Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try

Friday 17th July physio was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances (:eek:) so I was very good and spent the eve foam rolling, stretching etc in an effort to replicate what would have been - Its very difficult to inflict that level of pain on yourself though anyway, definitely did some good.

Saturday 18th July spent a very enjoyable morning volunteering at Cabinteely parkrun, great craic and a record number of runners this week. Met Nop also volunteering this week so obviously great minds think alike . Went off for my own run then 5 miles @ 10.23. Decided to run a route that would take me past the houses I'd lived in over the years, finished up with a lap of the park, very enjoyable and the head was filled with lovely memories . Followed up with a couple of hours on the beach with the dog.

Have been thinking of doing the Rock n Roll half the Aug bank holiday weekend, decided to definitely go for it (thanks Marthastew!), I wont be expecting anything amazing on the day as I haven't trained for it at all but, I promised myself that as I'm not marathon training I can do whatever races I want to without worrying about upsetting a training plan will do a mile extra tomorrows LSR & next week to accommodate that.

Sunday 19th July headed over to Final 10K with the camera to get some pics of clubmates taking part. Spotted aquinn at 1K flying past large numbers of runners , missed everyone else though, looked like very large numbers taking part. Jogged back to about 400m from the finish line & much easier to see people here. Bumped into Hillsiderunner, Laura and Bungy Girl - great to see you girls and spotted Denis, aquinn, Auld Man King (that was 'us' in case you were thinking 'who were those nutcases' :rolleyes:) and Anna although we nearly missed her completely - too much chatting!

Headed to the phoenix park then to meet a clubmate for my own run

10 miles @ 10.27 not the best prep for this, should have take some water with me to Fingal so was quite dehydrated on the run and this has got to make the muscles worse right? foot was quite sore around the ankle & achilles and a little on the heal for the last 4 miles so am going to have to find another physio for next week (someone wrap ecoli in cotton wool please!! hope you're not in too much pain :eek:) anyway, job done, soaked the feet in ice cold water and feeling better already.

Well done to everyone who raced today, it was quite warm and there didn't seem to be great support out on the road other than the finish straight.

Total miles for the week 30.5

Monday 20th July 3 miles @ 10.15 lunchtime run. Managed to get a physio appointment for this eve so quick change of plan, luckily I have some workout gear in the office, very hot though but a nice strong breeze too, all in all very enjoyable.

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Good luck at the physio!

thanks, you'll notice I ran first, physio later, just in case you know I get any instructions not to run.....:eek: runners are crazy

went to physio no2 (I have 3 on speed dial..) with Achilles issue, bit of an odd one really, Achilles itself didn't feel inflamed or sore to touch but was burning randomly while sitting at my desk or driving the car etc. I thought maybe it was 'on the way' to a serious injury but no, apparently the problem was my back - of course! its obvious really . He actually cracked my back like you'd crack a knuckle! oh the relief... He did some mad head thing on me too, I can't remember what it was called - craniosacral therapy? and some dry needling too. Anyway, lots of good news, he was very impressed with the improvement in my strength, core etc (polishes halo ) & no immediate danger of serious injury. I have some more foam rolling to do and hopefully no need for a follow up visit.

Tuesday 21st July Track session 5 x 800 + 1 x 1000 1 mile w/u 1 mile c/d

7th July 3.52, 3.55, 4.00, 3:57, 4:00
14th July 3:51, 3:53, 3:56, 3:56, 4:00
21st July 3:50, 3:52, 3:59, 3:54, 4:03, 4:59 (last rep for 1000)

paces 6.53, 6.52, 6.53, 6.49, 7.20, 6,55

a couple of things to say about this session, firstly I did every rep the others did, secondly, I finished the session with the 1K rep as prescribed despite feeling I had nothing left after the last 800 am very happy with that. At the start of the session I was thinking yeah I'll skip one and take a break, I don't feel like pushing it tonight etc etc, then I thought, nope, I'm doing this and I'm going to give it everything I've got. Job done.