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
IBleedUnionBlue
66.8
Capital City HM/Flying Pig Marathon
Mike E
59
23 yrs old – very sad
Runnerclay
54.6
Darkside 8-Hour Run
A Trackrat
54
Nice week
Alexander
51
Recovery and beer
Holly
47
Flying Pig Marathon
C-R
45.3
Vanilla is good
SubDood
44.5
Snow!
KellyDodge
40.9
80 lb weight loss – wow – awesome! Plus 1st AG and rival-beating!
Opie
Free Pass
Got sick…..
Here’s my tentative plan for the week. This will be a recovery week, so I may have to give myself a free pass.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
0 miles
Rest day
Tuesday
4-6 miles
4 miles
Recovery pace
Wednesday
4.3 miles
Thursday
5 miles
Easy pace
Friday
0-3 miles
Weights and core
Saturday
10.2 miles
Long run
Sunday
8-12 miles
7 miles
Total
30.5 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."
MM #7877
I'm struggling. As several of you may know, I have lost considerable weight on a very restrictive, very low fat, mostly earth based vegetarian diet. It seems that now about 11 months into this, several things might be happening to my body. I am exhausted, fatigued, weak and have lost muscle coordination. This is a small group, but I can share here that muscular movements arent smooth, and I have been urinating myself. Several blood tests came back indicating problems and I continue to get tested. I'm concerned. Even though I had a relatively good time last week in the Pig, my runs this week have been in the 12 minute mile range. The anxiety is definitely affecting my runs. I've gotten obsessed with diet and scales. Once I lose another pound, I strive to maintain that loss. This morning, I was under 128. Two days ago, I binged on 5 bananas and oatmeal, then starved myself for the next day and ate less then 700 calories. I cant seem to stop. My Doctor told me I am too light, and should probably be 137 - 141. He also insists I add some fat back into my diet.
I could use some prayer for those that believe. This week will be a light week, but I will try to hit my 40 mile goal.
47.8 m this week. Most in the 12-13 minute range.
Philippians 4:13.
MM #5615
Thanks Holly! I don't know what I'm going to do, this week. I have 2 church meetings and my DD wants me to do a 5K with her this weekend. It's too close to my marathon to be messing up my training. Anyway...here’s the plan as scheduled for the week…
Comment
10 (6 Strength)
11.5
1:23:33 (including 4 x 1.5 between 9:51 and 9:42) + crunches and stretches
Rest
0
13 (10 Tempo)
14.0
1:39:07 (including 10 miles in 1:06:54) + crunches and stretches
6 Easy
6.0
49:27 on the treadmill so I could watch the NFL draft + crunches and stretches
10 Easy
10.3
1:21:47 + crunches and stretches
9.2
1:28:52 (including 2.8 with my GD in 38:58) + crunches and stretches
8 Easy
8.0
1:03:36 + crunches and stretches
57
59.0
Just a dude.
Traveling part of this week, so things could look weird... so far so good though...
M - 6.4 Easy
T - Off - Travel
W- 5.4 Windy
T - 8.5 Easy
F - 6.8 Easy
S - 14.5 Long / Trail
S - 5.4 Easy + Strides
Total - 47
Thanks!
-Kelly
Getting back in shape... Just need it to be a skinnier shape...
Thanks, Holly! Good luck with the post-marathon recovery.
I am in. The plan is starting to look like another marathon on June 1st -- Minneapolis Marathon.
Rest Day
6 mi
6.2 miles
Easy pace.
9.5 miles
3 x 2 mi (13:10, 13:12, 13:47)
8 mi
5.9 miles
7.6 miles
6.0 miles
Tempo Run -- 4 mi @ ~7:00 pace
18-20 mi
18.0 miles
Long Run -- 18 mi in 2:21
52 miles
53.2 miles
.
Thanks Holly. Hoping into the 40 pool again.
MTA - 36.8 - need a pass. No time for miles last weekend.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
http://ncstake.blogspot.com/
Consistently Slow
Mon
0-0
Tue
Wed
4- 5
Thur
7- 0
Fri
4- 0.4 rain started
Sat
15 - 24.1
Sun
10- 10.7
TOTAL 40 Actual 40.4
Reached my 40 mile week. Just need to not to 35 miles of it on the weekend.
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/
Hi Holly. Here is my plan, which should get me close to 40.
3 miles
Maybe dehydrated from the weekend???
