Northern Ireland Running - Page 16 - General running

baldyfrombangor

31/03/2005 at 20:16

Greetings all.

March is officially expunged next year as this years was carp.

the past 2 wks have been a nightmare, running had to take a back seat due to work taking a front seat. An everything at home that could go, did go wrong.

alas the trainers wnet back on in edinburgh sat and sun and some good hard miles were done around arthurs seat. i remembered why i sais never again during last years edinburgh mara.

great 14 miles last night in 1.35, hills tues, bike today, quick stuff tomorra, larne sat and a good steady 20 on sun. hey back on track!!!

so the mara route is changed agen. cant get a hold of the new route yet but am trying, suspect it may return to city hall, then howard st, grosvenor rd, divis to millfield then north queen st to york st/york rd.

seamus well done, dont go too mad between now and belafst rest is as good as training.

james give me a kick on sat, am aiming for 1.25 ish.

kenny you will have to have a go at seamus on this course!!

chris all runs are suitable for all runners, once the head gets over taht bit the body follows.

Chris Capper

31/03/2005 at 20:19

Baldyfrombangor - thanks for the encouraging words.......

Kenneth Bacon

31/03/2005 at 21:00

Hi everyone good luck at Larne. Iam off to Liverpool for the weekend. 20 miles this morning took me 3:20 I though I would go faster but couldn't get going. Couple of days rest may help. Back then for the final push for Belfast. This will be my first Belfast marathon. Ran London three years ago and will be happy if I get near 4 hours.
Keep on running Chris I don't consider my self a fast runner but just enjoy getting out there and doing it.

James Hislop

01/04/2005 at 11:11

I am now officialy representing! thanks to Kenny for the Springwell top.

Carbo loading today and 4 weetabix in the morning should fuel me.

If I do run a 1:25 I would be really happy. I know I can do under 1:30 but I just need to stay focused.

The start of march for me was pretty much the same, just struggled finding the time.
I am running the Edinburgh mara in june, whats the surroundings like?

James Hislop

01/04/2005 at 11:38

Chris are you coming up to Larne tomorrow?
It is a good run and if you go this year, I know you'll be back again the following year.
Last year the best time was 1:07, the slowest 2:50 and the middle of the pack 1:39.

baldyfrombangor

01/04/2005 at 21:35

Edinburgh great run. shame arthurs seat has been removed it was some start to 26m. tis not a flat course, the middle cycle path and sea front is flat but the beginning and the last 2/3m are hard work.

will be in the north down or forum colours tomorrow so give me a nod james.

seamus henry

02/04/2005 at 20:41

Hi everybody - It was a great day for a run in Larne. The weather was excellent but on the return run there's always a stiff breeze. I thought the breeze was stronger than the one in Stranraer.

It was nice to meet you James - I didn't recognise you until I was talking to Hugh Boyle - he didn't know your surname but the penny dropped when he said that you had travelleled with him. How did your Race go?

Ian I didn't see you today but I'm sure you and James had good fast runs,

I was pleased as I did it slightly under 1 hr and 53 mins. I found the last mile to be very tiring but I was content with my time.

I'll take a couple of days off now for a rest.

Kenny Liverpool won - I'm sure you enjoyed the match.

Good luck to you all in your training, Regards, Seamus.

baldyfrombangor

03/04/2005 at 20:18

Well done seamus, i was looking out cor both you and james and alas, missed you both.

dont know about the wind being stronger but it got you about a mile earlier in larne than stanraer. just as you turned off the coast road at mile 5, woosh.

how about your run james??

still i was fairly happy, 1.26.18 and i had a hard weeks training behind me.

Well sort of, i went out and did a steady 16 today, managed 58m running last week and 15 on the bike!!

Queens 5k and laganside are next.

the tweaked mara course was being measured today, believe it involves sandy row, grosvenor rd, underpass under westlink, divis st, carrick hill, north queen street. will update when know more

Lucky result for the reds kenny!

Geraldine Gunn 2

03/04/2005 at 21:21

Hi James

Fermanagh calling. I am new to running and also to this website and have just come across your thread. I have just fininshed week five of a ten week walk/run plan outlined in a book I bought last year and forgot about! I have never run before and am surprised to find I am quite enjoying it. Being overweight and quite unfit to start, I think it will be a while before I am entering any races. I will keep on plodding and maybe next year!

