The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge
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Did a 10km race yesterday. Goal was to finish in 50 minutes. That was before i knew where i was running.
First 5km was on the beach, in 28 degree blazing sun. I did that in 24 minutes and i was on track. But it fucked me.
2nd 5km was more trail running, there was only 1km of road running in the whole course. Combine the shit footing with how tired i was the second 5km took me 28 mins for a 52 min time. Not bad but not what i wanted.
Considering how hard i found that 10, i am in awe of Mrs Mariner who did the half marathon. Baking hot 21km beach and trail run. What a legend. She's now run 3 half marathons in 5 months.
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@mariner4life was more thinking about him (or one of the guys) tagging you for fun!! ie not fun at all for you - but prob plenty of giggles for them!!
Nice work on that run! 5km on the beach to start - I reckon I'd have hit the first race Marshall I could find... while searching for my lungs of course.
Have you worked out how you've driven your missus to endurance racing? hopefully she's still happy with your sprint finish
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@paekakboyz said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life good luck with that bro!! Would shit my pants if a legit boxer was going to tag me properly, even just one punch!! I can't get streetfighter combos out of my head ha ha.
dude i have zero intention of getting in the ring with any legit boxer. The dude who is training me i have seen knock blokes out. Fuck being on the end of that.
At the moment it is fitness and and a new skill, who knows if it will ever go further than that.
At the risk of sounding redundant be sure to wrap your hands well. I found I could throw a good straight left pretty well but a good heavy bag is like fucken concrete. Take care of your mitts.
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yes RS, training flat out.
Got the "6 months to Iron Man" social media post the other day which spurred me on a little.
Still running. Back in the pool once a week. Fucking hard on the muscles after almost 4 months off, but the lungs were still pretty good. On the bike a couple of times as well. Still in the gym twice a week, and still hitting things once, so it's sort of 6 workouts a week at the moment.
Saw a physio about my knee. Thankfully it's not really my knee, looks to be ITB related, and some seriously tight muscles (especially through my hips and front of my groin). So lots of rolling, and a bit of strengthening of some areas, and i should be right in a little while. Also need to get new shoes.
Got a new Garmin watch, and it's such a great upgrade on my last one. Have been using the strength training function in the gym. Not only keeps track of my weights and reps, but i mainly use it to monitor my rest times. I've cut 10 minutes off my work outs, keeping my heart rate a little higher in the process.
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well, it's back in to it this week. 19 weeks until Cairns Iron Man
I've had a pretty decent holiday period, drinking a fuck load (Mr & Mrs Mariner discovering the delights of a glass of very cold Rose on a hot tropical evening has been dangerous. You can't stop at one. Bottle.). I've stuck on 2kg, which is fuck all really. But my aerobic fitness has dropped a bit.
So back in to it this week. Swam last night. It was shit. I've dropped away a heap. But i am ahead of where i was this time last year i reckon, and it will come back quicker. An hour on the bike trainer this morning. That's not too bad, just stick ESPN on and peddle while watching NFL and NBA shows. Go for a run tonight, to complete a decent 24 hours.
Looking at two of each discipline per week, plus two gym sessions. Will start some real distance stuff in April.
Now more than ever convinced that June will be my last triathlon.
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10km run last night in 54 mins. Not too bad given it was my second session for my legs that day.
Fucking sweat though, humidity is ridiculous even for the tropics. fucking monsoon.
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a guy I know is training for the Hawaiian Iron Man, dumb cnut cycled 216km on Saturday!
I follow him on Strava too (cos I dont always know what he is upto) and the dude is a machine with his activity!
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
a guy I know is training for the Hawaiian Iron Man, dumb cnut cycled 216km on Saturday!
I follow him on Strava too (cos I dont always know what he is upto) and the dude is a machine with his activity!
those guys are fucking legends. Anyone doing that gets my full admiration. The shear quantity of work they do. Was that 7 hours on the bike? fuck all of that noise!!
Guy running yesterday was obviously a real triathlete, they just have that build, lean and square. fluffybunny was just cruising as well, while i probably looked like i was running up hill
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@mariner4life 6.5 hours it was...he has run loads of marathons (used to play a bit of first class cricket back in the day for CD I think) but the volume of work he is doing is amazing.
