Be still my beating heart

KielyUnusual wrote: »

I had no choice but to listen. This was a debate between my two female house mates and I needed the open fire in the sitting room after a session in those conditions tonight.

Ah I see:) At least you learned some useful stuff. It won't go to waste!

yaboya1 wrote: »

What's your 5k pb?
You must be due to give one a go and set a new one.
I'm guessing off that session it would probably be a formality?

Hey! It's 24:48 from last autumn and yes I should get a good pb at this stage.

Training will be geared more towards half marathon distance for the next 3 months (Wexford Half) but I'm sure I could fit one in. St. Anne's Parkrun probably or maybe MSB. I liked that one the time I did it. Yes actually I think I'll do MSB Patrick's weekend.

yaboya1 wrote: »

I reckon you might break 23 minutes.

that'd be nice but if I were you I wouldn't be putting any money on that for a few more months. Maybe by MSB though!

RedRunner wrote: »

That'll be my first race of the year. Not likely to be a PB but hoping I can give it a decent lash. I've got a load of people from work doing it too as a big charity event.

That's some month's work for you A. Well done!

thanks!

I'm sure you'll be in great shape by then R! Let's hope they get the distance correct this year as there was a lot of controversy last year about course being short.

Bungy Girl wrote: »

It's such a great route - definitely PB territory if they get the distance right. My guess is it was off by around 150m last year Can see you knocking a massive chunk of your PB based on your recent sessions. How are you fixed for the 10K ?

Yeah I loved it the time I did it. Definitely pb territory but a bit too much so last year due to short course!!!
Not thinking about 10k (nerves already..ridiculous. ... so let's not talk about it until Sunday ) but quietly confident ish

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Yeah, I don't count it as a PB and I'll be a while beating it but for about 10 minutes after the race I was the happiest girl in the world :rolleyes:

Ok let's not, BUT, you are going to smash it. And nerves are good. I always get nervous in advance of the big races but once you're running it doesn't matter and it's better than just being meh about it Channel those nerves, be grand!

Thanks yeah talking about it makes it worse for me so we won't mention the r word until Sunday
Not a goal one really but wanna do well.
Now back to you

Sunday 1 February
5 miles easy
Did this around the homeplace in Kilkenny. This is literally in the middle of nowhere and one doesn't expect to see humans, let alone running humans in these here parts. Well lo and behold but there were 2 runners heading towards me about a half mile away in the distance. Couldn't believe my eyes. I was super excited. When I got to them it seemed like they didn't want to stop and talk
I understand why now and feel a bit bad for stopping them in their tracks but I just had to stop and chat. Turns out they're a mother and daughter doing the OP Trans 5k programme. They were on one of the 5 minute running bits and believe me, I know how difficult they are when you're starting out, and the worst thing in the world is having to stop to chat to an annoyingly cheery happy smiley person if you're in the middle of that mammoth task:(. I apologised profusely and gave them loads of encouragement and they nearly fell down with excitement when I said I started a similar programme 3 years ago and did the marathon last year and am running every day now, so I felt a little bit better about it as they were (seemed) genuinely interested to hear about my running history and the fact that I started out exactly where they did.

Skipped the pm run as the roads were icy and it was completely dark and I didn't want to have to drive to Kilkenny to run due to the slippy roads.

45 miles weekly total
Turned out to be a bit of an unintentional recovery week as I was feeling a bit 'off' early in the week so took a day off and dropped some doubles. No harm.

Monday 2 February
10 miles very easy w/ 6x45 sec strides near end
I've had 2 of the most amazing nights of sleep that I've ever had. I must have slept 9 hours on Saturday night and about 10 hours last night and I could have slept for longer. I was very surprised to see my rhr up to about 57 this morning but I felt fine so not sure what that was about.

Drove back to Dublin and hit the Phoenix Park on one of the most glorious afternoons that we've had this year. Honestly, the scenery was just breath taking at times and I was so happy that I could run it all very relaxed and take it all in. Ran a lot of hills and kept it all lovely and smooth with easy breathing, barely breaking a sweat. Happy happy days
Ran past the fairly old dude I often see running around the park. Well he's doing some kind of running motion but more like walking, but looks like he was definitely a runner in the past. He always looks SO happy I love when I pass him and we always exchange greetings and he puts a smile on my face. Maybe I put a smile on his face too Cool guy ;:)

9:58 avg pace
Easy tomorrow and strides session Wednesday!

Day 18 - no alcohol (I'd love a fecking glass of wine or even a bloody dry sherry would be welcome at this stage!)

PaulieC wrote: »

Great views of snow-covered Seefin and Seefingan from Chesterfield Ave. today. Had I the time, I would've headed up that way.

Yeah truly stunning vistas. I can see how you'd be tempted by the lure of the mountains.

kit3 wrote: »

Don't suppose he has a beard by any chance ??

No not an obvious one anyways as far as I remember! 80s I'd say and very lean.

PaulieC wrote: »

Isn't he someone on this forum's dad ? Or did I imagine that ?

Not sure. I remember seeing him and Harry Gorman and another older gentleman one day last summer out for a walk/jog in their running gear. It would have made a great picture. The 3 of them looked so happy and healthy.
I rarely see people of that age out running. It's great! Come to think of it, any time I do see older people running, it's always older men, and never older women. Wonder why...