Running

[JimStynes]

Unlucky BM but sure it'll stand to u for the next one

Had given up hope yesterday, was very sore walking over to the expo to get the number.
Came home and did a solid hour of stretching before bed.
Tried a gentle run this morning it pain stayed at about a 5/10 level through the run and hasn't been feeling too bad.
So I'm going to give it a go, I should be in wave 1 but I'm going to start at the back with another guy on the tour looking for 3.30.
I've trained for 6.15 per mile so I'm hoping running at 7.50s should offset the injury. It's just about finishing tomorrow, the PB will fall another day. Atmosphere is incredible, over a million expected to line the route..be a shame not to give it a try. Will take a few neurophen and hope for the best. Wave 4 is off at 4.30pm Irish time. No guts no glory!

Best of luck!

[Rois]

Ah good luck!

[Dubh driocht]

Good luck BM. Listen to your body. You're superfit and there will always be the next one so don't do the GAA thing of bustin a gut, as the lads have said. Your day will come.

[magpie seanie]

Everything crossed for ya Ballinaman. Boston Marathon mentioned on RTE news just there in Radio 1 and I was saying "yeah - but tell us how Ballinaman is"!!!!

[imtommygunn]

Best of luck in Boston BM.

These last 2 pages have been a revelation.

Instead of running 6k with a HR in the 180s and finishing somewhere around 34 minutes absolutely wrecked, I took the advice here and ran at a HR of <150. It felt very slow and I was supposed to do 3 x 17 minutes with 1 min breaks. Instead I just ran through for 53 minutes. I never had to resort to the 'thickness' Seanie referred to earlier as it was extremely comfortable. I felt I could have run a lot more at that pace. The crazy thing is that I lost weight for the first time in weeks. I will try to do more of that but might still try the odd hard (for me) 5k as mentioned above.

Thanks for the great advice.

Good man muppet. No harm in the odd hard 5k. The 70% stuff is about a discipline to improve the fitness. The bulk of your running should be at it but not all.

Best of luck BM. Only live once and all that. Hope it works out for you. Take some time off afterwards though.

[the Deel Rover]

You are some boyo ballinaman. Hope the run goes well for you.

[imtommygunn]

http://raceday.baa.org/individual.html

Online tracker. Not sure what time it starts bst but think it's soon.

[the Deel Rover]

http://raceday.baa.org/individual.html

Online tracker. Not sure what time it starts bst but think it's soon.

fair play itg, hope it goes well for  ballinaman as he has trained like fcuk for this marathon plus he is one sound man.

[magpie seanie]

Go on Ballinaman. Bang on the pace he said he was going to attempt.

[imtommygunn]

Predicted 3:33 now... not going to get the time he wanted but had to give it a go.

[muppet]

Predicted 3:33 now... not going to get the time he wanted but had to give it a go.

The Top Women are doing 10K in 32 minutes ffs. In a marathon!

[Tony Baloney]

Predicted 3:33 now... not going to get the time he wanted but had to give it a go.

The Top Women are doing 10K in 32 minutes ffs. In a marathon!

Wow, really sticking the boot into Ballinaman. Shocking stuff from a respected poster 

[magpie seanie]

Thats the Mayos for ya. Insult the shite outta each other. 

[JimStynes]

Predicted 3:33 now... not going to get the time he wanted but had to give it a go.

The Top Women are doing 10K in 32 minutes ffs. In a marathon!

Ridiculous running!

[Bingo]

He's just upped the pace in last 5km from over 8min pace per mile to 7.22min.

Go hard or go home! Fair play to him.