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Quote from: Bingo on October 08, 2012, 11:05:10 AM
Wrecked after the weekends extersions.

16mile run Saturday morning and then the 10km Hellandback in Bray yesterday.

It was tough going. Preparation of the 16miles and a night out in Dublin wasn't ideal but soldiered round it, finishing in 1hr 11mins and 109th home out of 1400 or so.

Its a good event but once doing it is enough! Didn't push too hard yesterday and just wanted to get round in one piece. Was absolutely caked in mud and dirt after it.

Aye the drink will do ya in!!

Anyone doing the Dundrum 8 mile run? Thinking of entering it
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

Bingo

2 weeks Monday to the Marathon and I say thank god.

Looking forward to actually doing it but pushing myself to get the training going is a tough. I don't mind the actually running itself but getting increasingly tough to fit it in. Between one thing and another it was 10.15 last night when I got to do 5 miles.

Roll on the 29th.

On another note, wee plug for our own 5km race on the 2nd December. Was a great race last year and very well supported. Hopefully the same this year. Details below.

http://www.runireland.com/events/super-valu-castleblayney-5km-road-race

ballinaman

Quote from: Bingo on October 12, 2012, 10:14:41 AM
2 weeks Monday to the Marathon and I say thank god.

Looking forward to actually doing it but pushing myself to get the training going is a tough. I don't mind the actually running itself but getting increasingly tough to fit it in. Between one thing and another it was 10.15 last night when I got to do 5 miles.

Roll on the 29th.

On another note, wee plug for our own 5km race on the 2nd December. Was a great race last year and very well supported. Hopefully the same this year. Details below.

http://www.runireland.com/events/super-valu-castleblayney-5km-road-race
Amen to that. Had to run at 6am this morning because I'm hitting straight from work to the Ireland game.

Last long of 18 on Sunday, the last 8 at target marathon pace of 6.45 and then the taper begins. I find the taper difficult, hard to balance it right.


Bingo

Quote from: ballinaman on October 12, 2012, 10:33:15 AM
Quote from: Bingo on October 12, 2012, 10:14:41 AM
2 weeks Monday to the Marathon and I say thank god.

Looking forward to actually doing it but pushing myself to get the training going is a tough. I don't mind the actually running itself but getting increasingly tough to fit it in. Between one thing and another it was 10.15 last night when I got to do 5 miles.

Roll on the 29th.

On another note, wee plug for our own 5km race on the 2nd December. Was a great race last year and very well supported. Hopefully the same this year. Details below.

http://www.runireland.com/events/super-valu-castleblayney-5km-road-race
Amen to that. Had to run at 6am this morning because I'm hitting straight from work to the Ireland game.

Last long of 18 on Sunday, the last 8 at target marathon pace of 6.45 and then the taper begins. I find the taper difficult, hard to balance it right.

I was planning on running this evening and missing the game but with Robbie Keane out, i'm more optimistic now  ;)

I'm just looking at a 12 mile run this weekend at my pace. Then the taper, thats what the programme I've been following has suggested, so i'll stick to it.

My buddy would say the taper is strange and it feels like you not doing enough. He told me to focus on eating well and hydrating well.

ballinaman

I know...optimistic myself but 16/1 4-0 Germany looks appealing all the same!

Ya, stick to your program anyways, wrong time to go changing things now. I got a little anxious last year on the Taper because it's odd when you are used to doing more mileage. I'm going to throw in the odd speed session to sharpen up too. I did 10x2 mins hard..1 min easy yesterday in the middle of an 8 mile.

Think i'll do two sessions of 10x1 on 1 off for the next 2 weeks instead.

Yep, pints tonight and that'll be it until the 29th.

Bingo

The time you are looking at is serious in fairness, I'd do a odd bit of increasing the pace and as I near the pace you'd be looking at, i'd struggle to keep that going for any prolonged distance. I'll be quite happy with the 3.45 pacers and hanging in there.

Enjoy the game and the pints!

Denn Forever

Just looking for some guidance here.

Addidas are narrow fitting and Puma are wide fitting.  What other brands have wide fitting shoes/runners? 
I have more respect for a man
that says what he means and
means what he says...

Bingo

You'd be as well hitting a specialist sports shop and they'd fit and guide you, where u based ?

Give the run a break today, went for a hike up slieve donard instead! Glorious day on the mountain, fantastic at the top and we'd a big group with us and took some effort to get some of them to top.

Was a duathlon going up it is as well, some serious running going on up it! And down it.

Bingo

Just over a week to go till Dublin, out of my hands really at this stage. Just keeping a few easy miles on the clock and keeping the right food and drinks in. Plus importantly trying to avoid people with colds and flu's which is next on impossible!

ballinaman

Same here. I'm not going to change my eating pattern at all to be honest, might slightly increase carbs next weekend but nothing crazy. Banana and a berocca on the morning of it and that'll be me.

