A narrow improvement but I’ll take whatever I can get. Are you still planning on going to Seville Smurf?another 3 seconds taken off in Togher Timeout? You are flying. A great way to finish out the year.
A narrow improvement but I’ll take whatever I can get. Are you still planning on going to Seville Smurf?another 3 seconds taken off in Togher Timeout? You are flying. A great way to finish out the year.
Nice motoring BT!Well, that cold spell was brief - I'll confess I did go the tights route for two spins but back in the shorts today in a perfect 9 degrees.
In terms of an update, my form has been stodgy enough over the past couple of weeks - fear of the hamstring translates to fear of speed sessions so all the running is at "steady" pace. The main goal has been to deliver 40 miles a week over four spins. Sometimes that works out OK - if you're feeling fresh in the right conditions the miles tick by nicely and you steadily speed up through an 8 or 10-miler almost without noticing. However, it can also lead to boredom and stodge where it feels like you've never run a springy step in your life and you're counting every lampost as you plough through the spin.
That latter stodge has been the from for the past fortnight or so but today I got out for a rare lunchtime 11-miler. Granted, it was very windy but the sunshine was a massive tonic. I headed out the back of the railway station, along the quays and Mardyke and North over "Wellington" Bridge and onto the Lee Road. Felt pretty good in the headwind even through the long climb to Kerry Pike and then had a decent tailwind from the Angler's all the way in the straight road and home again. The times were nothing to worry my former co-competitors in the Abbott M55 world rankings but the last 6 miles (admittedly in a tailwind) split around the 7:09 mark and that's getting very close to where you'd like to be on a routine spin 14 weeks out from Boston.
No doubt there's lots of shite weather on the way through the next 6 or 8 weeks but every session you get in sunshine like that is another one stolen from the Winter gods
Hey C., I missed this one the first time around - or at least missed out on replying. That’s great news about your impending return. Well done on sticking it out - we’ll get you pacing Jimmy around the marathon in June yet ladHappy New year lads. I do hope to be back to on the road soon and will post on here if and when I'm back to 'normal'. Take care folks. We know there are more important things than running but let me tell ya, it's no joke when you can't get out there. Enjoy every minute of it.
Take every second you can get especially over the fast stuff, we inevitably lose some speed as we graduate through the categories. You had a crap couple of years through injury and to get back to running PB's is fantastic.A narrow improvement but I’ll take whatever I can get. Are you still planning on going to Seville Smurf?
Hi Jimmy, alternating the ice and a bit of heat should sort you soon enough. A bit of walking and a couple of short slow jogs wont do any harm as long as you keep the stride length short so as not to elongate the hamstring. I would try to avoid any static stretching whatsoever until you are happy you can run normally without any discomfort.Did 9 miles this morning, hamstring still a bit tight, Have john treacy 10 mile in dungarvan feb 6th, will take a week off. and , heat, ice, stretch, rest it,
Thanks for the advice, Will try to get out for a few miles later in week at a very gentle pace,Hi Jimmy, alternating the ice and a bit of heat should sort you soon enough. A bit of walking and a couple of short slow jogs wont do any harm as long as you keep the stride length short so as not to elongate the hamstring. I would try to avoid any static stretching whatsoever until you are happy you can run normally without any discomfort.