My God, it's full of stars!

tunney · 18-03-2015 12:05pm #1

Week 12

Day|Session|Comments|Link
Monday|Easy run 7km 0:35:00|Ran into work, changed the straps on the bag around so it sat lower and was more comfortable. 7.5km 0:34:00|https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/721050446
Tuesday|Parade|Went to parade, kids loved it.|
Wednesday|Easy run 10km 0:50:00||
|Easy turbo, just spin 18km 0:45:00||
Thursday|Longer run 18km 1:30:00||
|Easy turbo, just spin 18km 0:45:00||
Friday|Easy run - include 5x(20sec fast, 40sec easy)||
Saturday|Easy spin 50km 2:00:00||
|Easy run 6km 0:30:00||
Sunday|Longer run 21km 1:45:00||

mloc123 · 18-03-2015 12:11pm

What is the goal this year?

tunney · 18-03-2015 12:29pm

mloc123 wrote: »

What is the goal this year?

* A return to regular, consistent training
* An open half marathon PB
* A marathon PB

May be a log more suited to the Plodding board for this year to be honest.

Dory Dory · 18-03-2015 12:54pm

What does your log title mean?

Kurt Godel · 18-03-2015 1:06pm

Good luck with the log, they are handy to keep yourself honest.

tunney wrote: »

Day|Session|Comments|Link

Tuesday|Parade|Went to parade, kids loved it.|

tunney wrote: »

May be a log more suited to the Plodding board for this year to be honest.

Overtraining?

tunney · 18-03-2015 1:13pm

Dory Dory wrote: »

What does your log title mean?

Oh god a six word question that would take about two pages to explain. After the next dance I'll explain:)

mloc123 · 18-03-2015 1:16pm

Dory Dory wrote: »

What does your log title mean?

It is an odyssey...

tunney · 18-03-2015 1:27pm

mloc123 wrote: »

It is an odyssey...

Dory Dory wrote: »

What does your log title mean?

Arthur C Clarke wrote alot of books. I read them all. Ones that I always loved were "Space odyssey" series. I read them all at least ten times. In "2001: A space odyssey" a character called Dave was on a mission in space, everything went to sh1t after a while and he had a bleak existence for a bit, then he arrived at the ultimate destination, a destination he hadn't expected when they set out. On arrival there he "passes through" the monolith (similar to the one that shaped and aided the development of mankind) and pronounces "My God, it's full of stars!" before contact is lost. He then goes on a voyage of discovery meeting all manner of alien races and places before ultimately transforming into an incorporeal being and effectively transcending.

Read into that what you will Carol.

ALL THESE WORLDS
ARE YOURS EXCEPT
EUROPA
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE.

Dory Dory · 18-03-2015 1:56pm

Come to think of it, I believe you mentioned seeing stars while we were dancing.

Nice log title. I like it!

tunney · 18-03-2015 2:55pm

Week 12

Day|Session|Comments|Link
Monday|Easy run 7km 0:35:00|Ran into work, changed the straps on the bag around so it sat lower and was more comfortable. 7.5km 0:34:00 152bpm 4:44km/min|https://www.strava.com/activities/269018681
Tuesday|Parade|Went to parade, kids loved it.|
Wednesday|Easy run 10km 0:50:00|Nice weather for it, bumped into a clubmate so ran with her for a while. Legs still feeling the effects of the 5km on Friday night. 10.4km 0:50:00 151bpm 4:50km/min|https://www.strava.com/activities/270143885
|Easy turbo, just spin 18km 0:45:00||
Thursday|Longer run 18km 1:30:00||
|Easy turbo, just spin 18km 0:45:00||
Friday|Easy run - include 5x(20sec fast, 40sec easy)||
Saturday|Easy spin 50km 2:00:00||
|Easy run 6km 0:30:00||
Sunday|Longer run 21km 1:45:00||
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mossym · 18-03-2015 3:07pm

tunney · 18-03-2015 4:52pm

mossym wrote: »

Yes, pool membership lapsing end of the month. Will let it slide a bit as not using it a whole lot. Work is nuts, Ciarán still young, so if I hit two disciplines consistently for a while I will be happy.

mossym · 18-03-2015 10:38pm

tunney wrote: »

Work is nuts, Ciarán still young, so if I hit two disciplines consistently for a while I will be happy.

makes sense. the pool is always the logistical challenge. bike/run can always be done from the house.

reminds me to start looking at running buggies.

tunney · 19-03-2015 10:16am

Popped something in my back yesterday, sleep eluded me and pain found me.

tunney · 19-03-2015 11:39am

I am useless in work in this pain. Thankfully in with TMWTT at 1530

sconhome · 19-03-2015 3:45pm

Feck! New log barely a page old and sidelined with injury. Some guys have all the luck

tunney · 20-03-2015 11:50am

Went to Dave. Diagnosis my back is fvcked but not compeletely fvcked. A day and night of agony and still not right.

