Toting up the km's for week 8, 2nd of July to 8th of July.
Sore lower back means no exercise!
- Saturday : 182km cycle
- Sunday : 0km
- Monday : 0km
- Tuesday : 0km
- Wednesday : 0km
- Thursday : 0km
- Friday : 0km
- Total : 182km cycle
Monday, 11 July 2011
Tollaling up Week 8.
Toting up the km's for week 8, 2nd of July to 8th of July.
Sore lower back means no exercise!
Totalling up Week 7.
Toting up the km's for week 7, 25th of June to 1st of July.
- Saturday : 0km
- Sunday : 60km cycle
- Monday : 8km
- Tuesday : 0km
- Wednesday : 7km (Tountinna)
- Thursday : 0km cycle
- Friday : 0km cycle
- Total : 15km run + 60km cycle
Ring of Kerry Cycle 2011
The Ring of Kerry Cycle took place on Saturday the 2nd of July.
My wife, through banter at work, had somehow talked herself into completing the 182km cycle this year. To be clear this banter took place back in late April. Dear Tracey didn't even own a bike in April, hadn't cycled since secondary school. Yes in just over 2 months she went from not cycling to a 182km jaunt around the beautiful Kerry. Well done Tracey..
90% of the cycles were completed after work in the evening. Due to my running I didn't complete the same amount of good ground work Tracey did and I've paid the price over this last week, since the event. On the day I was fine, we took a nice steady pace. We took plenty of water and food and stops. All went well.
However the next morning my lower back was sore. This has taken the whole week to subside and only today, 8 days later would I even consider running again but I decided to give it an extra day..
When Tracey started training she roughly followed the training schedule below;
Ring of Kerry Cycle 2011 Details
My wife, through banter at work, had somehow talked herself into completing the 182km cycle this year. To be clear this banter took place back in late April. Dear Tracey didn't even own a bike in April, hadn't cycled since secondary school. Yes in just over 2 months she went from not cycling to a 182km jaunt around the beautiful Kerry. Well done Tracey..
90% of the cycles were completed after work in the evening. Due to my running I didn't complete the same amount of good ground work Tracey did and I've paid the price over this last week, since the event. On the day I was fine, we took a nice steady pace. We took plenty of water and food and stops. All went well.
However the next morning my lower back was sore. This has taken the whole week to subside and only today, 8 days later would I even consider running again but I decided to give it an extra day..
When Tracey started training she roughly followed the training schedule below;
Week 1 (25th of April to 1st of May): 12km cycle. 3 times
Week 2 (2nd to 8th of May) : 17km cycle, 4 times
Week 3 (9th to 15th of May) : 17km cycle, 5 times
Week 4 (16th to 22nd of May) : 17km cycle, 7 times.
Week 5 (23rd to 29th of May) : 17km cycle, 6 times.
40km on Sat.
Week 6 (30th of May to 5th of June) : 17km cycle, 4 times.
34km cycle, 3 times.
Week 7 (6th to 12th of June) : 17km cycle, 3 times.
34km cycle, 4 times.
Week 8 (13th to 19th of June) : 17km cycle, once.
34km cycle, 6 times.
Week 9 (20th to 26th of June) : One 60km cycle on Sat.
34km cycle, 4 times.
17km cycle, 2 times.
Week 10 (27th June to 3rd July) : 17km cycle, 2 times.
Ring of Kerry, Sat 2nd.
Ring of Kerry Cycle 2011 Details
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Tountinna trail run - Wednesday 30th June, 7km
This is the first night I got to use the Garmin 310xt on an actual hill run. We visited Tountina, near Ballina in Co. Tip. This was a great night for a run. Clear blue sky, a light breeze, dry and plenty of runners. Easly 30 people turned up, which is great.
Tonight just over 7km took me, just over 35minutes, I was "To the pin of my collar" as they say and only a running buddy Owen kept the push on, I wouldn't have got near the 35mins..
