Be still my beating heart

martyboy48 · 09-01-2015 02:00PM

Tut tut tut...
What are you playing at doing a session while not feeling great and high on drugs :-D

If any of the novices did that last year you'd of given them 100 lines and detention :-D

Now, don't do that again :-D

Dubgal72 · 09-01-2015 02:28PM

Haha +100 to all the advice/giving out! We need and appreciate you more than the worms, ok?! I am surprised running is not on the dangerous substances list tbh

Ososlo · 09-01-2015 03:09PM

So its time to let you in on a little secret I've been harbouring.
You might not believe it but I may not actually be perfect! Astonishing news I know but there it is

I have been known to do stupid things in the past.

I actually did a half marathon on strong painkillers before. The pain was too bad not to take them but I was all geared up to race. The first 10 miles I was floating along nicely. The last 3 miles were me struggling not to faint and get sick. It was a horrible experience. You'd think I'd have learned. .. rolling eyes...

PaulieC · 09-01-2015 03:26PM

Ososlo wrote: »

I have been known to do stupid things in the past.

Last night is the very recent past

pistol_75 · 09-01-2015 03:44PM

Did you get a telling off from The Boss?

Ososlo · 09-01-2015 03:47PM

PaulieC wrote: »

Last night is the very recent past

True for you sir. Somebody's on the ball this afternoon!

Ososlo · 09-01-2015 03:54PM

pistol_75 wrote: »

Did you get a telling off from The Boss?

Naw sure he's off his head half the time

He claims it's the maca powder but I'm not so sure myself

Ososlo · 11-01-2015 07:18PM

Friday 9 January
4.5 miles easy
Crazy crazy wind. Was seriously challenging and almost dangerous at times in unsheltered areas trying to stay upright! Did 3 miles of this with my sister who hasn't run in a few months so it was sssssllllloooooowwwwww to say the least, even for Ososlo - the Queen of Slow Running! If she had stopped talking so much about her love life and concentrated more on her running she might be able to run a tad faster:)

Saturday 10 January
10 miles easy
Stupid wind was really annoying again today. I'm not one to complain normally about the weather conditions when running as I see it as a pointless exercise as I'm gonna do my run regardless but even I am getting annoyed by it at this stage. But not annoyed enough not to run

This was with my brother in the Phoenix Park. Too slow for him although he didn't complain too much about the easy pace. Surprisingly he started to get tired at about 7 miles whereas I could have gone on for a lot longer so I guess all the miles I run must count for something!! Ran all the hard hills in the park which I've avoided for some time so even though it was all slow with no quality, at least I got a good workout with the inclines. So that's the last or second last run I'll do with my brother for at least another year as he returns to NZ in a few days...
10 miles @ 9:30 avg pace

Sunday 11 January
6.5 mile easy
Ring Road in KK on me tod. Nice run. Stitch for the first half mile but that was 'cause I stupidly ate only an hour before the run. Regulated the breathing and the stitch kindly left me to enjoy the rest of the run in peace. Lots of cyclists out and about and a few runners but none of them said hi

9:42 avg pace

Weekly total: 58 miles (itching to get out for another 2 miles to make my first 60 mile week but I've had a couple of drinks this evening and a couple more will be had later so unless I've aspirations of targeting a wine mile later in the year, I think I'll have to give the 60 a miss for this week.
Luckily tomorrow is the start of a new week so I'm looking forward to attacking it with renewed vigour and sobriety

laura_ac3 · 11-01-2015 07:30PM

Ososlo wrote: »

Friday 9 January
4.5 miles easy
Crazy crazy wind. Was seriously challenging and almost dangerous at times in unsheltered areas trying to stay upright! Did 3 miles of this with my sister who hasn't run in a few months so it was sssssllllloooooowwwwww to say the least, even for Ososlo - the Queen of Slow Running! If she had stopped talking so much about her love life and concentrated more on her running she might be able to run a tad faster:)

This was with my brother in the Phoenix Park. Too slow for him although he didn't complain too much about the easy pace.

Maybe if you stopped talking to your brother about your love life and concentrated more on your running you might be able to run a tad faster...

Calvin Johnson · 11-01-2015 07:30PM

Do you enjoy running with your brother?

I know you normally prefer to run solo.

adrian522 · 11-01-2015 08:03PM

How would this wine mile work? Would you have to go through the entire bottle but up to you how much you drink after each lap? Sounds intriguing anyway.

barryoneill50 · 11-01-2015 08:37PM

adrian522 wrote: »

How would this wine mile work? Would you have to go through the entire bottle but up to you how much you drink after each lap? Sounds intriguing anyway.

You could just get those small bottles(175ml)you get in pubs and the usual rules apply, one before each lap.....

adrian522 · 11-01-2015 08:55PM

Could be good fun watching people knock back those small wine bottles alright.

Ososlo · 11-01-2015 09:10PM

Calvin Johnson wrote: »

Do you enjoy running with your brother?

I know you normally prefer to run solo.

It is fun as a novelty/exception but I don't think I'd be into it all the time. He's naturally an awful lot faster than me (sub 18 5k), so I just felt a bit guilty about holding him back. Also, I'm not big into talking and running really. I like doing each activity separately!

Ososlo · 11-01-2015 09:14PM

adrian522 wrote: »

How would this wine mile work? Would you have to go through the entire bottle but up to you how much you drink after each lap? Sounds intriguing anyway.

I feel like puking even thinking about it tbh!

barryoneill50 wrote: »

You could just get those small bottles(175ml)you get in pubs and the usual rules apply, one before each lap.....

