nothing really interesting just some more plans

after the 10Km Trail my turned Knee really bad , I couldn't put any weight on it for at least 3-4 Days, thankfully it has now eased up but I'm really nervous to go for a Run again because even when I did last Sunday the Knee flamed up again.
I guess the only way to see is try it out .
I hopefully have also from next Weekend the chance to get on a very regular Basis into a Pool , I will sign up on Friday / Saturday the Membership for a nice affordable Price.
Also the Training Plan for a Olympic Triathlon is now pinned to my Wall at home, it is a 12 Week plan and even though I don't plan to do in 12 Weeks a Triathlon , I still think that structured Training will help me to build up a good basis and I doubt 12 I will be able to run exactly through the 12 Weeks, with Christmas and Holiday's upcoming I will have quite a few Breaks in there .
The important part for me is the word Structured and looking at the plan I need to learn to do Quality Training and no longer Quantity Training
So next Races, honestly no real idea, I still need a run for November , I haven't found anything really nice yet. For December I have 2 Santadashes on the Line , those are fun Runs but they are really good 10 K Runs

a very long 10km Trail run done , a race Report

on Saturday I did the 10 km Hunters Trail Run and this race was the toughest Race I have done so far this Year and that includes the Half marathon.
The Good News was, I finished the Race the bad news  I finished last and the really bad news was that  I was last by nearly 10minutes. To be that far behind hurts , what also hurts is my knee, it hurts quite a bit and I'm sure it is  inflamed and not "damaged"/ Injured.
I hope this is sorted in a couple of Days , I'm not sure what has caused the Problem , could have come from new Runners, something I will see .
Back to the Race, what a Trail run it was, up the hills , down the Hills , through the Woods, over the Fields jumping / crawling over Tree Trunks or under Tree Trunks. Everything was included , I really liked the Race but it was a bit too though for me at my present Training's state. To fix that  I need to get my Training's plan organised . I have looked up online for a training's plan and found a nice manageable one, but I think I need to be accountable to someone , so as soon as I'm able to get my Car fixed i will get to the Local Triathlon Club and introduce myself .

Finish time for the Hunters Trail was 1h:36min and a bit

10k Trail running upcoming

tomorrow I have another 10 km Race , it will be a Trail run so very likely a rather muddy and slippery race , nothing where I even remotely can hope for a Time improvement . Strangely enough it seems that i haven't gotten any faster over the last year.  i guess to get faster i would need to train on a regular basis . So my 10km time is currently between 1:11 - 1:18 Hours , which is very slow indeed but my Main Goal this year was to be able to finish 10 km Races and  I think i can answer that with a YES .So goal for next Year should be to improve the Time .
My Car is broken at the Moment so I either have to cycle everywhere or walk , I cycled yesterday Evening around 30km for a Shopping trip and I have to say the last 5-6 km were really though. I guess it's not to bad that I can't use the Car at the moment , it gives me quite a few Training opportunities ;o)
Lastly my new Triathlon Necklace arrived today, really happy and proud to wear it

Kona Ironman , what an Inspiration

did kind of a Marathon last Night and this Morning , the marathon was not me doing Exercise , it was watching some of  the best Athletes in the World doing exercise .
I was watching the Live Stream for the Kona Ironman World Champion Chips and what an inspiration. Watching Chrissie Wellington really fighting to win this Race was absolute amazing , to be honest after 40 miles into the Bike Ride I did not think She would be able to pull it off, but that is what makes her and all these other Finishers so special , they don't give up. Also seeing Julie Dibens fighting as long as She could with a injury and still not willing to give up showed me how amazing these Guy's and Girls are.
after the Pro finished the Race , i went into Bed and woke up early again ,the first thing after grabbing a Coffee was to watch again the Rest of the live coverage , this time seeing the Rest of the Age Grouper coming into the Finish line,again truly amazing what these Athletes did and then at the finish Line they got a hug from Chrisse and other Pro racer. seeing 70 or even 81  Year old finishers and double Amputees crossing the line made me ask myself again what is different and the answer is simple. I'm sitting here in my Living Room and drinking lazily Coffee while these Athletes did a huge amount of Training over the last couple of Years.
Damn i want to finish a Race when I'm in my 70th or even older and the only way to do this is getting out there and doing the Run / Bike and Swim
See you later

Race Report and future Plans

I did it i did my first ever Half Marathon , that means I managed to do 13 Miles or in Metric 21 Kilometers and a bit. It was though actually it was really really though but at no time was there a question of quitting this Race. I knew I couldn't run a good time , if you have  not trained good enough you can't expect wonders. The Hills in Donegal are not really made for running so what I did was walk fast the hills up and run on the flat and downhill parts. I would have been happy if the Race would have been finished after 10 miles ( 16 km ) but I managed to get through the last 3 Miles . I managed to do the run on 3 Hours which is by Half marathon Times very slow buy again I knew I had not trained enough. Most importantly was that I really enjoyed it, so now to the next Plans.
I might do another though Half marathon in November, it would be kind of special of doing that one but more about that in another post.
I also signed up yesterday for a Olympic Triathlon next Year , that one will be in June and I better get into Training to be able to finish that one.
Today I had a ultrasound Scan of my Liver , as an Alpha there is a risk of Liver Damage because the "bad" Stuff gets trapped in the liver .I don't think my liver is affected in any Way but I really appreciate that the Irish Alpha 1 Foundation is looking after me so well, i also received a letter for a MRI Scan next year where they will check out the Status of my lungs.
My Job is now to train over the Winter month as much as possible , to loose the rest of the Excess Weight and to keep healthy as much as possible.
For the weight loss and the Health i have bought now a High end Juicer and that Stuff I'm juicing is extremely tasty but I have realized i still have to watch the calories from that juicing because it has the same amount of Calories as if  I would eat that stuff . i  need to make sure that one of my mails , probably Dinner gets replaced more often than not with a Juice or a smoothie and not that i drink that Juice on Top of my Dinner