I've been eyeballing that very program ra. The web site is a little hoakie and I've been meaning to touch base with Nobby about it.

 

I've decided to go one more "self coached" session for my Spring Marathon and then possibly pull the trigger on a "coach" for either a fall marathon or spring of 2013. Jan 1 will put me exactly 20 weeks out for Green Bay.

 

I like the 5k thinking too. I'd love to find out how fast I could run one.

Check the website again.  It is all new and very nice.  

I think that eric (smiley) has built it though I'm not sure.  

Anyway it is much better now.  And if you have an RA account you can click the log there and be sent to your log here.  

Check the website again.  It is all new and very nice.  

I think that eric (smiley) has built it though I'm not sure.  

Anyway it is much better now.  And if you have an RA account you can click the log there and be sent to your log here.  

 The website seems to be down right  now I love the program for a marathon but not sure it would  work for an ultra so I'm doing one of Pfitz's 

 

   I think the bigger winner in all this though is going to be rabutler.  Knocking out a 60 mile week and just overall running a lot more, it's is going to be fun to watch the improvement come racing season.

Definitely.  I can't wait to see what all this brings for that 5k, and for next year in general.  Very, very nice indeed, ra, and what a way to totally destroy those goals!

Let's see....a nice double today that puts you within 4 miles of the 226 and you "hope" to get the 226 with a few bonus miles.  BTW, nice double today.  pfetro and Greg C need to step it up in the final days.

Hoppity has surpassed the 226 mark today and is really putting on the pressure.  Might be hard to catch her as I'm nursing a couple sore spots and trying to stick to my training plan (if I skip my tempo I can avoid a recovery day and run more miles).

 

Mbehr, glad to see the 80 mile weeks are clicking so well.

Andy - 500+...damn man!!

The double yesterday was a bit of an unplanned idiocy, so it seemed wrong not to try and get the 226 by today.  I set a second goal of hitting 2400 for the year, so that's partly why it seemed worth stepping things up.  Might go slightly over depending on what happens away from running in the next 3 days, but 2400 would feel sweet and is hopefully possible.   I've hit my highest mileage month ever now though which is cool, and something I didn't really think was likely based on the crappy time I had with sciatica etc in August and September.

pfetro, I saw your run log and hope the niggles improve.  It's never fun trying to balance out nursing sore spots with getting miles (or quality miles) in.  Hope you find a way though.  You and Greg are definitely the deserving vanquishers this month and year, whatever the December miles say (and I fear an (hostile) overtake is likely coming on from one or both of you if niggles subside). 

I think Greg has set 2400 as his goal for the year, so that means he may choose to stop at that...which gives a nice number but a false top out to the monthly miles (hence, if I go over his mileage it is more due to that than anything else)!  My number-obsessed mile aim for the year was 2345.6 but the throw down played with that which is why I'm now a bit hand wavy with the mileage aim...2424 is too far away and not much between 2345.6 and 2424 appeals. 

On the balance front, I didn't realise how "rested" I was becoming in my high 40's-low 50's mile weeks.  Adding in the doubles seems good in the sense that I feel as though I'm recovering better in many ways, and I've also overcome a psychological hurdle.  However I don't trust myself/my body yet to push anything other than the mileage...I know there isn't much between my general mileage for 2011 (mean of ~45 per week for Jan-Nov) and the slightly higher miles of December, but I can detect what feels like an increase in general ability to keep moving, but I'm not sure I feel like I can push pace (however this was the case before December because I've not really dared do anything other than recovery or general runs since the sciatica etc).  I'm also feeling incredibly fat and that always makes the idea of running faster hard.  And yes I know I do all my runs too fast relative to my abilities, and it's something I need to change, but I'm bad at changing.

Speaking of doing stupid mileage, I got a new personal 7-day mileage record today -- have hit 100 before, but not 110.

Said the pot:

Dumbass.  

So, spaniel, are you sleeping better (in terms of pelvis & hips & legs soreness, not baby-anticipation)? And do you feel acclimated to running a shitload of miles now?

MrPHinNJ             200

Tomorrow will be the day, then I will add some icing to the cake Friday and Saturday.

I know that my goal wasn't extreme when compared to what I have been running, but it served the purpose that I wanted it to.  It's high time that I at least try to kick the training up a notch and see if my body will hold up.  If I hadn't agreed to this challenge, I bet I would have run my usual 185 miles this month.  There are a couple of days that I would have taken off (yesterday's 30 minute run in a cold wind driven rain comes to mind).  I haven't taken a day off since mid November.  I didn't think that I would get to 2200 miles this year but it looks like that will happen too.

And hey, congrats to both Hoppity and Finn for pushing through to success (meaning without further injury).