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Wheelworx

Registered: 10/08/06
Posts: 378

Tuesday, December 30 2008 @ 12:13 PM GMT Standard Time

I finally got training back on track...a little anyway.

Tuesday:

I did an easy 45 min run, the ankle was sore all day and I was worried about running on it, despite this I headed out anyway. It was sore for the whole run but didn't get any worse. I Iced it when I got home and hoped for the best.

Wednesday Christmas Eve:

The ankle felt great, the run last night and icing it afterwards did a lot of good, non runners think you are a bit mad when you tell them that running or biking on an injured leg can help it get better. I got a text during the day telling me the Wednesday night run was on, there was only going to be a small group I gave in to temptation and headed out. The run is about 15k and very hilly so I was taking a bit of a chance on the leg but decided I could turn back if it was a problem. I struggled a little with the pace despite Eugene, Niall and Aisling going easy. The downhills were worse on the ankle but as long as I slowed down it was ok. I headed home, had a shower and iced it again, the legs felt like I had run a marathon coming down the stairs. I was feeling nearly 5 weeks of no running...

Thursday Christmas Day:

I had a big fried breakfast and then headed to the running track where there was a charity run on (Not the best preparation I know....) I did a short warm up, then did the run and cooled down before heading off for Christmas Lunch, Christmas day is all about the food!

Friday

Off
Saturday:

I went to the race in Roundwood, they call it a biathlon. Its a bike, run, bike, very short and its a mass start on an uphill. I had it in my head that I'm not in great shape so I started at the back of the bunch, of course as soon as it started the competetive side came out and I started pushing, passing people all the way up the climb, kids and guys on mountainbikes mostly....then the burn kicked in and stayed with me all the way. I continued moving up the field until the run. It's been ages since I ran off the bike and it's just as nasty as I remembered. Back out and onto the bike for the last leg, lungs and legs were burning all the way but it was a great buzz to be back racing. Some of the Wicklow tri crew were near the finish and gave me a shout as I passed. The weather was great and I was delighted to get out again. While we were standing around afterwards we got a call asking did we want to do a long run in the mountains in the morning, of course I was still buzzing after the race so thought that sounded like a great idea...

Sunday:

We met the Wednesday night runners in Tallaght on a beautiful sunny winters morning, we headed out and were climbing after about 2 km. This climb is about 7k and steep in places especially at the start. I knew something was not going well as soon as I started climbing, my legs felt terrible I went straight out the back of the group and settled into the long climb. The saving grace was how nice the morning was, by the time I got to the top of the climb the sunshine was strong and one of the valleys below was covered in cloud, it was a great feeling to be above the clouds in the sunshine. I took the shorter option and finished with 17.5k done.

Monday:

Off

Tuesday:

I did a short run before work this morning just 35 mins, I was still a little tired from Sunday and it was freezing cold. I was glad to finish and get a hot coffee. The rest of the week will hopefully see me back on the bike and get at least 2 more decent runs done. I'm staying with my brother in Cork for new years eve so will run down there on the 1st and I will get back in the gym and pool next week.

Rob

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Wheelworx

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Posts: 378

Saturday, January 03 2009 @ 11:54 AM GMT Standard Time

Wednesday:
I did a 50 min run this morning, I headed out early and was back before the sun was up. It was very surreal to be out and back in the dark and see the sun rise while drinking coffee afterwards but great to get the session done early as I knew I wouldnt get anything done later in the day.
Thursday:
I started the new year with a run, legs have felt terrible since Sunday. I hope it's just the 5 week lay off...
Friday:
First bike spin in a while the roads were very icy so I didn't get much distance done, at one stage I had to ride in the gutter "Paris Roubaix" style to stop the rear wheel from spinning on the frost and ice.
I ran in the evening and the legs felt slightly better, just under an hour at a steady pace.
Saturday morning I did a short spin on the bike again, it was a beautiful winters morning, no ice and bright sunshine, perfect conditions for the bike.
Tomorrow I hope to do another short spin and am going in to watch the Dublin masters cross country in the Phoenix Park.
Rob

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Wheelworx

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Posts: 378

Tuesday, January 06 2009 @ 04:51 PM GMT Standard Time

Sunday:

I went into watch the Dublin Masters cross country in the Phoenix Park on Sunday, I did a 50 min very easy run and took some photos, I will post them later this week as I forgot the camera today.
In the evening I was still keen to do some training, I had it in my head to do a couple of hours and the short run didn't get it all out of my system. I headed out and did a quick 45 min run. The legs at last are starting to feel good.

