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Bungy Girl · 08-06-2015 08:17AM

annapr wrote: »

Good racing today!! you can log your withdrawal symptoms when you stop racing

...i see you've been rechristened BUNNY girl over on the beer mile thread.... LOL... hope you have your outfit ready

Ah yes my alter ego Bunny Girl. She just comes out for parties and beer miles

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 08:36AM

Monday – Recovery

Should actually have been a rest day but thought I’d postpone it to Thursday as legs felt fine. Just did my regular 3 mile loop from home.

3 miles (27:30)

Tuesday – Easy

Such an amazing evening! Did a loop of St.Anne’s on the trail then some strides on one of the pitches. The park was full of runners, kids playing GAA, walkers – all enjoying the sunshine. Happy days.

4 miles (36:00) + 6 x 80m strides

Wednesday – BHAA Trinity Track Races

Where to start – this was such a fun evening. College Park was jammers with sun-worshiping beer-drinking students (who I’m guessing must have finished their exams) and they provided a vocal backdrop to all the races. There were 2 events on offer: 1200m and 2000m, so 3 and 5 laps of the grass track respectively. The evening would kick off with the women’s 1200m, followed by all the various men’s divisions at that distance, then the sequence would start over again with the women’s 2000m, finishing up with the fastest men’s division. I figured I’d do the 1200m then see about the 2000m if I’d recovered enough. Ditched the Garmin to just run by feel in my new Saucony Endorphins. Love love love them, they weigh nothing, it’s like running on fluffy clouds. Lined up, starter’s gun (a real one) blasted (loudly! ouch) and we were off. Don’t remember much after that but we got a split at 400m and mine was 88 secs. Felt reasonably in control for the 3 laps. Had a bit left for a decent finish and overtook one or two runners in the last 100m or so. Time was 4:30 unofficially (I got a sneaky peek at the results sheet). Maybe there was a sub-3 min 800m in there? I’ll never know :rolleyes:. Time for a mini cool down to reset the legs. Watched the men’s races and chatted with clubmates. Seemed like no time at all before we were called back for the 2000m. Bang! Here we go again. Legs didn’t feel as bad as I thought. 400m split was called at 93 secs. The laps seemed to go by really quickly and there was loads of support from the bowsy students and the other runners. Just one lap left and I was feeling okay. Went for it with about 200m to go and passed 2 or 3 runners. Not sure of placing but I think I was a bit higher up than in the 1200m. 7:59 unofficial for the 2000m.

I never would have thought I’d get a buzz out of the track but I kind of want to do more now. Bummer about the base building....

3 miles total*

*Double checked, yup only 3 miles after all that. I was going to run home after but it was late and I was starving so treated myself to a taxi instead.

annapr · 11-06-2015 09:41AM

Great running again G... have you lined up a sponsor to help you with the racing withdrawals, or are you just planning to race like crazy until 'base building' starts

hillsiderunner · 11-06-2015 09:48AM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Wednesday – BHAA Trinity Track Races

I figured I’d do the 1200m then see about the 2000m if I’d recovered enough.

Time was 4:30 unofficially (I got a sneaky peek at the results sheet). Maybe there was a sub-3 min 800m in there? I’ll never know :rolleyes:.

Congrats table-or-not

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 10:28AM

annapr wrote: »

Great running again G... have you lined up a sponsor to help you with the racing withdrawals, or are you just planning to race like crazy until 'base building' starts

A sponsor - now there's a thought. I'll need a 12-step programme too. And lots of box sets. And I'll probably stalk support all you lot at your races. Be grand

hillsiderunner wrote: »

You do know! (once things are official). To have 1200m at 4:30, either the 800m or the last 800m (or both) has to be <= 3:00. I guess it depends whether you need 2:59 or 3:00 for the table ...

Congrats table-or-not

Deffo need sub-3 for the table so no way of knowing for sure. I'm going to have to head up to Alsaa now before B-day and give it a lash. Would hand timing by a 3 y.o. be acceptable for the table

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hillsiderunner · 11-06-2015 10:32AM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Deffo need sub-3 for the table so no way of knowing for sure. I'm going to have to head up to Alsaa now before B-day and give it a lash. Would hand timing by a 3 y.o. be acceptable for the table ?

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Just get Ososlo to join you I think, no??

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 10:36AM

hillsiderunner wrote: »

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Just get Ososlo to join you I think, no??

Excellent idea. Ososlo you up for giving this a lash ?

menoscemo · 11-06-2015 10:43AM

We could time you on the track on Saturday before the main event while we are having a nice slow beer to warm up?

Ososlo · 11-06-2015 10:49AM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Excellent idea. Ososlo you up for giving this a lash ?

Possibly. I'm not there yet though (3 min 800m) so I don't think there's any point in me trying for a while. I'd want my 5k time to be under 23:20 to have a realistic shot. I'll see what my next 5k brings before the month is out (you never know!!!!) and get back to you!

edit: but if you want me to help your 3yo time it I'll be there!!!

kit3 · 11-06-2015 11:05AM

menoscemo wrote: »

We could time you on the track on Saturday before the main event while we are having a nice slow beer to warm up?

