Running

[laoislad]

I'll see you there LL, got a mates entry after all

You'll have the course done twice before I finish it once!

[Milltown Row2]

Anyone doing the Frank Duffy 10 mile on Saturday?
Have ran the course a few times now and hoping for a good time (for me)
Be delighted to go under 1:30.

That will be a really decent time

[laoislad]

Anyone doing the Frank Duffy 10 mile on Saturday?
Have ran the course a few times now and hoping for a good time (for me)
Be delighted to go under 1:30.

That will be a really decent time

[Milltown Row2]

Anyone doing the Frank Duffy 10 mile on Saturday?
Have ran the course a few times now and hoping for a good time (for me)
Be delighted to go under 1:30.

That will be a really decent time

If you run at 7mph you'll finish under 1.30, that should be well within your capability. If you averaged out (remember only 10 miles) at 7.5mph you'd be at 1.20 mins. But I suppose being so close to the Marathon you be best taking it careful

[Mayo4Sam]

So went and did a VO2 max test last nite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VO2_max

It was 62.4 for anyone interested thats done it before

More interesting were my HR zones for running.
I reach my lactate threshold at 171, which apparently when compared to my max HR, 189, is good, because they are close. I think it means in theory I could run at that HR for a long time, it equates to a pace of 4min/km

He said I need to do my longer runs at a higher HR, that I've more in the tank than I realise and I need to push myself

So thats my target for saturday, 4min/km, keeping my HR at about 165-168


As an aside, he was telling me about another lad that he trains, MAX HR of 198, reaches lactatethreshold at 196. Has an 80% recovery rate in two minutes, will do a 2hr 20 marathon
Have you ever heard of a Canty lad Ballinaman? From Mayo apparently, only took up running in the last few years
Must be an animal

[Mayo4Sam]

€50 for that ML

[imtommygunn]

I've only had the LT one done M4S but not the VO2 max.

I think mine came out bang on the 85% heart rate and the pace was something like 6:07 a mile for lactate threshold. It's interesting if you're into that kind of thing. I would expect the pros would do that kind of thing quite regularly and it shows you how scientific the endurance stuff could actually be.

[imtommygunn]

I did a free one in Jordanstown about four years ago. They'd also this fancy biomechanical assessment. However the guy who was doing it wasn't very good with communication so never got the biomechanical assessment results.

Jordanstown has all the gear for that stuff - it has the anti gravity treadmills and all too.

[Bingo]

Best of luck to Seanie in the warrior run and the lads doing the 10miler in the park. Great day for it.

[CD]

Best of luck to Seanie in the warrior run and the lads doing the 10miler in the park. Great day for it.

+1 Would like to try it in the future. Did 16miles this morning - saw my first kingfishers. Made my day

[muppet]

Best of luck to Seanie in the warrior run and the lads doing the 10miler in the park. Great day for it.

Best of luck Seanie and to LL and co in the Phoenix Park.

Did my first park run this morning. I timed it at 23:40 but I will wait for the proper time (if I get one as I screwed up the token/barcode).

That would be a PB after a poor 4 weeks.

Memo to self: If I ever try for the DCM in October I will need to be very disciplined in July & August AND Mayo will have to be out of the Championship early.

[leaveherinsir]

24.30 in the parkrun this morning. Beat my under 25 target by end of August with a week to spare! New target. Not to be lapped by the winner next time!! :-)

[muppet]

24.30 in the parkrun this morning. Beat my under 25 target by end of August with a week to spare! New target. Not to be lapped by the winner next time!! :-)

Well done. Which park run was it?

[leaveherinsir]

24.30 in the parkrun this morning. Beat my under 25 target by end of August with a week to spare! New target. Not to be lapped by the winner next time!! :-)

Well done. Which park run was it?

Cookstown. Getting chased by Tyrone weemen helps you run faster!!

[muppet]

24.30 in the parkrun this morning. Beat my under 25 target by end of August with a week to spare! New target. Not to be lapped by the winner next time!! :-)

Well done. Which park run was it?

Cookstown. Getting chased by Tyrone weemen helps you run faster!!

I could see that working alright!