Training Run Times

[El Guapo]

One thing I meant to day is the sport seems to be in Rude health all the traditional clubs Eagle, the Barrs, Togher, Grange Fermoy and Carraig na Bhfear all had mega numbers running.

All the newer clubs out in force too. Cork Track and Great Island.

Novice B used to be a wasteland like

 

[Happyhonkaman]

One thing I meant to day is the sport seems to be in Rude health all the traditional clubs Eagle, the Barrs, Togher, Grange Fermoy and Carraig na Bhfear all had mega numbers running.

All the newer clubs out in force too. Cork Track and Great Island.

Novice B used to be a wasteland like

There was an article in this weekends IT saying that numbers in athletics clubs have swelled so much it has become a bad thing as clubs have long waiting lists now and cannot meet the requirements of the members they have with facilities, coaches etc.

I think it is very noticeable with my daughters group, theres a lot of them involved in athletics which is great to see. A fair few including my own do it in school as they dont have the time outside school so those numbers wouldn't even be registering with Athletics Ireland bar the school meets

 

[El Guapo]

There was an article in this weekends IT saying that numbers in athletics clubs have swelled so much it has become a bad thing as clubs have long waiting lists now and cannot meet the requirements of the members they have with facilities, coaches etc.

I think it is very noticeable with my daughters group, theres a lot of them involved in athletics which is great to see. A fair few including my own do it in school as they dont have the time outside school so those numbers wouldn't even be registering with Athletics Ireland bar the school meets

My experience of that is it's very situation dependent. The rise of park run and Fit for live groups mean piles of mostly mothers are encouraging their kids to at least try the sport.

Our club had to close the waiting list this year because it was at 200 and we already have about 150 kids from U7 to U19. But that is only up to about U13 level. You'll struggle to get your Kid a spot at U9, 10, no hassle for 11 and 12 but after that the drop off is real and dramatic.

For some reason people are happy to play Junior Football, Junior Hurling and Junior Rugby etc but if it's not the Olympics or Irish vests you're apparently wasting your time.

The facilities gap is huge too. Plenty of tracks being built the last few years but you can only go so far if you're meeting In a field in the rain somewhere

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Well done Guapo biy - great report and not a bad run either !

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Clontarf HM report - race postponed to the 30th due to the weather!

At least it’s 2 weeks time because the good run/bad run rhythm means next week will be a bad one! I went out today and did 18km, at a pace I’d have been delighted with, and would definitely have seen it through

I could feel a twinge in the abductor in the last 2km so it hasn’t healed fully.. thinking the better plan next weekend would be to cap it at 10km in that case and make sure I’m ok the following Sat?

 

[El Guapo]

Clontarf HM report - race postponed to the 30th due to the weather!

At least it’s 2 weeks time because the good run/bad run rhythm means next week will be a bad one! I went out today and did 18km, at a pace I’d have been delighted with, and would definitely have seen it through

I could feel a twinge in the abductor in the last 2km so it hasn’t healed fully.. thinking the better plan next weekend would be to cap it at 10km in that case and make sure I’m ok the following Sat?

The adductors have been at me for years at this point.

They'll do a heal a lot quicker over the next few weeks if you work them a bit, squeeze a foam roller or a ball between your knees while glute bridging.

Cossack Squat, Courtsy Squat off a step, Copenhagen Plank if you can manage it.

Elastic Band secured low down and loads of slow rotations and kicks under control

The cable machine is great if you can get into a gym.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

The adductors have been at me for years at this point.

They'll do a heal a lot quicker over the next few weeks if you work them a bit, squeeze a foam roller or a ball between your knees while glute bridging.

Cossack Squat, Courtsy Squat off a step, Copenhagen Plank if you can manage it.

Elastic Band secured low down and loads of slow rotations and kicks under control

The cable machine is great if you can get into a gym.

I missed this El-G, and had to google most of them. I never realised I have been doing Cossack squats for this very reason, the same abductor used go playing soccer so I have always warmed up before all sport doing a bunch of them, and moving the extended leg a step forwards and back to get the stretch on the full area

Ill give the Copenhagen plank a go later and I have a band so will do leg extensions on my side with that. i was worried that exercising it would inflame it further

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Rescheduled Clintarf HM tomorrow morning, the forecast looks great, 3-5 degrees, sunny and relatively handy winds for this time of year. I’m drinking lemsip smothered with a head cold, and I have shin splints! I’m still going to go and try, it’s not like there’s something else coming up so might as well, if I get to the end it will be success

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Race Report - Clontarf HM

I’m going to do this backwards.. I got to the finish line!

