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Week 13 – Walkin’ the mile

Sunday – 10.7m And we’re into the final week, the big showdown, the final countdown, time to rock, the main event, the last….ok we get it. This was a nice old jog, same route as yesterday out the Carrigrohane road and back in the Model farm road. Underestimated the weather, it was really warm so…

April 12, 2014
Week 12 – Taper time part 1

Sunday – 16.5m 2 weeks left to the showdown, it’s almost taper time and this was to be my last long run, ye long run how I shall miss thee*. Really wanted to get this done without any calf pain so the plan was just to keep the pace on the easy side of comfortable…

April 5, 2014
Week 11 – I’m not calfing

Sunday – Mallow 10 mile race – PB 58:46 (14m) Dare I say the perfect race, this couldn’t have really gone better. My first 10 mile race, not expecting anything spectacular but ended up surprising myself and smashing the hour. Huge confidence boost keeping the sub 2:50 dream truly alive, in fact I think I…

March 29, 2014
Race Report: Mallow 10 mile

Time for test number two before the main event in 3 weeks and this was an ideal race, my first 10 miler and right on my doorstep, well, a small train journey away. With a low weekly mileage behind me I felt well rested to give this race a good shot and realistically I was…

March 23, 2014
Week 10 – A mild bump

44 miles this week, lowest week yet but considering I was forced to take 2 days off with blisters and having to work a taper into the week, I think that’s just fine. The bulk of the training is done so if I was to get blisters, now is the time to get it out…

March 22, 2014
Week 9 – The blisters are here!

Sunday – 17m with 6 @ MP Woke up early and extremely tired, I wasn’t feeling this one so I turned on the electric blanked and went back to sleep. Fast forward to just after 10am and I finally got my skates on and out the door, I also put on my running gear. I…

March 15, 2014
Week 8 – Finding my work/run balance

Sunday – Half Marathon Race (17m) Bohermeen half marathon, PB’d running a 1:21:46, great indication that the training’s going well, we’re on the right road. See all my babbling about that in full here. Monday – 6m Recovery First day back working after almost a year and it was a good day all things considered,…

March 8, 2014
Race Report: Bohermeen Half Marathon 2014

Sunday 02/03 – Bohermeen 1/2 Marathon – 1:21:46 PB! So it was time for my first real test, the Bohermeen half marathon test to be exact. I headed off to county Meath on what started out to be a nice Sunday morning but as we got closer to the sleepy village of Bohermeen, the rain…

March 2, 2014
Week 7 – Countdown to Bohermeen

Sunday – 15.5m (4m @ MP) A pretty miserable, blustery Sunday morning but no rest for the wicked (even though I’m a relatively nice chap) so off I set. The wind kindly helped me out the old Dublin road for the first 5 miles, feeling good and relaxed at 7:15 min/mile pace, faster than anticipated…

March 1, 2014
Week 6 – A close shave

Sunday – 20m w/4m @ MP A good solid session today, happy with the pace, felt strong and got some race pace miles done but it was overshadowed by a potential calf strain that surfaced during the last few miles. As I said last week, I wanted to introduce some marathon pace miles today and…

February 22, 2014

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