RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 7/20/08

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 7/14/2008 at 10:29 AM
modified: 7/17/2008 at 10:05 AM

For those of you who are new, this is the 40/40 thread, for people who are over 40 years old who run or aspire to run 40 miles/week. We give Free Passes to those who come really close or try really hard... Here's the tally for last week. Let me know if I missed you or made a mistake.

Who	Miles	Commentary
Slojim	65	Including a 27-mile LR – whew!
Jim24315	63	Wow, some nice running there in the heat, no rest days
Ultrachick	61	Recovering from last week’s 50-miler...THIS is what you call recovery?
Slowgino	56.5	Even shady trails don’t make 90+ temps easy...
Twocat	56.2	Missoula Marathon!
DfromBG	53.7	Lots of MP miles and a 5K
Biketm	51.2	Tough, tough LR in H&H
Perch	50.8	Conquered the mountain!
Mainerunnah	49.7	7.19, 5.04 – these numbers would drive me crazy! I always have to keep going till a round number. 
Tetsujin	46.2	Hey, that Rattlesnake Lake Marathon looks lovely, other than the slugs and mosquitoes...
Hermosaboy	45.6	About time you gave those legs a break...
PeterNC	45.5	17-mile LR to top it off
Evenflein	45.3	Lots of hills and trails
Breger1	44.6	Running in the heat with style
BCMorant	40.2	Running every day
WaltRB	39.48	Nice 5k in there
Busiman	?	Waiting for him to check in
TomD	Sick this week
CNYrunner	On vacation

I will not be getting 40 miles this week for sure, but I don't mind keeping this up and living vicariously through the rest of you. Smile

I'm still putting out the schedule, but completely playing it by ear. I will likely hop on the treadmill in my garage a few times, sans ibuprophen, and see if I can run at all without pain.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	2 miles	walking, and 200 crunches
Tuesday	?	4 miles	walking
Wednesday	?	0	weights and abs
Thursday	?	4 miles	walking
Friday	?	X
Saturday	?	X
Sunday	?	X
Total	?	X

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."

BCMorant

I Can Go The Distance

posted: 7/14/2008 at 11:55 AM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 10:53 AM

Holly, sorry you won't be able to join us for awhile, but rest is what you need right now. Thanks for keeping this thread going, we will try to do our best without you. I am increasing to 44 miles this week: Mon 4 mile recovery run Done Tues 6 miles easy w/8x100m strides Done Wed 4 mile recovery run Done Thur 8 miles easy Done Fri 4 mile recovery run Done Sat 12.2 mile LR Done Sun 8.1 miles easy Done Total 46.3

"Don't give up, don't ever give up." Jim Valvano

evanflein

posted: 7/14/2008 at 12:18 PM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 6:06 PM

Thanks, Holly. Hang in there grrl, keep your eye on the prize, as they say! Got a tough hilly race coming up this Sunday...

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	4 miles	4.5 Miles	8:13 avg pace, turned into almost a tempo run!
Tuesday	5 miles	6.6 miles	Kept the effort pretty easy even if the pace was 8:28 avg.
Wednesday	9 miles	9 Miles	Work to home run again, better feel and time than last week!
Thursday	5 miles	5.5 miles	EZ Pace @ 8:44, but not easy effort (ran trails again)
Friday	0 miles	4 miles	Usual rest day but ran 4 easy 8:45 avg pace
Saturday	6 miles	6 miles	Flat & Easy on order, treadmill run
Sunday	17 miles	16.5 miles	Gold Discovery Run, 2:15:05, no warm up. Almost froze... mudfest run!

Totals:	46 Miles	52.1 miles actual

mainerunnah

posted: 7/14/2008 at 1:31 PM
modified: 7/21/2008 at 11:12 AM

Thanks for keeping this going Holly, sorry to hear you won't be getting in the miles yet...hang in there. Here is my schedule for the week: Monday - Off Day - Power Yoga this evening Tuesday - 2.5 mile warm up – 22:28 (9:00) HR Avg 118 / 127 - 86 degrees & 37 % humidity 8 x .5 mile - 3:00 - 3:00 - 2:57 - 2:56 - 2:52 - 2:54 - 2:53 - 2:45 (really worked it for that last one) 4 Mile total - 23:17 - (5:50) Avg HR 166 / Max 196 (Hmmm that max looks a little suspect to me) Confused

.59 mile cool down – 5:54 Avg HR 157 / 177 Wednesday - 7.2 easy miles – at a moderate recovery pace - 59:28 (8:15) Avg HR 150 Max 193 Thursday - 7 miles - 1:06:04 - (9:27) in very hot conditions - 91 degrees and increasing humidity...YUK! Friday - 5.01 Miles - Easy w/strides the last three miles - 43:29 - (8:40) - 75 and very humid, I just dodged the thunderstorms before and after my run - 9:13 - 8:54 - 8:36 - 8:36 - 8:00 - .07 Saturday - Pre race warmup - 1.74 miles - 16:28 (9:28) 5 mile road race - 33:18 (6:40) 10/91 AG - 125/932 OA - This one was brutal 75 degrees & 98 % humidity Dead

