Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 4/11/2011 at 9:52 AM
modified: 4/18/2011 at 10:53 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....sorry it took me so long...

Who	Miles	Commentary
Hermosaboy	75.4	Toenail blisters, a running hazard..
Slo_Hand	74.4	Strong finish 21-miler – excellent!
Perch	51.4	Pace bunny is on the run
Rasmussenmp	48	Tapering
Johnlvs2run	45	Sprints uphill scare me a little, but I should probably do them
Holly	44.3	Recovery week, sort of
Tramps	41.5	Glad that creaky hamstring cleared up
Runnerclay	41	3^rd AG – woo hoo!
Breger	40.7	Welcome back!
Orange Mat	40.7	5K race – PR – woo hoo!
DfromBG	40	Still on track
Happyfeet	39	Those Sunday LR’s can be tough when Saturday was speedy
Pfriese	35.4	Tapering
Mainerunnah	35.1	Tapering
C-R	Free Pass	Family issues taking the fore
Milk Truck	Free Pass	Hope that knee clears up for you
MikeE	Free Pass	Tapering
MrPHinNJ	40+	We know you’re out there

Here’s my tentative plan for the week. Still playing it by ear.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0-3	0 miles	Rest day
Tuesday	5-7	9 miles	4 am, 5 pm, plus lower body work
Wednesday	2-4	5 miles	Easy pace, P90X Core Synergistics
Thursday	5-7	7.1 miles	Easy Frisky pace (9:22)
Friday	0-3	15.4 miles	P90X Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X weather was too nice and the weekend looks yucky./ 8.4 am, 7 pm
Saturday	5-6	0 miles	Easy pace rest day
Sunday	12-17	12 miles	Easy pace
Total		48.5 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."

Slo

posted: 4/11/2011 at 11:40 AM
modified: 4/18/2011 at 9:15 AM

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Mon	5	0	Recovery - What better recovery can you get?
Tue	10	9.5	1 mile, 2 x 800, 1 mile, 2 x 800 @ 5k
Wed	14	0	Need to nail these mid week long runs Boy I screwed that up !
Thu	8-10	7 / 7.2	Easy 55min tempo Easy afternoon
Fri	10	0	2 x 30 min tempo
Sat	8	7.4	Very Easy Tempo
Sun	17	11	Lot's at MP...all at MP but cut it short.
Total		42.7

Bad week for mileage goal. Strictly a discipline thing. 2 solid training weeks to go!

Tramps

posted: 4/11/2011 at 11:53 AM
modified: 4/18/2011 at 8:43 AM

Thanks again, Holly!

Mostly EZ running with a local 5K fun run Saturday.

Day	Plan	Actual	Diff	Comment
Mon	6	6.2	+0.2	EZ @ 8:39
Tues	10	10	+0.2	4T (7:12) in the middle of 6EZ @ 8:39
Wed	5	5.1	+0.3	EZ @ 9:13
Thurs	7	7.1	+0.4	EZ @ 8:13
Fri	5	5.4	+0.8	EZ @ 8:27
Sat	10	9	-0.2	5K (21:05/6:48) + EZ warm-up/cool-down
Sun	0	3.2	+3	bonus miles; keeping the legs loose
	43	46

Be safe. Be kind.

HermosaBoy

posted: 4/11/2011 at 12:55 PM
modified: 4/16/2011 at 8:47 PM

Thanks Holly!

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Sunday -- AM	15.00	15.25	Includes 6 miles at my friend's goal race pace. It's fun to be a pace bunny…
Monday -- AM	3.00	3.00
Monday -- PM	6.00	5.3
Tuesday – AM	3.00	3.5
Tuesday – PM	7.00	8.5	Warm-up, 1 mile hard, 1/2 mile recovery. 1/2 mile hard, 1/2 mile recovery. 1/4 mile hard. Recovery, plus a little over 1 mile barefoot on the football field.
Wednesday -- AM	3.00	3.5
Wednesday -- PM	6.00	6.00
Thursday -- AM	3.00	2.85
Thursday -- PM	5.00	5.15
Friday -- AM	3.00	2.5
Friday -- PM	3.00	3.3
Saturday -- AM	18.00	17.5	Half marathon pace bunny duties. Pacing a friend @ sub 1:27 half pace through 10 miles (they ran 1:27:17). Pacing my wonderful girlfriend through the last 5 miles of her half (she had almost a 12 minute PR!).
Total	75.00	75.8

I will call this a GREAT week!

And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx

Rob

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 4/11/2011 at 1:08 PM
modified: 4/18/2011 at 8:33 AM

Thanks Holly!

This will be a lick my wounds and recovery week for me.

Day	Plan	Actual	Comment
Monday	0	0
Tuesday	0	0	22 minutes of stretching--15 minutes on an easy bike ride--and 22 minutes of a light weight workout.
Wednesday	0	0	Just a 20 minute walk with my DW tonight.
Thursday	6	6.2	44:56--I wish I could say this was an easy run, but it was tough.
Friday	0	0
Saturday	0	0
Sunday	10	10.2	I hour of circuit training and then 10.2 miles in 1:18:42. Tough--real tough!
Total	16	16.4	Okay--I'll work on 40 next week.

