Moraghan Training - Stevie G - RW thread
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1 Jun
5:04pm, 1 Jun 2025
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Muddyfunster
@stevieg a couple of the women from my club did a 50k yesterday called Saturns Sausage Dog or something like that and finished 3rd and 4th. They were both out today running double digit miles! I did my parkrun effort which came out at 18.48. Managed a nice relaxed 95 minute long run this afternoon. |
1 Jun
6:58pm, 1 Jun 2025
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stevieg
Sounds decent enough that Muddy. Double digits after even a 50k jog is pretty sturdy stuff. Some people just seem so outrageously robust it's unreal. Though I dare say we all know someone we thought was in that boat then saw them eventually break. Getting a handle on the characters at my new club. As per all clubs there's people who do what we'd class as unusual. One woman did a track marathon yesterday, and one of the 50k lot did a 1mile event where you carry a sack of spuds on your shoulders. Different. Very different. 11 for me. Could feel slight tightnesses from Friday's track, and maybe slightly from standing around for hours yesterday (!), so with the recent return to a full week post small cold, thought double digits was plenty. Did a bit of their route yesterday and a few offroad bits, eventually out for 11. 8.05 pace, which sounds right for the effort level and maybe 3miles slowed by terrain / climbs. |
2 Jun
9:41am, 2 Jun 2025
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Foppotee
I think once chasing PBs becomes boring or unattainable people often find other ways of inventing challenges. Potatoes though! Hope you're feeling better @LBAC Si . Nice parkrunning, @Muddyfunster . @Sorequads well done in the race and thatnks for the good luck. Half Ironman in the Cotswolds for me on Sunday morning. 4:15 alarm for a 7am race start. Weather looked ok if a little breezy. I had lots of bike stress on the Saturday with various things going wrong but I eventually got it working but I did have to remove the aero rear wheel disc cover thing. Swim was uneventful but I forgot to start my watch, which was probably a blessing as I was pretty slopw despite all the swim training with 34 minutes. I am, or was, hoping to get this down to 31:30. It was my first time in the wetsuit and open water so I guess practice needed there. On to the bike and for once there were no dramas or mechanical issues. I made good progress and apart from a couple of close shaves with cars, all was good. Went through halfway in about 1:05:30 and slowed a bit second half with the wind picking up and power dropping slightly. Finished in 2:13. I came in a bit hot with the flying dismount though and tweaked my hamstring high up, you don't realise how quickly you're moving until you transfer to moving on the ground! On to the run and through the twisty trails I could feel the hammy so I just dialled it back a bit and cruised the run somewhat. Breathing was always easy although late on the legs were getting a little heavy and jellyish! As it's a rolling start there's no real race dynamic. I ran 1:24 for the half marathon for 4:15 overall and 3rd place. Good to get on the podium now that I am in the 50-54 age-group. 1st/2nd were 20-24 age group and 4th/5th were 25-29 so an old git splitting up the youngsters! I won my age-group by 13 minutes but I feel like I need to be 5-10 minutes quicker than that to be in shape to qualify for Kona. |
2 Jun
11:24am, 2 Jun 2025
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Sorequads
To confirm @Muddyfunster, the 7 and 12 were different days. Good pacing from you - making 18:xx look casual. Like the sound of the track session, @stevieg. My all out pace is about the same as my two min pace 😂. Good work on the volunteering. These events don't happen otherwise. Well done on the podium, @Foppotee. That is a cracking result and good to show the youngsters how to do it in style. Hope the hamstring is ok. Water must have been fairly shallow? May have contributed to slower swim than expecting? A bit of volunteering at 'NuStarz', the Cheltenham Harriers run kids athletics programme on Saturday morning. I was on agility - running various things with miner hurdles, ladders etc, as well as some medicine ball work. My god did I find even a small bit of demonstrating hard! 6M easy with 5 x 1' half marathon effort pick ups on the way home (4' easy in between). Yes was the first grass track intervals of the summer. Went fairly early in the morning to avoid the worst of the wind and humidity, but it was still pretty strong in the 'downhill' (back) straight. 10M total including 6 x 1200 off 400 walk jog. 4:31, 32, 32, 32, 34, 36. Had to take a dive into the bushes before the final rep. Close to 90s laps for most, although obviously a bit of a fade at the end. Perhaps 2s/lap slower than a normal track but maybe I'm kidding myself. 62M for the week and 271M for May - a little surprised by this. Considering a RunThrough event in Cheltenham racecourse this Sunday. I have done the half before and probably wouldn't return, but my plan has a 10k race or TT for that day so the 10k could be an option. Not especially a fast course but that wouldn't matter in this instance. |
2 Jun
2:20pm, 2 Jun 2025
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LBAC Si
@Sorequads Great race and photos, looked a lovely race. Some of the LBAC did the Coombe Hill 5 yesterday, which is brutal. Good reps too @Muddyfunster Thanks, Parkrun still decent there though! @Foppotee Not bad taking the run steady and coming 3rd. Hope the hammy is OK @stevieg The Fitton spud race! That's over my way. Our training group member and London finishing dancer Mo E set the course record with 5.07 yesterday £200 for the winner. lots for him  Thankfully the cough didn't materialise. Went to Oxford for a family day out on Friday and fell over a kerb, but just a couple of scabby knees but no more harm done. Idiot! So did a steady Bedford Parkrun in 18.44 which felt ok - then to Wrest Pk to do 10 x 600, first few 2.00 mins and the rest 1.57's. Felt hard. Reccied a Greensand Ridge relay leg that I need to do in 2 weeks time with Ollie yesterday, then did the following leg to get the mileage up about 10. Eastern masters 800 & 3000 on Wednesday, so that will hurt! |
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2 Jun
8:52pm, 2 Jun 2025
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stevieg
Good work Reggie - had missed you sneaking into the V50 category. With you, Simon and Muddy we've got a heck of a V50 team there! @Sorequads I should clarify I wasn't a "proper" volunteer. I hadn't put my name down, so as far as the organisers know I was never there. But did enjoy helping support a bit. @LBAC Si London finishing dancer? Didn't quite get that line! But the club had noticed someone just over 5mins, so goodness knows how quick he'd do it otherwise. I doubt i'd be carrying a bunch of spuds say 30-40secs slower than my all out mile pace!! |
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2 Jun
10:00pm, 2 Jun 2025
22 posts
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Muddyfunster
I’ll shortly be sneaking out of the v50 category @stevieg. Having said that I think I’m very close to a sub 18 5k again if I can get in a proper race and slot in a taper. I’m on a reserve list for a fast local one later in June 🤞 There’s the last in the Hereford 5k series on Wednesday night but parenting logistics have knocked that on the head. Congrats on representing the greybeards on the podium @Foppotee Best of luck in the masters @LBAC Si @Sorequads I was impressed you can do any significant mileage after a hard hilly trail race. Cheers for volunteering - a lot of the ladder and hurdle stuff is great stuff to do on the side of your running miles if you can fit it in. |
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3 Jun
3:46pm, 3 Jun 2025
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Foppotee
I am 49 @stevieg but in triathlon, it's your age at the end of the year so I am still v45 for running until next year. Cheers Muddy, there is now grey appearing in the beard. |
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4 Jun
2:23pm, 4 Jun 2025
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LBAC Si
@stevieg Oh he got lots of coverage at the end of the marathon last year by doing a bit of a jig LOL. Yeah Mo has won it the last 3 years. In his situation the money has been a god send. |
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4 Jun
8:27pm, 4 Jun 2025
609 posts
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stevieg
Cheeky turn out 5k last night fetcheveryone.com/blog_add.php?rid=11154048 |
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