2.09 mile cool down - 19:16 (9:13) Sunday 8.3 miles - 1:14:34 (8:59) - once again it was pretty brutal with temps in the mid 70's and 98 % humidity...YUK!!! 43.4 miles total for the week

perchcreek

i'm lovin' it... MM#1949

posted: 7/14/2008 at 1:38 PM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 11:43 AM

Thanks Holly.. get better soon! This is reverse taper week, start slow and gradually build. I'll build as we go. But here's the tentative plan Mon - 4 mi Recovery (did 4 mi at 10:26, AHR 136) Tue - 4 mi Recovery (did 5 mi w/ 5 strides at 9:33, AHR 142) Wed - 5 mi Recovery w/ strides (did 8.2 mi GA with 6 mi progression avg 7:48, AHR 159) Thu - 6.2 mi GA (14 mi m-LR nice and sproinky 8:40 pace) Fri - 4 mi Recovery ( 4 mi with Strides) Sat - 15 mi m-LR (18.8 mi Hilly HH&H) Sun - 6 mi ? (4 mi EZ in HHH) Total: 44 mi Actual: 58 mi and feeling great.

Perch's Profile "I don't know if running adds years to your life, but it definitely adds life to your years." - Jim Fixx "The secret is to make in your mind possible what was not possible before. The secret is to make easy what was difficult, instead to make difficult what really is easy." - Coach Renato Canova

HermosaBoy

posted: 7/14/2008 at 1:53 PM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 12:00 PM

Here's my plan for the week...

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Sun – AM	16	16 in 1:53:30	Ran easy through 10 then picked it up for 4 miles (6:17, 6:06, 6:18 & 5:49)
Sun – PM	0	0
Mon – AM	3.25	4.2 in 32:17
Mon – PM	5	5:05 in 35:02	Garmin being repaired – running without computer made it a bit fast…
Tues – AM	3.25	3.27 in 25:43	88% humidity – YUCK!
Tues – PM	9	10	3-4x 800(10k pace)/1200(marathon pace) with 2 mile wu/cd
Wed – AM	3.25	3.27 in 25:39	Another humid morning -- 85%...
Wed – PM	10	10 in 1;11:51	Fricking humidty!!! 60% humidty with dewpoint of 71%. Felt like I was running in soup...
Thu – AM	3.25	3.27 in 25:34	100% humidty -- Dew point 74%
Thu – PM	6	7 in 49:26	Nice run in 76% humidty -- got my sweat on...
Fri – AM	3.25	0	Extra hour of sleep.
Fri – PM	5	3.27 in 25:40	Running with CamScam
Sat – AM	7.5	7.2 in 50:04	Would have been a good run if I wouldn't have gotten stung by the bees/hornets/wasps or whatever they were!!! Steady up and over the ski hill in both directions. Tempo for the prairie section. Was moving along pretty well until I got stung...
Sat – PM	0	0
Total	74.75	72.5	Pretty good week

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

Rob

Walt.RB

posted: 7/14/2008 at 7:35 PM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 9:35 PM

Alrighty then..... M--7.63, 1:03:14 T-- W--6.7, 48:43 TH-4.3, before the t-storms F-- S-- S--a bit of a lost weekend- held my little town's 5k/fun run as part of "community day," so I had to work the reg. table, give out t-shirts and organize the results, etc. Also had the girls both Sat/Sun, so just knocked around with them. It was time well-spent, just not spent running. 18 or so miles. Thanks Holly! Hope you're feeling better!

Runrtim57

Marathon Maniac #3309

posted: 7/14/2008 at 9:31 PM
modified: 7/21/2008 at 1:38 PM

Thanks Holly, and as everyone else has said...get well soon!!! I am adjusting my weekly runs, so it will be day to day for me, but need to be at about 50 miles. Mon - 8 easy miles - 8:54 pace Tues - 4 easy recovery miles Weds - 11.3 miles 1:37:55 - 8:40 ave pace - with 6 1000 meter repeats - done at desired pace Thurs - 4 recovery miles on hurt ankle....just had to check it out....stoopid I know. Me and Holly are fighting it out for the "most stubborn person award" Roll eyes

Fri - Rest - Got my ankle drained by my doctor - he's my best friend and helped me get back to running quicker Smile

- But told me not to run for a day or two...but I did anyways Roll eyes

Sat - 14 easy miles that didn't feel easy with the H&H - Ankle hurt at first, then pain went away after a few miles. Sun - 7 easy miles Total - 48.3 - This heat is really taking a toll on me, with trying to run more milles with speed work Angry

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!

