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Dubgal72

Hi boardsies, Ososlo (blame her) pointed me in the direction of Training Logs and suggested that I might like to add one. So here I am.

You can probably guess from the log title that I am shooting for some targets. You might also guess from my user name that I am female, with affiliations to Dublin and am aged 32. I am also not a mathematician.

Back in the 80s my 'previous life', I ran a lot for a teenager. Skip a few decades and I am again running a lot. The interim, not so much. My twenties I spent running away from running, my thirties were spent running back to running, away from running...and mostly drawing to a standstill.

In many ways, I feel like a dinosaur or like I have entered a different century in my reincarnation as a runner (ok, actually I have. Push comes to shove I have entered a new millennium...).
I only found out what a Garmin is this last August, I have no idea what VO2 max is, my HR Max is uncharted territory and I am still sketchy re aerobic and anaerobic fitness details.......
I am going to relearn how to run 'by feel/effort' (actually that's going well, slowly but well) so won't invest in a gps watch just yet. I will get a HRM and definitely buy a stopwatch. The other details I hope to fill in via you guys.

I picked up my asics last Jan and decided (cue eyeball roll) to....run the marathon. As a bucket list thing. So yeah.

I'm glad I did, me and running are back together (*violins*).

And of course the marathon bit me. In the bum and badly. 23 minute positive split anybody?! But along the way I hope I have banked some endurance and have definitely dipped my toe into the beginnings of some quality session work.

For 2015 my targets are:

5k sub 20 mins (Current 21:38)
10k as near to 40 mins as I can (None official)
10 miles as far below 75 as I can (Current 78:04)
HM 1:35. (Current 1:41:08)

Would also like a crack at the track, 800m, 1500m and 3000m for old time's sake.

All advice and suggestions very welcome, thanks in advance. Nagging 'have you done your core exercises this week??' especially welcome!

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adrian522

Is this your usual pre-race Sickness/illness/injury (delete as appropriate)?

Tom Joad

This is the voice of bitter experience - don't attempt to run until the chest has properly cleared - you are just pushing it deeper into the chest and turning this into a proper lay off.

I done something similar last year and ignored a congested chest - and ending up missing the guts of a months training (not to mention needing two courses of antibiotics) because of it.

Anything below the neck needs a rest is the rule of thumb with these kinds of things.

Sorry if any of this comes across as preachy!

Dubgal72

annapr wrote: »

followed by....

Never mind Tuesday's session, you should have been resting on Monday!! Really sorry to hear Ballycotton might not be on (don't quite trust you on that yet), but Bungy is the voice of reason here! Don't mess with a chesty cough, it's not worth it. REST, REST, REST!!!!

(P.S. I feel sorry for your hubby with 2 toddlers and a non-running Dubgal in the house... )

He feels sorry for himself too

I will, I am, see reply to TJ below... and thanks

adrian522 wrote: »

Is this your usual pre-race Sickness/illness/injury (delete as appropriate)?

Wait and see....

(not really, I am actually scared of what BG and annapr will say....)

Tom Joad wrote: »

This is the voice of bitter experience - don't attempt to run until the chest has properly cleared - you are just pushing it deeper into the chest and turning this into a proper lay off.

I done something similar last year and ignored a congested chest - and ending up missing the guts of a months training (not to mention needing two courses of antibiotics) because of it.

Anything below the neck needs a rest is the rule of thumb with these kinds of things.

Sorry if any of this comes across as preachy!

Not at all preachy TJ , I spent a sad and desperate half hour surfing the net earlier to see if there was any site...any site at all! ...which would give me the green light to run with a congested chest

The thought of missing a month has put the nail in it for me...so BIG thank you

MKDTH

I reckon you will be fine by Sunday, my Nan always taught me it's better out than in so get rid of any phlem you cough up and you will be ready for Sunday.

Good luck tough nut.

Dubgal72

MKDTH wrote: »

I reckon you will be fine by Sunday, my Nan always taught me it's better out than in so get rid of any phlem you cough up and you will be ready for Sunday.

Good luck tough nut.

Thanks MKDTH...I'd have to get a pass from BG and annapr....don't think that's gona happen!

