Marathon Maniac #957
For those of you who are new, this is the 40/40 thread, for people who are over 40 years old who run 40 miles/week or more. We give Free Passes to those who come really close or try really hard...
Here’s what I have for last week's tally.
Who
Miles
Commentary
Alexander R
86
Vermont 100K!
Subdood
72
Nice week
Hermosaboy
60.25
Speedy!
Runnerclay
52.7
Opie
40.3
Made it!
Happy Feat
40
On the nose
Mike
Holly S
Free Pass
Family vacation
DennisLey
Time to heal needed
Here is my tentative plan this week.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
4-6 miles
4.4 miles
Easy pace
Tuesday
0 miles
Got lazy
Wednesday
7 miles
Intervals or fartlek
Thursday
5.4 miles
Friday
Easy pace, plus weights and core
Saturday
6.6 miles
Sunday
16-18 miles
18 miles
Long run
Total
45.8 miles
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
Consistently Slow
DAY
3.6--AM+3.1 am
Heat training starts today for 10 days
Bike 5 miles 8pm.Missed the sun.
Run until the trail runs out.
SCHEDULE 2016--
The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff
http://bkclay.blogspot.com/
MM #7877
Pain is subsiding. Doing some cross training. Biked 30 miles on Saturday sans pain. Will see if I can do any slow jogging.
Philippians 4:13.
Thanks Holly!!!
8
8.42
3 am
5k PM
3
8.5
3 /easy in the morning and then a total of 8.5 in the evening.
5k Race in 17:25 that I am MEH about. Great first two miles.
Disappointing last 1.1...
6 am
4 pm
6.25
4
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
Rob
MM #5615
Thanks Holly! Here's the plan.
14.0
Day Plan Done
Mon 6 6
Tues 7 7 (3 on trail)
Wed 8 8 tempo (didn't think I could manage it, but I did)
Thurs 7 only 6 because I mis-read my training plan. Probably for the better.
MTA: changing this to 20 on the road because I'm already tired and besides I'm slower than last time I did this, so 20 will take me as long as 22 used to! All I really care about is getting a 4-hour run in.
In the end I did 22 on the road. I was meeting a friend at the end of 6-ish, but I "had" to round up to 7. Then she got messed up on pausing her watch and wanted to round up at the end. So I got another extra mile. My first hour was the quickest and I got slower from there, which is not how I like it to play out but doesn't surprise me at this time. 4:20 is also not how I'd like it to play out, but whatev. It's all I had today and the time-on-feet is invaluable.
Total: 49 mi
Don't make excuses for why you can't get it done.
Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.
Thanks Holly!
8.1 miles
3.1 Race
* I didn't realize it was a "stupid" race when I signed up!
** Yep, a stupid race. But I got to run with a really awesome team!
Made it last time so I think I can again. It was a crazy weekend too, with running long at 8,100 to 8,900 ft. and then moving out of the apartment into the house the next day!
Monday.................short solo run..................................................................................done-2 mi.
Tuesday.....a.m. group run and maybe double up for about 7 miles....................done-7.2
Wednesday............solo run-4 mi.?...............................................................................hill repeats with my RP-5.7
Thursday................group run-6.8 mi.............................................................................done-6.5
Friday......................solo run-5.4 mi. (age/10)....................................................mostly done-5
Saturday.................group run 11-12 mi.........................................................................done-9.2 on trails
Sunday...................short solo run....................................................................................done-4.7
Total.........................40-41..................................................................................................done-40.2
"I didn’t run a race until I was 41 and that was a marathon! Let that sink in for a minute." -me
Is it less than 10k? Then it is stupid.
Dang! I wish I had done that stupid race with you guys. Come to think of it...this is the smartest I've felt in a long time...never mind.
Have fun with tomorrow's workout, SubDood!
Thanks!
Mon-Fri 0
Sat, Sun 9.7 miles (1:43, 1:53)
Total: 19 miles
not much to report,still recovering fromVermont 100k last Sat
Dennis - if the doc said no running for 6 weeks, maybe you should avoid slow jogging, too. I know that several summers ago I did not heed my doctor's advice, and ended up making an injury last nearly a year, when it could have been gone in 6 weeks if I had let it heal.
Well-deserved - Nice race!