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Mum on the Run
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Monday – Easy
Loop of the ‘hood with aquinn. Abandoned her to do hill sprints then home with 1 minute to spare before storytime.- 5.2 miles @ 9:32 + 4 x 8 sec hill sprints (full rec)
Tuesday – 3K TT
As part of my upcoming Go Faster campaign aka Operation HTFU, I thought it would be a good idea to put some benchmarks down in the target distances, namely 1 mile and 3K. The winter track series in Alsaa is perfect for this, alternating miles and 3K on a monthly basis until April.
I was delayed getting away yesterday evening so didn’t have much time for a warm up. Got a couple of laps done anyway before lining up behind my BHAA rival who seems to be going from strength to strength, despite being 3 age groups ahead of me :rolleyes:. She started strongly from the gun so I had a feeling that if I focussed on keeping up with her while checking the splits the timekeeper was calling out I would hopefully end up on target (<12:40 was the aim). Conditions were good: cold but no wind or rain, and even though the track has lost its bounce and there’s a few lumps gone out of the outer lanes it’s still a good surface to run on. I checked the watch after the first 200m then didn’t look at it again except for the Km splits as they beeped. Happy with the first split at 4:07 as well under target and feeling good. 2nd split not so much as we were slowing but still under target on average. Dug in for the final 2.5 laps and just focussed on keeping up with my (friendly!) rival. Any attempts I made to overtake were seen and raised so I decided to leave it until the last bend. Ha! She took off like a rocket and left me for dust. Legend! Put me back in my box anyway. Delighted with that result off no specific training. A 14 second PB for me and reasonably consistent splits. Need to work on the middle Km. And my sprint finish (or more accurately the lack thereof). It was definitely an advantage to have someone that bit faster to pace myself off, but I still had to do the running so I’ll take it! Will see how the next 8 weeks’ training goes before setting a target for the next one in March.- 4.4 miles incl. 3K TT (track)
12:29 (Km splits 4:08, 4:14, 4:07). 2nd F. New PB
Wednesday – S&C, Medium Long Run
Level 2 Pilates, then a semi-naked run around Raheny via the promenade. I had the watch on but left it covered up with the jacket. It was beeping away with the splits and I thought I must be flying until I realised I’d left in in Km mode :rolleyes:.- 8.5 miles @ 9:13 (grass, path)
Thursday - REST
After 9 consecutive days’ running I’m looking forward to this.0 -
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Bungy Girl wrote: »Monday – Easy
- 4.4 miles incl. 3K TT (track)
12:29 (Km splits 4:08, 4:14, 4:07). 2nd F. New PB
I keep missing you in ALSAA, every time I go you're not there and vice versa! Having said that I'm really only targeting the Miles, so see you there maybe at the third one. See you in Dundalk also! Have a great race!0 -
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congrats on the PB
and the best of luck for Sunday, have a super race.
Thanks! I don't think Sunday is going to be mucky enough for me (not Cow Park mucky anyway
)Sneaky TT and what a result. Brilliant BG. Super running.
Don't forget to switch the watch back to miles.
Thanks AQ, and I won't. Units of the devil begoneOperation HTFU! I love it. I need to join that campaign.
Well done on the pb, nice way to start the year.
Thanks chickey. I've no idea how it's going to go but I'm looking forward to some shorter, faster training!Nicely done. Congrats on the pb! You've kept this one very quiet
Thanks! Nearly killed me holding on to it while we were offline
well done on PB, remember been left for dust by 68 yr old Runner form our club after he stopped to stretch in a 2mile race,still have nightmares:D
Hope for us all! The BHAA is full of runners in their 60s and beyond who put people half their age to shame. I hope to go out in a blaze of glory at 80 0 -
I keep missing you in ALSAA, every time I go you're not there and vice versa! Having said that I'm really only targeting the Miles, so see you there maybe at the third one. See you in Dundalk also! Have a great race!
Oh, cool. See you Sunday. Have a great race yourself! I'll be at the next mile barring disaster so see you then too.The under the radar approach to PBing worked well for you. Nice going. Best of luck at the weekend.....ENJOY!!!
Yes, it trumps a public showdown anyway :rolleyes:. I must remember that.+1 to all the above. Do us proud tomorrow. Crusaders abú.
Thanks. I hope not to disgrace the red and white.Best luck Sunday, hopefully not to warm, with mini heatwave.
Always with the weather forecasts :pac::pac::pac:, hopefully that one's as accurate as the Fat Turkey forecast.Enjoy and nice to be bringing some form as well.
Thanks Denis, I hope I manage to judge the pace right so as not to kill myself but not leave too much out there either.Best of luck BG, hope it goes well.
