RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 5/10/09

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 5/4/2009 at 11:26 AM
modified: 5/11/2009 at 9:03 AM

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. Let me know if I missed you or erred.

Who	Miles	Commentary
Tallrunner	75	Last big week before taper
Hermosaboy	70.3	Wind – grrr!
Road Shuffler	62	“Easy-Crazy” I like that
Rasmussenmp	60.8	Eugene Marathon!
Barefoot Rick	51.32	Continuing with the barefoot miles
Biketm	51.3	Nice wave run, in spite of difficulties
Mainerunnah	45.2	Road Race Win!
Slo_Hand	43.3	Day off? Slacker!
MrPHinNJ	42.5	2 minute HM PR!
Breger	39.2	Terrific 21-miler!
Holly	37.6	Eased up to let some knee pain go away
Pfriese	37.6	Almost counts here
Slimbo	35.3	8 minute HM PR!
Busiman	34	Travel getting in the way
WillRunForBeer	30.8	Reverse taper
TomD	30.2	Lincoln Marathon
PeterNC	30.12	Reverse taper
BCMorant		DL
Evanflein		DL

Here’s my plan for the week:

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	2-3	3.1 miles	Recovery pace, plus weights and core
Tuesday	7-8	8 miles	Intervals at the track, 8 x 1/4 mile with 1/4 mile recovery
Wednesday	6-7	5.75 miles	Easy pace
Thursday	6-8	9 miles	With 5 @ MP
Friday	1-3	2.85	Plus weights and core
Saturday	20	20.05 miles	Some MP pace, with hill repeats at the end, but ran out of steam and struggled to finish
Sunday	5-7	10 miles	Easy pace, felt surprisingly good
Total	?	58.7 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."

CNYrunner

posted: 5/4/2009 at 12:02 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 5:58 PM

Hi Holly---nice running at the Pig! May I come back and play with you guys? I am back up at 40 and so far, so good. Here's the plan 5/4------8 mile fartlek--------8.8 mile fartlek at 7:56 pace 5/5------3-4 easy--------------2.5 miles easy 5/6------6-7 at 8:15 pace----6.3 hilly at 7:59 pace 5/7------3-4 easy--------------no time/travel 5/8------walk or hike----------6.4 easy at 8:20 pace 5/9------~~15-16 with 3 at 7:30 pace~~---8 miles 5/10-----~~6 easy~~-----15 miles at 8:20 pace with some 7:30 miles in the middle Total: 47 miles Hey Lou! So are you and PDR running the Wineglass marathon on 10/4? Instead of almost meeting you two, maybe we can meet for real. That's my target race.

Slo

posted: 5/4/2009 at 12:18 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 9:08 PM

Good hard week of training planned:

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	3 - 5	0	Bike ~~then Run…..Hill Repeats~~ Swim
Tuesday	8	8.7	AM Run W/tempo…..PM Bike
Wednesday	3 - 5	6.65	~~Bike then~~ Run AM Swim
Thursday	8	8.29	AM Run…..~~PM Bike~~
Friday	6 - 7	3.79 am.....3.27 pm	Run W 2 x 10 tempos Swim and a bike to boot
Saturday	6 - 7	3.8 am	AM Run……PM Bike
Sunday	16	12.6	Easy
Total	50 +	47.2

Tallrunner

posted: 5/4/2009 at 1:54 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 12:56 PM

This is my first taper week...Yikes Monday - 9 miles ez (done) Tuesday - Intervals 10 miles done Wednesday - rest Thursday 10(including intervals) done Friday - rest Saturday - 7.2 miles (5k races in 17.01 PR + 2 mile w/u, then 2 miles c/d) done Sunday - 14 miles ez done Total: 50,2

Recent Best times: None recently

slimbo

posted: 5/4/2009 at 7:27 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 9:07 AM