Tonight just over 7km took me, just over 35minutes, I was "To the pin of my collar" as they say and only a running buddy Owen kept the push on, I wouldn't have got near the 35mins..
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Totalling up weeks 3, 4, 5 & 6.
Mental note: Don't let this get behind again!
I used my Polar RS200 + email + phone gps logs to build up these logs which I'm 95% happy with.
Since my last major update I have couple of new trails to upload. You'll see these sometime tomorrow evening.
Toting up the km's for week 3, 28th of May to 3rd of June.
Toting up the km's for week 4, 4th to 10th of June.
Toting up the km's for week 5, 11th to 17th of June.
Toting up the km's for week 6, 18th to 24th of June.
I used my Polar RS200 + email + phone gps logs to build up these logs which I'm 95% happy with.
Since my last major update I have couple of new trails to upload. You'll see these sometime tomorrow evening.
Toting up the km's for week 3, 28th of May to 3rd of June.
- Saturday : 0km
- Sunday : 8.5km
- Monday : 10km
- Tuesday : 3km
- Wednesday : 14km (Keeper hill)
- Thursday : 20km cycle
- Friday : 20km cycle
- Total : ~35.5km run + 40km cycle
Toting up the km's for week 4, 4th to 10th of June.
- Saturday : 6km
- Sunday : 6km
- Monday : 10km
- Tuesday : 2km
- Wednesday : 10km (Cratloe woods, IMRA)
- Thursday : 5km
- Friday : 5km
- Total : ~44km
Toting up the km's for week 5, 11th to 17th of June.
- Saturday : 0km
- Sunday : 8km
- Monday : 5km
- Tuesday : 0km
- Wednesday : 12km
- Thursday : 3km
- Friday : 0km
- Total : ~28km
Toting up the km's for week 6, 18th to 24th of June.
- Saturday : 8km
- Sunday : 8km
- Monday : 8km run + 28km cycle
- Tuesday : 0km
- Wednesday : 8km
- Thursday : 20km cycle
- Friday : 28km cycle
- Total : ~32km run + ~76km cycle
Monday, 27 June 2011
OMG, June is gone!
It's been a busy June and my updating of the active log has fallen behind. Rest assured I have been training away but not as much as desired. My mileage has half but I have worked a bit on speed and style.
Just received my new Forerunner 310xt, so now the mapping issues with goggle will be a thing of the past. Below are my first 2 outings with the 310 and I have to say it's a nice piece of kit. Very easy to use, light as a feather and swaps between wrist and the bike in a heartbeat.
Just one week from the Ring of Kerry cycle. See link below for details;
http://www.ringofkerrycycle.ie
This will be a not so easy 112 mile / 180km cycle through the mountain roads around Kerry. Can't wait. When finished I'll upload the route, with some pics. This will not be a race but a "leisure cycle" with my wife. Below you can see our last training cycle, 60km around Limerick.
Just received my new Forerunner 310xt, so now the mapping issues with goggle will be a thing of the past. Below are my first 2 outings with the 310 and I have to say it's a nice piece of kit. Very easy to use, light as a feather and swaps between wrist and the bike in a heartbeat.
Just one week from the Ring of Kerry cycle. See link below for details;
http://www.ringofkerrycycle.ie
This will be a not so easy 112 mile / 180km cycle through the mountain roads around Kerry. Can't wait. When finished I'll upload the route, with some pics. This will not be a race but a "leisure cycle" with my wife. Below you can see our last training cycle, 60km around Limerick.
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Wednesday hill run: Keeper hill 14km
Tonight's hill run went well. 66 minutes for the 14 km.
Great feeling running into the low lying cloud. It really helped with the cooling down. Again a big turn out with over 40 people taking part. This evening I used a run walk approach. Not exactly 5 to 1 but something near this depending on the incline. I managed to take lots of time of my last recorded run up Keeper using this run walk style. This could also be related to the fact I had some competition tonight, who knows.
No pictures this evening from the top as the cloud that cooled me down also totally blocked all views. Mental note, you can't have it all ways.
