Be still my beating heart

Monday 25 January
am: 6 miles recovery @ 10:10
Local loops. Still kinda in recovery mode from marathon run on Saturday, but not feeling too bad at all.
pm: 6 miles easy @ 9:53
Spin up to airport arrivals and back. Felt great.

Tuesday 26 January
pm: 7 miles easy @ 10:18
Very slow and sluggish. Tiredness catching up with me. Really glad I run to effort and not pace, so just listened to the body and eased back as much as necessary.

Wednesday 27 January
10 miles easy @ 9:36
Very stressful day and never wanted a cigarette more by the end of it. But luckily I have running now to fill that smoking void!
Ran home from town with backpack. Felt fantastic so dropped bag at car and did 4 loops of my new favourite loop. Tis a great auld loop.

Thursday 28 January
7 miles easy @ 9:47
Run home from work and dropped backpack as above and did 2 of my favourite new loops. Would have loved to have done more, but the pressure was on to rush home to work for the night.

Friday 29 January
4 miles easy @ 9:45
Really annoying run. Watch started freezing early on and continued to freeze throughout. Had to keep stopping and doing a soft reset but it just kept happening so only one thing for it - hard reset, but I couldn't remember how to do it so just cut the run short. I know it's ridiculous that I couldn't continue running without the watch as I 'need' the stats, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise and a message from the running gods to take it easy today.

Saturday 30 January
2 hours with 60 mins at A/T effort in middle
w/u: 9:34 9:50 9:37
a/t miles: 8:33 8:32 8:22 8:34 8:25 8:22 8:19 (avg: 8:26)
c/d: 9:23 9:43 9:49 9:39
Was SO bloody cold starting out. I had a long sleeved top on and a teeshirt over the top but my arms were like blocks of ice throughout. Just couldn't warm up.
I worked hard on the AT bit, didn't force it, tried to run fast and relaxed into the wind, and think I got the effort right. It's my 2nd best avg pace on that session (8:24 avg pace a few weeks ago) but considering the wind yesterday I'm quite pleased with that.
13.3 miles @ 9:01 avg pace

Sunday 31 January
am: 5 miles recovery @ 10:02
pm: 5 miles recovery @ 9:55
All ticketyboo except for disrupted sleep last night.

Weekly total: 63.6 miles
Monthly total: 316 miles
Total runs for Jan: 46
Days run: 30

January was very good to me as I miraculously avoided sickness when everyone around seems to be suffering from something or other. It was touch and go for a few days but I got away with it. No issues on the injury or niggle front, thank the gods, despite the very long runs and overall increase in mileage and highest monthly mileage total to-date. Thanks January
Let's hope February brings more of the same! I'll run Lusk marathon as another training run near the end of the month but I have the small matter of a 31 mile run to get out of the way next weekend first:eek: Can't wait:D

wowzer wrote: »

All depends on what time you run at lunchtime and what time your club trains at. I'm pretty sure Ososlo leaves 8-12 hours between runs on double days.

She doesn't!!! Not anymore. When I started doing them yes, I would leave 8 hours but no it's sometimes only 4 now😯 But that is after a few years of doing them.
I'm waiting to be given out to but it hasn't happened yet so sssshhhhh

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I could be wrong, but I've always just assumed it's because she doesn't have enough time in a single block to do the number of miles she wants to do that day. Is there any reason why it ought to be worse to do two 6 mile runs rather than a single 12 mile run, for example?

Maybe it should get a thread.

There are threads on the topic. Have a search or I'll dig out later when on the pc. Lots of varied opinions on the topic!
Imo, 2x 6 mile runs would stress the body a lot less than 1x12.
It suits my lifestyle to run twice also, as I am working from home a lot and hunched over a desk so love to get out twice into the fresh air and move about. I have recently discovered work commutes so now have another excuse to run twice a day.
But the bottom line is I adore running, so like anything one loves, why wouldn't one want to do it twice a day

Monday 1 February
am: 6 miles easy @ 10:16
Really slow jog in the wind.
pm: 6 miles easy @ 10:03
Very stormy out this evening. Just left myself to the mercy of the elements. Didn't fight it, and enjoyed every step.

Tuesday 2 February
6 miles easy @ 9:48
Had to be somewhere in the evening, so only time for once today.

Wednesday 3 February
am: 6 miles easy @ 9:59
Had a horrible headache all morning and it stayed with me for the run. Never get headaches normally.
pm: 4 miles easy @ 9:53
Headache gone but kept it short. Most enjoyable on a beautiful night

Thursday 4 February
Rest today as I had a bit of a cold. Terrified it'd develop into full blown sickness so took the day off and treated myself with kid gloves. Ate lots of really healthy food, didn't stress myself all day and gargled intermittently with salt and water and had lots of vitamin C. Slept brilliantly.
Went to register for Lusk marathon today and saw it was sold out! Feck! Not the end of the world as it's only another training run but still, I know it's good for me to do plenty of these low key events as prep for my longer races when I'm actually racing. Anyways, a nice man called Frank in EOI got me a place so I'm in! Thanks Frank!

Friday 5 February
Woke up feeling a bit better. Still a bit of a cough and sneezing, but didn't feel sick as such. RHR still a bit high. Didn't run until the evening and only intended on doing 4-6 miles but felt great as I was running, so just kept going.
10 miles easy @ 9:55

Saturday 6 February
8.4 miles easy @ 10
Only time for one today as had to go to KK to babysit for the night and let my sisters and mother go out on the tear.

Sunday 7 February
30 miles easy @ 9:45
Terrible sleep due to unsettled insomniac niece (kindred spirits), and was a tiny bit apprehensive about doing this as still a bit of a lingering cough and really didn't want to make things worse and scupper the training so approached this with the idea in my head that I'd scrap it if I didn't feel right. Eased myself very very gently into it and was basically crawling for the first few miles. I realised after a few miles that I felt fine and I'd be able to do this today. It was a bit slower than all my previous long slow runs which I'm putting down to the weather and the after effects of the cold. Felt very comfortable throughout, forgot about the watch and just ran how my body wanted to with nothing forced. Did 8 x just under 4 mile loops around Ring Road, Castlecomer Rd, Glendine and back around to Newpark. The plan had me down for 4hrs55 mins. I called it a day at 4hrs 53 mins as I hit 30 miles when I got back to the car so just left it at that.
Weather very varied with a strong enough wind in places and the paths weren't in great condition on the Comer Road but didn't let it bother me. Feet sopping wet from the start as there was a pretty bad downpour near the start. Wore a very light little wind-breaker thing I picked up in TKMax during the week which kept my top half dry throughout. Great purchase. Was still quite cold for most of it though and might wear an extra layer in similar conditions the next time. Not a lot more to say really about it all as there was very little visual stimulation due to people staying indoors with the crappy weather, so just lots of loud traffic in my ears for the whole 5 hours but nothing much more to comment on!
Felt good towards the end and picked it up a tiny bit but no great heroics today but my last mile was my fastest. Stomach felt very good throughout and afterwards compared to last lsrs. I'm putting this down to not eating any protein prior to the run. I just had 2 croissants and a banana. Feel great tonight and tempted to pop out for a few miles to hit that elusive 80 mile weekly goal! But I won't!!

Weekly total: 77 miles