Mon 10/8: (am) 4.0 miles @ 9:01/mile
Mon 10/8: (pm) 4.0 miles @ 8:28/mile
Tues 11/8: (am) 4.0 miles @ 8:37/mile
Tues 11/8: (pm) 4.0 miles @ 8:40/mile
Weds 12/8: (am) 4.0 miles @ 8:49/mile
Weds 12/8: (pm) 4.0 miles @ 8:40/mile
Thurs 13/8: (am) 4.0 miles @ 8:38/mile
Thurs 13/8: (pm) 4.0 miles @ 8:49/mile
Fri 14/8: (pm) 6.21 miles @ 8:40/mile
Sat 15/8: (am) 5.0 miles (incl Waterworks parkrun (1st) 17:41 (3.1 miles @ 5:40/mile) [Hannah (1st) 18:03]
Sat 15/8: (pm) 3.1 miles @ 8:40/mile Valley parkrun Freedom
Sun 16/8: 10.0 miles @ 6:00/mile Monaghan 10 (14th) 1:00:03 [Hannah (2nd) 1:01:43]
Total Weekly Mileage - 56.31 Miles
Week 4 completed, so that means that we're already a third of the way along the journey towards the Yorkshire Marathon. Time is flying!
This week was still relatively low mileage but it consisted of 12 runs and a couple of pretty encouraging weekend runs so not bad at all as a consolidation type week.
It was another quick hop over to Northern Ireland on Saturday for more fun and games ......
Sat 15th Aug - Waterworks parkrun 17:41 (1st), [Hannah 18:03 (1st)]
We've been to Waterworks a few times now and there is always a warm welcome waiting on arrival, especially from Matt and Ruth Shields, Gregg McClure and John Murphy.
For those not familar with the venue it is in the North West part of Belfast, a couple of miles outside the city centre:
And for somewhere so close to a city centre it offers some surprisingly scenic views:
The run itself went very well with a 17:41 clocking, comfortably inside the only other official run at this venue of 17:59.
Hannah had a good head to head battle with Matt Shields for 18:03 and 18:05 respectively and that 18:05 for Matt represented the highest age grading ever recorded at Waterworks out of the 39,790 runs completed there in the last 5 years.
The fact that Matt did this on his 61st birthday and on his 100th run at Waterworks was very neat all round. However, at 89.49% there is a little unfinished business with 90% being so tantalisingly close ;)
Sun 16th Aug - Monaghan 10 Miler 1:00:03 (14th), [Hannah 1:01:43 (2nd)]
For Sunday's adventure we went into the republic to Monaghan for a 'flat' 10 miler.
For a small town there was a cracking turnout of 500+ runners, boosted by strong contingents from Derry, Newry and Belfast.
Although not what could be described as hilly, the course was also a bit too undulating to be called flat.
As we lined up at the start there were serious question marks about whether the huge chinese from the night before was going to behave for the next hour or so or whether it was going to decorate the streets of Monaghan!
It felt like a bit of a slog for most of the race but that very much turned into a positive when seeing that 6:00 miles were being maintained despite the sluggishness. Halfway in 29:27 was probably a little too quick with a few testing inclines to come but the second half held together ok and felt marginally less sluggish than the first half.
Coming up to the finish I hadn't realised just how close to the hour it was but to be 3 seconds over is near enough.
Hannah paced it much more evenly to finish strongly for 1:01:43 and 2nd place.
As is usually the case in Ireland, you don't go home hungry :)
Apparently 'Vitamin G' is good for you. We didn't need any convincing ;)
The one and only Bootsie (Colm Fearon), the man behind Running Blind at Stormont a couple of weeks ago, fully embracing whatever he could find to embrace :)
Nuala Collins and Jennifer McAteer very happy with their well deserved bling :)
Next Week:
Next week has still to take shape so at the moment is something of a blank sheet of paper.