I've included below the IMRA page on Keeper hill as per usual if anyone is interested in trying it out themselves.
IMRA - Keeper Hill information
Below is a Google street view of the entrance to the small car park at the foot of the trail.
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Great feeling running into the low lying cloud. It really helped with the cooling down. Again a big turn out with over 40 people taking part. This evening I used a run walk approach. Not exactly 5 to 1 but something near this depending on the incline. I managed to take lots of time of my last recorded run up Keeper using this run walk style. This could also be related to the fact I had some competition tonight, who knows.
No pictures this evening from the top as the cloud that cooled me down also totally blocked all views. Mental note, you can't have it all ways.
I've included below the IMRA page on Keeper hill as per usual if anyone is interested in trying it out themselves.
IMRA - Keeper Hill information
Below is a Google street view of the entrance to the small car park at the foot of the trail.
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Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Tuesday 3km: Clare Glens trail run
Just completed a short 3km run this evening as I have Keeper hill tomorrow evening with the hill running group. Today was a very grey day. Not warn at all and not great for running through the Clare glens. In the same conditions last year a badly went over on my angle. This took 6 weeks to recover and really effected by Gaelforce West training.
In short be carefull running trails in low light conditions at any speed.
If you are interested in more information on the run follow the link > Clare Glens Information
For all you Google mad people here's the Google maps of the Clare Glens
In short be carefull running trails in low light conditions at any speed.
If you are interested in more information on the run follow the link > Clare Glens Information
For all you Google mad people here's the Google maps of the Clare Glens
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Monday 10km: Road and pitch run
During my lunch time this Monday I completed my normal loop of Mungret plus 2km of barefoot pitch running. This was another great day for running. The sun high in the sky, with some cloud cover and next to no breeze.
My legs were feeling fine, even after spending 12 hours on them on Saturday at Slane 2011. The Kings of Leon played for 80 thousand concert goers, great day...!
I've Google mapped the route it below. Just zoom out to see the full loop as Google linking doesn't like how I start and stop next to each other.
This route is all road and footpath, no trail. There is basically no traffic on any section where you have to run on road.The route takes you to Mungret village then through back roads to the old Patrickswell road then on to the main Raheen Roundabout then back to Mungret.
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My legs were feeling fine, even after spending 12 hours on them on Saturday at Slane 2011. The Kings of Leon played for 80 thousand concert goers, great day...!
I've Google mapped the route it below. Just zoom out to see the full loop as Google linking doesn't like how I start and stop next to each other.
This route is all road and footpath, no trail. There is basically no traffic on any section where you have to run on road.The route takes you to Mungret village then through back roads to the old Patrickswell road then on to the main Raheen Roundabout then back to Mungret.
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Bennettsbridge 8.5km road run: Sunday 29th of May
At Sunday noon I managed to get in a nice 8.5km road run in Bennettsbridge , Co. Killkenny. The road was very quiet with on car and just a couple of walker. the weather was great, with a lovely sun and little to no breeze. I completed the run in 41 minutes at a easy pace.
For all you Google mad people here's the Google maps info.
View Bennettsbridge 8.5km Run in a larger map
For all you Google mad people here's the Google maps info.
View Bennettsbridge 8.5km Run in a larger map
Totalling up Week 2
This has not been a high km week but I run for fun this is not a job!
Toting up the km's for this week.
Toting up the km's for this week.
- Saturday : 10km
- Sunday : 14km
- Monday : 14km
- Tuesday :
- Wednesday : 9km
- Thursday :
- Friday :
- Total : ~47km
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Murroe IMRA hill run: Wednesday night 25th of May
The second IMRA Wednesday night hill run of the season was held this evening. You can find the usual details about location and directions at the end of this post.
