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Bungy Girl · 18-12-2015 02:45PM

Forgot to declare my goals for Smackdown Saturday

A Goal - hang on to FBOT01 for a sub 21. Very optimistic but will give it best shot
B Goal - PB (< 21:05)
C Goal - Non Jingle Bells PB (< 21:21)

Crossing the line ahead of any of my esteemed fellow timed-runners will be an added bonus

Good luck all, see yis at the startline. DFYB.

Kennyg71 · 18-12-2015 02:48PM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Oh such sandbagging! And on behalf of Denis as well, what are you two plotting ?

Just a bit of drafting, so we don't have to do our bit:p

denis b · 18-12-2015 08:54PM

See ya there folks. Got my racing flats out from under the bed and dusted them down. Time for an outing!!

Ososlo · 19-12-2015 12:00PM

Put us out of our misery bg!!!
Hope you had a super morning!

hillsiderunner · 19-12-2015 12:39PM

Ososlo wrote: »

Put us out of our misery bg!!!
Hope you had a super morning!

+1. Looking forward to hearing the news!

Bungy Girl · 19-12-2015 01:28PM

Epic fail ! A big DNF today unfortunately. Just wasn't up for that pace from the outset. Not to worry, will try again soon

. Well done to all who PB'd today and thanks to FBOT and yaboya for the pacing. Not their fault I couldn't keep up:o

annapr · 19-12-2015 01:36PM

Next time, G!!!

FBOT01 · 19-12-2015 01:36PM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Epic fail ! A big DNF today unfortunately. Just wasn't up for that pace from the outset. Not to worry, will try again soon . Well done to all who PB'd today and thanks to FBOT and yaboya for the pacing. Not their fault I couldn't keep up:o

Good day and bad days, G. We all have them. If it doesn't kill you and all that.....onwards and upwards. it is all about Fat Turkeys now

hillsiderunner · 19-12-2015 01:37PM

When you've brought in such great results all year, one DNF is allowed I think.

Next time.

Ososlo · 19-12-2015 02:05PM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Epic fail ! A big DNF today unfortunately. Just wasn't up for that pace from the outset. Not to worry, will try again soon . Well done to all who PB'd today and thanks to FBOT and yaboya for the pacing. Not their fault I couldn't keep up:o

Sorry to hear that but good on ya for giving it a shot. Onwards and upwards!!!!

kildaremum · 19-12-2015 02:25PM

Well done for giving it a shot. It just wasn't there today, but it will be next time. You've had great runs this year and will next year too.

Bungy Girl · 19-12-2015 02:44PM

Saturday Smackdown – DNF

No complaints, no excuses. It just didn’t happen today, even though I was feeling reasonably confident of getting a non-Jingle Bells PB, whatever about the sub 21 which I knew was ambitious.

From the start I felt under pressure at target pace, chest/lungs were burning and I made the decision to stop after a lap, and I think that was the right thing to do.

I got to witness KennyG’s fantastic sub 21, Murph’s PB (so so close) and Aquinn’s big PB which was just short of a (virtual) podium spot! Well done Denis B for a gutsy run, I’ll give you a shout for the next attempt

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After the obligatory coffee and scone, I joined Firedance for a lovely 5 miler around the trails in St.Anne’s. Sparkling company and sunshine the week before Christmas, what more could you want ?

7.5 miles (including half a parkrun @ 6:52)

RedRunner · 19-12-2015 02:50PM

Hard luck today BG. It will happen soon enough I'm sure.

Bungy Girl · 19-12-2015 02:53PM

annapr wrote: »

Next time, G!!!

It might take me a few goes Anna, but it's on the bucket list for sure!

FBOT01 wrote: »

Good day and bad days, G. We all have them. If it doesn't kill you and all that.....onwards and upwards. it is all about Fat Turkeys now

Gobble gobble

hillsiderunner wrote: »

When you've brought in such great results all year, one DNF is allowed I think.

Next time.

Thanks, Hilly, that's just the thing to say to me right now, thank you

. I have had a good year so one DNF (two if you count the canine incident :rolleyes:) is not bad at all in the scheme of things. Hopefully see you over Xmas if you've time for a run ?

Ososlo wrote: »

Sorry to hear that but good on ya for giving it a shot. Onwards and upwards!!!!

And fasterwards hopefully

kildaremum wrote: »

Well done for giving it a shot. It just wasn't there today, but it will be next time. You've had great runs this year and will next year too.

Thanks a million. Looking forward to next year already

Bungy Girl · 19-12-2015 02:54PM

RedRunner wrote: »

Hard luck today BG. It will happen soon enough I'm sure.

I hope so. Sure, didn't it take me 3 attempts for the 5 miler. I'm nothing if not stubborn

. And I wonder where BG Jr. gets it from....:rolleyes:

hillsiderunner · 19-12-2015 03:19PM

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Hopefully see you over Xmas if you've time for a run ?

