Training Log Archive: roar

Up tonlagee with Gina, we went around from the gap to lough euler and then around the west side of the lae under the crags, then up the ridge above the cliffs to the top. it was quite misty and windy on the top and there was a bit of time where it was raining a LOT! i only included to up in the time

walked up lug with the family from glenmalure, went up the path towards fraughen rock glen but then cut out to arts lough and then up the basically cliff onto the ridge and then on up to lug. really enjoyable

did 4 laps of this loop in castlecomer discovery park. did them in kinda intervals, 11 9 11 9 mins the first one with gina... was a nice loop, climb up through the forest then around the lake on the tracks!

last week was holidays in portugal with gina, not much proper training though quite a bit of walking and lots of swimming in the sea. well see how fit i am at the hill run this evening. walking up ridiculous amounts of steps in about 34 degrees was still tough though...

ran about with conor. no gps since i wasnt allowed the watch for the race today

weird race today, u had to finish as close as possible to 8:30. i finished at 8:31:07 so not fantastic... the guy who i went off with seemed to be happy with the pace the whole way up so i just stuck with him but then he was ahead of me and this small path so i was slow up that. lost psychologically after the 2nd false summit and slowed to a walk for a bit. i was annoyed at myseft for that and upped the pace on the descent. passed some people in the bog and on the boardwalk and 2 went back past me on the track, i pretty much knew i was late before i got back so i was trying to push it but my legs felt like jelly and my whole stomach was a stitch so i didnt succeed that much. nice run though