The reason this surprised me is that I definitely did not run Dublin at race effort. While I kept a decent enough effort it was well short of an all-out race effort, so I expected the damage to be a lot less. I guess those last 2-3 miles of fun at the end caused some damage I could have done without but what's done is done and there aren't any regrets.
All the while now I'm keeping the effort at an easy level, though it is noticeable that the pace is picking up again and getting closer to what it was like before DCM, without any change to subjective effort. That's good, because I have another race next week, in Sixmilebridge. I have very fond memories of that race ever since it had been the scene of a very rare all-out victory, and not even the painful finish the following year could tamper that. I'm not planning on racing it but a nice, decent long run should be fun - as long as the legs have sufficiently recovered from Dublin, of course.
I got another taste of living in Dublin last night at the Alice Cooper concert in the Olympia theatre. That's a rather unusual venue for a rock concert but that didn't do the atmosphere any harm, and the man sure knows who to put on a good show. Ever since I moved to Dublin the bands I used to listen to half a lifetime ago are coming here to play, so far I've had Green Day, Iron Maiden, GnR, and now the man himself. It's still waiting on Metallica and AC/DC but surely they are just patiently waiting for their turn at that stage.- 5 Nov
- 8 miles, 1:04:13, 8:01 pace, HR 138
- 6 Nov
- 9.25 miles, 1:12:24, 7:49 pace, HR 138
- 7 Nov
- 9.6 miles, 1:14:40, 7:46 pace, HR 142
- 8 Nov
- 9.15 miles, 1:13:28, 8:01 pace, HR 143
- 9 Nov
- 6.25 miles, 50:07, 8:01 pace, HR 140
- 10 Nov
- 6.25 miles, 48:57, 7:49 pace, HR 142
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