Month: March 2009

Funny story… didn’t happen… next…

OK, this is getting ridiculous… no prizes for guessing that I missed this one too. As we leave week 9 and start week 10 we’re slap bang in the middle of the Cork marathon training schedule but I’m afraid to say it doesn’t feel like it. We’ve got a lot of work to do if…

Predictably this run never happened, but I do have a fantastic reason! Well, maybe not really fantastic, pretty pathetic now that I think about it especially as it was completely self inflicted but it is a reason and a lot better one than “it just didn’t happen”… It all started with a fantastic home cooked…

I know there was a really good reason for missing this run, I just can’t recall what it was…

After missing our run yesterday this one had to be done at all costs. It was off to a bad start as, not unlike our spirits, it was cold and wet outside. Not only that but we were running into the wind. We battled on to the 3.5 mile mark where we turned around and…

… no good excuse, a few really bad ones alright but nothing that could pass as a good reason not to run.

After the 20 miler I had to do on my own for last years Dublin marathon this had to be one of the hardest training runs I have ever done. Psychologically I was in the wrong place which, from experience, will make the difference between a good and bad run. We started off well and…

…and I’m still furious about that speeding ticket! 3 miles less than 27 minutes says it all!!!

… didn’t start well. Driving to the start line I was pulled over and given a speeding ticket, that’s a fine and points on my licence… DAMN!!! On the up side I was so furious that it put a serious spring in my step as I led the way around the track finishing in 56…

… didn’t happen, St. Patrick’s day and all that…

I was really looking forward to this run. My running partner was a running novice and today she’s lose her 5K cherry! The race was organised by Eamonn Coghlan, a running legend in these parts, who ran and won this very race in 1983 before going on to win the world championships the same year.…

With 11 weeks to the Cork marathon the training mileage is starting to get noticeable. This weekend’s treat was a 12 mile long run from Newbridge to the Curragh and back. It was still early by the time we reached the Curragh and the sun was starting to burn off the morning mist. We had…

… is in the bag! 3.2 miles in 28 minutes, reasonable!

…was a little stronger. We managed a little over 6 miles in 55 minutes, if it were a race I’d have a new PB… but it wasn’t, oh well!

…turned out to be a weak one alright!! We accidental stretched our 3 miler into a 3.2 miler and ran it in 29 mins, that’s a lot slower that usual but hey, the heart wasn’t in it and we did well to get out at all!

It was an early morning start, very early, and the glasses of sparkling Chardonnay last night didn’t make it any easier to get up and out. The night before I drove the car dry and had to find a petrol station as soon as I set off. Luckily there was one less than a mile…

OK, spot of bother this weekend. On the schedule we’ve got to run a 12 miler but we’ve got a 10K (or 6.2 mile) race on Sunday in Belfast. I’ve been looking forward to this race and really want to do it, but what about the 12 miler? The easy option is to run 6…

… became a 5 miler, I’m in catchup mode after missing my Tuesday run. I got to the gym late and only had 50 minutes to run the 5 miles so I cranked up the speed to 11.2Kph, up from the usual 10Kph. To be honest I quickly got used to it and occasionally upped…

… became a 3 miler. Straight after work I made straight for to the Gym determined to get my training back on track. I took it easy, as I always do on the treadmill, averaging 10 minute miles, and ran the 3 miles in 30 minutes. Here’s an interesting fact: grapefruit is one of these…

The temperature plummeted today, it must be the wrong side of zero out there. When I got off my motorcycle after riding home my hands nearly fell off they were so cold… in fact they were beyond cold, so cold that bizarrely the pain felt warm… what a brilliant design! If you’re going to freeze…