Thanks Holly - Don't know what I am going to do this week ... thinking about taking it easy with the crappy weather predicted. Good recovery week. Don't race again for 3 weeks ... I am sure that my attitude will change by Wed. Here's what I have for now ... Monday - slept in Tuesday - 5.5 easy Wednesday - 5.1 easy [hams are still pretty tight ... taking it easy Thursday 6.2 easy Friday - 7.3 [track work 11 x 400@ 11:45 pace + strides + w/u and c/d] Saturday - 11.3 easy Sunday - 4.4 easy Total: 39.7 [I am going to run and down the stairs to get to 40 Big grin

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2012= under-goaled

rasmussenmp

usandtoto-2@msn.com

posted: 5/4/2009 at 10:47 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 5:12 PM

Thanks Holly Not much of a plan for this week, all runs will be slow and easy. Mon: 2-3 miles - 3.0 miles (8:44 pace) legs were very stiff/tight, some tenderness in the quads, felt better after they warmed up some. Tues: rest/ deep tissue massage - wonderful 90 minute plus deep tissue massage. Wed: 40 min - 5.0 miles (8:31 pace) nice and easy. Thurs: 50 min - 6.0 miles (8:24 pace), legs feeling a little better. Fri: 60 min - 7.0 miles (8:16 pace) - HR is coming down and pace is getting faster. Sat: 40 min - 5.0 miles (8:31 pace) very easy. Sun: 90 min - 14.0 miles (8:15 pace) lots of hills, legs slowly getting better. Total: 40.0 miles

Marathon Maniac #530 Mike (My Indian name is "Runs for Beer")

TomD

posted: 5/5/2009 at 12:26 AM

Thank You, Holly. This week I should finally get 40+ miles Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday 31.00 miles TIMTAM Ames, Iowa TomD

WillRunForBeer

posted: 5/5/2009 at 6:21 AM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 11:45 AM

Thanks again, Holly. Actually, I should get close to 40 this week, because I've been running more than the Pfitz recovery plan. 21 weeks until Corning Marathon (NY)

Day	Plan	Actual	Remarks
Monday	0-3	3.2	recovery
Tueday	5	6.1	49:06, 8:00/mi
Wednesday	5	6.2	recovery
Thursday	0-3	3.1	recovery
Friday	7	7.1	56:27, 7:59/mi
Saturday	5	5.1	recovery
Sunday	9	10.4	1:25:58, 8:15/mi
Total	31+	41.2

Lou, (aka Mr. predawnrunner), MD, USA | Lou's Brews | lking@pobox.com

Runrtim57

Marathon Maniac #3309

posted: 5/5/2009 at 7:04 AM
modified: 5/11/2009 at 1:20 PM

Thanks again Holly....you rock my Friend Smile

Mon - 10 miles - 1:22:43 - 8:16 ave pace - with 6 miles at MP pace (7:55 ish)....whole run was almost at BQMP Smile

Tues - 4.3 easy peasy recovery miles - 39:45 - 9:15 ave pace Weds - 10 easy miles - 1:28:45 - 8:53 ave pace. Supposed to have been track work, but was tired and my HR was way to high so I bagged the speed work and ran easy. Thurs - 5 easy recovery paced miles - 9:00 pace - felt good Friday - 3 easy miles - 26:45 - 8:55 - just to work the legs a little for Sat's long run Sat - 23 miles - 3:10:31 - 8:17 ave pace - with 18 miles at MP - 7:51 ave pace about that - but very windy out which made parts of this run very tough Sun - 7 easy miles - 1:03:02 - 9:01 ave pace - Which made for another 30 mile weekend Total - 62.3 miles

Running has given me the courage to start, the determination to keep trying, and the childlike spirit to have fun along the way - Run often and run long, but never outrun your Joy of running!

mainerunnah

posted: 5/5/2009 at 9:48 AM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 7:33 PM

Thanks Holly. Monday - 7.01 Miles - 58:22 - 8:19 - Avg HR 128 Max HR 138 - Partly cloudy & 67° Tuesday - Planned run got derailed Sad