For the non complaining Americans. My Quadratus lumborums (QLs) went into spasm as a result, mainly, of hauling Eoin around town for St Patricks Day. Recent stress levels suggested as well as possibly contributing.(albeit not by Dave)

tunney · 20-03-2015 4:41pm

Coming back from shops at lunch a woman snotted herself quite badly in front of me. After letting her recovery I helped her back onto her feet. I had to take most of the load lifting her. Fecking stupid with my back, but then again couldn't really just point, say "HAHA" and walk on.

tunney · 15-04-2015 11:33am

Still alive, ran yesterday. Saw a woman with one leg running around the park. Perspective.

EC1000 · 15-04-2015 6:10pm

Was that you on the strand today, blue gilet?

tunney · 15-04-2015 8:02pm

EC1000 wrote: »

Was that you on the strand today, blue gilet?

Yes. mer Tango at Sean Moore park turn down to the tracks and back then we went out separate ways.

A lot out there today. What were you wearing?

EC1000 · 15-04-2015 8:34pm

Long sleeve blue T shirt with AKW logo from kinvara last year and Midland TC beanie. You're not as fat as you claim to be...

Dory Dory · 16-04-2015 12:46am

EC1000 wrote: »

You're not as fat as you claim to be...

That's what she said!!

tunney · 16-04-2015 8:53am

EC1000 wrote: »

Long sleeve blue T shirt with AKW logo from kinvara last year and Midland TC beanie. You're not as fat as you claim to be...

I try to wear slimming colours.

sconhome · 16-04-2015 9:24am

Dory Dory wrote: »

That's what she said!!

Said like a real Dub!!

Next you'll be cracking "ur ma.." jokes

tunney · 20-04-2015 12:15pm

A little all over the place for a number of reasons, but I had way more excuses.

Some running and my first cycle in about 9 months. Fecking near killed me. Up over Glan and back in Cavan. Bike felt awkward. saddle higher than commuter, reminded me to fix commuter, and bars wider. Centre of gravity different too. But mainly its serviced to perfection and everyone works as well as it can. Including the brakes. No friction in the cables, wheels true and brake blocks tight. Grabbing the brakes like the commuter (fixie or Glenda's) will result in immediate and violent halting.

As I was breathing out my ass, being made brutally aware of weight and fitness (a PM and a hill don't lie) I realised why I love cycle. Not just the sensations but the views and the serenity of the country side.

The father in law now cycles as well and the kids now equate "cobbles", "grand tour" and "ardennes" with "ah no Daddy cartoons". I like cycling.

Ran too. Quads no likely.
First long run since.... well probably 2013 (cannot could DCM or IMde). And long isn't long at all 1:30 of trails and some hills. Fecking broke me.

Great week.

Total time : 7:23
Bike time: 2:05
Bike dist: 55km
Run time: 5:18
Run dist: 64km

mossym · 20-04-2015 1:16pm

tunney wrote: »

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Some running and my first cycle in about 9 months. Fecking near killed me.

As I was breathing out my ass, being made brutally aware of weight and fitness (a PM and a hill don't lie) I realised why I love cycle. Not just the sensations but the views and the serenity of the country side.

Great week.

as this log seems to benefit from quotes

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step

sconhome · 20-04-2015 1:37pm

tunney wrote: »

Fecking near killed me.

It didn't though.. and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!!

Welcome back, have fun with it for a while.

tunney · 22-04-2015 5:57pm

Actually training the last week. Strange. My commute is taking longer - a sure sign I am doing something as just haven't the legs (calories or inclination) to push it.

12km run Monday
10km with pieces yesterday
0530 BG Turbo this morning (first am one in about four years, and first since December)
10km progression run at lunch. Loving the weather

Diet clean too.

Got new shorts, brief was "comfy and pockets" got them. They are perfect but I got the pi$$ ripped out of me by Glenda "lycra under shorts are you so lacking in confidence that you feel the need to cover the lycra up". Stung all the more as this is my usual line when I see people wearing GAA shorts over Skins. The lycra liner is sown into shorts. Have decided to buy her leggings with a jumper tied around the waist built in.

tunney · 30-04-2015 2:45pm

Coaches training session last night in the GAA club. More how to communicate effectively with kids than anything else. Very useful, not just for coaching but also for just communicating with kids.

One thing I found particularly interesting:

Him: "Most kids cannot run"

Everyone expecting a rant about video games and overeating. Then he launched into a demonstration of what most people (kids included) do and then what they should be doing. Then he pulled out his binder of skills and drills for how to teach kids to run. I have to admit I was amazed. Not just that he recognised the importance of form but also that his definition of good form matched what I had been told almost exactly. From the movement of the legs and the arms to the posture and even issues with hip flexors - why they occurred and how to address them in kids.

It was pretty amazing - then on lunch run today observing the form of the runners around me. Less than 10% had good form, the other 90% you could pick out the injuries that they either got alot or would get. Being honest I think most of AR and TDAR could do with learning the skills and drills that 4 year old kids learn.

tunney · 30-04-2015 2:51pm

Anyways - my own training. I've moved from plodding about to relearning to suffer. I find the duality of suffering interesting. I hate it but yet love it. I dread it but yet look forward to it.

Two things for sure - the only way to get better at suffering is to suffer. Also that suffering hurts (but feels good).

pgibbo · 30-04-2015 3:16pm

That's a binder I'd love to read!!!! Sounds very interesting.