Heard the tshirts are supposed to be slick black long sleeved ones, much better than the puke green of last year anyways. When are you getting your number bingo, Sat or Sunday?

Bingo

Quote from: ballinaman on October 19, 2012, 01:24:02 PM
Same here. I'm not going to change my eating pattern at all to be honest, might slightly increase carbs next weekend but nothing crazy. Banana and a berocca on the morning of it and that'll be me.

Heard the tshirts are supposed to be slick black long sleeved ones, much better than the puke green of last year anyways. When are you getting your number bingo, Sat or Sunday?

I'd be along those lines alright, not going to try anything off the norm food wise and eat sensibly ie no supermacs. Will have the Indian take away as usual this Saturday night. Light breakfast on the morning of it - cereal, tea, toast and banana.

T-shirts sound the job. I'm guessing now that they don't have a main sponsor to keep happy that they have more leeway on the colour scheme.

I'm not 100% sure. Our senior team have a legaue semi final this sunday, win it (be outsiders) and final is on the following sunday, so will want to stay for it, so will take a spin up Saturday to the Expo. Lose this sunday and I'll head up Sunday to collect all, we are staying in a hotel in the city next Sunday to be fresh and ready on Monday morning. Plus we get to use their swimming pool, plunge pool and jacuzzi after the race  :)

ballinaman

#821
Will be in some serious pain this time next Monday.... :-\...hopefully not too much though. How did yer match go Bingo? Just can't wait to get going now, solid training since coming pack from Poland in June , a long time to wait. Have had the meltdown experience of last years marathon hanging over me all year so hopefully i can make up for it now.
Bit of advice regarding the race itself that I wasn't prepared for last year is the noise throughout the course.
Long runs in training and generally quite solitary time on your feet, be prepared for a wall of noise at some sections of the course, Walkinstown roundabout, Teranure, Milltown, Roebuck hill, RDS are a few big ones. It's a completely different atmosphere than the training runs or even 5k, 10k races that are around. Don't get caught up in it and loose track of the race plan, can easily happen.

Plan for the week. Did an 11 tempo yesterday around the Phoenix park, lovely day for it.
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - Easy 7
Wednesday - 7 miles marathon pace 6.45, 2 miles in the middle at 5.55 pace. 30 mins Physio.
Thursday- Easy 5
Friday - Easy 4
Saturday - Rest/Physio
Sunday - Rest

Bingo

Well lad, this time next week you'll be feet up on the right side of the finishing line and I will likely be on the other side somewhere cursing the day I started running  ;D

Match was lost yesterday, 3 points, lost it in crazy first half - two pen's converted to goals and a man sent off. So will be heading up sunday to the RDS.

Cheers for the pointers, a few have told me that, run my own race and watch the pace. Be easy to get caught up in ocassion and feel the buzz of the crowd, adrenilen kicks in, you feel great and go outside your pace and suffer later for it.

One question is that some say a very light warm is needed, bit of stretching and light jog. The first few miles serve as a good warm up as pace can be slow with heavy traffic? This be right down at my level? You speed demons may have a more rigourous warm up.

I've 8 miles to do this evening and then very little after that 4/3 miles and more resting than anything.

One of the lads that I'm running with is done Amsterdam yesterday and is doing Dublin next week.

Roll on the weekend, busy with work all week so that should help!

ballinaman

#823
Disaster. Commiserations.

I think I might head across on Sunday too, get me out of the house instead not using up nervous energy!

Yep, pace is seriously slow. I was up the top last year with the 3hr group and didn't get a clear run until Phibsboro church which is around 3 miles in, i'm expecting the same this year again. It could be until the Phoenix park at 4 miles before you get a bit of free space.

Warm up before will be minimal because traffic will be that slow. I'll get up about 6am, stretch and foam roll and breakfast then at 6.30am.

Hope to be near the start line at 8.20ish to get a decent spot like last year, so thats 40 mins basically standing and stretching on the spot. I was there at 8am last year and it was too early but need to be there a bit early to get a good position. It'll be jammed from 25 mins until the gun so bring an old t-shirt and a bottle of water to sip on...even saw lads taking a slash into the empty water bottle and then just leaving it on the ground last year it was so crowded ;D I'd never do something like that though... :P

Bingo

Be interesting to have a look round the Expo, be the first I've been at. Been told it will be impressive but when you head to the likes of London and Berlin it pales in comparison. After that some of the more regulars guys have a restaurant that they always head to, so we'll be heading there before hitting the hotel for an early night.

I'll blend in the pace at the start and not try to find space and just waste energy.

I'll bear that in mind when we get to the start and work in to get some sort of decent spec.

I'd say not! Reminds me of the start of the samsung 10km in dublin this year, you'll remember the dirty night it was, the lad i was running with told me to look down as we stood waiting to the start and lets just say there was alot more rain running down his leg than was coming out of the sky!