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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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annapr

Sounds like a tough run yesterday, DG, really well done... 39th is great placing... you'll get the sub-40 on a better day!

Dubgal72

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Oops, didn't mean to give you a fright . I blame the caffeine :rolleyes: Great report, as usual. Nice plan for the summer - what distance(s) will you do in the Masters ? See you in Dunshaughlin anyway, looks like there will be a large boards contingent.

Haha sure you weren't drinking red bull?!

Thanks BG, it was a great lift really and perfectly timed

1500 in the masters and maybe 3000 if the timing is right. See you in dunshaughlin

libelula wrote: »

Inspirational report as always Dubgal, very well done on such a mingin' day!

Thanks libelula, it was pretty miserable wasn't it. Means it can only get better, right?!

adrian522 wrote: »

Well done, good running by the sounds of things. I don't think you can judge races in conditions like yesterdays based solely on time and it sounds like you really dug deep when required in the second half of the race.

That's a great finishing position anyway so hope you are suitable happy with that. See you on the 20th anyway I think.

Thanks Adrian, yes, overall, now the time and position has been confirmed, I am very pleasantly surprised.

Runchick wrote: »

Super running DG you're so good at the pain stuff, I wimp out much too easily!! Well done

Thanks Runchick, don't know about *good* at it but it definitely gets better with practice. Gawd what do we sound like?!

Firedance wrote: »

Well done A, Adrian is right in those conditions all bets are off, you stuck with it when others would throw in the towel. Another great report

Thanks FD, yeah definitely chuffed with the position!

spaceylou wrote: »

Great report DG - conditions were pretty awful yesterday so well done! Looking forward to hearing the final time.

Thanks spaceylou, 42:24 final time and #40 (#39 actually cos the she seems to have slipped into the official results :rolleyes: ) so very very happy (and still a bit shocked tbh). Haven't got the 5k split, the search engine seems to be a bit of a joke

spaceylou

Great report DG - conditions were pretty awful yesterday so well done! Looking forward to hearing the final time.

Firedance

Well done A, Adrian is right in those conditions all bets are off, you stuck with it when others would throw in the towel. Another great report

Runchick

Super running DG you're so good at the pain stuff, I wimp out much too easily!! Well done

adrian522

Well done, good running by the sounds of things. I don't think you can judge races in conditions like yesterdays based solely on time and it sounds like you really dug deep when required in the second half of the race.

That's a great finishing position anyway so hope you are suitable happy with that. See you on the 20th anyway I think.

libelula

Inspirational report as always Dubgal, very well done on such a mingin' day!

Bungy Girl

Oops, didn't mean to give you a fright

. I blame the caffeine :rolleyes: Great report, as usual. Nice plan for the summer - what distance(s) will you do in the Masters ? See you in Dunshaughlin anyway, looks like there will be a large boards contingent.

Dubgal72

Race Report VHI WMM 2015
Official results: 40th place and 42:24 (#39 if you take 'ciara' out of the mix :rolleyes:)

General prep was not the best, plenty of alcohol drunk at the Italian wedding on Thursday and Friday but mainly lack of sleep was the main biggie. I had revised the sub 40 target after Terenure, training was going well but races are the real sign of progress IMO. Weather forecast and a hot and heavy few days in Italy underpinned this revision. That's not to say I hadn't ruled it out completely...

I had very swollen feet and ankles off the plane late on Saturday night due to not being able to move on plane (sleeping baba, not mine), and had also spent two hours in the car on the way to airport so not surprising really.

Sunday, nutrition was pretty rubbish.
Swelling reduced but not completely, did an easy 40 minutes incl strides, lovely evening and felt fresh enough.

I wore compression socks to bed but probably not the brightest idea as...

Monday (Lie in till 8

)
But...
Woke up with quite a sore and stiff knee due to swelling and socks? Sore to walk on but went for a 10 min jog at 11:30 to test it out. It was strangely ok when jogging, only stiff when walking. Decided to go ahead and pull out at the least bit of worry.
Light breakfast, forgot to have snack but didn't feel the lack of it, indeed caught a whiff of fast food on the bridge warming up and it made me quite queasy.