Bungy Girl

MKDTH's nan may have a point...and Exputex works a treat for shifting phlegm - but don't take any risks by running a (not a target) race unless you're 100%.

laura_ac3

Hope you're feeling better soon. Be sensible too if it doesn't shift, there'll be other races (as you know and would tell someone else but the rules of the world mean nobody likes listening to their own advice

aquinn

Exputex is super but mind yourself over the next few days and please don't race or train if not able.

I hope you feel better, you'll get another chance to dance on tables with club members!

Dubgal72

Bungy Girl wrote: »

MKDTH's nan may have a point...and Exputex works a treat for shifting phlegm - but don't take any risks by running a (not a target) race unless you're 100%.

laura_ac3 wrote: »

Hope you're feeling better soon. Be sensible too if it doesn't shift, there'll be other races (as you know and would tell someone else but the rules of the world mean nobody likes listening to their own advice ).

aquinn wrote: »

Exputex is super but mind yourself over the next few days and please don't race or train if not able.

I hope you feel better, you'll get another chance to dance on tables with club members!

I am on the exputex, thank you ladies. Funny, once I accepted Sunday is a probable/definite no-run, I started to *source* races for Saturday week :rolleyes: (Has to be Saturday as I have a friend staying from the UK from. Saturday evening)...

aquinn

Dubgal72 wrote: »

I am on the exputex, thank you ladies. Funny, once I accepted Sunday is a probable/definite no-run, I started to *source* races for Saturday week :rolleyes: (Has to be Saturday as I have a friend staying from the UK from. Saturday evening)...

What's this now? This hasn't been approved. You are not 100% so stop researching events until you are!

tang1

Dubgal72 wrote: »

I am on the exputex, thank you ladies. Funny, once I accepted Sunday is a probable/definite no-run, I started to *source* races for Saturday week :rolleyes: (Has to be Saturday as I have a friend staying from the UK from. Saturday evening)...

Theres a good 10 mile in Craughwell on 22nd of this month if you can be patient that long, always gets good crowd from Dublin running it. Or if your that 'mad' to run come and join Murph, annapr & myself in Bundoran Saturday week for there 10 miler.

Dubgal72

aquinn wrote: »

What's this now? This hasn't been approved. You are not 100% so stop researching events until you are!

Only researching, promise

tang1 wrote: »

Theres a good 10 mile in Craughwell on 22nd of this month if you can be patient that long, always gets good crowd from Dublin running it. Or if your that 'mad' to run come and join Murph, annapr & myself in Bundoran Saturday week for there 10 miler.

Thanks Tang

It should really be earlier in the month rather than later as I have a potentially hectic racing schedule in April. Bundoran is out cos I have to meet my friend off the plane on Saturday evening...
I might just rock up to a park run (my first) as I have my barcode now. All this talk of racing is making me itchy. I'm outta here

kit3

Tom Joad wrote: »

This is the voice of bitter experience - don't attempt to run until the chest has properly cleared - you are just pushing it deeper into the chest and turning this into a proper lay off.

I done something similar last year and ignored a congested chest - and ending up missing the guts of a months training (not to mention needing two courses of antibiotics) because of it.

Anything below the neck needs a rest is the rule of thumb with these kinds of things.

Sorry if any of this comes across as preachy!

+1 I did the same the year before last & ended up out for 8 weeks - 2 courses of antibiotics & steroids and a pulled muscle somewhere under my ribs from coughing before I could shift it. Have one now & am shifting it before I move again - not worth the chance.

Dubgal72

Thanks kit, all the good sense above - and the fear of being side-lined for a multiple of weeks :eek: - has made me sensible. Gws

SamforMayo

Now don't be lazy, practice your seal move while at home!! I have mastered it!

Dubgal72

I had a core session booked in tonight but that damn bottle went and popped its own cork

Dubgal72

SamforMayo wrote: »

Now don't be lazy, practice your seal move while at home!! I have mastered it!

Ps, vid please?!

SamforMayo

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Ps, vid please?!

Ha, ha, my sons will testify to it, very impressed they were!