Rest is good
6 miles
3 at tempo pace
Easy pace. plus "lifting"
3 at quickish pace (8 m/M)
11 miles
14
Fun run with friends (former World Championship 11 Miler plus 3)
40 miles
39 miles
I'm in. Didn't have much of a plan this week but I have 34 miles now and I can run 6 tomorrow!
Dennis, let me add my voice to those thinking about you and hoping things turn around.
Monday.............Easy 5.1 miles
Tuesday............Wave 6.1
Wednesday.......Easy 5.9
Thursday...........Easy 2.9
Friday................Easy 5.8
Saturday...........Warm up + 10k race=8.4...One of my best 10k's
Sunday.............Easy 6.4
Total.................40.7
"I didn’t run a race until I was 41 and that was a marathon! Let that sink in for a minute." -me
I'm struggling. As several of you may know, I have lost considerable weight on a very restrictive, very low fat, mostly earth based vegetarian diet. It seems that now about 11 months into this, several things might be happening to my body. I am exhausted, fatigued, weak and have lost muscle coordination. This is a small group, but I can share here that muscular movements arent smooth, and I have been urinating myself. Several blood tests came back indicating problems and I continue to get tested. I'm concerned. Even though I had a relatively good time last week in the Pig, my runs this week have been in the 12 minute mile range. The anxiety is definitely affecting my runs. I've gotten obsessed with diet and scales. Once I lose another pound, I strive to maintain that loss. This morning, I was under 128. Two days ago, I binged on 5 bananas and oatmeal, then starved myself for the next day and ate less then 700 calories. I cant seem to stop. My Doctor told me I am too light, and should probably be 137 - 141. He also insists I add some fat back into my diet. I could use some prayer for those that believe. This week will be a light week, but I will try to hit my 40 mile goal.
Dennis,
I saw this and my heart sank. I hope you receive some good care and advice from your Doctor. My thoughts are with you. Your health and overall well-being are so very important. Diet, scales, and miles should not be your priorities right now, in my very humble opinion.
Bob
I don't know how I missed your post, IBUB. You will definitely be in my prayers.
I agree with Bob. Running can add so much to your life, but if you plan to run all your life and run for a long time, this diet does not seem to be helping. 5 bananas and oatmeal is not a binge!
Rolf
Dennis, I saw this and my heart sank. I hope you receive some good care and advice from your Doctor. My thoughts are with you. Your health and overall well-being are so very important. Diet, scales, and miles should not be your priorities right now, in my very humble opinion. Bob
Thanks guys, your comments are appreciated. Mike, you didnt miss post, I edited post to come clean. I am struggling. I need to find that balance between a health diet and exercise that leads to lifetime health & fitness, and not either extreme that leads back to obesity or to obsession / starvation.
I have more blood tests not this week, but next week. And I promised the doctor I would add calories and fats back into my daily diet. I've already started doing this by using Olive Oil for my salad dressing, taking in Omega 3 fish Oil, And last night, I stopped at United Dairy Farmers and ate Ice Cream for the first time in 11 months. (Holly will be familiar with UDF Ice Cream). I also got 14 hours of sleep today and an easy pace, enjoyable 10 mile jog that doubled as prayer time also. I also did not step on scales today which has become an obsession. Thank you for well wished and prayers. I'm gonna get this right.
5
9.5 with threshold intervals and pick ups
8
7.5 with some fast 1-1:15 work
9.5 trails
6 recovery trails/hills
14 with tempo 10K in 40 min (into a light to moderate wind)
just a shade under 60
Thanks guys, your comments are appreciated. Mike, you didnt miss post, I edited post to come clean. I am struggling. I need to find that balance between a health diet and exercise that leads to lifetime health & fitness, and not either extreme that leads back to obesity or to obsession / starvation. I have more blood tests not this week, but next week. And I promised the doctor I would add calories and fats back into my daily diet. I've already started doing this by using Olive Oil for my salad dressing, taking in Omega 3 fish Oil, And last night, I stopped at United Dairy Farmers and ate Ice Cream for the first time in 11 months. (Holly will be familiar with UDF Ice Cream). I also got 14 hours of sleep today and an easy pace, enjoyable 10 mile jog that doubled as prayer time also. I also did not step on scales today which has become an obsession. Thank you for well wished and prayers. I'm gonna get this right.
Sorry to hear of your struggles. Please remember that numbers only describe things. They aren't real. Whether your weight is 127 or 137 is just a number. Take a step back and think about the quality of your life. When you decided to lose all the weight and get in shape, you were able to make lots of changes that allowed you to do that. Now that you are here, see if you can make another set of changes to start the next phase of your life.
I'll pray...