Sunday 31st
April
Legs were
feeling antsy on Friday but rather than go for a jog I simply walked 3 miles
instead. It all helps towards recovery. Sunday morning was the time for the
most workout of any marathon schedule – the long run. A added twist was I
wanted to run a portion at marathon pace. It meant pushing ahead of the Mallow
group, something which is quite difficult. Anyway did a 3 mile warm up with Ger
Buckley- fresh from his adventures in India, Tibet and China, meeting back at
the roundabout with the rest of the guys. We jogged down the Mallow-Killarney
road turning right at Longueville house for Ballyclough. The plan was to come
through Ballyclough onto the N20 and back to the Roundabout. There was no doubt
that while the last 4 miles are a rapid downhill descent , it was going to be
offset by strong winds and gusts. I pushed on after 6 miles and despite a brief
water stop at Ballyclough I did my thing. I was in good company, Mick Clancy
ironman tri-athlete and multiple sub 3 marathon runner jogged effortlessly past
me after Ballyclough and finished a good half mile or more ahead me at the
finish. For him of course this was a easy training run for me this was meant to
be a marathon training effort!!!!
By the time
I reached the roundabout I still had a another mile to go and did a out and
back mile from where we started.
Splits from
mile 7 were as follows 8.18, 7.48,8.00 (uphill),7.36,7.46,7.46,7.49,7.59 (tired
and windy),7.47, 8.00 (out on my legs) and 7.51. The heart rate was between 159
BPM and 163 BPM for the entire duration of the marathon pace portion which is
high – no two ways about it. The entire distance ran was 17 miles in total time
of 2hr19mins38seconds. It was a good workout but ideally I would have liked to
kept the marathon pace at under 7.45.
Mileage for the week including a 3 mile walk
was 49 miles (4miles,8miles,9miles,7.7miles,3 miles walking, rest, 17 miles). A good run but plenty of room for improvement
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