The run started in the miserable light rain and gray sky that has engulfed Limerick for the day. This in no way dampened the spirits or turnout. Easily 40 + people turned out for this evening run. Numbers are really up on last year. The run initiates on road for the first 1 to 2 km gently rising and falling. On review I know I ran too fast over this first section of the race but I'll just have to learn to control my pace better. Then at the end of the tarmac the run moves on to trail and the climb starts. Not sure why I ran too fast but I could really feel it at the ~3km mark, half way through the climb. The climb continues from about 1 km to 4.5 km at the summit, rising a total of 270m. For the climb I used the 5 to 1 run walk ratio due to my fast running on the first section. This 5 to 1 ratio really helps when the lungs are shouting stop. This run has one surprise just after the start of the decent. For approximately 400m you run along a small stream and just as you see the extra there is a 3m section that can't be avoided and is total march. I ended up with my right leg over my knee in march and I knew the worst thing was to even think of stopping. The next step was critical. My only real concern was had I tightened my laces enough before starting? The next step only went in half way up my shin and then off I went down hill. I could really feel the extra weight of water soaked into my socks and shoes, but this was soon squeezed out.
I finished this evenings run in approximately 48 minutes. Not too bad for 9km over rough ground.
If you are interested in more information on the run follow the link > Murroe Hill Information
For hill walkers more general information can be found at > Mountian Views
For all you Google mad people here's the Google maps info.
View Murroe Hill 9 km road and trail run in a larger map
The run started in the miserable light rain and gray sky that has engulfed Limerick for the day. This in no way dampened the spirits or turnout. Easily 40 + people turned out for this evening run. Numbers are really up on last year. The run initiates on road for the first 1 to 2 km gently rising and falling. On review I know I ran too fast over this first section of the race but I'll just have to learn to control my pace better. Then at the end of the tarmac the run moves on to trail and the climb starts. Not sure why I ran too fast but I could really feel it at the ~3km mark, half way through the climb. The climb continues from about 1 km to 4.5 km at the summit, rising a total of 270m. For the climb I used the 5 to 1 run walk ratio due to my fast running on the first section. This 5 to 1 ratio really helps when the lungs are shouting stop. This run has one surprise just after the start of the decent. For approximately 400m you run along a small stream and just as you see the extra there is a 3m section that can't be avoided and is total march. I ended up with my right leg over my knee in march and I knew the worst thing was to even think of stopping. The next step was critical. My only real concern was had I tightened my laces enough before starting? The next step only went in half way up my shin and then off I went down hill. I could really feel the extra weight of water soaked into my socks and shoes, but this was soon squeezed out.
I finished this evenings run in approximately 48 minutes. Not too bad for 9km over rough ground.
If you are interested in more information on the run follow the link > Murroe Hill Information
For hill walkers more general information can be found at > Mountian Views
For all you Google mad people here's the Google maps info.
View Murroe Hill 9 km road and trail run in a larger map
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Tuesday Lunch time log - 5km pitch
This afternoon, my lunch time run went very well. The sun was shining, a light breeze and fresh air. I completed 1 lap first in runners, then 2 laps in bare feet, then a final 2 in runners again. Finally stretching out for 5-7 mins. This was a short session as I want to have an easy day before I compete tomorrow evening in the IMRA run in Murroe woods.
Still easing into the barefoot running as you can see. Definitely see a change in my running while barefoot. I seem to move with less effort over the ground. The barefoot style feels as if it uses less energy but it's very hard to say conclusively.
Still easing into the barefoot running as you can see. Definitely see a change in my running while barefoot. I seem to move with less effort over the ground. The barefoot style feels as if it uses less energy but it's very hard to say conclusively.
Monday, 23 May 2011
Monday log - Lunch time and evening runs
For today my lunch time run turned into a short pitch jog, ~4km and then 15 minutes on an exercise bike. The weather was just all over the place. Looking like rain, gale force winds and flying branches. The trees around the pitch were cracking and looked like they were going to give way and fall on me. No joke, so I retired to the gym and knocked out an interval training session on the exercise bike.
This evening I completed the 10km Murroe road run. The wind had died down allot and the sun was shining. One hardly fit in the car, extra fat crazy driver, done his best to run me down. It was a clear wide road, he had all the space in the world but I had to jump into the hedge, unbelievable.