No pressure huh !!! You'd certainly be assured of support

hillsiderunner · 11-06-2015 11:19AM

hillsiderunner wrote: »

You do know! (once things are official). To have 1200m at 4:30, either the 800m or the last 800m (or both) has to be <= 3:00. I guess it depends whether you need 2:59 or 3:00 for the table ...

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Deffo need sub-3 for the table so no way of knowing for sure.

And apart from that I was wrong

... could indeed be sub-4:30 and have the first 800m and last 800m both over 3:00 (if the middle 400m was very slow and the other two 400ms were each a bit fast).

Apologies for the mistake of basic linear algebra

[Ososlo, from your interval sessions would guess you could do that sub-3 now, seems your 5k is the outlier. But have already stuck my nose in so won't interfere further

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Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 11:22AM

menoscemo wrote: »

We could time you on the track on Saturday before the main event while we are having a nice slow beer to warm up?

Ha ha. Thanks.

But no

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 11:24AM

kit3 wrote: »

No pressure huh !!! You'd certainly be assured of support

It would probably just be like last night with all the bowsy students :rolleyes:

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 11:26AM

Ososlo wrote: »

Possibly. I'm not there yet though (3 min 800m) so I don't think there's any point in me trying for a while. I'd want my 5k time to be under 23:20 to have a realistic shot. I'll see what my next 5k brings before the month is out (you never know!!!!) and get back to you!

edit: but if you want me to help your 3yo time it I'll be there!!!

Cool. Sounds like a plan, let me know how the 5K goes. BG Jr is in her 'I can do everything by myself' phase at the moment, you wouldn't get a look in :rolleyes:

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 11:28AM

hillsiderunner wrote: »

And apart from that I was wrong ... could indeed be sub-4:30 and have the first 800m and last 800m both over 3:00 (if the middle 400m was very slow and the other two 400ms were each a bit fast).

Apologies for the mistake of basic linear algebra

My brain hurts.

Dubgal72 · 11-06-2015 11:44AM

Hehe this thread is nearly as good as the beer mile one

Great running on the track BG. We'll get you hooked yet

See you Saturday!

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 12:09PM

Dubgal72 wrote: »

We'll get you hooked yet

I think I am already :eek:

Killerz · 11-06-2015 12:15PM

Nice chatting with you after the races last night BG.

Great running too

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 12:20PM

Killerz wrote: »

Nice chatting with you after the races last night BG.

Great running too

Good to see you too. It was such a great evening. Almost makes me want to go back to college :rolleyes:

That's a mighty collection of prizes you picked up. Well done.

Firedance · 11-06-2015 02:15PM

More brilliant running I see :-) good on ya!! Saw some pics on the club fb page, looked like a beautiful eve.

Killerz · 11-06-2015 03:41PM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Good to see you too. It was such a great evening. Almost makes me want to go back to college :rolleyes:

That's a mighty collection of prizes you picked up. Well done.

Haha I won't be short of umbrellas for the foreseeable future anyhow!

Bungy Girl · 11-06-2015 03:57PM

Firedance wrote: »

More brilliant running I see :-) good on ya!! Saw some pics on the club fb page, looked like a beautiful eve.

It was just the best evening for it. And a lovely surface to run on. Deffo one for the diary next year. I think they change the distances every year too so it could be something like a mile and a 3000m next time.

laura_ac3 · 11-06-2015 05:37PM

Just catching up here (and everywhere really). Nicely done, great to see you loving it too.

Runchick · 12-06-2015 02:35PM

Great racing BG, you really seemed to enjoy it, this base building phase is gonna be tough :eek:

annapr · 12-06-2015 03:18PM

Runchick wrote: »

Great racing BG, you really seemed to enjoy it, this base building phase is gonna be tough :eek:

we're going to have to start a BG Racing Anonymous support group

Bungy Girl · 12-06-2015 03:43PM

Hi everyone. My name is Bungy Girl.

Hi Bungy Girl

It's been 2 days since my last race.

Dubgal72 · 12-06-2015 06:48PM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Hi everyone. My name is Bungy Girl.

Hi Bungy Girl

It's been 2 days since my last race.

Parkrunparkrunparkrun TOMORROW!! goonyouknowyouknowyouwantto One day at a time BG, you can do it

Bungy Girl · 12-06-2015 06:55PM

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Parkrunparkrunparkrun TOMORROW!! goonyouknowyouknowyouwantto One day at a time BG, you can do it

Actually.....:o

Dubgal72 · 12-06-2015 06:55PM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Actually.....:o

Ahahahahahahaha....oops

Firedance · 12-06-2015 07:25PM

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Ahahahahahahaha....oops

Some mentor you are!!!!!! :-)

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