The Boggers Log

Murph_D wrote: »

Rock solid, boss.

Tnx Murph, took a while to get going and wasn't happy at all on the first lap.

menoscemo wrote: »

I knew you flew the last mile, but that is some going on probably the hardest mile on the course (uphill straight into the wind with no cover).

Looks like you sat in 20 seconds behind all the way and then pulled a sniper job at the first sign of weakness :pac:

Tnx Meno

Up until mile 8 I didn't think I'd catch you at all, you were bashing out very consistent miles, up to then I was concentrating on getting within 30 seconds of you, the 6.20 odd mile closed the gap a bit and gave me a bit of encouragement to keep going. I slowed up towards the last bit as the effort was taking its toll, but I was paranoid at that stage that you'd go by me.

TBH and thinking back on it, they were solid runs in tough conditions, immediately afterwards I thought a sub 3 was outta reach but now I think I'm still in with a decent shout.

TbL

Plan today called for 5/7 miles very easy am/pm.

Got the shorter run done early this morning in abysmal weather, slogged through the 5 miles @ 9.46 pace.

Got out of work at 5 today for a change and headed for my local hilly route, complete change in the weather, lovely sunny evening with a bit of a breeze.

Nice to be back to the safety of Bogger terrain, only about half a dozen mechanised vehicles passed me during the hour, no pedestrians and a pair of lost sheep Got 7 miles done @ 8.32 pace. Groin and hip flexor have tightened up so I need to try and get that sorted.

12 miles for the day.

TbL

Today called for a bog standard nursing home special.

Got out early this morning before work for this, glorious morning for a run and I left the base layer at home.

Ended up doing 6 miles @ 8.56.

Might have to switch things around and get my long run in tomorrow.

TbL

Today the plan called for 9 miles easy and tomorrow 16 miles steady.

Had hoped to switch the sessions around but Mrs TbL handed me a very long list of jobs that needed doing so I only got a window of an hour at 4pm. Maybe for the best as the body felt very tired and achey and despite the almost perfect running conditions I'd say 16 steady would have killed me.

Got 7 miles in easy at 8.27 pace.

Given that I'd spent half the morning cleaning the BBQ, I decided to put it to use and cooked about half of Dublin Zoo! Yum, yum.

Pity to see PConn quit as a mod, always seemed like a decent/sensible lad, I'm going to confine myself to the training logs section for a while as other parts of this forum are rapidly turning into a quagmire of rancid crap!

TbL

Murph_D wrote: »

Dublin zoo? What on earth was on the menu? :eek:

And now you have to clean it all over again!

Haha Murph, the Connemara butcher counter 2llb special, and plenty of it. You never really know what you're getting but it's always damn tasty when coated in BBQ sauce and flamed. One of the kids said they found a piece of gazelle horn in the meat

Well done today.

TbL

Calvin Johnson wrote: »

Agreed - you're really doing well.

Do you agree TbL??

Tnx CJ, things seem to be finally clicking together. That said I felt I was in great shape last cycle and was really confident of going close to 3 hours and ended up having a complete mare, running a 3.10. On this cycle I'm also finding it harder on the body and the stiffness/niggles are slow to subside (maybe it's winter training). On the other hand I've run and 15 & 16 miler this week at around 7.15 pace and this time last year that was faster than my marathon pace so I'm definitely getting stronger.

ger664 wrote: »

Agree with Calvin here too. You are in great shape. I believe you will get sub 3 in Boston unless we get weird weather conditions like warm day or strong headwind. Your coach believes it everyone following this thread believes it. Our belief in you doesn't matter a toss. You have to believe in yourself and your ability. Once you do it will happen.

Tnx Ger, probably my weakest area is my mental strength, still need to work on that, Amsterdam last year was a disaster from that perspective and I was lucky to be able to quickly shake it off with a good run in Valencia. Hopefully another 3 weeks of solid training will have me in really good shape.

adrian522 wrote: »

Agree, epic session.

Tnx Adrian, well done yourself today

paddybarry wrote: »

Great session.

Cheers Paddy and bit to go before I reach your standard.

TbL

Yesterday: the plan called for a 4 mile nursing home special. I had to drive to Dublin late on Sunday night and I was in and out of meetings over 16 hours yesterday in a hotel at Dublin airport followed by a drive back to Galway in the small hours of the morning. Not enough minutes in the day to get any running done.

Today: the plan called for 4/8 easy miles an/pm and tomorrow's session was to be 15 miles 6 easy, 5 steady and 4 PMP.

Today ran away from me and it was 8pm before I knew it. The end of this week is also going to be very busy with family events so I cobbled together a session that I thought would be beneficial but in hindsight was probably foolish. I decided to do a long run with 10 easy, 5 steady, 4 at MP and 1 cool down easy. Drove into Barna and parked beside the 12 hotel, headed down Westside, over the quincentennial bridge and down past the RTC before turning and retracing my steps. Felt grand even for the steady miles but the incline back up Westside took it out of me and I couldn't find the MP gear, tried a couple of surges to see if I could tap into it but it wasn't to be. Dialled the pace right back and plodder the 3 miles back to the car. 20 miles done. Not great but no disaster!

Splits:

8.47
8.27
8.01
8.03
7.54
7.59
7.56
7.42
8.03
8.13
7.27
7.14
7.17
7.17
7.31
7.17
7.11
8.18
8.32
8.00

TbL

FBOT01 wrote: »

Decent long run there C. I stand be correct by your coach but I am pretty sure he will tell you that you can mess with the recovery/easy run if you like (have to) but done f8ck with the sessions if you can avoid it as they have been designed with a particular stimulus in mind.....but as I said I stand to be corrected

Probably right, M, I'd usually run it by him but it was a last minute decision late in the evening, he's away and I didn't want to bother him so tried to kill two birds with one stone, as I won't get a long run in this weekend. I'll text him later and see if I can get the session done another day this week

TbL

Today the plan called for 4/8 miles easy double.

I had a family event on today and got a 4 miles in very easy early this morning, I'm just in the door and have zero will to go out again. I'm a bit pissed off with myself but tomorrow is down for a 4 mile recovery run so I'll try and get more miles in tomorrow.

More family stuff over the weekend so I'll struggle with sessions/miles, and frustratingly I've just been told that I've to be in London Mon-Thur next week. Very hard to get any time in when I'm over there never mind routes for a decent session. This feckin work lark is startin to interfere with my running!!

TbL