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A Slow Journey to Faster Times
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Thursday 4th September (Day 32/56) - 14m Med/Long
14 miles @ 7:56p/m average
Felt a bit stiff & sore before heading out for this today, so I gave myself two simple targets:
1. Get it done
2. Don't do anything stupid!
I accomplished part 1 fairly easily, but failed twice on part 2
. Planned to run all the miles around the 8 minute mark. No progressive running today after a hard session yesterday. Had a vague route planned out in my head, but would play it by ear as I went along. Anyway, managed to keep the splits consistent and got the run completed even though it was more difficult than expected. Suppose I'm just more worn out than I thought I was! Now for the story in between. I realised my first act of stupidity as soon as I got out of the shade along the coast. The sun was beaming down and I had worn a black t-shirt. Very unwise! Caused me to sweat a lot more than necessary and made the workout more strenuous than it needed to be. I continued to knock out the splits on target until the Garmin beeped around 6.3m into the run to warn me of a low battery. I hadn't charged it since the weekend so I suppose this was inevitable, especially after the interval session yesterday. Not quite stupidity but bad preparation nonetheless. The real idiocy is yet to come. I thought that it should get to at least 7 miles before conking out, so I decided to take a U-turn at that point and retrace my steps to there at the same effort which would bring me up to the 14 miles required. I was running along the same section of path that the Clontarf HM uses at this point. I was watching the Garmin so carefully, waiting for it to strike 7.00miles, that I failed to make myself aware of what was around me. As I swung the U-turn into the cycle lane I heard a roar and saw (too late) a cyclist flying straight for me. A head on collision followed. He flew off the bike and I was hit in the legs and shoulder. He asked me was I ok and said he hadn't time to stop, but to be fair he had nothing to apologise for as it was completely my fault. I made sure that he was ok, before setting off for the second half of my run. Luckily neither of us were any worse off after the crash. I made sure not to be so silly on the way back. Retraced my steps to the milimetre, but amazingly the Garmin lasted out the full distance meaning there was no need for all this messing around. Another day out of the way without getting injured (just about! 
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Splits:
Mile 1 - 8:03
Mile 2 - 8:00
Mile 3 - 7:57
Mile 4 - 7:57
Mile 5 - 7:56
Mile 6 - 7:55
Mile 7 - 7:58
Mile 8 - 7:56
Mile 9 - 7:51
Mile 10 - 7:53
Mile 11 - 7:55
Mile 12 - 7:51
Mile 13 - 7:54
Mile 14 - 7:550 -
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Close call, P. The speed of some of the cyclists along that cycle lane is mad so could have been a nasty one.....no harm done on this occasion so onward and upward. Nice solid run.
He was fairly moving alright, but had slammed on the brakes to try and avoid a collision. I think he came out of it worse off than me which isn't really fair considering it was my fault 0 -
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AuldManKing wrote: »Close call.
But why is it, everytime I see that others have commented on your log I think "Yaboya must have done another PB........better have a look"
Make sure to check back here on the 28th
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Sunday 7th September (Day 35/56) - 18m (with 14m @ MP)
18 miles @ 6:41p/m average
With just three weeks to go until Berlin, this was by far the most important session I had left in the plan. I knew my confidence would be affected one way or the other depending on how this went. Further pressure was piled on when skeleton_boy posted a very similar session that he had just nailed yesterday.
I deliberately planned a route that had a more difficult first half, knowing that if I could hold pace early on, it would be easier to maintain in the second half. I struggled on the undulating terrain for the warm-up and the first four MP miles, but after that I just coasted home for the other ten. I could have sped up if I wanted to.........honestly!
My last mile was my fastest. I think after that (like skeleton_boy) I'm going to have to target 2:55. I'll still be delighted once I get under 3 hours, but I don't feel I'd be doing my training justice to just settle for that from the start.
September 28th can't come soon enough!
Splits:
Mile 1 - 7:09
Mile 2 - 7:04
Mile 3 - 7:08
Mile 4 - 7:00
Mile 5 - 6:35
Mile 6 - 6:35
Mile 7 - 6:39
Mile 8 - 6:36
Mile 9 - 6:36
Mile 10 - 6:33
Mile 11 - 6:34
Mile 12 - 6:33
Mile 13 - 6:32
Mile 14 - 6:36
Mile 15 - 6:34
Mile 16 - 6:34
Mile 17 - 6:34
Mile 18 - 6:240 -
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »Great going P.
Wish I hadn't read this till later, just heading out on my own LR
TbL
Now you know how I felt after reading skeleton_boy's last night :pac:0 -
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skeleton_boy wrote: »Cracking effort as always from yourself. Pressure is on me now to translate into a race time anywhere near yours. Feels good to nail these ones though doesn't it
Definitely.
I haven't run a race time yet 0 -
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