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DCM 2015: Mentored Novices Thread
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Has anyone seen my Mojo I can't seem to find it !!!! Still getting out doing what is asked but finding the getting out hard .... I'm turning into a moan
don't think the rain is helping but once I get out I'm fine. 7*400m intervals Tues was surprised how many people were out in the rain ! 6 miles easy last night was joined for the last two miles by one of the girls from park run so that definately helped. 4 miles easy tonight and looking forward to my rest day Friday. Sports massage on Tuesday night serious work on the calves surprised I'm not actually bruised !!! 0 -
Has anyone seen my Mojo I can't seem to find it !!!! Still getting out doing what is asked but finding the getting out hard .... I'm turning into a moan don't think the rain is helping but once I get out I'm fine. 7*400m intervals Tues was surprised how many people were out in the rain ! 6 miles easy last night was joined for the last two miles by one of the girls from park run so that definately helped. 4 miles easy tonight and looking forward to my rest day Friday. Sports massage on Tuesday night serious work on the calves surprised I'm not actually bruised !!!
It's probably just in your back pocket, just below that picture of you crossing the finish line on Oct 26 and the family all delighted waiting for you!!
You can do it!!0 -
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Has anyone seen my Mojo I can't seem to find it !!!! Still getting out doing what is asked but finding the getting out hard .... I'm turning into a moan don't think the rain is helping but once I get out I'm fine. 7*400m intervals Tues was surprised how many people were out in the rain ! 6 miles easy last night was joined for the last two miles by one of the girls from park run so that definately helped. 4 miles easy tonight and looking forward to my rest day Friday. Sports massage on Tuesday night serious work on the calves surprised I'm not actually bruised !!!
it's there, its just hiding
its perfectly normal, you've been working hard, I found treating myself a good way to get through the slumps last year, I mean a nice leisurely bubble bath or a trip to a spa (my local one lets you use the pool/sauna/hot tub facilities for a small fee with no treatments booked so its not expensive). And don't forget to tell yourself what a damm good job you're doing on the road to becoming a marathon runner :-) 0 -
Has anyone seen my Mojo I can't seem to find it !!!! Still getting out doing what is asked but finding the getting out hard .... I'm turning into a moan don't think the rain is helping but once I get out I'm fine. 7*400m intervals Tues was surprised how many people were out in the rain ! 6 miles easy last night was joined for the last two miles by one of the girls from park run so that definately helped. 4 miles easy tonight and looking forward to my rest day Friday. Sports massage on Tuesday night serious work on the calves surprised I'm not actually bruised !!!
When I saw you last week running you were looking great! You looked really happy and comfortable. Everyone has a low-energy, mojo-free few days now and then -- bet yours will coma back when the sun comes out for the Bank Hol! Happy training!0 -
Great to read that you're feeling so positive, always a good signJust did my 7 mile run - 1m w/u, 5m PMP, 1m c/d. Very happy with it.
1 10:58 /mi
2 10:23 /mi
3 10:10 /mi
4 9:49 /mi
5 9:43 /mi
6 10:02 /mi
7 11:34 /mi
Went a bit faster than PMP (which was 10:18) but felt very comfortable throughout. Delighted as I don't feel that I massively had to push myself either!
Great stuff. No harm in having a glance at the watch on these runs either. You can do the real practising on the easy and recovery runs. Just curious, did you do a w/u and c/d section too or is that included in the above? Have you nailed down a pace range for Sunday that you're happy with?This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »Had a 4 mile hard run scheduled for today and decided to run it without the Garmin. I mean, without looking at the Garmin.
I have to say this was one of my best runs yet. I kept it hard, using the talk test and full sentences were beyond my reach. But I didn't overdo it either as I didn't feel like collapsing or hurling.
When I got home to look at my stats here's how I did:
Mile 1: 14:22
Mile 2: 13:28
Mile 3: 13:40
Mile 4: 13:33
I'm really happy with this run and it's given me a confidence boost for Sunday's RnR Half. I felt like I could have done more miles at this pace so I know that my planned slower pace for the half is going to be ok.
Of course, I'm hoping for the best and planning for the worst because I know anything can happen on race day. But all in all, I'm feeling pretty ok about it for the moment. Long may it last?!
Meno posted a while back about cardiac drift, I know that it can take a short while for HR to settle. Great to hear that your body is acclimatising to earlier trainingDid my 7mile aka 1m w/u 5 mile pace 1m c/d.
Found it tough enough going, seemed to take a few mins for my heart rate to settle down in the warmup but think there was some mis reads going on.
Certainly noticing that I am getting more comfortable running earlier in the day. Not sure if I can work a pace run in before work and it's too long for lunchtime. Just have to go with it as it is I guess.
Splits
10:13
9:15
9:07
9:02
8:59
9:09
10:27
My quads...right down towards my knees were screaming at me over the last half a mile on the pace section and just got even worse then on the warm down mile. Strange one but will keep an eye on it. How are the quads today?
N...."let it go, let it goooooooooo"My 7M/5M @ PMP session had to be shortened somewhat on account of real life. The final km had to be cut as I simply didn't have the time. To make up, I ran at HM pace instead of PMP (25 sec/km [40 sec/mi] faster). Not sure if this is the right thing to do, it was all a little unplanned and impulsive.
Total of 10.1km @ 5:16 min/km [6.3M @ 8:25 min/mi]. Faster pace was enjoyable and reasonably easy to maintain. Right calf is very stiff now, however, so back on the watchlist. I'm determined to make up the missing km tho!
Calf looser today?
That sounds like a good planThanks for all the replies to my post.
