3 Strikes

Tues 22nd Feb 2022 - 2 laps round Harrow recreational park 

Total time on feet 21 mins (roughly)

Previous 2 runs 46:27 & 20:16.

Preparation for Craughwell is slow - but present. More progress due this week.

Exhibition

Sunday 6th Feb 2022 - Kenton Library & back - 7.3k - 31:27 (3.65k Approx to Kenton Library)

A nice hit out today - first run since 25th Jan - yikes...

Found the run tougher than before - completed the run on Jan 25th in 30:31 so 1 full minute down on before. Still sub 7 min mile running but way too much of a struggle than it needed to be. I was impressed at my pace the last time as I had been doing virtually no running so I figured I'd do round the same time again here - not a chance it seems. I got to the turn about 15:04 (& was 14:57 last time). Alas.

I put it down to sheer inactivity over the weekend as the run I did previously I was at work all day.

This is my first post in quite some time. I have been running once a week or so - sometimes twice & never tend to go more than 10 days without running.

After almost 2 years of no road races (my last race being the 10 miler in Duhallow Co Cork in March 2020 - of course I had track races in 2020 (which I raced) & 2021 (which I didn't race) but I didn't count these really...

So race day is March 20th for the 10 miler in Craughwell. I am still UK based so will be flying home to see family & also targeting this race.

Goal now is to get the mileage up a little. will run twice more this week coming then ease off  next week & go from there.

Next run is gonna be a 45 min run however I do it. At the moment it's just getting time on the feet. Then push out for an hours run. Then ramp it back down for some speedwork, then build up the mileage again & do a couple of hard 8 milers & I should be good to go... 

My big race plan this year will be the headford 8k. I'll then likely target Hollymount 10k in November as I have unfinished business there.

Pressure & time.

Been running now more or less 1-2 times (what you could call regularly) a week since 2010 so that's 12 years now I've been at this - lets hope there's room for 52 more years!