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DCM 2015: Mentored Novices Thread
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Hi hilly, any updates? Good call on bailing btw
Not looking too great at this stage.... the foot is continuing to give trouble. Did 6miles including 5x650m on Tuesday and though it was *horrific* fitness-wise (first "session" in 8 weeks) the foot held up well till near the end. Was ok to do 5miles Wednesday but there was grumbling throughout the run and like you I skipped the strides at the end. And it was sore afterwards
... so I booked myself in with a physio for Friday lunchtime.
The foot was not too bad walking around yesterday evening (without any ice) and this morning (after ice), so I actually went out and made a start on today's MLR. This wasn't for the purposes of "getting the miles in", I want to be sure that the foot does not calm too much before tomorrow's appointment :rolleyes: (rest and icing tends to calm it down). I want to have a bit of swelling to show tomorrow. Anyway I stayed close to base with the promise that I'd stop if it felt worse than during yesterday's run, and it did .... so a 2mile MLR.
I had a full week of almost no running (2.5 miles) during the food poisoning, and I was not walking much either during that time, and the problem came back when I started running again ... so I expect this will take a while to sort out. Most likely no autumn marathon. I'll survive, main thing for me is to minimise the time out...
Hoping that tomorrow will bring a more specific diagnosis, and a list of instructions of what to do and not do. I'd nearly be relieved to be told to take 2 weeks off as it'd settle things one way.0 -
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hillsiderunner wrote: »Not looking too great at this stage.... the foot is continuing to give trouble. Did 6miles including 5x650m on Tuesday and though it was *horrific* fitness-wise (first "session" in 8 weeks) the foot held up well till near the end. Was ok to do 5miles Wednesday but there was grumbling throughout the run and like you I skipped the strides at the end. And it was sore afterwards ... so I booked myself in with a physio for Friday lunchtime.
The foot was not too bad walking around yesterday evening (without any ice) and this morning (after ice), so I actually went out and made a start on today's MLR. This wasn't for the purposes of "getting the miles in", I want to be sure that the foot does not calm too much before tomorrow's appointment :rolleyes: (rest and icing tends to calm it down). I want to have a bit of swelling to show tomorrow. Anyway I stayed close to base with the promise that I'd stop if it felt worse than during yesterday's run, and it did .... so a 2mile MLR.
I had a full week of almost no running (2.5 miles) during the food poisoning, and I was not walking much either during that time, and the problem came back when I started running again ... so I expect this will take a while to sort out. Most likely no autumn marathon. I'll survive, main thing for me is to minimise the time out...
Hoping that tomorrow will bring a more specific diagnosis, and a list of instructions of what to do and not do. I'd nearly be relieved to be told to take 2 weeks off as it'd settle things one way. sorry to hear that, Hillside. I noticed the 5 and 6M entries in the spreadsheet and had assumed you were doing fine.. 0 -
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Good stuff on organising.
When we did these runs in past years we normally just looped back by the cars at halfway to grab a drink.
Good luck with it, hopefully catch up for one of these in future.
There's a tree at the bottom of the visitors centre ave at the aras junction that we used to stash bottles/gels etc, they were never touched and it saves you having to go right back up to the car park (although the extra miles might come in handy!!) I can't make this one either after all, hope it goes well and enjoy 0 -
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Saturday 8th August LSR - Phoenix Park
Just a to confirm that Saturday's LSR is going ahead and will be in line with the provisional plans which were posted previously.
LSR- This is not a race! This is a friendly meet up with other novices and will be treated as our long slow run for the weekend. No one will be left behind.
Location- We are meeting in the Phoenix Park in the car park at the Visitor Centre. It is well signposted and is accessed from the road at the Phoenix monument. It is also known as Ashtown Castle and has a cafe for post run tea and scones. Note this is the cafe and carpark in the north west of the park not the tea rooms beside the zoo. Maps are available on line.
Pace- DG has covered this and will depend on who turns up on the day, but as stated, this is an LSR day.
Route- To get the miles in the route will largely follow the perimeter and Chesterfield Avenue area of the park. This will give some familiarity for the Frank Duffy, Half marathon and Full marathon.
Timing- We will meet at 9.30 and head off by 9.45 sharp. As there will be various groups and various speeds we will try to meet up at approximately the same time to have tea at the cafe. If you have family meeting with you, I would guess the rv will be around mid day.
Kit and Extras- This will be a long run so please bring your usual comforts including water and gels etc. You will be expected to be self sufficient in this respect. The weather looks promising at present, but as we are going for tea you should bring a warm top to change into on completion of the run. At present, the fairly reliable yr.no forcast has a temperature range of 11 degrees heating up to 18 degrees, so pick your clothes carefully. You may wish to bring extra water and food which can be left in the cars. Please bring a few euro for your tea/coffee etc. Foam rollers are optional!
Yet to be decided- On arrival and depending on numbers, we could drive out and hide a water cache on the route. This can be arranged on the day and should take no more than 10 minutes if needed. I defer to the mentors for their thoughts on this.
I think that is most areas covered. Please feel free to add any ideas. Also feel free to bring your non boardsie running pals. We can recruit them on the day!
Name|12miles9/10/11m/mi|14miles 9/10/11m/mi
Dubgal| where needed | where needed
Neil... | |10m/mi
Toulouse| 11m/mi |
Singer| | 9m/mi |
ZV Yoda| 9m/mi |
Denis GUIDE | | 10m/mi
Mrs Mc| | 11m/mi
PJD | | 10m/mi |
FeenaM| | 9/10m/mi
Just bumping up these posts And thanks PJD, great post 0 -
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LSR- This is not a race! This is a friendly meet up with other novices and will be treated as our long slow run for the weekend. No one will be left behind.
I've never run with other people other than in races! I suppose I'll have to ease off on the dirty tricks (pretending to wear headphones and wandering across other runners, sudden stopping, tripping people up etc.).
Looking forward to tomorrow anyway - that cafe is quite nice too. 0 -
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