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Thisâd be cool thing to do, youâd feel like some waster if you couldnât keep up with him for 42k
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Leeds, middle of May. A hilly course, thank God I live in the leafy Douglas Basin, loads of assents to train on.
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Throw up your fundraising link if youâre doing it for charity. Good luck with the rest of the training, & the race too I guess.
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Thanks mate. When I get the iDonate page ready at the end of the month Iâll put the call out. The Rob Burrows Leeds Marathon is primarily for the MND charity in the UK. Iâm raising funds for the IMND.
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@backinatracksuit if i ran from the Clare St entrance out along the canal to UL and then back in how far would that be?
That depends on what part of UL,
Itâs nearly 4k from that Clare street entrance to the boathouse but that path goes all the way to Annacotty
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I could go to the boat house and back so
Itâs more like 3k to the boat house but nice run, hadnât been on it in years, well before it was upgraded.
Did you ever get a sore ribcage/chest (just under the diddy)?
Iâm meant to be running a 4 mile race tomorrow but a soreness came on me yesterday morning despite not getting a dig or anything.
Itâs left central & I initially wondered if it was a heart attack. It was also one of those ones where it was sore to exhale deeply or even sneeze or to bend down.
You know the way youâd usually move automatically without thinking but sometimes when youâre hurt your brain almost sends a signal in advanceâŚdonât even think about it.
It was a strange one. Google also diagnosed possible inflammation of the diaphragm, gastric acid infection & all sorts.
It seems to be easing off somewhat as today is continuing. Itâs more a discomfort than a pain now & Iâm back to picking things up without any mental block or grimacing.
Iâll probably chance the run in the morning if itâs not cancelled because of weather if the improvement continues.
Sounds like it might be just a strained chest muscle. Keep an eye on the HR when youâre running. If there isnât anything noticeably different, you can probably rule out the ticker
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As @caulifloweredneanderthal says it sounds like a strained muscle inbetween a rib. Iâve pulled them a few times and always when doing something simple. A balls of a yoke but sorts itself out in a few days and nothing you can really do for it.
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He should still caution the St Johnâs Ambo lads to have the defib charged in the morning
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Youâll never want to yawn so much as when you have that particular affliction 
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Sounds like an auld pull.
Bandages HR is not one to set your watch too, always through the roof.
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Thanks for the INTERNET diagnosis, bhoys. Puts my mind at ease. Heart rate data all regular.
I felt a little âclickâ in the chest/upper ribs when walking yesterday morning so whatever way I contorted myselfâŚthat might have been the moment of the strain, as the pain came on shortly after that.
I know where the two defibs are in St Anneâs Park due to my race marshal(l)ing background so all good on that front too.
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28:34 for 4 miles this morning. Iâve had ready made excuses for all my 2â24 races so far, mainly conditions, & it was very windy for this one. 2 lap course - Iâd say it was roughly 1.3km to begin with wind helping but tree lined course providing good shelter followed by 1.9km back into teeth of it up more exposed/wider main avenue. It was a right slog into the gale on the second lap & it struck me that going clockwise rather than counter-clockwise would have been ideal.
I had 4:12/km or 6:45/mile & 27 minutes as a guide when looking at it the other day based on inputting my recent race times into the pace calculator. I revised that downwards to 4:20/km when Kathleenâs presence became apparent but I came in at 4:26/km or 7:09/mile & 28:34 in the end. That said, I think it was a par display based on effort/feel & so Iâm giving myself a 75-90 second wind adjustment factor!
Not pulling up any trees with my 4 mile (today), 5 mile (Raheny), 10 mile (Trim) & half marathon (Paddyâs Day) times this year but itâs nice to be consistently training & racing. Hoping that will eventually pay off in the months ahead & Iâll see more tangible improvement in my race times. Next thing Iâm down for is the Coolock Running Club 5km in 3 weeks.
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Youâve serious mileage built up for this stage of the year so hopefully itâll stand to you for your Marathon bank. Good running today in those conditions. Hard to figure out how best to manage wind like that.
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Get in behind a fat fella would be my tactic
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Sure the fat fella wouldnât be moving forward at all at all
I was crossing the Shannon bridge into the teeth of the gale this morning and it felt like I wasnât moving
Youâd be surprised. Iâve seen some big lads move surprisingly quick