As per usual I've attached the run details below.
This run was all road, no trail and just around 10km in clean fresh country side.
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First turn leaving Murroe;
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Turn at Five cross roads;
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Right turn up country road, up hill;
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Right turn back towards Murroe;
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Turn left into Glenstal abbey grounds;
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Exit right from Glenstal abbey grounds;
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Right turn going back to Murroe
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Turn right into center of Murroe;
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This evening I completed the 10km Murroe road run. The wind had died down allot and the sun was shining. One hardly fit in the car, extra fat crazy driver, done his best to run me down. It was a clear wide road, he had all the space in the world but I had to jump into the hedge, unbelievable.
As per usual I've attached the run details below.
This run was all road, no trail and just around 10km in clean fresh country side.
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First turn leaving Murroe;
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Turn at Five cross roads;
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Right turn up country road, up hill;
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Right turn back towards Murroe;
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Turn left into Glenstal abbey grounds;
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Exit right from Glenstal abbey grounds;
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Right turn going back to Murroe
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Turn right into center of Murroe;
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Sunday, 22 May 2011
Keeper Hill Run - Sunday 22nd of May 2011
Just finished my Sunday run. Today I drove to Keeper Hill in Co.Tipperary, just outside of Newport. This was another great day for running. Not too warn but sunny and a clean fresh breeze. The run starts and continues uphill for the first 6.5 to 7 km, from 200m to over 600m rise. For the first 4km the run is through forestry but once you clear the forestry on a good day great views of Limerick, Tipperary and Clare can be seen, just like today. The assent took 45 mins flat today and the decent took 30 mins. This is definitely one of the more difficult runs on the IMRA Munster Wednesday league.
The 2 pics below were taken today on top of Keeper Hill, enjoy.
I've included below the IMRA page on Keeper hill if anyone is interested in trying it out them selves.
IMRA - Keeper Hill information
Below is a Google street view of the entrance to the small car park at the foot of the trail.
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The 2 pics below were taken today on top of Keeper Hill, enjoy.
I've included below the IMRA page on Keeper hill if anyone is interested in trying it out them selves.
IMRA - Keeper Hill information
Below is a Google street view of the entrance to the small car park at the foot of the trail.
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Saturday, 21 May 2011
10km Road run - Saturday 21st May 2011
Thankfully the rain stopped for an hour this evening and I got in a run around Murroe. Today was a very slow starter... I didn't move from bed till 12 this noon and then took it easy till 4pm when we went for lunch and a bit of food shopping. With that all done and clear dry skies a run was in order.
This run was all road, no trail and just around 10km in clean fresh country side.
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This run was all road, no trail and just around 10km in clean fresh country side.
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How to start barefoot training
Over the past few weeks I've read/watched a number of web postings, print articles and sections from books on the topic. They really all say the same thing. Don't decide to run barefoot and bin your good old runners. That approach will just destroy your feet and you will not be running at all. This is not something you can switch to overnight. It takes some time to build up your foot to handle the lack of padding under the sole. In fact the sole of your foot slowly builds up some padding of its own. You also use the your foot differently while running barefoot thus your feet need sometime to adjust to their new application. During this adjustment period care must be taken not to run too much barefoot or you'll only hurt your feet.
Due to these reasons a targeted training program should be followed. I found the DCU developed 3 step program available on the BAREFOOT Ireland web-site the most straight forward and understandable. Everyone's different so don't take my word on it, please read around and see what works well for you. I've started following a personalized version of this 3 step approach, with 5 steps (I know very Life of Brian) which integrates a few other concepts and transition more slowly. Working my way through week 2 now. I will take the transition slowly just to reduce the effect on my distance running plans. Now I'm running barefoot for 5 to 8 minutes max on a grass pitch before or after a normal 5-8km run in running shoes. If you plan to run on grass make sure your path is glass and other sharp object free. I'll post my full approach to moving to barefoot in the coming weeks.