Should do ... Am home from night of 21st until the 1st. DG suggested another trip to Howth head, but not 100% sure I'm up for much hill right now because the achilles took a little bit of a setback after I recced the xc course for Fionnuala last Sunday :rolleyes:. Ah, we'll see. Still nothing serious but had been improving and seemed to regress. Am going to add rolling-on-the-hockey-ball to the stair drops and that might sort it.
FD suggested Marlay as a flatter alternative.

And fasterwards hopefully
Thanks a million. Looking forward to next year already

With you there!

Firedance · 19-12-2015 04:11PM

next time indeed

and thanks for the company & tour of your beautiful park, I'd have gotten lost if I did that solo

it'll take me a week to clean my runners though

annapr · 19-12-2015 04:57PM

Firedance wrote: »

next time indeed and thanks for the company & tour of your beautiful park, I'd have gotten lost if I did that solo it'll take me a week to clean my runners though

It is a beautiful park.... did BG give out to you about the tarmac perimeter path... :pac:

Firedance · 19-12-2015 04:58PM

annapr wrote: »

It is a beautiful park.... did BG give out to you about the tarmac perimeter path... :pac:

its absolutely DISGRACEFUL what they did to that lovely trail path, heads should roll, is there somewhere I can send a strongly worded email? Tsk.

Bungy Girl · 19-12-2015 05:03PM

Firedance wrote: »

its absolutely DISGRACEFUL what they did to that lovely trail path, heads should roll, is there somewhere I can send a strongly worded email? Tsk.

aquinn · 19-12-2015 07:02PM

Firedance wrote:

its absolutely DISGRACEFUL what they did to that lovely trail path, heads should roll, is there somewhere I can send a strongly worded email? Tsk.

So it was mentioned then? What did you think of the tree carving?

BG I'm sorry today didn't work out after the flabs survived last weekend. Might be still down to recovering from dose. You are well able and so strong on the track on Tuesday it'll be no bother to you next time you tackle it. It's a cruel distance.

Firedance · 19-12-2015 07:07PM

aquinn wrote: »

So it was mentioned then?

aquinn wrote: »

What did you think of the tree carving?

tree carving? are you referring to the Easter Island statue? *even* I knew that was there....

aquinn · 19-12-2015 07:18PM

Firedance wrote:

tree carving? are you referring to the Easter Island statue? *even* I knew that was there....

Ah here. Don't tell me you missed the absolutely massive tree with a load of birds fantastically carved in the top of it?

Bungy Girl · 19-12-2015 07:21PM

aquinn wrote: »

Ah here. Don't tell me you missed the absolutely massive tree with a load of birds fantastically carved in the top of it?

I *may* still have been ranting about the tarmac path at that point

denis b · 19-12-2015 09:19PM

Ah G I think we still have some homework to do. Sign me up for the next attempt. We will do it. It's just a question of when and it's now my number 1 priority.

Killerz · 19-12-2015 09:25PM

Hard luck and tough break today... it will be all the sweeter when you nail it.

Mrs Mc · 19-12-2015 09:50PM

If you're not feeling it G you're not feeling it so a good choice to stop I think, you've had a super year..... will make it all the more sweeter when you smash it next year. Feet up and enjoy the silly season now.

Kennyg71 · 19-12-2015 10:19PM

Hard luck today, but second run sounds a lot better. My brain was a
Bit of a fog after 3k, next time no bother to you.

Murph_D · 20-12-2015 12:24AM

I've a feeling some turkeys will be murdered in tne near future.

Bungy Girl · 20-12-2015 07:18PM

Sunday - Hills

Early start this morning for the trip to Rush and BG Jr’s first parkrun. Great set-up, beautiful, safe park and encouraging volunteers. Close to 130 kids running/walking/jogging the 2Km today. Course is roughly a figure of 8 shape so everyone’s visible at all times. BG Jr was delighted with herself and wants to go back next week. Mind you she’s getting a bribe of some tat jewellery for each one she does and a t-shirt if she does 10. I’ll be coughing up for a parkrun hoodie if gets the bug and does 20. Great initiative, I wonder if it will gain the same momentum as regular parkrun. Must be a lot more red tape and safety considerations when kids are involved.

Got out in the afternoon for my run. Final recce of the Fat Turkey route on a sunny, dry but windy day. That 2nd Km is a killer but lots of fun as the 9th Km on the return leg. Looking forward to this now, it *should* help curb the over indulgences over the next week or so. One can only hope :rolleyes:.

7.2 miles incl. 10K Fat Turkey recce @ 8:19 (tarmac)

TOTAL WEEKLY MILES: 35.6 (not including 1.27 junior parkrun;))

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