Kurt Godel · 30-04-2015 4:03pm

tunney wrote: »

Two things for sure - the only way to get better at suffering is to suffer. Also that suffering hurts (but feels good).

Amen to that. There's nothing like the immediacy of being in the hurting zone to appreciate being alive in the moment. And then you miss it when its gone.

tunney · 14-05-2015 3:08pm

Completely unrelated to training but very very interesting
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/seasonal-immunity-activity-of-thousands-of-genes-differs-from-winter-to-summer

RacoonQueen · 14-05-2015 3:47pm

Was reading that this morning. Interesting stuff alright.

''Ireland is cold, that is why I'm fat''

tunney · 16-05-2015 10:42am

Time to eat my own dog food.

tunney · 27-05-2015 2:59pm

So its been about 5-6 years since I really truly felt motivated to train. As time goes on I've been finding myself slowly getting more and more motivated again. I'm not back at that level of motivation and willingness to suffer and sacrifice but its getting there.

Running a severe calorie deficit at the moment and on an hour easy run with Tango at lunch I bonked. Thankfully I had expected it and had brought a gel with me.

Getting excited.

tunney · 03-06-2015 5:35pm

https://www.strava.com/activities/317357212

sconhome · 03-06-2015 5:47pm

We need to talk!! :eek: :eek:

tunney · 04-06-2015 9:06am

Garmin Connect gets populated and maintained because of the auto upload.
Trainingpeaks because I have not broken away from WKO3.0 despite trainingpeaks only being useful to coaches and even then to substitute technology for involvement in their clients training.

Strava - just cannot be arsed maintaining that account, it gives little to the more running inclined.

tunney · 04-06-2015 3:32pm

https://www.strava.com/activities/318039968

Windy day. Lots of runners.

tunney · 05-06-2015 12:39pm

Eoin picked up a bug in playschool. He *loves* his little brother and slobbers all over him. Surprise surprise two sick kids. not much but whingy at night. Normally not a problem. However 3 weeks ago I ripped the floors up in their room, ripped the wardrobes out and started getting carpet down, building IKEA furniture(12 house on one Saturday) and so one. Problem being with two beds and one room gone we now five five people, two rooms and two sick. Combined with stress from work sleep hasn't happened this week. Yesterday bunk beds arrived and I started assemling at 2000, 0200 finished and then bed. 0630 kids woke, noticed bunkbeds on way to toilet and came in to tell us. Course we ****ing know there are bunkbeds, no there is not a bunk bed fairy.

Now shattered, fecked. Only two doors to plane and rehang and the room is done.........

tunney · 05-06-2015 2:07pm

https://www.strava.com/activities/318775206

Legs heavy and blocked. The lack of sleep and awkward positions for long periods of time building the bunk beds left my hip flexors in tatters.

tunney · 14-06-2015 7:39pm

Five person house.
At present
#two ear infections
#three chest infections
#two confirmed viral tonsillitis
#two suspected viral tonsillitis
#one tummy bug
#one car crash (no injuries but dead car)
#one major project delivery

fvcking great week.

tunney · 16-06-2015 4:51pm

Still sick as a dog.
Fecking brutal day in work. So brutal I either went to the offy or for a run. Struggled through 6km.

Kurt_Godel · 16-06-2015 4:55pm

Good man. The sickness and stress will pass, and when it does all those 6k runs will be worth something, the offy is worth nothing.

Oryx · 16-06-2015 5:00pm

Those beds are a pure b*stard to make. (As in change sheets). Enjoy.

tunney · 16-06-2015 5:09pm

Oryx wrote: »

Those beds are a pure b*stard to make. (As in change sheets). Enjoy.

LOL discovered that as I had to lift the mattresses off to get the sheets on. Saves so much room though having them stacked. She loves being high up, him having "his own cave"

tunney · 17-06-2015 3:44pm

Meetings upon meetings. Resigned myself to a day of nothing as lunch looked like it would not happen. Found 35 minutes, stretched it to 40 and squeezed 30 minutes easy in.

tunney · 18-06-2015 11:40am

Antibotics are wrecking me. Got home last night and really wanted to do something but wiped out. Last day of these and only a few more days of steroids.

May be playing a GAA match on Sunday. While hungover after the script. Not played with the big ball since I was 12 and not the small ball for a decade.

tunney · 19-06-2015 9:42am

Coming home from work last night I was eager to get home to see the kids so I was going hammer and tongs. Track stand at a set of lights into a sprint and something mechanical went wrong. Dumped on the ground, hard and head first. As I lay there dazed and confused I noticed the 20+ cycles just cycling by. Finally someone picked me up and took me to the side of the road - turns out to be a former colleague. He helped me home and today I am very sore - road rash and neck and shoulder pains. Not a great trip home.

One of the lads I help was scheduled to come over last night to talk through his final prep for IM Austria. Did not want to cancel so he came over anyways, walked through a detailed race execution plan and preparation plan (cannot believe he wasn't going to drive the course), and then serviced his bike. Excited for him, a little bit of luck and he should have a cracker of a race.