3km pool swims #fuckthat
At least when is doing ocean swims it isnt as monotnous as doing a tumble roll every 30m!
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
a guy I know is training for the Hawaiian Iron Man, dumb cnut cycled 216km on Saturday!
I follow him on Strava too (cos I dont always know what he is upto) and the dude is a machine with his activity!
I got a mate like this but hes not training for anything and always racking up the kms. No 200km plus rides but seems to take the long way to a from work - yesterday 70km in and 50km home. Day before 148km before work, day before a light 50km in morning and 93km in the arvo. Most weeks seem to be 500km to 1000km of riding.....
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@JK i assume he doesn't have a family? or does he just not like them?
@taniwharugby i regularly do 2.5km in the pool when i am deeper in to my training, so the 3km swims i can imagine. He'll be doing more than that though, the IM swim is 3.8km. And open ocean in Kona as well isn't it?
I don't like the training enough to do that much. Quite like being on the bike (fuck off rain so i can get out again) but swimming and running i find boring. So the thought of those sort of distances with that sort of regularity seems insane.
I've got a mate who has taken up those ultra-marathon trail runs. The numbers he racks up are unreal. And it's all hills. He's fucking mad. I think he's looking at doing a 100km one this year? Jesus.
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@mariner4life ha I think the furtherest I swam was when I started as a lifeguard when I was about 18 and they took me out for a blat in the IRB in some heavy surf, then dropped me at a buoy about 500m off shore and told me I had to swim back to shore (they knew I could swim)
But in a pool, It'd do my head in.
I rarely do any runs over 5 or 6km.
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A mate of mine is a jolly fat fucker, but used to do ultra marathons. On facebook he posted a photo of him from a few years back and it looks like he ate the person in the photo. Someone asked him what happened and he put it simply; "I stopped running +100km every week."
Running for me wasn't an issue; I could easily get into a mental state where I could just pump out mile after mile letting the mind wander. Swimming on the other hand, I've never found a more boring sport. Small wonder I'm a terrible swimmer.
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Did the longest run of my life last night, 13km. First 8km felt great, then i started to tire, and then at 11km my knee blew right up which fuuuucking hurt. But got to the end in 1.23, which at the start i was really disappointed with, until i realised it was right on target for a 2.15 half marathon.
Strangely the lungs were fine, but i just didn't have the energy to keep turning my legs over. The fact my eating was shithouse during the day probably didn't help. And i didn't take water with me. And it was 33 degrees when i finished, let alone started.
To still have to run another 8 more km is fucked.
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Run last night was okay considering i didn't eat all day. My knee is not getting any better though, possibly because i am appalling at rehab. Fucking thing blows up at that 4k mark, and just hurts from there.
Last night was a pretty easy 8.5km in a little under 48 mins.
It's really weird to run, and not have the lungs be the thing that makes you want to have a quick walk. If i don't get my nutrition right i really fucking battle, and that knee...
But, i found that this Ska playlist i found on Spotify is great for running. I like the music, the beat is pretty regular through the whole thing, and not too fast.
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That sounds symptomatic of a broader issue. Is your flexibility the same in each leg? Do you feel like one hip is falling away in a stride? Is one leg more powerful than the other?
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@antipodean said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
That sounds symptomatic of a broader issue. Is your flexibility the same in each leg? Do you feel like one hip is falling away in a stride? Is one leg more powerful than the other?
it's something in my hip/groin that is pulling my ITB tight that results in a flaring pain just below my knee joint. I have exercises to do, and i am supposed to be on the roller all the time. I am not good at doing either.
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@mariner4life get yo ass (well quads) on that roller bro. IT stuff is way easier to manage than many people think. Rolling that shit out hurts like a mofo, but that band is the cause of so many knee and hip issues.
I tip my hat to you bro, I'd just stop once my knee was hurting. Hell, I stop once my lungs start hurting!!
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@Paekakboyz said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life get yo ass (well quads) on that roller bro. IT stuff is way easier to manage than many people think. Rolling that shit out hurts like a mofo, but that band is the cause of so many knee and hip issues.
I tip my hat to you bro, I'd just stop once my knee was hurting. Hell, I stop once my lungs start hurting!!
I wouldn't even start.