Monday:

Today was the official start of my training, in my head anyway. Monday was my main training day all last year and it doesn't feel like I'm back properly until I'm doing a couple of decent workouts on Monday each week. Brendan came over and we headed out midmorning for just under 2 1/2 hours on the bike. We did some big gear work and tried to stay upright. There was still icy patches on the roads after we dropped the bikes and pulled on runners for a quick 15 min run. Brendan being a runner tends to take it out a bit on the run to get me back for what he sees as torturing him on the bike. I was glad to finish get into the shower and eat.
I ran again in the evening and did 50 mins really easy in what was the coldest I have run in ever, -3/4 degrees when we went out... All in all a good days training. Motivation is high and I'm enjoying being back at it.

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Wheelworx

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Saturday, January 10 2009 @ 12:38 PM GMT Standard Time

Tuesday I didn't do my scheduled turbo session but on Wednesday I got back in the gym for the first time since the bike crash and I felt pretty good but experience has taught me that overdoing it in the gym first day back hurts about 24hrs later....and I wasn't far wrong..I'm still stiff.
Wed evening I ran the usual loop with the Wednesday night runners, I wasn't sure how I would get on as I died on this loop last time. I started steady and when 2 of the lads took off on the first climb I went with them, I had to work pretty hard but stayed within 10 mtrs of Niall.
I got chatting after the climb and settled when Niall and then Paul went on the second climb I didn't respond for a while but the legs kept on feeling good so I started chasing, I got almost all the way across and started to struggle, I managed to hold Paul to about 15 seconds but I really felt the lack of long runs on that climb.
I settled for a bit and ran and chatted until we got to the last big climb, I pushed on a bit again but didn't feel as strong as earlier and just held on to the top. A great run and I was delighted to find my legs starting to come back a bit.

Thursday:
I met Brendan mid morning and we did a 45min run at what I would hope to be IM marathon pace (I've a long way to go yet though...) and then we went in for a very short swim before I headed to work, I couldn't believe how hard it was to swim! I've gotta get back swimming regularly...

Friday:
I did a short swim in the morning before work and felt a little better, I have to find a way to beat the boredom in the pool, maybe I need to just keep telling myself "I love swimming" over and over every day until I believe it....
Anyway run and gym planned for today so I gotta go work a bit more so I can sneak out for an hour.

Rob

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Wheelworx

Registered: 10/08/06
Posts: 378

Wednesday, January 14 2009 @ 11:43 AM GMT Standard Time

Friday:

I had planned on doing a gym and run session but life and work got in the way a little so didnt get either done, Saturday's run suffered a similar fate....

Sunday:

I was out on Saturday evening and didn't get back till verrrry late...bed at after 4:30....with a long run planned for Sun at 9:30 I was gonna really struggle to even make it out on time, I managed to get to the start albeit 5 mins late and felt ok for the first while, struggled from 1 hour mark but with 3k left we turned and had a tail wind and a very slight downhill all the way back and we flew. Finished feeling great and really glad I got out of bed.

Monday:

Bike and run session, myself Ellena and Brendan headed out and a 3 hour spin on rolling hills, legs felt good but I felt the half last hour. We ran hard off the bike. The same short loop as last week and it surprised me to find that despite the legs feeling like lead for the first 1/2 km I quickly settled into a strong pace behind Brendan. at a little over the 1k mark I pushed the pace....a lot and Brendan didn't follow, now Brendan being a much more experienced runner knows how to pace a lot better so I should have known from that that it might be a bit early and fast....anyway I of course felt good and decided to ignore the sensible voice and went hard to the 2k mark and started to feel bad...really bad....and Brendan looked good over my shoulder....he caught me with about 400mts to go and I couldn't stay with him, I finished about 20 seconds back but still with a negative split and faster than the same run last week.

Tuesday:

I arrived at the gym early and was knackered so had a sauna and shower and went into work.... In the evening I headed out for an hour run with Ais, she was very nice and took it easy on me...legs were pretty tired but glad I went out.

Wed:

I hit the gym and had a short session before work, this evening I have a long hilly run planned with the Wednesday Night Runners, Im feeling ok so far today, legs feel recovered after the last couple of days but I only know how I will go when I hit the first climb...

