Training Log Archive: Joshosh

Crossing of the Galtees take 2

Same route pretty much as last time. Running from the Cahir side to Anglesborough with Robrunner and The Flan (recently crowned king of the Galtees). Total time that passed was 4hr54minutes. The going this time was heavier and the weather after galtee mor slowed our progress even more with limited visibility.

Robrunner undertook the nav challenge and we started off at a steady pace through the forest near to The CorkO map of Clonmore north. After ~2-3km in the forest we reached the open mountain with burnt back heather to make it nice underfoot.The first peak was a trig point south of Toureen. Next we crossed over to Slieveanard. Then we ran to cairn south of Sturrakeen. From there it was SW and W over two more small hills to reach Farbrega, a long climb to the cairn here.

Then up to Greenane with Lough Muskry to the north. Galtybeg stood to the west and we slogged to the summit point. Then on to Galtymore a nice long trek where relentless forward motion was the key, then a ridge run following a stone wall in a horse-shoe shape to Slievecushabinnia, Carrignabinnia and Lyracappul with its tooth-like crag on top. A tough steep climb up Temple hill where i really started to suffer as rob and The Flan powered on up. This was followed by a quad busting technical decent. Rob had a slightly different finale to the route which added some extra distace on.

Today was tougher than the last time doing this, but havent done log runs in yonks. Watch says moving time was 4hr11 but a lot of the times we stopped i was still moving some bit so i guess that registered on it (Will see what The Flans watch says). Long, physical day at the office

Rob invited me to go and run the gougane barra horseshoe loop with him and some of the MTR guys. Talked with Dad and Donie and we decided a day off was the best option for me at the moment.

Warm up with the Leevale gang, food that i ate at 3.30 hasnt digested fully. Not a happy tummy

16th of 539

Tough day at the office. After a mile and a half was sitting in the lead group of 10 and feeling relatively ok. Then the food started to decide to play around in my stomach and felt like it was going to re-appear for the next few miles. Couldnt go with anyone who went past me and just didnt feel good. Still an ok time though nothing spectacular. No speed work now for a while just long runs which are hopefully easy enough and resting.

Token cool down

as bad as i felt tonight and not even going in top gear i was still 63seconds faster than this course than last year. Progression i guess.
2010- 30min01 and 48th place
2011- 29min41 and 36th place
2012- 29min14 and 22nd place
2013- 28min11 and 16th place

Have to try and fine stuff other than training to do today.

updating the map of my old secondary school.

25minutes easy on the bike while watching pointless

some weight work in the gym along with skipping

10minutes aquajogging in the pool over at garryvoe

C • that pace 1

spent about 20-30minutes in the jacuzzi and steam room.

Plan for the rest of the week is a day off tomorrow, have to try and find something to occupy myself with. Running Ballycotton 5miler on thursday and taking friday off probably. Then doing the Transgaltee run with Robrunner and Irish Mountain Running Champ TheFlan on saturday (http://www.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_6538/p...)

First day of recovery time as the boss said. Running Ballycotton 5 on thursday and doing a few long runs with rob in prep for the mournes. A good season ended with a medal and a pb. Donie said no club training until the start of september when we start to build the base again.

C • Blast 1

warm up and drills

Spent a lot of time out in lane 3 or there abouts to get clear views of the barriers. Happy enough, i think its a pb, if only just. Got 5points for Leevale in the National League Finals. Not a bad race i got 4th place in mens premier, and both the mens and womens teams finished 2nd overall. No gold medals but we were the best club based on mens and womens accumulated scores. Took splits on the watch every 400m but just raced the race.
1) 400m-71sec (first 200 with no barriers)
2) 400m-74sec
3) 400m-77sec
4) 400m-77sec
5) 400m-81sec
6) 400m-82sec
7) 310m-56sec

Didnt pace it quiet as well as would have liked but only my second race so still getting used to it.


http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=34401

Token warm down. Season is now over, roll on 2 weeks of no sessions.