What can greatly help the transition to barefoot style running is using specific shoes with ultra light soles. One of the big names in this field is Vibram. Vibram has developed a glove type shoe for your foot called FiveFingers. It basically protects our foot from cuts but doesn't stop free range of motion. I'm in the process of deciding which version of their product to purchase. I'll post a review after a few weeks of use.
Due to these reasons a targeted training program should be followed. I found the DCU developed 3 step program available on the BAREFOOT Ireland web-site the most straight forward and understandable. Everyone's different so don't take my word on it, please read around and see what works well for you. I've started following a personalized version of this 3 step approach, with 5 steps (I know very Life of Brian) which integrates a few other concepts and transition more slowly. Working my way through week 2 now. I will take the transition slowly just to reduce the effect on my distance running plans. Now I'm running barefoot for 5 to 8 minutes max on a grass pitch before or after a normal 5-8km run in running shoes. If you plan to run on grass make sure your path is glass and other sharp object free. I'll post my full approach to moving to barefoot in the coming weeks.
What can greatly help the transition to barefoot style running is using specific shoes with ultra light soles. One of the big names in this field is Vibram. Vibram has developed a glove type shoe for your foot called FiveFingers. It basically protects our foot from cuts but doesn't stop free range of motion. I'm in the process of deciding which version of their product to purchase. I'll post a review after a few weeks of use.
Totalling up the first week
OK to keep checks on progress I'm trying to use the blog as a note book of completed runs. This should be my one stop shop for info on my progress.
Toting up the km's for this week, not great, as its under the 60km mark but its a start
Toting up the km's for this week, not great, as its under the 60km mark but its a start
- Saturday : 10km
- Sunday : 16km
- Monday : 8km
- Tuesday :
- Wednesday : 7km
- Thursday : 10.5km
- Friday : 8km
- Total : ~59km
The Friday run - 8km
During my lunch time this afternoon I completed my normal loop of Mungret. A great day for running. The sun was shining with a light breeze. No pains or issues and feeling good. I've Google mapped the route it below. Just zoom out to see the full loop as Google linking doesn't like how I start and stop next to each other.
This route is all road and footpath, no trail. There is basically no traffic on any section where you have to run on road.The route takes you to Mungret village then through back roads to the old Patrickswell road then on to the main Raheen Roundabout then back to Mungret.
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This route is all road and footpath, no trail. There is basically no traffic on any section where you have to run on road.The route takes you to Mungret village then through back roads to the old Patrickswell road then on to the main Raheen Roundabout then back to Mungret.
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
The Clare Gens 10.5km trail run
This evening I decided to rerun the local Clare Glens trail for some training. Funny the difference from training times to race times. This evening I took 57 minutes roughly to complete the 10.5km but last week around 55 minutes. Also last week I make a decision not to go too fast and tonight I felt that the 57minutes was well difficult. This really does show, that running is a metal challenge as much as a physical challenge. So the question is; What stops you from stopping? I'm going to think about this too.
Anyways I have been doing some reading around training schedules for half marathons, marathons and 100km plus distances.There is quite a bit of information out there on the topic. In the back ground I'm working to compile all the information I found to be useful into a few training schedules that I believe will be practical and achievable for myself over the coming couple of years. Hopefully the first of these training schedules will be ready in a week or so.
If you are interested in more information on the run follow the link > Clare Glens Information
For all you Google mad people here's the Google maps of the Clare Glens
Tountinna trail run - Wednesday 18th of May 2011
This was my second IMRA trail run of 2011. Not too hard, focused on a steady pace this evening. Attempted to reduce my heal striking also. Most of all found it very enjoyable but my god it was over in a heart beat, 7km is short.
These IMRA trail runs are getting very popular with nearly 40 people on the trail this evening. It's great to see so many people taking up running as their exercise of choice. Mental note, remember on busy nights to get in the front runners as trails are narrow and midfield can be too slow.
Tonight's run wasn't a timed scheduled race, just a leg stretcher between races.