Rob

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Wheelworx

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Posts: 378

Tuesday, January 20 2009 @ 01:22 PM GMT Standard Time

Wednesday:
The long run was shortened slightly and I only did 1h10. I was knackered as soon as I started running so decided not to push it. The conditions were good though if a little cold with clear skies and the moon visible. We ran part of the waterworks trail, I always like this with head torches and tonight was no different.
Thursday:
I took the day off as I was still a little tired but the motivation was good, I often find that when I get tired I dont feel like training much.
Friday:
I was back in the gym in the morning and ran in the evening, it was an easy run with Aisling of about an hour. The body felt a lot better than on Wednesday.
Saturday:
We headed out with Elena and Brian on the bikes for an easy spin of about 2 hours. Brendan called me later in the day to talk to me about coaching, he is taking on triathletes and wants me to be his poster child...(Or I reckon what he is really thinking is guinea pig...) He says I need some structure and direction with my training, I wont argue with that so am looking forward to seeing what he has in mind.
Sunday:
Myself Aisling and Brendan headed to Punchestown for the first of the Wheelworx Dirty Weekend duathlons, this would be my first time racing one of them as soon as we got out of the house and saw how badly frozen the roads were we realised that it would have to be a run only event...damn I had my new bike and was hoping that any small advantage I would have would be on it, not on the run.....The distance would be 10k. Before the race the skies opened and we had sideways sleet and rain, this stopped briefly before the start but started again on the first lap so it took a while to get warmed up. I ran with Brendan from the start, he is a lot better than me at pacing so the plan was to stay with him as long as possible. I dropped off his pace a little at the start of the second lap loosing about 30 seconds but managed to pull back about half of that at the end of the third lap. It was the first time in a race I've started as slowly as we did but it's also the first time I haven't blown up and been passed. In fact no one passed me and I made up about 10-15 places during the course of the race.
I was very happy with the overall result and with the way I ran and am looking forward to the next race.
Monday:
I headed out into the snow with Con and Elena for just under 3 1/2 hours on the road bikes, it gradually cleared and we had bright sunshine and a biting cold wind but the roads were clear of ice so no drama. The legs felt a little dead on the bike but it was when I got off to run that I really felt it and I did the same loop as last week about a minute slower.
Tuesday:
Today was the seadline for getting back in the pool and doing an actual swim not just 6-800mts.... I had set a target of 1500 minimum. I grabbed a pull buoy for the first time in months, Elena suggested that it would help get the distance back up and sure enough it did. I managed 1300mts before I had to head to work.

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aquaasho

Registered: 10/25/07
Posts: 18

Tuesday, January 20 2009 @ 01:26 PM GMT Standard Time

I think you've left out an important event about the Saturday spin? Maybe it affected your head more than we thought..... Confused

aquaasho

Wheelworx

Registered: 10/08/06
Posts: 378

Tuesday, January 20 2009 @ 01:46 PM GMT Standard Time

Ahh right thanks for that Ais....well maybe I made the acquaintance of a long hard piece of tarmac unintentionally, resulting in some road rash, a lump on the head and severly bruised pride.... Oops!

Falls: Zero in ten years and now twice in 2 months....maybe I should quit the bike and take up knitting or something.... Rolling Eyes

Rob

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aquaasho

Registered: 10/25/07
Posts: 18

Tuesday, January 20 2009 @ 01:56 PM GMT Standard Time

I probably shouldn't mention anything round here about triathletes being soft then... Wink

aquaasho

Wheelworx

Registered: 10/08/06
Posts: 378

Tuesday, January 27 2009 @ 04:43 PM GMT Standard Time

I still cant think of any witty/smart answer to that Ais.....so heres what I've been up to for the last few days.

Friday:
I got a couple of guest passes for a local gym where a customer works so I headed there for the run thinking that we could head to the pool (Read jacuzzi/sauna) afterwards. I got through the run better than I thought only to be told that it doesn't really count the same on a treadmill and that I should get out on the road next week...thanks Aisling...

Saturday:
I was getting really tired so decided that the bike spin would be really a easy recovery ride. Brian came over and we headed out for and did a 2 1/2 hour spin.

Sunday:
Myself and Aisling headed out for our long run and met a group running in the Phoenix park in the morning, the pace was a little quicker than planned for the first 1 hour 20 with the group so we slowed down a little after they finished. We ran the first 1h20 @ 5:10 p/km and the last 1h10 at 5:28 p/km. Overall average was 5:20. I was pretty tired afterwards but happy to be hitting 2h30 runs already.

Monday:
The wheels came off the wagon about half way through the spin and I rolled home sitting behind Con and Elena's. I've been pushing it a bit with a steady build for almost 5 weeks and no easy week so I'm not too surprised. This week will be really easy with 2 more runs on Wednesday and Sunday and maybe an easy swim. Next week then will be mostly running and swimming as I am covering extra hours in the shop and will struggle to fit in much cycling.

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