter of a mile to make sure I wasn't slacking. I checked it after the first quarter and when I saw 6:40 on the watch I nearly collapsed with excitement. And it didn't even feel that bad. I had to check it a few times in case the 6 was really an 8 and I was seeing things! I've felt much much worse running at 8min/mile for a one minute rep in the past! There was a dude behind me and I could hear his heavy breathing trying to keep up with me. I lost him and left him for dust:P

Half-way through, checked the watch again and it was still in 6:40s! I couldn't believe it, but it was starting to hurt and I panicked. I lost it a bit then and pace was creeping up towards 7 at the third quarter but I got it back well down below 7. My breathing was very very heavy but very even and controlled and I wasn't phlegmy:o like I usually am when I run faster. It was really hurting in the last quarter and I really had to fight to sustain. I know it was a bit short of a mile but I definitely could have sustained it for the extra bit to make up the mile today if the path had gone on a bit longer. I really really wanted this today and was prepared to do whatever it took. I had my mind set on sub-7 but if truth be told, I felt realistically, I'd be looking more at sub 7:20. I was in a great positive frame of mind today though and positivity and confidence counts for SO much for Ososlo when it comes to this game.
Result: 6:59 pace for .94 of a mile

I know I cheated a bit with the distance today but hey, I never in a million years thought I could run 6:40 pace for half a mile and that's what I'm most proud of today. I've never even done a stride with a 6 on the clock before! Well maybe one but that would have been for about a minute. Today I ran half a mile at 6:40 pace!!!!!!!
When I finished I was literally on my knees and my chest felt awful. It felt sore for about half an hour afterwards but is grand now. Today I felt The Pain and that's a good thing. Afterwards, I felt like I ran a race so I know I put the effort in and didn't go easy on myself. Pity I didn't go out a bit slower and get faster as it progressed rather than the reverse and pity it wasn't a full mile BUT I almost feel like a runner now:D and finally feel I'm getting the results I deserve from all the effort I put in.
ps - yes Stazza I was cursing you during this you sh**fu**di**wad**ther*fuc***:D
6 miles total
pm - 35 mins easy
Weekly total: 39 (very low but intentionally so with the Time Trial looming)
Can't wait for the next phase of my training:D

Duanington wrote: »

Great to see the hard work paying off Ososlo, well done - you're really starting to pick it up now. Steady as she goes!

Thanks. I'm finally starting to think that I've turned a bit of a corner and things might be possible for me that I never though possible before. I'm SO happy I'm continuing working on my speed for the year and not marathon training like I was 100% sure I'd be doing at the start of the year. Funny how someone else one can change one's mind about stuff:D

cheers. It actually makes sense now and I feel grand about my splits today. Someone;) made a typo when they gave me the paces I should be running which were way beyond my capabilities so I felt very disillusioned that I couldn't get anywhere near that. But clearly it was because I'm not able to run that pace. YET!
So in hindsight I did okish today despite the tiredness etc and I'm sure I can hit just under 7 for each rep the next time if I start out a tad slower.

Wednesday 14 May
35 mins easy. Felt super today with great bounce in my head, heart and legs.

Thursday 15 May
Lovely little easy run on the banks of the Lagan in Belfast City. No sleep (well maybe an hour:rolleyes:) in hotel room previous night so was like the walking dead this morning and even though it was my birthday and I was being treated like a queen, I was in foul humour. Wanted to just stay in bed for the day but forced myself up and out and this run made me fee 100 times better. And my running presents of course:p Passed 5 runners on this run and not one returned my hellos! Narky crowd of runners:rolleyes:

Friday 16 May
65 min progression run
Back on home turf.
Really delighted with this. Despite the previous night's rhubarb prossecco cocktails (yes rhubarb!) and a 5 hour drive and very little in the way of good hydration in the previous 48 hours, I felt superb and raring to go. Headed to Phoenix Park and worked my way through the gears:
10:25
9:46
9:30
9:18
8:45
8:07
8:15 (slightly uphill and into breeze but believe me I was working harder than on previous mile!)
7:43 pace (last bit)
I think there's a small 5k pb in there if I was clever enough to work it out:D which if true is fantastic as I wasn't really working all that hard until the end and certainly not putting in 5k effort until the very end.
Very enjoyable run, but these 'enjoyable' runs will be few and far between in the next few weeks and this progression run will be cruelly wrenched away from me and replaced with some session involving 000xs by some horrible number of repeats at some horrible pace:(
Ah I love it really though;)
8.7 miles total

tang1 wrote: »

Dream about a Boardsie with a throbbing gun, is this Mills & Boon or did i read that wrong??!! Who was he/she, dish the dirt now???

what percentage are those beers or are you just a lightweight? The gun wasn't throbbing, my ankle was;) Pay attention:D