Thanks Tang, I hope so too!see you there, will have full cheerleading gear on
Cool, bring the hand 0 -
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Friday – Easy
A handy few miles in the evening with aquinn. Was busy this morning so didn’t get my usual Pilates/run combo done but did manage a very nice fancy lunch.- 6.4 miles (path, grass)
Saturday – Easy + strides
Got out just before dark for this and unusually enough had the wind in my face for the first couple of miles along the promendade, then at my back all the way home. Wheeeeeeeeee !- 4 miles incl. 6 x 20 sec strides
Sunday – National Masters XC, Dundalk
Well, this was fun! I was looking forward to this all week but a bit nervous at the same time. I mean it was nationals. NATIONALS. NATIONALS .I thought I’d hit the big time a couple of weeks back with the Dublin Masters but this was going to be a step up again. I had no expectations beyond aiming to do better than I did in Raheny. Not in terms of position, because the standard was bound to be higher, but just to feel like I didn’t leave anything out there and to maybe start a bit more aggressively.
Our club had organised a coach to take us to Dundalk I.T. and it was great to just relax rather than negotiate the M1 and find parking etc. We arrived in plenty of time (this always makes me happy) and had several team discussions about shoe choice, spike lengths, outfit, accessories and so on. Settled on the 12mm’s after asking a junior runner covered in muck who had a medal around her neck and she said ‘the longer the better’ with a vaguely haunted look on her face.
There was a massive crowd for the Masters events, with 196 women and a dozen or so M65’s contesting the first of the adult races. The start line was really well organised, with plenty of room, so no lounging at the back of the pack this time. I had my toe to the line along with another teammate and the entire start was only 3 rows deep. Bang! We’re off and I made sure to go out hard and wait until I could see through the throng and get some space before settling into a pace.
Probably about 500m into it I eased back slightly and was overtaken by a few but not as many as I’d have expected. The effort felt right and the ground, while mucky, wasn’t as bad as I’d feared. Our club seemed to have supporters at every turn (and it was a very twisty course!), and of course Firedance who looked fresh as a daisy after yesterday’s 20 mile run was cheering a few boardsies on as well as her clubmates.
I could hear the lap bell long before reaching it and the (loud!) commentary was all about the battle among the top 3: Pauline Curley, Annette Kealy and the eventual winner Anna Sadowska. It sounded epic, and provided a great distraction from my own running.
One lap to go and the course was getting muckier but I still felt ok, good even, and wasn’t breathing too heavily. I was moving as fast as I could but it was like my lungs were way ahead of my legs which just couldn’t keep up. I had a few mini battles with other runners on the second lap and even though my watch says I was slower on the second lap I don’t think I conceded too many places and may even have gained some. Finally the finish line was in sight. Of course there was an ankle-deep muddy section to get through before the final sprint for the line. No drama here, couldn’t catch the runner ahead but no late challengers from behind either.
Congratulations to Dubgal on another amazing performance, Aquinn who had a strong race (& got some great photos to prove it!), HelenAnne and MarthaStew and a big thanks to FD again for the amazing support.
I’m delighted with today. It was definitely a better performance than St.Anne’s (even though I enjoyed that too). Only 3 more XC races left this season I think – 2 Meet & Trains and 1 BHAA. I feel early onset withdrawal symptoms coming on.- 4 miles incl. 4K* XC race @ 7:23 (lots of muck, occasional grass, a few hills)
Stats:
15:56
77th F (out of 196)
30th F40
119% of winner
* course was short of 4K, my Garmin put it at 2.16 miles
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Did you see her bouncing across the field after too? And still smiling??!! Fantastic run, well done and congrats on the 3000m PB.
don't forget, Garmins not v reliable on switchy backy courses, it will usually plot the shortest route so the course won't have been too short, if any. Most likely measured with a wheel. Just saying 0 -
don't forget, Garmins not v reliable on switchy backy courses, it will usually plot the shortest route so the course won't have been too short, if any. Most likely measured with a wheel. Just saying
I know, and I wouldn't normally pay too much attention to the course length in XC, I just don't think yesterday's muck was conducive to me finally stringing a series of sub 4 min Km's together
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Well done on your race BG and on managing to enjoy the experience! A good performance will do that though, and it's great to see how much faster you're getting. I think you're the perfect example of consistent, smart training paying off. Nice one 0
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Well done on your race BG and on managing to enjoy the experience! A good performance will do that though, and it's great to see how much faster you're getting. I think you're the perfect example of consistent, smart training paying off. Nice one
Thanks Mulberry. Can't believe we missed each other again. Hope you had a good race too! There's a great picture of you and a clubmate of mine battling it out on 'the hill'. See you at the next Alsaa mile for sure.0 -
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