Bungy Girl

You're gone very quiet. What are you plotting ;-) ??

aquinn

Bungy Girl wrote:

You're gone very quiet. What are you plotting ;-) ??

Yes, suspicious. Hopefully not packed and sneaking off to Cork.

Dubgal72

Bungy Girl wrote: »

You're gone very quiet. What are you plotting ;-) ??

aquinn wrote: »

Yes, suspicious. Hopefully not packed and sneaking off to Cork.

Haha hilarious! ( now there's an idea, not too late is it?!) No, just nothing to report apart from a few - indoor - core sessions. I'm surprising myself with the good grace I'm accepting this imprisonment/ rest. It's actually working wonders (that and the exputex!). It'll be Monday tho before I attempt a slow jog and Thursday before I try a session. Really, that sensible

*

*and maybe a parkrun Saturday......

Bungy Girl

Dubgal72 wrote: »

It'll be Monday tho before I attempt a slow jog and Thursday before I try a session. Really, that sensible *

Who are you and what have you done with Dubgal ?!

Dubgal72 wrote: »

*and maybe a parkrun Saturday......

Ah, there you are

annapr

all that therapy you're getting over on the spotlight thread is working wonders for you

Dubgal72

Haha I'll be so chilled I'll be running horizontally

annapr

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Haha I'll be so chilled I'll be running horizontally

hmmm, somehow I can't see that... doing the planks horizontally maybe...

Dubgal72

annapr wrote: »

hmmm, somehow I can't see that... doing the planks horizontally maybe...

Me and planks are going to maintain a mutual and healthy mistrust of each other

HelenAnne

Hi Dubgal

Have only just seen your log and that you were sick and missed Ballycotton. So sorry to hear that! I was hoping I might bump into you (though how I thought I'd recognise you, I don't know!)

Hope you're on the mend now and have loads of nice races lined up.

Dubgal72

HelenAnne wrote: »

Hi Dubgal

Have only just seen your log and that you were sick and missed Ballycotton. So sorry to hear that! I was hoping I might bump into you (though how I thought I'd recognise you, I don't know!)

Hope you're on the mend now and have loads of nice races lined up.

Hi Helen, yes I was sensible in the end (actually I had sensibility thrust on me, it wasn't that willing to begin with). I would have found you "hi, you're female and wearing a RS vest...are you HelenAnne from boards?"

Looks like you had a great run on a windy day, well done! I think I'm better now, thanks. And yes, the races are starting to come in thick and fast from April so no doubt we'll come across each other. I hope you can make the May trail run in Howth? I might not run it (in between two races four days apart), but I'll definitely be there setting up a tea and cake stall

Dubgal72

log report w/b Mon 9 March 2015
Sunday was a very exciting day with times and reports coming in thick and fast from Ballycotton and Bohermeen. Conditions seemed to be tough in both locations yet PBs were rolling in from my club and many on boards. Well done everyone and especially Pacing Mule and ECOLII for their parts in giving the boards community...well, a real community feeling

And of course Laura_ac3 who did our ladies corner here proud, winning the stakes and a fantastic PB to boot, way to go!!
Mon 9 March
0
Nothing...yup, nothing thanks to Aquinn squealing on me

Seriously, a couple of coughs convinced me to take an extra 24 hours.
Did a half hearted core session instead. A plus from the last week off (seven whole days :eek: ) is that the DS core round the world session has increased to 25 reps. Still struggling with balance on the side plank thingy raises but every other move can be done slowly and controlled, yay.

Tuesday 10 March
4 easy
An easy 4 around the block. I had intended a very easy 5.5 if the legs played ball but the leithreas called me home early. Just as well, really. Great to get out for an evening run in daylight too. Looks like I picked a good week to be off last week if reports of wind are anything to go by

Plan for the rest of the week is
Wednesday 5-6 incl strides
Thursday modified club session
Friday easy run
Saturday parkrun or lsr, depending on feedback given at club session Thursday
Sunday-Wed will be 'get out when I can' few days due to a non-running friend staying with us :rolleyes:

So happy to be back

Ososlo

Can 'non-running friend' not be babysitter while you run?
Good to see you back at it!