DCM 2015: Mentored Novices Thread

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

Reason I was asking!

Headache much better, took some Anadin and lots of water! Phew!

It's no big deal to take a painkiller once in a while. You do get people who routinely take them though which is a bad idea in just about every respect.

aquinn wrote: »

Obviously a man, you've no idea of the suffering

:eek:

Kennyg71 wrote: »

4 miles pace run this morning, not sure why let this one get
Into my head. Thanks FBOT for just run advice & Dubgal run
By feel advice.

So rose at 6am after late to bed & crappy night sleep, few stretches
and hot water bottle to calfs.

Out the door just before 6.30, half mile w/u with out watch, then hit
Start, didn't kill my self so comfortable enough run, about mile & half
Steady drag through out run.

Last qtr mile getting back into estate usually this is cooldown mode
So had to fight to keep pace, could have been fatigue, but I think it
Is more habit, as wasn't breathing to heavy & was able to chat comfortably
With neighbour who was leaving as I was finishing.

Avg pace 7.14 time 28.58

Splits
7.07
7.09
7.11
7.32

Nice run, G....with a current 5k PB of 22:31 that counts as a good pace run. Given the fact you weren't blowing hard after it I can see a nice bonus coming for you in December when you get back to the shorter stuff. Well done.

yaboya1 wrote: »

Are you serious??

You've obviously never heard of man-flu...

Arrgghhh....don't fricking mention man flu.... :eek: it nearly killed me last year ......aawwww!! Going to avoid the Luas, Bus, Cinema, snotty nosed kids (even mine), work colleagues and relations with a sniffle and any gathering of people for the two weeks before the DCM.

Going to chomp on Rubex tablets and fresh oranges and Kiwi fruit too to keep the vitamin C levels up, as the LSR's can deplete and weaken your immune system.......stock up now lads.....stock up

Deleted User wrote: »

Is that the road up past rathmichael school? I never even thought of there :rolleyes:

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Yeah

Go at 8:45am any weekday and I'll join you too!

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

I was chatting with a fellow runner at work this morning about changing my routine and starting my evening run straight from work.

He thinks that because I'm losing out on my 1 mile walk home, I should now stretch before my run i.e running after sitting at my desk all day isn't as good as running after having walked home. Sure I move around at work, walk up and down stairs etc but it's not the same. (Normally I'd walk home (1m), get into my gear then go straight back out for my warm up mile and then run).

He says he injured himself this way previously, running after sitting at work all day.

I know there's a difference of opinion on whether or not it's good to stretch on cold muscles. What do you guys think? I would have a 1 mile warm up walk during my run anyway (normally in addition to my 1 mile walk home).

tl;dr changing running routine tonight, losing a 1 mile walk; to stretch or not to stretch??

@TFGR Glad you brought up this topic
I normally cycle to work, it's an easy 6 km in and a tougher 6km home. The cycle in I find really sets me up for the day (I also have an office job) but the cycle home makes it impossible to turn around and go back out for a run, which means delaying my run to late at night, which is ok for 4m but not so much for 8m+. I have made the recent decision to keep most of my energy for running and maybe cycle on a rest day like Monday.
Notwithstanding this I still find it unnatural (can't think of a better word) to go from office to running, that 1m walk you had sounds ideal to me. Maybe it's another adaption we have to make.

ultraman1 wrote: »

The drummer from le galaxie is a poster in the running forum...

No way!

I've gone a little red

Plan had 6 miles tonight 4 of them time trial..... hadn't a clue what that meant so had to check with the hubby. As he posted "run like fock" for the 4 miles. Was not looking forward to this as I am not a lover of fast runs and it was starting to rain and it was a little cold and it was Wednesday ..... Yeah just wasn't feeling it !!! But like always once you get out the door its grand. Decided to warm up and ran my first mile to the cycle track figure it would be nice a flat for the 4 miles and off a went. Probably went out a bit fast as I found the 2nd and 3rd mile tough. Tried to run a bit fast for the 4th mile but the long run on Sunday had taken its toll on the calves. Splits are below :

Mile 1 11.38
Mile 2 9.05
Mile 3 9.32
Mile 4 9.34
Mile 4 9.27
Mile 6 11.55

Legs very tight after so did some stretches and foam rolled.

Good week so far!!

Monday: Rest (didn't bother with the recovery run)
Tues: 7M steady in 62.50

Tonight: I did the 4M local race. Legs felt good despite the 7M run last night.
Signed up this afternoon and jogged from home down to the start as my warm up. Did feel a little nervous about pacing as had no clue what to go for and had Ying and Yang (DG and Clearlier) ringing in my ears. Good turnout of over 300 and we were off pretty quickly. Start was fast (looked at my watch and we were at 6.00 pace - oh Sh1t!!!). Settled down and realised I was running beside a guy I was talking to before the start who said he was looking at 7.00 miles so I checked with him what pace his watch was saying. He said his watch was saying 6.45 pace... And I had a massive wobbler. Not that I was going slower than I thought in the race - but that perhaps my watch was not working properly at all and that all my training times/ distances were much worse than I thought!!! Had to put this out of my head and just focus on the race. Finished first mile (per watch as there was no mile marker) in 6.45 and felt pretty good. Tried to push on a little but had a couple of drags so even though I was trying harder my pace actually dropped a little. I was passing people though and especially on the hills. Mile 2 completed in 7.02, which wasn't too bad considering the drag. Still feeling really good, stride and form was strong and no niggles whatsoever. Mile 3 had a bit down hill and I find that I can really push it going downhill (I actually like hills - am I a bit mad?). Didn't look at mile 3 split as was waving at neighbours kids, but knew it had to be quicker than 7.00 pace. Into the last mile - caught up with two guys who had been ahead of me. As I passed them, one decided to push also and we both refused to concede. It really helped me as there was no way I was giving up the position!! About 800m to go and we had a slight drag for 400m. I pushed on again and eventually he faded. In front of me (about 10m) was a fit looking guy who looked to be well into his 50's. I knew the family were at the finish line so the child in me came out and I said I had to get in front of this guy!! The last 300M was a slight downhill. I gave it a burst to catch up with him... But as soon as he heard my flat footsteps / laboured breathing / wheezing etc he took off like Usain Bolt! I gave chase but not a chance of catching him - he beat me by 1 second - and absolute respect to him!!!
Chip time 26.51 and absolutely thrilled!! Based on my first 2M pace I did the last two miles in average of 6.30 pace. Yeehaw
Felt really good afterwards - not gasping for breath and legs felt strong.

Really good confidence boost for the next couple of weeks!!
Clearlier - do the Lotto this weekend you were very close when you said I would challenge 27mins!
This is now my 4M PB... Could I get down to under 26 in the new year??
7M interval tomorrow night - easy peasy.

8miles done this evening, 10:30 average which is about a minute over marathon pace. Glad to get out there and get a decent run in! Not quite back to full health but definitely a lot better than I have been.

Doc tomorrow and hopefully Dingle half on Saturday which I will treat as a training run given the circumstances.

Definitely felt the darkness creeping in early tonight, pitch black getting back at half 9. Bummer, loved the long evenings.