Just to give a quick update I have been off work for the last couple of weeks and spent 3 nights at the end of the first week in Adare and 3 nights at the start of the next week in Cork. A great time was had in both places. Below is a summary of what training has been done since the last update.
Wednesday 8th August
8 miles Easy
Out and back route from Balbriggan to Skerries. Mouth felt fine after having tooth out and filling the previous day. Tooth broke when he was pulling it so took a bit longer to remove. Don't you just love Dentist's.
Thursday 9th August
7 Miles Tempo (5 to 10 sec quicker than MP)
Set out to do this with Rosemary on an out and back route around Gormanston/Julianstown. This was a toughie with the 1/2 Marathon still in our legs from the Monday but we got through it ok.
9.61 miles in total including warm-up & warm down.
Sunday 11th August
8.71 Miles Easy
Ran from Adare to Croom and back. A combination of running too soon after breakfast and the previous couple of nights made this a toughie. Also not knowing where I was going didn't help. Picked up the pace a bit for the last couple of miles which resulted in me losing most of my breakfast with a mile to go :-(
Monday 12th August
7 Miles Easy
Ran from Carrigaline to Crosshaven along an old railway line that was converted into a walkway a few years ago. Lovely route with nice views. Legs were tired with the amount of trekking around we had been doing so was a bit tough mentally. Came across a bench on the route dedicated to the memory of a Balbriggan man Martin Gorman who I believe passed away suddenly a number of years ago in the area.
Thursday 15th August
8 Miles Tempo
Drove back from Cork in lashings of rain in time for Tempo Thursday. Plan was for 8 miles at Marathon pace. Watch was dead so just paced myself off Rosemary. This was a toughie after the excesses of the holiday. Poor Rosemary got stung in the lip by a wasp after 4 miles or so. I thought we might get a little break but she was having none of it ;-) I think we finished up with the pace around 7:57 for the 8 miles.
10 miles in total for the night.
Friday 16th August
6.71 Miles Easy
Run from Gormanston to Balbriggan & back with Stuart and the 2 Mo's. Wasn't really feeling the love for this one but the company helped a lot.
Saturday 17th August
12.46 Miles Long Run
Met up with some of the gang from Boards in the Phoenix park that I used to do long runs with previously. Pace was pretty sedate but I was glad of not having to push it too much. As we got back to the car Matt suggested rounding up to 13 and I said it was grand (13 was the plan). Just then Gary O'Hanlon appears and enquires how far I had done. Just under 13 was the response (hope he's not reading this). So there you have it folks don't be tempted to cut your runs short. He might just appear out of nowhere.
Sunday 18th August
4 Miles Easy
After a celebration night for Robbie Cannon on Saturday night and my nieces 3rd birthday I had hoped to get a few more miles in but it just wasn't to be. Ah well that's the holidays over and back on the straight and narrow now.
I was feeling guilty about not doing enough running when I was on holidays but when I look back now I actually managed 43.5 and 40 mile weeks so I will take that.
Berlin is now officially off the cards. Everyone I spoke to about it said it made no sense to be going over by myself. I have also informed Dublin Marathon that I will not be pacing that either. My next race will be the Athlone 1/2 Marathon on 14th September. After that who knows?
Plan for this week is just to follow the plan and tag on the long run at the end of the week at the right pace. Will probably be doing this solo as most people will be doing the 10 miler in the park.
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