Twocat

posted: 7/14/2008 at 10:31 PM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 9:51 AM

What two words should never go together? Give up? Post-marathon and plan. So here is my "plan" for the week: run if I can and sit around and mope otherwise! I will certainly need a free pass this week. Either that or somebody should put me in a straight jacket! Big grin

Holly, as always, nice of you to run this thread. P.S. Boy are you quick out of the gate this week! It is only Monday night and the totals are already up! Get well soon.

Day	Plan	Actual	Forecast	Reality
Monday	0	0	Fly from MT to CT on NWA. Wish me luck with the connections! Anyway too sore to run.	Surprise! Flight from Minneapolis to LGA delayed over an hour!
Tuesday	0	0	Likely to be too sore to run.	Actually felt pretty good. But my IQ must have been particularly high today and I stuck to 0 miles. I did go for a walk!
Wednesday	4	4.19		Hobbled out 4 miles. Great running weather!
Thursday	5	5.19	Run with friends.	Another great running day.
Friday	0	0		Poor pre-race evening. Friend’s 60th birthday party! How can you not drink or overeat?
Saturday	4.07	4.07	Race. Likely will have to hobble rather than run it!	Finished 17 OA in 28:09. Way off my PR for this course of
Sunday	7	7.34	Run with DW.	Trying to talk her into running the New Haven 20K on Labor Day. Wish me luck!
Total	20.07	20.79		First reverse taper week done!

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ultrachick

Ultrachick

posted: 7/15/2008 at 11:07 AM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 9:50 PM

Thanks Holly. It was a recovery week last week-no real speed work-all back to base. Here's this week-subject to change due to a tight left hammie bothering me and being at the VT100 this weekend supporting Jack.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	4	3.1	Easy day
Tuesday	8	20.3	Treadmill, easy trail run, 5K trail race
Wednesday	12	6	So far, haven’t decided if doing more
Thursday	20	4
Friday	8	8
Saturday	6	8.5	A few miles here, a few miles there while hanging out at aid stations
Sunday	12	5	Before brunch and the rain
Total	70	55

Have a good week and I hope you feel better soon! Kelly Yup, fell a little short this week but that's OK. I doing the full Jay Ultimate XC race on the 26 which I need to rest up for-I heard the route up Jay Peak has become significantly more challenging as well as a section of road running being replaced with river running. Great......

If you never go fast, you'll never go fast.

SLOjim

posted: 7/16/2008 at 10:32 AM
modified: 7/19/2008 at 6:58 PM

Thanks Holly for running this thread Smile

I hope you can get back to your normal training soon. This week... the base building continues...... Sun. 15-16 long 14.5 long I fell apart after 12...must still be recovering from last week's 27 miler Mon. rest Tues. 12 easy 12.25easy now I'm back to normal Smile

Wed. 10 easy 10.25 easy Thurs. rest 10.25 easy Fri. 10 easy rest Sat. 10 easy 10.25 easy Total 57+/- 57.5 actual

TomD

posted: 7/17/2008 at 1:48 AM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 12:44 PM

Monday - 3.00 miles Tuesday - 18.75 miles Wednesday - 3.00 miles Thursday - 22.00 miles Friday - 4.00 miles Saturday - 11.00 miles Sunday - 5.75 miles Total Miles - 67.50 TomD

slowgino

posted: 7/18/2008 at 1:41 PM
modified: 7/21/2008 at 1:24 AM

Thanks, Holly. No special plan for this week Mon - 15.5 miles easy, nature park trails - 3 deer Tue -- off Wed - 12 miles easy, nature park trails - 2 deer Thur - AM 4 miles easy, roads + track ------- PM 5 miles easy, State park w/hills, legs feel dead (need a rest) Fri --- off Sat -- 14 miles easy, old forest rock road up/down, legs feel good Sun -- off Total - 50.5 miles

CNYrunner

posted: 7/20/2008 at 10:31 AM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 10:31 AM

Hello all! Kept the miles going while I was away, so might as well post here. It was awesome to take time away from the computer and phone and just play outdoors. Holly, you are a star for doing this. Please don't go anywhere though---your leadership is super. Hang in there. The week that was: 7/14----10 miles at 8:50 pace 7/15----hiked Giant (of the Valley) and The Gothics 7/16----16 miles tempo torture--4x20 at 7:30 pace with 5 mins rest 7/17----9 miles at 8:55 pace---last run around Mirror Lake 7/18----10.5 at 8:02 pace/1:24 7/19----10.4 at 8:44 pace/1:30 7/20----20.2 at 8:43 pace/2:56 Total--76.1 No formal core work, but lots of swimming, canoeing, hiking, walking....back to work to rest now! Karin

Peter NC

Hill Runner

posted: 7/20/2008 at 2:07 PM
modified: 7/20/2008 at 5:14 PM

Thanks Holly, I didnt' quite make 40 this week as my schedule has been thrown off and just haven't been able to get back on track. Sun --- Mon --- Tue 10.1 Wed --- Thur 10.2 Fri Sat 16.1 Total for the week 36.4 running only 3 days

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