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Thursday 9th July 6 miles @ 8.58 1 mile c/d @10.46
ended up going up to the track again for this, its far more enjoyable to have company than not so basically I've done my Sunday 7 miles today leaving only 4 to do on sunday solo, am hoping to get a sea swim in then too if there's room on the boat so might bring the runners along and try and find a flat route out around Howth
- very muggy again tonight ugh 0 -
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Saturday 11th July cabinteely parkrun 29.11, the instructions were to do this as a progression run, a big chunk of the first mile is downhill while the next two miles have a lot more ups than downs so this was always going to be interesting
1 mile warm up @ 10.20 followed by 9.20, 9.19 & 9.03, not my best run there but it was hot and I'm still not feeling 100% so I'm happy enough that I managed to increase the effort on the two tougher laps and still passing people on the hills so that's all good. Brought some friends along who loved the park although one of them commented that 'the hills are in the wrong place'
Another great parkrun by the volunteers and marthastew, they are so welcoming to everyone. Finished up with tea and scones in the zen garden.
Also great to meet Nop, spotted him at the start and wondered if he qualified as Dutch looking took the risk after the run and was right, lovely to meet another bordsie! Hope you enjoyed the 5 miles back home too... 0 -
Great to meet you too, FD! You're the second boardsie after meno I now know! I wasn't 100% sure either, so thanks for taking the awkward "are you on boards..." step
Looks like you had a good run, and so did your friends. I did spent the 5M home wondering if hills can really be in a "right place"
+1 to the compliments for the volunteers. They're a great bunch and their enthusiasm is contagious. It really is a great course, the uphills are compensated by the nice long downhill drags, on which it was hard to stick to LSR pace (ssht, don't be telling Dubgal on me)
B.t.w, Shanganagh Park is only a few more minutes South, and if you're ever looking for a PB course (as long as it's not windy).0 -
Yes I'll definitely try Shanganagh one of these days! have to try St Annes too, wonder which one is the quicker course.. No I wont say a word to dubgal in fairness to you it was pretty obvious you were just jogging it although I couldn't have kept up even if I'd tried :eek: I will actually race that course sometime but the thoughts of that are quite scary... 0
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Yes I'll definitely try Shanganagh one of these days! have to try St Annes too, wonder which one is the quicker course.. No I wont say a word to dubgal in fairness to you it was pretty obvious you were just jogging it although I couldn't have kept up even if I'd tried :eek: I will actually race that course sometime but the thoughts of that are quite scary...
I agree, racing that course would be hard! I was talking to meno last time (not that I knew it was meno) and he suggested it would add 90 seconds to a flatter parkrun like Shanganagh. That said, the downhill sections are nice and long; you can really bank time and gather your breath a bit.
You should try a sub-25 in Shanganagh sometime! But you have to get lucky with the wind - it can have a real impact there.0 -
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Sunday 12th July 4 miles recovery @ 10.52 on grass & trail. Went up to the PP park for this, probably had too much faster stuff during the week so decided to run this on the trails to keep it nice & slow, have to say I really enjoyed it, started off with music but took the headphones out and relaxed and enjoyed the total silence in the park on a Sunday morning. No sea swim this morning as I just didn't have the energy.
Total miles for the week 27
jersey on, kettle on, one hour to kick off and a very legitimate reason for vegging on the couch for the whole afternoon guilt free 0 -
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Monday 13th July 4 miles @ 10.05, left it till after 8 to go out, thoroughly enjoyed this, beautiful evening & not too hot. Having an achilles niggle at the mo so off to walkinstown on Friday to get it sorted before it develops into anything v. serious. Will stick to the plan for the week but dial back a few notches on the speed sessions. Also have started 3 x 15 calf raises into heel drops twice a day which two days in seems to be helping. Read somewhere that hills can aggravate this and I have been doing lots of hills recently..
Very sensible FD! In fact we are quite a sensible bunch overall by the sounds of things. I neglected stretching a bit last week, simply because it was a mad week and I had no time, but it, of course, came back to bite me in the hip flexor
. +1 to the hills, will bring out any weaknesses but once they're in your programme regularly and the calves get stronger you'll adapt. 0 -
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I saw that over on your log alright, hopefully its sorted ASAP - dam niggles! See you Sunday? Am planning to be somewhere along the last 800m with the camera
'Tis grand! It goes away when I run.
See you Sunday. I had a look at the map and think I'll go to 1Km then over to 9Km. Great idea re. camera
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