Daddyo

Go Pre!

posted: 4/11/2011 at 5:17 PM

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	0	Cross Train / Strength
Tuesday	4		Easy pace with pickups
Wednesday	6		Strength lunch / tempo run evening
Thursday	0		Rest
Friday	3		Easy pace with pickups
Saturday	0		Rest
Sunday	2		Easy pace with pickups
Monday	26.2		Boston Marathon
Total

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rasmussenmp

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posted: 4/12/2011 at 8:14 AM
modified: 4/17/2011 at 10:48 PM

Thank Holly,

Marathon week

On to next week....... and getting ready for Capital City Marathon in 4 weeks

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	5-6	6.0	easy pace
Tuesday	6	6.0	w/ 2 miles @ MP
Wednesday	6	6.0	w/ 7 x 1/8mile pickups @ 10k pace
Thursday	5	5.0	good run, legs are feeling light and quick
Friday	3	3.0	nice easy streatching of the legs before we head to Wenatchee.
Saturday	26.2	17.5	*DNF at mile 15,* Wenatchee Marathon (includes wu/cd)
Sunday	3-4		rest
Total		43.5

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Happyfeet

posted: 4/12/2011 at 11:01 AM
modified: 4/18/2011 at 11:30 AM

Race week. 40 not happening this week. For once want to do well in the HM.

Day	Plan	Actual	Comment
Monday	4	4.5	Tried to keep it super easy
Tuesday	4 (speed clinic)	~5	Intervals, not sure of exact run distance
Wednesday	0-4	3	Very easy
Thursday	3	4.5	Couple of half mile 'HM pace' repeats
Friday	0-3	2	4-5 strides
Saturday	13.1	13.1	Suckiest race in 2 years
Sunday	4	5	-
Total	30-35	37	-

runnerclay

Consistently Slow

posted: 4/12/2011 at 6:32 PM
modified: 4/17/2011 at 9:07 AM

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	0	Rest day
Tuesday	3	3.2
Wednesday	4	0
Thursday	3	0	dressed to run for 2+ hours
Friday	2	4.3
Saturday	31.07	32.5	Sweetwater 50k 7:48:34 2 / 5 AG
Sunday	4	4.8	recovery
Total	48.07	44.8

Run until the trail runs out.

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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

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mainerunnah

posted: 4/13/2011 at 6:46 AM
modified: 4/16/2011 at 11:23 AM

Thanks Holly, less than a week to Boston so I'm most certainly not going to get to 40 this week:

Day	Plan	Actual	Notes
Monday	3 Miles	3 Miles	28:53 (9:38)
Tuesday	4 Miles	4 Miles	33:53 (8:28)
Wednesday	2 Miles	0	Ended up resting due to pouring rain!
Thursday	Rest	5 Miles	40:45 (8:10) - I wanted to push this just a tad to put in a marthon paced mile at mile 5, plus the end of mile 4 consists of a pretty good hill. 8:46 - 8:25 - 8:14 - 7:52 - 7:26
Friday	Rest
Saturday	2 Miles	3 Miles	29:24 (9:47) - Very easy run , first half agains a strong wind, glad that's not forecast for Boston!
Sunday	2-3 Miles
Total	15 +/-	15 Miles

Full taper mode, now if I can just get my hip to behave I'll be just fine!.

C-R

posted: 4/13/2011 at 4:20 PM

Nothing for me last weekend and this week. Dealing with too many issues. I miss my daily runs.

Later on.

"He conquers who endures" - Persius
"Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel

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OrangeMat

MM #6177

posted: 4/13/2011 at 9:43 PM
modified: 4/17/2011 at 6:55 PM

Thanks Holly. I'll be needing a pass this week. I'm long overdue for a cutback week and the signs of overtraining reared their ugly heads over the weekend. At least they waited until after my 5k PR!

day	plan	actual	comments
Monday	short run	4.2 miles, 1 mile walk	errand-run, really sluggish
Tuesday	yoga, track w/o	yoga AM, 3.41 miles	interval w/o in the pouring rain, no clue as to my paces
Wednesday	rest/yoga	yoga PM
Thursday	tempo w/o	3.2 mile walk, 5.3 miles	tempo w/o 3x 10 min, 8:00 pace
Friday	EZ run	6.16 miles	10:52 pace
Saturday	rest/walk/yoga	4.95 miles, 1.35 mile walk
Sunday	18 miles	12.37 miles AM, 6 miles PM, .5 mile walk	AM run was 2 loops of 6.5 & 5.87
totals	~30	42.39 miles, 2x yoga, 6.05 miles walking	oops, so much for a cutback week

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breger1

posted: 4/15/2011 at 10:24 AM

I may need a free pass this week as a trip to N. Michigan is scheduled for a long weekend. But who knows? I may run 12ish on Sunday and get another 40 in. Next week will surely be a Free Pass.

Bill

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	4 miles	4 miles	Recovery pace of 10:10
Tuesday	7 to 8 miles	7 miles	Sort of a Progression/near Tempo run. 8:56 pace overall. Good one!
Wednesday	4 miles	5 miles	Recovery pace of 10:05
Thursday	7 to 9 miles	9 miles	Nice GA pace of 9:04. Felt OK the whole way.
Friday	3.5 to 4 miles	3.75 miles	Recovery/EZ pace of 9:56. Traveling to Michigan later today
Saturday	0 miles		Planned rest day (with no rest! Working on the breger resort)
Sunday	0 to 12 miles		Not sure what will happen. Playing it by ear.
Total	25.5 to 41 miles	28.75 miles	So far ...

"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong

johnlvs2run

10k in 1975

posted: 4/17/2011 at 7:42 PM

Thank you, Holly. Smile

easy week:

7 6 7 7 7 7 7

48 miles

milktruck

an amazing likeness

posted: 4/17/2011 at 9:37 PM

Mon	6.5
Tues	7.6	some tempo work
Wed	4.2	weather challenges, so treadmill intervals
Thur	6.5
Fri	6.5	Looks like I've got the 6.5 mile run dialed in!
Sat	10.4	Testing knee in longer run, seems ok.
Sun	8	3 mile temp for warm-up + 5 mi race (PR!)

Total for the week comes in at 49.7. I remain impressed and somewhat awed with how much everyone else plans their week.

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