Itās up on my Strava anyway 
, in fact @Locke even commented
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Seen it just there. Nice quick start.
Negative split. You are a proper runner now
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If you werenāt training at the longer distances now, youād easily go sub 25
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Thatās myself and @Bandage firing out the negative splits on the 10km efforts. Thereās no stopping us Bando. DCM 2022 here we come
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48:46 for me @locke. Sub 48 was never gonna happen. At 5k I didnāt think Iād get to 10k. Had to walk about 20 seconds on every km on the last 5k. Plenty of excuses I could make but itās done and thatās the main thing
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at this stage a sub 25 is a very conservative goal for @Bandage. Iāve a feeling it wouldnāt knock much out of him
Well done @Mac , the heart was bursting out of your chest, like Bandage earlier on you love to see it.
I decided in bed last night that Iād give it a go this morning, I was gonna leave it till the last minute (monday) and see if I had it in me but I was impatient and didnāt like the sound of the forecast, I was mostly running into the wind for the first half which helped a little when coming home, it was a very flat course, at about 8k i had to climb a tiny hill, only about 20m or so and it really knocked me on my arse,
The last 5k was torture, I compare racing like that to childbirth, you start out all excited because youāve blanked out the pain thatās coming down the tracks.
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4 times Iāve been in that room, I know what Iām talking about 
Iāll likely end up having a drink every night between now and Monday so it was a case of today or not at all. Did a heavy enough legs session last night with some of the local running club so I was stiff enough going out. But I figured a bit of stiffness was gonna be easier to manage than booze still swirling around my system.
Iām obviously nowhere near where I was last summer as I cracked out a sub 48 mins 10k as part of my 10 mile TFK race in the middle of the summer without much bother. And I was regularly hitting sub 23 5kās. The trail runs might be taking the small bit of speed I have away but I enjoy them too much to not do them.
I donāt seem to have the same tolerance to push through a pain barrier as I used to. Maybe its just going solo that Iāve got lazier or something so Iāll join the local club when theyāre back training to at least get used to running with others again.
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Thats the key right there. Keep doing what gives you enjoyment and forget about chasing times.
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Its true. There was times last Saturday I felt like I was absolutely bouncing off the ground. Albeit a much slower pace with more breaks. But I finished and felt a buzz that I hadnāt felt from any run in a long time.
The run today was torture by comparison. Was happy when finished but only sheer stubbornness made me finish. Whereas on Saturday I mentally could have gone on for another 5k easily, although physically I likely wouldnāt have handled it.
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FOGRA
Here is the state of play going into the weekend. Plenty to play for in all grades.
Senior and Senior B
This one is pretty straightforward. The pressure is off @TreatyStones with the capitulation of @fenwaypark at the senior grade. Is @Wexford1996 going to show, can he make the sub 42 min grade and take what looks like an unassailable lead off @Gavrilo-Princip?? This senior administrator hopes not, up the Cats!
Another Cat leading Senior B. Youād throw a hanky over the top three in this grade and if anyone of them were to go again we could see a change. If @Crutches does not compete then @flattythehurdler will live to fight another day.
Intermediate and Intermediate B
More KK success in the Intermediate grade. @RaymondCrotty sits on top with a huge lead but the pride of Fingal must know that heās under threat with @Fran going great guns in his now daily training regime and @Locke having found sobriety a near 200m hill to run down - there will be change in this grade.
Intermediate B is all about the @Bandage improvement show. Miles/kilometers ahead of anyone in this grade and right now he will comfortably be promoted to the Intermediate grade and indeed must be eyeing up back-to-back promotions on the 10-mile challenge. However, we do have 4 (four) in the grade who have not run yet, will we have a bloater?? Time will tell.
Junior
Always a lottery but not this time. @mikehunt, by getting up off his hole is in pole position to go up. I canāt see him being challenged.
There you have it lads. Four days of running ahead of us, best of luck to all on this. Well done on taking part and on singlehandedly keeping the sports shops of Ireland going these last two months.
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Youāre a trail man now. Donāt deny it. When you start to get more interested in vert than mileage or pace/km, you know youāve turned 
Iām not even attempting to deny it!
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Iāll try get out for a stretch but iāll doubt iāll do 10kā¦ weāll see where weāre at on the road.
The Strava flyby yoke would be brilliant if you could take someoneās run and play it alongside your own
Iām going to give it a go Saturday morning. Hopefully weāll be doing the Senior and Intermediate B double.
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Itās down to you to beat @RaymondCrotty, I very much doubt Iāll be posting another time before Monday evening
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