Conditions were absolutely perfect for the race, 3 degrees rising to about 5, sunny and winds nothing like what would be normal at this time of year. It was like those cold European days as opposed to cold Irish ones - crisp. 6000 runners, DJ belting out the tunes and a really nice atmosphere bubbling. To be fair to the organizers they are getting better at it. My problem was the shin splints and the head cold, I couldn’t breathe through my nose at all.

Anyway, I met the 2 buddies there and off we went in wave 3, and tracking the 2.00 pacer. To be fair we clipped along nicely so we left them behind and the kms flew by running out along the bay with the low sun, stunning stuff. I had pumped a full bottle of Isotonic drink into me just before the race though and I really needed a p, I figured there would be a jacks at the turn at 9km and I’d let the lads off there as I knew I didn’t have the energy to stay with them. Into the jacks and when I rejoined I was about 20 seconds back from the 2.00 pacer group and running into the wind now. Happy days, if I could catch up and attach myself to the back of that group they would shield me nicely.. I closed the gap to about half but I just didn’t have it in me to close the rest even though they were only probably 50m ahead of me, this was getting critical as I really wanted shelter for the out and back on the causeway as there’s nowhere to hide.

Left onto the causeway at about 13m and I had given up on them, just kept plugging but at the 14km marker I knew I was struggling badly, I just had none of the energy I would usually have. I decided to stop at the water stop there and give myself 30 secs, got going again and got a bounce from that but it wasn’t long receding again! We reached the top of the causeway again at 15km and then it’s a left and you run back down the coast to where we started. My pace was drifting out to 6min/km+ at this stage and I was literally trying to just convince myself to run to the next km marker. At 17km I had to stop again at the water station, took another 30 secs there and set off. I ended up behind 3 lads who looked tired but were helping each other along so I attached myself to them and donated electrolyte jellies to the cause! The 4 of us kept plugging away and being part of a group meant no more stops which was great.

By the end I was hanging on for dear life and setting a snails pace but I got there and pretty much fell over the line for 2:02:xx, about 10 minutes slower than either of the last 2 years but by far the hardest thing I have finished. Sitting at home now on the Lemsip again watching the footie!

Running is a hoor

 

[jimmym]

Race Report - Clontarf HM

I’m going to do this backwards.. I got to the finish line!

Conditions were absolutely perfect for the race, 3 degrees rising to about 5, sunny and winds nothing like what would be normal at this time of year. It was like those cold European days as opposed to cold Irish ones - crisp. 6000 runners, DJ belting out the tunes and a really nice atmosphere bubbling. To be fair to the organizers they are getting better at it. My problem was the shin splints and the head cold, I couldn’t breathe through my nose at all.

Anyway, I met the 2 buddies there and off we went in wave 3, and tracking the 2.00 pacer. To be fair we clipped along nicely so we left them behind and the kms flew by running out along the bay with the low sun, stunning stuff. I had pumped a full bottle of Isotonic drink into me just before the race though and I really needed a p, I figured there would be a jacks at the turn at 9km and I’d let the lads off there as I knew I didn’t have the energy to stay with them. Into the jacks and when I rejoined I was about 20 seconds back from the 2.00 pacer group and running into the wind now. Happy days, if I could catch up and attach myself to the back of that group they would shield me nicely.. I closed the gap to about half but I just didn’t have it in me to close the rest even though they were only probably 50m ahead of me, this was getting critical as I really wanted shelter for the out and back on the causeway as there’s nowhere to hide.

Left onto the causeway at about 13m and I had given up on them, just kept plugging but at the 14km marker I knew I was struggling badly, I just had none of the energy I would usually have. I decided to stop at the water stop there and give myself 30 secs, got going again and got a bounce from that but it wasn’t long receding again! We reached the top of the causeway again at 15km and then it’s a left and you run back down the coast to where we started. My pace was drifting out to 6min/km+ at this stage and I was literally trying to just convince myself to run to the next km marker. At 17km I had to stop again at the water station, took another 30 secs there and set off. I ended up behind 3 lads who looked tired but were helping each other along so I attached myself to them and donated electrolyte jellies to the cause! The 4 of us kept plugging away and being part of a group meant no more stops which was great.

By the end I was hanging on for dear life and setting a snails pace but I got there and pretty much fell over the line for 2:02:xx, about 10 minutes slower than either of the last 2 years but by far the hardest thing I have finished. Sitting at home now on the Lemsip again watching the footie!

Running is a hoor

Great stuff lad, We are made of stern stuff,