Christmas seems to be a very quiet place in blog-land. Nobody is updating their blogs, and I’m not sure how good everyone is when it comes to running.
We had a long drive to Dublin (which is made longer by 3 kids in the car), and a succession of Christmas parties – one every evening so far. I have mostly managed to withstand the temptations throws my way, and just had a glass of wine or two per party. Niamh’s family probably think I am the most boring person in history.
I finished off last week with a 5 mile recovery run on Sunday, and managed 8 miles today. A look at the map revealed a park called Cabinteely about 2.5 miles from here, maybe a little bit further. A round in the park is just over one mile, and that’s where I am going to spend my running week. The run is very hilly, there’s one bigish hill between here and the park, and the park itself as quite hilly as well. There were plenty of other runners in the park today, which is a completely new experience for me. Unfortunately it looked like most people are able to run faster than me. Either that, or I was very slow today – which is a possibility, because I felt quite sluggish.
I don’t know the exact distances of the runs here, so I am running by time only, and don’t know my pace. I’ll just try and run by time and effort for this week.
25 Dec: 5 miles recovery run
26 Dec: 8 miles
It would be great to get some photos of the places you run. I don't know of many runners in Ireland who have blogs who include pics.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the running Thomas and I will try to do the same. I am spending the week at the in-laws where I usually end up sleeping in and eating way too much. I have a New Years resolution to run more and longer as well.
ReplyDeletePhotos would be great Thomas...hint hint.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a nice Holiday!