If you are interested in more information on the run follow the link > Tountinna Information
For hill walkers more general information can be found at > Mountian Views
For all you Google mad people here's the Google Maps of Tountinna
These IMRA trail runs are getting very popular with nearly 40 people on the trail this evening. It's great to see so many people taking up running as their exercise of choice. Mental note, remember on busy nights to get in the front runners as trails are narrow and midfield can be too slow.
Tonight's run wasn't a timed scheduled race, just a leg stretcher between races.
If you are interested in more information on the run follow the link > Tountinna Information
For hill walkers more general information can be found at > Mountian Views
For all you Google mad people here's the Google Maps of Tountinna
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
2011 Competition
| For the 2011 summer season my plan is to compete in IMRA runs each Wednesday evening here in Munster. These are relativly short trail runs taking up an hour or so. The formal events are 2 weeks apart but the free weeks are filled with practice runs. |
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| The table below shows the even list and links back to the IMRA web-site. |
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| Date | Venue/Event | Climb | Distance | Difficulty | |||||
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| 11 May | Clare Glens | 190m | 10km | 4 | |||||
| 25 May | Murroe | 270m | 9km | 5 | |||||
| 8 Jun | Cratloe Woods | 200m | 10km | 5 | |||||
| 22 Jun | Ballyhoura's | 330m | 8km | 6 | |||||
| 6 Jul | Tountinna | 230m | 7km | 5 | |||||
| 20 Jul | Killaloe | 330m | 9km | 6 | |||||
| 3 Aug | Keeper Hill | 500m | 13km | 7 |
If you want more information on the IRMA event schedule see the link below.
http://www.imra.ie/events/
I'll be keeping this table updated as the official results come in.
Un-officially the 11 May Clare Glens race was ~55minutes.
Late night reading "Born To Run"
I'm currently working my way through my first running book, Born to run. It's a great read. Below I've linked a google author presentation given by the author Christopher McDougall. Check it out. Very interesting.
Monday, 16 May 2011
The First Post..
Hi World,
This blog will track my progress to a fitter and faster me. Over the coming few years my plan is to up my running to where ever I can take it. Hopefully that will include a marathon or two and maybe even an ultra run. I just love the sound of 100km.
Before I start talking of the future I probably need to draw a line sand and call it as it is now.
Today I'm not injured.
Can run 10km of rough trail in 55mins.
Can run 8km on road in 43mins.
Currently training 5/6/7 days a week depending on the week.
Training currently a mix of trail, road, pitch running and also some short cycles of 15, 20 and 30km.
Typical day, run 30-45 mins at lunch. Run 1 hour in the evening plus a 45min cycle.
With the line now laid down, what next???
I've decide to use tried and tested engineering to approach this problem.
This is my "EARS" approach.
So first thing, Educate.
Over the coming weeks and months I'll post what I'm reading and watching, everything and anything. This might end up helping someone and be a useful for myself also.
Anyway it's now started.
This blog will track my progress to a fitter and faster me. Over the coming few years my plan is to up my running to where ever I can take it. Hopefully that will include a marathon or two and maybe even an ultra run. I just love the sound of 100km.
Before I start talking of the future I probably need to draw a line sand and call it as it is now.
Today I'm not injured.
Can run 10km of rough trail in 55mins.
Can run 8km on road in 43mins.
Currently training 5/6/7 days a week depending on the week.
Training currently a mix of trail, road, pitch running and also some short cycles of 15, 20 and 30km.
Typical day, run 30-45 mins at lunch. Run 1 hour in the evening plus a 45min cycle.
With the line now laid down, what next???
I've decide to use tried and tested engineering to approach this problem.
- Educate myself and learn what it takes to run distance.
- Apply what I've learned through training.
- Run and test the training in competition.
- Study the results from competition.
This is my "EARS" approach.
So first thing, Educate.
Over the coming weeks and months I'll post what I'm reading and watching, everything and anything. This might end up helping someone and be a useful for myself also.
Anyway it's now started.
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