Sounds a bit more palatable! Could have a plate of crackers and cheese and maybe some olives on the side:D

Ososlo · 12-01-2015 09:17PM

Monday 12 January
am:35 mins easy
Last run with my brother around Kilkenny before he returns to far flung fields. This was a 'Bridge Run' and encompassed the tasteful new bridge down the canal walk, the unsightly new blue plasticy bridge further up the river, and the building site for the new controversial, yet to be built bridge across the city. "They" seem to be going out of their way to destroy the beautiful city.

pm: Tempo session: 10 x 3 mins @ 45-50min race effort off 30 sec rec
Some shocking and sad news brought me back to Dublin earlier than planned.
I found myself with some time on my hands in the evening.
Decided to head out for an easy 35 min, but after a mile I thought to myself - I slept well last night, I don't have a hangover!, it's not windy FOR ONCE, I have the time and it might take my mind off things, so maybe I'll give my tempo session a shot.
Did this without looking at the watch and some of the reps should have been a bit faster. It was only 5 hours since my morning run so perhaps I know I shouldn't have done it so close to the morning run. I'm supposed to leave 8 hours between runs and I normally stick to that rule but sometimes when the opportunity presents itself one has to grasp it!

3 mins reps:
8:15, 8:10, 8:08, 7:42, 8:14
8:04, 8:03, 8:05, 7:54, 8:17

Paces from the last time I did this session:

8:31, 8:11, 8:19, 8:12, 8:34
8:11, 8:10, 8:18, 8:08, 8:04

Broke my 10k race pb on this run by a few secs:)
Most of the session felt ok and i wasn't working hard until the last 2 reps when I did start to tire and was looking forward to the end. The wind behaved for the majority of the reps but did impact a little for some. The route had a few inclines and declines so that might account for the variance in pace also.
Anyways happy enough with that as it does show improvement since I did the session for the first time about 5 weeks ago... even if it is a bit slower than I'd hoped.
I did achieve that 'pleasantly shagged' feeling on completion:)
AIS pre run and Myrtl post run
6:46 miles @ 8:54 avg pace
10 miles daily total

I might try and take 2 easy days before my next session.

Calvin Johnson · 12-01-2015 09:34PM

Time for a 10k race?

Ososlo · 12-01-2015 09:36PM

Calvin Johnson wrote: »

Time for a 10k race?

Yip. Have one at the beginning of February. Looking forward to it!

Calvin Johnson · 12-01-2015 09:44PM

Good stuff, should be a nice PB.

Enniscorthy?

Ososlo · 12-01-2015 09:48PM

Calvin Johnson wrote: »

Good stuff, should be a nice PB.

Enniscorthy?

Nope. Rathcoffey. Pb is 53:31 so aim is to go as much below 50 as I can. Not sure what's realistic yet and have almost a month of training to go.

yaboya1 · 12-01-2015 11:21PM

Ososlo wrote: »

Nope. Rathcoffey. Pb is 53:31 so aim is to go as much below 50 as I can. Not sure what's realistic yet and have almost a month of training to go.

All the cool kids are racing in Enniscorthy

TRR_the_turd · 13-01-2015 12:09AM

What's this nonsense with calling Kilkenny a city?

Ososlo · 13-01-2015 03:02PM

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

What's this nonsense with calling Kilkenny a city?

I quite agree however, who am I or you to argue with King James the First!

Ososlo · 13-01-2015 03:04PM

yaboya1 wrote: »

All the cool kids are racing in Enniscorthy

They are? Like who?
Sell it to me!
Usually the coolest thing to do is what the majority is not doing

yaboya1 · 13-01-2015 03:13PM

Ososlo wrote: »

They are? Like who?
Sell it to me!
Usually the coolest thing to do is what the majority is not doing

You'll find out if you turn up.
Re: selling it to you - €10 for a school hall full of food (race entry also included :pac:)

Ososlo · 13-01-2015 03:18PM

yaboya1 wrote: »

You'll find out if you turn up.
Re: selling it to you - €10 for a school hall full of food (race entry also included :pac:)

I'm not into food that much

I never understand the importance people place on it after races. Now if it was a free bar

...
it is good value though! But further to drive

yaboya1 · 13-01-2015 03:21PM

Ososlo wrote: »

I'm not into food that much
I never understand the importance people place on it after races. Now if it was a free bar ...
it is good value though! But further to drive

I don't place that much importance on it, but I won't say no

Given the drive, a free bar would be of little use....

TRR_the_turd · 13-01-2015 09:25PM

Ososlo wrote: »

They are? Like who?

I'm probably running Rathcoffey. Even more of a reason for you to do it

it's a very fast course. Flat as a pancake. Everybody raves about the bhaa k-club 10k course but I think Rathcoffey is as fast and maybe even a bit quicker.

Regards James the 1st. I pay no heed to monarchs!

Ososlo · 13-01-2015 10:36PM

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

I'm probably running Rathcoffey. Even more of a reason for you to do it it's a very fast course. Flat as a pancake. Everybody raves about the bhaa k-club 10k course but I think Rathcoffey is as fast and maybe even a bit quicker.

Regards James the 1st. I pay no heed to monarchs!

And they think all the cool people are going to Enniscorthy:rolleyes:
Obviously Rathcoffey is where it's at people!

Yeah I read your comments on Rathcoffey in some old posts and it was one of the reasons I chose it. Sounds like a great race.
They can all eat a hall full of cake Enniscorthy after the race and get fat while the cool cake-less people in Rathcoffey stay svelte and fabulous;)

adrian522 · 13-01-2015 11:00PM

When is this race? The one on 7th Feb? Are you running Raheny as well or giving that a miss?

Be still my beating heart

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