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Target Practice

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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Bungy Girl

Great report DG! Trying to do sums while racing is like trying to play Beethoven wearing mittens. Never going to work.

Dubgal72

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

The makings of the OAP sequel

TbL

Love it! Sure we're old hands at the self-inflicted pain thing anyway

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Great report DG! Trying to do sums while racing is like trying to play Beethoven wearing mittens. Never going to work.

Yup

Duanington

Super stuff DG - well done for showing the pain the door!

Dubgal72

Thanks D, it really does work. It stops that panic rising which I am sure is like the panic of drowning... It's a work in progress and I am sure I'll get plenty of practice in the 10 mile on Monday....

Tom Joad

Nice work DG -great running.

career move

Lovely stuff Dg. Hope you have another good race Monday

Firedance

Fantastic result & 3rd too! Good luck on Monday

hillsiderunner

Good luck tomorrow in case I don't see you at the start line. You'll smash it!!!

Dubgal72

Check out these bright new babies :cool: Adrian and NE, I'm looking at you

(brightest shoes smack down

)

Murph_D

Good luck tomorrow, DG. Don't know if you did this race last year but if so you'll know the course had more twists and turns than a Chubby Checker convention so whatever you do, don't get lost! All the best.

tang1

Murph_D wrote: »

Good luck tomorrow, DG. Don't know if you did this race last year but if so you'll know the course had more twists and turns than a Chubby Checker convention so whatever you do, don't get lost! All the best.

+1, weather looks good for racing. Best of luck DG.

KielyUnusual

Nice racing on Thursday DG. Definitely worth a bit of time running that on a track. Hard to take some of those corners at any sort of pace. Will you be giving the mile race on the track out in Greystones a crack?

Best of luck tomorrow out in Raheny too.

Dubgal72

Murph_D wrote: »

Good luck tomorrow, DG. Don't know if you did this race last year but if so you'll know the course had more twists and turns than a Chubby Checker convention so whatever you do, don't get lost! All the best.

Yeah, I had heard...and for that reason - plus I don't know the area - haven't bothered trying to recce it. Basically I'm doing it blind but if anyone cares to talk me through the last two miles....? My markers are anywhere that was on the Raheny 5 route

Thanks!

Bungy Girl

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Yeah, I had heard...and for that reason - plus I don't know the area - haven't bothered trying to recce it. Basically I'm doing it blind but if anyone cares to talk me through the last two miles....? My markers are anywhere that was on the Raheny 5 route
Thanks!

Sorry, know the area well but can't make head or tail of the map! Hopefully someone can talk you through it.

Dubgal72

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Sorry, know the area well but can't make head or tail of the map! Hopefully someone can talk you through it.

Thanks BG, I'll be behind *someone* so let's hope they know the way

NetwerkErrer

All the bestest tomorrow DG! Have a gud un.:)

Murph_D

Simples, eh?

. Actually it's not that bad really after the first mile. (This was last year, didn't see an updated route so assume the same this time?) You'll be grand. Didn't mean to plant any negative thoughts.

Dubgal72

Haha thanks Murph, that'll do nicely! Crazy course

(no negative thoughts btw, I was actually blissful in my ignorance...still am

)

Dubgal72

KielyUnusual wrote: »

Nice racing on Thursday DG. Definitely worth a bit of time running that on a track. Hard to take some of those corners at any sort of pace. Will you be giving the mile race on the track out in Greystones a crack?

Best of luck tomorrow out in Raheny too.

Thanks KU, nice to meet you! Definitely will aim to give the mile a bash, have been itching to do one for a while

Good luck yourself, enjoy.

Dubgal72

Tom Joad wrote: »

Nice work DG -great running.

career move wrote: »

Lovely stuff Dg. Hope you have another good race Monday

Firedance wrote: »

Fantastic result & 3rd too! Good luck on Monday

hillsiderunner wrote: »

Good luck tomorrow in case I don't see you at the start line. You'll smash it!!!

tang1 wrote: »

+1, weather looks good for racing. Best of luck DG.

NetwerkErrer wrote: »

All the bestest tomorrow DG! Have a gud un.:)

Thanks everybody! Dunno what I'm doing on here, night night

Tom Joad

Best of luck tomorrow DG

annapr

Best of luck today, A! Hope you have another great day out... think it's a nice straight finish along the main avenue in the park anyway, so if you get that far without getting lost, it'll be a fast finish! Looking forward to the report.

Bluesquare

Best of luck today!

Bungy Girl

Legend !!! Hope you heard us screaming our lungs out for you :-)

annapr

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Legend !!! Hope you heard us screaming our lungs out for you :-)

??????? Suspension is killing me!

Suspense even!!!

aquinn

Bungy Girl wrote:

Legend !!! Hope you heard us screaming our lungs out for you :-)

Tell us!

laura_ac3

annapr wrote: »

??????? Suspension is killing me!

Suspense even!!!

The suspension is shocking here going over healy pass as well Anna.

Murph_D

Great time, A - congratulations!

Dubgal72

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Legend !!! Hope you heard us screaming our lungs out for you :-)

I did I did! Thank you!! I made my way down to you after but got waylaid, really wanted to say hello to BG jnr too. Thanks again

Dubgal72

I am in LOVE with today

Reason no 1) (in no particular order...)7th lady overall
2) 3rd/bronze Leinster championship o/40
3) second scorer on the very probable winning team (not sure yet whether seniors or o/40)
4) got my gold goal!!!!! I BROKE 70 minutes YES I KNOW I AM SHOUTING I DON'T CARE!!

69:28
5) I chicked a Clohisey