Marathon Building Blocks (getting a bit long now but this is the year in a nutshell once all the slow short runs are removed) :
15th Feb: 18.6 miles @ 6:16/mile
22nd Feb: 10.0 miles @ 6:04/mile
28th Feb: 3.1 miles @ 5:48/mile
28th Feb: 3.1 miles @ 5:50/mile
1st March: 13.1 miles @ 6:24/mile
8th March: 26.21 miles @ 6:23/mile
14th March: 3.1 miles @ 5:46/mile
14th March: 3.1 miles @ 5:36/mile
15th March: 20.0 miles @ 6:25/mile
21st March: 3.1 miles @ 5:45/mile
22nd March: 9.65 miles @ 6:18/mile
28th March: 3.1 miles @ 5:45/mile
29th March: 11.2 miles @ 6:08/mile)
4th April: 3.1 miles @ 6:00/mile
12th April: 26.21 miles @ 6:35/mile
18th April: 3.1 miles @ 5:40/mile
19th April: 5.8 miles @ 6:04/mile
26th April: 26.21 miles @ 6:32/mile
4th May: 26.21 miles @ 6:40/mile
6th May: 3.1 miles @ 5:36/mile
10th May: 13.1 miles @ 6:15/mile
13th May: 3.1 miles @ 5:36/mile
16th May: 3.1 miles @ 5:45/mile
17th May: 13.1 miles @ 6:03/mile
20th May: 3.1 miles @ 5:37/mile
23rd May: 3.1 miles @ 5:45/mile
24th May: 1.0 mile @ 5:07/mile
30th May: 26.21 miles @ 6:37/mile
6th Jun: 3.1 miles @ 5:58/mile
7th Jun: 13.1 miles @ 6:05/mile
10th Jun: 10.0 miles @ 6:20/mile
13th Jun: 3.1 miles @ 5:50/mile
14th Jun: 13.1 miles @ 6:02/mile
20th Jun: 3.1 miles @ 5:54/mile
20th Jun: 3.1 miles @ 5:40/mile
21st Jun: 6.21 miles @ 6:31/mile
25th Jun: 10.0 miles @ 5:57/mile
26th Jun: 13.1 miles @ 6:11/mile
27th Jun: 3.1 miles @ 5:57/mile
27th Jun: 6.21 miles @ 6:15/mile
28th Jun: 6.21 miles @ 6:42/mile
1st Jul: 1.0 miles @ 5:11/mile
5th Jul: 26.21 miles @ 6:35/mile
9th Jul: 3.1 miles @ 5:50/mile
11th Jul: 3.1 miles @ 5:54/mile
12th Jul: 3.1 miles @ 5:50/mile
18th Jul: 3.1 miles @ 5:57/mile
18th Jul: 6.21 miles @ 5:43/mile
19th Jul: 13.1 miles @ 6:15/mile
22nd Jul: 2.75 miles @ 5:50/mile
25th/26th Jul: 62.1 miles @ 8:00/mile
1st Aug: 3.1 miles @ 5:54/mile
1st Aug: 3.1 miles @ 6:47/mile
1st Aug: 6.21 miles @ 6:24/mile
2nd Aug: 13.1 miles @ 6:34/mile
6th Aug: 3.1 miles @ 5:49/mile
8th Aug: 3.1 miles @ 5:45/mile
9th Aug: 5.0 miles @ 5:57/mile
15th Aug: 3.1 miles @ 5:40/mile
16th Aug: 10.0 miles @ 6:00/mile
Recent Marathon Record
2009 April - Blackpool Marathon 3:24:17 (Age 42)
2009 September - Fleetwood Marathon DNF (Age 43)2010 October - Amsterdam Marathon 3:04:27 (Age 44)
2010 November - Milton Keynes Track Marathon DNF (Age 44)
2011 April - London Marathon 3:18:30 (Age 44)
2012 April - London Marathon 2:57:04 (Age 45)2012 October - Chester 2:55:36 (Age 46)
2013 April - London Marathon 3:11:29 (Age 46)2013 June - Cork Marathon 3:06:19 (Age 47)
2013 October - Budapest Marathon 2:58:53 (Age 47)
2013 December - Lancaster Marathon 2:54:17 (Age 47) (1st)
2013 December - Pisa Marathon 2:54:09 (Age 47)2014 April - Manchester Marathon 2:51:52 (Age 47)
2014 April - London Marathon 2:57:52 (Age 47)
2014 June - Rhyl Marathon 2:58:24 (Age 48)
2014 October - Yorkshire Marathon 2:47:34 (Age 48)
2014 October - Dublin Marathon 2:58:53 (Age 48)
2014 November - Town Moor Marathon 2:54:56 (Age 48) (1st)
2015 March - Wrexham Marathon 2:48:12 (Age 48) (5th)
2015 April - Canberra ACT Marathon 2:52:10 (Age 48) (15th)
2015 April - London Marathon 2:50:55 (Age 48)
2015 May - Belfast City Marathon 2:54:54 (Age 48)
2015 May - Kent Roadrunner Marathon 2:53:34 (Age 49) (4th)
2015 July - Potteries Marathon 2:52:40 (Age 49) (6th)
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