I find sometimes Iāve no choice but to āwalk the hillsā.
Iām walking a lot these days tbh. But Iāve got way better at moving between a walk and a jog. I used to cramp before going back to a run, but Iāve gotten battle hardened. 30 seconds walk, then back to a run.
I often ārunā with the gradient on the watch screen. If itās heading towards 20%, Iām down to a walk definitely
i got a flight for 70 quid return to Berlin with Mick OāLeary from Stanstead
running down steep hills is worse, a real quad buster
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I got the email from Dingle aswell, cancelled because of those pricks in Government canāt make a decision
Is the full one gone now too? A joke really.
Weāre heading down anyway that weekend to climb Mount Brandon.
Yeah, I do it most years for the craic, its a total joke at this stage
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Yup. Occasionally I hammer it just to feel alive but thatās when I know Iād have no more climbing left in the run. Thereās a lovely grass section of downhill on the poc fada route for a few km that you can just let fly on. Thereās no real fear of a roll of the ankle on it.
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You have serious ability to be running those times off that training. You should join a club if convenient. You would improve no end with some proper guidance.
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Iām 40 in September myself but wouldnāt have been anywhere close to those times when I started running. First marathon was 3ā27. If you were to take it up seriously Iād imagine youād be well capable of sub 35 for 10k and be 2ā50 or under for a marathon within a couple of years.
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I donāt think cycling crosses over tbh. I find running uphill hard, and running downhill like getting hit over the legs with a baseball bat.
The problem with Strava is that it encourages people to go faster. Well some people anyway.
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@Horsebox - one of the primary reasons the marathon was cancelled was because most of the ambulance and medical staff that theyād normally have for it are all tied up with the vaccination programme - apparently / allegedly etc.
Why they couldnāt give them a day away for the marathon is something I donāt know 
You canāt be stopping an emergency critical vaccination programme for mickey mouse sporting events.
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Like closing the Limerick centre when thereās horse racing on??
Yes Mac, that was the joke.
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Oh, I get jokes
Well thatās understandable to a point but doesnāt really tally with the racing and rugby going ahead as the wee man has pointed out. Also, if weāre in a position at the end of October whereby there are so many vaccinations having to happen that some staff couldnāt be released for this one event then the vaccination rollout will have failed miserably. I suspect that they just donāt want that many people coming into the city on the one weekend.
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Yeah Iād say youāre spot on with that.