Training Log Archive: Dooby

Killarney-Kilgarvan-Kenmare

What a day. Not a cloud out so a good tanning opportunity.

Legs feeling mostly good for the spin. Knew I was moving alright before Kenmare so reckoned I'd see how far i got. But no issues after molls gap.

A few bikes out and about so they provided targets.

A car was stopped on the other side of the road by the Black Lakes. Looks like they crashed into the ditch! Road has also been resurfaced before Ros an Cru na Lua so section from the main road to Kilgarvan is now better.

Didn't mind as much the Kenmare section today. Then in Kenmare I went around past the supermarkets to avoid town. Worked out fine, kept moving.

Then the road up to mills gap, the lower part, is just getting rougher. Kept the same gear all the way up, happy with how i was moving.

After that the descent was fun and got up the 2 early climbs ok, not too tired at this stage. The descent wasn't as fast as it could have been, tourist slowing things down.

Pleased with the legs.

At least I went under the 18 minute mark today. Lovely morning, sun shining, but a breeze which I think I had at my back after the 2k mark after turning was good.

Didn't really check splits when running, missed the 1st one, but made sure to try and keep a better pace for the 2nd kilometre. Did find this 2nd time around a bit tougher.

3.39
3.38
3.39
3.41
3.33

So despite not running to a pace they 4 main kilometres were all very similar.

Calves not fantastic afterwards I think. Need to watch them. Might not run much for next few days, do some more bike work. Definitely the plan for tomorrow morning anyway.

Around the block

Gorgeous evening so felt I was obliged to get out on the bike for a quick spin. Plan was to put in a bit of effort.

Original idea was to go anti-clockwise but so used to turning right out the gate I went clockwise. Turned out it was a good choice as had a tail wind at Minish so that was more pleasant than coming the opposite direction would have been. Went on the drops here, was motoring along at around 40kph, flying past a lad on a bike.

Then tried on the hill up from the main road. My 2nd best time on it, not sure the headwind counted against me though. Maybe 6 hours of exams today did have an affect and the early start to try and study for them! At least they are done now.

Exams started, 2 down and 2 to go.
Tired.
First went ok but started to tire a bit during the 2nd. Long day.
Not looking forward to more tomorrow.

Bike back and looking nice, so was planning on a quick 45 minutes. But drizzling (& windy) when I wanted to go cycling, ordinarily I wouldn't let that stop me but with the exams over the next couple of days I decided to cut my losses and do some more study.
Although it would help doing the exams if I had an idea of how the assignments went but no results yet!
For the record, Elvis is a good study partner, when around, as if he's sitting on my lap I've no choice but to stay put and actually study.

Torc Mountain

Needed a study break!

Dropped bike in yesterday and they didn't seem confident it would be ready today so went running instead. Will collect it tomorrow. So had it in my head to run up Torc.

Didn't push too hard, either going up or going down. Comfortable pace and found that grand. Was probably cautious on the descent.

Not too many out and about.

Been doing some race thinking too, reckon Killarney 10k in July should be a stepping stone towards Dingle and then follow that race up with the Rose 10k in Tralee in august, go for a pb in Tralee, course looks very fast/flat.

This is a college week. Have study leave Monday-Wednesday and then exam leave for Thursday and Friday!
But will still train.
Also have our marriage blessing on Saturday so it is a busy week.

Monday - Running
Tuesday - Bike
Wednesday - Running
Thursday - Rest (exams)
Friday - Rest (exams)
Saturday - Running (parkrun)
Sunday - Bike or maybe a long run

Will train for next few days at usual time, in the evenings, just to ensure any post training tiredness minimises impact on study.

Lap of Muckross Lake

Sort of a damp evening, not wet, but some drizzle at times.

Went clockwise for a change. Passed a chap out running on the path from Torc to Dinis. Cafe open at Dinis, had a look at the cake a couple were eating on the picnic bench, must tell Mary, she wants us to do this cycle at some point, we didn't manage to do it last year.

Legs feeling ok, tried to keep pace comfortable. Thought they'd be more tired after yesterday. Maybe the last kilometre they started to feel tired but other than that they were fine.

Car with its lights left on in the car park when I got back, oops! But likely to be locals based on car reg.

Need to give legs a good stretch and roll later. Keep them under control and get some physio in a couple of weeks.