Disaster/shambles pre race: really had to watch my ps and qs...
P in lane because
Q for loo was over 20 mins and wouldn't have made it to
Q for baggage so...
... just made it to front pen, met two clubmates and warmed up incl strides. Saw BeepBeep67, suitably ensconced in the lead car front seat and Abhainn, had a chat and dumped our extra layers on them

With 10 minutes to go, we lined up and saw Emilia. I told her she had broken my heart and the cause of it so she gaily waved her dirty great GARMIN forerunner under my nose. Did her no harm, she was flying today but.... :rolleyes:

Off we went:
It was a bit too wet for the Sauconys today but wasn't going so fast it was falling-slippy.

The first km came in at 3:55 and I was absolutely delighted with this. I felt really strong and relaxed even thought it was about 10 seconds faster than intended first km. didn't get to check again til:

3k and saw 12:43 on the watch :eek: (I had been planning to run in multiples of 4 minutes so anything up to 12:30 would have been acceptable). At this stage, I had settled down and was keeping my two clubmates in sight so wasn't expecting it to have slowed so much, I should have told myself to cop on and taken into account the wind which had a powerful enough gust at times.
So instead, I made a rookie mistake and stepped up a gear. Not too much but enough to make it that little bit harder early on.

My clubmates caught me around the 5k mark (possibly hit at 21:xx) where it began to pinch.
5.5k we turned around, all ok but they revved up, as per plan. I kept them within 30-50 metres til about 6.8k when they opened up the gap to maybe 100m.

7-10k I entered the misery zone but concentrated on keeping a strong and fast cadence. The wand came out and I really let that pain in. I passed a couple here so all good...ish. BG got the benefit of a wordless eye roll but I have to admit I got a fright when I heard her bellow my name

I was in the process of overtaking and couldn't see who the bellow was coming from!

Missed the 8k marker and the 9k marker was a great relief. Funnily the last km seemed to go really quick and the finish caught me by surprise, a very welcome surprise mind you!

However:
All in all, despite the mistake of revving up too early, I passed more than was passed today. No one passed me after 6k or so, although it had become fairly strung out by then. I can't remember exactly but I definitely caught three or four places after 6km until the end. I ended up with just one athlete between me and my speedster clubmates. The finish line as we turned towards Merrion Square caught me by surprise (:o *know your start and finishes*) and if I'd known it was coming sooner would I have been able to raise more of a sprint? Who knows. I did what I did on the day. I left nothing out there, dug deep, used the wand and...dug deep again

It's all a learning curve and while the pacing is still not there, it's moving forward. I would have liked to have not panicked slightly at the 3k mark especially having seen how staying cool calm and collected paid off for my clubmates, I will definitely feel easier about holding back next time.

Met up with more clubmates at the end for a couple of Irish coffees (heat replenishment

) who all seemed to have had a good run in the conditions. Well done boardsies too, it was a tough enough day.

Fair play to everyone supporting and stewarding today on the course, we really really appreciate you!

Dun Shaughlin and Ferns next on the list and then really excited about preparing for the National Masters T&F at the end of August. Bring that baby on

Will post splits, final position and official time tomorrow when results are up but the pa has confirmed (not a figment of my delirium) that I was definitely 40th at 7k. No one passed me and I gained a couple of places after 7k so I am over the moon with that

kit3

Top 40/50/60 - it's serious going either way

Dubgal72

menoscemo wrote: »

I heard at least one runner :rolleyes: was pulled off the course before the end, so You'll have gained at least 1 place

I gave you a shout at 8.5k but you were really motoring so I am not sure you heard me.

Yeah the fecker passed me between 3 and 4k. I don't give a sht about men running in this but they really need to keep to their place....at the back of the pack

Really motoring? Did not feel like it at that stage, I had entered the misery zone not long after 7k but thanks

Ps had a chat with Emilia before the race and I saw the 'object' but will save that for the report

menoscemo

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Thanks kit but, Sh%t I hope that count is right! My nephew and dad called out the positions just before the 7k mark and no one passed me after that so fingers crossed :eek:

I heard at least one runner :rolleyes: was pulled off the course before the end, so You'll have gained at least 1 place

I gave you a shout at 8.5k but you were really motoring so I am not sure you heard me.

