The Boggers Log

Today the plan called for 2 mile wu/cd, followed by 16 x 1 minute at 5k pace off 1 minute jog recovery. It also called for a short easy run later in the day.

I had a massage booked for early in the morning to try and get rid of the last of the tightness. Another pain fest session and she told me my glutes were the problem. She said she hadn't seen such a tight arse in a long time, funnily enough my missus has been saying the exact same thing to me for ages, maybe I should have paid more attention to her

Spent a short while in work and then headed up to Dangan and the UCG track. After a 2.5 mile warm up I hit the session, there was a fair bit of wind blowing on the track and I couldn't set the Garmin up properly to check the pace on each rep. My 5k pace has currently been set at 6.00/6.10 but after the first rep I couldn't see the pace I was going at so just did it comfortably hard. I was recovering quickly on the jog recovery until about the 10th rep and after that it became gradually harder. Finished reasonably strong and it was a nice session to have in the bag before the year draws to a close and especially given that I haven't been setting training alight lately. Finished up with 1.6 mile cool down

Not sure if I'll get the 4 miles easy in tonight but if I don't I'll try and get it in later in the week.

Happy New Year



paces:

5.38
5.52
5.49
5.40
5.34
5.40
5.35
5.37
5.40
5.40
5.36
5.47
5.52
5.44
5.30
5.29

TbL

Beef wrote: »

Best of luck for 2015 TBL, sub 3 no bother to you after the year you've had!

Tnx Beef,

best of luck yourself for 2015.

TbL

Plan today called for the nursing home special. I'm in Dublin for a couple of days with the clan, staying near Blanchardstown so I never got to jog the Resolution Run in Galway. Weather conditions were appalling for anyone racing today.

I didn't have my taser or mace with me so instead of doing the 4 miles around the local area I hit the hotel gym. The gym was crap, two auld treadmills, one out of order and the other a museum piece that was falling apart! I also forgot my runners and had to use an old pair without orthotics. Got 6.5k done very slow.

TbL

Today the plan called for 8 miles easy. Was gonna hook up with Ecoli for this but events conspired against me. Spent the morning traipsing around different shops and all I had to show for it was a high viz Nike tee shirt off the bargain rail.

The poor Bogger children are bewildered /bemused by the Big Schmoke! Unbelievable traffic, air pollution, crowds, shopping centres that are bigger than their village and the accent, my god the accent. We were in the Plex getting ready to play the Qusar and a really nice young girl was giving the pre game briefing. I could see the confused look on the kids faces and the middle lad leaned into me and said "Dad, what's she saying", I had to translate and afterwards explain to him that "yiz" wasn't a sixties pop band, a brand of aftershave or even a Hebrew word and that "bud" wasn't part of a flower but was rather a term of greeting/affection/familiarity

The missus decided to take the kids to the cinema around 4.30 and that if I was going to run at all today, I had till the movie was over to get it done, as she was going on the lash this evening! Quick dash back to the hotel to get into the gear and started with a couple of laps around Blanchardstown (the traffic was brutally bad) up passed the Acquatic centre took a right at the top of the road at the roundabout for another mile and a bit and then back.

8 miles @ 8.22

I've to do 10 miles steady tomorrow and that should be interesting!

TbL

Today the plan called for 10 miles steady. My current steady pace is 7.20-7.35. I wasn't looking forward to this at all and even less so as the day was getting away from me. The planned early retreat from the big schmoke was canned as the two eldest wanted to do their Torvil & Dean impressions on the Blanchardstown ice rink. I decided that it would be safer for me and the ice skating population at large if I sat the session out! Got a work call on the way back to Galway and once I had dropped the clan back to our Bogger sanctuary, I had to head back into Galway for a meeting. Was pissed off as I didn't get out running till 7.45 and more importantly, I was going to miss the darts on the telly!

It was a beautiful evening out there when I finally got out, close to freezing with very little wind, perfect for running. Settled into it nicely enough and the niggles and stiffness that have been bothering me lately weren't as pronounced tonight. Parked at the Salthill hotel, went up the prom, across knocknacarra (where I could smell the stench of stale booze about 100 metres before I reached the bottle bank!), headed over the quincentennial bridge and back onto the prom. Happy enough with the way the run panned out and it's the first time in ages that I've felt a glimmer of fitness and strength coming back. Treated myself to a curry cheese chips and burger afterwards and I made sure I enjoyed it as I'm gonna take TRRtT's subtle dietary advice and " put down the burgers fat boy"

Average pace 7.21


Splits:

7.29
7.28
7.31
7.09
7.11
7.17
7.27
7.24
7.18
7.24

TbL

Murph_D wrote: »

Jeez. A curry cheese chips eating darts fan, with a nose for stale booze. What persuaded you to ever put on a pair of runners? :eek:

The first part of your question is also the answer Murph

I was like yer man below!

TbL


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menoscemo wrote: »

There hasn't been a decent thin (nish) darts player since John Lowe.
Remember this clash of Champions:


Fordham collapsed with exhaustion after 3 sets :P

Haha Meno,

I've fond memories of watching the Viking, especially when he won the BDO World Champs.

Didn't he lose a rake of weight soon after that game and thereafter couldn't throw a dart for ****e

TbL