Be still my beating heart

annapr wrote: »

Ok, I have to ask... Where is Rathcoffey???

To be honest, I'd never heard of it in my life until I saw AMK mention it in his log:o
It's near Maynooth. Somewhere out that direction. I'll have fun getting lost trying to find it:D

Good to read you're feeling better. Now stop that silly superstitiousness and get that log started! I wanna see what you're up to:D I'm very very nosey inquisitive

Wednesday 14 January
Rest
Not intentional! I just couldn't run in it! I went out late when it was at its worst and was literally swept off my feet! For the first time since I started running the weather got the better of me:(

Thursday 15 January
3 x (6x40 sec@ mile effort off jog back rec). 5 mins jog after 3 sets and then 4 mins @ 2 mile effort
AIS, Lunge Matrix pre run
The wind was so severe on the warm up that I started hyperventilating and I remembered this happening me a lot when I started running first. It hasn't happened in ages. Horrible feeling of not being able to catch my breath. I think I'll learn to run backwards and they I can always have the wind on my back
7.03, 6.57, 7, 7.02, 6.27, 6.42
6.49, 7.04, 7.01, 6.48, 6.41
6.51, 7.06, 7.06, 7, 6.57, 6.59
4 mins @ 7.11

Happy enough with that effort for today everything considered.
RHR has been a bit high since xmas. I think it was due to all the drinking and late nights and having a slight cold and never giving myself an opportunity to rest and get rid of it. It was back down to 48 last night which I'm pleased about.
9 miles total

Looking forward to the HEAE long run on Saturday or Sunday when the wind will have abated!
Oh ****, forgot to do my myrtl....

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Mine was really high too and no doubt for the same festive reasons :rolleyes:. It's back to normal now thankfully. I think it's a really good indicator of general well-being, I'm trying to pay more attention to it this year as part of the overall resolution to be more sensible.

Yeah I used to be really good at tracking it but got lazy over the last few months. Although to be honest, I really didn't want to know how high it was over the last few weeks. It's not as if it was going to stop me boozing!!!
But that partying is all over now
I really need to learn to socialise without alcohol.:rolleyes:

Friday 16 January
am: AIS, LM & 35 mins easy

Spent all day in bed! Was drinking until 1am this morning. Back on the prosecco I'm afraid:o Went to bed at 1, but didn't sleep at all . Had to get up to deliver my bro to the airport at 6am. Back in bed at 6:30am. Lay in bed until 12 but couldn't sleep. A complete and utter wreck all day and still couldn't sleep:(
Enjoyed the little run despite the tiredness.

pm: AIS, LM & 50 mins easy
Duvet day continued with a vengeance with lunch delivered to my bed:) Watched crap tv all day. Mainly programmes about fat people losing weight. My favourite kind of programmes. Amazing what people can achieve when they really put their minds to it.

The slippy paths kept me nice and slow for both runs which is no harm at all.

8.5 miles total

Day 1 - no alcohol
Let's see how many I can do. The aim is 3 weeks and then I'll get smashed in celebration:D

MaggotBrain wrote: »

I dare ya!
3 weeks and 1 day here, feels great to be honest.

Wow that's fantastic! I hope I can say the same thing in 3 weeks!

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Great going! 2 weeks and 2 days for me. Struggling a bit at weekends to be honest, but I do feel great



No bother to you. Just buy in a mega stash of tea bags. Be grand

Great to hear another story of successful sobriety:D
I hate tea:(

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Bovril ...?

god no! Ugh!!!
It'll have to be hot water with lemon:)

Sunday 18 January
90 min with 60 mins at high end aerobic effort (half marathon effort)

2 mile warm up and I wasn't feeing it... Slept well, have been eating well last few days, resting heart rate well below 50 the last 3 days so no reason for me not to feel good however I was feeling a bit lethargic all morning and on the warmup miles. Come to think about it I often feel like this before some of my sessions/faster runs. I think I get a bit nervous or something? Especially when the word 'tempo' is involved in a run on the plan:o.

Considered just running it all easy and had lots of excuses at the ready, but thought I'd do a mile at required effort and see how I felt. I cheated a bit today and checked the watch here and there as I feel I am going a bit easy on myself for these runs so wanted to ensure I worked hard throughout and didn't let my mind drift and slacken off the effort at any point.

The (ambitious) target was 8:30 pace or half marathon effort for the heae section of the run. It's a time that I think I should be capable of at this point but I was quite worried beforehand that it would be beyond me and I had a great fear of failure:o.

Well it felt great:D. I am still buzzing about this run. It was hard enough work but definitely sustainable and comfortable and I must say I felt more 'runner' and less 'plodder' for the whole thing. It helped that I was passing a lot of people out along the way (mainly men which always makes me feel good;)). I felt really strong and relaxed throughout and I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually enjoyed it and could have carried on.

This run gives me lots of confidence for my half marathon in April and I feel it will be possible to sustain that pace for a full half.
I also knocked 2.5 mins off my 10k pb during this:D so again, this gives me lots of confidence for my 10k race in a few weeks.

The only negative was that once again I got a severe stitch on mile 3 which lasted into mile 4 and the pace dropped a bit for a while but I managed to work through it with controlled breathing. This happens me in every race so I guess it's no harm for it to happen in training so I can practice dealing with it. It started when I turned a corner into a bit of a breeze and had to slow down momentarily so I think it happens when my breathing pattern is disrupted.
Decided to leave it at 10 miles for the day as I have packed quite a bit into 6 days this week.

Splits for the 60 mins:
8:29, 8:30, 8:38, 8:34, 8:32, 8:19, 8:22 (8:29 avg pace) (I rock :cool:) )

Weekly total: 53 miles (missed one day)
3 x sessions
3 x doubles
Feeling great:)

Day 3 - no alcohol

In other news Paddy the Kenyan (PtK - an honorary Boardsie;)) ran 15:47 in a Tralee 5k today and came first! A one min 15 sec improvement in a year. Go PtK!!!! Rio beckons!