James Hislop

04/04/2005 at 09:31

I had a bit of a dissapointing result, way below par and I dont know what went wrong.
I ran the first 6 miles well at about 6.40 min/mile pace and then I started slowing up to allow for the climb.
Once I got to the 9 mile mark and the turn home I couldnt pick my pace back up and found myself struggling with the wind.
At the 11 mile mark my time was 1:17:55 and the last 2.1 miles I found difficult and an overall dissapointing time of 1:34 :(

I dont know where it went wrong

James Hislop

04/04/2005 at 09:55

Hi Seamus, it was nice to finally meet you.
good to see you had a good run and I'll see you again in Belfast.

I think I saw you passing my at about 5 miles, do you have some sort of japanese symbol on the back of your shirt?
I was running with three other springwell runners at that time. I was wearing a red shirt.
Great run by the way, are you pleased with your time?

Hi Geraldine
nice to hear from a new runner, I feel as though I have only just started and I have been running about 18 months now.
It is a good thing joining in with these forums because you can discuss your ups and downs and if you do start entering races it good to start putting faces to the names.

Chris Capper

04/04/2005 at 10:19

James et al

Wasn't able to make it to Larne - would have liked to see what taking part in a race is like - especially over a distance I know I can at least finish.

Falling slightly behind the marathon schedule - have my long run to do today but after ten miles on Saturday got a twinge behind the knee which didn't go away but didn't get any worse for the last two miles.

Hello Geraldine - I'm relatively new to this running thing too - it's funny how it gets its hooks into you. Good luck.

If the new marathon route takes in Sandy Row, etc, what bit of the earlier proposed route is going?

James Hislop

04/04/2005 at 12:16

no that wasnt you Ian, I dont even think I saw you throughout the day. I have just seen your picture on your N.Down website, well done again Ian.

Hi Chris, you missed a good day, the weather was good, the numbers were up and it was a fairly well organised event.
There is always next year, are you going to be entering the Belfast Marathon?

Chris Capper

04/04/2005 at 12:27

James - yes, I'm in the marathon (my race no is 50) - decided to do it after it went past our house last year - and then they went and changed the route! Longest run so far is 19 miles at about 8-9 minutes a mile, but getting slower and slower the longer I run, so I optimistically predict about 4-ish hours if the legs hold up......I'm enjoying the training though, especially now the weather's better. That winter stuff borders on the masochistic.

James Hislop

04/04/2005 at 13:04

I started training in December and it was pretty cold but I think you become used to it.
I ran a Xcountry on boxing day and that was by far the coldest day I have ever experienced, after that I think I could run in any conditions (on the British isle's at least).

How did you feel after the 19 miles?

Over the next 3 weeks I have to really pick up the pace, I may train 6 days on and 1 rest day.
I am going to do 14 miles after work today.

Kenneth Bacon

04/04/2005 at 15:36

Hi everyone back from Liverpool my calfs are sore with all the walking going out for a run later to see if they loosen up.
Glad to hear you all enjoyed Larne I was thinking about you when I was at the match.
Got my number for Belfast (522). Chris I ran 20 miles last week was looking to run about 9 - 9.5 min mile pace but ended up doing 10 min miles. When you are training for the marathon you are always running tired with all the miles you are putting in training. On the day of the marathon you will feel a lot fresher if you taper and don't do too much the last couple of weeks.
Hi Geraldine gald to hear from a new runner. You should perhaps pick a race to give you something to aim for. Something short like a 5K or 5 mile.

Geraldine Gunn 2

04/04/2005 at 15:51

Hi Kenneth. I am too scared to enter a race yet although I have been trying to find something short like a 5k for around the end of the year. I walked the Flora Dublin ladies 10k last year and am doing the same again on 6th June. My goal is to run it next year!

Kenneth Bacon

04/04/2005 at 20:07

Baldy you'll have to slow down for the camera man good pictures of you and James on the Larne AC website.
Good luck in Dublin Geraldine are you going to walk and jog & walk this year.

baldyfrombangor

04/04/2005 at 21:27

yes Kenny, i scared myself when i looked on the north down web site and saw my own ugly mug!!

Chris, what about joining club, great if you can get a friendly one, beats always running alone. i go for the social run as i spend all week on my own :-(

***STOP PRESS***

unofficially official tweaked route:

city hall, law courts, ravenhill rd, DOWN ormeau rd, sunnyside st, holy lands, botanic gdns, bradbury pl, sandy row, grosvenor rd, falls, divis st, castle st, royal ave, as it was to end of coastal path, duncrue straight to whitla st, rest as it was too.

still waiting for my no :-((

James Hislop

05/04/2005 at 09:11

I had a rest on Sunday and I ran 14 last night at a steady pace, 1:44, and no problems.

I think the guy behind me was looking for a sprint finish and I couldnt let that happen :)

Kenny does the Coleraine springwell train tonight at the University?