I have been doing well enough with the training of the last few weeks.
Milage has increased back towards 40 per week for the last two weeks. Nothing too fast, medium effort tempos of between 6.30 to 6.40's. I am getting back to basics, trying to build a base again. It seems to be working. On a run last Thursday with a club mate, after 8 reasonable miles, I managed to up the pace to a 5.50 mile, with a cool down for the last.
I also managed 12 miles on Sunday, which while not much, is the longest single run since the Bohermeen half.
A new PB for the 5k, at 17.57 for our club run. While it was a PB, I went out way too fast at 5.30 for the first mile, and paid for it over the next two. The excitement of the home crowd and getting carried along by a club mate who is just flying along, was to blame.
Never the less, a reasonable time considering my lack of recent training and mileage.
I haven't been able to attend Gary's training since the new session started five weeks ago. I am missing it, as I tend to lack discipline for the Speed-work on my own.
Target is likely the dunsaughlin 10k. More work required, but I am hopeful of getting back to business soon enough.
Monday 26 May 2014
Monday 5 May 2014
Payback
I really haven't been putting in the miles lately with being so busy at work, but with a good run at the 5 mile race two weeks ago, I felt confident enough going into this weeks 10k in drogheda. As I said in my last post, not aiming for a flat out time, but confident enough of a PB.
The race was at 3, which is a nice time, no rushing or early morning starts. A huge crowd of around 2000 were entered. I positioned near enough the front, a few rows back. My garmin had lost signal in the shopping center where I parked earlier, but a quick glance at the screen and it seemed ok.
A few familiar faces around me left me pretty confident I was starting with the right group.
There were no real elite athletes, sorry if there was someone I didn't know, and there was a massive turnout from the host club.
At the off I pushed the garmin start, with a 6.10 on the pace. I hadn't run this route before, and by all accounts it was a hilly one to come, with a steep climb at 8k. As I settled into my stride I looked to the watch, and was met with black blank dashes. It hadn't reset. It's funny how much I have come to rely on the watch to keep the pace, I find it actually can motivate me when I start slowing down, and I enjoy checking it as the run progresses and comparing the effort.
I spotted the guy I paced Bohermeen half with, and latched onto him. As I pulled up beside him, I asked him what he was pacing at, at he laughed out loud when he realised it was me. He was going for 38 which I was happy with, and we settled in.
The route was very undulating, and we passed 5k at 18.05. I was really feeling the pace, much more than I should have, and at 6k I started to develope a stitch, and let my pacer go. The stitch didn't get any worse, and I was able to pick it back up again. The hill at 8k was punishing, and I had little left to cross the line in 38.17.
It was a new PB by 43 seconds, but it was far from happy with the run. It was a real struggle, and showed me that I cannot rely on the amount of training I am putting in to get the results I want.
I have almost come full circle in exactly a year since I started this blog, and I am back to a situation where I need to change my training or adjust the expectations, albeit from a slightly different starting point.
The race was at 3, which is a nice time, no rushing or early morning starts. A huge crowd of around 2000 were entered. I positioned near enough the front, a few rows back. My garmin had lost signal in the shopping center where I parked earlier, but a quick glance at the screen and it seemed ok.
A few familiar faces around me left me pretty confident I was starting with the right group.
There were no real elite athletes, sorry if there was someone I didn't know, and there was a massive turnout from the host club.
At the off I pushed the garmin start, with a 6.10 on the pace. I hadn't run this route before, and by all accounts it was a hilly one to come, with a steep climb at 8k. As I settled into my stride I looked to the watch, and was met with black blank dashes. It hadn't reset. It's funny how much I have come to rely on the watch to keep the pace, I find it actually can motivate me when I start slowing down, and I enjoy checking it as the run progresses and comparing the effort.
I spotted the guy I paced Bohermeen half with, and latched onto him. As I pulled up beside him, I asked him what he was pacing at, at he laughed out loud when he realised it was me. He was going for 38 which I was happy with, and we settled in.
The route was very undulating, and we passed 5k at 18.05. I was really feeling the pace, much more than I should have, and at 6k I started to develope a stitch, and let my pacer go. The stitch didn't get any worse, and I was able to pick it back up again. The hill at 8k was punishing, and I had little left to cross the line in 38.17.
It was a new PB by 43 seconds, but it was far from happy with the run. It was a real struggle, and showed me that I cannot rely on the amount of training I am putting in to get the results I want.
I have almost come full circle in exactly a year since I started this blog, and I am back to a situation where I need to change my training or adjust the expectations, albeit from a slightly different starting point.
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