Wednesday - 8.04 miles - 1:03:57 - 7:58 - Avg HR 135 Max HR 149 - Cloudy & 56° 8:21 - 8:21 - 8:09 - 8:07 - 7:41 - 7:42 - 7:43 - 7:34 - :16 Thursday - 5.02 Miles - 40:27 - 8:04 - Avg HR 133 - Max HR 147 - Cloudy & 50° 8:32 - 8:13 - 7:59 - 7:58 - 7:36 - :07 Friday - 5.06 miles - 41:34 - 8:13 - Avg HR 133 Max HR 148 - Cloudy, Humid & 66° Saturday - 3.01 easy miles - 25:00 - 8:19 - Avg HR 131 - Max HR 148 - Partly cloudy, humid & 74° Sunday - 3 miles - 25:27 - 8:30 - Avg HR 137 Max HR 173 - Cloudy, very windy & 56 - Pre-Race warm up Seadogs 5K Road Race - 20:31 - 6:34 - Avg HR 156 Max HR 169 - 6:31 - 6:50 - 6:21 - :47 I certainly didn't expect to place in my age group with my sore "butt" and rather poor time, and didn't stick around for the awards...oh well I'll take it I guess! AG - 3/64 OA - 101/2207 1 mile - 9:16 - Avg HR 123 - Max HR 130 - post race cool down. Total - 40 - 43 +/- - So Far - 35.25 Miles

johnlvs2run

10k in 1975

posted: 5/5/2009 at 12:11 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 2:50 PM

This year is my comeback to running, after hardly running very much for ten years. Last week was my 2nd week over 40 miles, and my fastest pace so far for the 26th mile.

day
mon
tue
wed
thu
fri
sat
sun
total

5/03
5
5
6
8
7'
5
5
41

5/10
6
6
5
10
3
6
4
40

comments
even pace, good
good
windy, good
longest run since april, 2002
wind from direction of fires, ragged
ran earlier, good
slow but okay
fastest pace again for 26th mile, good

'with 4x 1/4 mile over hill

MrFinn

Prince of Fatness

posted: 5/5/2009 at 9:09 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 5:43 PM

Thanks Holly. I'm a little sore from the half Sunday so I'll run everything easy this week.

Day	Miles	Comment
Mon	0	Yoga
Tue	6.08	Easy
Wed	9.20	Easy
Thu	6.40	Easy
Fri	5.16	Yoga
Sat	13.90	Easy
Sun	7.18	Easy

Total: 47.9

Not at it at all.

Buckeye

posted: 5/7/2009 at 7:53 PM

Hello all, Just became a master a couple weeks ago and would like to join your 40/40 club. That being said will not get there the next few weeks as entering taper for marathon (May 17th) and then post race recovery. But was just getting to that 40mpw range and would like to maintain that range until ramping up for 2nd marathon in the fall.

"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it Great!

evanflein

posted: 5/8/2009 at 6:34 PM

Just dropping in to say hi and you guys are all doing great! Interesting to know that Bruce and I are both out with basically the same problem: sciatica. It's proving to be a lot harder to get over than I thought it would be... Sad

busiman

Running out of mistakes!

posted: 5/9/2009 at 7:09 PM
modified: 5/10/2009 at 10:43 PM

Thanks Holly! Two weeks to Vermont. One last big week and slowly taper back down again. M- rest T - intervals (light) - (life interfered) W - 4mi ez - 8mi at a fast pace (BPJ!) T - 12 lots of hills and a repeat or two - done F - 4mi ez - done S - 10 miles at pace - 11 averaged 6:50 pace S - 20 miles (throw in some marathon pace miles) 20 @7:22 pace, legs feel good. Total 55 miles

-2009 running goals - sub-3 after Boston (probably VCM), 3 PRs, 2009 miles for the year, and no untreated injuries
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