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DCM 2015: Mentored Novices Thread
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From July 1stI just finished my 5 miler, actually turned out to be 5.5 but I just added an extra .5 to cool down. I'm aiming for about 4h 30 in the full, which is about 10:18/m, but I've been doing about 10:45-11:00 in my runs, so I think I may be able to aim for 4:15. In that vein, I had 3 miles at 9:53, 9:50, 9:43, after a 10:48 warm up followed by about 10:50 for the last mile and a half. Legs felt good, it was fairly hot and tough going (I did go through about half a litre of water on the run!) but I'm happy enough with it. No real aches or pains, especially in the shins, so all positive here. Looking forward to the easier run tomorrow though!
It was definitely easier than yesterdays though. I only had about a 45 minute window to get the run done about 6pm, at which stage it was about 24 degrees. Not fun!
Just to remind you how far you've come
(and us that we actually had a summer....24 degrees?? What's that?!) 0 -
That's really encouraging, lovely work and well done! Weren't you one of the doubters (in yourself) when the pace runs started?!
I'm still somewhat doubtful, as I doubt I could have kept that pace up for another 16 miles.
That said, I do trust in the plan, and I hope that the tapering will rest my legs enough and that the group and crowd will get me over the finish line not dead
I do see a significant improvement in terms of my condition throughout the run (I would have been well able to maintain a conversation) and the condition I arrived home it. All much better than 4 months ago if I were to attempt such a distance.0 -
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Edit from post below, you weren't. Got to find a real doubter now :rolleyes:
Here you go
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Haha brilliant, knew it
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Quick hello from Seattle, WA... Have managed to get a couple of easy runs in since arriving (3, 7, and 5M). The 3M was done straight of the plane and was painful but very useful in terms of dealing with the jetlag (-8 hours). The other two runs were 6am starts and quite hilly.
I hope to do the 9M tomorrow with a colleague, who turns out to be a 90 minute HM runner. :eek: My PMP is his easy pace! 0 -
betty swollox wrote: »Afraid I had to give the 9 mile pace a miss tonight. Long day at work followed by trip to Crumlin hospital with my youngest. There's always tomorrow and to be honest I think my body is telling me to rest😟
Hope the wee one is ok
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Sunny Disposition wrote: »Really noticing the training this week, pretty tired at work most afternoons, legs feel okay but pretty drained. Anyway, a rest day today and then 18 mile lsr tomorrow evening.Me too am knackered at work this week spending the afternoon yawning and struggled to keep eyes open on Monday at a meeting with about 20 people in a stuffy room. Trying to get to bed earlier but not managing it. Have a hen night in saturday so taking Friday off work to get LSR done.
Same same, quite tired and I rarely get stressed about little things but I find the tiredness is making tiny things seem big.
It is hard work, I'm non stop even outside of running, so I hardly get a break. I think most of us here are the same. I do have a girl that comes to clean my house - the one luxury I hate to be without - and I've let my house get so messy this week that I cancelled her because I was too embarrassed for her to come
that's never happened before. I can't really handle a messy house and it feels like it's getting messy all the time now
I can't believe I'm admitting that on the Internet :rolleyes:
This week was all messed up because it was supposed to be a race week but it's not now, so my trainer told me to take tonight off even though I had 60mintrs easy planned. Feels weird. I nearly went anyway, but he has me doing a parkrun Saturday so figured maybe my legs might thank me for the rest. I had a chocolate sundae instead. Totally the same thing. Totally.0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »In January? :eek:
Fair bloody play to you!!!
Sorry whoops my username is deceptive, i'm actually the dad . Although my wife is training for a HM so yes she is the superhero 0 -
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Awbetty swollox wrote: »Afraid I had to give the 9 mile pace a miss tonight. Long day at work followed by trip to Crumlin hospital with my youngest. There's always tomorrow and to be honest I think my body is telling me to rest😟 Poor babs....Yup, definitely take it easy....
No bother to you!Quick hello from Seattle, WA... Have managed to get a couple of easy runs in since arriving (3, 7, and 5M). The 3M was done straight of the plane and was painful but very useful in terms of dealing with the jetlag (-8 hours). The other two runs were 6am starts and quite hilly.
I hope to do the 9M tomorrow with a colleague, who turns out to be a 90 minute HM runner. :eek: My PMP is his easy pace!
That's great steady pacing Denis, you're doing a good job programming that inner metronome. All of you will be feeling it in the legs this week but it's all part of the training. Doubly important to sleep, eat and rest well thoGot my 1w/up, 9mls pmp and 1 mile c/down in this morning. Averaged out at 5.36 mins/km (on the pmp) and managed to hold the pace within 5 secs per km without too much fuss. Have to say that I am tired this week but am taking each days run as it arrives and not thinking too much beyond that. Looking forward to a reduced LSR this weekend and will concentrate on some recovery for the forthcoming HM. I normally do a 5km recovery run on the rest days (Boards Plan) but I might just take the rest day on Friday this week.
Very happy with progress and am working hard on my achilles to keep in in check. DG and friends.... thanks for the support.
And you are more than welcome, thank you!
Ah good, sleep well you too.....betty swollox wrote: »Cheers whoops and Denis b
All ok with the youngest he has been in and out of Crumlin since he was born in January, won't go into details. Just a precaution tonight luckily he is tucked up in bed now ready to wake the house at 5:30am.0 -
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mobfromcork wrote: »Just back from my PMP run. Went ok but legs felt tired from the start. I did my 20 mile on Sunday instead of Saturday so an extra day's recovery might have helped.
I did 10 miles @ pace with a short cool down. My first mile is a gentle downhill and I always find it hard to do as a warm up. Planned PMP is around 7.55 or 8.00 per mile.
Splits
7.52
7.49
7.44
7.51
7.56
7.40
7.41
7.47
7.58
8.00
I felt comfortable enough at that pace most of the way around. I had a stitch for the first time in ages around mile 7 but just increased the depth of my breaths in and it went after a few minutes. No niggles so far and did a bit of stretching and foam rolling when I came back.
Again, managing 9-10 miles comfortably at PMP is a very good sign at this stage so well done. One of the purposes of this type of session is get your brain and legs talking to each other so you recognise your PMP (7:55-8:00 m/mi). There are two more pace runs in the plan so make your focus on these to keep to the planned pace, even when you feel comfortable going faster.
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