Right so I'm going to forget about the club race, the Rathfarnham 5k and the Pink Run :-(. I'm committed to doing the other 4 but I really will take it easy this Sunday at the R&R as I am running with a club mate that hasn't done much running lately so that will just be a nice training run. I'm going to race the 10 mile. Again Dingle will be a nice training run with me going at the pace of my family that do hardly any training. Finally then I'll race the Dublin HM so that it gives me an idea of where I'm at for the real thing. So that's 2 races and 2 training runs with company - getting very sensible now.
In relation to diet, I find rice cakes and corn cakes a great pre run snack and I actually couldn't survive without my nutribullet. Also, started taking a scoop a day of Sunwarrior,a natural protein powder, and it seems to be working as a nice addition to my diet.
Actually, another random question but particularly for other women here, is there an iron supplement that you might recommend?
My iron supplement of choice is Ferrograd C. It may be a case of try and try. I used a liquid iron supplement a few years back but was told the iron you absorb from this method is negligible.
Ouch. You should be patting yourself on the back that you got out in the rain. Bet Mr Mc was wimping lounging around at home hugging the remoteHas anyone seen my Mojo I can't seem to find it !!!! Still getting out doing what is asked but finding the getting out hard .... I'm turning into a moan don't think the rain is helping but once I get out I'm fine. 7*400m intervals Tues was surprised how many people were out in the rain ! 6 miles easy last night was joined for the last two miles by one of the girls from park run so that definately helped. 4 miles easy tonight and looking forward to my rest day Friday. Sports massage on Tuesday night serious work on the calves surprised I'm not actually bruised !!!It's probably just in your back pocket, just below that picture of you crossing the finish line on Oct 26 and the family all delighted waiting for you!!
You can do it!!
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it's there, its just hiding its perfectly normal, you've been working hard, I found treating myself a good way to get through the slumps last year, I mean a nice leisurely bubble bath or a trip to a spa (my local one lets you use the pool/sauna/hot tub facilities for a small fee with no treatments booked so its not expensive). And don't forget to tell yourself what a damm good job you're doing on the road to becoming a marathon runner :-)
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I though it was the other way around, high plasma levels in athletes can dilute your haemoglobin so a test might say you are low in iron when you're not http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1406203
The important thing is to get it checked. If any of you are blood donors you can get your results when you donate.
Sorry, my bad, stored ferritin levels are the ones that often get overlooked and need to be asked for in a blood test. It is stored ferritin levels that can be normal for sedentary people but not for athletes. Anecdotally, a club mate of mine had this problem. The usual symptoms indicated anaemia but blood tests came back 'normal'. She's very in tune with her body as well as a good researcher She asked for her ferritin stores to be checked and sure enough, very very low.
http://running.competitor.com/2014/06/nutrition/iron-level-upkeep-for-runners_634450 -
Ah yes, that explains the first split, you were easing in to it. No harm including a bit of shuffle jogging along with walking too during the w/d.This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »I do a warm up (short walk then some stretching) and a cool down, again a walk and stretching afterwards. I don't count those towards my run. In total I covered 5 miles last night.
For pace on Sunday I'm going for between 13:50 and 13:55 so a little harder than my easy pace but not as hard as my hard pace. I'm hoping to finish in 3 hours.
I hope that's a good plan!
On Sunday, I presume that you won't be warming up as such? Again, use the first few miles to ease into it. Focus on being comfortable. Getting your body used to that time on your feet and completing the distance should be your priority. And of course, enjoying the fact that you're asking your body to voluntarily do this and it is complying under mild duress
Ps 13:44 m/mi gives a three hour half. No need to alter your planned pace tho.This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »Had a 4 mile hard run scheduled for today and decided to run it without the Garmin. I mean, without looking at the Garmin.
I have to say this was one of my best runs yet. I kept it hard, using the talk test and full sentences were beyond my reach. But I didn't overdo it either as I didn't feel like collapsing or hurling.
When I got home to look at my stats here's how I did:
Mile 1: 14:22
Mile 2: 13:28
Mile 3: 13:40
Mile 4: 13:33
I'm really happy with this run and it's given me a confidence boost for Sunday's RnR Half. I felt like I could have done more miles at this pace so I know that my planned slower pace for the half is going to be ok.
Of course, I'm hoping for the best and planning for the worst because I know anything can happen on race day. But all in all, I'm feeling pretty ok about it for the moment. Long may it last?!0 -
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Ah yes, that explains the first split, you were easing in to it. No harm including a bit of shuffle jogging along with walking too during the w/d.
On Sunday, I presume that you won't be warming up as such? Again, use the first few miles to ease into it. Focus on being comfortable. Getting your body used to that time on your feet and completing the distance should be your priority. And of course, enjoying the fact that you're asking your body to voluntarily do this and it is complying under mild duress
Yes, my first mile split is usually always the slowest as I'm trying to make sure I don't start too fast.
I'm planning on Sunday to hold a slower pace for 10 miles (again with the 1st mile a slower one), then depending on how I'm feeling to speed it up a bit at the end. I'll had a bit of a warm up with a walk to the start line but not sure how effective that will be.
I'm going to try and start behind the 3 hour pacers, keep them in sight and hopefully catch up to them.
If all goes according to plan that is, knock on wood!0 -
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Meno posted a while back about cardiac drift, I know that it can take a short while for HR to settle. Great to hear that your body is acclimatising to earlier training How are the quads today?
Quads are grand today, to be honest they eased off fairly quickly one I went from running to walking at the end of the run. First time having them proper sore like that but no harm to acclimatise to bit of pain I guess!
I will do my 3 mile recovery run later on and take it handy.0
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