Dubgal72

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Ha, I did. Although you were still motoring! It was apocalyptic out there today - top 0.1% ain't too shabby, I don't think times are relevant in that wind and rain! Dunshaughlin will be a breeze compared to that. Hope you've thawed out. I had to bail into a coffee shop after half and hour because I couldn't feel my hands or feet :eek:

I bet you were freezing, serious kudos to you, thanks a mill

No, times weren't relevant, I made a couple of mistakes but nothing that would have got me a significant amount faster today.

kit3 wrote: »

Serious conditions out there - well done - top 40 is serious going

Thanks kit but, Sh%t I hope that count is right! My nephew and dad called out the positions just before the 7k mark and no one passed me after that so fingers crossed :eek:

aquinn wrote: »

Top 40! Incredible, well done.
Traumatised or ok?

Thanks A! The bit prior to the race traumatised me big time but overall happy with today. I'll cobble a race report after the sprogs are snoring

aquinn

Top 40! Incredible, well done.
Traumatised or ok?

kit3

Serious conditions out there - well done - top 40 is serious going

Bungy Girl

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Aha, it was a tough enough day today...I don't think I even got my C goal, in fact I know I didn't, but it looks like I was in the top 40 - out of 40 000 - and I may have scraped a negative split so I think that can be called a Good Day's Work
Bloody results not available til published tomorrow :mad: (Didn't even bother to stop my watch at the finish)
Thanks again for all the good wishes, and the shout outs en route, BG did you get my 'I've had enough eye roll'??!

Ha, I did. Although you were still motoring! It was apocalyptic out there today - top 0.1% ain't too shabby, I don't think times are relevant in that wind and rain! Dunshaughlin will be a breeze compared to that. Hope you've thawed out. I had to bail into a coffee shop after half and hour because I couldn't feel my hands or feet :eek:

Dubgal72

aquinn wrote: »

What news for us then?

Aha, it was a tough enough day today...I don't think I even got my C goal, in fact I know I didn't, but it looks like I was in the top 40 - out of 40 000 - and I may have scraped a negative split so I think that can be called a Good Day's Work

Bloody results not available til published tomorrow :mad: (Didn't even bother to stop my watch at the finish)
Thanks again for all the good wishes, and the shout outs en route, BG did you get my 'I've had enough eye roll'??!

aquinn

What news for us then?

hillsiderunner

Firedance wrote: »

Ah yes, but do we care what NON runners think...? :-D

Sometimes, when your flat-out effort over 21k is being confused for the "mini". I've actually been annoyed about this in the past, and the person getting it wrong wouldn't even run a mile (indeed, maybe that was why I was annoyed about her mistake...)

Sorry for the hijack DG

Firedance

hillsiderunner wrote: »

Or *quarter*-marathon, as it should be (little bit of rounding). I hate that too, everyone knows the mm is not a full marathon but unfortunately non-runners do confuse with the half .

In bocco al lupa, DG

Ah yes, but do we care what NON runners think...? :-D

hillsiderunner

aquinn wrote: »

Actually will you do me a favour please? As you'll cross the finish fresh and fierce will you please ask organisers to rename 10 km run or fun run as I'm sick of people assuming if I've done a Half Marathon it's a 10km! I've asked them before but as you can imagine I didn't hear back. Just ask them to drop the mini marathon bit. X
All the very best.

Or *quarter*-marathon, as it should be (little bit of rounding). I hate that too, everyone knows the mm is not a full marathon but unfortunately non-runners do confuse with the half

.

In bocco al lupa, DG

Julielena

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Tom Joad

Best of luck tomorrow DG.

yaboya1

Good luck tomorrow.
Much easier course than Enniscorthy by all accounts so you should be good for target A. The easy week won't have done you any harm either considering your training before that

Target A - 6/4
Target B - 6/4
Target C - 4/1

martyboy48

DG, have a good one. I'm expecting great things from you tomorrow

chickey2

Best of luck tomorrow! I'm looking forward to reading your report already!

aquinn

Actually will you do me a favour please? As you'll cross the finish fresh and fierce will you please ask organisers to rename 10 km run or fun run as I'm sick of people assuming if I've done a Half Marathon it's a 10km! I've asked them before but as you can imagine I didn't hear back. Just ask them to drop the mini marathon bit. X
All the very best.

laura_ac3

Good luck tomorrow.

Notwork Error

All the best tomorrow DG! Have a gud un:)

Ososlo

Very excited to see how you go tomorrow DG. Whatever happens I know you'll give it your all!!
Best of!