Week ending
15th May
I have been
averaging around 35 miles – 40 miles a week. It’s reasonable mileage and I have
been trying to run one race a week. No PB’s set in any of them but they weren’t
all that bad time wise either. Essentially they were all in the average range. I
am probably one of the slower runners in the club now whereas once I was a
solid midpack runner. The standard is getting better all the time.
Ballintotis
4 mile in 27.20, Carrigtwohill 4 mile in 27.23, Cobh 10 mile (very tough – went
out too fast) 1.14.04,
Midleton 5
mile in 34.28, Killarney Lakes half marathon 1.35.58. See photo below and my rather odd running stride.
I have also
been putting in a bit of speedwork on Tuesdays (8 x 2 mins and 5 x 1 miles at
6.45 pace) with the usual long run on Sunday and when possible throwing in a
few marathon pace runs or hill runs up in Cork. I haven’t run many club
sessions apart from the Doneraile hill sessions. Just too busy with work and looking after family members.
At this
stage my aims over the summer are to stay injury free, get around 40 miles a
week in, get a good race in once a week and hopefully one of two PB’s. In terms
of marathons I won’t be running either Frankfurt or the Dublin marathon or any
marathon at all for probably a long time. Longford might be a option in August.
Impending parenthood has a (nice) habit of changing my plans..
